vca5274	Melbourne v Essendon
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1961/62
Venue	Albert Ground, Melbourne on 9th, 16th December 1961 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Essendon won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Melbourne won on first innings)
Points	Melbourne 6; Essendon 0
Umpires	KR Butler, RX Casey
Close of play day 1	Melbourne (1) 113 all out

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RD Whitford	c Carlyon b Hill	6
J Ruljancich	lbw b Guest	30
*I Monks	c Carlyon b Guest	11
GJ Brown	b Hill	4
MJ Mitchell	b Hill	0
JW Grant	c Cutter b Hill	0
BG Davis	c Carlyon b Hill	0
+BR Lugar	c Carlyon b Hill	0
EAN Thomson	c Bailey b Guest	33
GL Sansom	not out	2
MR Smith	b Hill	1
Extras	(3 b, 1 w)	4
Total	(all out, 21 overs)	91
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-29, 3-43, 4-43, 5-43, 6-43, 7-49, 8-67, 9-88, 10-91 (21 ov)

Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Guest	7	0	36	3		-
Hill	10	3	28	7		-
Hammond	4	0	23	0		-

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Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Mackay	c Lugar b Thomson	18
GC Brown	run out	6
GG Hammond	lbw b Thomson	0
PG Bailey	c and b Grant	34
PG Moore	lbw b Thomson	7
GD Watson	b Thomson	0
+NM Carlyon	b Thomson	6
*CEJ Guest	c Grant b Thomson	2
PF Cutter	b Mitchell	9
RJ Sneddon	not out	10
MW Hill	b Grant	2
Extras	(9 b, 6 lb, 4 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 28.5 overs)	113
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-25, 3-34, 4-49, 5-59, 6-69, 7-76, 8-100, 9-102, 10-113 (28.5 ov)

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	6	0	23	0	-
Thomson	11	1	34	6	-
Grant	8.5	0	28	2	-
Mitchell	3	2	9	1	-

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Essendon second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RD Whitford	lbw b Hill	13
J Ruljancich	c Moore b Guest	6
*I Monks	b Hill	51
MJ Mitchell	c Hammond b Hill	0
GJ Brown	c Carlyon b Hammond	9
JW Grant	c Hill b Sneddon	29
EAN Thomson	c Carlyon b Hill	10
BG Davis	not out	9
+BR Lugar	not out	16
GL Sansom	did not bat
MR Smith	did not bat
Extras	(2 w)	2
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 33 overs)	145
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-20, 3-31, 4-54, 5-104, 6-112, 7-121

Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Guest	10	2	25	1		-
Hill	10	1	46	4		-
Hammond	6	1	15	1		-
Cutter	3	0	27	0		-
Sneddon	4	0	30	1		-

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Melbourne second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Mackay	c Grant b Thomson	5
GC Brown	c Lugar b Sansom	17
PG Bailey	c Lugar b Grant	54
*CEJ Guest	c Davis b Sansom	12
MW Hill	c Lugar b Sansom	0
GD Watson	not out	6
GG Hammond	not out	2
PG Moore	did not bat
+NM Carlyon	did not bat
PF Cutter	did not bat
RJ Sneddon	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(5 wickets, 20 overs)	97
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-71, 3-89, 4-89, 5-90

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	3	0	12	0	-	-
Thomson	4	0	14	1	-	-
Grant	6	0	25	1	-	-
Mitchell	2	0	9	0	-	-
Sansom	5	0	36	3	-	-

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