vca6337	North Melbourne v Essendon
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1972/73
Venue	North Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 10th, 12th March 1973 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	North Melbourne won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn (Essendon won on first innings)
Points	North Melbourne 0; Essendon 6
Umpires	WJ Copeland, HT Maguire
Close of play day 1	Essendon (1) 279/8 (BA Nunn 1*, Kirby 0*)

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
S Peter-Budge	c Maddocks b Peterson	60
+HH Ford	c Maddocks b Hale	25
IJ Taylor	b Grant	19
JD Swanson	b Farrell	62
RF McLennan	run out	62
*JW Grant	c Ind b Farrell	3
JL Nunn	c Maddocks b Farrell	8
GT Tobin	c Clarke b Hayne	34
BA Nunn	not out	1
KW Kirby	not out	0
KE Adams	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 3 nb)	5
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 69 overs)	279
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-95, 3-130, 4-181, 5-191, 6-204, 7-276, 8-279

North Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	11	2	32	0	-
Hale	15	2	61	1	-
Peterson	11	0	46	1	-
Grant	10	2	44	1	-
Hayne	12	3	54	1	-
Farrell	10	2	37	3	-

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North Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KG Ind	lbw b Grant	0
RC Clarke	b Grant	11
*GI Farrell	b Adams	4
PJ Cox	c McLennan b Adams	28
RB Evans	c Ford b Taylor	3
MR Grant	st Ford b Kirby	58
+IL Maddocks	c Swanson b Kirby	46
LH Peterson	c Tobin b Kirby	96
SA Jones	c Swanson b Kirby	6
JA Hale	b Grant	13
LJ Hayne	not out	2
Extras	(4 b, 3 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 63.7 overs)	274
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-13, 3-15, 4-27, 5-71, 6-144, 7-155, 8-205, 9-264, 10-274 (63.7 ov)

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grant	16.7	4	47	3	-
Adams	9	2	36	2	-
Taylor	10	1	45	1	-
Kirby	21	4	98	4	-
Swanson	7	0	41	0	-

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