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| Venue | Windy Hill, Melbourne on 21st, 28th January 1978 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Footscray won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn (Footscray won on first innings) |
| Points | Essendon 0; Footscray 6 |
| Umpires | CO Jones, GM Thies |
| Close of play day 1 | Footscray (1) 74/7 (Joslin 25*, Ryan 0*) |
| Essendon first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| S Peter-Budge | c James b Bennett | 1 | |||||
| RFR Howe | c Ryan b Bennett | 2 | |||||
| +GK John | c James b Shepherd | 7 | |||||
| BA Nunn | b Balcam | 0 | |||||
| *KH Davis | not out | 50 | |||||
| DJM Smith | c James b Bennett | 16 | |||||
| SJ Cotterill | c Anderton b Shepherd | 4 | |||||
| GT Ross | b Balcam | 3 | |||||
| KW Kirby | c James b Shepherd | 1 | |||||
| GN Webb | not out | 0 | |||||
| GM Barton | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 1 lb, 3 nb, 2 w) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 42 overs) | 91 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-3, 2-4, 3-5, 4-15, 5-65, 6-77, 7-88, 8-89 | |||||||
| Footscray bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Balcam | 10 | 0 | 32 | 2 | |||
| Bennett | 12 | 6 | 14 | 3 | |||
| Shepherd | 13 | 4 | 17 | 3 | |||
| Ryan | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Eastwood | 4 | 1 | 15 | 0 | |||
| Footscray first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| KH Eastwood | b Ross | 1 | |||||
| AJ Paone | c Smith b Webb | 5 | |||||
| MV Richardson | c Nunn b Webb | 2 | |||||
| GA Joslin | not out | 36 | |||||
| GJ Anderton | c John b Webb | 7 | |||||
| *JN Shepherd | c John b Ross | 19 | |||||
| KW Stone | c John b Barton | 7 | |||||
| +LH James | c John b Ross | 3 | |||||
| DJ Ryan | not out | 8 | |||||
| LF Balcam | did not bat | ||||||
| WR Bennett | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 lb, 2 nb, 1 w) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 25.2 overs) | 94 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6, 2-8, 3-8, 4-24, 5-56, 6-66, 7-74 | |||||||
| Essendon bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ross | 13 | 1 | 38 | 3 | |||
| Webb | 11 | 2 | 42 | 3 | |||
| Barton | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Kirby | 0.2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Essendon second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| S Peter-Budge | c Shepherd b Ryan | 28 | |||||
| RFR Howe | c Bennett b Ryan | 45 | |||||
| +GK John | c Richardson b Ryan | 10 | |||||
| SJ Cotterill | c Richardson b Shepherd | 19 | |||||
| BA Nunn | c Stone b Shepherd | 1 | |||||
| GT Ross | c James b Shepherd | 0 | |||||
| DJM Smith | not out | 15 | |||||
| *KH Davis | not out | 34 | |||||
| KW Kirby | did not bat | ||||||
| GN Webb | did not bat | ||||||
| GM Barton | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 2 lb, 2 nb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 47 overs) | 157 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-73, 2-74, 3-100, 4-107, 5-107, 6-108 | |||||||
| Footscray bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Balcam | 4 | 1 | 14 | 0 | - | ||
| Shepherd | 22 | 5 | 68 | 3 | - | ||
| Bennett | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | - | ||
| Ryan | 16 | 5 | 46 | 3 | - | ||
| Eastwood | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | ||
| Footscray second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| KH Eastwood | b Ross | 0 | |||||
| AJ Paone | c John b Webb | 0 | |||||
| MV Richardson | not out | 39 | |||||
| GA Joslin | b Webb | 1 | |||||
| GJ Anderton | c John b Webb | 16 | |||||
| KW Stone | not out | 11 | |||||
| *JN Shepherd | did not bat | ||||||
| +LH James | did not bat | ||||||
| DJ Ryan | did not bat | ||||||
| LF Balcam | did not bat | ||||||
| WR Bennett | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 1 w) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 16 overs) | 69 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-2, 3-11, 4-52 | |||||||
| Essendon bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ross | 5 | 1 | 24 | 1 | - | ||
| Webb | 7 | 0 | 29 | 3 | - | ||
| Barton | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | ||
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