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| Venue | Albert Ground, Melbourne on 3rd, 10th November 1956 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Footscray won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Melbourne won by 5 wickets |
| Points | Melbourne 10; Footscray 0 |
| Umpires | RG Hele, JA McDonald |
| Close of play day 1 | Melbourne (1) 38/1 (Haysom 22*, Stevens 6*) |
| Footscray first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BC Neate | lbw b Fairbairn | 2 | |||||
| IC Priddle | c Ponsford b Watson | 11 | |||||
| EG Perussich | c Longney b Smith | 0 | |||||
| *GJ Murray | c Ponsford b Smith | 0 | |||||
| AE Dean | b Watson | 27 | |||||
| JW Mann | c Thoms b Smith | 8 | |||||
| ID Kelly | lbw b Watson | 0 | |||||
| +J Kirby | run out | 49 | |||||
| AR Leigh | c Longney b Daniel | 12 | |||||
| IC Stewart | lbw b Daniel | 1 | |||||
| AC Day | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (1 nb) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 42.2 overs) | 111 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-3, 2-5, 3-9, 4-22, 5-49, 6-49, 7-52, 8-94, 9-110, 10-111 (42.2 ov) | |||||||
| Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Smith | 11 | 1 | 27 | 3 | - | ||
| Fairbairn | 12.2 | 1 | 41 | 1 | - | ||
| Daniel | 10 | 2 | 23 | 2 | - | ||
| Watson | 9 | 0 | 19 | 3 | - | ||
| Melbourne first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GR Thoms | c Kirby b Day | 19 | |||||
| A Mackay | lbw b Leigh | 2 | |||||
| MR Haysom | c Priddle b Dean | 34 | |||||
| RB Stevens | b Dean | 6 | |||||
| CN Crompton | c Kelly b Day | 8 | |||||
| J Daniel | c Leigh b Day | 0 | |||||
| WN Ponsford | c Priddle b Dean | 29 | |||||
| +GW Longney | c Kirby b Day | 0 | |||||
| *CL Fairbairn | c and b Dean | 1 | |||||
| BJD Watson | c Kelly b Day | 1 | |||||
| CR Smith | not out | 15 | |||||
| Extras | (1 lb) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 27.4 overs) | 116 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-9, 2-39, 3-52, 4-61, 5-61, 6-74, 7-78, 8-79, 9-80, 10-116 (27.4 ov) | |||||||
| Footscray bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Leigh | 3 | 0 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
| Day | 13 | 2 | 42 | 5 | - | - | |
| Dean | 11.4 | 0 | 53 | 4 | - | - | |
| Footscray second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| EG Perussich | c Haysom b Fairbairn | 44 | |||||
| IC Priddle | c Longney b Smith | 0 | |||||
| AE Dean | b Fairbairn | 14 | |||||
| +J Kirby | c Crompton b Watson | 9 | |||||
| ID Kelly | b Watson | 1 | |||||
| JW Mann | not out | 4 | |||||
| IC Stewart | run out | 1 | |||||
| *GJ Murray | c Longney b Watson | 1 | |||||
| BC Neate | did not bat | ||||||
| AR Leigh | did not bat | ||||||
| AC Day | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 1 lb, 1 nb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 15.3 overs) | 79 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5, 2-33, 3-64, 4-69, 5-74, 6-77, 7-79 (15.3 ov) | |||||||
| Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Smith | 5 | 0 | 28 | 1 | - | ||
| Daniel | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | ||
| Fairbairn | 5 | 1 | 26 | 2 | - | ||
| Watson | 3.3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | - | ||
| Melbourne second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GR Thoms | c Neate b Leigh | 12 | |||||
| J Daniel | b Stewart | 27 | |||||
| MR Haysom | b Leigh | 8 | |||||
| RB Stevens | not out | 17 | |||||
| WN Ponsford | c Kirby b Leigh | 3 | |||||
| +GW Longney | c Day b Stewart | 0 | |||||
| CN Crompton | not out | 2 | |||||
| A Mackay | did not bat | ||||||
| *CL Fairbairn | did not bat | ||||||
| BJD Watson | did not bat | ||||||
| CR Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 1 lb, 1 nb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 11.3 overs) | 75 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-33, 2-53, 3-53, 4-57, 5-58 | |||||||
| Footscray bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Leigh | 6 | 0 | 32 | 3 | - | ||
| Day | 2.3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | ||
| Stewart | 3 | 0 | 19 | 2 | - | ||
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