vca5409	Footscray v Essendon
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1962/63
Venue	Western Oval, Melbourne on 9th, 11th March 1963 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Essendon won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Footscray 3; Essendon 3
Umpires	WW Clayton, IM Stuart
Close of play day 1	No play

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Footscray first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AE Dean	retired hurt	18
M Venes	c Mitchell b Grant	16
RCW Watson	c O'Neill b Grant	5
KH Eastwood	not out	58
A Philip	b Thomson	24
B Moloney	b Grant	2
AC Day	c Monks b Grant	2
+TP Maher	c Monks b Grant	3
TE Seal	c Thomson b Grant	3
RA Gaunt	not out	16
RE Close	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 2 nb)	6
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 32.6 overs)	153
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-39, 3-90, 4-99, 5-101, 6-123, 7-129

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	14	0	52	1	-
Peters	6	1	45	0	-
Grant	12.6	1	50	6	-

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*I Monks	c Watson b Day	13
DH Foster	run out	6
GJ Law	b Close	41
GJ Brown	c Watson b Day	14
JA Peters	not out	44
JW Grant	c Watson b Seal	5
JD Swanson	run out	2
+TS O'Neill	c Maher b Close	7
MJ Mitchell	run out	11
KW Kirby	not out	1
EAN Thomson	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb)	9
Total	(8 wickets, 32.6 overs)	153
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-21, 3-47, 4-89, 5-98, 6-105, 7-121, 8-149

Footscray bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gaunt	8	0	39	0	-	-
Day	10	2	35	2	-	-
Close	10.6	0	46	2	-	-
Seal	4	0	24	1	-	-

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