vca6757	Melbourne v Fitzroy
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1977/78
Venue	Albert Ground, Melbourne on 12th, 13th November 1977 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Fitzroy won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Melbourne 0; Fitzroy 0
Umpires	WJ Copeland, DG Forbes
Close of play day 1	Fitzroy (1) 282/7 (Steele 107*, RW Watts 16*)

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Fitzroy first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Watts	c Patrick b Ditchfield	26
PW White	c O'Brien b Jamison	30
IL Dunne	b Williams	14
PA Ryan	c Anderson b Jamison	3
*LR Joslin	c O'Brien b Jamison	67
JA Steele	c McCooke b Ditchfield	107
TW Macdonald	b McCooke	11
+DP Rumble	b Williams	1
RW Watts	not out	23
GR Whitelaw	not out	10
SK Smith	did not bat
Extras	(7 lb)	7
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 82 overs)	299
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-50, 3-51, 4-135, 5-149, 6-224, 7-232, 8-284

Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Williams	22	1	60	2	-	-
Ditchfield	28	3	106	2	-	-
Jamison	23	5	67	3	-	-
Johnstone	2	0	22	0	-	-
McCooke	7	0	37	1	-	-

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Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DS Shepherd	c Rumble b Smith	4
JG Anderson	c and b RW Watts	121
DM Johnstone	b Smith	43
*DJ Broad	not out	57
GR Booth	lbw b RW Watts	13
SM McCooke	not out	0
DA Patrick	did not bat
+PG O'Brien	did not bat
R Jamison	did not bat
P Ditchfield	did not bat
NW Williams	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	6
Total	(4 wickets, 66 overs)	244
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-104, 3-217, 4-243

Fitzroy bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	19	3	50	2		-
Whitelaw	11	0	40	0		-
RW Watts	14	4	40	2		-
Macdonald	12	0	67	0		-
Joslin	10	0	41	0		-

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