McDonald's Cup, 1982/83, Final
Western Australia v New South Wales
W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth
8 October 1983 (50-over match)

Result: Western Australia won by 4 wickets
Series: Western Australia wins the 1982/83 McDonald's Cup

Toss: New South Wales
Umpires: PJ McConnell and DG Weser
Man of the Match:

New South Wales innings (50 overs maximum)                      R   M   B  4 6
RB McCosker           c Marsh            b Boyd                21  62  56  1 0
J Dyson               c Andrews          b MacLeay             42 125  97  3 0
TM Chappell           c sub (MRJ Veletta) b Boyd                0  15  10  0 0
*DM Wellham           not out                                  65 127  92  4 0
SB Smith                             c & b Hogan               11  30  13  1 0
PM Toohey             c Laird            b Hogan               24  29  29  0 0
+SJ Rixon             c Marsh            b Clark                9   9  10  0 0
GF Lawson             not out                                   5   7   5  0 0
Extras                (b 3, lb 4, w 8, nb 3)                   18
Total                 (6 wickets, 50 overs, 208 mins)         195

DNB: MJ Bennett, GA Spring, MR Whitney.

FoW: 1-50 (McCosker), 2-56 (Chappell), 3-91 (Dyson),
     4-118 (Smith), 5-158 (Toohey), 6-173 (Rixon).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lillee                      10      1     38      0 (1w, 1nb)
Clark                       10      0     36      1 (1w, 1nb)
Boyd                        10      2     29      2 (2w)
MacLeay                     10      0     33      1 (4w, 1nb)
Hogan                       10      1     41      2

Western Australia innings (target: 196 runs from 50 overs)      R   M   B  4 6
BM Laird              c Spring           b Lawson              10  19  17  1 0
GM Wood               c Rixon            b Bennett             30 103  68  3 0
G Shipperd            lbw                b Whitney             54 133 101  3 0
*KJ Hughes                               b Lawson              61  79  64  6 2
WS Andrews            not out                                  22  66  32  3 0
+RW Marsh                                b Whitney             13   6   7  2 0
KH MacLeay            run out                                   0  15   9  0 0
DL Boyd               not out                                   0   1   1  0 0
Extras                (lb 3, w 5)                               8
Total                 (6 wickets, 49.1 overs, 212 mins)       198

DNB: TG Hogan, DK Lillee, WM Clark.

FoW: 1-13 (Laird), 2-69 (Wood), 3-133 (Shipperd), 4-172 (Hughes),
     5-187 (Marsh), 6-193 (MacLeay).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lawson                      10      2     27      2 (1w)
Spring                      10      2     26      0 (1w)
Whitney                      9.1    0     35      2 (1w)
Chappell                    10      0     39      0 (2w)
Bennett                     10      0     63      1

• This match was the final of the McDonald's Cup for 1982-83, scheduled to be played on 20 March 1983 and abandoned because of rain, and re-scheduled to this date.
• Scorers: CA Bull (New South Wales) and AJ Nicholls (Western Australia)
• 12th Men: MRJ Veletta (Western Australia) and GRJ Matthews (New South Wales)
• Attendance: 9,179 ($21,611)

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Team Pages: Western Australia, New South Wales.

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

New South Wales Player Pages: RB McCosker, J Dyson, TM Chappell, DM Wellham, SB Smith, PM Toohey, SJ Rixon, GF Lawson, MJ Bennett, GA Spring, MR Whitney.

Western Australia Player Pages: BM Laird, GM Wood, G Shipperd, KJ Hughes, WS Andrews, RW Marsh, KH MacLeay, DL Boyd, TG Hogan, DK Lillee, WM Clark.

Match Officials' Pages: PJ McConnell, DG Weser.