Gillette Cup (Australia), 1977/78, 3rd Match
Western Australia v New South Wales
W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth
21 January 1978 (40-over match)

Result: Western Australia won by 4 wickets

Toss: Western Australia
Umpires: PJ McConnell and DG Weser
Man of the Match: WM Clark

Balls per over: 8

New South Wales innings (40 overs maximum)                      R   M   B  4 6
J Dyson               c Wright           b Clark                0   1      0 0
A Turner              c Hughes           b Clark                3  17      0 0
AMJ Hilditch          c Wright           b Brayshaw            40 105      3 0
PM Toohey                                b Gannon               1   6      0 0
*RB Simpson           c Wright           b Brayshaw            37  65      4 0
AR Border                                b Inverarity          27  46      4 0
GR Beard              c Charlesworth     b Inverarity           6  13      1 0
DJ Colley             not out                                  28  60      2 0
+SJ Rixon             c Gannon           b Clark                3  10      0 0
GG Watson                                b Gannon               7  17      1 0
SR Bernard            c Charlesworth     b Clark                4  12      0 0
Extras                (b 1, lb 2, w 1, nb 8)                   12
Total                 (all out, 38.2 overs, 185 mins)         168

FoW: 1-1 (Dyson), 2-11 (Turner), 3-19 (Toohey), 4-79 (Simpson),
     5-94 (Hilditch), 6-107 (Beard), 7-133 (Border),
     8-142 (Rixon), 9-161 (Watson), 10-168 (Bernard).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Clark                        7.2    1     20      4 (6nb)
Gannon                       7      0     24      2 (2nb)
Brayshaw                     8      0     26      2 (1w)
Yardley                      8      0     46      0
Inverarity                   8      0     40      2

Western Australia innings (target: 169 runs from 40 overs)      R   M   B  4 6
RI Charlesworth       run out                                  24  60      3 0
GM Wood               c Bernard          b Watson              13  32      1 0
KJ Hughes             c Hilditch         b Border              34 108      2 0
AL Mann                                  b Beard               25  42      4 0
CS Serjeant           run out                                  14  29      2 0
*RJ Inverarity        not out                                  14  50      1 0
IJ Brayshaw           run out                                  21  32      2 0
B Yardley             not out                                   8   9      1 0
Extras                (b 1, lb 5, nb 10)                       16
Total                 (6 wickets, 38.4 overs, 187 mins)       169

DNB: +KJ Wright, WM Clark, JB Gannon.

FoW: 1-27 (Wood), 2-60 (Charlesworth), 3-95 (Mann),
     4-124 (Serjeant), 5-124 (Hughes), 6-158 (Brayshaw).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Bernard                      8      0     28      0 (2nb)
Colley                       7      0     29      0 (7nb)
Watson                       8      1     25      1
Border                       7.4    2     40      1
Beard                        8      1     31      1 (1nb)

Note: Wides count as Balls Faced in the batsmens' analyses

• Scorers: M Bender (New South Wales) and E McMullan (Western Australia)
• 12th Men: GR Marsh (Western Australia) and ML Clews (New South Wales)
• Attendance: 8,000

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Team Pages: Western Australia, New South Wales.

Ground Page: W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth

New South Wales Player Pages: J Dyson, A Turner, AMJ Hilditch, PM Toohey, RB Simpson, AR Border, GR Beard, DJ Colley, SJ Rixon, GG Watson, SR Bernard.

Western Australia Player Pages: RI Charlesworth, GM Wood, KJ Hughes, AL Mann, CS Serjeant, RJ Inverarity, IJ Brayshaw, B Yardley, KJ Wright, WM Clark, JB Gannon.

Match Officials' Pages: PJ McConnell, DG Weser.