vca6340	Melbourne v Hawthorn-East Melbourne
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1972/73 (Semi-Final)
Venue	Albert Ground, Melbourne on 17th, 18th March 1973 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Hawthorn-East Melbourne won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn (Melbourne won on first innings)
Umpires	KR Butler, RC Isherwood
Close of play day 1	Melbourne (1) 243 all out

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Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AP Sheahan	c Sieler b Hutchens	53
*GC Brown	c Hutchens b Willard	9
RG Lamb	run out	38
RG Lloyd	c Willard b Sieler	61
JK Moss	c Thomas b Sieler	3
PLA Bedford	run out	37
DJ Broad	run out	11
+CJ Dart	b Sieler	25
GW Boyd	c Thomas b Hutchens	1
IC Hennig	not out	2
R Forsyth	lbw b Sieler	0
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	3
Total	(all out, 76.2 overs)	243
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-69, 3-164, 4-167, 5-169, 6-205, 7-232, 8-239, 9-243, 10-243 (76.2 ov)

Hawthorn-East Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Retallick	10	1	63	0
Willard	6	0	29	1
Sieler	23.2	4	53	4
Hutchens	24	7	51	2
Cowper	13	1	44	0

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Hawthorn-East Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Sieler	c Brown b Forsyth	5
RG Matthews	lbw b Brown	19
*RM Cowper	c Dart b Lamb	35
KB Thomas	c Dart b Forsyth	30
PR Hanson	c Dart b Lamb	0
CH Aldons	c Sheahan b Brown	1
RA Crow	st Dart b Hennig	4
+RK Wilson	not out	3
BP Hutchens	lbw b Forsyth	1
AE Retallick	c Dart b Forsyth	0
M Willard	run out	0
Extras	(2 lb, 1 w)	3
Total	(all out, 41.3 overs)	101
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-57, 3-63, 4-70, 5-75, 6-95, 7-97, 8-100, 9-100, 10-101 (41.3 ov)

Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Forsyth	8.3	2	30	4		-
Boyd	4	0	10	0		-
Lamb	13	2	30	2		-
Brown	12	6	18	2		-
Hennig	4	1	10	1		-

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