Victoria v South Australia at Melbourne, 14-17 Dec 1979

Sheffield Shield, 1979/80
Victoria v South Australia
Melbourne Cricket Ground
14,15,16,17 December 1979 (4-day match)

Result: Match drawn

Toss:
Umpires: RC Bailhache and RV Whitehead

Close of Play:

Day 1: Day 2: Day 3: South Australia 1st innings JE Nash lbw b Graf 68 WM Darling c Robinson b Higgs 43 *IM Chappell c Walker b Cox 82 JJ Crowe not out 109 RJ Inverarity c Scholes b Cox 3 PR Sleep not out 32 Extras (b 4, lb 12) 16 Total (4 wickets declared, 111 overs) 353 DNB: JR Hammond, +TJ Robertson, GR Attenborough, AA Mallett, W Prior. FoW: 1-104, 2-128, 3-276, 4-288. Bowling O M R W Walker 37 6 90 0 Graf 26 9 68 1 Laughlin 9 0 42 0 Higgs 23 6 85 1 Cox 16 3 52 2 Victoria 1st innings RG Matthews c Crowe b Mallett 19 *GN Yallop c Chappell b Prior 0 DF Whatmore c Chappell b Attenborough 13 JK Moss b Attenborough 35 WJ Scholes b Attenborough 7 TJ Laughlin c Inverarity b Mallett 37 +RD Robinson c Inverarity b Mallett 16 PJ Cox lbw b Mallett 3 SF Graf c Prior b Mallett 19 MHN Walker c Crowe b Inverarity 3 JD Higgs not out 3 Extras (lb 3) 3 Total (all out, 58 overs) 158 FoW: 1-5, 2-26, 3-47, 4-66, 5-85, 6-110, 7-122, 8-133, 9-142, 10-158. Bowling O M R W Prior 7 1 23 1 Attenborough 22 9 37 3 Mallett 23 3 73 5 Sleep 1 0 2 0 Inverarity 5 1 20 1 Victoria 2nd innings (following on) RG Matthews b Mallett 124 *GN Yallop c Crowe b Mallett 49 DF Whatmore c Prior b Sleep 22 JK Moss b Attenborough 132 WJ Scholes lbw b Attenborough 52 TJ Laughlin b Hammond 1 +RD Robinson st +Chappell b Hammond 7 PJ Cox c Sleep b Attenborough 0 SF Graf not out 0 Extras (b 12, lb 14, w 1, nb 2) 29 Total (8 wickets declared, 162.1 overs) 416 DNB: MHN Walker, JD Higgs. FoW: 1-78, 2-120, 3-305, 4-399, 5-404, 6-408, 7-413, 8-416. Bowling O M R W Prior 23 4 86 0 Attenborough 32 9 73 3 Mallett 38 7 102 2 Sleep 25 4 74 1 Hammond 44.1 20 52 2 South Australia 2nd innings (target: 222 runs) JE Nash c & b Walker 28 WM Darling c Robinson b Graf 19 *IM Chappell b Higgs 26 JJ Crowe b Graf 7 RJ Inverarity b Walker 0 PR Sleep not out 34 JR Hammond not out 6 Extras (b 4, lb 4) 8 Total (5 wickets, 43 overs) 128 DNB: +TJ Robertson, GR Attenborough, AA Mallett, W Prior. FoW: 1-38, 2-52, 3-60, 4-60, 5-119. Bowling O M R W Walker 12 0 47 2 Graf 18 3 39 2 Higgs 9 2 26 1 Cox 4 1 8 0