vca9129	Essendon v South Melbourne
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1996/97
Venue	Windy Hill, Melbourne on 23rd, 24th November 1996 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essendon won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essendon 0; South Melbourne 0
Umpires	B Farrow, RR Turner
Close of play day 1	Essendon (1) 344/9 (Jones 14*, Smith 4*)

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+JF Shannon	lbw b Phillips	51
AM Steenholdt	c Wilson b Hawking	68
DK Popov	st Wilson b Baker	27
AD Kellett	c Taylor b Phillips	28
CAC Berger	lbw b Brown	75
CI Sheedy	c Baker b Phillips	11
DR Law	c Arnhold b Hawking	2
*DA Tate	b Arnhold	32
CJ Jones	not out	14
SJ Matthews	c Arnhold b Phillips	11
AC Smith	not out	4
Extras	(6 b, 11 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	21
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 100 overs)	344
Fall of wickets:
1-113, 2-135, 3-173, 4-192, 5-214, 6-221, 7-307, 8-311, 9-324

South Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
King	24	4	89	0
Arnhold	18	3	72	1
Baker	21	5	56	1
Hawking	16	2	41	2
Russ	1	0	1	0
Brown	7	2	24	1
Phillips	13	3	44	4

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South Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WN Phillips	c Popov b Tate	101
MJ Hansen	c Matthews b Law	28
CR Ferguson	lbw b Sheedy	47
ST Brown	st Shannon b Tate	41
NK King	not out	64
MD Taylor	b Matthews	16
PA Russ	b Matthews	2
+AR Wilson	run out	9
B Arnhold	b Matthews	4
LJ Baker	run out	7
MJ Hawking	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 8 lb, 12 nb)	22
Total	(9 wickets, 100 overs)	341
Fall of wickets:
1-57, 2-138, 3-224, 4-248, 5-275, 6-279, 7-308, 8-312, 9-340

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	15	4	36	0	-
Law	10	1	39	1	-
Smith	10	4	23	0	-
Matthews	29	3	100	3	-
Tate	16	2	69	2	-
Sheedy	20	4	64	1	-

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