vca4802	North Melbourne v Essendon
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1956/57
Venue	North Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 6th November 1956 (1-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	North Melbourne won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn (Essendon won on first innings)
Points	North Melbourne 0; Essendon 6
Umpires	LJ McLaren, J Prosser

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DH Foster	b Pearce	3
I Monks	c Murphy b Pearce	18
B Ogle	b Jinkins	3
NL Allanson	c Murphy b Pearce	42
FG Leslie	run out	42
*+HA Nunn	b Pearce	14
GM McPherson	b Jinkins	0
JA Ross	b Jinkins	5
GHE Upston	not out	3
JA Peters	not out	1
EAN Thomson	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 38 overs)	143
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-14, 3-46, 4-95, 5-129, 6-131, 7-137, 8-139

North Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jinkins	18	0	51	3	-
Pearce	18	0	70	4	-
Watters	1	0	5	0	-
Harry	1	0	5	0	-

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North Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JC Watters	c Upston b Thomson	28
+RB Evans	lbw b Thomson	3
L Sykes	c Allanson b Thomson	24
*RI Maddocks	lbw b Thomson	0
FT Murphy	lbw b Thomson	2
S French	b Upston	11
KN Pearce	b Upston	0
G Rogers	lbw b Upston	0
H Sykes	not out	21
GJ Jinkins	b Upston	2
RA Harry	b Upston	3
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 30 overs)	102
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-42, 3-42, 4-45, 5-65, 6-65, 7-65, 8-82, 9-86, 10-102 (30 ov)

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	15	1	38	5	-	-
McPherson	7	1	19	0	-	-
Upston	8	0	37	5	-	-

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Essendon second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DH Foster	b French	1
I Monks	not out	2
JA Peters	not out	2
B Ogle	did not bat
NL Allanson	did not bat
FG Leslie	did not bat
*+HA Nunn	did not bat
GM McPherson	did not bat
JA Ross	did not bat
GHE Upston	did not bat
EAN Thomson	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 4 overs)	5
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Foster)

North Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
French	2	0	2	1
Harry	2	1	3	0

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