vca159	Melbourne v North Melbourne
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1893/94
Venue	Warehousemen's Ground, Melbourne on 9th, 16th December 1893, 6th January 1894 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	North Melbourne won the toss and decided to bat
Result	North Melbourne won by 33 runs
Umpires	HJ Alessio, GS Lord
Close of play day 1	North Melbourne (1) 281/7 (Fox 77*, G Stuckey 17*)
Close of play day 2	Melbourne (1) 226/9 (McLeod 28*, Wilson 11*)

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North Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Bean	b McLeod	10
J Carlton	c Ross b McLeod	7
HC Maplestone	st Ross b McLeod	15
JH Stuckey	c Ross b McLeod	10
JA Howlett	c Walters b McLeod	16
IS Drape	c McCarthy b Wilson	31
EE Bean	c McLean b McIlwraith	83
+T Fox	not out	91
G Stuckey	c Walters b Trumble	33
*RS Houston	c Haddrick b Trumble	1
RJF Steel	c Peryman b Trumble	0
Extras		19
Total	(all out, 113.3 overs)	316
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-?, 3-?, 4-54, 5-94, 6-118, 7-245, 8-?, 9-?, 10-316 (113.3 ov)

Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McLeod	53	25	97	5	-	-
Phillips	17	8	35	0	-	-
Wilson	15	1	72	1	-	-
McIlwraith	8	2	27	1	-	-
McCarthy	6	1	27	0	-	-
Haddrick	3	0	9	0	-	-
McLean	2	0	17	0	-	-
Trumble	9.3	7	13	3	-	-

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Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*+CH Ross	c JH Stuckey b Carlton	32
FH Walters	b Carlton	16
H McLean	lbw b Carlton	61
H Trumble	b Maplestone	0
CE McLeod	not out	38
J Phillips	b Steel	28
CH Peryman	c Carlton b Steel	4
J McCarthy	c [unknown] b Carlton	18
AP Haddrick	b Carlton	9
JF Wilson	c Howlett b Carlton	27
DH McIlwraith	b Steel	7
Extras		19
Total	(all out, 90.5 overs)	259
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-69, 3-69, 4-156, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-259 (90.5 ov)

North Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Carlton	39.5	5	127	6	-	-
EE Bean	14	1	36	0	-	-
Maplestone	14	8	25	1	-	-
G Stuckey	4	0	13	0	-	-
Houston	7	2	19	0	-	-
Steel	12	3	20	3	-	-

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North Melbourne second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Stuckey	c Wilson b Trumble	27
HC Maplestone	c McLean b McLeod	7
RJF Steel	c Ross b McLeod	19
GA Bean	c Trumble b McLeod	11
JH Stuckey	c McCarthy b Trumble	17
+T Fox	c McIlwraith b Trumble	4
EE Bean	c Phillips b Trumble	0
J Carlton	c Ross b McLeod	2
IS Drape	c McCarthy b Trumble	1
JA Howlett	not out	1
*RS Houston	c Trumble b McLeod	2
Extras		12
Total	(all out, 35.5 overs)	103
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-52, 3-72, 4-72, 5-79, 6-84, 7-95, 8-95, 9-97, 10-103 (35.5 ov)

Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trumble	16	3	49	5	-	-
McLeod	17.5	6	34	5	-	-
McIlwraith	2	0	8	0	-	-

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Melbourne second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*+CH Ross	b Carlton	0
H McLean	b Carlton	27
J Phillips	b Maplestone	16
DH McIlwraith	not out	50
FH Walters	obstructing the field	15
H Trumble	did not bat
CE McLeod	did not bat
CH Peryman	did not bat
J McCarthy	did not bat
AP Haddrick	did not bat
JF Wilson	did not bat
Extras		19
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 32.5 overs)	127
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-33, 3-73, 4-127 (32.5 ov)

North Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Carlton	16.5	2	47	2	-	-
EE Bean	4	0	20	0	-	-
Maplestone	4	0	18	1	-	-
Steel	8	2	23	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.

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The match ended in farcical circumstances when the non-striker, Walters, in completing a second run, crashed into the stumps at the bowler's end in order to avoid colliding with the bowler, Carlton. The latter light-heartedly appealed to umpire Lord who astonishingly gave Walters out. Walters refused to leave the crease, and as time was nearly up, the Melbourne captain declared the innings closed, thereby giving North Melbourne an outright victory. Under existing rules, no extra points were allocated to an outright, as opposed to a first innings win, so North Melbourne which had already won on the first innings, gained no extra advantage. The VCA pennant committee ruled that they could not alter the umpire's decision, even though Lord admitted he had made a mistake. This ruling was later upheld by a full meeting of the association.
McCarthy was c Stuckey but the score does not say by which one

 

 

 

 

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