vca9286	North Melbourne v Geelong
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1997/98
Venue	North Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 29th November, 6th December 1997 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	North Melbourne won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn (Geelong won on first innings)
Points	North Melbourne 0; Geelong 6
Umpires	MJ Gunn, RL Parry
Close of play day 1	Geelong (1) 237/4 (Bakker 100*, Talarico 3*)

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Geelong first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BI Patrick	lbw b Fernando	40
SN Lindsay	c Morris b McGinty	27
*JR Bakker	c Morris b Fernando	127
CJ Peake	c Brodie b McGinty	25
SJ Loftus	lbw b Hensley	38
GJ Talarico	not out	18
BJ Stacey	not out	0
GP Lindsay	did not bat
TA Walerys	did not bat
+AP Borovec	did not bat
PA McDonald	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	7
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 89 overs)	282
Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-87, 3-134, 4-220, 5-282

North Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fernando	17	1	66	2
Hensley	27	8	73	1
McGinty	26	3	69	2
Gurusinha	11	2	32	0
Maurice	4	0	17	0
McGann	4	1	21	0

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North Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RM Brodie	c GP Lindsay b Stacey	48
RA Bowers	lbw b Bakker	20
AP Gurusinha	b Stacey	23
GE Maurice	lbw b Bakker	20
ER Eddings	c SN Lindsay b Stacey	82
*GK Hobba	lbw b GP Lindsay	10
JM McGinty	c Borovec b Stacey	4
WMCN Fernando	c Patrick b Stacey	0
+GJ Morris	run out	1
JP McGann	b Stacey	6
SG Hensley	not out	4
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb, 4 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 80.1 overs)	227
Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-92, 3-96, 4-141, 5-210, 6-212, 7-216, 8-217, 9-219, 10-227 (80.1 ov)

Geelong bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Walerys	8	3	20	0	-
Bakker	16	5	60	2	-
GP Lindsay	13	8	13	1	-
Peake	16	7	32	0	-
Stacey	17.1	5	50	6	-
McDonald	8	3	37	0	-
Loftus	2	0	10	0	-

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