Final: Western Australia v Queensland at Perth, 21-25 Mar 1997

Sheffield Shield, 1996/97, Final
Western Australia v Queensland
W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth
21,22,23,24,25 March 1997 (5-day match)

Result: Queensland won by 160 runs
Series: Queensland wins the 1996/97 Sheffield Shield

Toss: Queensland
Umpires: DB Hair and PD Parker
TV Umpire: TA Prue

Close of Play:

Day 1: Queensland 266/4 (Symonds 16*, Foley 3*, 90 ov) Day 2: Queensland 320, Western Australia 164/9 (Garnaut 2*, Mulder 5*, 67 ov) Day 3: Western Australia 165, Queensland 259/6 (Seccombe 6*, Jackson 10*, 86 ov) Day 4: Queensland 309, Western Australia 166/5 (Moody 66*, Gilchrist 36*, 74 ov) Queensland 1st innings R M B 4 6 TJ Barsby c Garnaut b Mulder 67 115 89 12 0 MP Mott c Campbell b Angel 86 341 240 8 1 JP Maher c Gilchrist b Julian 8 34 38 0 0 *SG Law c Garnaut b Hogg 70 144 128 9 0 A Symonds c Julian b Moody 27 88 55 3 0 GI Foley c Gilchrist b Moody 17 72 46 1 0 +WA Seccombe c Gilchrist b Julian 3 31 22 0 0 BN Creevey lbw b Moody 0 1 1 0 0 PW Jackson not out 6 42 28 0 0 AC Dale c Julian b Moody 15 32 20 2 0 MS Kasprowicz c Goodwin b Angel 1 6 6 0 0 Extras (lb 7, w 1, nb 12) 20 Total (all out, 111 overs, 462 minutes) 320 FoW: 1-100 (Barsby), 2-112 (Maher), 3-227 (Law), 4-258 (Mott), 5-281 (Symonds), 6-296 (Foley), 7-296 (Creevey), 8-296 (Seccombe), 9-317 (Dale), 10-320 (Kasprowicz). Bowling O M R W Angel 18 7 56 2 (2nb) Garnaut 9 1 36 0 Julian 31 6 74 2 (4nb) Moody 27 8 75 4 Mulder 18 4 41 1 Martyn 2 0 4 0 Hogg 6 0 27 1 Western Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6 MEK Hussey lbw b Dale 5 14 7 0 0 RJ Campbell c Seccombe b Dale 0 7 9 0 0 MW Goodwin lbw b Dale 63 230 169 9 0 DR Martyn c Maher b Kasprowicz 7 18 19 1 0 *TM Moody c Law b Jackson 23 57 52 4 0 GB Hogg lbw b Kasprowicz 1 23 20 0 0 +AC Gilchrist c Barsby b Dale 23 37 29 3 0 BP Julian c Law b Dale 0 1 2 0 0 J Angel c Law b Dale 28 69 65 4 0 MS Garnaut not out 2 25 23 0 0 B Mulder c Maher b Kasprowicz 6 17 14 1 0 Extras (b 5, lb 2) 7 Total (all out, 68.1 overs, 258 minutes) 165 FoW: 1-2 (Campbell), 2-5 (Hussey), 3-16 (Martyn), 4-51 (Moody), 5-74 (Hogg), 6-101 (Gilchrist), 7-101 (Julian), 8-152 (Angel), 9-157 (Goodwin), 10-165 (Mulder). Bowling O M R W Kasprowicz 20.1 9 42 3 Dale 22 9 38 6 Creevey 10 1 37 0 Jackson 16 3 41 1 Queensland 2nd innings R M B 4 6 MP Mott c Goodwin b Garnaut 1 43 29 0 0 TJ Barsby c Gilchrist b Garnaut 111 314 215 12 1 JP Maher c Moody b Mulder 10 43 33 1 0 *SG Law c Gilchrist b Moody 72 167 143 7 0 A Symonds run out (Mulder/Julian/Gilchrist) 30 58 43 2 1 GI Foley c Gilchrist b Julian 2 10 2 0 0 +WA Seccombe c Gilchrist b Moody 10 73 50 0 0 PW Jackson not out 22 102 82 1 0 BN Creevey c Gilchrist b Moody 0 1 1 0 0 AC Dale c Martyn b Angel 0 3 5 0 0 MS Kasprowicz c Angel b Moody 26 28 24 3 0 Extras (lb 16, w 1, nb 8) 25 Total (all out, 103.4 overs, 430 minutes) 309 FoW: 1-20 (Mott), 2-56 (Maher), 3-187 (Law), 4-236 (Barsby), 5-238 (Symonds), 6-241 (Foley), 7-275 (Seccombe), 8-275 (Creevey), 9-276 (Dale), 10-309 (Kasprowicz). Bowling O M R W Angel 19 8 40 1 Julian 18 7 36 1 (4nb) Garnaut 13 2 46 2 (1w) Moody 23.4 4 76 4 Mulder 18 2 62 1 Hogg 7 0 24 0 Martyn 5 1 9 0 Western Australia 2nd innings (target: 465 runs) R M B 4 6 MEK Hussey b Dale 5 15 14 0 0 RJ Campbell c Barsby b Dale 0 6 3 0 0 MW Goodwin lbw b Jackson 5 33 22 0 0 DR Martyn c Foley b Kasprowicz 0 3 5 0 0 *TM Moody c Symonds b Kasprowicz 152 436 334 15 1 GB Hogg c Seccombe b Kasprowicz 30 132 112 3 0 +AC Gilchrist c Barsby b Kasprowicz 48 146 127 9 0 BP Julian c Seccombe b Dale 8 42 42 0 0 J Angel c Maher b Jackson 13 41 35 1 0 MS Garnaut c Law b Kasprowicz 7 57 45 1 0 B Mulder not out 4 9 6 1 0 Extras (b 5, lb 11, w 2, nb 14) 32 Total (all out, 122.3 overs, 467 minutes) 304 FoW: 1-2 (Campbell), 2-9 (Hussey), 3-10 (Martyn), 4-18 (Goodwin), 5-99 (Hogg), 6-185 (Gilchrist), 7-216 (Julian), 8-246 (Angel), 9-300 (Garnaut), 10-304 (Moody). Bowling O M R W Kasprowicz 41.3 14 83 5 (5nb, 1w) Dale 27 9 46 3 Jackson 29 6 74 2 Creevey 17 3 58 0 (1w) Law 2 0 3 0 Foley 6 2 24 0 (2nb) Scorers: CA Bull (WA) and S Wheeler (Qld) 12th Men: SM Katich (WA) and SA Prestwidge (Qld) Attendance: 3713, 4394, 4915, 1903, 832 (Total: 15757)

