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| Venue | Albert Ground, Melbourne on 11th, 18th January 1997 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Melbourne won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn (Essendon won on first innings) |
| Points | Melbourne 0; Essendon 6 |
| Umpires | DN Bomford, FJ Preen |
| Close of play day 1 | Melbourne (1) 287 all out |
| Melbourne first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MJ Scalzo | b Jones | 79 | |||||
| LJR McRae | c Sheedy b Law | 0 | |||||
| BJ Hodge | c Jones b Inness | 1 | |||||
| SP Dart | c Shannon b Jones | 23 | |||||
| RJ Herman | c Tate b Berger | 56 | |||||
| *MWD Sholly | c Berger b Smith | 48 | |||||
| SM McCooke | c Shannon b Jones | 0 | |||||
| +RI Templeton | c Matthews b Jones | 25 | |||||
| DA Johnston | not out | 15 | |||||
| SJ O'Flynn | b Inness | 4 | |||||
| DJ Hickey | c Steenholdt b Inness | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 9 lb, 12 nb, 9 w) | 34 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 96.4 overs) | 287 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-3, 2-6, 3-50, 4-166, 5-192, 6-196, 7-255, 8-268, 9-285, 10-287 (96.4 ov) | |||||||
| Essendon bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Inness | 18.4 | 6 | 43 | 3 | |||
| Law | 11 | 1 | 43 | 1 | |||
| Sheedy | 9 | 5 | 12 | 0 | |||
| Jones | 18 | 3 | 47 | 4 | |||
| Smith | 14 | 6 | 44 | 1 | |||
| Matthews | 10 | 1 | 43 | 0 | |||
| Berger | 16 | 3 | 42 | 1 | |||
| Essendon first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +JF Shannon | b O'Flynn | 7 | |||||
| AM Steenholdt | c O'Beirne b Herman | 20 | |||||
| DR Law | c Burke b O'Flynn | 57 | |||||
| AD Kellett | lbw b McCooke | 17 | |||||
| CAC Berger | not out | 101 | |||||
| CI Sheedy | c Templeton b Hickey | 13 | |||||
| *DA Tate | c O'Flynn b Ayres | 59 | |||||
| JJ Taylor | run out | 3 | |||||
| CJ Jones | c Templeton b Sholly | 2 | |||||
| SJ Matthews | c Templeton b Sholly | 0 | |||||
| AC Smith | not out | 5 | |||||
| Extras | (3 b, 14 lb, 4 nb, 1 w) | 22 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, 100 overs) | 306 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-14, 2-40, 3-98, 4-131, 5-157, 6-?, 7-?, 8-298, 9-298 | |||||||
| Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| O'Flynn | 16 | 3 | 50 | 2 | |||
| Hickey | 17 | 2 | 62 | 1 | |||
| Herman | 20 | 7 | 59 | 1 | |||
| Johnston | 13 | 2 | 42 | 0 | |||
| McCooke | 27 | 9 | 55 | 1 | |||
| Burke | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Ayres | 4 | 2 | 14 | 1 | |||
| Sholly | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | |||
Notes
--> Melbourne full substitute: WG Ayres for SP Dart (on Day 2)
--> Melbourne full substitute: SH Burke for BJ Hodge (on Day 2)
--> Melbourne full substitute: PJ O'Beirne for LJR McRae (on Day 2)
--> Essendon full substitute: JJ Taylor for MWH Inness (on Day 2)
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