f31455 ss902	South Australia v Victoria
	Sheffield Shield 1976/77
Venue	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide on 4th, 5th, 6th February 1977 (4-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	South Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Victoria won by an innings and 123 runs
Points	South Australia 8 (Batting 5, Bowling 3); Victoria 21 (Batting 6, Bowling 5)
Umpires	RC Bailhache, MG O'Connell
Close of play day 1	Victoria (1) 2/1 (Broad 1*)
Close of play day 2	Victoria (1) 279/6 (Robinson 68*, McArdle 8*)

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South Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IR McLean	c Yallop b Callen	9
*RK Blewett	c Robinson b Callen	24
JE Nash	c Melville b Callen	5
WM Darling	run out	22
DW Hookes	c Broad b Higgs	163
PR Sleep	c Robinson b Higgs	20
+RG Vincent	c Robinson b Hibbert	24
RM O'Shannassy	c Whatmore b Callen	12
GR Attenborough	c Robinson b Higgs	4
DJ Lambert	b Higgs	1
W Prior	not out	0
Extras	(5 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 316 minutes, 68.3 overs)	290
Fall of wickets:
1-28 (McLean), 2-34 (Nash), 3-49 (Blewett), 4-68 (Darling), 5-100 (Sleep), 6-216 (Vincent), 7-268 (O'Shannassy), 8-287 (Attenborough), 9-290 (Hookes), 10-290 (Lambert, 68.3 ov)

Victoria bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Callen	13	1	55	4	-	-
Laughlin	11	2	44	0	-	-
Hibbert	9	0	27	1	-	1
Higgs	22.3	3	90	4	-	-
Thwaites	7	2	48	0	-	-
McArdle	6	1	20	0	-	-

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Victoria first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PA Hibbert	lbw b Prior	0
DJ Broad	b Attenborough	30
GN Yallop	c and b Attenborough	57
DF Whatmore	c Vincent b Lambert	62
P Melville	lbw b Lambert	0
*+RD Robinson	c Sleep b Blewett	185
TJ Laughlin	c Hookes b Sleep	41
BJ McArdle	c Attenborough b Sleep	78
CG Thwaites	c Prior b Sleep	9
IW Callen	not out	16
JD Higgs	c Hookes b Blewett	4
Extras	(9 b, 4 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	17
Total	(all out, 497 minutes, 101.5 overs)	499
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Hibbert), 2-48 (Broad), 3-149 (Whatmore), 4-154 (Melville), 5-157 (Yallop), 6-261 (Laughlin), 7-411 (McArdle), 8-450 (Thwaites), 9-495 (Robinson), 10-499 (Higgs, 101.5 ov)

South Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Prior	19	2	74	1	1	-
O'Shannassy	15	3	72	0	-	-
Attenborough	24	3	108	2	-	3
Lambert	23	0	119	2	-	-
Sleep	14	2	73	3	-	-
Blewett	6.5	0	36	2	-	-

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South Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RK Blewett	lbw b Callen	0
IR McLean	c Thwaites b McArdle	3
JE Nash	b McArdle	7
WM Darling	b McArdle	4
DW Hookes	b Callen	9
PR Sleep	c Robinson b Callen	0
+RG Vincent	run out	12
RM O'Shannassy	c Yallop b Higgs	29
GR Attenborough	c Melville b Callen	19
DJ Lambert	c Robinson b Callen	0
W Prior	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 116 minutes, 24.3 overs)	86
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Blewett), 2-11 (McLean), 3-12 (Nash), 4-23 (Darling), 5-25 (Sleep), 6-31 (Hookes), 7-45 (Vincent), 8-86 (O'Shannassy), 9-86 (Attenborough), 10-86 (Lambert, 24.3 ov)

Victoria bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Callen	8.3	3	15	5	-	-
McArdle	9	0	40	3	-	-
Higgs	7	2	28	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> PR Sleep made his debut in Sheffield Shield matches
--> PR Sleep made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RG Vincent made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RG Vincent made his debut in Sheffield Shield matches
--> DJ Lambert made his debut in First-Class matches
--> DJ Lambert made his debut in Sheffield Shield matches
--> P Melville made his debut in First-Class matches
--> P Melville made his debut in Sheffield Shield matches
--> BJ McArdle made his debut in First-Class matches
--> BJ McArdle made his debut in Sheffield Shield matches
--> RK Blewett (1) equalled his previous highest score of 24 in Sheffield Shield matches
--> RK Blewett (1) equalled his previous highest score of 24 in First-Class matches
--> WM Darling (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 18
--> DW Hookes (1) passed his previous highest score of 54 in Sheffield Shield matches
--> DW Hookes (1) made his first century in Sheffield Shield matches
--> DW Hookes (1) passed his previous highest score of 55 in First-Class matches
--> DW Hookes (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> DW Hookes (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 70
--> RM O'Shannassy (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in First-Class matches
--> RM O'Shannassy (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in Sheffield Shield matches
--> RD Robinson (1) passed his previous highest score of 130 in First-Class matches
--> RD Robinson (1) passed his previous highest score of 130 in Sheffield Shield matches
--> RM O'Shannassy (2) passed his previous highest score of 12 in First-Class matches
--> RM O'Shannassy (2) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Sheffield Shield matches
--> IW Callen achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed RM O'Shannassy in the South Australia first innings (previous best was 3-48)
--> IW Callen achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Sheffield Shield matches when he dismissed RM O'Shannassy in the South Australia first innings (previous best was 3-48)
--> IW Callen achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed DJ Lambert in the South Australia second innings (previous best was 4-55)
--> IW Callen achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the South Australia second innings
--> IW Callen achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Sheffield Shield matches when he dismissed DJ Lambert in the South Australia second innings (previous best was 4-55)
--> IW Callen achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Sheffield Shield matches in the South Australia second innings

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12th Men: AJ Woodcock (SA) and JG Anderson (Vic)
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