vca5924	Northcote v Footscray
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1968/69
Venue	Westgarth Street Oval, Melbourne on 30th November, 7th December 1968 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Northcote won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Footscray won on first innings)
Points	Northcote 0; Footscray 6
Umpires	WK Collicoat, TR Hill
Close of play day 1	Northcote (1) 254 all out

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Northcote first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Hovey	c Eastwood b Gaunt	0
GJ Cosier	c James b Ellis	65
RJ Jardine	b Sharp	20
RM Hogg	c Roach b Ellis	25
T Ryan	c Hurst b Ellis	56
R Castle	c Dodd b Ellis	5
*DH Foster	lbw b Ellis	10
F Brew	not out	56
J Walters	b Sharp	5
+JR Evans	b Sharp	1
GF Living	c Hurst b Sharp	0
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 63 overs)	254
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-39, 3-84, 4-171, 5-182, 6-183, 7-212, 8-244, 9-254, 10-254 (63 ov)

Footscray bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gaunt	20	1	65	1
Horsburgh	6	0	25	0
Sharp	8	1	26	4
Hurst	10	1	35	0
Ellis	19	1	92	5

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Footscray first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*KH Eastwood	b Hogg	2
WL Dodd	lbw b Hogg	64
GA Joslin	c and b Brew	51
+LH James	c Hovey b Hogg	34
VJ Roach	lbw b Walters	10
JB Sharp	c Living b Walters	47
GJA Hansen	st Evans b Ryan	14
GF Ellis	c Living b Walters	4
GR Horsburgh	c Cosier b Ryan	6
RA Gaunt	not out	1
AG Hurst	c Brew b Ryan	7
Extras	(13 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	16
Total	(all out, 65.7 overs)	256
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-104, 3-159, 4-168, 5-219, 6-236, 7-238, 8-248, 9-248, 10-256 (65.7 ov)

Northcote bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hogg	10	0	45	3
Living	8	1	33	0
Walters	10	2	31	3
Brew	18	1	77	1
Ryan	18.7	5	49	3
Jardine	1	0	5	0

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Northcote second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Hovey	not out	2
R Castle	c Joslin b Hurst	4
T Ryan	not out	1
GJ Cosier	did not bat
RJ Jardine	did not bat
RM Hogg	did not bat
*DH Foster	did not bat
F Brew	did not bat
J Walters	did not bat
+JR Evans	did not bat
GF Living	did not bat
Extras	(2 nb)	2
Total	(1 wicket, 2 overs)	9
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Castle)

Footscray bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Horsburgh	1	0	5	0	-
Hurst	1	0	2	1	-

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