Victoria v Western Australia at Melbourne, 13-16 Mar 1997

Sheffield Shield, 1996/97, 30th Match
Victoria v Western Australia
Melbourne Cricket Ground
13,14,15,16 March 1997 (4-day match)

Result: Western Australia won by an innings and 29 runs
Points: Western Australia 6, Victoria 0

Toss: Victoria
Umpires: DJ Harper and WP Sheahan

Close of Play:

Day 1: Victoria 205/9 (Craig 90*, McGinty 1*, 100 ov) Day 2: Victoria 205, Western Australia 367/4 (Hussey 124*, Hogg 10*, 94 ov) Day 3: Western Australia 458/9d, Victoria 108/4 (Harper 39*, Craig 21*, 55 ov) Victoria 1st innings R M B 4 6 GR Vimpani c Gilchrist b Julian 11 58 48 2 0 BJ Hodge run out (Garnaut) 5 37 22 0 0 MR Foster c Campbell b Mulder 32 155 108 1 0 LD Harper c Moody b Julian 20 46 36 3 0 AM Smith c Gilchrist b Julian 4 9 11 0 0 SAJ Craig c Martyn b Angel 90 282 234 6 0 +DS Berry c Moody b Hogg 21 95 83 1 0 DJ Saker c Moody b Angel 6 50 41 0 0 *AIC Dodemaide lbw b Angel 0 9 9 0 0 DW Fleming c Gilchrist b Angel 6 24 11 1 0 AD McGinty not out 1 22 17 0 0 Extras (b 4, lb 5) 9 Total (all out, 103.2 overs, 398 minutes) 205 FoW: 1-9 (Hodge), 2-22 (Vimpani), 3-54 (Harper), 4-58 (Smith), 5-82 (Foster), 6-145 (Berry), 7-180 (Saker), 8-184 (Dodemaide), 9-204 (Fleming), 10-205 (Craig). Bowling O M R W Angel 21.2 8 32 4 Garnaut 18 9 32 0 Julian 25 8 38 3 Moody 6 1 17 0 Mulder 22 6 40 1 Hogg 11 0 37 1 Western Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6 MEK Hussey c Smith b Fleming 138 382 309 13 0 RJ Campbell c Foster b Dodemaide 113 125 106 17 2 MW Goodwin c Craig b Smith 90 131 112 12 1 DR Martyn c Hodge b Fleming 13 45 39 1 0 *TM Moody c Berry b Fleming 0 1 2 0 0 GB Hogg c Harper b Fleming 11 92 67 2 0 +AC Gilchrist c Harper b McGinty 27 93 74 4 0 BP Julian c Fleming b McGinty 37 100 86 5 0 J Angel not out 6 28 20 1 0 MS Garnaut c Berry b Smith 0 5 8 0 0 Extras (b 2, lb 19, nb 2) 23 Total (9 wickets decl, 137 overs, 505 mins) 458 DNB: B Mulder. FoW: 1-144 (Campbell), 2-292 (Goodwin), 3-334 (Martyn), 4-334 (Moody), 5-383 (Hussey), 6-396 (Hogg), 7-440 (Gilchrist), 8-457 (Julian), 9-458 (Garnaut). Bowling O M R W Fleming 35 11 85 4 (1nb) Saker 23 5 71 0 Dodemaide 27 5 91 1 Craig 9 0 55 0 McGinty 15 5 67 2 Smith 20 7 39 2 Harper 6 1 15 0 Hodge 2 0 14 0 Victoria 2nd innings R M B 4 6 GR Vimpani c Gilchrist b Angel 2 3 5 0 0 BJ Hodge lbw b Julian 11 73 56 1 0 MR Foster c Moody b Julian 24 121 99 1 0 LD Harper not out 100 313 252 13 0 AM Smith b Julian 0 1 1 0 0 SAJ Craig c Gilchrist b Moody 25 142 108 2 0 +DS Berry c Gilchrist b Julian 21 63 49 2 0 DJ Saker b Julian 5 17 16 0 0 *AIC Dodemaide c Gilchrist b Julian 1 21 18 0 0 DW Fleming lbw b Moody 6 8 7 1 0 AD McGinty c Goodwin b Julian 0 4 3 0 0 Extras (lb 9, nb 20) 29 Total (all out, 100.4 overs, 388 minutes) 224 FoW: 1-2 (Vimpani), 2-31 (Hodge), 3-54 (Foster), 4-54 (Smith), 5-134 (Craig), 6-190 (Berry), 7-202 (Saker), 8-216 (Dodemaide), 9-223 (Fleming), 10-224 (McGinty). Bowling O M R W Angel 15 7 21 1 Garnaut 19 4 44 0 Julian 22.4 5 48 7 (9nb) Moody 15 4 35 2 (1nb) Mulder 14 3 26 0 Hogg 13 1 41 0 Martyn 2 2 0 0 12th Men: DM Dempsey (Vic) and SM Katich (WA) Scorers: KV O'Neill (Vic) and Ms JA Howard (WA) Day 1 Lunch: Victoria 59/4 (Foster 17*, Craig 0*) Tea: Victoria 112/5 (Craig 26*, Berry 8*) Attendance: 634 Day 2 Lunch: Western Australia 116/0 (Campbell 91*, Hussey 24*) Tea: Western Australia 247/1 (Hussey 68*, Goodwin 56*) Attendance: 927 Day 3 Lunch: Western Australia 437/6 (Gilchrist 26*, Julian 26*) Tea: Victoria 31/2 (Foster 13*) Attendance: 883 Day 4 Lunch: Victoria 188/5 (Harper 86*, Berry 21*) Attendance: 700 Total Attendance: 3144

