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| Venue | Albert Ground, Melbourne on 5th, 12th January 1957 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Melbourne won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn (Melbourne won on first innings) |
| Points | Melbourne 6; North Melbourne 0 |
| Umpires | J Prosser, WB Stickland |
| Close of play day 1 | North Melbourne (1) 13/0 (Forbes 11*, Evans 2*) |
| Melbourne first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| EAM Ajani | c Sykes b Harry | 57 | |||||
| CN Crompton | run out | 2 | |||||
| MR Haysom | c Evans b Pearce | 30 | |||||
| RB Stevens | lbw b French | 55 | |||||
| J Daniel | b Harry | 0 | |||||
| J Crawford | lbw b Harry | 37 | |||||
| WN Ponsford | c and b French | 26 | |||||
| RF Merriman | b French | 12 | |||||
| +GW Longney | c Forbes b French | 34 | |||||
| *CL Fairbairn | not out | 0 | |||||
| BJD Watson | run out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (8 b, 1 lb, 1 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 57 overs) | 264 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-3, 2-54, 3-120, 4-120, 5-180, 6-208, 7-219, 8-261, 9-261, 10-264 (57 ov) | |||||||
| North Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wilson | 7 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | ||
| Pearce | 18 | 2 | 66 | 1 | - | ||
| Watters | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | ||
| French | 16 | 0 | 105 | 4 | - | ||
| Harry | 15 | 1 | 59 | 3 | - | ||
| North Melbourne first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| K Forbes | c Longney b Daniel | 67 | |||||
| +RB Evans | c Longney b Watson | 3 | |||||
| *RI Maddocks | c Longney b Daniel | 25 | |||||
| JC Watters | c Stevens b Watson | 16 | |||||
| S French | run out | 4 | |||||
| L Sykes | b Watson | 5 | |||||
| FT Murphy | c Ponsford b Fairbairn | 42 | |||||
| R Briscoe | c Crompton b Merriman | 13 | |||||
| LJ Wilson | b Merriman | 6 | |||||
| RA Harry | not out | 10 | |||||
| KN Pearce | lbw b Watson | 9 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 6 lb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 53.3 overs) | 208 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-15, 2-62, 3-99, 4-113, 5-118, 6-126, 7-155, 8-185, 9-186, 10-208 (53.3 ov) | |||||||
| Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Watson | 16.3 | 4 | 54 | 4 | - | - | |
| Fairbairn | 15 | 1 | 49 | 1 | - | - | |
| Daniel | 11 | 0 | 41 | 2 | - | - | |
| Merriman | 11 | 0 | 56 | 2 | - | - | |
| Melbourne second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| EAM Ajani | run out | 6 | |||||
| CN Crompton | not out | 15 | |||||
| +GW Longney | not out | 0 | |||||
| MR Haysom | did not bat | ||||||
| RB Stevens | did not bat | ||||||
| J Daniel | did not bat | ||||||
| J Crawford | did not bat | ||||||
| WN Ponsford | did not bat | ||||||
| RF Merriman | did not bat | ||||||
| *CL Fairbairn | did not bat | ||||||
| BJD Watson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 3 w) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket, 4 overs) | 28 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-28 (Ajani) | |||||||
| North Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Maddocks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| Sykes | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | ||
| Evans | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | ||
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