Victoria v Canberra at Bendigo, 23 Nov 1997

Mercantile Mutual Cup, 1997/98
Victoria v Canberra
Queen Elizabeth II Oval, Bendigo
23 November 1997 (50-over match)

Result: Canberra won by 15 runs
Points: Canberra 2, Victoria 0

Toss: Victoria
Umpires: RL Parry and RW Stratford
Man of the Match: BJ Haddin

Players per side: 12 (11 bat, 11 field)

Canberra innings (50 overs maximum)                             R   M   B  4 6
PL Evans              lbw                b Saker               15  41  43  1 0
*MRJ Veletta          c Harper           b Fleming              5  21   8  0 0
MA Higgs              c Berry            b Saker                3   9   4  0 0
PJ Solway             run out (Jones/Hodge)                    73 142 102  7 0
+BJ Haddin            c Wrigglesworth    b Larkin              89 119  91  8 1
SJ Karppinen          st Berry           b Larkin               6   6   5  0 1
IA Garrity            run out (Hodge/Saker)                    26  37  28  1 0
JN Williams           c Jones            b Hodge                1   7   4  0 0
GW Lemin              lbw                b Saker                0   5   2  0 0
DJ Macdonald          c Harvey           b Williams             5  11  10  0 0
MG Hughes             not out                                   2   5   5  0 0
Extras                (b 6, w 13, nb 6)                        25
Total                 (all out, 50 overs, 206 mins)           250

DNB: H O'Meagher.

FoW: 1-18, 2-26, 3-28, 4-202, 5-212, 6-220, 7-223, 8-230, 9-245,
   10-250.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Saker                       10      1     34      3 (3w)
Fleming                     10      1     33      1 (1nb)
Williams                     8      0     40      1 (3w, 1nb)
Harvey                       8      0     52      0 (2w)
Wrigglesworth                5      0     34      0 (5w, 1nb)
Craig                        3      0     21      0
Larkin                       3      0     16      2
Hodge                        3      0     14      1

Victoria innings (target: 251 runs from 50 overs)               R   M   B  4 6
GR Vimpani            c Haddin           b Macdonald            6  13  20  1 0
RP Larkin                                b Karppinen           11  17  13  1 0
DM Jones                                 b Higgs               64 119  79  6 0
LD Harper             run out                                  36  70  48  4 0
BJ Hodge                                 b Lemin               61 107  73  6 0
IJ Harvey             c Karppinen        b O'Meagher            8  13  13  1 0
IA Wrigglesworth                         b Higgs                2   4   7  0 0
*+DS Berry            c Lemin            b Higgs               15  11  13  1 1
SAJ Craig             run out                                  14  19  12  1 1
DJ Saker              not out                                   6  18  12  0 0
DW Fleming            c Higgs            b Karppinen            1   5   3  0 0
Extras                (lb 5, w 6)                              11
Total                 (all out, 49 overs, 208 mins)           235

DNB: BA Williams.

FoW: 1-17, 2-19, 3-87, 4-148, 5-162, 6-165, 7-185, 8-211, 9-232,
   10-235.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Karppinen                    9      0     45      2 (1w)
Macdonald                   10      1     48      1 (2w)
Hughes                      10      1     35      0
O'Meagher                   10      0     52      1
Lemin                        4      0     22      1 (1w)
Higgs                        6      0     28      3 (2w)

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• Canberra's first ever win in the Mercantile Mutual Cup. Their third match in the tournament.
• Attendance: 3658