vca4863	Footscray v Essendon
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1956/57
Venue	Western Oval, Melbourne on 9th, 11th March 1957 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Footscray won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Essendon won on first innings)
Points	Footscray 0; Essendon 6
Umpires	L Atkins, SV Westcott
Close of play day 1	Essendon (1) 5/2 (Foster 1*, Upston 0*)

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Footscray first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Dean	c Whitford b McPherson	7
BC Neate	c Nunn b McPherson	4
+J Kirby	c Monks b McPherson	16
KH Eastwood	lbw b Thomson	0
IC Priddle	b McPherson	8
JW Mann	b Thomson	0
*GJ Murray	c Nunn b Thomson	7
A Philip	c Whitford b Thomson	63
IC Stewart	lbw b Thomson	0
AR Leigh	lbw b Upston	8
AC Day	not out	13
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb)	2
Total	(all out, 44.5 overs)	128
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-13, 3-14, 4-29, 5-30, 6-40, 7-46, 8-46, 9-78, 10-128 (44.5 ov)

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	15.5	2	43	5	-
McPherson	14	3	26	4	-
Whitford	6	0	26	0	-
Upston	9	1	31	1	-

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
I Monks	lbw b Day	0
DH Foster	c Kirby b Eastwood	45
JA Peters	b Day	4
GHE Upston	c Kirby b Leigh	9
NL Allanson	c Dean b Leigh	66
FG Leslie	c Kirby b Dean	15
GWF Beissel	c Priddle b Eastwood	0
*+HA Nunn	not out	19
GM McPherson	b Murray	16
GS Whitford	c Eastwood b Neate	4
EAN Thomson	not out	16
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb)	6
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 55 overs)	200
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-5, 3-32, 4-87, 5-110, 6-114, 7-148, 8-178, 9-183

Footscray bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Day	9	2	24	2	-	-
Dean	13	2	49	1	-	-
Leigh	8	3	12	2	-	-
Stewart	8	0	40	0	-	-
Eastwood	13	1	39	2	-	-
Murray	2	0	11	1	-	-
Neate	2	0	19	1	-	-

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Footscray second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KH Eastwood	c sub b Beissel	32
A Philip	not out	10
IC Stewart	not out	14
AE Dean	did not bat
BC Neate	did not bat
+J Kirby	did not bat
IC Priddle	did not bat
JW Mann	did not bat
*GJ Murray	did not bat
AR Leigh	did not bat
AC Day	did not bat
Extras	(6 b)	6
Total	(1 wicket, 5 overs)	62
Fall of wickets:
1-47 (Eastwood)

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Leslie	1	0	10	0	-	-
Monks	1	0	15	0	-	-
Allanson	1	0	9	0	-	-
Beissel	1	0	7	1	-	-
Nunn	1	0	15	0	-	-

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