vca6856	Northcote v Essendon
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1978/79
Venue	Westgarth Street Oval, Melbourne on 4th, 11th November 1978 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Northcote won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Essendon won on first innings)
Points	Northcote 0; Essendon 6
Umpires	L Mensch, B Robertson
Close of play day 1	Essendon (1) 55/1 (Peter-Budge 37*, Mulligan 4*)

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Northcote first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
K Fitzpatrick	b Agnew	3
L Clay	c Peter-Budge b Agnew	0
S Goldsmith	c Howe b Stanley	16
*BJ McArdle	b Ross	77
+A Wildsmith	c Howe b Stanley	0
G Boxall	c Kirby b Agnew	10
I Hooper	not out	16
M Legge	b Ross	4
J Grant	st Mirovich b Kirby	6
M Hall	st Mirovich b Kirby	0
GP Frost	st Mirovich b Kirby	0
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 7 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 42.5 overs)	145
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-4, 3-72, 4-72, 5-100, 6-128, 7-132, 8-145, 9-145, 10-145 (42.5 ov)

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Agnew	10	2	36	3	-
Ross	11	2	29	2	-
Stanley	8	0	29	2	-
Kirby	13.5	2	38	3	-

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
S Peter-Budge	not out	124
G Forbes	c Wildsmith b Frost	9
JO Mulligan	run out	5
*RFR Howe	c Legge b McArdle	0
BA Nunn	not out	66
RB Shaw	did not bat
GL Stanley	did not bat
GT Ross	did not bat
KW Kirby	did not bat
JP Agnew	did not bat
+G Mirovich	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	11
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 55 overs)	215
Fall of wickets:
1-50, 2-59, 3-59

Northcote bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grant	7	0	54	0
McArdle	12	4	33	1
Legge	11	1	37	0
Frost	19	2	48	1
Hall	6	0	32	0

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Northcote second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
K Fitzpatrick	c Mirovich b Agnew	6
L Clay	c Mirovich b Agnew	8
S Goldsmith	c Peter-Budge b Agnew	0
G Boxall	c Howe b Agnew	0
*BJ McArdle	not out	63
+A Wildsmith	not out	34
I Hooper	did not bat
M Legge	did not bat
J Grant	did not bat
M Hall	did not bat
GP Frost	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 5 nb)	13
Total	(4 wickets, 30 overs)	124
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-18, 3-19, 4-33

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Agnew	7	1	34	4	-
Ross	8	1	32	0	-
Stanley	1	0	5	0	-
Kirby	7	1	22	0	-
Mulligan	4	0	16	0	-
Shaw	2	1	1	0	-
Forbes	1	0	1	0	-

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