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| Venue | Glenferrie Oval, Melbourne on 4th, 11th February 1978 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Richmond won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn (Hawthorn-East Melbourne won on first innings) |
| Points | Hawthorn-East Melbourne 6; Richmond 0 |
| Umpires | RV Whitehead, D Wilson |
| Close of play day 1 | Hawthorn-East Melbourne (1) 169 all out |
| Hawthorn-East Melbourne first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RG Matthews | c Hargreaves b McKay | 17 | |||||
| C Carter | b Russ | 2 | |||||
| GA Mackay | c Simpson b McKay | 5 | |||||
| KB Thomas | b Leehane | 15 | |||||
| AR McAlister | b Leehane | 8 | |||||
| J Etherington | c Rogers b McKay | 37 | |||||
| *E Shade | b McKay | 56 | |||||
| RA Crow | c Cowper b Leehane | 13 | |||||
| IL Read | c Hargreaves b Paterson | 5 | |||||
| +TJ McGann | not out | 0 | |||||
| PTB Locke | c Cowper b McKay | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 2 lb, 4 nb, 1 w) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 57.5 overs) | 169 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-3, 2-25, 3-29, 4-51, 5-52, 6-127, 7-143, 8-166, 9-169, 10-169 (57.5 ov) | |||||||
| Richmond bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Leehane | 15 | 4 | 40 | 3 | |||
| Russ | 10 | 1 | 48 | 1 | |||
| McKay | 16.5 | 2 | 36 | 5 | |||
| Paterson | 9 | 0 | 19 | 1 | |||
| Simpson | 7 | 1 | 15 | 0 | |||
| Richmond first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| IC Simpson | c Crow b Locke | 24 | |||||
| RJ Sincock | c and b Shade | 1 | |||||
| AC Hargreaves | b Locke | 4 | |||||
| *JT Irvine | c Crow b Read | 1 | |||||
| MJ Bowtell | c Thomas b Crow | 18 | |||||
| BA Rogers | c Thomas b Crow | 14 | |||||
| JI Russ | c Mackay b Read | 32 | |||||
| +DR Cowper | c Thomas b Read | 1 | |||||
| GC Paterson | c Carter b Crow | 1 | |||||
| PG McKay | b Crow | 0 | |||||
| JF Leehane | not out | 3 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 1 lb, 2 nb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 33.2 overs) | 103 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-11, 2-29, 3-30, 4-34, 5-65, 6-66, 7-67, 8-72, 9-89, 10-103 (33.2 ov) | |||||||
| Hawthorn-East Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Locke | 11 | 5 | 18 | 2 | - | ||
| Shade | 4 | 0 | 13 | 1 | - | ||
| Read | 11.2 | 1 | 37 | 3 | - | ||
| Crow | 7 | 0 | 31 | 4 | - | ||
| Hawthorn-East Melbourne second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RG Matthews | b Leehane | 0 | |||||
| C Carter | c Sincock b McKay | 1 | |||||
| GA Mackay | b Leehane | 4 | |||||
| KB Thomas | b Leehane | 11 | |||||
| AR McAlister | c Sincock b Paterson | 12 | |||||
| J Etherington | b Leehane | 4 | |||||
| *E Shade | not out | 18 | |||||
| RA Crow | b Leehane | 22 | |||||
| IL Read | not out | 5 | |||||
| +TJ McGann | did not bat | ||||||
| PTB Locke | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 lb, 4 nb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 20 overs) | 85 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4, 2-8, 3-18, 4-27, 5-33, 6-39, 7-72 | |||||||
| Richmond bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Leehane | 9 | 1 | 33 | 5 | - | ||
| McKay | 4 | 1 | 20 | 1 | - | ||
| Russ | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | ||
| Paterson | 4 | 0 | 17 | 1 | - | ||
| Richmond second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RJ Sincock | not out | 31 | |||||
| JI Russ | c and b Crow | 5 | |||||
| *JT Irvine | run out | 1 | |||||
| BA Rogers | not out | 16 | |||||
| IC Simpson | did not bat | ||||||
| AC Hargreaves | did not bat | ||||||
| MJ Bowtell | did not bat | ||||||
| +DR Cowper | did not bat | ||||||
| GC Paterson | did not bat | ||||||
| PG McKay | did not bat | ||||||
| JF Leehane | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 lb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets, 14 overs) | 56 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10, 2-17 | |||||||
| Hawthorn-East Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Locke | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Crow | 3 | 0 | 12 | 1 | - | - | |
| Thomas | 4 | 1 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Read | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |