| vca7944 | |
| Venue | Albert Ground, Melbourne on 31st October, 7th November 1987 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Footscray won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn (Melbourne won on first innings) |
| Points | Melbourne 6; Footscray 0 |
| Umpires | DG Forbes, K O'Neill |
| Close of play day 1 | Melbourne (1) 268/8 innings closed |
| Melbourne first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MC Hooper | c Simmons b Ryan | 58 | |||||
| SM McCooke | b Miller | 11 | |||||
| WG Ayres | c Paone b Miller | 41 | |||||
| *PD King | c Paone b Hughes | 50 | |||||
| DS Shepherd | c Mitchell b Ryan | 16 | |||||
| GT Jansz | run out | 5 | |||||
| IWR Holten | c Ryan b Simmons | 6 | |||||
| RJ Herman | not out | 28 | |||||
| +RI Templeton | b Ryan | 1 | |||||
| MJ Ash | not out | 33 | |||||
| IC Hennig | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 8 lb, 3 nb, 3 w) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, innings closed, 95 overs) | 268 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-28, 2-104, 3-160, 4-176, 5-189, 6-202, 7-202, 8-205 | |||||||
| Footscray bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hughes | 21.4 | 7 | 44 | 1 | |||
| Miller | 27 | 3 | 77 | 2 | |||
| McCarthy | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |||
| Ryan | 32 | 4 | 85 | 3 | |||
| Simmons | 11.2 | 2 | 31 | 1 | |||
| Footscray first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GM Collinson | c Holten b King | 14 | |||||
| MR Mitchell | c Templeton b Holten | 15 | |||||
| PD Burns | c Herman b King | 20 | |||||
| KJ Baddeley | c and b Hennig | 12 | |||||
| JW Simmons | b Hennig | 23 | |||||
| AJ Paone | c Holten b Hennig | 10 | |||||
| CR McCarthy | c Ash b Hennig | 5 | |||||
| CR Miller | c Herman b Ash | 24 | |||||
| *DJ Ryan | not out | 38 | |||||
| +R Reber | c Holten b King | 14 | |||||
| MG Hughes | c Templeton b King | 8 | |||||
| Extras | (2 lb, 2 w) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 79 overs) | 187 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-29, 2-37, 3-56, 4-72, 5-88, 6-99, 7-112, 8-131, 9-155, 10-187 (79 ov) | |||||||
| Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Holten | 19 | 4 | 41 | 1 | - | ||
| Herman | 12 | 1 | 36 | 0 | - | ||
| King | 10 | 2 | 34 | 4 | - | ||
| Ash | 20 | 5 | 53 | 1 | - | ||
| Hennig | 18 | 6 | 21 | 4 | - | ||
| Melbourne second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MC Hooper | c Reber b Miller | 1 | |||||
| SM McCooke | b Miller | 31 | |||||
| GT Jansz | b Miller | 5 | |||||
| RJ Herman | not out | 3 | |||||
| P Chernikeeff | not out | 7 | |||||
| *PD King | did not bat | ||||||
| DS Shepherd | did not bat | ||||||
| IWR Holten | did not bat | ||||||
| +RI Templeton | did not bat | ||||||
| MJ Ash | did not bat | ||||||
| IC Hennig | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 1 lb, 7 nb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 17 overs) | 60 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-9, 2-49, 3-50 | |||||||
| Footscray bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Miller | 9 | 3 | 26 | 3 | - | ||
| McCarthy | 8 | 1 | 28 | 0 | - | ||