Queensland v South Australia at Brisbane, 13-16 Mar 1997

Sheffield Shield, 1996/97, 29th Match
Queensland v South Australia
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
13,14,15,16 March 1997 (4-day match)

Result: Queensland won by 137 runs
Points: Queensland 6, South Australia 0

Toss: South Australia
Umpires: DB Hair and GC Zimmer
First-class Debuts: AB Eime (South Australia).

Close of Play:

Day 1: Queensland 277, South Australia 26/3 (Siddons 10*, Parker 3*) Day 2: South Australia 160, Queensland 194/7 (Seccombe 4*, Dale 9*) Day 3: Queensland 218, South Australia 193/9 (Young 14*, Wilson 1*) Queensland 1st innings R M B 4 6 TJ Barsby c Johnson b Scuderi 34 70 59 4 0 MP Mott c Nielsen b Wilson 33 141 119 3 0 JP Maher c Nielsen b Wigney 12 45 25 0 0 *SG Law c Lehmann b Wigney 4 20 16 0 0 A Symonds c Nielsen b Eime 43 61 46 6 1 GI Foley c Nielsen b Wilson 34 97 87 2 1 +WA Seccombe run out (Wigney) 19 68 54 1 0 BN Creevey not out 48 76 51 8 0 AC Dale lbw b Wigney 0 1 1 0 0 MS Kasprowicz c Siddons b Wilson 12 26 16 0 0 PW Jackson c Scuderi b Eime 2 28 25 0 0 Extras (b 1, lb 10, w 1, nb 24) 36 Total (all out, 82.4 overs, 326 mins) 277 FoW: 1-62 (Barsby), 2-90 (Maher), 3-100 (Law), 4-110 (Mott), 5-167 (Symonds), 6-196 (Foley), 7-212 (Seccombe), 8-212 (Dale), 9-249 (Kasprowicz), 10-277 (Jackson). Bowling O M R W Wilson 27 9 53 3 (5nb) Wigney 19 2 76 3 (1nb) Scuderi 14 2 51 1 (1w) Eime 13.4 3 58 2 (6nb) Young 7 0 23 0 Johnson 2 0 5 0 South Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6 MP Faull c Seccombe b Kasprowicz 0 7 7 0 0 BA Johnson lbw b Dale 2 21 15 0 0 DS Lehmann c Seccombe b Dale 2 28 19 0 0 *JD Siddons c Law b Creevey 82 150 117 7 1 GR Parker c Barsby b Kasprowicz 5 36 34 0 0 JC Scuderi c Seccombe b Kasprowicz 0 7 6 0 0 BE Young c Seccombe b Kasprowicz 9 21 17 1 0 +TJ Nielsen c Jackson b Dale 34 95 72 2 0 BN Wigney c Symonds b Dale 3 24 17 0 0 AB Eime c Mott b Kasprowicz 2 6 3 0 0 P Wilson not out 0 4 3 0 0 Extras (b 4, lb 1, nb 16) 21 Total (all out, 50.2 overs, 204 minutes) 160 FoW: 1-0 (Faull), 2-6 (Johnson), 3-15 (Lehmann), 4-30 (Parker), 5-34 (Scuderi), 6-58 (Young), 7-139 (Siddons), 8-156 (Wigney), 9-156 (Nielsen), 10-160 (Eime). Bowling O M R W Kasprowicz 20.2 6 64 5 (8nb) Dale 17 6 40 4 Creevey 10 2 44 1 Law 3 1 7 0 Queensland 2nd innings R M B 4 6 MP Mott c Siddons b Wilson 60 182 142 4 0 TJ Barsby c Parker b Wilson 0 1 2 0 0 JP Maher c Johnson b Wigney 3 5 6 0 0 *SG Law c Nielsen b Eime 50 124 93 4 0 A Symonds c & b Scuderi 35 42 34 4 0 GI Foley c Johnson b Young 17 36 30 3 0 +WA Seccombe c Young b Scuderi 9 93 76 1 0 BN Creevey c Nielsen b Wilson 0 3 3 0 0 AC Dale c Nielsen b Wigney 18 55 44 1 0 MS Kasprowicz c Nielsen b Scuderi 7 18 12 0 0 PW Jackson not out 2 14 16 0 0 Extras (b 8, lb 8, w 1) 17 Total (all out, 76.1 overs, 291 minutes) 218 FoW: 1-1 (Barsby), 2-4 (Maher), 3-108 (Law), 4-160 (Symonds), 5-163 (Mott), 6-184 (Foley), 7-184 (Creevey), 8-209 (Dale), 9-209 (Seccombe), 10-218 (Kasprowicz). Bowling O M R W Wilson 24 11 44 3 Wigney 19 3 62 2 Scuderi 9.1 3 19 3 (1w) Eime 9 1 31 1 Johnson 3 0 18 0 Young 12 4 28 1 South Australia 2nd innings (target: 336 runs) R M B 4 6 BA Johnson b Kasprowicz 6 17 19 0 0 MP Faull c Foley b Kasprowicz 64 274 213 3 1 *JD Siddons c Jackson b Kasprowicz 2 6 5 0 0 GR Parker c Barsby b Creevey 17 49 48 1 0 JC Scuderi c Maher b Creevey 0 1 1 0 0 DS Lehmann c Law b Jackson 31 74 65 3 0 +TJ Nielsen c Law b Jackson 41 118 105 4 0 BE Young not out 18 63 60 3 0 BN Wigney b Kasprowicz 0 13 12 0 0 AB Eime b Dale 5 33 27 0 0 P Wilson c Seccombe b Dale 2 11 7 0 0 Extras (b 4, lb 3, w 1, nb 4) 12 Total (all out, 93.1 overs, 334 minutes) 198 FoW: 1-12 (Johnson), 2-14 (Siddons), 3-37 (Parker), 4-37 (Scuderi), 5-86 (Lehmann), 6-173 (Nielsen), 7-173 (Faull), 8-173 (Wigney), 9-188 (Eime), 10-198 (Wilson). Bowling O M R W Kasprowicz 25 8 55 4 (1nb) Dale 23.1 10 34 2 Jackson 22 9 48 2 Law 5 4 6 0 Creevey 12 7 26 2 Foley 6 0 22 0 (1nb, 1w) Hours of play: 10.00am - 12.00pm, 12.40pm - 2.40pm, 3.00pm - 5.00pm 12th Men: SA Muller (Qld) and PE McIntyre (SA)

