Bowling in Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1978/79 (Ordered by Average)
| Name | Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM |
| P Melville (Rich) | 88 | 2 | 29 | 6 | 6-29 | 4.83 | 1 | 0 |
| BA Rogers (Rich) | 16 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1-7 | 7.00 | 0 | 0 |
| TJ Laughlin (Coll) | 331 | 14 | 88 | 11 | 5-24 | 8.00 | 2 | 0 |
| MHN Walker (SM) | 80 | 4 | 33 | 4 | 3-21 | 8.25 | 0 | 0 |
| JM Wiener (Prah) | 64 | 1 | 29 | 3 | 3-8 | 9.66 | 0 | 0 |
| RJ Bright (Foot) | 347 | 13 | 133 | 12 | 6-13 | 11.08 | 1 | 0 |
| SM McCooke (Melb) | 64 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1-2 | 12.00 | 0 | 0 |
| CC Stone (StK) | 72 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 1-11 | 12.50 | 0 | 0 |
| JD Higgs (Rich) | 693 | 27 | 207 | 15 | 5-55 | 13.80 | 2 | 0 |
| LB Coldrey (SM) | 24 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1-11 | 14.00 | 0 | 0 |
| SK Smith (Fitz) | 1248 | 25 | 493 | 34 | 5-30 | 14.50 | 2 | 0 |
| RJ Laws (Rich) | 56 | 1 | 29 | 2 | 2-29 | 14.50 | 0 | 0 |
| AI Burridge (Rich) | 56 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 2-29 | 14.50 | 0 | 0 |
| KR Stackpole (Carl) | 952 | 47 | 382 | 26 | 4-21 | 14.69 | 0 | 0 |
| BD Reid (Ring) | 754 | 10 | 250 | 17 | 4-36 | 14.70 | 0 | 0 |
| SA Christie (Ring) | 1384 | 27 | 531 | 36 | 6-41 | 14.75 | 3 | 0 |
| JR Douglas (Carl) | 1210 | 19 | 651 | 44 | 7-41 | 14.79 | 2 | 0 |
| PH Smith (Prah) | 208 | 4 | 91 | 6 | 2-12 | 15.16 | 0 | 0 |
| JR Berechree (Coll) | 1274 | 26 | 482 | 31 | 7-25 | 15.54 | 1 | 0 |
| DJ Ryan (Foot) | 677 | 13 | 390 | 25 | 4-26 | 15.60 | 0 | 0 |
| A Wildsmith (Ncte) | 170 | 2 | 110 | 7 | 3-4 | 15.71 | 0 | 0 |
| NR Lockhart (SM) | 296 | 9 | 180 | 11 | 3-29 | 16.36 | 0 | 0 |
| GC Paterson (Rich) | 706 | 16 | 257 | 15 | 5-11 | 17.13 | 1 | 0 |
| GC Gilham (Foot) | 464 | 11 | 292 | 17 | 3-7 | 17.17 | 0 | 0 |
| RJ Tomlinson (Ring) | 620 | 8 | 276 | 16 | 6-17 | 17.25 | 1 | 0 |
| GB McBurney (Wav) | 297 | 5 | 157 | 9 | 3-26 | 17.44 | 0 | 0 |
| IK Burnett (Wav) | 568 | 11 | 371 | 21 | 5-56 | 17.66 | 1 | 0 |
| JF Leehane (Rich) | 1370 | 47 | 441 | 24 | 4-23 | 18.37 | 0 | 0 |
| NR Buszard (Carl) | 295 | 6 | 185 | 10 | 3-48 | 18.50 | 0 | 0 |
| RA Crow (HEM) | 684 | 16 | 279 | 15 | 4-14 | 18.60 | 0 | 0 |
| WR Bennett (Foot) | 439 | 8 | 280 | 15 | 4-25 | 18.66 | 0 | 0 |
| JP Agnew (Ess) | 376 | 7 | 338 | 18 | 4-25 | 18.77 | 0 | 0 |
| CE Cleary (Prah) | 1477 | 30 | 621 | 33 | 5-26 | 18.81 | 2 | 0 |
| DL Gott (Coll) | 552 | 14 | 189 | 10 | 4-23 | 18.90 | 0 | 0 |
