Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
David Fitzgerald	b Miller	21	36	39	4	0	58.33
Matthew Kelton	c †Atkinson b Miller	6	41	47	1	0	14.63
Greg Blewett	c Marsh b Ridgway	28	62	87	2	0	45.16
Ben Johnson	c †Atkinson b Miller	32	116	166	3	0	27.58
Jamie Siddons (c)	c Cox b Ridgway	105	171	184	17	0	61.40
Darren Webber	c Boon b Young	1	3	5	0	0	33.33
Tim Nielsen †	run out	17	62	62	1	0	27.41
Jason Gillespie	lbw b Miller	6	34	49	0	0	17.64
Matthew Minagall	c †Atkinson b Miller	0	9	12	0	0	0.00
Brad Wigney	b Miller	31	37	38	3	0	83.78
Mark Harrity	not out	10	17	30	0	0	58.82
Extras	(b 1, lb 6)	7
Total	98 Ov (RR: 2.69, 364 Mins)	264
Fall of wickets: 1-23 (David Fitzgerald), 2-34 (Matthew Kelton), 3-76 (Greg Blewett), 4-142 (Ben Johnson), 5-143 (Darren Webber), 6-193 (Tim Nielsen), 7-215 (Jamie Siddons), 8-220 (Matthew Minagall), 9-223 (Jason Gillespie), 10-264 (Brad Wigney)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Mark Ridgway	20	6	63	2	3.15	-	-	-
Colin Miller	28	11	64	6	2.28	-	-	-
Shaun Young	20	7	39	1	1.95	-	-	-
Ben Targett	21	6	48	0	2.28	-	-	-
Daniel Marsh	9	1	43	0	4.77	-	-	-

Tasmania 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Dene Hills	c Blewett b Harrity	265	490	618	23	2	54.08
Jamie Cox	lbw b Harrity	73	126	173	5	0	57.93
Michael Di Venuto	c Johnson b Gillespie	34	70	78	3	0	48.57
Shaun Young	b Wigney	105	246	232	11	1	42.68
David Boon (c)	c Blewett b Wigney	17	34	34	2	0	50.00
Rod Tucker	st †Nielsen b Minagall	16	25	25	1	1	64.00
Daniel Marsh	not out	24	16	24	1	1	150.00
Mark Atkinson †	not out	15	8	9	2	0	187.50
Extras	(b 9, lb 9, nb 2)	20
Total	169 Ov (RR: 3.36, 628 Mins)	569/6d
Did not bat: Colin Miller, Mark Ridgway, Ben Targett
Fall of wickets: 1-150 (Jamie Cox), 2-208 (Michael Di Venuto), 3-451 (Shaun Young), 4-481 (David Boon), 5-520 (Rod Tucker), 6-546 (Dene Hills)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Jason Gillespie	26	9	61	1	2.34	-	-	-	0
Mark Harrity	37	6	97	2	2.62	-	-	-	0
Brad Wigney	31	2	103	2	3.32	-	-	-	1
Matthew Minagall	43	4	154	1	3.58	-	-	-	0
Greg Blewett	17	0	69	0	4.05	-	-	-	0
Ben Johnson	15	2	67	0	4.46	-	-	-	0

South Australia 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
David Fitzgerald	lbw b Targett	33	97	134	3	0	34.02
Matthew Kelton	lbw b Miller	0	11	12	0	0	0.00
Greg Blewett	c Hills b Miller	10	21	22	1	0	47.61
Ben Johnson	c †Atkinson b Targett	28	73	87	3	0	38.35
Jamie Siddons (c)	c †Atkinson b Miller	41	71	97	4	0	57.74
Darren Webber	c Cox b Targett	2	10	14	0	0	20.00
Tim Nielsen †	c †Atkinson b Miller	7	17	14	1	0	41.17
Jason Gillespie	b Miller	4	13	19	0	0	30.76
Matthew Minagall	b Marsh	13	37	55	1	0	35.13
Brad Wigney	b Miller	5	9	6	0	0	55.55
Mark Harrity	not out	5	10	11	1	0	50.00
Extras	(lb 6)	6
Total	61.5 Ov (RR: 2.49, 242 Mins)	154
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Matthew Kelton), 2-21 (Greg Blewett), 3-74 (Ben Johnson), 4-77 (David Fitzgerald), 5-83 (Darren Webber), 6-98 (Tim Nielsen), 7-104 (Jason Gillespie), 8-134 (Jamie Siddons), 9-140 (Brad Wigney), 10-154 (Matthew Minagall)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Mark Ridgway	12	4	31	0	2.58	-	-	-
Colin Miller	26	7	55	6	2.11	-	-	-
Shaun Young	4	1	14	0	3.50	-	-	-
Daniel Marsh	7.5	3	22	1	2.80	-	-	-
Ben Targett	11	4	23	3	2.09	-	-	-
Dene Hills	1	0	3	0	3.00	-	-	-

Close of Play

Thu, 15 Jan - day 1 - South Aus 1st innings 264

Fri, 16 Jan - day 2 - Tasmania 1st innings 303/2 (Dene Hills 134*, Shaun Young 50*, 100 ov)

Sat, 17 Jan - day 3 - South Aus 2nd innings 63/2 (David Fitzgerald 29*, Ben Johnson 21*, 29 ov)

Sun, 18 Jan - day 4 - South Aus 2nd innings 154 (61.5 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Twelfth Men: PJ Hutchion (Tasmania) and JC Scuderi (South Australia)
Hills' 265 is the highest Sheffield Shield score for Tasmania (previous: DC Boon 227 v Victoria, Melbourne, 1983-84). Boon was at the non-strikers end when Hills achieved the record.
Tasmania's 569 is the highest First-class score at Bellerive Oval.
Miller's match figures of 12/119 are a Tasmanian Sheffield Shield record, eclipsing RL Brown's 11/183 v South Australia, Adelaide, 1985/86.
Tasmania's win by an innings and 151 runs is its most emphatic in Sheffield Shield cricket, eclipsing an innings and 5 runs win against Queensland, brisbane, 1992-93.

Match Details

Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Toss	Tasmania, elected to field first
Series	Sheffield Shield
Season	1997/98
Match days	day (4-day match)
Umpires	Bill Sheahan John Smeaton
Points	Tasmania 6, South Australia 0

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South Aust Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
MW Ridgway	12	4	31	0	2.58
CR Miller	26	7	55	6	2.11
S Young	4	1	14	0	3.5
DJ Marsh	7.5	3	22	1	2.8
BS Targett	11	4	23	3	2.09
DF Hills	1	0	3	0	3

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Team	M	W	L	D	PT	Quotient
WA	10	6	3	1	40	1.324
TAS	10	6	3	1	40	1.271
QLD	10	3	4	3	22	1.043
NSW	10	3	3	4	20	0.987
VIC	10	2	4	4	18	0.887
SOA	10	1	4	5	14	0.649