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| Venue | Albert Ground, Melbourne on 14th, 21st November 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 | Melbourne 0; Footscray 6 |
| Umpires | RC Bailhache, J Burnet, E Jackson |
| Close of play day 1 | Footscray (1) 88/2 (Ryan 35*, Balcam 3*) |
| Melbourne first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MC Hooper | c Richardson b Watson | 0 | |||||
| BJ Matters | st James b Bright | 12 | |||||
| DS Shepherd | c Richardson b Bright | 1 | |||||
| *DJ Broad | c James b Bright | 10 | |||||
| SM McCooke | b Hughes | 12 | |||||
| +RI Templeton | b Hughes | 22 | |||||
| PD King | c Richardson b Bright | 18 | |||||
| PR Josephson | c Davies b Bright | 1 | |||||
| MJ McCarthy | c Richardson b Bright | 9 | |||||
| IC Hennig | lbw b Hughes | 5 | |||||
| NW Williams | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 6 lb, 2 nb, 1 w) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 53 overs) | 104 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7, 2-13, 3-16, 4-42, 5-42, 6-63, 7-65, 8-95, 9-99, 10-104 (53 ov) | |||||||
| Footscray bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Balcam | 13 | 3 | 29 | 0 | |||
| Watson | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Bright | 21 | 8 | 36 | 6 | |||
| Hughes | 12 | 7 | 15 | 3 | |||
| Ryan | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||
| Footscray first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| N Boicos | c Hooper b McCarthy | 5 | |||||
| AJ Paone | retired hurt | 6 | |||||
| MV Richardson | c King b Josephson | 33 | |||||
| DJ Ryan | c Templeton b Williams | 39 | |||||
| LF Balcam | lbw b Hennig | 33 | |||||
| TC Davies | lbw b Hennig | 15 | |||||
| RJ Bright | c McCarthy b King | 28 | |||||
| AIC Dodemaide | c Matters b Hennig | 18 | |||||
| BJ Watson | not out | 15 | |||||
| *+LH James | not out | 25 | |||||
| MG Hughes | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 4 lb, 4 nb, 1 w) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 80 overs) | 228 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-12, 2-77, 3-104, 4-135, 5-140, 6-186, 7-186 | |||||||
| Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Williams | 12 | 2 | 40 | 1 | |||
| McCarthy | 18 | 7 | 39 | 1 | |||
| Hennig | 24 | 6 | 64 | 3 | |||
| King | 17 | 4 | 53 | 1 | |||
| Josephson | 9 | 2 | 21 | 1 | |||
| Melbourne second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BJ Matters | c Dodemaide b Hughes | 17 | |||||
| MC Hooper | b Balcam | 37 | |||||
| DS Shepherd | lbw b Bright | 42 | |||||
| SM McCooke | b Dodemaide | 31 | |||||
| PD King | not out | 12 | |||||
| PR Josephson | not out | 13 | |||||
| *DJ Broad | did not bat | ||||||
| +RI Templeton | did not bat | ||||||
| MJ McCarthy | did not bat | ||||||
| IC Hennig | did not bat | ||||||
| NW Williams | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 4 lb, 9 nb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 45 overs) | 166 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-42, 2-91, 3-134, 4-140 | |||||||
| Footscray bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hughes | 10 | 1 | 32 | 1 | - | ||
| Watson | 4 | 1 | 21 | 0 | - | ||
| Balcam | 12 | 3 | 35 | 1 | - | ||
| Bright | 13 | 1 | 41 | 1 | - | ||
| Dodemaide | 5 | 0 | 16 | 1 | - | ||
| Boicos | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | ||