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| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th November 1978 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Victoria won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | RC Bailhache, KJ Carmody |
| Scorers | MP Ringham (Victoria), GGA Saulez (England XI) |
| Close of play day 1 | Victoria (1) 205/5 (Moss 46*, Laughlin 35*) |
| Close of play day 2 | England XI (1) 174/3 (Brearley 76*, Radley 13*) |
| Close of play day 3 | No play |
| Victoria first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JM Wiener | c Edmonds b Lever | 48 | |||||
| PA Hibbert | c Tolchard b Old | 6 | |||||
| DF Whatmore | c Edmonds b Lever | 27 | |||||
| *GN Yallop | b Edmonds | 10 | |||||
| P Melville | c Edmonds b Emburey | 16 | |||||
| JK Moss | c Emburey b Edmonds | 73 | |||||
| TJ Laughlin | run out | 37 | |||||
| +IL Maddocks | c Radley b Edmonds | 8 | |||||
| IW Callen | c Tolchard b Emburey | 8 | |||||
| AG Hurst | b Emburey | 1 | |||||
| JD Higgs | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (15 lb, 4 nb) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 96.5 overs) | 254 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-11, 2-84, 3-93, 4-113, 5-129, 6-213, 7-239, 8-244, 9-249, 10-254 (96.5 ov) | |||||||
| England XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Old | 17 | 5 | 44 | 1 | - | - | |
| Lever | 18 | 3 | 52 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hendrick | 11 | 2 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| Edmonds | 22 | 6 | 48 | 3 | - | - | |
| Emburey | 26.5 | 5 | 56 | 3 | - | - | |
| Gooch | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| England XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *JM Brearley | not out | 116 | |||||
| GA Gooch | lbw b Hurst | 3 | |||||
| DW Randall | b Wiener | 63 | |||||
| DI Gower | c and b Wiener | 13 | |||||
| CT Radley | c and b Higgs | 22 | |||||
| +RW Tolchard | c Whatmore b Higgs | 0 | |||||
| PH Edmonds | c Melville b Higgs | 5 | |||||
| CM Old | c Maddocks b Hurst | 4 | |||||
| JE Emburey | c Higgs b Laughlin | 5 | |||||
| JK Lever | did not bat | ||||||
| M Hendrick | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 lb, 5 nb, 2 w) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 102.7 overs) | 241 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7, 2-121, 3-145, 4-195, 5-199, 6-207, 7-225, 8-241 (102.7 ov) | |||||||
| Victoria bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hurst | 17 | 4 | 44 | 2 | - | - | |
| Callen | 16 | 4 | 44 | 0 | - | - | |
| Higgs | 39 | 8 | 82 | 3 | - | - | |
| Laughlin | 15.7 | 5 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wiener | 13 | 3 | 31 | 2 | - | - | |
| Yallop | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Victoria second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JM Wiener | not out | 16 | |||||
| PA Hibbert | not out | 14 | |||||
| DF Whatmore | did not bat | ||||||
| *GN Yallop | did not bat | ||||||
| P Melville | did not bat | ||||||
| JK Moss | did not bat | ||||||
| TJ Laughlin | did not bat | ||||||
| +IL Maddocks | did not bat | ||||||
| IW Callen | did not bat | ||||||
| AG Hurst | did not bat | ||||||
| JD Higgs | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 nb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (no wicket, 14 overs) | 33 | |||||
| England XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lever | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Edmonds | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Emburey | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Randall | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Radley | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> P Melville made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> P Melville (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> RW Tolchard made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> JE Emburey made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> CM Old reached 700 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Victoria first innings
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