vca10148	Melbourne v Essendon
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 2002/03
Venue	Albert Ground, Melbourne on 1st, 2nd March 2003 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Melbourne won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn (Essendon won on first innings)
Points	Melbourne 0; Essendon 6
Umpires	PJ Shanahan, RR Turner
Close of play day 1	Essendon (1) 293/5 (Berger 102*, BR Hutchinson 0*)

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Courts	b Ashton	25
RG Marcy	c Buchanan b Milliken	73
*CAC Berger	c Cook b Milliken	103
BR Fletcher	c Ashton b Cook	51
SA Bryant	lbw b Ashton	8
AJ Mato	c Cook b Cassell	16
CJ McKay	c McRae b Cassell	3
+BR Hutchinson	c McRae b Cassell	22
JC Hutchinson	not out	7
RW Rutley	lbw b Milliken	1
SW Clark	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 7 lb, 7 nb)	20
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 92.4 overs)	329
Fall of wickets:
1-57, 2-171, 3-251, 4-270, 5-293, 6-299, 7-307, 8-320, 9-329 (92.4 ov)

Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cook	12	4	26	1	-
Cassell	23	8	76	3	-
Milliken	15.4	2	69	3	-
Ashton	13	3	41	2	-
Mangan	13	2	41	0	-
Buchanan	12	1	53	0	-
Sharp	4	1	10	0	-

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Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MS Pinniger	c BR Hutchinson b JC Hutchinson	22
R Ashton	lbw b McKay	0
LGL Buchanan	lbw b Clark	0
TS Lamb	c BR Hutchinson b JC Hutchinson	20
AJ Kent	c BR Hutchinson b Rutley	97
NS Sharp	b JC Hutchinson	11
+LJR McRae	c McKay b Clark	28
RJ Cassell	lbw b JC Hutchinson	17
BW Milliken	c Rutley b JC Hutchinson	8
*SH Cook	c Mato b Rutley	31
JP Mangan	not out	4
Extras	(7 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 77.5 overs)	245
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-1, 3-39, 4-44, 5-64, 6-107, 7-152, 8-194, 9-220, 10-245 (77.5 ov)

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clark	12	2	46	2	-	-
McKay	20	8	47	1	-	-
JC Hutchinson	20	3	56	5	-	-
Rutley	23.5	3	84	2	-	-
Bryant	1	0	1	0	-	-
Berger	1	0	4	0	-	-

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