vca5879	Fitzroy v Footscray
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1967/68
Venue	Fitzroy Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 9th, 11th March 1968 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Fitzroy won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn (Fitzroy won on first innings)
Points	Fitzroy 6; Footscray 0
Umpires	MW Barker, J Jones
Close of play day 1	Fitzroy (1) 104/4 (Potter 45*, Jordon 3*)

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Footscray first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KH Eastwood	c Heller b Thomson	52
GA Joslin	c Jordon b Thomson	0
LR Joslin	c Illingworth b Thomson	0
JB Sharp	c Jordon b Heller	25
+LH James	c Ashworth b Thomson	0
GJA Hansen	c Ashworth b Thomson	0
VJ Roach	not out	45
GF Ellis	b Thomson	2
*AR Leigh	c Jordon b Ashworth	6
BC Beattie	c Dart b Illingworth	8
RA Gaunt	b Ashworth	40
Extras	(2 lb, 5 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 35.7 overs)	185
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-2, 3-71, 4-74, 5-74, 6-87, 7-89, 8-104, 9-119, 10-185 (35.7 ov)

Fitzroy bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	13	1	86	6	-
Illingworth	11	2	52	1	-
Heller	8	0	22	1	-
Ashworth	3.7	0	18	2	-

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Fitzroy first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Dunstan	lbw b Sharp	9
RW Furlong	c Beattie b Gaunt	17
GL Harvey	lbw b Sharp	6
DJ Anderson	c Gaunt b Leigh	22
*J Potter	c James b Beattie	132
+RC Jordon	c Sharp b Eastwood	34
CJ Dart	c James b Gaunt	27
WA Heller	c and b Ellis	23
D Ashworth	not out	12
EP Illingworth	c Sharp b Ellis	31
AL Thomson	not out	3
Extras	(6 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	10
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 66 overs)	326
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-31, 3-35, 4-96, 5-189, 6-237, 7-277, 8-281, 9-321

Footscray bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gaunt	22	2	80	2
Sharp	9	1	51	2
Beattie	8	1	43	1
Leigh	5	1	23	1
Ellis	14	1	88	2
Eastwood	8	0	31	1

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Footscray second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KH Eastwood	not out	48
GA Joslin	c Ashworth b Illingworth	5
GJA Hansen	b Thomson	2
+LH James	not out	51
LR Joslin	did not bat
JB Sharp	did not bat
VJ Roach	did not bat
GF Ellis	did not bat
*AR Leigh	did not bat
BC Beattie	did not bat
RA Gaunt	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 5 nb)	6
Total	(2 wickets, 19 overs)	112
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-20

Fitzroy bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	3	0	11	1	-
Illingworth	3	0	7	1	-
Ashworth	6	0	46	0	-
Heller	3	0	12	0	-
Potter	3	0	23	0	-
Anderson	1	0	7	0	-

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