vca6584	Melbourne v Footscray
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1975/76
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 10th, 17th January 1976 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Melbourne won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Footscray won on first innings)
Points	Melbourne 0; Footscray 6
Umpires	JR Collins, PJ Hooper
Close of play day 1	Footscray (1) 36/1 (Bright 19*, Paone 7*)

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Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JK Moss	c James b Dredge	0
JG Anderson	c Watson b Culph	9
DJ Broad	c Dredge b Watson	30
GR Booth	c James b Watson	24
*AP Sheahan	run out	54
DS Shepherd	c Nicholls b Bright	8
+CJ Dart	c Stone b Watson	48
JWO Priestley	b Watson	1
GM Swan	c James b Watson	0
IC Hennig	c Dredge b Watson	20
EJ Allan	not out	4
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 55.1 overs)	202
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-14, 3-61, 4-74, 5-89, 6-163, 7-176, 8-176, 9-179, 10-202 (55.1 ov)

Footscray bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dredge	10	1	39	1	-	-
Culph	11	2	41	1	-	-
Watson	18.1	3	58	6	-	-
Bright	16	3	60	1	-	-

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Footscray first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RJ Bright	retired out	19
GA Joslin	b Allan	7
AJ Paone	lbw b Hennig	20
RC Nicholls	b Hennig	65
KW Stone	c Swan b Priestley	57
GJA Hansen	c Dart b Hennig	12
IG Curwood	c and b Allan	3
BJ Watson	c Moss b Broad	32
*+LH James	not out	41
AT Culph	not out	4
PW Dredge	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 8 nb)	16
Total	(8 wickets, 66 overs)	276
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-36, 3-99, 4-151, 5-169, 6-182, 7-206, 8-259

Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Swan	11	2	54	0	-
Allan	17	1	76	2	-
Priestley	12	2	45	1	-
Hennig	16	2	26	3	-
Anderson	1	0	18	0	-
Broad	5	0	25	1	-
Moss	2	0	9	0	-
Shepherd	1	0	6	0	-
Booth	1	0	1	0	-

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