vca6308	Footscray v Essendon
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1972/73
Venue	Western Oval, Melbourne on 27th January, 3rd February 1973 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Footscray 0; Essendon 0
Umpires	RT Figgis, WH Howieson
Close of play day 1	Footscray (1) 233/6 (Eastwood 117*, Ellis 38*)

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Footscray first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JN Collins	c and b Grant	4
RC Nicholls	c Ford b Grant	8
JWH Rodger	b McIntyre	3
*KH Eastwood	not out	129
DJ Brown	b McIntyre	0
AC Hargreaves	b Grant	36
+LH James	c Smith b Kirby	18
GF Ellis	b Grant	46
GB Smith	not out	4
GN Gray	did not bat
DN Wilson	did not bat
Extras		10
Total	(7 wickets, declared)	258
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grant	?	?	33	4	-	-
McIntyre	?	?	25	2	-	-
Adams	?	?	56	0	-	-
Kirby	?	?	79	1	-	-
Swanson	?	?	37	0	-	-
Goulding	?	?	18	0	-	-

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BA Nunn	c Brown b Smith	13
S Peter-Budge	b Gray	0
DJM Smith	c James b Gray	13
PH Goulding	c Smith b Wilson	2
JD Swanson	b Gray	17
RF McLennan	st James b Eastwood	63
*JW Grant	b Nicholls	34
KW Kirby	lbw b Eastwood	21
+HH Ford	not out	45
LA McIntyre	c Eastwood b Ellis	20
KE Adams	not out	12
Extras		12
Total	(9 wickets)	252
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?

Footscray bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gray	?	?	58	3	-	-
Wilson	?	?	34	1	-	-
Smith	?	?	42	1	-	-
Hargreaves	?	?	1	0	-	-
Ellis	?	?	46	1	-	-
Nicholls	?	?	30	1	-	-
Eastwood	?	?	29	2	-	-

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