New South Wales v Tasmania at Sydney, 13-16 Mar 1997

Sheffield Shield, 1996/97, 28th Match
New South Wales v Tasmania
Sydney Cricket Ground
13,14,15,16 March 1997 (4-day match)

Result: New South Wales won by 6 wickets
Points: New South Wales 6, Tasmania 2

Toss: Tasmania
Umpires: AJ Morgan and PD Parker
TV Umpire: JI Cameron

Close of Play:

Day 1: Tasmania 370/4 (Boon 48*, Young 13*, 100 ov) Day 2: Tasmania 463/7d, New South Wales 220/3 (Arnberger 56*, Roberts 3*, 72 ov) Day 3: New South Wales 449, Tasmania 135/0 (Hills 61*, Cox 72*, 30 ov) Tasmania 1st innings R M B 4 6 DF Hills b Nikitaras 0 1 3 0 0 J Cox c Matthews b MacGill 143 337 286 18 2 MJ Di Venuto c Nikitaras b Freedman 65 127 93 12 0 RT Ponting c Emery b Lee 64 101 90 9 0 *DC Boon c Emery b Nikitaras 52 151 125 4 0 S Young c MacGill b McNamara 17 52 36 3 0 DJ Marsh c & b Lee 25 80 58 3 0 +MN Atkinson not out 45 102 79 4 0 PJ Hutchison not out 6 27 21 0 0 Extras (b 2, lb 20, w 4, nb 20) 46 Total (7 wickets decl, 130 overs, 493 mins) 463 DNB: CR Miller, JP Marquet. FoW: 1-0 (Hills), 2-145 (Di Venuto), 3-248 (Ponting), 4-338 (Cox), 5-383 (Boon), 6-383 (Young), 7-437 (Marsh). Bowling O M R W Nikitaras 26 5 89 2 (1nb, 1w) McNamara 27 5 106 1 (5nb) Lee 27 8 64 2 Matthews 12 2 33 0 MacGill 21 4 61 1 Freedman 17 2 88 1 (4nb) New South Wales 1st innings R M B 4 6 MJ Slater st Atkinson b Marsh 87 149 131 13 0 RJ Davison run out (Marsh) 36 110 81 3 0 JL Arnberger b Young 71 182 188 6 0 S Lee c Atkinson b Marsh 27 64 65 3 0 KJ Roberts run out (Marquet) 56 165 137 5 0 *GRJ Matthews c Atkinson b Young 6 11 10 0 0 +PA Emery not out 100 191 163 16 0 BE McNamara c Boon b Young 11 33 30 1 0 DA Freedman lbw b Miller 22 54 40 3 0 SCG MacGill lbw b Marquet 0 5 6 0 0 S Nikitaras c Di Venuto b Miller 12 22 20 2 0 Extras (b 1, lb 6, nb 14) 21 Total (all out, 144 overs, 499 minutes) 449 FoW: 1-125 (Davison), 2-159 (Slater), 3-213 (Lee), 4-251 (Arnberger), 5-263 (Matthews), 6-335 (Roberts), 7-376 (McNamara), 8-429 (Freedman), 9-430 (MacGill), 10-449 (Nikitaras). Bowling O M R W Marquet 22 1 89 1 (3nb) Miller 41 9 94 2 Hutchison 11 2 47 0 Young 27 4 100 3 (4nb) Marsh 43 10 112 2 Tasmania 2nd innings R M B 4 6 DF Hills b MacGill 75 133 121 13 0 J Cox c Nikitaras b MacGill 125 180 143 16 0 MJ Di Venuto b MacGill 19 22 22 3 0 RT Ponting c Roberts b MacGill 22 53 42 1 0 DJ Marsh c & b Lee 2 6 7 0 0 CR Miller not out 37 39 31 1 3 S Young not out 3 16 14 0 0 Extras (lb 4, w 1, nb 2) 7 Total (5 wickets decl, 63 overs, 227 minutes) 290 DNB: *DC Boon, +MN Atkinson, PJ Hutchison, JP Marquet. FoW: 1-172 (Hills), 2-205 (Di Venuto), 3-236 (Cox), 4-241 (Marsh), 5-269 (Ponting). Bowling O M R W Nikitaras 4 0 25 0 McNamara 11 1 44 0 (1nb) Freedman 11 2 55 0 Matthews 10 2 41 0 MacGill 17 3 78 4 Lee 10 0 43 1 (1w) New South Wales 2nd innings (target: 305 runs) R M B 4 6 RJ Davison c Miller b Marquet 63 130 116 10 0 MJ Slater c Marsh b Miller 79 123 89 10 0 JL Arnberger c Hutchison b Marsh 57 86 77 9 0 S Lee not out 75 115 89 9 0 KJ Roberts c Atkinson b Miller 10 13 12 1 0 +PA Emery not out 10 21 11 2 0 Extras (b 3, nb 8) 11 Total (4 wickets, 65 overs, 246 minutes) 305 DNB: *GRJ Matthews, S Nikitaras, BE McNamara, DA Freedman, SCG MacGill. FoW: 1-151 (Slater), 2-155 (Davison), 3-253 (Arnberger), 4-269 (Roberts). Bowling O M R W Marquet 12 1 64 1 Miller 23 6 69 2 (1nb) Young 10 1 63 0 (2nb) Hutchison 3 0 30 0 (1nb) Marsh 17 0 76 1 Scorers: DJ Evans (NSW) and M Slarke (Tas) 12th Men: CJ Richards (NSW) and AJ Daly (Tas) Day 1 Tasmania scored 79 runs in the opening hour Di Venuto scored three all-run fours Attendance: 731 Day 2 Tasmania declared at the lunch break Slater scored 81* in the session between lunch and tea (0* to 81*) Attendance: 1104 Day 3 Emery scored his 100 in 183 minutes. His 100th run was given following a third umpire ruling on a possible run out. Emery's maiden first-class century in his 100th first-class game for NSW. NSW coach GF Lawson acted as substitute fieldsman during the Tasmanian 2nd innings as official 12th man CJ Richards had ben released to play grade cricket. Hills and Cox set a new record first wicket stand for Tasmania against NSW. Attendance: 1559 Day 4 Attendance: 1025 (Total: 4419)

