vca4858	Richmond v Melbourne
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1956/57
Venue	Richmond Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 23rd February, 2nd March 1957 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Richmond won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Melbourne won on first innings)
Points	Richmond 0; Melbourne 6
Umpires	LJ McLaren, JH Ward
Close of play day 1	Melbourne (1) 53/1 (Crompton 41*, Mackay 6*)

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Richmond first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Miles	lbw b Daniel	16
+R Shearer	c Longney b Fairbairn	12
R Wootton	c Gribble b Daniel	16
JR Davies	run out	0
AE Donohue	lbw b Gribble	12
DT Ring	c and b Gribble	15
RD Claessen	b Gribble	0
E Bolton	c Longney b Daniel	21
JA Holloway	c Longney b Daniel	28
*WA Johnston	c and b Gribble	16
JW Jury	not out	0
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 41 overs)	148
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-48, 3-49, 4-50, 5-72, 6-72, 7-81, 8-125, 9-142, 10-148 (41 ov)

Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	11	2	26	0	-
Fairbairn	8	1	34	1	-
Gribble	13	0	48	4	-
Daniel	9	1	28	4	-

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Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EAM Ajani	c Davies b Ring	5
CN Crompton	b Johnston	59
A Mackay	b Johnston	28
JHM Symons	lbw b Holloway	6
IH McDonald	c Johnston b Holloway	12
RJ Skilton	b Johnston	4
J Daniel	not out	15
+GW Longney	not out	21
*CL Fairbairn	did not bat
IC Gribble	did not bat
BJD Watson	did not bat
Extras		9
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 42 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-97, 3-102, 4-110, 5-123, 6-125

Richmond bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jury	3	1	12	0	-	-
Johnston	17	3	75	3	-	-
Holloway	15	2	35	2	-	-
Ring	7	1	28	1	-	-

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Richmond second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Miles	c Symons b Gribble	14
+R Shearer	c McDonald b Daniel	10
R Wootton	run out	46
JR Davies	run out	17
AE Donohue	not out	60
RD Claessen	b Symons	2
JA Holloway	b Watson	8
E Bolton	not out	1
DT Ring	did not bat
*WA Johnston	did not bat
JW Jury	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 w)	5
Total	(6 wickets, 40 overs)	163
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-48, 3-50, 4-144, 5-147, 6-162

Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	11	0	37	1		-
Fairbairn	7	1	19	0		-
Daniel	7	2	10	1		-
Gribble	12	0	72	1		-
Symons	3	0	20	1		-

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