vca6806	Northcote v Melbourne
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1977/78
Venue	Westgarth Street Oval, Melbourne on 4th, 11th February 1978 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Northcote won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn (Melbourne won on first innings)
Points	Northcote 0; Melbourne 6
Umpires	DG Forbes, WH Howieson
Close of play day 1	Melbourne (1) 222/7 (King 26*, Swan 0*)

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Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BJ Matters	c Kelly b Legge	11
JG Anderson	c Boxall b Legge	60
*DJ Broad	c Goldsmith b Brentnall	31
GR Booth	c and b Frost	18
SM McCooke	c and b Legge	32
DS Shepherd	c Goldsmith b Frost	31
PD King	not out	53
+PG O'Brien	c Kelly b Legge	5
GM Swan	run out	3
GW Arthur	did not bat
NW Williams	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb, 3 w)	12
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 78.3 overs)	256
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-81, 3-117, 4-125, 5-181, 6-201, 7-222, 8-256 (78.3 ov)

Northcote bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McArdle	16	4	37	0		-
Legge	23	6	74	4		-
Wildsmith	7.3	2	21	0		-
Brentnall	9	1	43	1		-
Frost	23	2	69	2		-

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Northcote first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RW Brentnall	c O'Brien b Swan	8
P Walker	b Williams	17
S Goldsmith	b Williams	5
L Clay	b Williams	0
A Wildsmith	lbw b Williams	1
D Cresp	b Williams	6
G Boxall	c Shepherd b Arthur	31
+P Kelly	b Broad	25
M Legge	b Broad	9
GP Frost	not out	0
*BJ McArdle	absent hurt
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 6 nb, 2 w)	12
Total	(all out, 35.6 overs)	114
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-31, 3-31, 4-34, 5-35, 6-42, 7-97, 8-110, 9-114 (35.6 ov)

Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Swan	8	2	22	1
Williams	10	0	26	5
King	8	1	31	0
Arthur	6.6	0	15	1
Broad	3	1	8	2

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Northcote second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RW Brentnall	not out	17
L Clay	c McCooke b Swan	0
S Goldsmith	run out	6
A Wildsmith	not out	7
P Walker	did not bat
D Cresp	did not bat
G Boxall	did not bat
+P Kelly	did not bat
M Legge	did not bat
GP Frost	did not bat
*BJ McArdle	did not bat
Extras	(1 nb, 1 w)	2
Total	(2 wickets, 20 overs)	32
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-23

Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Williams	4	2	15	0
Swan	4	2	6	1
Arthur	6	5	1	0
Matters	6	3	8	0

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