vca9057	Northcote v Essendon
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1995/96
Venue	Westgarth Street Oval, Melbourne on 24th February, 2nd March 1996 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northcote won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn (Northcote won on first innings)
Points	Northcote 6; Essendon 0
Umpires	DN Boucher, RW Stratford
Close of play day 1	Northcote (1) 21/1 (Wheeler 9*, Waters 0*)

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MP Drain	c Spence b Saker	0
+JF Shannon	lbw b Dalrymple	79
CI Sheedy	c Smith b Saker	28
AD Kellett	c McGinty b Saker	7
LDJ Dahl	lbw b McGinty	14
AD Graham	b McGinty	0
TJ Blackwell	c Spence b Dalrymple	58
DR Hampton	c Wheeler b Waters	42
SJ Matthews	c Wheeler b Dalrymple	0
AC Smith	not out	4
MWH Inness	b McGinty	2
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb, 4 nb, 3 w)	19
Total	(all out, 86.5 overs)	253
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-45, 3-55, 4-77, 5-77, 6-192, 7-219, 8-219, 9-251, 10-253 (86.5 ov)

Northcote bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Saker	22	7	52	3
McGinty	15.5	3	44	3
Waters	13	1	52	1
Dalrymple	24	7	66	3
Smith	12	5	27	0

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Northcote first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GP Dowling	lbw b Inness	7
IG Wheeler	c Drain b Matthews	65
SB Waters	c Shannon b Inness	68
*GB Gardiner	lbw b Inness	0
AM Smith	not out	62
JI Mills	run out	12
DD Beattie	lbw b Matthews	1
DJ Saker	run out	7
IW Dalrymple	c Graham b Smith	3
AD McGinty	b Inness	8
+DR Spence	not out	2
Extras	(8 b, 9 lb, 4 w)	21
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 91.2 overs)	256
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-133, 3-133, 4-186, 5-198, 6-199, 7-215, 8-236, 9-245

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Inness	24	10	56	4		-
Matthews	20	5	64	2		-
Smith	19.2	4	43	1		-
Sheedy	9	0	20	0		-
Hampton	18	4	50	0		-
Drain	1	0	6	0		-

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Essendon second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LDJ Dahl	not out	4
AD Graham	run out	2
TJ Blackwell	not out	26
*MP Drain	did not bat
+JF Shannon	did not bat
CI Sheedy	did not bat
AD Kellett	did not bat
DR Hampton	did not bat
SJ Matthews	did not bat
AC Smith	did not bat
MWH Inness	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 4 w)	6
Total	(1 wicket, 16 overs)	38
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Graham)

Northcote bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Saker	8	4	12	0		-
Smith	7	4	12	0		-
Mills	1	0	12	0		-

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