South Australia v Victoria at Adelaide, 7-10 Mar 1997

Sheffield Shield, 1996/97, 26th Match
South Australia v Victoria
Adelaide Oval
7,8,9,10 March 1997 (4-day match)

Result: South Australia won by 161 runs

Toss: South Australia
Umpires: RG Kinnear and BT Rennie
First-class Debut: SAJ Craig (Victoria).

Close of Play:

Day 1: South Australia 216, Victoria 72/1 (Hodge 34*, Larkin 14*) Day 2: Victoria 241, South Australia 162/2 (Lehmann 70*, Siddons 25*) Day 3: South Australia 449/9d, Victoria 46/2 (Larkin 7*, Berry 0*) South Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6 MP Faull c Berry b Fleming 0 6 8 0 0 BA Johnson b Fleming 46 65 55 9 0 DS Lehmann lbw b Fleming 0 14 10 0 0 *JD Siddons c Harper b Saker 37 78 55 6 0 GR Parker c Berry b Saker 3 20 13 0 0 JC Scuderi c Smith b Saker 37 102 80 5 0 +TJ Nielsen c Harvey b Craig 27 100 80 4 0 BE Young c Craig b Harvey 27 24 26 6 0 PE McIntyre c Harper b Harvey 23 31 28 3 0 P Wilson c Fleming b Harvey 0 6 5 0 0 MA Harrity not out 5 11 9 0 0 Extras (b 1, lb 5, w 1, nb 4) 11 Total (all out, 62.2 overs, 233 minutes) 216 FoW: 1-1 (Faull), 2-12 (Lehmann), 3-65 (Johnson), 4-86 (Parker), 5-101 (Siddons), 6-158 (Scuderi), 7-166 (Nielsen), 8-188 (Young), 9-196 (Wilson), 10-216 (McIntyre). Bowling O M R W Saker 17 4 74 3 (1w) Fleming 13 3 46 3 (2nb) Dodemaide 11 4 40 0 Harvey 9.2 4 19 3 Craig 12 6 31 1 Victoria 1st innings R M B 4 6 BA Lodding c Parker b McIntyre 18 95 90 1 0 BJ Hodge b Young 50 191 149 1 0 RP Larkin c Nielsen b Wilson 23 43 47 3 0 LD Harper c Siddons b McIntyre 0 11 12 0 0 AM Smith lbw b McIntyre 4 25 22 0 0 SAJ Craig c Siddons b McIntyre 0 6 5 0 0 IJ Harvey c Siddons b Wilson 73 131 96 12 0 +DS Berry c Lehmann b Young 27 36 43 3 0 *AIC Dodemaide c Faull b Harrity 4 50 53 0 0 DJ Saker not out 27 38 38 4 0 DW Fleming c Lehmann b Wilson 2 1 2 0 0 Extras (b 9, nb 4) 13 Total (all out, 92.3 overs, 318 minutes) 241 FoW: 1-35 (Lodding), 2-85 (Larkin), 3-86 (Harper), 4-102 (Smith), 5-106 (Craig), 6-110 (Hodge), 7-154 (Berry), 8-190 (Dodemaide), 9-239 (Harvey), 10-241 (Fleming). Bowling O M R W Harrity 15 6 38 1 Wilson 20.3 7 49 3 (1nb) McIntyre 38 10 90 4 (1nb) Scuderi 4 1 17 0 Young 15 4 38 2 South Australia 2nd innings R M B 4 6 BA Johnson c Smith b Saker 21 39 30 5 0 MP Faull st Berry b Harvey 54 124 116 6 0 DS Lehmann c Berry b Saker 167 272 194 28 0 *JD Siddons c Larkin b Smith 51 131 105 8 0 GR Parker lbw b Fleming 7 51 48 1 0 JC Scuderi c Craig b Harvey 6 46 39 0 0 +TJ Nielsen lbw b Dodemaide 46 106 66 6 0 BE Young not out 70 98 88 7 0 PE McIntyre run out 0 20 7 0 0 P Wilson b Dodemaide 7 13 11 1 0 Extras (b 3, lb 15, nb 2) 20 Total (9 wickets decl, 117.1 overs, 454 mins) 449 DNB: MA Harrity. FoW: 1-40 (Johnson), 2-121 (Faull), 3-255 (Siddons), 4-306 (Parker), 5-306 (Lehmann), 6-330 (Scuderi), 7-395 (Nielsen), 8-427 (McIntyre), 9-449 (Wilson). Bowling O M R W Saker 25 9 79 2 Fleming 26 4 100 1 Craig 14 2 75 0 (1nb) Dodemaide 27.1 4 85 2 Harvey 15 3 66 2 Smith 10 4 26 1 Victoria 2nd innings (target: 425 runs) R M B 4 6 BA Lodding b McIntyre 11 40 38 1 0 BJ Hodge lbw b McIntyre 27 66 61 4 0 RP Larkin c Lehmann b McIntyre 56 153 144 7 0 +DS Berry c Nielsen b Scuderi 41 115 87 4 2 LD Harper c Nielsen b Wilson 52 113 103 9 0 AM Smith c Nielsen b Young 33 46 42 5 0 IJ Harvey c Nielsen b McIntyre 0 4 2 0 0 SAJ Craig b Wilson 17 40 33 1 0 DJ Saker lbw b McIntyre 13 25 21 2 0 *AIC Dodemaide not out 4 28 26 0 0 DW Fleming run out (Harrity/Nielsen) 2 11 8 0 0 Extras (b 2, lb 5) 7 Total (all out, 95.1 overs, 325 minutes) 263 FoW: 1-29 (Lodding), 2-42 (Hodge), 3-135 (Berry), 4-145 (Larkin), 5-206 (Smith), 6-206 (Harvey), 7-241 (Craig), 8-248 (Harper), 9-254 (Saker), 10-263 (Fleming). Bowling O M R W Wilson 23 8 45 2 Young 21 6 83 1 Harrity 4 1 11 0 McIntyre 35.1 15 88 5 Johnson 4 1 6 0 Scuderi 8 2 23 1 12th Men: AB Eime (SA) and AD McGinty (Vic) Lehmann 100 (169m 122b 20x4), 25th first-class century

