vca4861	Carlton v Melbourne
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1956/57
Venue	Princes Park, Melbourne on 9th, 11th March 1957 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Melbourne won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Carlton won by 10 wickets
Points	Carlton 10; Melbourne 0
Umpires	LJ McLaren, EG Mantell
Close of play day 1	Carlton (1) 116/4 (Short 9*, Lalor 8*)

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Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC McDonald	c Numa b Smith	5
CN Crompton	c Smith b Jones	41
EAM Ajani	b Smith	13
RB Stevens	c Trembath b Farmer	0
A Mackay	b Smith	4
J Daniel	b Smith	19
RJ Skilton	c Thompson b Smith	8
+GW Longney	b Jones	6
*CL Fairbairn	c Wake b Jones	4
IC Gribble	b Jones	2
BJD Watson	not out	1
Extras		1
Total	(all out)	104
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-104

Carlton bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Farmer	?	?	46	1	-	-
Smith	?	?	33	5	-	-
Jones	?	?	24	4	-	-

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Carlton first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HL Numa	c Longney b Daniel	58
R Wake	c Gribble b Fairbairn	0
TJ Trembath	c Gribble b Daniel	30
EW Seccombe	b Daniel	9
RD Short	c Stevens b Daniel	26
FA Lalor	b Watson	18
RC Denison	c Ajani b Daniel	0
BK Jones	not out	10
KL Farmer	b Daniel	11
+JW Thompson	lbw b Watson	2
BA Smith	did not bat
Extras		3
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 38.3 overs)	167
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-167 (38.3 ov)

Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	15.3	1	72	2	-	-
Fairbairn	8	0	43	1	-	-
Daniel	15	2	49	6	-	-

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Melbourne second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CN Crompton	c Thompson b Farmer	9
EAM Ajani	c Numa b Farmer	4
A Mackay	c Wake b Farmer	0
CC McDonald	c Numa b Farmer	6
RB Stevens	lbw b Farmer	5
J Daniel	c Farmer b Jones	20
*CL Fairbairn	c Farmer b Jones	10
RJ Skilton	c Numa b Farmer	8
+GW Longney	c Numa b Farmer	5
IC Gribble	lbw b Jones	1
BJD Watson	not out	0
Extras		2
Total	(all out)	70
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-70

Carlton bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Farmer	?	?	30	7	-	-
Smith	?	?	24	0	-	-
Jones	?	?	14	3	-	-

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Carlton second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Wake	not out	8
TJ Trembath	not out	2
*HL Numa	did not bat
EW Seccombe	did not bat
RD Short	did not bat
FA Lalor	did not bat
RC Denison	did not bat
BK Jones	did not bat
KL Farmer	did not bat
+JW Thompson	did not bat
BA Smith	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket)	10

Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	?	?	5	0
Fairbairn	?	?	5	0

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