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| Venue | Westgarth Street Oval, Melbourne on 4th, 11th February 1978 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Northcote won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn (Melbourne won on first innings) |
| Points | Northcote 0; Melbourne 6 |
| Umpires | DG Forbes, WH Howieson |
| Close of play day 1 | Melbourne (1) 222/7 (King 26*, Swan 0*) |
| Melbourne first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BJ Matters | c Kelly b Legge | 11 | |||||
| JG Anderson | c Boxall b Legge | 60 | |||||
| *DJ Broad | c Goldsmith b Brentnall | 31 | |||||
| GR Booth | c and b Frost | 18 | |||||
| SM McCooke | c and b Legge | 32 | |||||
| DS Shepherd | c Goldsmith b Frost | 31 | |||||
| PD King | not out | 53 | |||||
| +PG O'Brien | c Kelly b Legge | 5 | |||||
| GM Swan | run out | 3 | |||||
| GW Arthur | did not bat | ||||||
| NW Williams | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (8 b, 1 lb, 3 w) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 78.3 overs) | 256 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-15, 2-81, 3-117, 4-125, 5-181, 6-201, 7-222, 8-256 (78.3 ov) | |||||||
| Northcote bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McArdle | 16 | 4 | 37 | 0 | - | ||
| Legge | 23 | 6 | 74 | 4 | - | ||
| Wildsmith | 7.3 | 2 | 21 | 0 | - | ||
| Brentnall | 9 | 1 | 43 | 1 | - | ||
| Frost | 23 | 2 | 69 | 2 | - | ||
| Northcote first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RW Brentnall | c O'Brien b Swan | 8 | |||||
| P Walker | b Williams | 17 | |||||
| S Goldsmith | b Williams | 5 | |||||
| L Clay | b Williams | 0 | |||||
| A Wildsmith | lbw b Williams | 1 | |||||
| D Cresp | b Williams | 6 | |||||
| G Boxall | c Shepherd b Arthur | 31 | |||||
| +P Kelly | b Broad | 25 | |||||
| M Legge | b Broad | 9 | |||||
| GP Frost | not out | 0 | |||||
| *BJ McArdle | absent hurt | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 3 lb, 6 nb, 2 w) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 35.6 overs) | 114 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-18, 2-31, 3-31, 4-34, 5-35, 6-42, 7-97, 8-110, 9-114 (35.6 ov) | |||||||
| Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Swan | 8 | 2 | 22 | 1 | |||
| Williams | 10 | 0 | 26 | 5 | |||
| King | 8 | 1 | 31 | 0 | |||
| Arthur | 6.6 | 0 | 15 | 1 | |||
| Broad | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | |||
| Northcote second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RW Brentnall | not out | 17 | |||||
| L Clay | c McCooke b Swan | 0 | |||||
| S Goldsmith | run out | 6 | |||||
| A Wildsmith | not out | 7 | |||||
| P Walker | did not bat | ||||||
| D Cresp | did not bat | ||||||
| G Boxall | did not bat | ||||||
| +P Kelly | did not bat | ||||||
| M Legge | did not bat | ||||||
| GP Frost | did not bat | ||||||
| *BJ McArdle | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 nb, 1 w) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets, 20 overs) | 32 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-23 | |||||||
| Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Williams | 4 | 2 | 15 | 0 | |||
| Swan | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | |||
| Arthur | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Matters | 6 | 3 | 8 | 0 | |||
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