MCC Match Details

Season: Team: Round:
VJCA Senior Div 2nds
Round SF, 10 Mar 1973
, 2 day match
Murrumbeena vs Highett
Highett won toss and batted
Highett 227 & 59 def Murrumbeena 97 & 5/81 on First Innings by 130 runs

First Innings

Bowling
PlayerOversMdnsWktsRunsHTCtSt
Peter S Newton1
David Hardham2111
Ian Wilton1
David Ludowyk8.51246
Cliff Rudge172354
John Dennis842
Peter Hidson151364
Run Outs/Extras210
Total (50.5 overs)227
Batting
PlayerRuns
Peter S Newton15
Brian Fitts (c)2
John Gilbert (wk)26
Peter C Newton0
Cliff Richards15
David Hardham2
Ian Wilton6
David Ludowyk17*
Cliff Rudge1
John Dennis3
Peter Hidson2
Extras8
Total (45 overs)97

TeamFall of Wickets
Murrumbeena 1/4 (B Fitts) 2/30 (PS Newton) 3/30 (PC Newton) 4/52 (C Richards) 5/67 (D Hardham) 6/70 (JA Gilbert) 7/75 (I Wilton) 8/81 (C Rudge) 9/88 (J Dennis) 10/97 (P Hidson)
Highett 1/0 2/114 3/142 4/156 5/159 6/172 7/219 8/219 9/225 10/227

Second Innings

Bowling
PlayerOversMdnsWktsRunsHTCtSt
Peter Hidson4113
Cliff Rudge82617
Ian Wilton25
David Ludowyk312
John Gilbert11
Peter S Newton5.1310
Brian Fitts (c)1
John Dennis1
Run Outs/Extras2
Total (22.1 overs)593
Batting
PlayerRuns
Peter Hidson8
David Hardham0
Cliff Richards5
Peter C Newton35
Cliff Rudge10
Ian Wilton21*
David Ludowyk2*
John Gilbert (wk)
Peter S Newton
Brian Fitts (c)
John Dennis
Extras
Total (10 overs)5/81

TeamFall of Wickets
Murrumbeena 1/7 (D Hardham) 2/12 (C Richards) 3/13 (P Hidson) 4/36 (C Rudge) 5/71 (PC Newton)
Highett 1/0 2/29 3/37 4/37 5/39 6/39 7/49 8/57 9/59 10/59

Match Comments
Peter Hidson bowled Pat Quinn first ball, then had Stan Jones dropped third ball (at 3rd slip by Cliff Rudge). The second wicket finally fell at about 160 - we took the last nine wickets for only 60-odd runs!

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