vca9398	Dandenong v Essendon
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1998/99
Venue	Shepley Oval, Melbourne on 17th, 24th October 1998 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essendon won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn (Essendon won on first innings)
Points	Dandenong 0; Essendon 6
Umpires	RW Stratford, PJ Wallace
Close of play day 1	Essendon (1) 15/1 (Drain 5*, Causon 4*)

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Dandenong first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MS Lawrence	c Merrington b Kellett	54
BM Nicholson	st Shannon b Tate	44
*IJ Harvey	b Taylor	1
TP Hooper	c Shannon b Sheedy	10
B Francis	lbw b Kellett	30
+JD O'Hare	c Shannon b Taylor	27
BJ McArdle	c Kellett b Taylor	2
DP Bryant	b Kellett	24
MA Boraston	not out	19
MD Moore	c Causon b Kellett	2
JM Prendergast	lbw b Inness	2
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 4 nb, 4 w)	13
Total	(all out, 82.5 overs)	228
Fall of wickets:
1-84, 2-85, 3-114, 4-136, 5-169, 6-181, 7-185, 8-207, 9-219, 10-228 (82.5 ov)

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Inness	17.5	2	42	1
Sheedy	11	2	40	1
Merrington	2	0	15	0
Taylor	15	6	27	3
Kellett	19	7	57	4
Tate	9	2	18	1
Matthews	9	4	24	0

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MP Drain	c O'Hare b Prendergast	31
+JF Shannon	c O'Hare b Harvey	4
JM Causon	lbw b Bryant	15
CI Sheedy	c O'Hare b Johnstone	38
CAC Berger	b Prendergast	91
AG Merrington	c Nicholson b Lawrence	11
*DA Tate	b Lawrence	0
AD Kellett	c Moore b Lawrence	1
JJ Taylor	c Francis b Moore	32
MWH Inness	not out	3
SJ Matthews	c O'Hare b Moore	13
Extras	(5 lb, 5 nb, 4 w)	14
Total	(all out, 96 overs)	253
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-48, 3-56, 4-135, 5-180, 6-180, 7-182, 8-228, 9-238, 10-253 (96 ov)

Dandenong bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harvey	4	1	5	1
Boraston	17	3	54	0
Lawrence	18	10	45	3
Moore	15	6	39	2
Prendergast	19	4	48	2
Bryant	16	4	41	1
Johnstone	7	1	16	1

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Notes
--> Dandenong full substitute: AC Johnstone for IJ Harvey (on Day 2)

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