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| Venue | Windy Hill, Melbourne on 10th, 17th December 1977 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Essendon won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Essendon 3; University 3 |
| Umpires | J Henry, B Smallwood |
| Close of play day 1 | Essendon (1) 26/2 (MacWhirter 12*, Nunn 7*) |
| University first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +GJ Miles | c Howe b Ross | 9 | |||||
| KJ Baddeley | c Mirovich b Ross | 22 | |||||
| RJ Peers | lbw b Ross | 2 | |||||
| MES Jensen | b Ross | 22 | |||||
| PD Whitehead | b Ross | 27 | |||||
| DH Hey | c Barton b Howe | 4 | |||||
| *PD Burke | c Mirovich b Barton | 25 | |||||
| RF van Cuylenburg | c Mirovich b Barton | 7 | |||||
| BD Reid | not out | 27 | |||||
| AI Burridge | c Ross b Barton | 12 | |||||
| DJ Knight | st Mirovich b Kirby | 15 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 10 nb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 65.6 overs) | 186 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16, 2-18, 3-51, 4-65, 5-77, 6-121, 7-122, 8-137, 9-156, 10-186 (65.6 ov) | |||||||
| Essendon bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ross | 19 | 5 | 44 | 5 | - | ||
| Webb | 9 | 1 | 28 | 0 | - | ||
| Barton | 18 | 3 | 51 | 3 | - | ||
| Kirby | 10.6 | 2 | 23 | 1 | - | ||
| Howe | 7 | 3 | 11 | 1 | - | ||
| Cotterill | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | - | ||
| Essendon first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JA MacWhirter | c Baddeley b Burridge | 26 | |||||
| RFR Howe | c and b Knight | 2 | |||||
| S Peter-Budge | c Miles b Knight | 3 | |||||
| BA Nunn | b Reid | 40 | |||||
| *KH Davis | lbw b Burridge | 33 | |||||
| SJ Cotterill | retired hurt | 5 | |||||
| GT Ross | b Knight | 46 | |||||
| KW Kirby | not out | 18 | |||||
| +G Mirovich | lbw b Knight | 2 | |||||
| GN Webb | b Knight | 0 | |||||
| GM Barton | c van Cuylenburg b Knight | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (5 nb, 4 w) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 57.5 overs) | 186 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-3, 2-17, 3-55, 4-88, 5-154, 6-167, 7-175, 8-175, 9-186 (57.5 ov) | |||||||
| University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Knight | 18.5 | 2 | 69 | 6 | |||
| Burridge | 16 | 2 | 54 | 2 | |||
| Reid | 16 | 4 | 38 | 1 | |||
| van Cuylenburg | 7 | 2 | 16 | 0 | |||
| University second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +GJ Miles | c Nunn b Barton | 22 | |||||
| KJ Baddeley | c Howe b Webb | 4 | |||||
| RJ Peers | c MacWhirter b Webb | 0 | |||||
| MES Jensen | c Davis b Ross | 0 | |||||
| PD Whitehead | not out | 2 | |||||
| DH Hey | not out | 11 | |||||
| *PD Burke | did not bat | ||||||
| RF van Cuylenburg | did not bat | ||||||
| BD Reid | did not bat | ||||||
| AI Burridge | did not bat | ||||||
| DJ Knight | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 nb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 13 overs) | 42 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16, 2-16, 3-17, 4-30 | |||||||
| Essendon bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ross | 6 | 2 | 12 | 1 | - | ||
| Webb | 5 | 0 | 15 | 2 | - | ||
| Barton | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | - | ||
| MacWhirter | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | ||