vca6799	South Melbourne v Richmond
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1977/78
Venue	South Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 21st, 28th January 1978 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	South Melbourne won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn (Richmond won on first innings)
Points	South Melbourne 0; Richmond 6
Umpires	E Jackson, PJ Ryan
Close of play day 1	Richmond (1) 309 all out

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Richmond first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IC Simpson	c Lavars b Jones	37
RJ Sincock	run out	15
GN Yallop	c Lockhart b Baker	33
P Melville	c Kendall b Baker	55
*JT Irvine	lbw b Baker	19
MJ Bowtell	c Roberts b Baker	6
JI Russ	c Kendall b McLellan	20
+DR Cowper	b Jones	60
GC Paterson	c Lockhart b Baker	43
JF Leehane	c Lavars b MacWhirter	7
JD Higgs	not out	0
Extras	(7 b, 2 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 64.1 overs)	309
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-73, 3-131, 4-161, 5-171, 6-180, 7-226, 8-292, 9-309, 10-309 (64.1 ov)

South Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McLellan	16	0	88	1
Jones	20	0	98	2
MacWhirter	15	0	54	1
Baker	11.1	2	46	5
Lockhart	2	0	9	0

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South Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GJ Gloury	c Cowper b Leehane	19
PK Kendall	lbw b Russ	2
MD Taylor	c Cowper b Higgs	85
PB Stevens	b Higgs	37
I Roberts	st Cowper b Higgs	5
NR Lockhart	c Bowtell b Leehane	3
*+SL Lavars	lbw b Russ	46
MA MacWhirter	c Cowper b Russ	20
LJ Baker	not out	11
N Jones	run out	2
RM McLellan	b Paterson	0
Extras	(1 b, 8 lb, 13 nb, 3 w)	25
Total	(all out, 65.6 overs)	255
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-43, 3-123, 4-137, 5-146, 6-172, 7-239, 8-240, 9-249, 10-255 (65.6 ov)

Richmond bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Leehane	15	3	45	2
Russ	20	4	65	3
Paterson	10.6	0	32	1
Higgs	19	2	82	3
Simpson	1	0	6	0

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