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| Venue | Albert Ground, Melbourne on 25th February, 4th March 1989 (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 | Melbourne 7.37 (Batting 3.87, Bowling 3.5); Essendon 14.1 (Batting 3.2, Bowling 4.9) |
| Umpires | DE Holden, E Jackson, LJ King |
| Close of play day 1 | Essendon (1) 78/2 (Young 17*, Leehane 15*) |
| Melbourne first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MC Hooper | b Davenport | 30 | |||||
| CJ Bustard | run out | 35 | |||||
| WG Ayres | c Shannon b Davenport | 0 | |||||
| CE Bradley | c Shannon b Davis | 8 | |||||
| *PD King | st Shannon b McIntyre | 50 | |||||
| RJ Herman | st Shannon b McIntyre | 73 | |||||
| SM McCooke | st Shannon b McIntyre | 9 | |||||
| IWR Holten | lbw b Davis | 1 | |||||
| +RI Templeton | c Cullen b Davis | 13 | |||||
| MJ Ash | not out | 11 | |||||
| DJ Hickey | c Leehane b McIntyre | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (7 lb, 6 nb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 71.5 overs) | 243 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-47, 2-47, 3-60, 4-89, 5-157, 6-190, 7-195, 8-229, 9-243, 10-243 (71.5 ov) | |||||||
| Essendon bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cullen | 15 | 1 | 61 | 0 | - | ||
| Davis | 26 | 6 | 69 | 3 | - | ||
| Davenport | 10 | 1 | 41 | 2 | - | ||
| McIntyre | 20.5 | 4 | 65 | 4 | - | ||
| Essendon first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +JF Shannon | c Templeton b Hickey | 32 | |||||
| JM Causon | c Herman b Holten | 6 | |||||
| PW Young | c Templeton b McCooke | 114 | |||||
| MJ Leehane | run out | 66 | |||||
| PA Hibbert | c King b McCooke | 36 | |||||
| SP Porteous | lbw b Hickey | 17 | |||||
| MG Davenport | c Hooper b McCooke | 0 | |||||
| JM Fitzpatrick | c Ayres b Herman | 0 | |||||
| PE McIntyre | c Bustard b McCooke | 28 | |||||
| *SP Davis | c Ayres b McCooke | 0 | |||||
| DA Cullen | not out | 3 | |||||
| Extras | (8 lb, 8 nb, 2 w) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 112.5 overs) | 320 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-29, 2-46, 3-172, 4-269, 5-272, 6-272, 7-273, 8-310, 9-315, 10-320 (112.5 ov) | |||||||
| Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hickey | 24 | 2 | 87 | 2 | |||
| Holten | 24 | 8 | 50 | 1 | |||
| King | 8 | 1 | 24 | 0 | |||
| Ash | 6 | 1 | 23 | 0 | |||
| McCooke | 28.5 | 6 | 78 | 5 | |||
| Herman | 22 | 6 | 50 | 1 | |||
| Melbourne second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MC Hooper | b McIntyre | 9 | |||||
| CJ Bustard | run out | 27 | |||||
| *PD King | st Shannon b McIntyre | 66 | |||||
| +RI Templeton | run out | 1 | |||||
| WG Ayres | not out | 11 | |||||
| IWR Holten | not out | 26 | |||||
| CE Bradley | did not bat | ||||||
| RJ Herman | did not bat | ||||||
| SM McCooke | did not bat | ||||||
| MJ Ash | did not bat | ||||||
| DJ Hickey | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 lb, 2 nb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 15 overs) | 144 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-9, 2-78, 3-81, 4-117 | |||||||
| Essendon bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cullen | 5 | 0 | 50 | 0 | - | ||
| McIntyre | 7 | 0 | 48 | 2 | - | ||
| Davis | 3 | 0 | 44 | 0 | - | ||