vca6320	Footscray v Richmond
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1972/73
Venue	Western Oval, Melbourne on 10th, 17th February 1973 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Richmond won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Footscray won on first innings)
Points	Footscray 6; Richmond 0
Umpires	PJ Hooper, HT Maguire
Close of play day 1	Footscray (1) 90/0 (Hargreaves 50*, Nicholls 38*)

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Richmond first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IC Simpson	c James b Gray	32
RJ Sincock	c Smith b Gray	24
PC Watmuff	c James b Smith	18
*PD Williams	b Wilson	0
JT Irvine	lbw b Smith	12
MJ Bowtell	b Smith	4
+DR Cowper	b Wilson	1
JI Russ	b Wilson	9
GC Paterson	b Smith	0
JD Higgs	b Wilson	4
WR Turner	not out	2
Extras	(7 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 35.4 overs)	113
Fall of wickets:
1-51, 2-64, 3-65, 4-81, 5-97, 6-98, 7-98, 8-101, 9-108, 10-113 (35.4 ov)

Footscray bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gray	9	3	22	2	-	-
Wilson	17.4	4	48	4	-	-
Smith	9	0	36	4	-	-

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Footscray first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AC Hargreaves	not out	69
RC Nicholls	lbw b Higgs	43
JN Collins	not out	1
*KH Eastwood	did not bat
DJ Brown	did not bat
VJ Roach	did not bat
+LH James	did not bat
GF Ellis	did not bat
GN Gray	did not bat
GB Smith	did not bat
DN Wilson	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb)	2
Total	(1 wicket, declared, 30.3 overs)	115
Fall of wickets:
1-102 (Nicholls)

Richmond bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Russ	4	0	14	0	-
Paterson	12	2	39	0	-
Turner	6	0	31	0	-
Higgs	7.3	1	21	1	-
Watmuff	1	0	8	0	-

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Richmond second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IC Simpson	c Brown b Wilson	21
RJ Sincock	retired hurt	0
PC Watmuff	c Collins b Smith	5
*PD Williams	c Collins b Ellis	37
JT Irvine	c Wilson b Ellis	20
MJ Bowtell	not out	45
+DR Cowper	c Wilson b Ellis	14
JI Russ	c sub b Ellis	2
GC Paterson	c Smith b Wilson	29
JD Higgs	not out	0
WR Turner	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 38 overs)	173
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-33, 3-80, 4-86, 5-104, 6-111, 7-163

Footscray bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gray	1	0	4	0
Wilson	6	0	18	2
Smith	8	0	42	1
Ellis	13	0	63	4
Nicholls	5	1	23	0
Eastwood	4	0	13	0
Hargreaves	1	0	10	0

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Footscray second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*KH Eastwood	c Williams b Paterson	13
AC Hargreaves	lbw b Russ	4
JN Collins	c Russ b Higgs	10
DJ Brown	c Cowper b Russ	7
RC Nicholls	c Simpson b Higgs	27
VJ Roach	st Cowper b Higgs	2
+LH James	not out	22
GF Ellis	not out	3
GN Gray	did not bat
GB Smith	did not bat
DN Wilson	did not bat
Extras	(1 nb, 1 w)	2
Total	(6 wickets, 24 overs)	90
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-17, 3-29, 4-35, 5-42, 6-87

Richmond bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Russ	9	3	29	2
Paterson	5	0	25	1
Higgs	9	3	22	3
Turner	1	0	12	0

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Notes
--> RJ Sincock retired hurt in the Richmond second innings having scored 0 (team had lost 0 wickets)

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