f28935 ss797	Victoria v Western Australia
	Sheffield Shield 1971/72
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th December 1971 (4-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Western Australia won the toss and decided to field
Result	Western Australia won by 4 wickets
Points	Victoria 2 (Bowling 2); Western Australia 18 (Batting 3, Bowling 5)
Umpires	WK Collicoat, RT Figgis
Scorers	BW Bright (Victoria), MP Ringham (Western Australia)
Close of play day 1	Western Australia (1) 141/2 (Inverarity 51*, Edwards 29*)
Close of play day 2	Victoria (2) 66/3 (Scholes 14*, Eastwood 11*)
Close of play day 3	Victoria (2) 333/6 (Robinson 73*, Walker 18*)

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Victoria first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WM Lawry	b Massie	21
GJ Cosier	b Gannon	21
JR Stephens	b Watson	3
WJ Scholes	c Varis b Massie	0
KH Eastwood	b Gannon	13
RP Rose	c MacGill b Gannon	8
+RD Robinson	c Watson b Gannon	0
MHN Walker	b Massie	0
JRF Duncan	c Edwards b Massie	0
AL Thomson	run out (Varis->Brayshaw)	0
JD Higgs	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 4 nb, 2 w)	7
Total	(all out, 143 minutes, 24.5 overs)	73
Fall of wickets:
1-36 (Cosier), 2-48 (Lawry), 3-48 (Scholes), 4-48 (Stephens), 5-67 (Rose), 6-67 (Robinson), 7-69 (Walker), 8-69 (Duncan), 9-72 (Thomson), 10-73 (Eastwood, 24.5 ov)

Western Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gannon	8.5	1	35	4	-	4
Massie	10	4	18	4	2	-
Watson	4	1	7	1	-	-
Varis	2	0	6	0	-	-

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Western Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GD Watson	c Walker b Duncan	4
D Chadwick	c Cosier b Walker	49
*RJ Inverarity	b Duncan	57
+R Edwards	st Robinson b Higgs	121
B Duperouzel	hit wkt b Higgs	16
IJ Brayshaw	c Stephens b Higgs	48
L Varis	c Walker b Higgs	0
KJ McAullay	run out (Stephens->Robinson)	13
TMD MacGill	c Eastwood b Higgs	10
RAL Massie	c Scholes b Higgs	14
JB Gannon	not out	5
Extras	(2 b, 12 lb, 6 nb)	20
Total	(all out, 444 minutes, 89.4 overs)	357
Fall of wickets:
1-9 (Watson), 2-85 (Chadwick), 3-152 (Inverarity), 4-195 (Duperouzel), 5-283 (Brayshaw), 6-283 (Varis), 7-316 (McAullay), 8-331 (Edwards), 9-352 (MacGill), 10-357 (Massie, 89.4 ov)

Victoria bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	21	3	83	0	-	3
Duncan	24	3	71	2	-	1
Walker	21	1	83	1	-	2
Higgs	22.4	4	96	6	-	-
Cosier	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Victoria second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WM Lawry	b Massie	5
GJ Cosier	b Massie	20
JR Stephens	b Gannon	11
WJ Scholes	b Gannon	92
KH Eastwood	b Watson	46
RP Rose	c Brayshaw b Massie	49
+RD Robinson	run out (Brayshaw->Edwards)	98
MHN Walker	c Watson b Gannon	27
JRF Duncan	c Edwards b Gannon	0
AL Thomson	c Edwards b Gannon	8
JD Higgs	not out	1
Extras	(7 b, 7 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	20
Total	(all out, 507 minutes, 112.5 overs)	377
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (Lawry), 2-27 (Stephens), 3-45 (Cosier), 4-137 (Eastwood), 5-217 (Scholes), 6-264 (Rose), 7-353 (Walker), 8-354 (Duncan), 9-368 (Thomson), 10-377 (Robinson, 112.5 ov)

Western Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gannon	26	2	97	5	1	3
Massie	16	1	57	3	-	2
Inverarity	26	7	70	0	-	-
Watson	22	2	67	1	-	-
MacGill	22.5	4	66	0	-	-

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Western Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Chadwick	c Robinson b Higgs	34
GD Watson	c Robinson b Walker	4
KJ McAullay	b Walker	0
*RJ Inverarity	lbw b Walker	0
+R Edwards	c Thomson b Higgs	13
L Varis	c Robinson b Walker	15
IJ Brayshaw	not out	15
B Duperouzel	not out	6
TMD MacGill	did not bat
RAL Massie	did not bat
JB Gannon	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(6 wickets, 130 minutes, 29 overs)	94
Fall of wickets:
1-28 (Watson), 2-28 (McAullay), 3-28 (Inverarity), 4-48 (Chadwick), 5-57 (Edwards), 6-80 (Varis)

Victoria bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	4	0	10	0	-	1
Duncan	5	0	18	0	-	-
Higgs	10	1	35	2	-	-
Walker	10	2	24	4	-	-

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Notes
--> RP Rose made his debut in Sheffield Shield matches
--> RP Rose made his debut in First-Class matches
--> B Duperouzel made his debut in Sheffield Shield matches
--> B Duperouzel made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JR Stephens made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JR Stephens made his last appearance in Sheffield Shield matches
--> KH Eastwood made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> KH Eastwood made his last appearance in Sheffield Shield matches
--> RAL Massie (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in Sheffield Shield matches
--> WJ Scholes (2) passed his previous highest score of 85 in First-Class matches
--> WJ Scholes (2) passed his previous highest score of 85 in Sheffield Shield matches
--> RD Robinson (2) passed his previous highest score of 48 in Sheffield Shield matches
--> RD Robinson (2) passed his previous highest score of 48 in First-Class matches
--> D Chadwick (2) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 24
--> RAL Massie achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Victoria first innings (previous best was 4-33)
--> RAL Massie achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Sheffield Shield matches in the Victoria first innings (previous best was 4-33)
--> JD Higgs achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed RAL Massie in the Western Australia first innings (previous best was 5-161)
--> JD Higgs achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Sheffield Shield matches when he dismissed RAL Massie in the Western Australia first innings (previous best was 5-161)
--> JB Gannon reached 50 wickets in Sheffield Shield matches when he dismissed WJ Scholes, his 2nd wicket in the Victoria second innings

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12th Men: RJ Bright (Vic) and BT Thornton (WA)
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