vca9454	Melbourne v Essendon
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1998/99
Venue	Albert Ground, Melbourne on 12th, 19th December 1998 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essendon won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Essendon won on first innings)
Points	Melbourne 0; Essendon 6
Umpires	W Dalrymple, AJ Soulsby
Close of play day 1	Essendon (1) 285/8 (Shannon 62*, Inness 7*)

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MP Drain	c Templeton b Herman	41
RG Marcy	c McCooke b Herman	12
RM Brodie	c Sholly b Sheahan	23
AD Kellett	c Williams b Sheahan	43
CAC Berger	c Templeton b McCooke	0
AG Merrington	c Templeton b Sheahan	14
JJ Taylor	lbw b Williams	12
*DA Tate	c Sholly b O'Flynn	66
+JF Shannon	not out	75
MWH Inness	retired not out	7
PM Causon	c Ayres b Sheahan	6
JC Hutchinson	c Steenholdt b Williams	0
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 107.5 overs)	304
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-54, 3-113, 4-114, 5-130, 6-134, 7-153, 8-264, 9-298, 10-304 (107.5 ov)

Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Williams	22.5	6	38	2	-	-
Sheahan	23	4	76	4	-	-
O'Flynn	16	3	49	1	-	-
Herman	21	3	89	2	-	-
McCooke	24	8	46	1	-	-
Dart	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SH Burke	c Shannon b Taylor	5
*WG Ayres	c Shannon b Tate	74
SP Dart	c Shannon b Causon	14
MWD Sholly	st Shannon b Merrington	9
AM Steenholdt	lbw b Hutchinson	40
RJ Herman	b Kellett	7
+RI Templeton	st Shannon b Tate	1
SM McCooke	c Merrington b Kellett	62
BA Williams	c Shannon b Berger	22
SJ Sheahan	c Shannon b Causon	19
SJ O'Flynn	not out	8
Extras	(5 lb, 1 w)	6
Total	(all out, 84.4 overs)	267
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-48, 3-71, 4-115, 5-122, 6-129, 7-167, 8-219, 9-243, 10-267 (84.4 ov)

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Taylor	4	2	9	1		-
Hutchinson	17	2	69	1		-
Causon	12.4	2	40	2		-
Merrington	10	3	21	1		-
Tate	21	4	63	2		-
Kellett	18	3	58	2		-
Berger	2	0	2	1		-

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Notes
--> Essendon full substitute: PM Causon for MWH Inness (at the start of the Essendon first innings) (on Day 2)
--> MWH Inness retired not out in the Essendon first innings having scored 7 (team score 285/8)

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