vca6727	Richmond v Footscray
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1977/78
Venue	Richmond Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 8th October 1977 (1-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Footscray won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Richmond won on first innings)
Points	Richmond 6; Footscray 0
Umpires	KJ Carmody, WJ Copeland

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Footscray first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EB Gray	st Cowper b Higgs	18
GA Joslin	run out	3
KW Stone	c Richardson b Higgs	10
MV Richardson	c and b Higgs	6
*+LH James	c Russ b Higgs	46
LC Davidson	run out	22
WL O'Neill	not out	3
DJ Ryan	c Richardson b Higgs	3
AT Culph	not out	0
AJ Paone	did not bat
PW Dredge	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 34 overs)	114
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-29, 3-36, 4-39, 5-106, 6-108, 7-112

Richmond bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Leehane	8	2	31	0	-	-
Russ	7	3	17	0	-	-
Higgs	12	2	38	5	-	-
Paterson	7	0	25	0	-	-

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Richmond first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IC Simpson	b O'Neill	49
P Melville	b Ryan	34
GW Richardson	c and b Ryan	3
*GN Yallop	not out	54
MJ Bowtell	not out	8
RJ Sincock	did not bat
JI Russ	did not bat
+DR Cowper	did not bat
GC Paterson	did not bat
JD Higgs	did not bat
JF Leehane	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 9 nb)	16
Total	(3 wickets, 34 overs)	164
Fall of wickets:
1-49, 2-66, 3-139

Footscray bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dredge	11	0	51	0	-
Culph	5	0	30	0	-
Ryan	8	0	22	2	-
Paone	6	0	33	0	-
O'Neill	4	0	12	1	-

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