vca5697	Essendon v Northcote
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1965/66 (Final)
Venue	Albert Ground, Melbourne on 2nd, 9th, 11th, 16th April 1966 (4-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Essendon won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Northcote won on first innings)
Umpires	JR Collins, WJ Smyth
Close of play day 1	Essendon (1) 311/6 (Peters 30*, Davis 9*)
Close of play day 2	Northcote (1) 98/0 (Lawry 53*, Robinson 33*)
Close of play day 3	Northcote (1) 405/3 (Lawry 236*, Ryan 77*)

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*I Monks	c Lawry b Ryan	136
RFR Howe	c Walker b Mitton	0
DH Foster	b Shanahan	31
JD Swanson	c Morrison b Shanahan	23
GJ Brown	run out	36
JW Grant	c Morrison b Shanahan	39
JA Peters	c Morrison b Shanahan	54
BG Davis	c Gosstray b Walker	61
+TS O'Neill	b Mitton	67
KW Kirby	not out	50
KE Adams	not out	3
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	14
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 122 overs)	514
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-124, 3-165, 4-205, 5-253, 6-283, 7-363, 8-430, 9-491

Northcote bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Walker	29	0	95	1
Mitton	21	2	105	2
Brew	25	1	113	0
Shanahan	34	1	143	4
Ryan	12	2	37	1
Lawry	1	0	7	0

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Northcote first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WM Lawry	not out	282
WL Robinson	lbw b Kirby	41
RL Gosstray	lbw b Grant	23
IA Cowley	c Davis b Adams	5
T Ryan	c Monks b Adams	82
F Brew	c Adams b Grant	47
PA Burn	not out	0
KVJ Walker	did not bat
+BR Morrison	did not bat
M Mitton	did not bat
PG Shanahan	did not bat
Extras	(15 b, 9 lb, 7 nb, 5 w)	36
Total	(5 wickets, 122.1 overs)	516
Fall of wickets:
1-130, 2-206, 3-219, 4-411, 5-505

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grant	31	3	134	2
Adams	25	3	105	2
Kirby	35.1	4	135	1
Swanson	20	4	49	0
Peters	2	0	14	0
Davis	4	0	22	0
Howe	5	0	21	0

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