a2316	Western Australia v Victoria
	Gillette Cup (Australia) 1978/79 (Semi-Final)
Venue	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth on 23rd December 1978 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Victoria won the toss and decided to field
Result	Western Australia won by 1 run
Umpires	PJ McConnell, DG Weser
Scorers	E McMullan (Western Australia), AJ Nicholls (Victoria)
Player of the Match	AG Hurst

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Western Australia innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
GM Wood	run out	35
RI Charlesworth	b Hurst	1
KJ Hughes	c Maddocks b Hurst	69
CS Serjeant	lbw b Hurst	49
B Yardley	not out	31
WM Clark	c Maddocks b Hurst	0
*RJ Inverarity	b Hurst	3
+KJ Wright	not out	12
GD Porter	did not bat
TM Alderman	did not bat
JB Gannon	did not bat
Extras	(12 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	15
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 209 minutes, 50 overs)	215
Fall of wickets:
1-18 (Charlesworth), 2-60 (Wood), 3-167 (Hughes), 4-167 (Serjeant), 5-167 (Clark), 6-175 (Inverarity)

Victoria bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Hurst	10	0	36	5	-	1	12.00	3.60
Ross	10	3	30	0	-	1	-	3.00
Douglas	8	0	59	0	-	-	-	7.38
Laughlin	10	0	37	0	1	-	-	3.70
Higgs	10	1	25	0	-	-	-	2.50
Wiener	2	0	13	0	-	-	-	6.50

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Victoria innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
JM Wiener	c Wright b Alderman	24
RG Matthews	b Porter	21
DF Whatmore	lbw b Porter	13
*GN Yallop	st Wright b Yardley	59
JK Moss	c Wright b Clark	76
TJ Laughlin	run out (Wright->Clark)	10
+IL Maddocks	not out	5
GT Ross	run out (Wright->Clark)	0
JR Douglas	did not bat
AG Hurst	did not bat
JD Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	6
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 191 minutes, 50 overs)	214
Fall of wickets:
1-32 (Wiener), 2-57 (Matthews), 3-68 (Whatmore), 4-195 (Moss), 5-205 (Yallop), 6-213 (Laughlin), 7-214 (Ross)

Western Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Gannon	10	0	43	0	-	-	-	4.30
Alderman	8	1	41	1	1	-	48.00	5.12
Yardley	10	2	31	1	-	-	60.00	3.10
Porter	10	0	37	2	-	-	30.00	3.70
Clark	10	1	42	1	-	1	60.00	4.20
Inverarity	2	0	14	0	-	-	-	7.00

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Notes
--> GD Porter made his debut in List A matches
--> RG Matthews made his debut in List A matches
--> GT Ross made his debut in List A matches
--> RG Matthews made his last appearance in List A matches
--> JR Douglas made his last appearance in List A matches
--> KJ Hughes passed his previous highest score of 56 in List A matches
--> CS Serjeant passed his previous highest score of 46 in List A matches
--> GN Yallop passed his previous highest score of 45 in List A matches
--> JK Moss passed his previous highest score of 26 in List A matches
--> AG Hurst achieved his best innings bowling analysis in List A matches when he dismissed WM Clark in the Western Australia innings (previous best was 3-31)
--> AG Hurst achieved his first five wickets in an innings in List A matches in the Western Australia innings
--> AG Hurst took a hat-trick in the Western Australia innings

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12th men: GR Marsh (Western Australia) and MD Taylor (Victoria)
Attendance: 4,372 ($5143.00)