vca6935	Fitzroy v Footscray
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1978/79
Venue	Fitzroy Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 24th February, 3rd March 1979 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Fitzroy won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Fitzroy 3; Footscray 3
Umpires	RV Whitehead, D Wilson
Close of play day 1	No play

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Footscray first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KW Stone	b Smith	1
AJ Paone	retired hurt	0
MV Richardson	c White b RW Watts	1
WL O'Neill	c Brentnall b RW Watts	0
BJ Watson	b Smith	1
LC Davidson	c White b Melbourne	45
*+LH James	c Rumble b Whitelaw	8
LA Perussich	c White b Smith	50
DJ Ryan	c Brentnall b Melbourne	11
WR Bennett	not out	1
PW Dredge	not out	0
Extras	(10 b, 7 lb, 4 nb)	21
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 29.2 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-11, 3-11, 4-19, 5-42, 6-123, 7-129, 8-139

Fitzroy bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	9	3	17	3	-
RW Watts	11	1	51	2	-
Whitelaw	5	1	23	1	-
Melbourne	4.2	0	27	2	-

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Fitzroy first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Watts	run out	0
PW White	c James b Bennett	43
RF Considine	lbw b Perussich	1
RW Watts	c Watson b Bennett	35
*IL Dunne	run out	3
TW Macdonald	b Bennett	9
RW Brentnall	c and b Bennett	21
AJ Melbourne	not out	14
+DP Rumble	not out	0
GR Whitelaw	did not bat
SK Smith	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb, 5 nb)	13
Total	(7 wickets, 29.2 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-13, 3-71, 4-78, 5-98, 6-98, 7-137

Footscray bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dredge	5	0	28	0	-
Perussich	14.2	2	61	1	-
Watson	2	0	12	0	-
Bennett	8	1	25	4	-

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