vca185	North Melbourne v Fitzroy
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1894/95 (5th Place Play-off)
Venue	North Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 27th April, 4th, 11th, 18th May 1895 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Fitzroy won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Fitzroy won by a concession
Umpires	JT Harry, WA Young
Close of play day 1	Fitzroy (1) 186/9 (Howes 0*)
Close of play day 2	North Melbourne (1) 169/9 (JT Howlett 26*, Ming 5*)
Close of play day 3

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Fitzroy first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FE Chesswas	c GA Bean b EE Bean	15
E Twentyman	c Stuckey b Maplestone	36
WN Wauhope	c Fox b EE Bean	3
HL Walton	b Maplestone	0
CE Jones	c sub (J Carlton) b EE Bean	57
CC Blazey	run out	15
J Cunningham	c and b Maplestone	1
+G Beacham	run out	28
J Paterson	b JT Howlett	18
A Howes	not out	0
*JC McKirdy	b JT Howlett	2
Extras		13
Total	(all out)	188
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-188

North Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Maplestone	?	?	61	3	-	-
EE Bean	?	?	83	3	-	-
Ming	?	?	22	0	-	-
JT Howlett	?	?	9	2	-	-

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North Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EE Bean	c and b McKirdy	59
HC Maplestone	b Paterson	4
+T Fox	c Jones b Paterson	7
JH Stuckey	run out	28
JT Howlett	not out	31
*RS Houston	c Chesswas b Paterson	0
GA Bean	c and b McKirdy	5
JA Howlett	run out	0
JJ Gerber	c and b McKirdy	5
RJF Steel	c McKirdy b Paterson	5
RS Ming	lbw b Paterson	14
Extras		25
Total	(all out)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-183

Fitzroy bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKirdy	?	?	49	3	-	-
Paterson	?	?	62	5	-	-

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Fitzroy second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FE Chesswas	not out	40
E Twentyman	c Fox b EE Bean	18
WN Wauhope	b JT Howlett	8
HL Walton	b Maplestone	27
CE Jones	b JT Howlett	29
+G Beacham	not out	3
CC Blazey	did not bat
J Cunningham	did not bat
J Paterson	did not bat
A Howes	did not bat
*JC McKirdy	did not bat
Extras		7
Total	(4 wickets)	132
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?

North Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Maplestone	?	?	32	1	-	-
Houston	?	?	25	0	-	-
EE Bean	?	?	30	1	-	-
JT Howlett	?	?	36	2	-	-

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Notes
--> Bowling in the North Melbourne first innings adds 47 runs under
--> Bowling in the Fitzroy second innings adds 2 runs under

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On the 4th day, play which had commenced at 2 p.m., was abandoned soon after 3 p.m. when the North Melbourne and Port Melbourne footballers took the field to commence a game. The VCA pennant committee ruled that North Melbourne should lose the match.

 

 

 

 

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