vca9516	Essendon v Northcote
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1998/99
Venue	Windy Hill, Melbourne on 6th, 7th March 1999 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essendon won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essendon 0; Northcote 0
Umpires	WP Sheahan, NM Sievers
Close of play day 1	Northcote (1) 325/5 (O'Sullivan 55*, Collins 20*)

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Northcote first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+MD Allen	c Drain b Berger	128
JE McInnes	c Shannon b Jones	26
TP Gloury	c Shannon b Hutchinson	45
AM Smith	lbw b Jones	46
TDB O'Sullivan	c Kellett b Jones	62
SR Gibbs	c Shannon b Taylor	0
ST Collins	c Marcy b Jones	26
TH Welsford	not out	6
CJ Keady	not out	3
*AD McGinty	did not bat
ML Lewis	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb)	6
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 106 overs)	348
Fall of wickets:
1-88, 2-200, 3-204, 4-294, 5-299, 6-339, 7-339

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hutchinson	22	3	86	1	-	-
Sheedy	16	5	28	0	-	-
Taylor	19	2	71	1	-	-
Jones	19	7	54	4	-	-
Kellett	12	1	43	0	-	-
Tate	5	0	22	0	-	-
Merrington	2	1	9	0	-	-
Berger	11	1	29	1	-	-

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RG Marcy	c O'Sullivan b McGinty	1
MP Drain	not out	109
AG Merrington	b Lewis	7
AD Kellett	c Allen b Welsford	1
CI Sheedy	lbw b Welsford	20
CAC Berger	lbw b Keady	12
JJ Taylor	c Allen b McGinty	44
*DA Tate	c McGinty b Welsford	1
+JF Shannon	lbw b Welsford	26
CJ Jones	not out	0
JC Hutchinson	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	11
Total	(8 wickets, 91 overs)	232
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-12, 3-19, 4-48, 5-71, 6-151, 7-152, 8-232

Northcote bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lewis	9	2	16	1	-
McGinty	26	12	43	2	-
Welsford	17	6	42	4	-
Keady	11	2	47	1	-
O'Sullivan	11	5	36	0	-
Smith	13	8	28	0	-
Gibbs	4	2	10	0	-

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