vca6811	Footscray v St Kilda
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1977/78
Venue	Western Oval, Melbourne on 18th, 25th February 1978 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Footscray won the toss and decided to field
Result	Footscray won by 9 wickets
Points	Footscray 10; St Kilda 0
Umpires	WJ Copeland, B Smallwood
Close of play day 1	Footscray (1) 89/5 (Joslin 31*, Eastwood 0*)

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St Kilda first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DB Robinson	run out	21
RJ Craig	c Gilham b Dredge	12
AS Watson	c Anderton b Shepherd	9
BR Downey	c Bennett b Eastwood	7
MW Seeckts	c James b Shepherd	5
+GL Tamblyn	c James b Shepherd	0
*SNC Murch	c Davidson b Shepherd	7
CG Thwaites	c Davidson b Shepherd	3
BA Morphet	c Davidson b Shepherd	0
SF Graf	c Anderton b Shepherd	21
D Hutchins	not out	0
Extras	(14 b, 2 lb, 3 nb, 2 w)	21
Total	(all out, 40.5 overs)	106
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-46, 3-53, 4-60, 5-63, 6-72, 7-77, 8-77, 9-79, 10-106 (40.5 ov)

Footscray bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dredge	13	2	31	1
Bennett	6	3	7	0
Shepherd	14.5	4	27	7
Eastwood	7	1	20	1

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Footscray first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EB Gray	c Tamblyn b Graf	0
GC Gilham	lbw b Murch	12
LC Davidson	c and b Graf	9
GA Joslin	not out	39
GJ Anderton	run out	2
*JN Shepherd	b Graf	31
KH Eastwood	b Murch	25
+LH James	did not bat
DJ Ryan	did not bat
PW Dredge	did not bat
WR Bennett	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 2 w)	4
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 35.6 overs)	122
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-14, 3-27, 4-46, 5-89, 6-122 (35.6 ov)

St Kilda bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graf	12	3	25	3		-
Murch	12.6	1	55	2		-
Hutchins	5	1	22	0		-
Morphet	6	2	16	0		-

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St Kilda second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DB Robinson	c and b Shepherd	10
RJ Craig	b Shepherd	1
AS Watson	c James b Gilham	6
BR Downey	c Davidson b Shepherd	0
MW Seeckts	c Bennett b Shepherd	8
*SNC Murch	b Shepherd	0
+GL Tamblyn	b Gilham	0
SF Graf	b Shepherd	1
CG Thwaites	c Anderton b Shepherd	2
BA Morphet	not out	5
D Hutchins	c James b Shepherd	7
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 4 w)	8
Total	(all out, 22.6 overs)	48
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-16, 3-16, 4-22, 5-33, 6-33, 7-34, 8-34, 9-40, 10-48 (22.6 ov)

Footscray bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dredge	4	0	10	0
Shepherd	10.6	6	10	8
Bennett	3	2	1	0
Gilham	5	0	19	2

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Footscray second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EB Gray	b Hutchins	8
GC Gilham	not out	9
LC Davidson	not out	18
GA Joslin	did not bat
GJ Anderton	did not bat
*JN Shepherd	did not bat
KH Eastwood	did not bat
+LH James	did not bat
DJ Ryan	did not bat
PW Dredge	did not bat
WR Bennett	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 7.2 overs)	35
Fall of wickets:
1-10 (Gray)

St Kilda bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hutchins	4	0	21	1
Thwaites	3	0	10	0
Downey	0.2	0	4	0

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