vca5602	St Kilda v Essendon
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1964/65 (Semi-Final)
Venue	St Kilda Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 13th, 20th March 1965 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	St Kilda won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn (St Kilda won on first innings)
Umpires	KR Butler, WJ Smyth
Close of play day 1	St Kilda (1) 55/4 (Hosking 0*, Lynch 1*)

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AH Whitford	c McLean b Hosking	0
*I Monks	c McLean b Hosking	13
GT Tobin	c McLean b Hosking	0
GJ Brown	c McLean b Hosking	0
DH Foster	c McLean b O'Halloran	6
JD Swanson	b a'Beckett	65
JW Grant	c McLean b Hosking	7
BG Davis	c McLean b O'Halloran	0
+TS O'Neill	c McLean b a'Beckett	18
KW Kirby	not out	11
KE Adams	not out	2
Extras	(5 nb, 2 w)	7
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 38 overs)	129
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-4, 3-7, 4-18, 5-23, 6-54, 7-55, 8-112, 9-119

St Kilda bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hosking	19	5	60	5
O'Halloran	16	3	58	2
a'Beckett	3	1	4	2

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St Kilda first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IF Langford	c Monks b Davis	18
G Scholes	c O'Neill b Adams	8
EW Seccombe	lbw b Grant	2
+D McLean	st O'Neill b Kirby	24
PM Hosking	c Swanson b Grant	15
NW Lynch	b Grant	3
WM O'Halloran	c O'Neill b Grant	5
EC a'Beckett	b Kirby	40
AH Anderson	c Swanson b Adams	73
PD Burke	lbw b Kirby	24
M Mulcahy	not out	6
Extras	(2 lb, 2 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 53.3 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-28, 3-54, 4-54, 5-57, 6-65, 7-96, 8-141, 9-207, 10-222 (53.3 ov)

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grant	19	4	64	4	-
Adams	8	0	32	2	-
Davis	4	0	28	1	-
Kirby	11.3	0	58	3	-
Swanson	11	1	36	0	-

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Essendon second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AH Whitford	c Seccombe b Hosking	0
GT Tobin	c O'Halloran b Hosking	18
GJ Brown	st +Seccombe b Lynch	53
DH Foster	st +Seccombe b Lynch	21
JD Swanson	not out	11
JW Grant	c Burke b Mulcahy	4
BG Davis	not out	3
*I Monks	did not bat
+TS O'Neill	did not bat
KW Kirby	did not bat
KE Adams	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	9
Total	(5 wickets, 36 overs)	119
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-31, 3-92, 4-101, 5-110

St Kilda bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hosking	8	2	21	2
O'Halloran	4	0	15	0
a'Beckett	7	1	19	0
Lynch	11	1	37	2
Mulcahy	6	0	18	1

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