vca4820	Essendon v Fitzroy
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1956/57
Venue	Windy Hill, Melbourne on 15th, 22nd December 1956 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Essendon won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn (Fitzroy won on first innings)
Points	Essendon 0; Fitzroy 6
Umpires	L Atkins, JE Wheeler
Close of play day 1	Fitzroy (1) 48/5 (Turl 12*, Kann 0*)

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Fitzroy first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DHL Arnall	c Monks b Thomson	13
RW Furlong	lbw b Thomson	0
*R Harvey	c Allanson b Thomson	16
J Potter	lbw b Upston	1
BC Harvey	lbw b Thomson	4
NF Turl	c McPherson b Thomson	18
BE Kann	b Thomson	43
+KJ Kearney	lbw b Whitford	22
K Peters	not out	7
BT Considine	b Thomson	0
C Adams	c Allanson b Whitford	12
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	3
Total	(all out, 51.5 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-27, 3-28, 4-33, 5-36, 6-56, 7-120, 8-120, 9-120, 10-139 (51.5 ov)

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	24	5	45	7
Upston	15	4	27	1
Whitford	6.5	0	33	2
Ross	4	0	17	0
McPherson	2	0	14	0

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DH Foster	c Furlong b Adams	1
I Monks	c Kearney b Adams	11
*+HA Nunn	b Adams	5
NL Allanson	c and b Peters	31
FG Leslie	lbw b Arnall	27
JA Peters	b Peters	8
GM McPherson	c and b Arnall	4
GHE Upston	c Potter b Arnall	9
JA Ross	not out	4
GS Whitford	lbw b Arnall	0
EAN Thomson	c Adams b Arnall	0
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 24.5 overs)	103
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-11, 3-34, 4-60, 5-72, 6-81, 7-94, 8-101, 9-101, 10-103 (24.5 ov)

Fitzroy bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Considine	7	0	28	0	-
Adams	6	1	30	3	-
Peters	6	0	19	2	-
Arnall	5.5	0	23	5	-

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