f27025	Victoria v New Zealanders
	New Zealand in Australia 1967/68
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 24th, 25th, 27th, 28th November 1967 (4-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	New Zealanders won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	JR Collins, WJ Smyth
Scorers	BW Bright (Victoria), MP Ringham (New Zealanders)
Close of play day 1	New Zealanders (1) 247/8 (Burgess 76*, Collinge 20*)
Close of play day 2	Victoria (1) 68/1 (Redpath 26*, Cowper 26*)
Close of play day 3	Victoria (1) 340/3 (Sheahan 150*, Joslin 55*)

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New Zealanders first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TW Jarvis	c Jordon b Grant	1
BAG Murray	lbw b Bitmead	49
BE Congdon	c Jordon b Connolly	0
*BW Sinclair	c Sheahan b Grant	13
V Pollard	c Grant b Connolly	54
MG Burgess	not out	98
BW Yuile	lbw b Cowper	13
BR Taylor	b Connolly	10
RC Motz	c Redpath b Connolly	0
RO Collinge	c Redpath b Cowper	38
+RI Harford	lbw b Bitmead	8
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb, 7 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 390 minutes, 91.4 overs)	298
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-16, 3-46, 4-98, 5-147, 6-174, 7-207, 8-207, 9-268, 10-298 (91.4 ov)

Victoria bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Connolly	28	8	89	4	-	1
Grant	14	2	48	2	-	6
Watson	14	2	38	0	-	-
Bitmead	13.4	4	39	2	-	-
Stackpole	11	2	28	0	-	-
Cowper	10	1	34	2	-	-
Eastwood	1	0	8	0	-	-

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Victoria first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KH Eastwood	c Murray b Motz	8
*IR Redpath	c and b Pollard	38
RM Cowper	c Murray b Yuile	78
AP Sheahan	b Taylor	161
LR Joslin	c Harford b Taylor	56
KR Stackpole	c Sinclair b Taylor	18
GD Watson	not out	16
JW Grant	not out	15
+RC Jordon	did not bat
RC Bitmead	did not bat
AN Connolly	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	12
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 530 minutes, 116 overs)	402
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-101, 3-186, 4-342, 5-370, 6-370

New Zealanders bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Collinge	25	3	75	0	-	-
Motz	31	4	109	1	-	1
Taylor	20	2	82	3	-	-
Pollard	21	3	68	1	-	-
Yuile	17	1	55	1	-	-
Burgess	1	1	0	0	-	1
Murray	1	0	1	0	-	-

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New Zealanders second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TW Jarvis	c Stackpole b Cowper	24
BAG Murray	b Bitmead	84
BE Congdon	lbw b Stackpole	21
*BW Sinclair	b Stackpole	4
V Pollard	b Stackpole	11
MG Burgess	not out	8
BW Yuile	not out	4
BR Taylor	did not bat
RC Motz	did not bat
RO Collinge	did not bat
+RI Harford	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 4 w)	5
Total	(5 wickets, 220 minutes, 58 overs)	161
Fall of wickets:
1-53, 2-92, 3-100, 4-134, 5-152

Victoria bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Connolly	8	3	23	0	4	-
Grant	5	2	12	0	-	-
Watson	3	0	7	0	-	-
Bitmead	13	4	33	1	-	-
Cowper	12	1	44	1	-	-
Stackpole	16	5	33	3	-	-
Redpath	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> V Pollard (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 25
--> MG Burgess (1) passed his previous highest score of 55 in First-Class matches
--> BAG Murray (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 50
--> MG Burgess made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> RC Bitmead reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the New Zealanders first innings
--> RC Motz reached 400 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Victoria first innings

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12th Men: JD Swanson (Vic) and K Thomson (NZ)
Crowds: 4341, 5337, 2335, 1806. Total: 13,819. Receipts: $5,371

 

 

 

 

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