vca9240	Essendon v Melbourne
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1997/98
Venue	Windy Hill, Melbourne on 11th October 1997 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Melbourne won the toss and decided to field
Result	Melbourne won by 6 wickets
Points	Essendon 0; Melbourne 6
Umpires	DW Holt, SC Walpole

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Essendon innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AD Kellett	c Pinniger b Jubber	4
AM Steenholdt	c Templeton b McCooke	28
+JF Shannon	c Sholly b Dart	21
CI Sheedy	c Hodge b Williams	28
JJ Taylor	b Dart	0
*DA Tate	lbw b Dart	33
TJ Blackwell	c Oliver b Hodge	3
CJ Jones	c Pinniger b Dart	12
MWH Inness	not out	2
AC Smith	lbw b Williams	0
SJ Matthews	b Williams	0
Extras	(3 lb, 15 w)	18
Total	(all out, 46.5 overs)	149
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-60, 3-72, 4-74, 5-107, 6-119, 7-141, 8-149, 9-149, 10-149 (46.5 ov)

Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Williams	8.5	2	16	3		-
Jubber	7	1	19	1		-
Oliver	9	0	41	0		-
McCooke	10	1	30	1		-
Dart	8	2	21	4		-
Hodge	4	0	19	1		-

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Melbourne innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Scalzo	c Shannon b Jones	7
BJ Hodge	c Shannon b Inness	2
DM Jones	c Shannon b Smith	58
SP Dart	run out	20
MWD Sholly	not out	33
MS Pinniger	not out	8
+RI Templeton	did not bat
SM McCooke	did not bat
BA Williams	did not bat
PI Jubber	did not bat
SB Oliver	did not bat
Extras	(10 lb, 2 nb, 10 w)	22
Total	(4 wickets, 47.4 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-33, 3-76, 4-132

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Inness	10	1	21	1
Jones	10	2	26	1
Sheedy	3	2	8	0
Taylor	7	2	24	0
Matthews	8	0	37	0
Smith	8.4	2	21	1
Tate	1	0	3	0

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