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| Venue | Fitzroy Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 16th, 23rd December 1978 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | University won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn (Fitzroy won on first innings) |
| Points | Fitzroy 6; University 0 |
| Umpires | A Farrow, E Jackson |
| Close of play day 1 | Fitzroy (1) 228/9 (Whitelaw 9*, Smith 12*) |
| Fitzroy first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GM Watts | lbw b Happell | 28 | |||||
| RF Considine | c Riglar b Happell | 17 | |||||
| *IL Dunne | lbw b Nicholls | 19 | |||||
| RW Brentnall | b Knight | 37 | |||||
| AJ Melbourne | c Miles b Knight | 5 | |||||
| DC Trickey | b Knight | 6 | |||||
| TW Macdonald | b Happell | 26 | |||||
| GC Sholly | run out | 50 | |||||
| +DP Rumble | c Miles b Nicholls | 2 | |||||
| GR Whitelaw | not out | 9 | |||||
| SK Smith | not out | 12 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 2 lb, 4 nb, 7 w) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 65 overs) | 228 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-49, 2-54, 3-80, 4-103, 5-124, 6-125, 7-195, 8-204, 9-204 | |||||||
| University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Knight | 16 | 1 | 51 | 3 | |||
| Happell | 17 | 2 | 51 | 3 | |||
| Nicholls | 18 | 3 | 47 | 2 | |||
| Geddes | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Riglar | 8 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |||
| van Cuylenburg | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |||
| University first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RF van Cuylenburg | c Rumble b Smith | 8 | |||||
| PD Whitehead | c Watts b Smith | 0 | |||||
| +GJ Miles | run out | 3 | |||||
| *PD Burke | c Rumble b Whitelaw | 2 | |||||
| JB Roberts | lbw b Melbourne | 22 | |||||
| CD Henderson | c Rumble b Smith | 30 | |||||
| AJ Geddes | run out | 13 | |||||
| PM Nicholls | run out | 9 | |||||
| AG Riglar | b Brentnall | 27 | |||||
| AA Happell | not out | 43 | |||||
| DJ Knight | c Dunne b Whitelaw | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (3 b, 2 lb, 4 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 54.5 overs) | 166 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4, 2-13, 3-13, 4-25, 5-68, 6-70, 7-80, 8-95, 9-165, 10-166 (54.5 ov) | |||||||
| Fitzroy bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Smith | 14 | 2 | 45 | 3 | - | ||
| Whitelaw | 12.5 | 4 | 35 | 2 | - | ||
| Macdonald | 6 | 1 | 24 | 0 | - | ||
| Sholly | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - | ||
| Melbourne | 13 | 2 | 31 | 1 | - | ||
| Brentnall | 7 | 0 | 18 | 1 | - | ||
| Fitzroy second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GM Watts | not out | 14 | |||||
| RF Considine | not out | 8 | |||||
| *IL Dunne | did not bat | ||||||
| RW Brentnall | did not bat | ||||||
| AJ Melbourne | did not bat | ||||||
| DC Trickey | did not bat | ||||||
| TW Macdonald | did not bat | ||||||
| GC Sholly | did not bat | ||||||
| +DP Rumble | did not bat | ||||||
| GR Whitelaw | did not bat | ||||||
| SK Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (no wicket, 6 overs) | 22 | |||||
| University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Riglar | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||
| van Cuylenburg | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||