Tasmania v Queensland at Hobart, 7-10 Mar 1997

Sheffield Shield, 1996/97, 25th Match
Tasmania v Queensland
Bellerive Oval, Hobart
7,8,9,10 March 1997 (4-day match)

Result: Match drawn
Points: Tasmania 2, Queensland 0

Toss: Tasmania
Umpires: WP Sheahan and JH Smeaton

Close of Play:

Day 1: Tasmania 305/6 (Marsh 5*, Atkinson 0*) Day 2: Tasmania 408, Queensland 215/5 (Foley 34*) Day 3: Queensland 283, Tasmania 207/4 (Boon 25*, Young 11*) Tasmania 1st innings R M B 4 6 DF Hills c Foley b Dale 10 44 38 1 0 J Cox lbw b Kasprowicz 6 31 24 1 0 MJ Di Venuto b Kasprowicz 6 24 16 0 0 RT Ponting c Mott b Creevey 159 304 263 20 0 *DC Boon lbw b Dale 11 77 45 0 0 S Young c Foley b Law 92 216 191 12 0 DJ Marsh b Jackson 52 101 93 7 0 +MN Atkinson not out 48 126 88 5 0 CR Miller st Seccombe b Jackson 0 7 5 0 0 MW Ridgway c Law b Creevey 0 5 2 0 0 JP Marquet c Seccombe b Creevey 4 14 10 0 0 Extras (b 4, lb 10, nb 6) 20 Total (all out, 128.4 overs, 480 minutes) 408 FoW: 1-15 (Cox), 2-19 (Hills), 3-31 (Di Venuto), 4-108 (Boon), 5-298 (Ponting), 6-300 (Young), 7-387 (Marsh), 8-389 (Miller), 9-390 (Ridgway), 10-408 (Marquet). Bowling O M R W Kasprowicz 30 7 108 2 (3nb) Dale 27 9 70 2 Creevey 23.4 1 76 3 Law 13 6 24 1 Foley 14 1 49 0 Jackson 21 4 67 2 Queensland 1st innings R M B 4 6 TJ Barsby lbw b Marquet 39 51 41 7 0 MP Mott c Ponting b Marsh 74 250 215 10 0 JP Maher lbw b Young 2 21 15 0 0 *SG Law c Marsh b Ridgway 11 42 25 2 0 A Symonds c Ponting b Miller 43 44 40 8 0 GI Foley c Atkinson b Miller 77 207 177 9 0 +WA Seccombe c Marsh b Ridgway 2 30 27 0 0 AC Dale c Atkinson b Ridgway 5 14 11 0 0 BN Creevey c Marsh b Young 8 29 25 2 0 MS Kasprowicz c Atkinson b Ridgway 7 13 7 0 0 PW Jackson not out 2 28 22 0 0 Extras (lb 9, nb 4) 13 Total (all out, 100.1 overs, 371 minutes) 283 FoW: 1-53 (Barsby), 2-58 (Maher), 3-89 (Law), 4-152 (Symonds), 5-215 (Mott), 6-228 (Seccombe), 7-238 (Dale), 8-257 (Creevey), 9-274 (Kasprowicz), 10-283 (Foley). Bowling O M R W Ridgway 29 7 76 4 Miller 20.1 5 57 2 Marquet 13 3 59 1 (1nb) Young 29 12 60 2 (1nb) Marsh 9 3 22 1 Tasmania 2nd innings R M B 4 6 DF Hills c Symonds b Kasprowicz 1 13 8 0 0 J Cox c Seccombe b Jackson 74 214 169 10 0 MJ Di Venuto lbw b Kasprowicz 56 102 76 11 0 RT Ponting c Law b Jackson 23 79 60 3 0 *DC Boon c & b Jackson 37 83 86 6 0 S Young c Creevey b Jackson 16 57 54 1 0 DJ Marsh c Barsby b Kasprowicz 22 31 26 4 0 +MN Atkinson c Foley b Kasprowicz 8 38 25 0 0 CR Miller st Seccombe b Jackson 5 7 5 1 0 MW Ridgway not out 1 6 3 0 0 Extras (lb 15, w 1, nb 4) 20 Total (9 wickets decl, 84.5 overs, 320 mins) 263 DNB: JP Marquet. FoW: 1-2 (Hills), 2-108 (Di Venuto), 3-167 (Ponting), 4-174 (Cox), 5-217 (Young), 6-229 (Boon), 7-253 (Marsh), 8-261 (Miller), 9-263 (Atkinson). Bowling O M R W Kasprowicz 20.5 4 70 4 Dale 25 8 68 0 (2nb, 1w) Creevey 6 0 25 0 Jackson 33 7 85 5 Queensland 2nd innings (target: 389 runs) R M B 4 6 MP Mott lbw b Marquet 5 32 34 1 0 TJ Barsby c Boon b Miller 59 144 110 9 0 JP Maher c Marquet b Young 18 46 41 3 0 *SG Law not out 74 184 153 12 0 A Symonds lbw b Marsh 18 44 54 2 0 GI Foley not out 16 74 67 2 0 Extras (b 4, lb 4) 8 Total (4 wickets, 75 overs, 264 mins) 198 DNB: +WA Seccombe, AC Dale, BN Creevey, MS Kasprowicz, PW Jackson. FoW: 1-24 (Mott), 2-50 (Maher), 3-113 (Barsby), 4-152 (Symonds). Bowling O M R W Marquet 18 5 52 1 Miller 25 5 66 1 Young 9 4 26 1 Marsh 18 7 33 1 Ponting 3 1 4 0 Di Venuto 2 0 9 0 12th Men: AJ Daly (Tas) and SA Muller (Qld) 5th wicket stand of 190 between Ponting and Young creates a new Tasmanian record v Queensland.