| WL O'Neill (Foot) | 208 | 5 | 76 | 4 | 2-44 | 19.00 | 0 | 0 |
| RF Gill (Wav) | 764 | 18 | 498 | 26 | 4-21 | 19.15 | 0 | 0 |
| G Sleeman (Coll) | 840 | 17 | 311 | 16 | 3-40 | 19.43 | 0 | 0 |
| PTB Locke (HEM) | 1426 | 36 | 491 | 25 | 4-9 | 19.64 | 0 | 0 |
| CJ Corstorphin (Coll) | 1199 | 29 | 396 | 20 | 5-28 | 19.80 | 1 | 0 |
| IW Callen (Carl) | 461 | 9 | 239 | 12 | 3-30 | 19.91 | 0 | 0 |
| KH Davis (Ess) | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 1-20 | 20.00 | 0 | 0 |
| MJ McCarthy (Melb) | 1040 | 18 | 523 | 26 | 5-69 | 20.11 | 1 | 0 |
| LJ Baker (SM) | 833 | 22 | 498 | 24 | 7-94 | 20.75 | 1 | 0 |
| BJ Watson (Foot) | 880 | 26 | 522 | 25 | 5-34 | 20.88 | 1 | 0 |
| GT Ross (Ess) | 709 | 12 | 587 | 28 | 5-19 | 20.96 | 1 | 0 |
| KBS Jarvis (SM) | 811 | 16 | 530 | 25 | 6-59 | 21.20 | 1 | 0 |
| PW Dredge (Foot) | 877 | 17 | 518 | 24 | 7-35 | 21.58 | 1 | 0 |
| R Farnsworth (Wav) | 200 | 2 | 87 | 4 | 2-28 | 21.75 | 0 | 0 |
| DJ Knight (Univ) | 1240 | 22 | 523 | 24 | 4-57 | 21.79 | 0 | 0 |
| CL Harms (Ring) | 956 | 22 | 393 | 18 | 3-42 | 21.83 | 0 | 0 |
| GD Cook (HEM) | 1797 | 36 | 678 | 31 | 6-23 | 21.87 | 1 | 0 |
| N Jones (SM) | 806 | 16 | 489 | 22 | 5-34 | 22.22 | 1 | 0 |
| NW Williams (Melb) | 375 | 7 | 200 | 9 | 3-50 | 22.22 | 0 | 0 |
| GJ Tate (Melb) | 832 | 21 | 316 | 14 | 4-39 | 22.57 | 0 | 0 |
| RE Lawrence (Carl) | 547 | 12 | 296 | 13 | 4-23 | 22.76 | 0 | 0 |
| KW Kirby (Ess) | 989 | 10 | 669 | 29 | 5-63 | 23.06 | 1 | 0 |
| PM Nicholls (Univ) | 745 | 18 | 325 | 14 | 6-38 | 23.21 | 1 | 0 |
| AA Happell (Univ) | 942 | 16 | 422 | 18 | 5-57 | 23.44 | 1 | 0 |
| KE Gent (HEM) | 1002 | 27 | 379 | 16 | 5-47 | 23.68 | 1 | 0 |
| RJ McCurdy (Ring) | 870 | 17 | 403 | 17 | 5-41 | 23.70 | 1 | 0 |
| BJ McArdle (Ncte) | 1012 | 23 | 430 | 18 | 4-61 | 23.88 | 0 | 0 |
| AJ Melbourne (Fitz) | 1042 | 28 | 409 | 17 | 4-81 | 24.05 | 0 | 0 |
| GM McLear (Prah) | 544 | 6 | 242 | 10 | 6-46 | 24.20 | 1 | 0 |
| GR Whitelaw (Fitz) | 285 | 6 | 149 | 6 | 2-35 | 24.83 | 0 | 0 |
| PJ Cox (NM) | 1223 | 30 | 475 | 19 | 3-28 | 25.00 | 0 | 0 |
| IL Read (HEM) | 1665 | 35 | 702 | 28 | 6-85 | 25.07 | 2 | 0 |
| RG Lloyd (Ring) | 80 | 1 | 51 | 2 | 1-6 | 25.50 | 0 | 0 |
| TN Jones (StK) | 40 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 1-26 | 26.00 | 0 | 0 |
| ND Peart (Coll) | 72 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 1-5 | 26.00 | 0 | 0 |
| J Kearns (Ncte) | 851 | 18 | 393 | 15 | 3-44 | 26.20 | 0 | 0 |
| JB O'Keefe (Rich) | 275 | 6 | 105 | 4 | 4-80 | 26.25 | 0 | 0 |
