Gillette Cup (Australia), 1978/79, 4th Match
Western Australia v Victoria
W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth
23 December 1978 (50-over match)

Result: Western Australia won by 1 run

Toss: Victoria
Umpires: PJ McConnell and DG Weser
Man of the Match: AG Hurst

Western Australia innings (50 overs maximum)                    R   M   B  4 6
GM Wood               run out                                  35  78      2 0
RI Charlesworth                          b Hurst                1  32      0 0
KJ Hughes             c Maddocks         b Hurst               69 142      3 1
CS Serjeant           lbw                b Hurst               49  98      4 0
B Yardley             not out                                  31  33      2 1
WM Clark              c Maddocks         b Hurst                0   1      0 0
*RJ Inverarity                           b Hurst                3   9      0 0
+KJ Wright            not out                                  12  19      0 0
Extras                (lb 12, w 1, nb 2)                       15
Total                 (6 wickets, 50 overs, 209 mins)         215

DNB: GD Porter, TM Alderman, JB Gannon.

FoW: 1-18 (Charlesworth), 2-60 (Wood), 3-167 (Hughes),
     4-167 (Serjeant), 5-167 (Clark), 6-175 (Inverarity).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Hurst                       10      0     36      5 (1nb)
Ross                        10      3     30      0 (1nb)
Douglas                      8      0     59      0
Laughlin                    10      0     37      0 (1w)
Higgs                       10      1     25      0
Wiener                       2      0     13      0

Victoria innings (target: 216 runs from 50 overs)               R   M   B  4 6
JM Wiener             c Wright           b Alderman            24  23      2 0
RG Matthews                              b Porter              21  55      1 0
DF Whatmore           lbw                b Porter              13  47      0 0
*GN Yallop            st Wright          b Yardley             59 116      3 0
JK Moss               c Wright           b Clark               76  89      7 0
TJ Laughlin           run out (Wright/Clark)                   10  26      0 0
+IL Maddocks          not out                                   5  18      0 0
GT Ross               run out (Wright/Clark)                    0   2      0 0
Extras                (lb 4, w 1, nb 1)                         6
Total                 (7 wickets, 50 overs, 191 mins)         214

DNB: JR Douglas, AG Hurst, JD Higgs.

FoW: 1-32 (Wiener), 2-57 (Matthews), 3-68 (Whatmore),
     4-195 (Moss), 5-205 (Yallop), 6-213 (Laughlin),
     7-214 (Ross).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Gannon                      10      0     43      0
Alderman                     8      1     41      1 (1w)
Yardley                     10      2     31      1
Porter                      10      0     37      2
Clark                       10      1     42      1 (1nb)
Inverarity                   2      0     14      0

• Scorers: E McMullan (Western Australia) and AJ Nicholls (Victoria)
• 12th men: GR Marsh (Western Australia) and MD Taylor (Victoria)
• Attendance: 4,372 ($5143.00)
• AG Hurst achieved a hat trick in the forty-fifth over, the first in Australian One Day, Limited Over cricket.

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Team Pages: Western Australia, Victoria.

Ground Page: W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth

Western Australia Player Pages: GM Wood, RI Charlesworth, KJ Hughes, CS Serjeant, B Yardley, WM Clark, RJ Inverarity, KJ Wright, GD Porter, TM Alderman, JB Gannon.

Victoria Player Pages: JM Wiener, RG Matthews, DF Whatmore, GN Yallop, JK Moss, TJ Laughlin, IL Maddocks, GT Ross, JR Douglas, AG Hurst, JD Higgs.

Match Officials' Pages: PJ McConnell, DG Weser.