vca6050	Essendon v St Kilda
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1969/70
Venue	Windy Hill, Melbourne on 7th, 14th February 1970 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	St Kilda won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Essendon won on first innings)
Points	Essendon 6; St Kilda 0
Umpires	JR Collins, RC Isherwood
Close of play day 1	Essendon (1) 158/2 (Mitchell 58*, Howe 18*)

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St Kilda first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RJ Craig	run out	2
LR Grose	c Taylor b Adams	1
+GL Tamblyn	c O'Neill b Grant	0
GD Blair	c O'Neill b Adams	3
GG Oman	c Mitchell b Adams	0
SNC Murch	c McLennan b Grant	10
RD McKenzie	b Kirby	17
WK Bird	c Howe b Grant	7
D McLean	c O'Neill b Kirby	5
*PM Hosking	c Adams b Kirby	29
NW Lynch	not out	3
Extras	(2 w)	2
Total	(all out, 29.6 overs)	79
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 5-14, 6-18, 7-34, 8-41, 9-50, 10-79 (29.6 ov)

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grant	12	2	38	3		-
Adams	9	3	17	3		-
Taylor	1	0	3	0		-
Kirby	7.6	1	19	3		-

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IJ Taylor	c Bird b Lynch	66
MJ Mitchell	not out	58
GT Tobin	st Tamblyn b Lynch	12
RFR Howe	not out	18
RF McLennan	did not bat
GC Johnston	did not bat
*JW Grant	did not bat
PJ Pryor	did not bat
+TS O'Neill	did not bat
KW Kirby	did not bat
KE Adams	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 2 nb)	4
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 34 overs)	158
Fall of wickets:
1-88, 2-112

St Kilda bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Murch	10	1	53	0	-
Hosking	9	1	48	0	-
McKenzie	2	0	13	0	-
Lynch	13	1	40	2	-

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St Kilda second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RJ Craig	b Grant	4
LR Grose	c Mitchell b Grant	43
GD Blair	c Mitchell b Grant	25
GG Oman	c O'Neill b Adams	33
SNC Murch	lbw b Grant	0
RD McKenzie	b Grant	5
D McLean	b Adams	3
WK Bird	b Adams	0
+GL Tamblyn	not out	69
*PM Hosking	not out	48
NW Lynch	did not bat
Extras	(2 nb, 2 w)	4
Total	(8 wickets, 79 overs)	234
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-56, 3-94, 4-94, 5-106, 6-116, 7-116, 8-117

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grant	26	11	39	5
Adams	10	5	14	3
Kirby	13	1	61	0
Taylor	6	0	21	0
Johnston	9	2	25	0
McLennan	3	0	9	0
Howe	4	1	10	0
Mitchell	3	0	16	0
Tobin	4	0	27	0
Pryor	1	0	8	0

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