| BC Green (Prah) | 637 | 16 | 265 | 10 | 3-29 | 26.50 | 0 | 0 |
| DM De Grandi (NM) | 801 | 16 | 345 | 13 | 4-39 | 26.53 | 0 | 0 |
| JM Raglus (Prah) | 1334 | 21 | 586 | 22 | 5-68 | 26.63 | 1 | 0 |
| JA Hale (NM) | 1085 | 17 | 506 | 19 | 5-57 | 26.63 | 1 | 0 |
| I McInally (Ncte) | 1059 | 13 | 480 | 18 | 6-48 | 26.66 | 1 | 0 |
| PG McKay (Rich) | 1592 | 30 | 591 | 22 | 4-29 | 26.86 | 0 | 0 |
| SR Maddocks (NM) | 40 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 1-27 | 27.00 | 0 | 0 |
| KB Thomas (HEM) | 56 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 1-27 | 27.00 | 0 | 0 |
| OS Mottau (Prah) | 526 | 15 | 222 | 8 | 3-16 | 27.75 | 0 | 0 |
| GL Stanley (Ess) | 800 | 23 | 472 | 17 | 5-37 | 27.76 | 1 | 0 |
| IC Simpson (Rich) | 224 | 2 | 112 | 4 | 2-19 | 28.00 | 0 | 0 |
| DJ Broad (Melb) | 263 | 8 | 85 | 3 | 2-25 | 28.33 | 0 | 0 |
| PJ Grant (Prah) | 203 | 1 | 114 | 4 | 3-34 | 28.50 | 0 | 0 |
| IF Sartori (NM) | 168 | 2 | 86 | 3 | 3-35 | 28.66 | 0 | 0 |
| JI Russ (Rich) | 1462 | 31 | 603 | 21 | 3-16 | 28.71 | 0 | 0 |
| PD Hubble (Univ) | 296 | 4 | 173 | 6 | 3-34 | 28.83 | 0 | 0 |
| MG Laidler (Carl) | 432 | 8 | 347 | 12 | 3-29 | 28.91 | 0 | 0 |
| DM Johnstone (Melb) | 32 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 1-19 | 29.00 | 0 | 0 |
| LA Perussich (Foot) | 314 | 4 | 204 | 7 | 2-6 | 29.14 | 0 | 0 |
| AE Retallick (NM) | 1002 | 21 | 443 | 15 | 4-68 | 29.53 | 0 | 0 |
| D Campbell (Ncte) | 490 | 11 | 212 | 7 | 2-24 | 30.28 | 0 | 0 |
| PW Young (Ess) | 144 | 0 | 91 | 3 | 2-28 | 30.33 | 0 | 0 |
| R Jamison (Melb) | 477 | 6 | 275 | 9 | 4-29 | 30.55 | 0 | 0 |
| GP Frost (Ncte) | 968 | 12 | 429 | 14 | 3-45 | 30.64 | 0 | 0 |
| SJ Coad (Wav) | 210 | 5 | 184 | 6 | 2-23 | 30.66 | 0 | 0 |
| RW Watts (Fitz) | 1164 | 14 | 650 | 21 | 2-11 | 30.95 | 0 | 0 |
| GM Swan (Melb) | 737 | 13 | 375 | 12 | 4-104 | 31.25 | 0 | 0 |
| D Hutchins (StK) | 548 | 15 | 576 | 18 | 5-27 | 32.00 | 1 | 0 |
| DJ Lanyon (Ess) | 48 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 1-32 | 32.00 | 0 | 0 |
| P Hand (Wav) | 64 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 1-24 | 32.00 | 0 | 0 |
| SNC Murch (StK) | 923 | 26 | 514 | 16 | 4-23 | 32.12 | 0 | 0 |
| SM Poppleton (Wav) | 696 | 14 | 354 | 11 | 2-25 | 32.18 | 0 | 0 |
| SF Graf (StK) | 964 | 21 | 711 | 22 | 5-50 | 32.31 | 1 | 0 |
| PJ Wallace (Ring) | 405 | 8 | 195 | 6 | 4-25 | 32.50 | 0 | 0 |
| RW Brentnall (Fitz) | 280 | 1 | 163 | 5 | 2-34 | 32.60 | 0 | 0 |
| AG Hurst (NM) | 144 | 3 | 66 | 2 | 1-16 | 33.00 | 0 | 0 |
