vca4829	Melbourne v North Melbourne
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1956/57
Venue	Albert Ground, Melbourne on 5th, 12th January 1957 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Melbourne won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Melbourne won on first innings)
Points	Melbourne 6; North Melbourne 0
Umpires	J Prosser, WB Stickland
Close of play day 1	North Melbourne (1) 13/0 (Forbes 11*, Evans 2*)

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Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EAM Ajani	c Sykes b Harry	57
CN Crompton	run out	2
MR Haysom	c Evans b Pearce	30
RB Stevens	lbw b French	55
J Daniel	b Harry	0
J Crawford	lbw b Harry	37
WN Ponsford	c and b French	26
RF Merriman	b French	12
+GW Longney	c Forbes b French	34
*CL Fairbairn	not out	0
BJD Watson	run out	1
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 57 overs)	264
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-54, 3-120, 4-120, 5-180, 6-208, 7-219, 8-261, 9-261, 10-264 (57 ov)

North Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilson	7	0	18	0	-
Pearce	18	2	66	1	-
Watters	1	0	6	0	-
French	16	0	105	4	-
Harry	15	1	59	3	-

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North Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
K Forbes	c Longney b Daniel	67
+RB Evans	c Longney b Watson	3
*RI Maddocks	c Longney b Daniel	25
JC Watters	c Stevens b Watson	16
S French	run out	4
L Sykes	b Watson	5
FT Murphy	c Ponsford b Fairbairn	42
R Briscoe	c Crompton b Merriman	13
LJ Wilson	b Merriman	6
RA Harry	not out	10
KN Pearce	lbw b Watson	9
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 53.3 overs)	208
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-62, 3-99, 4-113, 5-118, 6-126, 7-155, 8-185, 9-186, 10-208 (53.3 ov)

Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	16.3	4	54	4	-	-
Fairbairn	15	1	49	1	-	-
Daniel	11	0	41	2	-	-
Merriman	11	0	56	2	-	-

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Melbourne second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EAM Ajani	run out	6
CN Crompton	not out	15
+GW Longney	not out	0
MR Haysom	did not bat
RB Stevens	did not bat
J Daniel	did not bat
J Crawford	did not bat
WN Ponsford	did not bat
RF Merriman	did not bat
*CL Fairbairn	did not bat
BJD Watson	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 3 w)	7
Total	(1 wicket, 4 overs)	28
Fall of wickets:
1-28 (Ajani)

North Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Maddocks	1	1	0	0		-
Sykes	2	0	10	0		-
Evans	1	0	11	0		-

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