vca6877	Fitzroy v Essendon
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1978/79
Venue	Fitzroy Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 2nd, 9th December 1978 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Fitzroy won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Essendon won on first innings)
Points	Fitzroy 0; Essendon 6
Umpires	KJ Carmody, D Wilson
Close of play day 1	Essendon (1) 49/0 (Peter-Budge 29*, John 15*)

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Fitzroy first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Watts	b Agnew	1
RF Considine	c Howe b Agnew	2
*IL Dunne	c Stanley b Agnew	8
RW Brentnall	c Sahlberg b Stanley	25
RW Watts	c Sahlberg b Agnew	2
TW Macdonald	st Sahlberg b Kirby	6
DC Trickey	lbw b Ross	6
GC Sholly	c Howe b Kirby	23
AJ Melbourne	not out	33
+DP Rumble	c John b Kirby	19
SK Smith	st Sahlberg b Kirby	0
Extras		23
Total	(all out)	148
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-148

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ross	?	?	29	1	-	-
Agnew	?	?	25	4	-	-
Stanley	?	?	41	1	-	-
Kirby	?	?	30	4	-	-

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
S Peter-Budge	c Melbourne b Smith	44
GK John	lbw b Smith	56
*RFR Howe	c Macdonald b Smith	0
JO Mulligan	c Brentnall b Macdonald	55
BA Nunn	not out	26
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
+PR Sahlberg	did not bat
Extras		8
Total	(4 wickets, declared)	189
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-189

Fitzroy bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
RW Watts	?	?	62	0	-	-
Smith	?	?	40	3	-	-
Sholly	?	?	1	0	-	-
Melbourne	?	?	41	0	-	-
Macdonald	?	?	24	1	-	-
Brentnall	?	?	13	0	-	-

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Fitzroy second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Watts	c Sahlberg b Shaw	26
RF Considine	b Ross	0
*IL Dunne	not out	25
AJ Melbourne	not out	1
RW Brentnall	did not bat
RW Watts	did not bat
TW Macdonald	did not bat
DC Trickey	did not bat
GC Sholly	did not bat
+DP Rumble	did not bat
SK Smith	did not bat
Extras		9
Total	(2 wickets)	61
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Agnew	?	?	5	0	-	-
Ross	?	?	23	1	-	-
Kirby	?	?	13	0	-	-
Stanley	?	?	6	0	-	-
Shaw	?	?	5	1	-	-

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