vca4739	Essendon v St Kilda
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1955/56
Venue	Windy Hill, Melbourne on 21st, 28th January 1956 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	St Kilda won the toss and decided to field
Result	St Kilda won by 1 wicket
Points	Essendon 0; St Kilda 10
Umpires	EJ Hamid, SV Westcott
Close of play day 1	St Kilda (1) 86/4 (Pummeroy 30*, Karanicolas 5*)

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
I Monks	c and b Hosking	8
DH Foster	c Lynch b Hosking	4
B Ogle	c Cooper b Hosking	10
M Dillon	b Hosking	20
NL Allanson	lbw b Hosking	4
FG Leslie	run out	11
GM McPherson	b Taplin	19
RR Marshall	b Hosking	3
*+HA Nunn	c Lynch b Hosking	3
JA Ross	c Karanicolas b Taplin	0
IT Clay	not out	1
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 29.7 overs)	85
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-21, 3-33, 4-47, 5-48, 6-70, 7-76, 8-84, 9-84, 10-85 (29.7 ov)

St Kilda bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hosking	15	0	44	7	-	-
Taplin	5.7	2	12	2	-	-
Peirce	9	0	27	0	-	-

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St Kilda first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JE Edwards	lbw b Clay	16
P Chalmers	lbw b McPherson	0
KG Kelly	c Ross b Marshall	9
KG Pummeroy	not out	30
AG Witt	b Clay	26
G Karanicolas	not out	5
PM Hosking	did not bat
NW Lynch	did not bat
DF Taplin	did not bat
VH Peirce	did not bat
+H Cooper	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 27 overs)	86
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-24, 3-26, 4-74

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McPherson	4	0	22	1
Clay	11	1	26	2
Marshall	5	1	20	1
Ross	2	0	5	0
Allanson	2	0	5	0
Dillon	3	0	8	0

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Essendon second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DH Foster	c and b Lynch	48
I Monks	b Lynch	21
M Dillon	b Hosking	1
NL Allanson	not out	55
GM McPherson	c Chalmers b Lynch	1
*+HA Nunn	b Taplin	1
RR Marshall	b Taplin	11
JA Ross	not out	2
B Ogle	did not bat
FG Leslie	did not bat
IT Clay	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 31.5 overs)	140
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-37, 3-110, 4-112, 5-114, 6-136

St Kilda bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hosking	7.5	1	27	1
Taplin	9	0	33	2
Lynch	11	0	67	3
Peirce	4	0	13	0

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St Kilda second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JE Edwards	c Ross b McPherson	16
PM Hosking	c Nunn b McPherson	0
KG Pummeroy	c Monks b Ross	42
AG Witt	st Nunn b Ross	5
P Chalmers	b Clay	23
NW Lynch	st Nunn b Ross	31
DF Taplin	c Ogle b Ross	4
G Karanicolas	run out	7
VH Peirce	b Ross	3
+H Cooper	c Monks b Clay	1
KG Kelly	not out	3
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 29.7 overs)	140
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-42, 3-53, 4-78, 5-99, 6-108, 7-131, 8-132, 9-134, 10-140 (29.7 ov)

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McPherson	9	1	28	2	-	-
Clay	10	1	47	2	-	-
Ross	7.7	0	48	5	-	-
Marshall	3	0	12	0	-	-

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Notes
--> St Kilda batted on after winning

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In St Kilda's second innings, Peirce was dismissed after the winning run had been scored after the umpires, believing the scores to be level, incorrectly allowed play to continue.

 

 

 

 

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