vca3144	Essendon v Richmond
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1938/39 (Semi-Final)
Venue	Windy Hill, Melbourne on 20th, 25th March, 1st April 1939 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Essendon won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Richmond won on first innings)
Umpires	WJ Craddock, WJ Moore
Close of play day 1	Richmond (1) 3/1 (Stuckey 0*, Mathers 0*)
Close of play day 2	Richmond (1) 197/5 (Junor 22*, Newstead 8*)

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CT McCall	c Mathers b McCormick	10
+JL Kidd	c Smeaton b Keating	26
FW Sides	b Smeaton	0
JL Stephens	b Keating	57
JID Leembruggen	c and b Ring	15
RJ Sitch	run out	37
WY Wilson	c Newstead b Smeaton	1
*WJ Horrocks	st Mathers b Keating	5
TA Carlton	not out	11
RS Reynolds	b Keating	0
HH Alexander	lbw b Ring	12
Extras	(8 b, 7 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	19
Total	(all out, 48.5 overs)	193
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-22, 3-57, 4-102, 5-144, 6-145, 7-166, 8-167, 9-168, 10-193 (48.5 ov)

Richmond bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McCormick	11	3	28	1
Smeaton	15	3	39	2
Ledward	2	0	6	0
Keating	11	0	56	4
Ring	9.5	0	45	2

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Richmond first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CGW Stuckey	c Sides b Wilson	85
F Henderson	lbw b Wilson	0
+H Mathers	b Carlton	11
JA Ledward	c Reynolds b Alexander	18
LPJ O'Brien	c Sides b Wilson	38
GH Newstead	hit wkt b Reynolds	114
LJ Junor	c and b Stephens	84
DT Ring	c Kidd b Sitch	9
JL Keating	b Wilson	9
GF Smeaton	not out	0
EL McCormick	lbw b Wilson	0
Extras	(3 b, 10 lb, 4 nb, 2 w)	19
Total	(all out, 103.5 overs)	387
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-34, 3-75, 4-155, 5-172, 6-334, 7-360, 8-387, 9-387, 10-387 (103.5 ov)

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Reynolds	18	1	84	1
Wilson	29.5	4	106	5
Carlton	29	7	69	1
Alexander	17	2	54	1
Stephens	9	0	47	1
Sitch	1	0	8	1

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Essendon second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RJ Sitch	b Ring	14
JID Leembruggen	retired hurt	7
FW Sides	c Stuckey b Keating	38
CT McCall	not out	2
+JL Kidd	did not bat
JL Stephens	did not bat
WY Wilson	did not bat
*WJ Horrocks	did not bat
TA Carlton	did not bat
RS Reynolds	did not bat
HH Alexander	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(2 wickets, 13.2 overs)	67
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-67 (13.2 ov)

Richmond bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McCormick	5	0	19	0	-
Smeaton	2	2	0	0	-
Ring	3	0	18	1	-
Ledward	2	0	10	0	-
Keating	1.2	0	14	1	-

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Notes
--> JID Leembruggen retired hurt in the Essendon second innings having scored 7 (team had lost 0 wickets)

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