vca4763	Hawthorn-East Melbourne v Richmond
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1955/56
Venue	Glenferrie Oval, Melbourne on 25th February, 3rd March 1956 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Hawthorn-East Melbourne won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Hawthorn-East Melbourne won by an innings and 153 runs
Points	Hawthorn-East Melbourne 10; Richmond 0
Umpires	E Heintz, RJJ Wright
Close of play day 1	Hawthorn-East Melbourne (1) 295/6 innings closed

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Hawthorn-East Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Cosgrave	c Hart b Wishart	44
LA Green	lbw b Hart	96
HV Woolf	lbw b Tozer	14
JL Chambers	st Shearer b Tozer	50
MK Fitchett	c Blake b Tozer	7
DW Green	not out	49
WA Dick	st Shearer b Tozer	8
+LJ Botham	not out	19
*EAD Kerr	did not bat
GF Cormack	did not bat
JL Salmon	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb)	8
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 57 overs)	295
Fall of wickets:
1-134, 2-151, 3-171, 4-192, 5-236, 6-257

Richmond bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hart	15	0	90	1	-	-
Miller	15	1	72	0	-	-
Blake	9	1	24	0	-	-
Tozer	14	0	74	4	-	-
Wishart	4	0	27	1	-	-

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Richmond first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LS Dockett	b Salmon	6
+R Shearer	run out	0
CM Sindrey	lbw b Kerr	6
AE Donohue	st Botham b Cormack	36
*WG Driver	c Botham b Kerr	10
MF Wishart	c Fitchett b Dick	11
H Rowe	st Botham b Cormack	1
WB Miller	b Dick	0
GB Tozer	st Botham b Cormack	7
TH Hart	not out	1
RH Blake	c Botham b Cormack	0
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(all out, 24.4 overs)	82
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-7, 3-29, 4-53, 5-73, 6-73, 7-73, 8-77, 9-82, 10-82 (24.4 ov)

Hawthorn-East Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Salmon	6	2	26	1	-	-
Kerr	9	0	26	2	-	-
Dick	2.4	2	10	2	-	-
Cormack	7	1	16	4	-	-

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Richmond second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LS Dockett	c Botham b Salmon	0
+R Shearer	b Salmon	3
CM Sindrey	st Botham b Cormack	21
AE Donohue	b Kerr	2
*WG Driver	lbw b Kerr	9
MF Wishart	c Botham b Dick	3
H Rowe	b Dick	6
GB Tozer	b Dick	2
WB Miller	c Woolf b Dick	13
TH Hart	st Botham b Cormack	0
RH Blake	not out	1
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 19.1 overs)	60
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-22, 3-25, 4-35, 5-35, 6-42, 7-44, 8-53, 9-54, 10-60 (19.1 ov)

Hawthorn-East Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Salmon	6	2	9	2
Kerr	6	0	28	2
Cormack	4	0	20	2
Dick	3.1	1	3	4

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