vca5684	Hawthorn-East Melbourne v Essendon
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1965/66
Venue	Glenferrie Oval, Melbourne on 26th February, 5th March 1966 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Hawthorn-East Melbourne won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn (Essendon won on first innings)
Points	Hawthorn-East Melbourne 0; Essendon 6
Umpires	LJ McLaren, JF Sheehan
Close of play day 1	Essendon (1) 294/8 (O'Neill 10*, Kirby 7*)

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*I Monks	b Jones	27
RFR Howe	lbw b Jones	0
DH Foster	st Botham b Blazey	100
GJ Brown	c Blazey b McClean	8
JD Swanson	c sub (GJ Brown) b Blazey	60
BG Davis	c Blazey b Hutchens	4
JA Peters	c sub (JP Smith) b Salvado	53
IJ Taylor	lbw b McClean	5
+TS O'Neill	not out	39
KW Kirby	not out	23
KE Adams	did not bat
Extras	(11 b, 6 lb, 3 nb)	20
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 72 overs)	339
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-51, 3-75, 4-214, 5-216, 6-265, 7-277, 8-283

Hawthorn-East Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	7	1	32	2	-
Salvado	17	2	61	1	-
McClean	17	2	65	2	-
Blazey	14	2	73	2	-
Hutchens	11	1	49	1	-
Sieler	5	0	32	0	-
Cowper	1	0	7	0	-

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Hawthorn-East Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Cosgrave	c O'Neill b Adams	9
DC McClean	c Peters b Kirby	18
*RM Cowper	b Adams	4
JL Chambers	st O'Neill b Kirby	24
KB Thomas	c Davis b Kirby	69
AJ Sieler	lbw b Taylor	12
JAL Blazey	c Davis b Peters	50
JF Salvado	st O'Neill b Kirby	7
BP Hutchens	b Kirby	0
+LJ Botham	not out	35
BF Jones	absent hurt
Extras	(1 b, 1 nb, 1 w)	3
Total	(all out, 38.7 overs)	231
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-28, 3-54, 4-57, 5-108, 6-147, 7-160, 8-160, 9-231 (38.7 ov)

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Adams	9	0	35	2
Taylor	9	0	37	1
Peters	3.7	0	34	1
Kirby	12	0	90	5
Swanson	3	0	13	0
Davis	2	0	19	0

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Essendon second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JD Swanson	not out	53
RFR Howe	lbw b Hutchens	33
GJ Brown	not out	6
*I Monks	did not bat
DH Foster	did not bat
BG Davis	did not bat
JA Peters	did not bat
IJ Taylor	did not bat
+TS O'Neill	did not bat
KW Kirby	did not bat
KE Adams	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 21 overs)	92
Fall of wickets:
1-72 (Howe)

Hawthorn-East Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McClean	1	1	0	0
Cowper	6	2	15	0
Sieler	3	0	19	0
Hutchens	5	1	15	1
Thomas	2	0	23	0
Chambers	2	0	12	0
Cosgrave	2	0	8	0

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