misc233389	Melbourne University v Essendon
	Other matches in Australia 1897/98
Venue	University Oval, Melbourne on 5th, 12th, 26th March, 2nd April 1898 (2-day single innings match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Melbourne University won by 1018 runs
Close of play day 1	Melbourne University 389/2 (LF Miller 165*, Osborne 131*)
Close of play day 2	Melbourne University 722/4 (Quirk 162*, Feilchenfeld 63*)
Close of play day 3	Melbourne University ?/8 (Bullivant 92*, Gray 19*)

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Melbourne University innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LF Miller	c Ramsay b Smith	205
HJ Stewart	c and b Washington	23
C Miller	c C Christian b Washington	57
EC Osborne	b O'Shea	190
WE O'Hara	hit wkt b Griffiths	7
JJ Quirk	b Sampford	179
E Feilchenfeld	c Guant b C Christian	176
HE Bullivant	not out	139
WS Ross	b Griffiths	32
AB Gray	b H Christian	22
TB Lewers	c sub (C Miller) b Washington	26
Extras	(31 b, 2 lb, 5 w)	38
Total	(all out, 263.3 overs)	1094
Fall of wickets:
1-38 (Stewart), 2-156 (C Miller), 3-459 (Osborne), 4-542 (O'Hara), 5-746 (Quirk), 6-828 (LF Miller), 7-845 (Feilchenfeld), 8-968 (Ross), 9-1025 (Gray), 10-1094 (Lewers, 263.3 ov)

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sampford	40	9	145	1	-	-
H Christian	52	23	243	1	2	-
C Christian	38	2	137	1	-	-
Guant	17	1	69	0	-	-
Griffiths	34	5	137	2	-	-
O'Shea	17	0	88	1	-	-
Washington	33.3	3	119	3	-	-
Smith	16	1	47	1	1	-
Dalton	10	1	42	0	1	-
Barr	5	0	26	0	-	-
Ramsay	1	0	3	0	-	-

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Essendon innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Griffiths	c and b C Miller	26
+C Ramsay	b Feilchenfeld	2
M O'Shea	b Gray	1
C Dalton	c Gray b C Miller	22
*H Christian	b C Miller	2
G Washington	b Ross	2
C Christian	not out	13
P Barr	b Ross	6
W Smith	absent
C Sampford	absent
J Guant	absent
Extras	(1 b, 1 w)	2
Total	(all out, 22.1 overs)	76
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?

Melbourne University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gray	8	0	30	1		-
Feilchenfeld	6	4	5	1		-
C Miller	5	0	34	3		-
Ross	3.1	0	5	2		-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for two days but extended to four.
--> LF Miller retired not out in the Melbourne University innings having scored 200 (team had lost 3 wickets) - he returned when the score was 746/5

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