| vca6222 | |
| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 22nd, 29th January 1972 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Essendon won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn (Melbourne won on first innings) |
| Points | Melbourne 6; Essendon 0 |
| Umpires | PJ Hooper, RC Isherwood |
| Close of play day 1 | Essendon (1) 265/9 (Ford 3*, Adams 1*) |
| Essendon first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MJ Mitchell | c Townley b Boyd | 30 | |||||
| DJM Smith | c Townley b Walker | 10 | |||||
| R McGibbon | c Townley b Walker | 17 | |||||
| RF McLennan | lbw b Brown | 11 | |||||
| JD Swanson | c Walker b Bedford | 100 | |||||
| IJ Taylor | c Moss b Walker | 21 | |||||
| RFR Howe | b Walker | 14 | |||||
| *JW Grant | b Brown | 29 | |||||
| KW Kirby | c Moore b Boyd | 27 | |||||
| +HH Ford | not out | 3 | |||||
| KE Adams | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (1 nb, 1 w) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 65 overs) | 265 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10, 2-34, 3-49, 4-105, 5-143, 6-191, 7-211, 8-240, 9-264 | |||||||
| Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Walker | 24 | 5 | 91 | 4 | |||
| Brown | 14 | 5 | 49 | 2 | |||
| Boyd | 13 | 1 | 51 | 2 | |||
| Bedford | 7 | 0 | 34 | 1 | |||
| MacGillivray | 7 | 0 | 38 | 0 | |||
| Melbourne first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *GC Brown | c McGibbon b Grant | 0 | |||||
| JK Moss | c Ford b Adams | 0 | |||||
| RG Lloyd | lbw b Kirby | 49 | |||||
| PLA Bedford | not out | 116 | |||||
| PG Moore | run out | 0 | |||||
| GR Anderson | c Ford b Adams | 24 | |||||
| MHN Walker | run out | 35 | |||||
| GR Booth | c Howe b Swanson | 1 | |||||
| AS MacGillivray | c Mitchell b Kirby | 4 | |||||
| +GA Townley | not out | 35 | |||||
| GW Boyd | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 1 lb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, 64 overs) | 270 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-6, 3-98, 4-99, 5-154, 6-206, 7-209, 8-214 | |||||||
| Essendon bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Grant | 11 | 1 | 62 | 1 | - | - | |
| Adams | 12 | 0 | 52 | 2 | - | - | |
| Taylor | 6 | 0 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Swanson | 13 | 1 | 38 | 1 | - | - | |
| Kirby | 21 | 1 | 76 | 2 | - | - | |
| Smith | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
This page was created by the CricketArchive Oracles
LATEST SCORES
CURRENT EVENTS
- Afghanistan in Zimbabwe 2025/26
- Austria in Romania 2025/26
- Canada Women in Uganda 2025/26
- Cyprus International Twenty20 Tri-Series 2025/26
- England in New Zealand 2025/26
- ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League Two 2023/24 to 2027
- ICC Women's World Cup 2025/26
- India in Australia 2025/26
- South Africa in Pakistan 2025/26
- United Arab Emirates Women in Papua New Guinea 2025/26
- West Indies in Bangladesh 2025/26
- West Indies in New Zealand 2025/26
View all Current Events CLICK HERE


