vca6706	Northcote v Essendon
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1976/77
Venue	Westgarth Street Oval, Melbourne on 12th, 19th February 1977 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Northcote won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Essendon won on first innings)
Points	Northcote 0; Essendon 6
Umpires	WH Howieson, PJ Ryan
Close of play day 1	Northcote (1) 248 all out

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Northcote first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RW Brentnall	b Webb	25
K Fitzpatrick	c MacWhirter b Webb	6
*RD Robinson	c Peter-Budge b Ross	65
A Wildsmith	c Howe b Stanley	28
WL Robinson	b Ross	18
PA Burn	c Ford b Ross	9
RD MacKenzie	c John b Webb	66
+P Kelly	b Ross	0
J Kearns	not out	16
MG Mash	st Ford b Kirby	0
GP Frost	c Davis b Webb	4
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 66.3 overs)	248
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-37, 3-104, 4-142, 5-155, 6-178, 7-178, 8-243, 9-243, 10-248 (66.3 ov)

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Webb	15.3	3	54	4	-
Ross	19	3	57	4	-
Kirby	12	3	55	1	-
Stanley	15	0	45	1	-
Davis	5	1	26	0	-

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RFR Howe	st Kelly b Frost	86
S Peter-Budge	c Wildsmith b MacKenzie	53
JA MacWhirter	c Brentnall b Frost	0
*KH Davis	b Frost	16
JL Nunn	c Mash b MacKenzie	30
GK John	c Kelly b MacKenzie	37
GL Stanley	b Mash	8
GT Ross	not out	7
KW Kirby	not out	0
+HH Ford	did not bat
GN Webb	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 5 lb, 5 nb, 3 w)	16
Total	(7 wickets, 80 overs)	253
Fall of wickets:
1-132, 2-133, 3-163, 4-170, 5-232, 6-241, 7-247

Northcote bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
MacKenzie	25	6	59	3
Kearns	20	4	55	0
Brentnall	6	0	28	0
Frost	23	2	70	3
Mash	6	0	25	1

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