vca274	Fitzroy v Hawksburn
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1897/98
Venue	Fitzroy Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 19th, 26th March, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th April 1898 (6-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Hawksburn won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Hawksburn won on first innings)
Umpires	WA Hopkinson, T Lederman
Close of play day 1	Hawksburn (1) 228/4 (TR Rush 30*, Taylor 13*)
Close of play day 2	Fitzroy (1) 51/2 (Ellis 26*, WA Tarrant 0*)
Close of play day 3	Fitzroy (1) 244/8 (Best 42*, Twentyman 14*)
Close of play day 4	Fitzroy (1) 269/9 (Twentyman 34*)
Close of play day 5	No play

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Hawksburn first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CE Jones	c Giller b Mitchell	70
+ER Rush	c and b Twentyman	75
WH Watling	c Hopkins b FA Tarrant	24
TR Rush	b Mitchell	52
AD Collie	c Twentyman b FA Tarrant	0
*J Taylor	b Mitchell	43
HL Walton	b Twentyman	22
WR Lockett	c Hopkins b Twentyman	23
EW Farley	run out	4
T Morphett	b FA Tarrant	12
JW O'Connor	not out	0
Extras		21
Total	(all out, 147 overs)	346
Fall of wickets:
1-137, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-271, 6-280, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-346 (147 ov)

Fitzroy bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Twentyman	43	17	90	3	-	-
Mitchell	42	15	88	3	-	-
FA Tarrant	23	7	69	3	-	-
Giller	6	2	13	0	-	-
Tulloch	16	6	32	0	-	-
Ellis	17	5	33	0	-	-

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Fitzroy first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*R Mitchell	c Watling b Collie	9
W Webb	b O'Connor	15
M Ellis	c Collie b Taylor	38
WA Tarrant	run out	62
JJ Smith	b Farley	7
+I Hopkins	run out	34
CC Best	c Taylor b Walton	47
W Giller	st +Farley b Watling	13
FA Tarrant	c TR Rush b ER Rush	0
E Twentyman	not out	34
DG Tulloch	absent
Extras		10
Total	(all out)	269
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-269

Hawksburn bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
O'Connor	?	?	20	1	-	-
Collie	?	?	?	1	-	-
Taylor	?	?	?	1	-	-
Farley	?	?	?	1	-	-
Walton	?	?	?	1	-	-
ER Rush	?	?	?	1	-	-
Watling	?	?	?	1	-	-
Jones	?	?	?	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> Bowling in the Fitzroy first innings adds 239 runs under

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