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| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th December 1979 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | New South Wales won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Victoria won by 1 wicket |
| Points | Victoria 15 (Batting 2, Bowling 3); New South Wales 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4) |
| Umpires | KJ Carmody, WJ Copeland |
| Close of play day 1 | New South Wales (1) 217/5 (Walters 20*; 100.4 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | Victoria (1) 162/4 (Moss 41*, Laughlin 22*; 72 overs) |
| Close of play day 3 | New South Wales (2) 172/5 (Walters 4*, Rixon 7*; 58 overs) |
| New South Wales first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *RB McCosker | c Higgs b Leehane | 4 | 16 | - | - | ||
| J Dyson | b Higgs | 46 | 240 | - | - | ||
| TM Chappell | c Robinson b Higgs | 73 | 261 | 4 | - | ||
| IC Davis | c Walker b Higgs | 46 | 77 | 5 | - | ||
| PM Toohey | lbw b Higgs | 18 | 81 | 1 | - | ||
| KD Walters | c Whatmore b Walker | 24 | 83 | 2 | - | ||
| +SJ Rixon | c Laughlin b Leehane | 0 | 8 | - | - | ||
| GR Beard | lbw b Walker | 25 | 80 | 3 | - | ||
| GF Lawson | b Walker | 2 | 2 | - | - | ||
| RP Done | b Walker | 9 | 36 | 1 | - | ||
| RG Holland | not out | 1 | 3 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (4 b, 8 lb, 1 w) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 449 minutes, 123.4 overs) | 261 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4 (McCosker), 2-113 (Dyson), 3-160 (Chappell), 4-185 (Davis), 5-217 (Toohey, 100.4 ov), 6-218 (Rixon), 7-232 (Walters), 8-234 (Lawson), 9-258 (Done), 10-261 (Beard, 123.4 ov) | |||||||
| Victoria bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Leehane | 30 | 4 | 72 | 2 | 1 | - | |
| Walker | 46.4 | 21 | 67 | 4 | - | - | |
| Laughlin | 5 | 2 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bright | 14 | 7 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Higgs | 28 | 5 | 79 | 4 | - | - | |
| Victoria first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RG Matthews | c Davis b Lawson | 9 | 34 | - | - | ||
| DJ Broad | c Rixon b Lawson | 3 | 47 | - | - | ||
| DF Whatmore | lbw b Done | 18 | 51 | 2 | - | ||
| *GN Yallop | c Done b Holland | 51 | 149 | 3 | - | ||
| JK Moss | c Lawson b Chappell | 80 | 247 | 5 | 1 | ||
| TJ Laughlin | b Beard | 30 | 88 | 3 | 1 | ||
| +RD Robinson | b Lawson | 8 | 52 | 1 | - | ||
| RJ Bright | c Rixon b Beard | 3 | 13 | - | - | ||
| MHN Walker | c and b Lawson | 17 | 40 | 2 | - | ||
| JD Higgs | not out | 8 | 20 | 1 | - | ||
| JF Leehane | b Holland | 3 | 10 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (2 b, 4 lb, 14 nb) | 20 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 400 minutes, 109.2 overs) | 250 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-13 (Matthews), 2-17 (Broad), 3-49 (Whatmore), 4-125 (Yallop), 5-190 (Laughlin), 6-212 (Moss), 7-218 (Bright), 8-230 (Robinson), 9-243 (Walker), 10-250 (Leehane, 109.2 ov) | |||||||
| New South Wales bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lawson | 27 | 8 | 75 | 4 | - | 10 | |
| Done | 15 | 4 | 25 | 1 | - | 4 | |
| Beard | 36 | 19 | 49 | 2 | - | - | |
| Walters | 10 | 2 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Holland | 13.2 | 2 | 39 | 2 | - | - | |
| Chappell | 8 | 1 | 19 | 1 | - | - | |
| New South Wales second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| J Dyson | lbw b Walker | 71 | 205 | 3 | - | ||
| *RB McCosker | c Bright b Laughlin | 20 | 43 | 1 | - | ||
| TM Chappell | c Laughlin b Higgs | 34 | 67 | 3 | - | ||
| IC Davis | run out | 9 | 58 | 1 | - | ||
| PM Toohey | c and b Higgs | 21 | 26 | 3 | - | ||
| KD Walters | not out | 34 | 101 | 3 | - | ||
| +SJ Rixon | b Higgs | 25 | 42 | 1 | - | ||
| GF Lawson | c Whatmore b Walker | 4 | 11 | - | - | ||
| GR Beard | c Moss b Higgs | 0 | 8 | - | - | ||
| RP Done | c Laughlin b Walker | 4 | 24 | 1 | - | ||
| RG Holland | not out | 0 | 3 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (4 b, 7 lb, 1 nb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 299 minutes, 82 overs) | 234 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-30 (McCosker), 2-85 (Chappell), 3-127 (Davis), 4-160 (Toohey), 5-162 (Dyson), 6-205 (Rixon), 7-214 (Lawson), 8-217 (Beard), 9-233 (Done) | |||||||
| Victoria bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Leehane | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Walker | 27 | 6 | 58 | 3 | - | - | |
| Laughlin | 12 | 0 | 38 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Bright | 12 | 1 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| Higgs | 27 | 3 | 78 | 4 | - | - | |
| Victoria second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RG Matthews | c Rixon b Lawson | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - | |
| DJ Broad | c Done b Beard | 37 | 119 | 1 | - | ||
| DF Whatmore | c Beard b Holland | 88 | 6 | - | |||
| +RD Robinson | b Holland | 4 | 14 | - | - | ||
| *GN Yallop | b Lawson | 22 | 87 | - | - | ||
| JK Moss | lbw b Holland | 23 | 2 | - | |||
| TJ Laughlin | not out | 25 | 1 | - | |||
| RJ Bright | c Lawson b Beard | 16 | 29 | 1 | - | ||
| MHN Walker | b Lawson | 14 | 18 | 2 | - | ||
| JD Higgs | c Davis b Lawson | 1 | 12 | - | - | ||
| JF Leehane | not out | 4 | 1 | - | |||
| Extras | (2 b, 7 lb, 4 nb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, 76 overs) | 247 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (Matthews, 0.3 ov), 2-100 (Broad), 3-115 (Robinson), 4-146 (Whatmore), 5-182 (Moss), 6-182 (Yallop), 7-212 (Bright), 8-235 (Walker), 9-241 (Higgs) | |||||||
| New South Wales bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lawson | 18 | 3 | 47 | 4 | - | 3 | |
| Done | 15 | 1 | 45 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Holland | 28 | 1 | 97 | 3 | - | - | |
| Beard | 15 | 0 | 45 | 2 | - | - | |
Notes
--> TM Chappell (1) passed 1000 runs in Sheffield Shield matches when he reached 42
--> IC Davis (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 32
--> JK Moss (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 22
--> J Dyson (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 31
--> DF Whatmore (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 72
--> GF Lawson reached 50 wickets in Sheffield Shield matches when he dismissed GN Yallop, his 2nd wicket in the Victoria second innings
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