vca6804	Essendon v Fitzroy
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1977/78
Venue	Windy Hill, Melbourne on 4th, 11th February 1978 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Fitzroy won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essendon won by 7 wickets
Points	Essendon 6; Fitzroy 4
Umpires	E Jackson, L Mensch
Close of play day 1	Essendon (1) 6/0 (Peter-Budge 1*, Howe 4*)

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Fitzroy first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Watts	c Davis b Ross	23
PW White	b Webb	7
IL Dunne	b Webb	8
PA Ryan	lbw b Ross	2
*LR Joslin	c Mirovich b Barton	49
AJ Melbourne	c Howe b Kirby	13
RW Watts	run out	15
TW Macdonald	b Kirby	11
+DP Rumble	lbw b Barton	29
SK Smith	run out	23
PJ Wallace	not out	12
Extras	(3 b, 2 nb, 1 w)	6
Total	(all out, 52.7 overs)	198
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-34, 3-40, 4-44, 5-91, 6-123, 7-134, 8-134, 9-185, 10-198 (52.7 ov)

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ross	14	0	53	2
Webb	16	1	50	2
Barton	7	0	38	2
Kirby	14	3	34	2
Davis	1.7	0	17	0

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
S Peter-Budge	b Wallace	1
RFR Howe	c Melbourne b RW Watts	4
GK John	c White b Wallace	0
DJM Smith	c Dunne b Joslin	23
BA Nunn	c Rumble b RW Watts	2
*KH Davis	c Rumble b Macdonald	4
GT Ross	lbw b Macdonald	10
KW Kirby	c Dunne b Joslin	55
+G Mirovich	c Dunne b Joslin	2
GN Webb	c Rumble b Joslin	0
GM Barton	not out	2
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb, 4 w)	6
Total	(all out, 36.6 overs)	109
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-6, 3-8, 4-13, 5-25, 6-36, 7-65, 8-81, 9-95, 10-109 (36.6 ov)

Fitzroy bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
RW Watts	9	2	30	2
Wallace	7	0	18	2
Macdonald	5	1	8	2
Joslin	9.6	2	30	4
Melbourne	6	2	17	0

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Fitzroy second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PW White	c John b Ross	18
GM Watts	not out	7
IL Dunne	not out	1
PA Ryan	did not bat
*LR Joslin	did not bat
AJ Melbourne	did not bat
RW Watts	did not bat
TW Macdonald	did not bat
+DP Rumble	did not bat
SK Smith	did not bat
PJ Wallace	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(1 wicket, declared, 9.7 overs)	28
Fall of wickets:
1-26 (White)

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ross	5	2	19	1	-	-
Webb	4.7	1	7	0	-	-

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Essendon second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
S Peter-Budge	run out	46
RFR Howe	c sub (A McPhan) b Joslin	45
*KH Davis	not out	16
GK John	c Rumble b RW Watts	7
BA Nunn	not out	1
DJM Smith	did not bat
GT Ross	did not bat
KW Kirby	did not bat
+G Mirovich	did not bat
GN Webb	did not bat
GM Barton	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(3 wickets, 14.3 overs)	118
Fall of wickets:
1-88, 2-93, 3-107

Fitzroy bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wallace	2	0	16	0	-	-
RW Watts	6.3	0	52	1	-	-
Joslin	6	0	47	1	-	-

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