Result · Round 15 · Kookaburra Men's Premier Firsts · 2008/09 · Sat 28 Feb 2009
Essendon 259 (89.4 ov)
Footscray 250 (82.3 ov)
Essendon won by 9 runs
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Match report

Essendon made 259 (89.4 ov) and defended it, holding Footscray to 250 (82.3 ov) to win by 9 runs. For the winners, Ben Fletcher top-scored with 46 off 90 and Daniel Slevison took 4/51 from 22.3 overs. For Footscray, Stuart Brohaska made a half-century (75) and Steven Duckworth took 3/52 from 22 overs.

Written automatically from the scorecard.

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Cricket Nation pick of the match
Daniel Slevison (22)
Essendon · 24 (52) & 4/51

Top performers

Essendon
🏏 Ben Fletcher 46 (90)
🏏 Matt Reynolds (20) 33 (108)
🎯 Daniel Slevison (22) 4/51 (22.3)
🎯 Craig Berger 2/17 (10)
Footscray
🏏 Stuart Brohaska (25) 75 (0)
🏏 Travis Dean (17) 58 (0)
🎯 Steven Duckworth 3/52 (22)
🎯 Benjamin Green (18) 2/47 (10)
Essendon · 1st Innings - Essendon 259 (89.4 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
Scott Bryant lbw: S Duckworth 4 21 0 0 19.00
Ben MacRae c: B Green b: G Lindsay 27 50 3 0 54.00
Ben Fletcher c: D Russ b: B Green 46 90 5 0 51.00
Craig Berger c: G Lindsay b: B Green 9 26 1 0 34.00
Paul Gloury c: b: S Duckworth 15 15 2 0 100.00
Matt Reynolds (20) c: S Duckworth b: C Sandri 33 108 2 0 30.00
Brent Hutchinson (c, wk) c: T Dean b: A McCammond 25 65 3 0 38.00
Daniel Slevison (22) c: D Russ b: M Kelliher 24 52 2 0 46.00
Simon Smith not out 21* 54 2 0 38.00
Chris Hussey c&b: S Duckworth 24 57 4 0 42.00
Steve Buhagiar c: D Russ b: C Sandri 4 6 1 0 66.00
Extras (b 9, lb 10, w 2, nb 6, pen 0) 27
Total 89.4 Ov (RR 2.89) 259
Fall of wickets: 2-60 (Ben MacRae), 3-91 (Ben Fletcher), 4-118 (Craig Berger), 6-158 (Matt Reynolds), 7-206 (Brent Hutchinson), 9-250 (Chris Hussey)
Bowling OMRW EconWdNb
Michael Kelliher 13 3 37 1 2.85 2 3
Steven Duckworth 22 4 52 3 2.36 0 1
Andrew McCammond 17 4 46 1 2.71 0 0
Grant Lindsay 5 2 9 1 1.80 0 1
Benjamin Green (18) 10 1 47 2 4.70 0 1
Carl Sandri 23 7 49 2 2.13 0 0
Footscray · 1st Innings - Footscray 250 (82.3 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
Dean Russ (wk) (22) c&b: C Berger 21 0 0 0 0.00
Matthew Love c: B Hutchinson b: D Slevison 13 0 0 0 0.00
Stuart Brohaska (25) c: b: S Smith 75 0 0 0 0.00
Nathan Geisler (c) c: b: S Buhagiar 44 0 0 0 0.00
Travis Dean (17) b: D Slevison 58 0 0 0 0.00
Carl Sandri c: B MacRae b: S Smith 0 0 0 0 0.00
Benjamin Green (18) c: S Smith b: D Slevison 17 0 0 0 0.00
Grant Lindsay c: B Hutchinson b: C Berger 7 0 0 0 0.00
Steven Duckworth c: B Hutchinson b: D Slevison 0 0 0 0 0.00
Michael Kelliher not out 5* 0 0 0 0.00
Andrew McCammond run out () 1 0 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 2, lb 4, w 0, nb 3, pen 0) 9
Total 82.3 Ov (RR 3.03) 250
Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Matthew Love), 2-64 (Dean Russ), 3-136 (Nathan Geisler), 4-186 (Stuart Brohaska), 6-229 (Travis Dean)
Bowling OMRW EconWdNb
Daniel Slevison (22) 22.3 6 51 4 2.29 0 2
Chris Hussey 11 0 42 0 3.82 0 1
Craig Berger 10 4 17 2 1.70 0 0
Simon Smith 18 3 49 2 2.72 0 0
Steve Buhagiar 21 3 85 1 4.05 0 0

Essendon

Footscray

Innings comparison

InningsScoreRR 4s6sExtrasTop score
Essendon 259 (89.4 ov) 2.89 25 0 27 Ben Fletcher 46
Footscray 250 (82.3 ov) 3.03 0 0 9 Stuart Brohaska 75

Partnerships · Essendon

  • 2nd wkt 60
  • 3rd wkt 31
  • 4th wkt 27
  • 6th wkt 40
  • 7th wkt 48
  • 9th wkt 44

From the fall of wickets; * unbroken. Hover a bar for who was out.

Partnerships · Footscray

  • 1st wkt 28
  • 2nd wkt 36
  • 3rd wkt 72
  • 4th wkt 50
  • 6th wkt 43

From the fall of wickets; * unbroken. Hover a bar for who was out.