vca6739	Essendon v Collingwood
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1977/78
Venue	Windy Hill, Melbourne on 29th October, 5th November 1977 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Essendon won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Collingwood won on first innings)
Points	Essendon 0; Collingwood 6
Umpires	E Jackson, RV Whitehead
Close of play day 1	Collingwood (1) 18/2 (Picken 7*, Baldry 1*)

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
S Peter-Budge	lbw b Corstorphin	11
RFR Howe	c Berechree b Coles	68
JA MacWhirter	c Berechree b Corstorphin	4
BA Nunn	c Berechree b Coles	44
*KH Davis	c and b Coles	7
JL Nunn	c and b Coles	9
GT Ross	c Berechree b Corstorphin	32
+HH Ford	lbw b Corstorphin	2
KW Kirby	not out	27
PM Daffey	hit wkt b Coles	8
GN Webb	run out	5
Extras	(6 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	12
Total	(all out, 68.6 overs)	229
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-53, 3-118, 4-132, 5-148, 6-163, 7-178, 8-197, 9-221, 10-229 (68.6 ov)

Collingwood bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Corstorphin	23.6	1	90	4
Sleeman	14	2	38	0
Berechree	10	3	21	0
Tully	1	1	0	0
Coles	20	4	68	5

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Collingwood first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Peach	c and b Daffey	5
WR Picken	c Ford b Kirby	108
+GA Townley	b Daffey	0
*RJ Baldry	c Ford b Davis	26
CA Tully	c Peter-Budge b Webb	7
ND Peart	c Ford b Kirby	73
PE Laydon	run out	0
G Sleeman	b Ross	4
JR Berechree	c JL Nunn b Webb	28
GS Coles	c Howe b Webb	14
CJ Corstorphin	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 13 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	19
Total	(all out, 74.4 overs)	284
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-17, 3-68, 4-83, 5-226, 6-226, 7-230, 8-242, 9-284, 10-284 (74.4 ov)

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Daffey	18	4	58	2
Ross	15	4	49	1
Webb	18.4	6	49	3
Davis	8	2	40	1
Kirby	13	2	63	2
BA Nunn	2	0	6	0

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