vca6713	Collingwood v Richmond
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1976/77 (Final)
Venue	Albert Ground, Melbourne on 19th, 20th, 26th, 27th March 1977 (4-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Richmond won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Richmond won on first innings)
Umpires	KJ Carmody, WJ Copeland
Close of play day 1	Richmond (1) 247/4 (Yallop 51*, Richardson 36*)
Close of play day 2	Collingwood (1) 33/0 (Baldry 18*, Picken 13*)
Close of play day 3	Collingwood (1) 216/4 (Tully 15*, Laydon 1*)

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Richmond first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JT Irvine	b Berechree	38
JI Russ	c Berechree b Emerson	70
IC Simpson	lbw b Corstorphin	22
GN Yallop	run out	115
P Melville	lbw b Gott	21
GW Richardson	c Baldry b Berechree	83
MJ Bowtell	c Laughlin b Corstorphin	48
+DR Cowper	c Tully b Laughlin	22
GC Paterson	run out	5
JD Higgs	not out	2
JF Leehane	b Laughlin	3
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 7 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 116.4 overs)	440
Fall of wickets:
1-70, 2-137, 3-139, 4-186, 5-320, 6-387, 7-424, 8-433, 9-435, 10-440 (116.4 ov)

Collingwood bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Corstorphin	28	5	90	2	-
Emerson	22	3	86	1	-
Laughlin	22.4	4	73	2	-
Berechree	19	2	76	2	-
Gott	13	1	65	1	-
Bird	12	2	39	0	-

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Collingwood first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RJ Baldry	c Melville b Higgs	79
WR Picken	c and b Paterson	88
*RP Bird	c Melville b Paterson	11
TJ Laughlin	c sub (GK Kelaart) b Higgs	0
CA Tully	c Cowper b Paterson	15
PE Laydon	b Paterson	6
DL Gott	c Irvine b Higgs	20
+GA Townley	c Melville b Higgs	2
NL Emerson	c Bowtell b Leehane	10
JR Berechree	not out	13
CJ Corstorphin	c Cowper b Higgs	0
Extras	(7 b, 3 lb, 14 nb)	24
Total	(all out, 90.5 overs)	268
Fall of wickets:
1-188, 2-190, 3-191, 4-213, 5-216, 6-239, 7-243, 8-245, 9-259, 10-268 (90.5 ov)

Richmond bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Leehane	12	2	35	1	-
Russ	15	3	37	0	-
Higgs	30.5	8	90	5	-
Paterson	28	5	72	4	-
Simpson	5	2	10	0	-

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