vca4543	South Melbourne v Essendon
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1953/54
Venue	South Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 5th, 12th December 1953 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Essendon won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Essendon won on first innings)
Points	South Melbourne 0; Essendon 6
Umpires	RG Hele, WJ Smyth
Close of play day 1	South Melbourne (1) 89/4 (Hassett 24*, Kendall 8*)

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WR Reeves	b Johnson	40
C Couper-Johnston	lbw b McDonald	20
HL Nield	c Vawser b Reeve	42
I Monks	st Mitchell b McDonald	12
MR Clegg	lbw b Reeve	11
GA English	b Reeve	5
AH McPherson	c Reeve b Johnson	15
*+HA Nunn	not out	1
GM McPherson	c Hallebone b Johnson	6
JA Ross	b Reeve	0
IT Clay	c Mitchell b Reeve	0
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 34.6 overs)	152
Fall of wickets:
1-59, 2-67, 3-86, 4-101, 5-111, 6-145, 7-145, 8-152, 9-152, 10-152 (34.6 ov)

South Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Reeve	11.6	1	56	5
Meckiff	3	0	17	0
Johnson	10	0	45	3
McDonald	10	1	34	2

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South Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BF Vawser	b GM McPherson	0
J Hallebone	b Clay	19
R Howard	lbw b Clay	17
JH Shaw	b English	18
*AL Hassett	retired ill	24
KHD Kendall	c Clegg b Clay	38
IWG Johnson	c Nield b Clay	3
+WM Mitchell	c Nield b GM McPherson	9
MH Reeve	c Reeves b Ross	3
AD McDonald	not out	1
I Meckiff	c Clegg b Clay	1
Extras	(7 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 39 overs)	140
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-31, 3-38, 4-68, 5-92, 6-117, 7-138, 8-138, 9-140 (39 ov)

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
GM McPherson	12	0	45	2	-	-
Clay	17	2	39	5	-	-
English	3	0	20	1	-	-
Ross	4	0	17	1	-	-
Clegg	1	0	1	0	-	-
AH McPherson	2	0	11	0	-	-

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Essendon second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Couper-Johnston	b Johnson	13
WR Reeves	c Meckiff b Johnson	31
HL Nield	c and b Johnson	30
I Monks	lbw b Johnson	8
MR Clegg	lbw b Reeve	0
GA English	c Kendall b Johnson	23
AH McPherson	c Mitchell b Meckiff	14
*+HA Nunn	c Vawser b Johnson	5
GM McPherson	c Hallebone b Johnson	12
JA Ross	c Johnson b Meckiff	10
IT Clay	not out	4
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	6
Total	(all out, 40.1 overs)	156
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-51, 3-63, 4-64, 5-99, 6-116, 7-124, 8-132, 9-144, 10-156 (40.1 ov)

South Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Johnson	20.1	4	66	7
Reeve	11	1	45	1
McDonald	3	0	13	0
Meckiff	6	1	26	2

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South Melbourne second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BF Vawser	not out	21
J Hallebone	not out	19
R Howard	did not bat
JH Shaw	did not bat
*AL Hassett	did not bat
KHD Kendall	did not bat
IWG Johnson	did not bat
+WM Mitchell	did not bat
MH Reeve	did not bat
AD McDonald	did not bat
I Meckiff	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 8 overs)	40

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ross	4	0	25	0
Clegg	3	0	14	0
Reeves	1	0	1	0

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Notes
--> AL Hassett retired ill in the South Melbourne first innings having scored 24 (team score 89/4)

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