vca6247	Hawthorn-East Melbourne v Essendon
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1971/72 (Semi-Final)
Venue	Glenferrie Oval, Melbourne on 11th, 13th March 1972 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Hawthorn-East Melbourne won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn (Hawthorn-East Melbourne won on first innings)
Umpires	JR Collins, RT Figgis
Close of play day 1	Essendon (1) 312/7 (Tobin 20*, Kirby 4*)

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IJ Taylor	b Devitt	21
MJ Mitchell	lbw b Coller	42
DJM Smith	c Cowper b Sieler	46
RF McLennan	lbw b Coller	65
JD Swanson	c Wilson b Devitt	80
GT Tobin	not out	20
RFR Howe	run out	2
*JW Grant	c Grant b Coller	22
KW Kirby	not out	4
+HH Ford	did not bat
KE Adams	did not bat
Extras	(8 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 77 overs)	312
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-100, 3-117, 4-262, 5-264, 6-266, 7-306

Hawthorn-East Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Devitt	22	1	99	2
Coller	17	1	78	3
Sieler	17	3	51	1
Cowper	12	5	27	0
McCarten	9	0	47	0

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Hawthorn-East Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Sieler	c Grant b Mitchell	187
RA Crow	b Grant	0
*RM Cowper	not out	116
KB Thomas	not out	0
PR Hanson	did not bat
IK Law	did not bat
RAI Grant	did not bat
+RK Wilson	did not bat
GR Coller	did not bat
BR Devitt	did not bat
IR McCarten	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 3 w)	12
Total	(2 wickets, 77.2 overs)	315
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-306

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grant	13	0	78	1		-
Adams	16	5	52	0		-
Taylor	8	2	30	0		-
Kirby	23	6	68	0		-
Swanson	13	1	49	0		-
Smith	1	0	7	0		-
Howe	1	0	5	0		-
Mitchell	1	0	5	1		-
McLennan	1	0	5	0		-
Tobin	0.2	0	4	0		-

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