Western Australia v New South Wales at Perth, 7-8 Mar 1997

Sheffield Shield, 1996/97, 27th Match
Western Australia v New South Wales
W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth
7,8 March 1997 (4-day match)

Result: Western Australia won by 9 wickets
Points: Western Australia 6, New South Wales 0

Toss: New South Wales
Umpires: SJ Davis and RA Emerson
TV Umpire: KR Rinaldi

Close of Play:

Day 1: New South Wales 89, Western Australia 211/7 (Gilchrist 65*, Angel 4*, 60 ov)

New South Wales 1st innings                                     R   M   B  4 6
MJ Slater             c Campbell         b Angel                4  26  15  0 0
RJ Davison            c Gilchrist        b Moody               28  78  66  4 0
CJ Richards           c Gilchrist        b Garnaut             14  55  41  1 0
S Lee                 c Julian           b Mulder              13  39  32  2 0
KJ Roberts            c Gilchrist        b Angel               20  36  29  3 0
*GRJ Matthews         c Moody            b Mulder               2  24  13  0 0
+PA Emery             run out (Goodwin/Gilchrist)               0   5   4  0 0
BE McNamara           c Moody            b Mulder               1   6   5  0 0
PJS Alley             c Goodwin          b Mulder               1  14  11  0 0
DA Freedman           not out                                   0  11  10  0 0
AM Stuart             c Martyn           b Mulder               0   2   5  0 0
Extras                (lb 2, w 2, nb 2)                         6
Total                 (all out, 38 overs, 156 minutes)         89

FoW: 1-19 (Slater), 2-52 (Richards), 3-52 (Davison), 4-85 (Lee),
    5-85 (Roberts), 6-85 (Emery), 7-87 (Matthews),
    8-88 (McNamara), 9-89 (Alley), 10-89 (Stuart).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Angel                       11      3     13      2
Julian                       5      1     25      0 (1nb, 2w)
Garnaut                      8      1     30      1
Moody                        8      2     17      1
Mulder                       6      4      2      5

Western Australia 1st innings                                   R   M   B  4 6
MEK Hussey                               b McNamara            10  55  42  0 0
RJ Campbell           c Lee              b McNamara            64  64  44  9 0
MW Goodwin            c Richards         b Matthews             6  40  35  0 0
DR Martyn             c Davison          b Matthews             4  12  10  0 0
*TM Moody             c Richards         b Matthews             0   1   1  0 0
GB Hogg               c Stuart           b Matthews             0   6   7  0 0
+AC Gilchrist         c Freedman         b Matthews            66 155 117 11 0
BP Julian             c Emery            b Freedman            51 107  86  7 1
J Angel               c Lee              b Matthews            10  59  58  1 0
MS Garnaut            not out                                  10  25  21  1 0
B Mulder                                 b Freedman             0   4   3  0 0
Extras                (lb 7)                                    7
Total                 (all out, 71 overs, 273 minutes)        228

FoW: 1-70 (Hussey), 2-79 (Campbell), 3-88 (Martyn), 4-88 (Moody),
    5-88 (Hogg), 6-95 (Goodwin), 7-196 (Julian),
    8-214 (Gilchrist), 9-227 (Angel), 10-228 (Mulder).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Stuart                      15      5     55      0
Alley                        3      0     23      0
McNamara                    15      3     40      2
Matthews                    24      4     66      6
Freedman                     9      4     16      2
Lee                          5      0     21      0

New South Wales 2nd innings                                     R   M   B  4 6
RJ Davison            c Julian           b Mulder              29  40  33  5 0
MJ Slater             c Angel            b Mulder              47  98  67  7 1
CJ Richards           c Goodwin          b Moody               23  90  69  2 0
S Lee                 c Moody            b Angel                7  12  12  1 0
KJ Roberts            c Goodwin          b Mulder               6  33  36  0 0
*GRJ Matthews         lbw                b Julian              31  74  60  3 0
+PA Emery                                b Hogg                 8  39  39  2 0
BE McNamara           c Goodwin          b Mulder              33  55  52  6 0
PJS Alley             not out                                  20  38  24  4 0
DA Freedman           c Goodwin          b Mulder               0  12  13  0 0
AM Stuart             st Gilchrist       b Mulder               4  13  15  0 0
Extras                (lb 2, nb 7)                              9
Total                 (all out, 69.3 overs, 262 minutes)      217

