vca9166	Melbourne v Essendon
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1996/97
Venue	Albert Ground, Melbourne on 11th, 18th January 1997 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Melbourne won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Essendon won on first innings)
Points	Melbourne 0; Essendon 6
Umpires	DN Bomford, FJ Preen
Close of play day 1	Melbourne (1) 287 all out

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Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Scalzo	b Jones	79
LJR McRae	c Sheedy b Law	0
BJ Hodge	c Jones b Inness	1
SP Dart	c Shannon b Jones	23
RJ Herman	c Tate b Berger	56
*MWD Sholly	c Berger b Smith	48
SM McCooke	c Shannon b Jones	0
+RI Templeton	c Matthews b Jones	25
DA Johnston	not out	15
SJ O'Flynn	b Inness	4
DJ Hickey	c Steenholdt b Inness	2
Extras	(4 b, 9 lb, 12 nb, 9 w)	34
Total	(all out, 96.4 overs)	287
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-6, 3-50, 4-166, 5-192, 6-196, 7-255, 8-268, 9-285, 10-287 (96.4 ov)

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Inness	18.4	6	43	3
Law	11	1	43	1
Sheedy	9	5	12	0
Jones	18	3	47	4
Smith	14	6	44	1
Matthews	10	1	43	0
Berger	16	3	42	1

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+JF Shannon	b O'Flynn	7
AM Steenholdt	c O'Beirne b Herman	20
DR Law	c Burke b O'Flynn	57
AD Kellett	lbw b McCooke	17
CAC Berger	not out	101
CI Sheedy	c Templeton b Hickey	13
*DA Tate	c O'Flynn b Ayres	59
JJ Taylor	run out	3
CJ Jones	c Templeton b Sholly	2
SJ Matthews	c Templeton b Sholly	0
AC Smith	not out	5
Extras	(3 b, 14 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	22
Total	(9 wickets, 100 overs)	306
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-40, 3-98, 4-131, 5-157, 6-?, 7-?, 8-298, 9-298

Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
O'Flynn	16	3	50	2
Hickey	17	2	62	1
Herman	20	7	59	1
Johnston	13	2	42	0
McCooke	27	9	55	1
Burke	1	0	1	0
Ayres	4	2	14	1
Sholly	2	1	6	2

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Notes
--> Melbourne full substitute: WG Ayres for SP Dart (on Day 2)
--> Melbourne full substitute: SH Burke for BJ Hodge (on Day 2)
--> Melbourne full substitute: PJ O'Beirne for LJR McRae (on Day 2)
--> Essendon full substitute: JJ Taylor for MWH Inness (on Day 2)

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