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| Venue | University Oval, Melbourne on 29th, 31st January 1977 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Essendon won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn (Essendon won on first innings) |
| Points | University 0; Essendon 6 |
| Umpires | A Corby, RV Whitehead |
| Close of play day 1 | Essendon (1) 320 all out |
| Essendon first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RFR Howe | c Stevenson b Botham | 17 | |||||
| JA MacWhirter | c Hayes b Botham | 61 | |||||
| *KH Davis | c Botham b Phillips | 143 | |||||
| S Peter-Budge | run out | 49 | |||||
| JL Nunn | b Botham | 4 | |||||
| GK John | c Miles b Phillips | 8 | |||||
| GL Stanley | c Jensen b Phillips | 22 | |||||
| GT Ross | lbw b Phillips | 1 | |||||
| KW Kirby | c Miles b Phillips | 0 | |||||
| +HH Ford | b Botham | 4 | |||||
| GN Webb | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (5 b, 6 nb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 72.7 overs) | 320 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-48, 2-112, 3-235, 4-254, 5-263, 6-309, 7-315, 8-315, 9-320, 10-320 (72.7 ov) | |||||||
| University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Stevenson | 9 | 0 | 37 | 0 | - | ||
| Burridge | 7 | 1 | 28 | 0 | - | ||
| Botham | 22.7 | 2 | 92 | 4 | - | ||
| Tangas | 14 | 2 | 50 | 0 | - | ||
| Jensen | 6 | 0 | 40 | 0 | - | ||
| Phillips | 14 | 2 | 62 | 5 | - | ||
| University first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *JM Hendry | c Peter-Budge b Ross | 12 | |||||
| +GJ Miles | c Ford b Ross | 2 | |||||
| TJ Harms | c and b Kirby | 41 | |||||
| GS Fox | c Howe b Kirby | 98 | |||||
| IT Botham | c Howe b Kirby | 0 | |||||
| G Hayes | c Davis b Kirby | 0 | |||||
| MES Jensen | c Peter-Budge b Stanley | 27 | |||||
| GB Stevenson | c Ross b Kirby | 37 | |||||
| AI Burridge | run out | 0 | |||||
| AJ Phillips | b Kirby | 0 | |||||
| J Tangas | not out | 3 | |||||
| Extras | (3 b, 4 lb, 3 nb, 1 w) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 67 overs) | 231 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10, 2-16, 3-102, 4-102, 5-104, 6-172, 7-227, 8-228, 9-228, 10-231 (67 ov) | |||||||
| Essendon bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Webb | 10 | 1 | 42 | 0 | |||
| Ross | 14 | 1 | 56 | 2 | |||
| Kirby | 24 | 3 | 79 | 6 | |||
| Stanley | 15 | 6 | 23 | 1 | |||
| Davis | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |||
| Essendon second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| S Peter-Budge | not out | 9 | |||||
| GK John | c Miles b Phillips | 7 | |||||
| JL Nunn | not out | 0 | |||||
| RFR Howe | did not bat | ||||||
| JA MacWhirter | did not bat | ||||||
| *KH Davis | did not bat | ||||||
| GL Stanley | did not bat | ||||||
| GT Ross | did not bat | ||||||
| KW Kirby | did not bat | ||||||
| +HH Ford | did not bat | ||||||
| GN Webb | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 lb) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket, 9 overs) | 17 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16 (John) | |||||||
| University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Botham | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Phillips | 4 | 1 | 9 | 1 | - | - | |