| G Martin (StK) | 245 | 7 | 138 | 4 | 3-58 | 34.50 | 0 | 0 |
| CA Tully (Coll) | 168 | 3 | 70 | 2 | 1-2 | 35.00 | 0 | 0 |
| BA Morphet (StK) | 184 | 5 | 110 | 3 | 2-20 | 36.66 | 0 | 0 |
| DBG Lambert (HEM) | 192 | 6 | 77 | 2 | 2-15 | 38.50 | 0 | 0 |
| TW Macdonald (Fitz) | 591 | 9 | 311 | 8 | 2-21 | 38.87 | 0 | 0 |
| AJ Geddes (Univ) | 361 | 5 | 196 | 5 | 1-0 | 39.20 | 0 | 0 |
| GS Coles (Coll) | 952 | 23 | 315 | 8 | 2-38 | 39.37 | 0 | 0 |
| PD King (Melb) | 274 | 3 | 200 | 5 | 2-17 | 40.00 | 0 | 0 |
| GE Chancellor (Ring) | 208 | 5 | 81 | 2 | 1-21 | 40.50 | 0 | 0 |
| RK Stonehouse (Prah) | 232 | 6 | 82 | 2 | 2-23 | 41.00 | 0 | 0 |
| AG Riglar (Univ) | 384 | 2 | 208 | 5 | 2-20 | 41.60 | 0 | 0 |
| A Troyahn (Wav) | 24 | 0 | 84 | 2 | 2-32 | 42.00 | 0 | 0 |
| J Grant (Ncte) | 264 | 5 | 128 | 3 | 2-11 | 42.66 | 0 | 0 |
| ME Ellis (Ess) | 312 | 4 | 184 | 4 | 1-29 | 46.00 | 0 | 0 |
| CG Thwaites (StK) | 480 | 9 | 371 | 8 | 2-37 | 46.37 | 0 | 0 |
| AJ McCready-Bryan (Univ) | 224 | 4 | 94 | 2 | 1-35 | 47.00 | 0 | 0 |
| B Tippett (Carl) | 88 | 0 | 95 | 2 | 1-45 | 47.50 | 0 | 0 |
| M Hall (Ncte) | 224 | 3 | 95 | 2 | 2-23 | 47.50 | 0 | 0 |
| IR Redpath (SM) | 16 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 1-25 | 48.00 | 0 | 0 |
| M Thomson (HEM) | 160 | 2 | 100 | 2 | 2-12 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 |
| R Hyde (Coll) | 184 | 1 | 106 | 2 | 1-15 | 53.00 | 0 | 0 |
| JO Mulligan (Ess) | 216 | 1 | 112 | 2 | 1-14 | 56.00 | 0 | 0 |
| GM Barton (Ess) | 160 | 0 | 118 | 2 | 2-60 | 59.00 | 0 | 0 |
| CG Sceney (Univ) | 152 | 8 | 60 | 1 | 1-30 | 60.00 | 0 | 0 |
| JM Costello (Wav) | 120 | 1 | 121 | 2 | 1-58 | 60.50 | 0 | 0 |
| JC Ward (NM) | 1070 | 15 | 485 | 8 | 2-57 | 60.62 | 0 | 0 |
| MES Jensen (Univ) | 112 | 2 | 61 | 1 | 1-4 | 61.00 | 0 | 0 |
| RB Shaw (Ess) | 56 | 2 | 66 | 1 | 1-5 | 66.00 | 0 | 0 |
| GS Feben (Melb) | 306 | 3 | 149 | 2 | 1-32 | 74.50 | 0 | 0 |
| M Legge (Ncte) | 530 | 6 | 263 | 3 | 1-27 | 87.66 | 0 | 0 |
| RF van Cuylenburg (Univ) | 561 | 9 | 281 | 3 | 1-29 | 93.66 | 0 | 0 |
| DB Robinson (StK) | 16 | 0 | 120 | 1 | 1-29 | 120.00 | 0 | 0 |
| JWO Priestley (Melb) | 264 | 2 | 121 | 1 | 1-37 | 121.00 | 0 | 0 |
| MJ Sutcliffe (Prah) | 208 | 2 | 138 | 1 | 1-39 | 138.00 | 0 | 0 |
