vca4849	Footscray v South Melbourne
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1956/57
Venue	Western Oval, Melbourne on 9th, 16th February 1957 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	South Melbourne won the toss and decided to bat
Result	South Melbourne won by 21 runs
Points	Footscray 0; South Melbourne 10
Umpires	EG Mantell, WB Stickland
Close of play day 1	Footscray (1) 60/7 (Philip 4*, Leigh 8*)

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South Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BF Vawser	c Dean b Day	5
*IWG Johnson	c Priddle b Dean	5
KHD Kendall	b Day	27
JH Shaw	b Eastwood	31
J Hallebone	lbw b Day	23
JH Butler	lbw b Eastwood	5
IW Quick	c and b Leigh	0
+WM Mitchell	b Eastwood	3
L Germaine	c Dean b Eastwood	0
MH Reeve	b Day	0
LB Hill	not out	1
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 31 overs)	103
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-10, 3-52, 4-76, 5-90, 6-91, 7-102, 8-102, 9-103, 10-103 (31 ov)

Footscray bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Day	11	4	22	4	-	-
Dean	7	0	38	1	-	-
Eastwood	8	2	16	4	-	-
Leigh	5	0	24	1	-	-

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Footscray first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Dean	c Quick b Johnson	15
*GJ Murray	c Quick b Johnson	8
+J Kirby	st Mitchell b Johnson	4
KH Eastwood	st Mitchell b Johnson	11
IC Priddle	b Johnson	4
BC Neate	st Mitchell b Quick	0
EG Perussich	c Butler b Quick	2
A Philip	lbw b Johnson	8
AR Leigh	c Hill b Quick	11
IC Stewart	b Quick	0
AC Day	not out	3
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(all out, 28.4 overs)	70
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-24, 3-31, 4-43, 5-46, 6-48, 7-50, 8-67, 9-67, 10-70 (28.4 ov)

South Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hill	6	2	18	0	-	-
Reeve	3	2	2	0	-	-
Johnson	11	2	21	6	-	-
Quick	8.4	2	25	4	-	-

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South Melbourne second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BF Vawser	c Kirby b Day	34
*IWG Johnson	c Perussich b Eastwood	40
KHD Kendall	lbw b Day	4
J Hallebone	c Kirby b Eastwood	21
JH Shaw	not out	10
IW Quick	lbw b Day	5
LB Hill	c Stewart b Day	0
JH Butler	did not bat
+WM Mitchell	did not bat
L Germaine	did not bat
MH Reeve	did not bat
Extras	(7 lb)	7
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 22.5 overs)	121
Fall of wickets:
1-76, 2-80, 3-88, 4-112, 5-121, 6-121 (22.5 ov)

Footscray bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Day	11.5	0	44	4	-	-
Dean	4	0	33	0	-	-
Eastwood	7	0	37	2	-	-

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Footscray second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GJ Murray	c Hill b Quick	11
+J Kirby	b Reeve	11
EG Perussich	c Mitchell b Hill	2
KH Eastwood	c and b Reeve	0
IC Priddle	c Germaine b Quick	9
AE Dean	c Hallebone b Reeve	2
BC Neate	c Germaine b Quick	13
A Philip	c Johnson b Quick	30
AR Leigh	c Mitchell b Quick	0
IC Stewart	st Mitchell b Johnson	35
AC Day	not out	14
Extras	(5 b, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 33.1 overs)	133
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-15, 3-15, 4-21, 5-26, 6-42, 7-49, 8-56, 9-102, 10-133 (33.1 ov)

South Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hill	5	1	13	1	-
Reeve	9	1	37	3	-
Quick	12	0	37	5	-
Johnson	7.1	0	40	1	-

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