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| Venue | Western Oval, Melbourne on 10th, 11th October 1981 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Footscray won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn (Footscray won on first innings) |
| Points | Footscray 6; Northcote 0 |
| Umpires | T Dey, A Nicosia |
| Close of play day 1 |
| Northcote first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GK Hobba | lbw b Watson | 6 | |||||
| S Goldsmith | b Hughes | 9 | |||||
| A Wildsmith | c Dodemaide b Hughes | 44 | |||||
| *GJ Cosier | st James b Bright | 54 | |||||
| BJ McArdle | run out | 0 | |||||
| +MJ O'Sullivan | lbw b Bright | 0 | |||||
| AF Corcoran | run out | 15 | |||||
| G Chamberlain | st James b Bright | 1 | |||||
| GP Frost | c and b Bright | 0 | |||||
| M Higham | c Richardson b Bright | 6 | |||||
| DJ Knight | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 2 nb, 1 w) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 79.5 overs) | 140 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-12, 2-23, 3-106, 4-107, 5-107, 6-127, 7-133, 8-133, 9-133, 10-140 (79.5 ov) | |||||||
| Footscray bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hughes | 25 | 9 | 28 | 2 | |||
| Watson | 21 | 7 | 35 | 1 | |||
| Balcam | 11 | 1 | 30 | 0 | |||
| Bright | 18.5 | 6 | 30 | 5 | |||
| Bennett | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||
| Footscray first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GM Collinson | c Wildsmith b Knight | 0 | |||||
| GJ Waring | c Higham b Knight | 10 | |||||
| MV Richardson | run out | 18 | |||||
| WK Patterson | lbw b Cosier | 12 | |||||
| RJ Bright | not out | 54 | |||||
| AIC Dodemaide | b Higham | 5 | |||||
| BJ Watson | c Hobba b McArdle | 8 | |||||
| LF Balcam | lbw b McArdle | 2 | |||||
| *+LH James | b Cosier | 9 | |||||
| MG Hughes | lbw b McArdle | 9 | |||||
| WR Bennett | c Wildsmith b McArdle | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (9 lb, 4 nb, 3 w) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 71.5 overs) | 144 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-29, 3-32, 4-55, 5-70, 6-91, 7-98, 8-120, 9-142, 10-144 (71.5 ov) | |||||||
| Northcote bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Knight | 26 | 7 | 62 | 2 | |||
| Cosier | 20 | 9 | 26 | 2 | |||
| McArdle | 15.5 | 4 | 24 | 4 | |||
| Frost | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Higham | 9 | 3 | 15 | 1 | |||
| Northcote second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GK Hobba | c Richardson b Balcam | 11 | |||||
| S Goldsmith | not out | 12 | |||||
| AF Corcoran | not out | 22 | |||||
| A Wildsmith | did not bat | ||||||
| *GJ Cosier | did not bat | ||||||
| BJ McArdle | did not bat | ||||||
| +MJ O'Sullivan | did not bat | ||||||
| G Chamberlain | did not bat | ||||||
| GP Frost | did not bat | ||||||
| M Higham | did not bat | ||||||
| DJ Knight | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (1 wicket, 25 overs) | 45 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-15 (Hobba) | |||||||
| Footscray bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bennett | 9 | 2 | 26 | 0 | |||
| Balcam | 9 | 4 | 7 | 1 | |||
| Dodemaide | 4 | 1 | 11 | 0 | |||
| Collinson | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||