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| Venue | Windy Hill, Melbourne on 8th, 10th March 1997 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | St Kilda won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn (St Kilda won on first innings) |
| Points | Essendon 0; St Kilda 6 |
| Umpires | WE Lincoln, RW Stratford |
| Close of play day 1 | Essendon (1) 40/0 (Shannon 7*, Steenholdt 30*) |
| St Kilda first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PJT Goggin | lbw b Taylor | 24 | |||||
| +JR Jacoby | c Shannon b Law | 20 | |||||
| JAJ Gale | run out | 31 | |||||
| AJ Grant | c Shannon b Law | 20 | |||||
| AJ McNamara | c Shannon b Smith | 50 | |||||
| RK Stumbles | st Shannon b Tate | 8 | |||||
| *SF Graf | lbw b Tate | 8 | |||||
| JM Davison | c Law b Causon | 12 | |||||
| A Millard | c Shannon b Causon | 0 | |||||
| WA Pickering | not out | 7 | |||||
| AP Jones | b Causon | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (4 lb, 10 nb, 1 w) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 80.3 overs) | 195 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-51, 2-70, 3-96, 4-115, 5-135, 6-159, 7-185, 8-185, 9-189, 10-195 (80.3 ov) | |||||||
| Essendon bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Causon | 10.3 | 4 | 24 | 3 | |||
| Smith | 19 | 11 | 32 | 1 | |||
| Taylor | 9 | 3 | 16 | 1 | |||
| Matthews | 20 | 6 | 45 | 0 | |||
| Law | 11 | 2 | 44 | 2 | |||
| Tate | 11 | 3 | 30 | 2 | |||
| Essendon first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +JF Shannon | c Jacoby b Graf | 26 | |||||
| AM Steenholdt | c Jacoby b Millard | 48 | |||||
| DR Law | run out | 0 | |||||
| CAC Berger | c Jacoby b Millard | 0 | |||||
| CI Sheedy | c Jacoby b Pickering | 37 | |||||
| AD Kellett | c Pickering b Millard | 1 | |||||
| *DA Tate | lbw b Pickering | 35 | |||||
| JJ Taylor | c McNamara b Davison | 2 | |||||
| AC Smith | not out | 4 | |||||
| PM Causon | c Goggin b Davison | 3 | |||||
| SJ Matthews | c McNamara b Davison | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (4 lb, 8 nb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 71.4 overs) | 168 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-72, 2-73, 3-73, 4-79, 5-80, 6-148, 7-161, 8-165, 9-168, 10-168 (71.4 ov) | |||||||
| St Kilda bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jones | 14 | 3 | 31 | 0 | - | ||
| Pickering | 19 | 5 | 42 | 2 | - | ||
| Graf | 11 | 3 | 22 | 1 | - | ||
| Davison | 9.4 | 0 | 35 | 3 | - | ||
| Millard | 14 | 7 | 20 | 3 | - | ||
| Gale | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | ||
| St Kilda second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PJT Goggin | st Shannon b Kellett | 52 | |||||
| +JR Jacoby | b Smith | 19 | |||||
| JAJ Gale | b Law | 10 | |||||
| AJ Grant | not out | 21 | |||||
| AJ McNamara | not out | 4 | |||||
| RK Stumbles | did not bat | ||||||
| *SF Graf | did not bat | ||||||
| JM Davison | did not bat | ||||||
| A Millard | did not bat | ||||||
| WA Pickering | did not bat | ||||||
| AP Jones | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 1 lb, 8 nb, 1 w) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 45 overs) | 119 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-36, 2-55, 3-110 | |||||||
| Essendon bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Causon | 8 | 2 | 23 | 0 | |||
| Smith | 8 | 2 | 16 | 1 | |||
| Matthews | 4 | 3 | 9 | 0 | |||
| Law | 8 | 3 | 27 | 1 | |||
| Tate | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Kellett | 7 | 4 | 13 | 1 | |||
| Berger | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Sheedy | 6 | 1 | 16 | 0 | |||