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| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th December 1979 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Victoria won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Victoria 2 (Bowling 2); South Australia 11 (Batting 6, Bowling 5) |
| Umpires | RC Bailhache, RV Whitehead |
| Close of play day 1 | South Australia (1) 327/4 (Crowe 102*, Sleep 17*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Victoria (2) 7/0 (Matthews 5*, Yallop 0*) |
| Close of play day 3 | Victoria (2) 249/2 (Matthews 101*, Moss 83*) |
| South Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JE Nash | lbw b Graf | 68 | |||||
| WM Darling | c Robinson b Higgs | 43 | |||||
| *IM Chappell | c Walker b Cox | 82 | |||||
| JJ Crowe | not out | 109 | |||||
| RJ Inverarity | c Scholes b Cox | 3 | |||||
| PR Sleep | not out | 32 | |||||
| JR Hammond | did not bat | ||||||
| +TJ Robertson | did not bat | ||||||
| GR Attenborough | did not bat | ||||||
| AA Mallett | did not bat | ||||||
| W Prior | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 12 lb) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, declared, 111 overs) | 353 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-104 (Nash), 2-128 (Darling), 3-276 (Chappell), 4-288 (Inverarity) | |||||||
| Victoria bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Walker | 37 | 6 | 90 | 0 | - | - | |
| Graf | 26 | 9 | 68 | 1 | - | - | |
| Laughlin | 9 | 0 | 42 | 0 | - | - | |
| Higgs | 23 | 6 | 85 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cox | 16 | 3 | 52 | 2 | - | - | |
| Victoria first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RG Matthews | c Crowe b Mallett | 19 | |||||
| *GN Yallop | c Chappell b Prior | 0 | |||||
| DF Whatmore | c Chappell b Attenborough | 13 | |||||
| JK Moss | b Attenborough | 35 | |||||
| WJ Scholes | b Attenborough | 7 | |||||
| TJ Laughlin | c Inverarity b Mallett | 37 | |||||
| +RD Robinson | c Inverarity b Mallett | 16 | |||||
| PJ Cox | lbw b Mallett | 3 | |||||
| SF Graf | c Prior b Mallett | 19 | |||||
| MHN Walker | c Crowe b Inverarity | 3 | |||||
| JD Higgs | not out | 3 | |||||
| Extras | (3 lb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 58 overs) | 158 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5 (Yallop), 2-26 (Whatmore), 3-47 (Matthews), 4-66 (Scholes), 5-85 (Moss), 6-110 (Robinson), 7-122 (Cox), 8-133 (Laughlin), 9-142 (Walker), 10-158 (Graf, 58 ov) | |||||||
| South Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Prior | 7 | 1 | 23 | 1 | - | - | |
| Attenborough | 22 | 9 | 37 | 3 | - | - | |
| Mallett | 23 | 3 | 73 | 5 | - | - | |
| Sleep | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
| Inverarity | 5 | 1 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
| Victoria second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RG Matthews | b Mallett | 124 | |||||
| *GN Yallop | c Crowe b Mallett | 49 | |||||
| DF Whatmore | c Prior b Sleep | 22 | |||||
| JK Moss | b Attenborough | 132 | |||||
| WJ Scholes | lbw b Attenborough | 52 | |||||
| TJ Laughlin | b Hammond | 1 | |||||
| +RD Robinson | st +Chappell b Hammond | 7 | |||||
| PJ Cox | c Sleep b Attenborough | 0 | |||||
| SF Graf | not out | 0 | |||||
| MHN Walker | did not bat | ||||||
| JD Higgs | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (12 b, 14 lb, 2 nb, 1 w) | 29 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 162.1 overs) | 416 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-78 (Yallop), 2-120 (Whatmore), 3-305 (Matthews), 4-399 (Moss), 5-404 (Laughlin), 6-408 (Scholes), 7-413 (Cox), 8-416 (Robinson, 162.1 ov) | |||||||
| South Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Prior | 23 | 4 | 86 | 0 | - | - | |
| Attenborough | 32 | 9 | 73 | 3 | - | - | |
| Mallett | 38 | 7 | 102 | 2 | - | - | |
| Sleep | 25 | 4 | 74 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hammond | 44.1 | 20 | 52 | 2 | - | - | |
| South Australia second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WM Darling | c Robinson b Graf | 19 | |||||
| JE Nash | c and b Walker | 28 | |||||
| JJ Crowe | b Graf | 7 | |||||
| *IM Chappell | b Higgs | 26 | |||||
| RJ Inverarity | b Walker | 0 | |||||
| PR Sleep | not out | 34 | |||||
| JR Hammond | not out | 6 | |||||
| +TJ Robertson | did not bat | ||||||
| GR Attenborough | did not bat | ||||||
| AA Mallett | did not bat | ||||||
| W Prior | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 4 lb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 43 overs) | 128 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-38 (Darling), 2-52 (Crowe), 3-60 (Nash), 4-60 (Inverarity), 5-119 (Chappell) | |||||||
| Victoria bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Walker | 12 | 0 | 47 | 2 | - | - | |
| Graf | 18 | 3 | 39 | 2 | - | - | |
| Higgs | 9 | 2 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cox | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> IM Chappell (1) passed 7000 runs in Sheffield Shield matches when he reached 18
--> JJ Crowe (1) passed his previous highest score of 73 in Sheffield Shield matches
--> JJ Crowe (1) made his first century in Sheffield Shield matches
--> JJ Crowe (1) passed his previous highest score of 78 in First-Class matches
--> JJ Crowe (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> RG Matthews (2) passed his previous highest score of 104 in Sheffield Shield matches
--> RG Matthews (2) passed his previous highest score of 104 in First-Class matches
--> RG Matthews (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 55
--> WJ Scholes (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 35
--> PR Sleep (2) passed 1000 runs in Sheffield Shield matches when he reached 14
IM Chappell kept wicket in 2nd innings
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