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| Venue | Toorak Park, Melbourne on 14th, 15th December 1996 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Prahran won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn (Essendon won on first innings) |
| Points | Prahran 0; Essendon 6 |
| Umpires | CJ Lear, SC Walpole |
| Close of play day 1 | Essendon (1) 64/5 (Tate 19*, Jones 0*) |
| Prahran first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| KJ Neville | c Law b Jones | 7 | |||||
| *+KJ Malligan | c Sheedy b Law | 1 | |||||
| M Klinger | lbw b Smith | 44 | |||||
| RA Kline | lbw b Smith | 5 | |||||
| BR Kelly | st Shannon b Matthews | 17 | |||||
| CR Booth | c Shannon b Law | 1 | |||||
| ISL Hewett | c Sheedy b Inness | 17 | |||||
| CBD Street | c Shannon b Inness | 5 | |||||
| MT Jenkinson | lbw b Matthews | 10 | |||||
| RJ Green | not out | 3 | |||||
| PJ Hawkins | st Shannon b Matthews | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 5 lb, 1 w) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 60.4 overs) | 121 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8, 2-31, 3-61, 4-68, 5-69, 6-91, 7-103, 8-116, 9-117, 10-121 (60.4 ov) | |||||||
| Essendon bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Inness | 14 | 4 | 41 | 2 | - | ||
| Law | 13 | 7 | 27 | 2 | - | ||
| Jones | 9 | 4 | 16 | 1 | - | ||
| Smith | 18 | 6 | 24 | 2 | - | ||
| Matthews | 4.4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | ||
| Sheedy | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | ||
| Essendon first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +JF Shannon | b Jenkinson | 21 | |||||
| AM Steenholdt | lbw b Hewett | 3 | |||||
| AD Kellett | lbw b Street | 0 | |||||
| CAC Berger | b Street | 0 | |||||
| CI Sheedy | c Hawkins b Street | 15 | |||||
| *DA Tate | run out | 30 | |||||
| CJ Jones | c Booth b Hawkins | 23 | |||||
| DR Law | c and b Hawkins | 15 | |||||
| MWH Inness | c Hawkins b Booth | 13 | |||||
| SJ Matthews | not out | 10 | |||||
| AC Smith | c Kelly b Klinger | 9 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 4 lb, 8 nb, 1 w) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 65 overs) | 153 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16, 2-17, 3-17, 4-39, 5-64, 6-96, 7-116, 8-133, 9-133, 10-153 (65 ov) | |||||||
| Prahran bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hewett | 16 | 4 | 34 | 1 | |||
| Green | 12 | 3 | 27 | 0 | |||
| Street | 12 | 3 | 30 | 3 | |||
| Hawkins | 11 | 1 | 26 | 2 | |||
| Jenkinson | 9 | 1 | 20 | 1 | |||
| Booth | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | |||
| Klinger | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |||
| Prahran second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *+KJ Malligan | c Kellett b Inness | 4 | |||||
| KJ Neville | c and b Matthews | 27 | |||||
| M Klinger | not out | 92 | |||||
| RA Kline | c Kellett b Matthews | 15 | |||||
| BR Kelly | not out | 24 | |||||
| CR Booth | did not bat | ||||||
| ISL Hewett | did not bat | ||||||
| CBD Street | did not bat | ||||||
| MT Jenkinson | did not bat | ||||||
| RJ Green | did not bat | ||||||
| PJ Hawkins | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (8 b, 5 lb, 10 nb) | 23 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 67 overs) | 185 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-14, 2-58, 3-108 | |||||||
| Essendon bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Inness | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | ||
| Law | 11 | 2 | 35 | 0 | - | ||
| Jones | 6 | 1 | 19 | 0 | - | ||
| Smith | 5 | 2 | 9 | 0 | - | ||
| Matthews | 19 | 7 | 36 | 2 | - | ||
| Sheedy | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | ||
| Berger | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - | ||
| Tate | 7 | 1 | 33 | 0 | - | ||
| Kellett | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | ||
| Steenholdt | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | ||