a2088	Western Australia v Tasmania
	Gillette Cup (Australia) 1977/78 (Final)
Venue	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth on 5th February 1978 (40-over match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Western Australia won the toss and decided to field
Result	Western Australia won by 7 wickets
Umpires	BD Cook, DG Weser
Scorers	M Bender (Tasmania), E McMullan (Western Australia)
Player of the Match	GM Wood

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Tasmania innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
+BR Doolan	c Serjeant b Alderman	28	60	73	2	-	46.67
JH Hampshire	c Wright b Alderman	28	59	84	1	-	47.46
DA Smith	c Gannon b Alderman	13	29	24	1	-	44.83
RD Woolley	c Mann b Inverarity	56	77	126	1	-	72.73
SJ Howard	c Wright b Gannon	26	52	44	1	-	50.00
TW Docking	c Wright b Gannon	0	11	8	-	-	0.00
DJ Baker	c Serjeant b Alderman	9	5	20	-	-	180.00
*J Simmons	c Gannon b Inverarity	13	14	21	1	-	92.86
AJ Benneworth	not out	1	1	3	-	-	100.00
GJ Cowmeadow	c Charlesworth b Inverarity	2	2	1	-	-	100.00
RJ Sherriff	did not bat
Extras	(8 lb)	8
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 205 minutes, 40 overs)	184
Fall of wickets:
1-54 (Doolan), 2-61 (Hampshire), 3-75 (Smith), 4-126 (Howard), 5-132 (Docking), 6-152 (Baker), 7-181 (Simmons), 8-181 (Woolley), 9-184 (Cowmeadow)

Western Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Gannon	8	1	22	2	-	-	32.00	2.75
Clark	8	0	32	0	-	-	-	4.00
Alderman	8	0	40	4	-	-	16.00	5.00
Brayshaw	8	0	48	0	-	-	-	6.00
Mann	4	0	15	0	-	-	-	3.75
Inverarity	4	0	19	3	-	-	10.67	4.75

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Western Australia innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
GM Wood	not out	108	160	198	10	-	67.50
RI Charlesworth	run out	33	53	124	-	-	62.26
KJ Hughes	c Sherriff b Simmons	0	2	3	-	-	0.00
CS Serjeant	c and b Baker	29	50	60	3	-	58.00
AL Mann	not out	8	5	6	2	-	160.00
*RJ Inverarity	did not bat
IJ Brayshaw	did not bat
+KJ Wright	did not bat
WM Clark	did not bat
JB Gannon	did not bat
TM Alderman	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb)	7
Total	(3 wickets, 198 minutes, 37.1 overs)	185
Fall of wickets:
1-107 (Charlesworth), 2-108 (Hughes), 3-175 (Serjeant)

Tasmania bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Baker	7	0	47	1	-	-	56.00	6.71
Sherriff	8	0	43	0	-	-	-	5.38
Cowmeadow	6.1	0	31	0	-	-	-	5.06
Simmons	8	0	33	1	-	-	64.00	4.12
Benneworth	8	3	24	0	-	-	-	3.00

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Notes
--> BR Doolan made his last appearance in List A matches
--> IJ Brayshaw made his last appearance in List A matches
--> RD Woolley passed his previous highest score of 14 in List A matches
--> GM Wood passed his previous highest score of 13 in List A matches
--> GM Wood made his first century in List A matches
--> RI Charlesworth passed his previous highest score of 25 in List A matches
--> TM Alderman achieved his best innings bowling analysis in List A matches when he dismissed BR Doolan in the Tasmania innings (previous best was 0-9)
--> RJ Inverarity achieved his best innings bowling analysis in List A matches in the Tasmania innings (previous best was 3-53)

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12th Men: B Yardley (Western Australia) and MJ Norman (Tasmania)
Attendance: 13,753