vca4787	North Melbourne v South Melbourne
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1956/57
Venue	North Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 20th, 27th October 1956 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	South Melbourne won the toss and decided to field
Result	South Melbourne won by 8 wickets
Points	North Melbourne 0; South Melbourne 10
Umpires	LB Graham, LJ McLaren
Close of play day 1	No play

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North Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JC Watters	c Germaine b Meckiff	12
H Sykes	b Hill	0
L Sykes	c Kendall b Hill	3
*RI Maddocks	c Hallebone b Hill	9
FT Murphy	c Germaine b Hill	9
G Rogers	c Shaw b Meckiff	6
+RB Evans	c Shaw b Hill	0
S French	run out	2
KN Pearce	c and b Quick	11
GJ Jinkins	not out	3
RA Harry	c Mitchell b Hill	0
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 13.6 overs)	55
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-10, 3-20, 4-26, 5-39, 6-39, 7-39, 8-42, 9-55, 10-55 (13.6 ov)

South Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Meckiff	6	1	22	2
Hill	6.6	0	29	6
Quick	1	0	4	1

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South Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BF Vawser	b Jinkins	21
JH Shaw	c and b Pearce	0
*KHD Kendall	lbw b Jinkins	20
J Hallebone	lbw b Pearce	0
SE Matthews	lbw b French	22
IW Quick	lbw b Jinkins	0
LB Hill	lbw b Harry	9
MH Reeve	not out	7
+WM Mitchell	not out	1
I Meckiff	did not bat
L Germaine	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 25 overs)	80
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-31, 3-36, 4-52, 5-52, 6-72, 7-76

North Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pearce	10	1	28	2
Jinkins	10	1	28	3
French	3	0	17	1
Harry	2	0	7	1

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North Melbourne second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JC Watters	c Germaine b Meckiff	5
H Sykes	c Meckiff b Hill	0
L Sykes	b Hill	0
*RI Maddocks	b Reeve	25
FT Murphy	b Hill	0
G Rogers	b Reeve	1
+RB Evans	b Reeve	0
S French	c Matthews b Hill	5
KN Pearce	b Reeve	0
GJ Jinkins	c Hallebone b Hill	1
RA Harry	not out	2
Extras	(4 b, 1 w)	5
Total	(all out, 11.1 overs)	44
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-4, 3-21, 4-22, 5-35, 6-35, 7-36, 8-36, 9-37, 10-44 (11.1 ov)

South Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Meckiff	4	1	19	1		-
Hill	4.1	0	14	5		-
Reeve	3	1	6	4		-

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South Melbourne second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JH Shaw	not out	3
BF Vawser	b Pearce	4
*KHD Kendall	lbw b Pearce	0
SE Matthews	not out	10
J Hallebone	did not bat
IW Quick	did not bat
LB Hill	did not bat
MH Reeve	did not bat
+WM Mitchell	did not bat
I Meckiff	did not bat
L Germaine	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb)	5
Total	(2 wickets, 3.5 overs)	22
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-7

North Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pearce	2	0	8	2	-	-
Jinkins	1	0	1	0	-	-
Watters	0.5	0	8	0	-	-

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