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| Venue | Albert Ground, Melbourne on 9th, 16th December 1961 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Essendon won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn (Melbourne won on first innings) |
| Points | Melbourne 6; Essendon 0 |
| Umpires | KR Butler, RX Casey |
| Close of play day 1 | Melbourne (1) 113 all out |
| Essendon first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RD Whitford | c Carlyon b Hill | 6 | |||||
| J Ruljancich | lbw b Guest | 30 | |||||
| *I Monks | c Carlyon b Guest | 11 | |||||
| GJ Brown | b Hill | 4 | |||||
| MJ Mitchell | b Hill | 0 | |||||
| JW Grant | c Cutter b Hill | 0 | |||||
| BG Davis | c Carlyon b Hill | 0 | |||||
| +BR Lugar | c Carlyon b Hill | 0 | |||||
| EAN Thomson | c Bailey b Guest | 33 | |||||
| GL Sansom | not out | 2 | |||||
| MR Smith | b Hill | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (3 b, 1 w) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 21 overs) | 91 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-9, 2-29, 3-43, 4-43, 5-43, 6-43, 7-49, 8-67, 9-88, 10-91 (21 ov) | |||||||
| Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Guest | 7 | 0 | 36 | 3 | - | ||
| Hill | 10 | 3 | 28 | 7 | - | ||
| Hammond | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | - | ||
| Melbourne first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| A Mackay | c Lugar b Thomson | 18 | |||||
| GC Brown | run out | 6 | |||||
| GG Hammond | lbw b Thomson | 0 | |||||
| PG Bailey | c and b Grant | 34 | |||||
| PG Moore | lbw b Thomson | 7 | |||||
| GD Watson | b Thomson | 0 | |||||
| +NM Carlyon | b Thomson | 6 | |||||
| *CEJ Guest | c Grant b Thomson | 2 | |||||
| PF Cutter | b Mitchell | 9 | |||||
| RJ Sneddon | not out | 10 | |||||
| MW Hill | b Grant | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (9 b, 6 lb, 4 nb) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 28.5 overs) | 113 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-24, 2-25, 3-34, 4-49, 5-59, 6-69, 7-76, 8-100, 9-102, 10-113 (28.5 ov) | |||||||
| Essendon bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Smith | 6 | 0 | 23 | 0 | - | ||
| Thomson | 11 | 1 | 34 | 6 | - | ||
| Grant | 8.5 | 0 | 28 | 2 | - | ||
| Mitchell | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 | - | ||
| Essendon second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RD Whitford | lbw b Hill | 13 | |||||
| J Ruljancich | c Moore b Guest | 6 | |||||
| *I Monks | b Hill | 51 | |||||
| MJ Mitchell | c Hammond b Hill | 0 | |||||
| GJ Brown | c Carlyon b Hammond | 9 | |||||
| JW Grant | c Hill b Sneddon | 29 | |||||
| EAN Thomson | c Carlyon b Hill | 10 | |||||
| BG Davis | not out | 9 | |||||
| +BR Lugar | not out | 16 | |||||
| GL Sansom | did not bat | ||||||
| MR Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 w) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 33 overs) | 145 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16, 2-20, 3-31, 4-54, 5-104, 6-112, 7-121 | |||||||
| Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Guest | 10 | 2 | 25 | 1 | - | ||
| Hill | 10 | 1 | 46 | 4 | - | ||
| Hammond | 6 | 1 | 15 | 1 | - | ||
| Cutter | 3 | 0 | 27 | 0 | - | ||
| Sneddon | 4 | 0 | 30 | 1 | - | ||
| Melbourne second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| A Mackay | c Grant b Thomson | 5 | |||||
| GC Brown | c Lugar b Sansom | 17 | |||||
| PG Bailey | c Lugar b Grant | 54 | |||||
| *CEJ Guest | c Davis b Sansom | 12 | |||||
| MW Hill | c Lugar b Sansom | 0 | |||||
| GD Watson | not out | 6 | |||||
| GG Hammond | not out | 2 | |||||
| PG Moore | did not bat | ||||||
| +NM Carlyon | did not bat | ||||||
| PF Cutter | did not bat | ||||||
| RJ Sneddon | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 lb) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 20 overs) | 97 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5, 2-71, 3-89, 4-89, 5-90 | |||||||
| Essendon bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Smith | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Thomson | 4 | 0 | 14 | 1 | - | - | |
| Grant | 6 | 0 | 25 | 1 | - | - | |
| Mitchell | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sansom | 5 | 0 | 36 | 3 | - | - | |
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