vca5949	Fitzroy v Essendon
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1968/69
Venue	Fitzroy Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 27th January, 1st February 1969 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Essendon won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Fitzroy won on first innings)
Points	Fitzroy 6; Essendon 0
Umpires	MW Barker, WJ Copeland
Close of play day 1	Essendon (2) 9/1 (Mitchell 5*, Johnston 1*)

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*I Monks	lbw b Fox	4
MJ Mitchell	b Duff	33
GC Johnston	b Illingworth	0
RF McLennan	c Matthews b Fox	11
RFR Howe	c Furlong b Illingworth	8
GT Tobin	c Ryan b Duff	29
IJ Taylor	c Ryan b Duff	0
+TS O'Neill	c and b Duff	0
KW Kirby	c Illingworth b Duff	2
MR Grant	run out	2
KE Adams	not out	0
Extras	(7 b, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 25.7 overs)	97
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-5, 3-29, 4-51, 5-69, 6-77, 7-85, 8-87, 9-93, 10-97 (25.7 ov)

Fitzroy bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fox	8	1	40	2	-
Illingworth	7	4	4	2	-
Skinner	5	1	28	0	-
Duff	4.7	1	14	5	-
Matthews	1	0	3	0	-

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Fitzroy first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Dunstan	c Monks b Taylor	17
+RW Furlong	c and b Taylor	9
CJ Dart	c O'Neill b Adams	8
J Hollioake	c Grant b Adams	12
D Martin	st O'Neill b Kirby	10
PA Ryan	c Johnston b Kirby	2
AJ Matthews	c Tobin b Adams	2
G Skinner	st O'Neill b Kirby	0
*EP Illingworth	b Kirby	15
C Fox	not out	14
AT Duff	not out	6
Extras	(2 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	6
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 29.6 overs)	101
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-30, 3-44, 4-51, 5-60, 6-63, 7-64, 8-74, 9-83

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Adams	14	1	32	3
Taylor	5	0	31	2
Kirby	10.6	1	32	4

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Essendon second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RFR Howe	b Fox	2
MJ Mitchell	c Furlong b Illingworth	56
GC Johnston	b Fox	1
RF McLennan	c Dunstan b Fox	6
*I Monks	c Duff b Illingworth	1
GT Tobin	c Furlong b Fox	6
IJ Taylor	b Fox	4
+TS O'Neill	c Hollioake b Duff	22
KW Kirby	c Furlong b Illingworth	26
MR Grant	not out	8
KE Adams	run out	1
Extras	(6 b, 2 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 38.3 overs)	141
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-10, 3-16, 4-29, 5-40, 6-44, 7-76, 8-132, 9-139, 10-141 (38.3 ov)

Fitzroy bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fox	11	0	46	5	-
Skinner	4	0	22	0	-
Illingworth	8	3	21	3	-
Duff	10.3	1	29	1	-
Matthews	5	0	15	0	-

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Fitzroy second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Dunstan	b Grant	37
+RW Furlong	b Kirby	31
CJ Dart	c Adams b Kirby	6
J Hollioake	run out	2
D Martin	not out	20
*EP Illingworth	st O'Neill b Grant	1
PA Ryan	not out	8
AJ Matthews	did not bat
G Skinner	did not bat
C Fox	did not bat
AT Duff	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(5 wickets, 28 overs)	108
Fall of wickets:
1-57, 2-63, 3-70, 4-94, 5-96

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Adams	7	0	33	0	-
Taylor	3	1	6	0	-
Kirby	11	0	45	2	-
Grant	7	1	21	2	-

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