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| Venue | Albert Ground, Melbourne on 21st, 22nd November 1998 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Melbourne won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn (Melbourne won on first innings) |
| Points | Melbourne 6; Hawthorn-Waverley 0 |
| Umpires | MNL Day, PJ Wallace |
| Close of play day 1 | Melbourne (1) 42/0 (Ayres 22*, McRae 16*) |
| Hawthorn-Waverley first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| D Kratz | c Sheahan b Williams | 12 | |||||
| PG Brown | b Sheahan | 20 | |||||
| CS Reidy | c McRae b O'Flynn | 9 | |||||
| CJ Bambury | lbw b McCooke | 19 | |||||
| *+PJ Roach | c Ayres b Williams | 11 | |||||
| PA Barber | lbw b Sheahan | 8 | |||||
| SG Helmot | c McRae b Williams | 0 | |||||
| AWG Huntington | c Steenholdt b McCooke | 31 | |||||
| DB Scott | b Henry | 7 | |||||
| DJ Shepard | c Dart b McCooke | 2 | |||||
| GA Swift | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 5 lb, 3 nb, 2 w) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 65.5 overs) | 131 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-22, 2-41, 3-53, 4-73, 5-79, 6-79, 7-86, 8-114, 9-131, 10-131 (65.5 ov) | |||||||
| Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Williams | 19 | 6 | 30 | 3 | |||
| Sheahan | 18 | 7 | 44 | 2 | |||
| O'Flynn | 8 | 3 | 17 | 1 | |||
| Dart | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| McCooke | 12.5 | 6 | 21 | 3 | |||
| Henry | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | |||
| Melbourne first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *WG Ayres | c Kratz b Barber | 104 | |||||
| +LJR McRae | c Roach b Swift | 17 | |||||
| BJ Hodge | not out | 101 | |||||
| SP Dart | not out | 6 | |||||
| MWD Sholly | did not bat | ||||||
| AM Steenholdt | did not bat | ||||||
| SM McCooke | did not bat | ||||||
| BA Williams | did not bat | ||||||
| SJ Sheahan | did not bat | ||||||
| SJ O'Flynn | did not bat | ||||||
| AW Henry | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (7 lb, 1 nb, 2 w) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets, declared, 79 overs) | 238 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-48, 2-222 | |||||||
| Hawthorn-Waverley bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Scott | 14 | 5 | 31 | 0 | |||
| Swift | 11 | 2 | 36 | 1 | |||
| Shepard | 18 | 2 | 33 | 0 | |||
| Huntington | 20 | 1 | 60 | 0 | |||
| Barber | 10 | 1 | 35 | 1 | |||
| Bambury | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Brown | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Reidy | 2 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |||
| Hawthorn-Waverley second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PG Brown | lbw b McCooke | 15 | |||||
| D Kratz | not out | 39 | |||||
| CS Reidy | not out | 24 | |||||
| CJ Bambury | did not bat | ||||||
| *+PJ Roach | did not bat | ||||||
| PA Barber | did not bat | ||||||
| SG Helmot | did not bat | ||||||
| AWG Huntington | did not bat | ||||||
| DB Scott | did not bat | ||||||
| DJ Shepard | did not bat | ||||||
| GA Swift | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (1 wicket, 25 overs) | 78 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-35 (Brown) | |||||||
| Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Williams | 5 | 2 | 16 | 0 | |||
| Sheahan | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |||
| O'Flynn | 6 | 2 | 10 | 0 | |||
| McCooke | 8 | 3 | 19 | 1 | |||
| Henry | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Steenholdt | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||