vca6071	Melbourne v Essendon
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1969/70 (Semi-Final)
Venue	Albert Ground, Melbourne on 14th, 15th March 1970 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Melbourne won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn (Essendon won on first innings)
Umpires	KR Butler, RT Figgis
Close of play day 1	Essendon (1) 229 all out

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IJ Taylor	c Anderson b Crow	29
MJ Mitchell	c and b Crow	0
GT Tobin	c Lloyd b Bedford	48
JD Swanson	run out	34
RFR Howe	b Bedford	12
RF McLennan	c Lloyd b Reid	38
*JW Grant	b Crow	2
PH Goulding	c Lloyd b Reid	20
+TS O'Neill	c Carlyon b Bedford	1
KW Kirby	c and b Dillon	23
KE Adams	not out	17
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 87 overs)	229
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-44, 3-109, 4-124, 5-127, 6-143, 7-183, 8-188, 9-188, 10-229 (87 ov)

Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Crow	14	2	42	3	-	-
Twyford	14	0	47	0	-	-
Dillon	13	1	31	1	-	-
Reid	23	4	69	2	-	-
Bedford	22	8	34	3	-	-
Lloyd	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JK Moss	c Swanson b Kirby	43
DR Walsh	lbw b Grant	22
*RG Lloyd	c Taylor b Kirby	16
JC Lill	c and b Kirby	7
PLA Bedford	c Swanson b Kirby	14
GR Anderson	c O'Neill b Kirby	14
DS Crow	c O'Neill b Swanson	3
RC Dillon	lbw b Kirby	0
+NM Carlyon	not out	14
BD Reid	b Kirby	0
PR Twyford	b Swanson	3
Extras	(1 b, 2 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 59.4 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-51, 2-72, 3-87, 4-96, 5-111, 6-118, 7-119, 8-130, 9-130, 10-139 (59.4 ov)

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grant	18	4	47	1	-
Adams	8	5	8	0	-
Goulding	2	0	8	0	-
Kirby	24	7	66	7	-
Swanson	7.4	6	7	2	-

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Essendon second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IJ Taylor	c Lloyd b Dillon	5
MJ Mitchell	b Bedford	17
RFR Howe	not out	69
GT Tobin	c sub (WF Farr) b Lloyd	18
RF McLennan	not out	21
JD Swanson	did not bat
*JW Grant	did not bat
PH Goulding	did not bat
+TS O'Neill	did not bat
KW Kirby	did not bat
KE Adams	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(3 wickets, 27 overs)	135
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-32, 3-79

Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Twyford	3	0	5	0	-	-
Dillon	3	0	12	1	-	-
Bedford	3	0	4	1	-	-
Reid	3	0	11	0	-	-
Anderson	5	1	22	0	-	-
Crow	2	0	18	0	-	-
Lloyd	4	0	21	1	-	-
Carlyon	3	0	31	0	-	-
Lill	1	0	6	0	-	-

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