vca5979	Carlton v Melbourne
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1968/69 (Final)
Venue	St Kilda Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 22nd, 23rd, 29th March 1969 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Carlton won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Carlton won on first innings)
Umpires	RT Figgis, WJ Smyth
Close of play day 1	Carlton (1) 232/6 (Scholes 129*, Vine 10*)
Close of play day 2	Melbourne (1) 183 all out

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Carlton first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AL Gallagher	c Carlyon b Walker	1
GC Nichol	c and b Watson	16
WB Hillhouse	b Watson	11
WJ Scholes	c Carlyon b Walker	132
BR Knight	c Carlyon b Boyd	7
+RD Robinson	c Lloyd b Bedford	40
*BK Jones	c Watson b BD Reid	8
JW Vine	c Bedford b BD Reid	21
PWJ Howell	c Watson b BD Reid	4
DB Prowse	st Carlyon b BD Reid	10
SM Poppleton	not out	5
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb, 2 nb, 4 w)	14
Total	(all out, 105.3 overs)	269
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-30, 3-39, 4-53, 5-177, 6-198, 7-246, 8-251, 9-254, 10-269 (105.3 ov)

Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Walker	33	12	79	2
Boyd	19	8	39	1
Watson	20	6	42	2
Bedford	8	0	30	1
BD Reid	25.3	8	65	4

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Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CE Reid	c Scholes b Howell	0
JI Grange	retired hurt	2
JK Moss	c Robinson b Poppleton	15
RG Lloyd	c Nichol b Howell	0
PLA Bedford	lbw b Knight	0
*GD Watson	c Robinson b Jones	81
IR Huntington	c Knight b Jones	3
+NM Carlyon	c Scholes b Poppleton	24
BD Reid	c Knight b Howell	21
MHN Walker	b Poppleton	13
GW Boyd	not out	12
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 4 nb, 3 w)	12
Total	(all out, 50.6 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-7, 3-8, 4-28, 5-32, 6-91, 7-155, 8-155, 9-183 (50.6 ov)

Carlton bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Howell	11	2	25	3
Knight	8	1	29	1
Poppleton	8.6	0	38	3
Jones	6	2	20	2
Prowse	11	1	37	0
Vine	5	0	16	0
Gallagher	1	0	6	0

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Carlton second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GC Nichol	c Carlyon b Bedford	39
AL Gallagher	c Grange b Lloyd	44
WB Hillhouse	c Bedford b Lloyd	73
WJ Scholes	c Huntington b Lloyd	28
BR Knight	c Bedford b CE Reid	40
+RD Robinson	lbw b Lloyd	0
*BK Jones	c Watson b Moss	72
JW Vine	c CE Reid b Moss	0
PWJ Howell	c Watson b Moss	15
DB Prowse	not out	6
SM Poppleton	not out	18
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb, 6 nb, 3 w)	15
Total	(9 wickets, 90 overs)	350
Fall of wickets:
1-59, 2-147, 3-179, 4-195, 5-197, 6-307, 7-311, 8-311, 9-331

Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Walker	17	6	45	0
Boyd	13	3	51	0
BD Reid	14	4	31	0
Watson	2	0	15	0
Bedford	16	4	37	1
Lloyd	15	0	60	4
Grange	5	2	38	0
Moss	5	0	44	3
CE Reid	3	0	14	1

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Notes
--> JI Grange retired hurt in the Melbourne first innings having scored 2 (team had lost 1 wickets)

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