vca252	Richmond v Melbourne
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1896/97
Venue	Richmond Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 10th, 24th April, 1st May 1897 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Richmond won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Melbourne won on first innings)
Umpires	CF Foot, WA Young
Close of play day 1	Richmond (1) 224/7 (Whitehead 63*, Haddrick 22*)
Close of play day 2	Melbourne (1) 219/4 (McLeod 33*, Wilson 3*)

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Richmond first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Green	c Moysey b Wilson	3
*RTB Kelly	b Bruce	10
AM Wade	c Ross b Bruce	3
D Sutherland	b McLeod	72
AE Jones	c Fry b Wilson	0
CA Blake	b Bruce	11
E Sholl	run out	32
AE Whitehead	c and b McLeod	84
AP Haddrick	not out	52
+GA Honeybone	b Bruce	3
Blakeley	c Leith b Fry	12
Extras		11
Total	(all out)	293
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-15, 3-18, 4-18, 5-39, 6-94, 7-179, 8-264, 9-?, 10-293

Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bruce	?	?	88	4	-	-
Wilson	?	?	77	2	-	-
McLeod	?	?	54	2	-	-
Fry	?	?	25	1	-	-
Ross	?	?	17	0	-	-
Leith	?	?	?	0	-	-

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Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Bruce	c Honeybone b Blake	28
R Greene	b Sholl	76
HJ Fry	c Blakeley b Sholl	11
*CH Ross	b Haddrick	61
CE McLeod	c Honeybone b Sholl	56
GL Wilson	c Blake b Sholl	110
AA Aitken	b Blake	12
JG Leith	c Blake b Sholl	60
GB Moysey	not out	38
AE Stephen	c Blake b Haddrick	19
+AE Johns	b Blake	22
Extras		7
Total	(all out)	500
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-98, 3-132, 4-210, 5-264, 6-287, 7-421, 8-?, 9-?, 10-500

Richmond bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blake	?	?	109	3	-	-
Wade	?	?	105	0	-	-
Sholl	?	?	89	5	-	-
Haddrick	?	?	85	2	-	-
Kelly	?	?	?	0	-	-
Green	?	?	14	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Bowling in the Richmond first innings adds 21 runs under
--> Bowling in the Melbourne first innings adds 91 runs under

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