vca6987	Melbourne v Footscray
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1979/80
Venue	Albert Ground, Melbourne on 17th, 24th November 1979 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Melbourne won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Melbourne won on first innings)
Points	Melbourne 6; Footscray 0
Umpires	RC Bailhache, WH Howieson
Close of play day 1	Melbourne (1) 262 all out

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Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DS Shepherd	c James b Watson	16
JG Anderson	c James b Watson	67
*DJ Broad	c Dredge b Ryan	45
BJ Matters	b Dredge	7
SM McCooke	not out	97
GR Booth	c Bennett b Ryan	2
PD King	c Dredge b Ryan	17
MJ McCarthy	c Patterson b Davidson	0
IC Hennig	run out	4
+PG O'Brien	run out	1
NW Williams	c Watson b Bennett	0
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	6
Total	(all out, 80.3 overs)	262
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-108, 3-120, 4-154, 5-174, 6-218, 7-219, 8-234, 9-253, 10-262 (80.3 ov)

Footscray bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dredge	13	2	52	1
Watson	23	6	61	2
Bennett	10.3	0	46	1
Ryan	26	4	69	3
Davidson	8	1	28	1

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Footscray first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GJ Anderton	c O'Brien b McCarthy	0
AJ Paone	c King b Williams	21
MV Richardson	b Williams	44
WL O'Neill	c O'Brien b Williams	11
LC Davidson	lbw b McCarthy	13
WK Patterson	c Matters b Hennig	60
BJ Watson	run out	2
*+LH James	c O'Brien b Williams	11
DJ Ryan	b McCooke	5
WR Bennett	c Matters b McCooke	14
PW Dredge	not out	15
Extras	(3 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	7
Total	(all out, 75.3 overs)	203
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-62, 3-69, 4-82, 5-100, 6-108, 7-127, 8-137, 9-144, 10-203 (75.3 ov)

Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McCarthy	17	1	48	2
Williams	22	3	64	4
King	9	3	25	0
Hennig	11.3	7	12	1
Broad	7	0	16	0
McCooke	9	1	31	2

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Melbourne second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DS Shepherd	not out	11
JG Anderson	not out	8
*DJ Broad	did not bat
BJ Matters	did not bat
SM McCooke	did not bat
GR Booth	did not bat
PD King	did not bat
MJ McCarthy	did not bat
IC Hennig	did not bat
+PG O'Brien	did not bat
NW Williams	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 8 overs)	19

Footscray bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bennett	2	0	10	0
O'Neill	4	1	7	0
Davidson	2	0	2	0

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