vca6252	Northcote v Hawthorn-East Melbourne
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1972/73
Venue	Westgarth Street Oval, Melbourne on 7th, 14th October 1972 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Hawthorn-East Melbourne won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Hawthorn-East Melbourne won on first innings)
Points	Northcote 0; Hawthorn-East Melbourne 6
Umpires	JF Sheehan, VR Smithwick
Close of play day 1	Hawthorn-East Melbourne (1) 259 all out

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Hawthorn-East Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Sieler	c RD Robinson b Wildsmith	105
RA Crow	b MacKenzie	32
*RM Cowper	c and b Wildsmith	16
KB Thomas	c RD Robinson b McArdle	13
PR Hanson	c RD Robinson b McArdle	25
IK Law	b McArdle	4
RAI Grant	lbw b Hogg	11
+RK Wilson	b McArdle	5
KE Gent	lbw b Hogg	0
BR Devitt	not out	16
IR McCarten	st RD Robinson b Wildsmith	5
Extras	(1 lb, 25 nb, 1 w)	27
Total	(all out, 62 overs)	259
Fall of wickets:
1-99, 2-140, 3-188, 4-189, 5-201, 6-233, 7-233, 8-233, 9-249, 10-259 (62 ov)

Northcote bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hogg	9	0	33	2
Living	14	3	46	0
MacKenzie	10	2	44	1
Wildsmith	15	1	57	3
Brentnall	2	0	18	0
McArdle	12	3	34	4

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Northcote first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WL Robinson	c Grant b Devitt	15
K Fitzpatrick	lbw b Devitt	2
RM Hogg	c McCarten b Devitt	2
RJ Jardine	b Sieler	3
*+RD Robinson	run out	55
J Christou	c Hanson b McCarten	26
J Wildsmith	c Sieler b McCarten	83
BJ McArdle	c Thomas b Cowper	9
RW Brentnall	not out	19
RD MacKenzie	lbw b Sieler	0
GF Living	b McCarten	8
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 13 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 65 overs)	240
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-16, 3-21, 4-45, 5-100, 6-131, 7-181, 8-225, 9-227, 10-240 (65 ov)

Hawthorn-East Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Devitt	14	2	61	3	-
Gent	11	2	17	0	-
Sieler	19	3	45	2	-
Cowper	8	0	30	1	-
McCarten	13	0	69	3	-

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