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| Venue | Windy Hill, Melbourne on 4th, 11th February 1978 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Fitzroy won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Essendon won by 7 wickets |
| Points | Essendon 6; Fitzroy 4 |
| Umpires | E Jackson, L Mensch |
| Close of play day 1 | Essendon (1) 6/0 (Peter-Budge 1*, Howe 4*) |
| Fitzroy first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GM Watts | c Davis b Ross | 23 | |||||
| PW White | b Webb | 7 | |||||
| IL Dunne | b Webb | 8 | |||||
| PA Ryan | lbw b Ross | 2 | |||||
| *LR Joslin | c Mirovich b Barton | 49 | |||||
| AJ Melbourne | c Howe b Kirby | 13 | |||||
| RW Watts | run out | 15 | |||||
| TW Macdonald | b Kirby | 11 | |||||
| +DP Rumble | lbw b Barton | 29 | |||||
| SK Smith | run out | 23 | |||||
| PJ Wallace | not out | 12 | |||||
| Extras | (3 b, 2 nb, 1 w) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 52.7 overs) | 198 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-21, 2-34, 3-40, 4-44, 5-91, 6-123, 7-134, 8-134, 9-185, 10-198 (52.7 ov) | |||||||
| Essendon bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ross | 14 | 0 | 53 | 2 | |||
| Webb | 16 | 1 | 50 | 2 | |||
| Barton | 7 | 0 | 38 | 2 | |||
| Kirby | 14 | 3 | 34 | 2 | |||
| Davis | 1.7 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |||
| Essendon first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| S Peter-Budge | b Wallace | 1 | |||||
| RFR Howe | c Melbourne b RW Watts | 4 | |||||
| GK John | c White b Wallace | 0 | |||||
| DJM Smith | c Dunne b Joslin | 23 | |||||
| BA Nunn | c Rumble b RW Watts | 2 | |||||
| *KH Davis | c Rumble b Macdonald | 4 | |||||
| GT Ross | lbw b Macdonald | 10 | |||||
| KW Kirby | c Dunne b Joslin | 55 | |||||
| +G Mirovich | c Dunne b Joslin | 2 | |||||
| GN Webb | c Rumble b Joslin | 0 | |||||
| GM Barton | not out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (1 lb, 1 nb, 4 w) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 36.6 overs) | 109 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6, 2-6, 3-8, 4-13, 5-25, 6-36, 7-65, 8-81, 9-95, 10-109 (36.6 ov) | |||||||
| Fitzroy bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| RW Watts | 9 | 2 | 30 | 2 | |||
| Wallace | 7 | 0 | 18 | 2 | |||
| Macdonald | 5 | 1 | 8 | 2 | |||
| Joslin | 9.6 | 2 | 30 | 4 | |||
| Melbourne | 6 | 2 | 17 | 0 | |||
| Fitzroy second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PW White | c John b Ross | 18 | |||||
| GM Watts | not out | 7 | |||||
| IL Dunne | not out | 1 | |||||
| PA Ryan | did not bat | ||||||
| *LR Joslin | did not bat | ||||||
| AJ Melbourne | did not bat | ||||||
| RW Watts | did not bat | ||||||
| TW Macdonald | did not bat | ||||||
| +DP Rumble | did not bat | ||||||
| SK Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| PJ Wallace | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 lb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket, declared, 9.7 overs) | 28 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-26 (White) | |||||||
| Essendon bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ross | 5 | 2 | 19 | 1 | - | - | |
| Webb | 4.7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Essendon second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| S Peter-Budge | run out | 46 | |||||
| RFR Howe | c sub (A McPhan) b Joslin | 45 | |||||
| *KH Davis | not out | 16 | |||||
| GK John | c Rumble b RW Watts | 7 | |||||
| BA Nunn | not out | 1 | |||||
| DJM Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| GT Ross | did not bat | ||||||
| KW Kirby | did not bat | ||||||
| +G Mirovich | did not bat | ||||||
| GN Webb | did not bat | ||||||
| GM Barton | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 1 lb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 14.3 overs) | 118 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-88, 2-93, 3-107 | |||||||
| Fitzroy bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wallace | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| RW Watts | 6.3 | 0 | 52 | 1 | - | - | |
| Joslin | 6 | 0 | 47 | 1 | - | - | |
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