f27051	Victoria v Indians
	India in Australia and New Zealand 1967/68
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 8th, 9th, 11th, 12th December 1967 (4-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Victoria won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	WK Collicoat, WJ Smyth
Scorers	BW Bright (Victoria), MP Ringham (Indians)
Close of play day 1	Victoria (1) 331/4 (Stackpole 52*, Joslin 17*)
Close of play day 2	Indians (1) 165/4 (Wadekar 59*, Prasanna 1*)
Close of play day 3	Indians (2) 57/3 (Surti 20*, Borde 19*)

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Victoria first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WM Lawry	c Chandrasekhar b Surti	3
IR Redpath	c Surti b Prasanna	117
RM Cowper	st Engineer b Prasanna	68
AP Sheahan	c Subramanya b Surti	68
KR Stackpole	c Sardesai b Surti	60
LR Joslin	c Surti b Prasanna	92
GD Watson	c Wadekar b Surti	1
JW Grant	c Borde b Subramanya	53
+RC Jordon	not out	30
RC Bitmead	not out	16
AN Connolly	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb, 6 nb)	12
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 499 minutes, 108 overs)	520
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-165, 3-204, 4-304, 5-357, 6-369, 7-446, 8-487

Indians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kulkarni	14	0	76	0	-	-
Surti	20	1	81	4	-	6
Abid Ali	9	1	43	0	-	-
Chandrasekhar	26	2	107	0	-	-
Nadkarni	19	1	73	0	-	-
Prasanna	15	0	94	3	-	-
Subramanya	5	0	34	1	-	-

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Indians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DN Sardesai	b Watson	54
+FM Engineer	c Bitmead b Grant	25
AL Wadekar	b Watson	107
RF Surti	lbw b Connolly	20
*CG Borde	c Bitmead b Stackpole	4
EAS Prasanna	c Sheahan b Connolly	6
V Subramanya	b Watson	15
S Abid Ali	c and b Watson	23
RG Nadkarni	c Cowper b Grant	3
BS Chandrasekhar	not out	1
UN Kulkarni	run out (Redpath->Jordon)	1
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 5 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 279 minutes, 59.7 overs)	266
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-110, 3-143, 4-160, 5-183, 6-232, 7-255, 8-262, 9-264, 10-266 (59.7 ov)

Victoria bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Connolly	16	3	79	2	-	1
Grant	15.7	1	72	2	-	3
Watson	16	1	46	4	-	1
Bitmead	3	0	13	0	-	-
Stackpole	4	0	20	1	-	-
Cowper	5	1	29	0	-	-

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Indians second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DN Sardesai	b Joslin	13
+FM Engineer	c and b Grant	1
AL Wadekar	b Grant	0
RF Surti	c Jordon b Bitmead	57
*CG Borde	lbw b Watson	25
RG Nadkarni	not out	46
V Subramanya	not out	2
EAS Prasanna	did not bat
S Abid Ali	did not bat
BS Chandrasekhar	did not bat
UN Kulkarni	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 5 nb)	9
Total	(5 wickets, 230 minutes, 52 overs)	153
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-5, 3-23, 4-63, 5-138

Victoria bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Connolly	9	4	18	0	-	1
Grant	9	0	39	2	-	4
Watson	14	5	33	1	-	-
Joslin	3	0	14	1	-	-
Bitmead	12	3	20	1	-	-
Cowper	3	0	14	0	-	-
Stackpole	2	0	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RC Bitmead made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> IR Redpath (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 36
--> RM Cowper (1) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> AL Wadekar (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 93
--> GD Watson reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Indians second innings

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