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| Venue | Shepley Oval, Melbourne on 7th, 9th March 1998 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | South Melbourne won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn (South Melbourne won on first innings) |
| Points | Dandenong 0; South Melbourne 6 |
| Umpires | DSK Cox, E Kelly |
| Close of play day 1 | South Melbourne (1) 96/2 (Hansen 44*, Brown 3*) |
| Dandenong first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MG Hewitt | b Cox | 17 | |||||
| BM Nicholson | c Waixel b King | 5 | |||||
| MS Lawrence | b King | 20 | |||||
| TP Hooper | c Wilson b Waixel | 6 | |||||
| NJ Speak | lbw b King | 13 | |||||
| *BJ McArdle | c Waixel b Cox | 1 | |||||
| DP Bryant | c Phillips b Cox | 18 | |||||
| +JD O'Hare | b Cox | 7 | |||||
| MA Boraston | c Brown b Cox | 16 | |||||
| PI McDonald | run out | 8 | |||||
| MD Moore | not out | 11 | |||||
| Extras | (2 lb, 4 nb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 63.1 overs) | 128 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7, 2-33, 3-49, 4-49, 5-58, 6-72, 7-79, 8-107, 9-109, 10-128 (63.1 ov) | |||||||
| South Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| King | 19 | 9 | 50 | 3 | - | ||
| Jarvis | 7 | 3 | 14 | 0 | - | ||
| Cox | 24.1 | 11 | 40 | 5 | - | ||
| Waixel | 6 | 2 | 9 | 1 | - | ||
| Phillips | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | ||
| Horsfield | 5 | 3 | 11 | 0 | - | ||
| South Melbourne first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MJ Hansen | c Speak b Moore | 82 | |||||
| +AR Wilson | b Bryant | 32 | |||||
| *WN Phillips | lbw b Moore | 11 | |||||
| ST Brown | retired hurt | 3 | |||||
| NK King | b McDonald | 51 | |||||
| PA Russ | st O'Hare b Bryant | 25 | |||||
| MD Taylor | st O'Hare b Bryant | 27 | |||||
| AR Horsfield | not out | 9 | |||||
| BD Jarvis | not out | 12 | |||||
| MJ Cox | did not bat | ||||||
| SJ Waixel | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 lb, 2 nb, 1 w) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 92 overs) | 260 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-64, 2-86, 3-185, 4-185, 5-228, 6-239 | |||||||
| Dandenong bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Boraston | 3.1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Moore | 21 | 7 | 51 | 2 | |||
| Lawrence | 23 | 9 | 47 | 0 | |||
| Bryant | 30 | 10 | 75 | 3 | |||
| McDonald | 14.5 | 2 | 72 | 1 | |||
| Dandenong second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MG Hewitt | c Wilson b King | 6 | |||||
| BM Nicholson | not out | 57 | |||||
| MS Lawrence | c Horsfield b Cox | 40 | |||||
| TP Hooper | lbw b Waixel | 29 | |||||
| +JD O'Hare | c Horsfield b Hansen | 27 | |||||
| DP Bryant | not out | 21 | |||||
| NJ Speak | did not bat | ||||||
| *BJ McArdle | did not bat | ||||||
| MA Boraston | did not bat | ||||||
| PI McDonald | did not bat | ||||||
| MD Moore | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 62 overs) | 181 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6, 2-61, 3-96, 4-145 | |||||||
| South Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| King | 12 | 4 | 25 | 1 | - | - | |
| Jarvis | 7 | 0 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cox | 15 | 5 | 61 | 1 | - | - | |
| Phillips | 9 | 4 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Waixel | 4 | 1 | 9 | 1 | - | - | |
| Horsfield | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Russ | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hansen | 4 | 2 | 18 | 1 | - | - | |
| Taylor | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |