f29389 ss816	New South Wales v Western Australia
	Sheffield Shield 1972/73
Venue	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney on 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th December 1972 (4-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	New South Wales won the toss and decided to field
Result	New South Wales won by 4 wickets
Points	New South Wales 15 (Bowling 5); Western Australia 5 (Bowling 5)
Umpires	TF Brooks, KT Killey
Close of play day 1	New South Wales (1) 90/4 (Collins 33*, Webster 1*)
Close of play day 2	Western Australia (2) 244/7 (Marsh 101*, Lillee 1*)
Close of play day 3	New South Wales (2) 79/3 (Walters 41*, Mackay 11*)

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Western Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KJ McAullay	c Mackay b Bernard	65
PA Nicholls	lbw b Thomson	2
BL Hanna	c Webster b Bernard	5
R Edwards	lbw b Walters	37
+RW Marsh	c Taber b Walters	0
*IJ Brayshaw	c Webster b Walters	0
L Varis	c O'Keeffe b Walters	11
TMD MacGill	lbw b Bernard	2
DK Lillee	b Bernard	5
RAL Massie	not out	5
SV Wilson	c Turner b O'Keeffe	2
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 179 minutes, 45.4 overs)	142
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Nicholls), 2-20 (Hanna), 3-106 (Edwards), 4-106 (Marsh), 5-106 (Brayshaw), 6-122 (Varis), 7-128 (MacGill), 8-128 (McAullay), 9-138 (Lillee), 10-142 (Wilson, 45.4 ov)

New South Wales bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	12	2	42	1	-	-
Bernard	16	6	33	4	-	2
Collins	6	2	13	0	-	-
Walters	11	2	45	4	-	-
O'Keeffe	0.4	0	1	1	-	-

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New South Wales first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RJ Crippin	c Varis b Massie	41
A Turner	c McAullay b Lillee	3
RP Collins	c Brayshaw b Lillee	34
KD Walters	c McAullay b Massie	4
K Mackay	b Lillee	2
SE Webster	c Brayshaw b Massie	6
KJ O'Keeffe	c Varis b Massie	2
*+HB Taber	c Hanna b Lillee	1
JR Watkins	b Lillee	0
JR Thomson	b Lillee	0
SR Bernard	not out	0
Extras	(2 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	7
Total	(all out, 150 minutes, 26.2 overs)	100
Fall of wickets:
1-9 (Turner), 2-64 (Crippin), 3-78 (Walters), 4-87 (Mackay), 5-91 (Collins), 6-99 (Webster), 7-100 (O'Keeffe), 8-100 (Taber), 9-100 (Watkins), 10-100 (Thomson, 26.2 ov)

Western Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lillee	12.2	4	43	6	1	2
Massie	13	4	38	4	-	-
Wilson	1	0	12	0	-	2

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Western Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KJ McAullay	c Turner b O'Keeffe	30
PA Nicholls	c Crippin b Walters	17
BL Hanna	lbw b O'Keeffe	0
R Edwards	c Taber b Collins	47
+RW Marsh	not out	117
*IJ Brayshaw	c Webster b Bernard	8
L Varis	hit wkt b Bernard	3
TMD MacGill	b Thomson	25
DK Lillee	not out	14
RAL Massie	did not bat
SV Wilson	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 14 lb, 1 w)	21
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 319 minutes, 70 overs)	282
Fall of wickets:
1-33 (Nicholls), 2-39 (Hanna), 3-62 (McAullay), 4-122 (Edwards), 5-159 (Brayshaw), 6-177 (Varis), 7-241 (MacGill)

New South Wales bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	18	3	61	1	1	-
Bernard	16	4	64	2	-	-
Walters	7	2	22	1	-	-
O'Keeffe	16	3	56	2	-	-
Watkins	9	1	33	0	-	-
Collins	4	1	25	1	-	-

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New South Wales second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RJ Crippin	c Massie b Lillee	4
A Turner	lbw b Wilson	16
RP Collins	b Lillee	3
KD Walters	c Varis b Nicholls	159
K Mackay	c Marsh b Massie	16
SE Webster	c Brayshaw b Lillee	27
KJ O'Keeffe	not out	56
*+HB Taber	not out	32
JR Watkins	did not bat
JR Thomson	did not bat
SR Bernard	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(6 wickets, 421 minutes, 81.2 overs)	325
Fall of wickets:
1-6 (Crippin), 2-9 (Collins), 3-52 (Turner), 4-97 (Mackay), 5-198 (Webster), 6-240 (Walters)

Western Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lillee	29.2	5	104	3	-	-
Massie	25	2	105	1	-	-
Wilson	15	1	48	1	-	1
MacGill	5	0	22	0	-	-
Nicholls	7	0	34	1	-	-

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Notes
--> TMD MacGill made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> TMD MacGill made his last appearance in Sheffield Shield matches
--> K Mackay made his last appearance in Sheffield Shield matches
--> RW Marsh (2) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> KD Walters (2) passed 3000 runs in Sheffield Shield matches when he reached 140
--> KJ O'Keeffe (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 45
--> SR Bernard achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Western Australia first innings (previous best was 4-51)
--> SR Bernard achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Sheffield Shield matches when he dismissed KJ McAullay in the Western Australia first innings (previous best was 2-35)

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