Gillette Cup (Australia), 1976/77, 1st Match
South Australia v Western Australia
Adelaide Oval
4 December 1976 (40-over match)

Result: Western Australia won by 4 wickets

Toss: Western Australia
Umpires: KR Butler and AR Crafter
Man of the Match: GJ Cosier

Balls per over: 8

South Australia innings (40 overs maximum)                      R   M   B  4 6
*AJ Woodcock          c Brayshaw         b Lillee               1  11      0 0
RK Blewett            lbw                b Brayshaw            15  37      2 0
JE Nash                              c & b Yardley             44  99      5 0
GJ Cosier             c Lillee           b Mullooly            72 118      7 1
DW Hookes                                b Malone              45  70      3 0
WM Darling            c sub (RG Paulsen) b Lillee               1  12      0 0
JR Hammond            not out                                  12  29      1 0
AA Mallett            not out                                  12  16      0 0
Extras                (lb 4, nb 1)                              5
Total                 (6 wickets, 40 overs, 199 mins)         207

DNB: +JR Davey, GR Attenborough, W Prior.

FoW: 1-2 (Woodcock), 2-21 (Blewett), 3-108 (Nash),
     4-164 (Cosier), 5-171 (Darling), 6-186 (Hookes).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lillee                       8      1     28      2 (1nb)
Brayshaw                     8      2     26      1
Langer                       6      0     28      0
Mullooly                     8      0     54      1
Yardley                      3      0     13      1
Malone                       7      0     53      1

Western Australia innings (target: 208 runs from 40 overs)      R   M   B  4 6
RI Charlesworth                          b Prior                0   1   1  0 0
BM Laird              run out                                  27  80      2 0
RS Langer             c Attenborough     b Cosier              18  57      2 0
KJ Hughes             c Nash             b Mallett             56  81      6 0
CS Serjeant           lbw                b Mallett             16  37      3 0
*+RW Marsh                           c & b Mallett             26  33      4 0
B Yardley             not out                                  32  39      3 0
DK Lillee             not out                                  26  29      3 0
Extras                (lb 5, nb 5)                             10
Total                 (6 wickets, 36.2 overs, 182 mins)       211

DNB: IJ Brayshaw, MF Malone, TC Mullooly.

FoW: 1-0 (Charlesworth), 2-38 (Langer), 3-59 (Laird),
     4-112 (Serjeant), 5-148 (Hughes), 6-157 (Marsh).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Prior                        6      0     48      1 (1nb)
Attenborough                 6.2    0     30      0
Hammond                      8      0     37      0
Cosier                       5      2     20      1
Mallett                      8      0     44      3 (4nb)
Blewett                      3      0     22      0

Note: Wides count as Balls Faced in the batsmens' analyses

• Scorers: TR Palmer and BJ Sheldon
• 12th Men: ? (South Australia) and RG Paulsen (Western Australia)
• Attendance: 3,409

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Team Pages: South Australia, Western Australia.

Ground Page: Adelaide Oval

South Australia Player Pages: AJ Woodcock, RK Blewett, JE Nash, GJ Cosier, DW Hookes, WM Darling, JR Hammond, AA Mallett, JR Davey, GR Attenborough, W Prior.

Western Australia Player Pages: RI Charlesworth, BM Laird, RS Langer, KJ Hughes, CS Serjeant, RW Marsh, B Yardley, DK Lillee, IJ Brayshaw, MF Malone, TC Mullooly.

Match Officials' Pages: KR Butler, AR Crafter.