f29400 ss818	Victoria v Western Australia
	Sheffield Shield 1972/73
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th December 1972 (4-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Western Australia won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Victoria 8 (Batting 5, Bowling 3); Western Australia 8 (Batting 5, Bowling 3)
Umpires	WK Collicoat, JR Collins
Scorers	BW Bright (Victoria), MP Ringham (Western Australia)
Close of play day 1	Western Australia (1) 0/0 (McAullay 0*, Charlesworth 0*)
Close of play day 2	Western Australia (1) 307/6 (Edwards 133*, Varis 12*)
Close of play day 3	Victoria (2) 243/4 (Sieler 17*, Walker 1*)

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Victoria first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*KR Stackpole	c Brayshaw b Lillee	12
AP Sheahan	not out	37
WJ Scholes	b Varis	17
IR Redpath	c Inverarity b Lillee	87
AJ Sieler	c Brayshaw b Lillee	28
RP Rose	c Marsh b Lillee	48
+RD Robinson	c Inverarity b Nicholls	20
MHN Walker	c and b Varis	16
AL Thomson	not out	8
AG Hurst	did not bat
JD Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(3 w)	3
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 317 minutes, 65 overs)	276
Fall of wickets:
1-26 (Stackpole), 2-43 (Scholes), 3-96 (Sieler), 4-198 (Rose), 5-201 (Redpath), 6-231 (Robinson), 7-262 (Walker)

Western Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lillee	19	3	87	4	-	-
Massie	13	2	43	0	3	-
Varis	9	1	49	2	-	-
Nicholls	15	1	52	1	-	-
Brayshaw	5	1	15	0	-	-
Hanna	1	0	10	0	-	-
Inverarity	3	0	17	0	-	-

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Western Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KJ McAullay	c Robinson b Thomson	28
RI Charlesworth	c Robinson b Thomson	0
*RJ Inverarity	lbw b Hurst	26
R Edwards	lbw b Walker	158
+RW Marsh	b Thomson	53
BL Hanna	lbw b Thomson	1
IJ Brayshaw	c Scholes b Stackpole	42
L Varis	b Walker	12
PA Nicholls	not out	12
DK Lillee	c Sieler b Walker	5
RAL Massie	c Scholes b Walker	0
Extras	(7 b, 10 lb)	17
Total	(all out, 391 minutes, 79.1 overs)	354
Fall of wickets:
1-10 (Charlesworth), 2-45 (Inverarity), 3-76 (McAullay), 4-164 (Marsh), 5-166 (Hanna), 6-275 (Brayshaw), 7-319 (Varis), 8-344 (Edwards), 9-350 (Lillee), 10-354 (Massie, 79.1 ov)

Victoria bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hurst	24	3	89	1	-	-
Thomson	13.7	2	52	4	-	-
Walker	19.2	1	80	4	-	-
Higgs	5	1	42	0	-	-
Sieler	10	1	40	0	-	-
Stackpole	5	0	21	1	-	-
Scholes	2	0	13	0	-	-

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Victoria second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AP Sheahan	b Varis	3
*KR Stackpole	lbw b Lillee	76
WJ Scholes	c Marsh b Nicholls	82
IR Redpath	c Brayshaw b Lillee	58
AJ Sieler	c Brayshaw b Nicholls	37
MHN Walker	c Varis b Inverarity	52
RP Rose	run out (Hanna->Varis)	38
+RD Robinson	not out	1
AL Thomson	did not bat
AG Hurst	did not bat
JD Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb)	8
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 420 minutes, 94.4 overs)	355
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Sheahan), 2-121 (Stackpole), 3-192 (Scholes), 4-242 (Redpath), 5-280 (Sieler), 6-338 (Walker), 7-355 (Rose, 94.4 ov)

Western Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lillee	22	3	85	2	-	-
Varis	18	1	79	1	-	-
Nicholls	34.4	9	109	2	-	-
Inverarity	15	1	55	1	-	-
Brayshaw	5	1	19	0	-	-

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Western Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BL Hanna	lbw b Hurst	19
KJ McAullay	not out	72
*RJ Inverarity	b Stackpole	5
RI Charlesworth	st Robinson b Higgs	13
R Edwards	not out	23
+RW Marsh	did not bat
IJ Brayshaw	did not bat
L Varis	did not bat
PA Nicholls	did not bat
DK Lillee	did not bat
RAL Massie	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 1 w)	3
Total	(3 wickets, 170 minutes, 41 overs)	135
Fall of wickets:
1-33 (Hanna), 2-41 (Inverarity), 3-74 (Charlesworth)

Victoria bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hurst	11	1	23	1	-	-
Walker	5	0	20	0	1	-
Higgs	14	2	52	1	-	-
Stackpole	2	1	12	1	-	-
Sieler	6	1	8	0	-	-
Sheahan	1	0	11	0	-	-
Redpath	1	0	2	0	-	-
Rose	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AG Hurst made his debut in Sheffield Shield matches
--> AG Hurst made his debut in First-Class matches
--> R Edwards (1) passed his previous highest score of 152 in Sheffield Shield matches
--> R Edwards (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 77
--> IJ Brayshaw (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> WJ Scholes (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 76
--> MHN Walker (2) passed his previous highest score of 28 in First-Class matches
--> MHN Walker (2) passed his previous highest score of 28 in Sheffield Shield matches
--> DK Lillee reached 100 wickets in Sheffield Shield matches when he dismissed KR Stackpole, his 1st wicket in the Victoria first innings
--> MHN Walker reached 50 wickets in Sheffield Shield matches when he dismissed R Edwards, his 2nd wicket in the Western Australia first innings
--> AP Sheahan retired hurt in the Victoria first innings having scored 4 (team score 11/0) - he returned when the score was 201/5

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