vca9262	Melbourne v South Melbourne
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1997/98
Venue	Albert Ground, Melbourne on 1st, 8th November 1997 (2-day 50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Melbourne won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Melbourne won by 148 runs
Points	Melbourne 6; South Melbourne 0
Umpires	MJ Gunn, RR Turner
Close of play day 1	No play

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Melbourne innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Ayres	c King b Muhammad	17
BJ Hodge	lbw b Fleming	81
DM Jones	not out	114
SP Dart	c Wilson b Fleming	1
RJ Herman	not out	48
MWD Sholly	did not bat
SM McCooke	did not bat
+RI Templeton	did not bat
BA Williams	did not bat
SB Oliver	did not bat
SJ O'Flynn	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb, 10 nb, 2 w)	21
Total	(3 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	282
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-147, 3-155

South Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fleming	10	1	32	2
King	10	0	42	0
Muhammad	8	0	48	1
Waixel	5	0	37	0
Brown	5	0	32	0
Wyatt	7	0	47	0
Phillips	5	0	35	0

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South Melbourne innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NK King	c Ayres b Herman	1
MJ Hansen	c Templeton b Oliver	18
PA Russ	c Templeton b Williams	0
*WN Phillips	run out	11
ST Brown	lbw b Williams	28
DW Fleming	c Sholly b Oliver	0
MD Taylor	run out	3
+AR Wilson	run out	32
A Muhammad	c Herman b Hodge	26
AA Wyatt	c Herman b Hodge	3
SJ Waixel	not out	0
Extras	(3 lb, 4 nb, 5 w)	12
Total	(all out, 43.1 overs)	134
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-7, 3-32, 4-41, 5-42, 6-54, 7-70, 8-126, 9-133, 10-134 (43.1 ov)

Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Williams	10	2	33	2
Herman	5	0	8	1
Oliver	5	1	13	2
O'Flynn	7	1	23	0
McCooke	10	0	34	0
Dart	5	0	15	0
Hodge	1.1	0	5	2

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