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| Venue | Richmond Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 18th, 25th February 1978 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Richmond won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Richmond won by an innings and 142 runs |
| Points | Richmond 10; Northcote 0 |
| Umpires | A Farrow, R Mack |
| Close of play day 1 | Richmond (1) 296/9 (Cowper 21*, Sheedy 6*) |
| Richmond first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| IC Simpson | c Legge b Kearns | 5 | |||||
| RJ Sincock | c Cresp b Kearns | 96 | |||||
| BA Rogers | b Legge | 38 | |||||
| GW Richardson | c Frost b Brentnall | 16 | |||||
| MJ Bowtell | lbw b Legge | 13 | |||||
| *JT Irvine | c Cresp b Kearns | 81 | |||||
| JI Russ | b Legge | 1 | |||||
| +DR Cowper | not out | 21 | |||||
| PG McKay | b Frost | 9 | |||||
| JF Leehane | b Frost | 0 | |||||
| KJ Sheedy | not out | 6 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 4 lb, 2 w) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 81 overs) | 296 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-14, 2-86, 3-113, 4-143, 5-230, 6-232, 7-268, 8-285, 9-285 | |||||||
| Northcote bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Legge | 28 | 5 | 94 | 3 | - | ||
| Kearns | 27 | 5 | 76 | 3 | - | ||
| Wildsmith | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 | - | ||
| Frost | 12 | 5 | 28 | 2 | - | ||
| Brentnall | 10 | 1 | 61 | 1 | - | ||
| Northcote first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *RW Brentnall | retired hurt | 10 | |||||
| P Walker | c Cowper b Leehane | 15 | |||||
| S Goldsmith | c and b Sheedy | 8 | |||||
| G Boxall | b McKay | 5 | |||||
| A Wildsmith | run out | 5 | |||||
| L Clay | c Richardson b Sheedy | 10 | |||||
| D Cresp | c McKay b Sheedy | 2 | |||||
| +P Kelly | c Cowper b Russ | 18 | |||||
| M Legge | c Cowper b Sheedy | 4 | |||||
| J Kearns | not out | 0 | |||||
| GP Frost | c Sincock b Russ | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (3 b, 2 lb, 8 nb, 3 w) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 30.3 overs) | 94 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-34, 2-47, 3-53, 4-57, 5-69, 6-85, 7-89, 8-93, 9-94 (30.3 ov) | |||||||
| Richmond bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Leehane | 9 | 1 | 21 | 1 | |||
| McKay | 7 | 2 | 17 | 1 | |||
| Russ | 7.3 | 1 | 27 | 2 | |||
| Sheedy | 7 | 4 | 13 | 4 | |||
| Northcote second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| S Goldsmith | b Leehane | 4 | |||||
| L Clay | c Russ b McKay | 3 | |||||
| D Cresp | c McKay b Leehane | 1 | |||||
| G Boxall | c Simpson b McKay | 0 | |||||
| A Wildsmith | c Simpson b Leehane | 0 | |||||
| +P Kelly | c Rogers b Leehane | 9 | |||||
| M Legge | c Leehane b McKay | 3 | |||||
| *RW Brentnall | c Cowper b Russ | 13 | |||||
| J Kearns | not out | 22 | |||||
| GP Frost | c and b Sheedy | 4 | |||||
| P Walker | absent hurt | ||||||
| Extras | (1 nb) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 27.5 overs) | 60 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5, 2-9, 3-9, 4-9, 5-9, 6-14, 7-28, 8-47, 9-60 (27.5 ov) | |||||||
| Richmond bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Leehane | 9 | 3 | 25 | 4 | - | ||
| McKay | 7 | 2 | 12 | 3 | - | ||
| Russ | 6 | 3 | 11 | 1 | - | ||
| Sheedy | 5.5 | 1 | 11 | 1 | - | ||