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204-9d & 224-5d
Series badge Won toss. Elected to bowlNSW
263 & 167-7
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Overs: 69.0 RR: 3.25 vs spin: 2.79
vs seam: 2.84
Overs: 25.4 RR: 6.51 vs spin: 6.25
vs seam: 4.47
Fri 15/12/78 Victoria v New South Wales, Sheffield Shield, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
NEW SOUTH WALES WIN New South Wales won by 3 wickets
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Victoria - 1st Inns 204-9 (67.5; RR: 3.01)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
JM Wiener c Phillips b Lawson 38 0 0 0
RG Matthews run out 76 0 0 0
DF Whatmore c Beard b Hourn 3 0 0 0
JK Moss c Hughes b Hourn 25 0 0 0
MD Taylor c Border b Clews 6 0 0 0
TJ Laughlin c Phillips b Hourn 4 0 0 0
BJ McArdle lbw b Clews 0 0 0 0
IL Maddocks c Lawson b Hourn 8 0 0 0
GT Ross not out 23 0 0 0
IW Callen c Phillips b Border 1 0 0 0
JD Higgs not out 1 0 0 0
Extras (0b, 2lb, 0w, 17nb) 19  
TOTAL 204-9 (67.5 overs; RR: 3.01)

Fall of wickets

81-1 (JM Wiener 0.0 ov), 84-2 (DF Whatmore 0.0 ov), 146-3 (RG Matthews 0.0 ov), 158-4 (JK Moss 0.0 ov), 158-5 (MD Taylor 0.0 ov), 158-6 (BJ McArdle 0.0 ov), 176-7 (IL Maddocks 0.0 ov), 183-8 (TJ Laughlin 0.0 ov), 194-9 (IW Callen 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GF Lawson 15.0 2 37 1 2.47 0 0
ML Clews 14.0 1 45 2 3.21 0 0
GR Beard 19.0 4 44 0 2.32 0 0
DW Hourn 14.5 2 47 4 3.36 0 0
AR Border 5.0 0 12 1 2.40 0 0

New South Wales - 1st Inns 263 (89.7; RR: 2.92)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AMJ Hilditch lbw b Ross 21 0 0 0
J Dyson run out 2 0 0 0
AR Border c Matthews b Higgs 32 0 0 0
SM Small st Maddocks b Higgs 15 0 0 0
GC Hughes c Laughlin b Higgs 65 0 0 0
C Beatty c Wiener b Higgs 68 0 0 0
GR Beard c Moss b Higgs 34 0 0 0
ML Clews lbw b Laughlin 5 0 0 0
RB Phillips b Laughlin 3 0 0 0
GF Lawson c Callen b Higgs 5 0 0 0
DW Hourn not out 0 0 0 0
Extras (1b, 4lb, 0w, 8nb) 13  
TOTAL 263 all out (89.7 overs; RR: 2.92)

Fall of wickets

9-1 (J Dyson 0.0 ov), 27-2 (AMJ Hilditch 0.0 ov), 70-3 (SM Small 0.0 ov), 95-4 (AR Border 0.0 ov), 204-5 (GC Hughes 0.0 ov), 223-6 (C Beatty 0.0 ov), 229-7 (ML Clews 0.0 ov), 239-8 (RB Phillips 0.0 ov), 263-9 (GR Beard 0.0 ov), 263-10 (GF Lawson 89.7 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
IW Callen 13.0 1 57 0 4.38 0 0
GT Ross 18.0 2 54 1 3.00 0 0
TJ Laughlin 20.0 9 33 2 1.65 0 0
JD Higgs 32.7 6 85 6 2.66 0 0
JM Wiener 1.0 0 6 0 6.00 0 0
BJ McArdle 5.0 2 15 0 3.00 0 0

Victoria - 2nd Inns 224-5 (69.0; RR: 3.25)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
JM Wiener c Hilditch b Lawson 27 0 0 0
RG Matthews c Phillips b Beard 14 0 0 0
DF Whatmore b Beard 52 0 0 0
JK Moss c Dyson b Hourn 43 0 0 0
TJ Laughlin c Lawson b Beard 7 0 0 0
MD Taylor not out 51 0 0 0
BJ McArdle not out 17 0 0 0
IL Maddocks  
GT Ross  
IW Callen  
JD Higgs  
Extras (2b, 4lb, 0w, 7nb) 13  
TOTAL 224-5 (69.0 overs; RR: 3.25)

Fall of wickets

38-1 (RG Matthews 0.0 ov), 46-2 (JM Wiener 0.0 ov), 113-3 (JK Moss 0.0 ov), 138-4 (DF Whatmore 0.0 ov), 172-5 (TJ Laughlin 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GF Lawson 12.0 0 49 1 4.08 0 0
ML Clews 7.0 1 23 0 3.29 0 0
GR Beard 21.0 9 31 3 1.48 0 0
DW Hourn 21.0 3 90 1 4.29 0 0
AR Border 8.0 4 18 0 2.25 0 0

New South Wales - 2nd Inns 167-7 (25.4; RR: 6.51)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
J Dyson lbw b Callen 11 0 0 0
AMJ Hilditch c Maddocks b Ross 67 0 0 0
AR Border b Laughlin 34 0 0 0
GC Hughes lbw b Laughlin 0 0 0 0
RB Phillips lbw b Laughlin 3 0 0 0
C Beatty not out 32 0 0 0
ML Clews c Ross b Laughlin 6 0 0 0
GR Beard st Maddocks b Laughlin 2 0 0 0
GF Lawson not out 4 0 0 0
SM Small  
DW Hourn  
Extras (2b, 5lb, 1w, 0nb) 8  
TOTAL 167-7 (25.4 overs; RR: 6.51)

Fall of wickets

40-1 (J Dyson 0.0 ov), 109-2 (AR Border 0.0 ov), 109-3 (GC Hughes 0.0 ov), 121-4 (RB Phillips 0.0 ov), 125-5 (AMJ Hilditch 0.0 ov), 150-6 (ML Clews 0.0 ov), 163-7 (GR Beard 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
IW Callen 9.0 0 48 1 5.33 0 0
GT Ross 8.0 0 48 1 6.00 0 0
TJ Laughlin 5.4 0 38 5 7.60 0 0
JD Higgs 3.0 0 25 0 8.33 0 0

Match Info

Match

Victoria v New South Wales at Melbourne, Sheffield Shield

Date

Friday December 15, 1978

Toss

New South Wales won the toss and elected to field

Time

12:00am UTC

Venue

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Umpires

RC Isherwood, KJ Carmody

Victoria Team

Playing XI

IW Callen, JD Higgs, TJ Laughlin, DF Whatmore, JK Moss, JM Wiener, MD Taylor, GT Ross, IL Maddocks, RG Matthews, BJ McArdle

New South Wales Team

Playing XI

J Dyson, AR Border, AMJ Hilditch, GR Beard, GF Lawson, SM Small, C Beatty, ML Clews, DW Hourn, GC Hughes, RB Phillips