FoW: 1-43 (Davison), 2-50 (Lee), 3-73 (Roberts), 4-81 (Richards),
    5-108 (Emery), 6-120 (Matthews), 7-181 (McNamara),
    8-194 (Slater), 9-203 (Freedman), 10-217 (Stuart).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Angel                       12      5     26      1
Julian                       9      0     52      1 (3nb)
Mulder                      23.3    5     65      6
Moody                       15      6     34      1
Martyn                       3      0     10      0
Hogg                         4      1     14      1
Garnaut                      3      0     14      0

Western Australia 2nd innings (target: 79 runs)                 R   M   B  4 6
RJ Campbell           c Alley            b Lee                  1   7   3  0 0
MEK Hussey            not out                                  24  66  50  2 0
MW Goodwin            not out                                  46  57  61  7 0
Extras                (lb 5, nb 4)                              9
Total                 (1 wicket, 18.4 overs, 66 minutes)       80

DNB: DR Martyn, *TM Moody, +AC Gilchrist, GB Hogg, BP Julian,
    MS Garnaut, B Mulder, J Angel.

FoW: 1-3 (Campbell).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Stuart                       1      0      3      0 (1nb)
Lee                          5      3      7      1
McNamara                     3      0     13      0
Freedman                     5.4    1     31      0
Matthews                     4      0     21      0

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• Scorers: CA Bull (WA) and S Wheeler (NSW)
• 12th Men: SM Katich (WA) and JL Arnberger (NSW)

  Day 1

• Shane Lee was dismissed last ball before lunch. NSW went to lunch at 85/4.
• NSW lost 7 wickets for 4 runs to end their first innings.
• Mulder's figures of 5/2 are his best in first class cricket.
• Michael Slater did not field all day. Arnberger acted as substitute.
• Alley went off the field after his intial spell of 3 overs. I do not believe he returned. The NSW coach, Geoff Lawson, acted as substitute fielder.
• Campbell's 50 came up off 26 balls.
• Moody and Hogg were dismissed by successive balls from Matthews. Gilchrist faced the hattrick ball.
• Attendance: 1462

  Day 2

• MJ Slater (2) retired ill on 8* from 17/0 to 108/5 (virus)
• B Mulder 6/66 best first class innings figures
• B Mulder 11/68 best first class match figures best match figures by a WA spinner in Shield history
• Attendance: 2067 (Total: 3529)

Final: Western Australia v Queensland at Perth, 2 Mar 1997

Mercantile Mutual Cup, 1996/97, Final
Western Australia v Queensland
W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth
2 March 1997 (50-over match)

Result: Western Australia won by 8 wickets
Series: Western Australia wins the 1996/97 Mercantile Mutual Cup

Toss: Western Australia
Umpires: DB Hair and SG Randell
TV Umpire: TA Prue
Man of the Match: RJ Campbell

Queensland innings (50 overs maximum)                           R   M   B  4 6
TJ Barsby             c Gilchrist        b Atkinson             7  31  26  1 0
JP Maher                                 b Angel               28  28  20  3 0
*SG Law               c Campbell         b Harvey              27  39  32  1 0
MP Mott               run out (Moody)                           6  43  25  0 0
SA Prestwidge                            b Atkinson             7  32  31  1 0
GI Foley              not out                                  34  89  62  2 0
A Symonds                                b Atkinson            18  22  16  0 1
+WA Seccombe          st Gilchrist       b Stewart              3  11  11  0 0
BN Creevey                               b Stewart              2   6   5  0 0
AC Dale               c Gilchrist        b Moody                2   9   9  0 0
MS Kasprowicz         c Campbell         b Moody                4   6   8  0 0
Extras                (lb 5, w 5)                              10
Total                 (all out, 40.1 overs, 167 minutes)      148

FoW: 1-36 (Maher), 2-36 (Barsby), 3-72 (Law), 4-72 (Mott),
    5-95 (Prestwidge), 6-128 (Symonds),  7-135 (Seccombe),
    8-137 (Creevey), 9-142 (Dale), 10-148 (Kasprowicz).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Angel                        6      0     27      1 (1w)
Atkinson                    10      1     33      3 (1w)
Moody                        9.1    3     20      2 (1w)
Harvey                       6      0     26      1 (2w)
Stewart                      9      1     37      2

Western Australia innings (target: 149 runs in 50 overs)        R   M   B  4 6
MEK Hussey            c Law              b Creevey              0  16  15  0 0
RJ Campbell           c Kasprowicz       b Prestwidge          50  59  45  7 2
DR Martyn             not out                                  48 130  97  2 2
*TM Moody             not out                                  37  87  63  2 1
Extras                (lb 3, w 9, nb 2)                        14
Total                 (2 wickets, 35 overs, 148 mins)         149

FoW: 1-9 (Hussey), 2-74 (Campbell).

DNB: +AC Gilchrist, MW Goodwin, GB Hogg, MP Atkinson, KM Harvey,
    J Stewart, J Angel.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Creevey                      6      0     18      1 (7w)
Dale                         8      2     38      0
Foley                        4      0     37      0
Kasprowicz                  10      1     33      0 (1w)
Prestwidge                   6      2     16      1 (1w, 1nb)
Symonds                      1      0      4      0

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• Scorers: CA Bull (Wester Australia) and S Wheeler (Queensland)
• 12th Men: BP Julian (Western Australia) and JM Thomas (Queensland)
• Attendance: 13,399