f27060 ss718	Victoria v New South Wales
	Sheffield Shield 1967/68
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 22nd, 23rd, 26th, 27th December 1967 (4-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Victoria won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Victoria won by 43 runs
Points	Victoria 10; New South Wales 0
Umpires	WK Collicoat, WJ Smyth
Scorers	BW Bright (Victoria), MP Ringham (New South Wales)
Close of play day 1	Victoria (1) 280/7 (Grant 28*, Jordon 10*)
Close of play day 2	New South Wales (1) 247/6 (Griffiths 6*, Taber 2*)
Close of play day 3	New South Wales (2) 13/0 (Blackman 2*, Marks 10*)

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Victoria first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KH Eastwood	c Griffiths b JF Martin	6
KB Thomas	c Rothwell b JF Martin	12
LR Joslin	c Blackman b Benaud	23
KR Stackpole	c Blackman b Davies	43
*J Potter	c Marks b JF Martin	82
GD Watson	b Corling	2
JD Swanson	c and b Davies	68
JW Grant	c Taber b Corling	49
+RC Jordon	not out	37
KW Kirby	c Benaud b Corling	3
SNC Murch	c Taber b Corling	9
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	8
Total	(all out, 356 minutes, 73.4 overs)	342
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (Eastwood), 2-41 (Thomas), 3-51 (Joslin), 4-115 (Stackpole), 5-128 (Watson), 6-203 (Potter), 7-259 (Swanson), 8-309 (Grant), 9-317 (Kirby), 10-342 (Murch, 73.4 ov)

New South Wales bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Corling	21.4	2	71	4	-	-
JF Martin	21	7	93	3	-	2
Benaud	2	0	26	1	-	-
JW Martin	12	2	59	0	2	-
Davies	9	1	47	2	-	-
Griffiths	8	0	38	0	-	-

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New South Wales first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LA Marks	c Grant b Kirby	59
OC Blackman	st Jordon b Kirby	63
J Benaud	c Grant b Swanson	65
GR Davies	c Murch b Kirby	4
*BC Booth	c Jordon b Watson	14
BA Rothwell	lbw b Watson	18
GE Griffiths	lbw b Stackpole	9
+HB Taber	c Stackpole b Kirby	5
JW Martin	not out	19
JF Martin	c Swanson b Kirby	1
GE Corling	lbw b Kirby	1
Extras	(2 b, 9 lb, 5 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 305 minutes, 70.6 overs)	274
Fall of wickets:
1-120 (Marks), 2-143 (Blackman), 3-147 (Davies), 4-186 (Booth), 5-238 (Benaud), 6-238 (Rothwell), 7-251 (Griffiths), 8-257 (Taber), 9-266 (JF Martin), 10-274 (Corling, 70.6 ov)

Victoria bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grant	9	0	36	0	-	4
Murch	10	0	53	0	-	-
Watson	12	1	36	2	-	1
Kirby	22.6	3	82	6	-	-
Stackpole	12	0	43	1	-	-
Swanson	5	3	8	1	-	-

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Victoria second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KH Eastwood	c Taber b JF Martin	8
KB Thomas	c JW Martin b JF Martin	5
LR Joslin	not out	121
KR Stackpole	c Taber b Griffiths	68
*J Potter	not out	105
GD Watson	did not bat
JD Swanson	did not bat
JW Grant	did not bat
+RC Jordon	did not bat
KW Kirby	did not bat
SNC Murch	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	5
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 269 minutes, 64 overs)	312
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (Eastwood), 2-14 (Thomas), 3-135 (Stackpole)

New South Wales bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
JF Martin	11	1	57	2	-	-
Benaud	6	0	33	0	1	1
JW Martin	14	0	84	0	-	-
Davies	14	1	62	0	-	-
Griffiths	18	3	64	1	-	-
Booth	1	0	7	0	-	-

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New South Wales second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
OC Blackman	c Jordon b Watson	42
LA Marks	c Watson b Grant	20
J Benaud	c Joslin b Watson	53
GR Davies	c Watson b Swanson	8
*BC Booth	c Stackpole b Swanson	90
BA Rothwell	c Potter b Grant	78
JW Martin	lbw b Swanson	10
GE Griffiths	c Jordon b Grant	12
+HB Taber	b Kirby	0
JF Martin	b Grant	7
GE Corling	not out	5
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	12
Total	(all out, 349 minutes, 77 overs)	337
Fall of wickets:
1-24 (Marks), 2-116 (Blackman), 3-125 (Benaud), 4-131 (Davies), 5-275 (Booth), 6-287 (JW Martin), 7-317 (Griffiths), 8-324 (Taber), 9-328 (Rothwell), 10-337 (JF Martin, 77 ov)

Victoria bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grant	14	0	58	4	-	2
Murch	12	0	66	0	1	-
Kirby	9	1	46	1	-	-
Watson	17	1	65	2	-	-
Swanson	18	1	62	3	-	-
Stackpole	7	0	28	0	-	-

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Notes
--> J Potter made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> J Potter made his last appearance in Sheffield Shield matches
--> GE Griffiths made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> GE Griffiths made his last appearance in Sheffield Shield matches
--> J Potter (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 45
--> JD Swanson (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 44
--> OC Blackman (1) passed his previous highest score of 47 in First-Class matches
--> OC Blackman (1) passed his previous highest score of 47 in Sheffield Shield matches
--> J Benaud (1) passed his previous highest score of 47 in First-Class matches
--> J Benaud (1) passed his previous highest score of 47 in Sheffield Shield matches
--> BC Booth (2) passed 11000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 24
--> KW Kirby achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed HB Taber in the New South Wales first innings (previous best was 3-39)
--> KW Kirby achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the New South Wales first innings
--> KW Kirby achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Sheffield Shield matches when he dismissed HB Taber in the New South Wales first innings (previous best was 3-39)
--> KW Kirby achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Sheffield Shield matches in the New South Wales first innings
--> JD Swanson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed JW Martin in the New South Wales second innings (previous best was 2-24)
--> JD Swanson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Sheffield Shield matches when he dismissed JW Martin in the New South Wales second innings (previous best was 2-24)

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