Final: Victoria v New South Wales at Melbourne, 25 Nov 1979

McDonald's Cup, 1979/80, Final
Victoria v New South Wales
Melbourne Cricket Ground
25 November 1979 (50-over match)

Result: Victoria won by 4 wickets
Series: Victoria wins the 1979/80 McDonald's Cup

Toss: Victoria
Umpires: RA French and RV Whitehead
Man of the Match: JM Wiener

New South Wales innings (50 overs maximum)
*RB McCosker                             b Walker               6
AMJ Hilditch          lbw                b McCurdy              3
AR Border             c Laughlin         b Graf                31
PM Toohey             c Robinson         b Graf                32
TM Chappell           c Moss             b Laughlin            29
KD Walters            not out                                  59
GJ Gilmour            run out                                  21
+SJ Rixon             st Robinson        b Wiener               7
LS Pascoe             run out                                   2
Extras                (lb 5, w 2, nb 1)                         8
Total                 (8 wickets, 50 overs)                   198

DNB: GR Beard, GF Lawson.

FoW: 1-6 (Hilditch), 2-11 (McCosker), 3-76 (Border),
    4-? (Toohey), 5-133 (Chappell), 6-174 (Gilmour),
    7-195 (Rixon), 8-198 (Pascoe).

Bowling                 O       M       R       W
Walker                 10       5      16       1 (1w)
McCurdy                 9       1      47       1 (1w)
Graf                   10       0      34       2
Laughlin               10       0      44       1
Bright                 10       0      44       0 (1nb)
Wiener                  1       0       5       1

Victoria innings (target: 199 runs from 50 overs)               R   M   B  4 6
JM Wiener             lbw                b Lawson              64      97
*GN Yallop                               b Gilmour             41
DF Whatmore           c Toohey           b Beard                5
JK Moss               run out                                  17
WJ Scholes                               b Beard                8
TJ Laughlin           c Border           b Walters             15
+RD Robinson          not out                                  25
RJ Bright             not out                                  17
Extras                (lb 2, nb 5)                              7
Total                 (6 wickets, 47.4 overs)                 199

DNB: SF Graf, RJ McCurdy, MHN Walker.

FoW: 1-77 (Yallop), 2-95 (Whatmore), 3-121, 4-140,
    5-143 (Scholes), 6-171 (Laughlin).

Bowling                 O       M       R       W
Pascoe                  9       0      38       0 (1nb)
Lawson                  8.4     1      29       1
Gilmour                10       0      53       1
Walters                10       2      36       1
Beard                  10       0      36       2 (4nb)

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