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| Venue | Albert Ground, Melbourne on 7th, 14th January 1956 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Essendon won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn (Essendon won on first innings) |
| Points | Melbourne 0; Essendon 6 |
| Umpires | DE Smith, JH Ward |
| Close of play day 1 | Essendon (1) 256/9 innings closed |
| Essendon first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PA Shattock | b Fairbairn | 7 | |||||
| I Monks | c Smith b Jones | 76 | |||||
| M Dillon | b Jones | 41 | |||||
| FG Leslie | lbw b Smith | 15 | |||||
| NL Allanson | lbw b Smith | 53 | |||||
| DH Foster | lbw b Jones | 0 | |||||
| GM McPherson | c and b Daniel | 4 | |||||
| *+HA Nunn | b Smith | 44 | |||||
| JA Ross | c Jones b Smith | 2 | |||||
| RR Marshall | not out | 2 | |||||
| JL Crouch | not out | 9 | |||||
| Extras | (2 lb, 1 w) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, innings closed, 57 overs) | 256 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-11, 2-97, 3-133, 4-166, 5-166, 6-171, 7-243, 8-245, 9-245 | |||||||
| Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Smith | 11 | 1 | 63 | 4 | - | ||
| Fairbairn | 9 | 1 | 22 | 1 | - | ||
| Daniel | 13 | 0 | 63 | 1 | - | ||
| Jones | 12 | 0 | 45 | 3 | - | ||
| Kline | 12 | 0 | 60 | 0 | - | ||
| Melbourne first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GR Thoms | c Allanson b McPherson | 0 | |||||
| WN Ponsford | c Nunn b McPherson | 28 | |||||
| RB Stevens | c Allanson b Marshall | 20 | |||||
| J Daniel | c Crouch b Dillon | 9 | |||||
| MR Haysom | c Nunn b Marshall | 11 | |||||
| JG Miles | not out | 51 | |||||
| *CL Fairbairn | c Crouch b Marshall | 2 | |||||
| IHW Jones | c Ross b Marshall | 1 | |||||
| LF Kline | c Nunn b Marshall | 6 | |||||
| +GW Longney | c Dillon b McPherson | 8 | |||||
| CR Smith | lbw b Crouch | 31 | |||||
| Extras | (2 lb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 34.4 overs) | 169 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-39, 3-59, 4-59, 5-79, 6-81, 7-87, 8-99, 9-118, 10-169 (34.4 ov) | |||||||
| Essendon bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McPherson | 13 | 0 | 55 | 3 | - | - | |
| Marshall | 11 | 0 | 56 | 5 | - | - | |
| Dillon | 7 | 0 | 35 | 1 | - | - | |
| Ross | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Crouch | 1.4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | - | - | |
| Essendon second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DH Foster | c Longney b Kline | 15 | |||||
| I Monks | b Smith | 13 | |||||
| M Dillon | c Longney b Fairbairn | 5 | |||||
| FG Leslie | c Jones b Fairbairn | 0 | |||||
| NL Allanson | c Fairbairn b Smith | 8 | |||||
| PA Shattock | c Ponsford b Smith | 0 | |||||
| *+HA Nunn | c Miles b Smith | 2 | |||||
| GM McPherson | c Daniel b Smith | 5 | |||||
| JA Ross | c Longney b Smith | 0 | |||||
| RR Marshall | not out | 17 | |||||
| JL Crouch | c Longney b Smith | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 1 nb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 17 overs) | 72 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-21, 2-26, 3-26, 4-35, 5-38, 6-40, 7-50, 8-63, 9-63, 10-72 (17 ov) | |||||||
| Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Smith | 9 | 0 | 38 | 7 | - | ||
| Fairbairn | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | - | ||
| Daniel | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | ||
| Jones | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | ||
| Kline | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | - | ||
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