f31978 ss929	Victoria v Western Australia
	Sheffield Shield 1977/78
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th February 1978 (4-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Victoria won the toss and decided to field
Result	Western Australia won by 137 runs
Points	Victoria 4 (Bowling 4); Western Australia 18 (Batting 3, Bowling 5)
Umpires	RC Bailhache, CO Jones
Scorers	BW Bright (Victoria), MP Ringham (Western Australia)
Close of play day 1	Western Australia (1) 248/8 (Nicholls 14*, Gannon 6*)
Close of play day 2	Western Australia (2) 78/2 (Inverarity 11*, Shipperd 2*)
Close of play day 3	Victoria (2) 103/4 (Hibbert 49*)

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Western Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GR Marsh	c Wiener b Corstorphin	51
RI Charlesworth	run out	71
*RJ Inverarity	b Cox	18
AL Mann	c Taylor b Corstorphin	17
IJ Brayshaw	lbw b Hurst	42
G Shipperd	c McArdle b Cox	8
PA Nicholls	not out	29
GD Porter	c Hurst b Cox	8
+KJ Wright	run out	0
JB Gannon	c Hibbert b Corstorphin	6
TM Alderman	b Corstorphin	1
Extras	(1 b, 9 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	14
Total	(all out, 80.5 overs)	265
Fall of wickets:
1-108 (Marsh), 2-148 (Charlesworth), 3-160 (Inverarity), 4-178 (Mann), 5-211 (Shipperd), 6-229 (Brayshaw), 7-242 (Porter), 8-242 (Wright), 9-255 (Gannon), 10-265 (Alderman, 80.5 ov)

Victoria bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hurst	16	2	41	1	-	-
Corstorphin	23.5	4	70	4	-	-
McArdle	16	2	64	0	-	-
Cox	20	5	57	3	-	-
Wiener	5	0	19	0	-	-

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Victoria first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PA Hibbert	c Brayshaw b Gannon	16
JM Wiener	c Porter b Alderman	9
*DF Whatmore	c Inverarity b Brayshaw	46
JK Moss	b Nicholls	7
P Melville	c Charlesworth b Brayshaw	26
MD Taylor	c Wright b Brayshaw	1
BJ McArdle	c Wright b Brayshaw	10
PJ Cox	b Alderman	11
+IL Maddocks	c Porter b Alderman	3
AG Hurst	b Brayshaw	1
CJ Corstorphin	not out	0
Extras	(3 b)	3
Total	(all out, 34.1 overs)	133
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (Wiener), 2-36 (Hibbert), 3-55 (Moss), 4-100 (Whatmore), 5-105 (Melville), 6-109 (Taylor), 7-120 (McArdle), 8-132 (Cox), 9-133 (Hurst), 10-133 (Maddocks, 34.1 ov)

Western Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gannon	11	0	45	1	-	-
Alderman	9.1	1	41	3	-	-
Porter	4	1	10	0	-	-
Nicholls	1	0	8	1	-	-
Brayshaw	9	4	26	5	-	-

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Western Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GR Marsh	c Wiener b Hurst	41
RI Charlesworth	c Whatmore b Cox	20
*RJ Inverarity	c Maddocks b McArdle	41
G Shipperd	c Maddocks b Corstorphin	4
PA Nicholls	c Corstorphin b McArdle	26
AL Mann	c Wiener b Cox	12
IJ Brayshaw	c Maddocks b Hibbert	45
GD Porter	not out	51
+KJ Wright	not out	21
JB Gannon	did not bat
TM Alderman	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 1 w)	7
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 81 overs)	268
Fall of wickets:
1-58 (Charlesworth), 2-70 (Marsh), 3-80 (Shipperd), 4-128 (Nicholls), 5-148 (Mann), 6-150 (Inverarity), 7-233 (Brayshaw)

Victoria bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hurst	20	6	60	1	-	-
Corstorphin	18	5	68	1	-	-
McArdle	15	2	57	2	-	-
Cox	25	7	66	2	-	-
Melville	1	0	3	0	-	-
Hibbert	2	0	7	1	-	-

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Victoria second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PA Hibbert	c Inverarity b Mann	59
JM Wiener	c Wright b Gannon	5
*DF Whatmore	c Charlesworth b Porter	31
JK Moss	lbw b Porter	8
+IL Maddocks	b Mann	2
P Melville	st Wright b Inverarity	86
MD Taylor	c Alderman b Mann	8
BJ McArdle	b Inverarity	29
PJ Cox	lbw b Mann	20
AG Hurst	run out	1
CJ Corstorphin	not out	0
Extras	(8 lb, 6 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 63.6 overs)	263
Fall of wickets:
1-13 (Wiener), 2-82 (Whatmore), 3-92 (Moss), 4-103 (Maddocks), 5-134 (Hibbert), 6-156 (Taylor), 7-211 (McArdle), 8-260 (Cox), 9-263 (Hurst), 10-263 (Melville, 63.6 ov)

Western Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gannon	12	1	54	1	-	-
Alderman	6	0	40	0	-	-
Porter	18	1	54	2	-	-
Brayshaw	4	1	10	0	-	-
Mann	15	0	75	4	-	-
Inverarity	8.6	1	16	2	-	-

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Notes
--> IJ Brayshaw made his last appearance in Sheffield Shield matches
--> IJ Brayshaw made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CJ Corstorphin made his last appearance in Sheffield Shield matches
--> CJ Corstorphin made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> GD Porter (2) passed his previous highest score of 36 in First-Class matches
--> GD Porter (2) passed his previous highest score of 36 in Sheffield Shield matches
--> P Melville (2) passed his previous highest score of 70 in Sheffield Shield matches
--> P Melville (2) passed his previous highest score of 70 in First-Class matches
--> PJ Cox achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed GD Porter in the Western Australia first innings (previous best was 2-17)
--> PJ Cox achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Sheffield Shield matches when he dismissed GD Porter in the Western Australia first innings (previous best was 2-17)

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12th Men: JR Douglas (Victoria), PA O'Meara (Western Australia)

 

 

 

 

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