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| Venue | University Oval, Melbourne on 3rd, 4th February 2001 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Essendon won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn (Essendon won on first innings) |
| Points | Melbourne University 0; Essendon 6 |
| Umpires | AJ Barrow, JD Ward |
| Close of play day 1 | Essendon (1) 334/6 (Berger 101*, BR Hutchinson 17*) |
| Essendon first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RG Marcy | c Harper b Joseland | 13 | |||||
| JT Baker | b Harrop | 89 | |||||
| NC Petricola | c Joseland b Harrop | 22 | |||||
| CAC Berger | not out | 101 | |||||
| *DA Tate | c Joseland b Grant | 10 | |||||
| VJ Ion | c Allardice b Harrop | 59 | |||||
| JC Hutchinson | b Joseland | 7 | |||||
| +BR Hutchinson | not out | 17 | |||||
| CM Chugg | did not bat | ||||||
| MWH Inness | did not bat | ||||||
| SW Clark | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 6 lb, 1 nb, 5 w) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 100 overs) | 334 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-51, 2-117, 3-128, 4-139, 5-295, 6-306 | |||||||
| Melbourne University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Robertson | 23 | 5 | 56 | 0 | |||
| Harrop | 19 | 4 | 67 | 3 | |||
| Morgan | 6 | 1 | 33 | 0 | |||
| Joseland | 15 | 2 | 51 | 2 | |||
| Grant | 33 | 9 | 93 | 1 | |||
| Harper | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |||
| Melbourne University first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BF Murphy | c Ion b JC Hutchinson | 17 | |||||
| PQ Harper | c Marcy b Clark | 49 | |||||
| HP Birrell | lbw b Clark | 17 | |||||
| TWH Irvine | c BR Hutchinson b Inness | 13 | |||||
| BR Joseland | b Clark | 7 | |||||
| *GJ Allardice | c Baker b Chugg | 14 | |||||
| +RL Home | b Inness | 0 | |||||
| TJ Grant | c Ion b Inness | 1 | |||||
| CJ Morgan | not out | 19 | |||||
| APS Robertson | b Inness | 9 | |||||
| BD Harrop | lbw b Inness | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 3 lb, 4 nb, 1 w) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 62.3 overs) | 155 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-53, 2-83, 3-97, 4-105, 5-115, 6-119, 7-125, 8-130, 9-155, 10-155 (62.3 ov) | |||||||
| Essendon bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Inness | 17.3 | 3 | 38 | 5 | |||
| Clark | 19 | 8 | 39 | 3 | |||
| Chugg | 12 | 2 | 41 | 1 | |||
| JC Hutchinson | 14 | 1 | 33 | 1 | |||
| Melbourne University second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BF Murphy | not out | 4 | |||||
| PQ Harper | c Tate b Inness | 2 | |||||
| HP Birrell | not out | 3 | |||||
| TWH Irvine | did not bat | ||||||
| BR Joseland | did not bat | ||||||
| *GJ Allardice | did not bat | ||||||
| +RL Home | did not bat | ||||||
| TJ Grant | did not bat | ||||||
| CJ Morgan | did not bat | ||||||
| APS Robertson | did not bat | ||||||
| BD Harrop | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket, 5.4 overs) | 13 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8 (Harper) | |||||||
| Essendon bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Inness | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| Clark | 2.4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |