vca7906	Footscray v Essendon
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1986/87
Venue	Western Oval, Melbourne on 14th, 15th March 1987 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essendon won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn (Essendon won on first innings)
Points	Footscray 0; Essendon 6
Umpires	DG Forbes, K O'Neill
Close of play day 1	Footscray (1) 224 all out

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Footscray first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BJ Findlay	c Wrigley b Kirby	21
GM Collinson	run out	30
AIC Dodemaide	c Causon b Kirby	0
PD Burns	lbw b O'Donnell	48
KJ Baddeley	b O'Donnell	29
LF Balcam	b Wrigley	17
JW Simmons	c Leehane b O'Donnell	26
CR Miller	c Wrigley b Kirby	0
*DJ Ryan	c Shannon b O'Donnell	23
+R Reber	not out	12
MG Hughes	b O'Donnell	8
Extras	(3 lb, 4 nb, 3 w)	10
Total	(all out)	224
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-224

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wrigley	?	?	44	1
O'Donnell	?	?	53	5
Kirby	?	?	59	3
Tate	?	?	43	0
Young	?	?	22	0

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Leehane	c Miller b Dodemaide	31
JM Causon	run out	70
*PA Hibbert	c Reber b Balcam	57
PW Young	not out	31
JD Siddons	c Simmons b Dodemaide	25
SP O'Donnell	c Dodemaide b Baddeley	23
GK John	not out	0
DA Tate	did not bat
+JF Shannon	did not bat
DM Kirby	did not bat
JR Wrigley	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 8 lb, 1 nb, 5 w)	17
Total	(5 wickets)	254
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?

Footscray bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hughes	?	?	46	0
Balcam	?	?	60	1
Dodemaide	?	?	54	2
Ryan	?	?	21	0
Miller	?	?	42	0
Burns	?	?	8	0
Findlay	?	?	1	0
Baddeley	?	?	7	1
Collinson	?	?	3	0
Reber	?	?	1	0

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