vca9444	Essendon v North Melbourne
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1998/99
Venue	Windy Hill, Melbourne on 28th November, 5th December 1998 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essendon won the toss and decided to field
Result	Essendon won by 5 wickets
Points	Essendon 10; North Melbourne 0
Umpires	P Dikschei, CJ Lear
Close of play day 1	North Melbourne (2) 73/4 (Eddings 11, McDonald 9)

North Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CJ Henderson	b Sheedy	1
RA Bowers	c and b Sheedy	3
GE Maurice	lbw b Inness	4
IB McBurney	c Shannon b Taylor	25
*ER Eddings	b Inness	7
AB McDonald	c Shannon b Sheedy	4
+GE Turner	c Shannon b Taylor	0
SG Porter	c Shannon b Taylor	0
SR Davidson	c Berger b Sheedy	0
NG Heafield	c Shannon b Kellett	10
SG Hensley	not out	6
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 29.1 overs)	64
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-10, 3-14, 4-35, 5-42, 6-43, 7-43, 8-44, 9-52, 10-64 (29.1 ov)

North Melbourne second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Bowers	lbw b Taylor	14
CJ Henderson	lbw b Taylor	9
GE Maurice	c Kellett b Taylor	15
IB McBurney	lbw b Taylor	8
*ER Eddings	c Tate b PM Causon	54
AB McDonald	lbw b Taylor	64
+GE Turner	run out	9
SG Porter	c JM Causon b Tate	3
SR Davidson	lbw b Tate	11
NG Heafield	st Shannon b Tate	12
SG Hensley	not out	1
Extras	(12 b, 7 lb, 1 w)	20
Total	(all out, 75.4 overs)	220
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-38, 3-45, 4-52, 5-167, 6-190, 7-191, 8-199, 9-213, 10-220 (75.4 ov)

Notes
--> Essendon full substitute: PM Causon for MWH Inness (on Day 2)