vca4694	Melbourne v Northcote
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1955/56
Venue	Albert Ground, Melbourne on 15th, 22nd October 1955 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Melbourne won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn (Melbourne won on first innings)
Points	Melbourne 6; Northcote 0
Umpires	DE Smith, G Wetenhall
Close of play day 1	Melbourne (1) 55/0 (Thoms 42*, Ponsford 12*)

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Northcote first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WM Lawry	c Longney b Smith	0
+DJ Gough	c and b Fairbairn	19
JL McMenamin	c Miles b Daniel	22
*LG Bridges	c Longney b Daniel	0
SR Fisher	c and b Fairbairn	27
WF Blencowe	c Thoms b Daniel	29
L Noble	lbw b Daniel	2
DM Stewart	c Crawford b Daniel	4
JB Horwill	c Miles b Daniel	0
W Brown	not out	1
K Hill	c Kline b Fairbairn	2
Extras	(1 b, 3 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 37.4 overs)	110
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-42, 3-42, 4-50, 5-99, 6-103, 7-103, 8-107, 9-107, 10-110 (37.4 ov)

Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	5	0	21	1	-
Fairbairn	15.4	3	40	3	-
Daniel	14	1	38	6	-
Thoms	3	0	7	0	-

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Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GR Thoms	c Gough b Fisher	95
WN Ponsford	c and b Brown	72
J Crawford	c and b Horwill	2
MR Haysom	c Noble b Brown	11
RB Stevens	not out	27
JG Miles	not out	18
J Daniel	did not bat
*CL Fairbairn	did not bat
LF Kline	did not bat
+GW Longney	did not bat
CR Smith	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 50 overs)	226
Fall of wickets:
1-156, 2-159, 3-181, 4-181

Northcote bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	17	1	65	2	-	-
Horwill	7	0	36	1	-	-
Hill	7	0	39	0	-	-
Fisher	14	2	47	1	-	-
McMenamin	4	0	31	0	-	-
Stewart	1	0	7	0	-	-

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Northcote second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WM Lawry	not out	32
+DJ Gough	c Stevens b Kline	31
L Noble	lbw b Smith	15
SR Fisher	run out	0
WF Blencowe	retired hurt	0
*LG Bridges	lbw b Kline	6
DM Stewart	not out	14
JL McMenamin	did not bat
JB Horwill	did not bat
W Brown	did not bat
K Hill	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(4 wickets, 35 overs)	99
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-60, 3-60, 4-73

Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	7	1	28	1	-	-
Fairbairn	7	2	18	0	-	-
Daniel	6	3	10	0	-	-
Kline	13	1	31	2	-	-
Stevens	2	0	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> WF Blencowe retired hurt in the Northcote second innings having scored 0 (team had lost 3 wickets)

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