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VCA Pennant Competition, 1897/98
Melbourne University v Essendon
University Oval, Melbourne
5,12,19,23 March 1898 (4-day match)

Result: Match Drawn

Toss:
Umpires:

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Melbourne University 389/2 (L Miller 165*, Osbourne 131*)
  • Day 2: Melbourne University 722/4 (Quirk 162*, Feilchenfield 63*)
  • Day 3: Melbourne University 1016/8 (Bullivant 92*, Gray 19*)
    Melbourne University 1st innings
    L Miller              c Ramsay           b Smith              205
    HJ Stewart                           c & b Washington          23
    C Miller              c C Christian      b Washington          57
    EC Osbourne                              b O'Shea             190
    W O'Hara              hit wicket         b Griffiths            7
    JJ Quirk                                 b Sampford           179
    E Feilchenfield       c Gaunt            b C Christian        176
    HE Bullivant          not out                                 139
    WS Ross                                  b Griffiths           32
    A Gray                                   b H Christian         22
    T Lewers              c sub (C Miller)   b Washington          26
    Extras                (b 31, lb 2, w 5)                        38
    Total                 (all out, 263.3 overs)                 1094
    
    FoW: 1-38, 2-156, 3-459, 4-542, 5-746, 6-828,
         7-845, 8-968, 9-1025, 10-1094.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Sampford                    40      9    145      1
    H Christian                 52     23    243      1
    C Christian                 38      2    137      1
    Gaunt                       17      1     69      0
    Griffiths                   34      5    137      2
    O'Shea                      17      0     88      1
    Washington                  33.3    3    119      3
    Smith                       16      1     47      1
    Dalton                      10      1     42      0
    Barr                         5      0     26      0
    Ramsay                       1      0      3      0
    
    Essendon 1st innings
    W Griffiths                          c & b C Miller            26
    J Ramsay                                 b Feilchenfield        2
    M O'Shea                                 b Gray                 1
    C Dalton              c Gray             b C Miller            22
    H Christian                              b C Miller             2
    G Washington                             b Ross                 2
    C Christian           not out                                  13
    P Barr                                   b Ross                 6
    W Smith               absent                                    -
    C Sampford            absent                                    -
    J Gaunt               absent                                    -
    Extras                (b 1, w 1)                                2
    Total                 (all out, 22.1 overs)                    76
    
    FoW: 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-76.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Gray                         8      0     30      1
    Feilchenfield                6      4      5      1
    C Miller                     5      0     34      3
    Ross                         3.1    0      5      2
    
    • L Miller retired not out on 200* from ?/? to ?/? (Miller was given leave of absence when he reached 200, consented by Essendon's captain Ramsay, to catch a train to Sydney with Miller and Bullivant to represent Melbourne University in an inter-varsity match against Sydney University.
    • Every member of the team bowled.
    • Four consecutive maidens were bowled with the score on 999
    • C Miller acted as a substitute for Essendon, as did two other University players



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