vca251	North Melbourne v Fitzroy
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1896/97
Venue	Windy Hill, Melbourne on 10th, 24th April, 1st May 1897 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Fitzroy won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (North Melbourne won on first innings)
Umpires	E Barrass, JT Harry
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	North Melbourne (1) 56/1 (Gerber 19*, Rundell 25*)

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Fitzroy first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
M Ellis	c Waugh b Carlton	4
F Rice	b Maplestone	14
WA Tarrant	b Carlton	3
DF Noonan	c and b Carlton	5
*R Mitchell	b Maplestone	53
R Littlefield	c Carlton b McClelland	41
E Twentyman	b McClelland	6
G Beacham	not out	14
+FWA Spear	lbw b Houston	8
A O'Leary	b Houston	1
WW Blundell	b Houston	0
Extras		8
Total	(all out)	157
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-30, 4-30, 5-123, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-157

North Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McClelland	?	?	43	2	-	-
Carlton	?	?	56	3	-	-
Maplestone	?	?	48	2	-	-
Houston	?	?	2	3	-	-

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North Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JJ Gerber	c Noonan b Twentyman	53
HC Maplestone	b Mitchell	12
HB Rundell	b Mitchell	36
GA Bean	c Blundell b Mitchell	29
WA Ryan	b Twentyman	40
J Carlton	c Littlefield b Mitchell	0
JA Howlett	c and b Mitchell	30
RF Waugh	c Noonan b Blundell	13
T Fox	c Noonan b Blundell	1
LJ McClelland	b Mitchell	6
*+RS Houston	not out	0
Extras		9
Total	(all out)	229
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-73, 3-121, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-229

Fitzroy bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mitchell	?	?	85	6	-	-
Twentyman	?	?	68	2	-	-
Blundell	?	?	29	2	-	-
Littlefield	?	?	12	0	-	-
Beacham	?	?	?	0	-	-

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Fitzroy second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WA Tarrant	not out	28
DF Noonan	b Waugh	32
+FWA Spear	not out	9
M Ellis	did not bat
F Rice	did not bat
*R Mitchell	did not bat
R Littlefield	did not bat
E Twentyman	did not bat
G Beacham	did not bat
A O'Leary	did not bat
WW Blundell	did not bat
Extras		8
Total	(1 wicket)	77
Fall of wickets:
1-? (Noonan)

North Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Waugh	?	?	11	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Bowling in the North Melbourne first innings adds 26 runs under
--> Bowling in the Fitzroy second innings adds 58 runs under

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The last two days were played at the Triangle, Carlton
Noonan was dismissed by Waugh in the second innings but it is not known how

 

 

 

 

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