Victoria v Tasmania at Melbourne, 22 Jan 1978

Gillette Cup (Australia), 1977/78, 4th Match
Victoria v Tasmania
Melbourne Cricket Ground
22 January 1978 (40-over match)

Result: Tasmania won by 37 runs

Toss:
Umpires: RC Bailhache and RC Isherwood
Man of the Match: JM Wiener

Balls per over: 8

Tasmania innings (40 overs maximum)                             R   M   B  4 6
BR Doolan             c Whatmore         b Douglas             46  99  81  2 0
JH Hampshire          c Whatmore         b Douglas             15  56  31  0 0
DA Smith              run out (Whatmore/Laughlin)              27  88  62  0 0
+RD Woolley           c Sacristani       b Callen              14  20  19  0 0
SJ Howard             c Melville         b Callen              61 102  84  6 0
TW Docking            c Yallop           b Douglas             30  46  32  4 0
DJ Baker              c Sacristani       b Hurst                5  11   6  0 0
*J Simmons                               b Hurst                5  13  10  0 0
AJ Benneworth                        c & b Callen               1   6   3  0 0
GJ Cowmeadow          not out                                   1   6   3  0 0
RJ Sherriff           not out                                   1   3   2  0 0
Extras                (b 1, lb 8, w 2, nb 7)                   18
Total                 (9 wickets, 40 overs, 229 mins)         224

FoW: 1-50 (Hampshire), 2-80 (Doolan), 3-104 (Woolley),
    4-133 (Smith), 5-182 (Docking), 6-202 (Baker),
    7-217 (Simmons), 8-221 (Benneworth), 9-222 (Howard).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Hurst                        8      2     28      2 (5nb)
Callen                       8      0     41      3 (1w, 2nb)
Douglas                      8      1     48      3
Laughlin                     8      0     42      0
Wiener                       7      0     37      0
Hibbert                      1      0     10      0 (1w)

Victoria innings (target: 225 runs from 40 overs)               R   M   B  4 6
JM Wiener             c Hampshire        b Sherriff            71 153 129  3 0
PA Hibbert            c Docking          b Baker                2  12   5  0 0
DF Whatmore           c Hampshire        b Simmons             21  37  38  1 0
*GN Yallop            c Cowmeadow        b Simmons              9  32  14  0 0
P Melville            c Docking          b Simmons             34  39  35  3 0
JK Moss               c Woolley          b Benneworth           2  13  11  0 0
TJ Laughlin           c Baker            b Cowmeadow            7  22  14  0 0
IW Callen                                b Benneworth          12  26  15  1 0
+PG Sacristani        not out                                  10  37  22  0 0
JR Douglas            run out (Smith)                           3   3   3  0 0
AG Hurst                                 b Cowmeadow            6  14   9  0 0
Extras                (b 2, lb 5, nb 3)                        10
Total                 (all out, 36 overs, 199 mins)           187

FoW: 1-9 (Hibbert), 2-47 (Whatmore), 3-73 (Yallop),
    4-128 (Melville), 5-139 (Moss), 6-149 (Wiener),
    7-154 (Laughlin), 8-171 (Callen), 9-174 (Douglas),
    10-187 (Hurst).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Baker                        6      0     26      1
Sherriff                     8      0     40      1 (1nb)
Cowmeadow                    6      0     36      2 (2nb)
Simmons                      8      1     29      3
Benneworth                   8      0     46      2

Note: Wides count as Balls Faced in the batsmens' analyses

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• Scorers: BW Bright (Tasmania) and MP Ringham (Victoria)
• 12th Men: JD Higgs (Victoria) and MJ Norman (Tasmania)
• Attendance: 4,233