| G Hayes (Fitz) | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| DJ Rolfe (Wav) | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| BA Nunn (Ess) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| G Forbes (Ess) | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| WJ Roberts (Coll) | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| AW Lynch (StK) | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| RG Matthews (HEM) | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| G Chamberlain (Ncte) | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| GN Yallop (Rich) | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| JK Moss (Melb) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| DM Kirby (Ess) | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| DS Shepherd (Melb) | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| GM Watts (Fitz) | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| ND McLean (StK) | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| WJ Scholes (Carl) | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| MW Sundberg (HEM) | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| RFR Howe (Ess) | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| KW Stone (Foot) | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| PD Burke (Univ) | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| JM Harvey (Prah) | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| DF Whatmore (Prah) | 16 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| RG Lamb (Melb) | 24 | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| RP Guinan (NM) | 80 | 3 | 11 | 0 | ||||
| DA Eade (SM) | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||||
| PE Laydon (Coll) | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||||
| GC Sholly (Fitz) | 56 | 2 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| PA Hibbert (Carl) | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| RJ Baldry (Coll) | 32 | 1 | 17 | 0 | ||||
| RS Byrnes (Rich) | 56 | 1 | 20 | 0 | ||||
| GA Mackay (HEM) | 56 | 2 | 20 | 0 | ||||
| ML Hodge (Prah) | 72 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||||
| RC Humphries (Rich) | 64 | 1 | 29 | 0 | ||||
| JM Hendry (Wav) | 40 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||||
| A Glenister (Prah) | 56 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||||
| PW Blundy (Prah) | 40 | 1 | 31 | 0 | ||||
| K Criswick (SM) | 40 | 1 | 32 | 0 | ||||
| GG Treeby (Carl) | 40 | 2 | 34 | 0 | ||||
| WH Gaunt (Ess) | 88 | 2 | 39 | 0 | ||||
| PJ Davies (Wav) | 48 | 0 | 45 | 0 | ||||
| RC Thompson (SM) | 72 | 0 | 47 | 0 | ||||
| GD Barlow (StK) | 40 | 1 | 70 | 0 | ||||
| BM Dunn (Ncte) | 170 | 2 | 74 | 0 |
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