BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Martin Faull	c Harper b Williams	15	59	75	0	0	25.42
David Fitzgerald	c †Berry b Harvey	81	137	174	8	0	59.12
Ben Johnson	c Gardiner b Fleming	28	88	113	1	0	31.81
Darren Lehmann	c †Berry b Saker	42	132	164	1	0	31.81
Jamie Siddons (c)	c †Berry b Saker	60	105	117	6	0	57.14
Darren Webber	b Craig	69	97	105	8	0	71.13
Brad Young	c †Berry b Williams	66	108	160	6	0	61.11
Tim Nielsen †	lbw b Fleming	12	19	29	2	0	63.15
Joe Scuderi	c Saker b Craig	26	73	67	2	0	35.61
Paul Wilson	b Williams	16	23	28	2	0	69.56
Shane George	not out	21	13	17	1	2	161.53
Extras	(b 8, lb 3, nb 2, w 3)	16
TOTAL	142.1 Ov (RR: 3.17, 529 Mins)	452
Fall of wickets: 1-49 (Martin Faull), 2-125 (David Fitzgerald), 3-128 (Ben Johnson), 4-232 (Jamie Siddons), 5-256 (Darren Lehmann), 6-320 (Darren Webber), 7-353 (Tim Nielsen), 8-406 (Brad Young), 9-420 (Joe Scuderi), 10-452 (Paul Wilson)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
David Saker	25	5	79	2	3.16	-	-	-	1	0
Damien Fleming	33	10	85	2	2.57	-	-	-	1	2
Brad Williams	33.1	5	120	3	3.61	-	-	-	1	0
Ian Harvey	27	7	68	1	2.51	-	-	-	0	0
Shawn Craig	24	7	89	2	3.70	-	-	-	0	0

Victoria 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Shawn Craig	c Siddons b Wilson	8	33	39	0	0	24.24
Graeme Vimpani	c †Nielsen b Wilson	6	32	43	0	0	18.75
Dean Jones	c Webber b Young	58	131	170	5	1	44.27
Laurie Harper	c Lehmann b Young	57	149	175	2	0	38.25
Brad Hodge	c †Nielsen b Wilson	7	31	35	0	0	22.58
Grant Gardiner	c Scuderi b Wilson	32	77	104	3	0	41.55
Ian Harvey	lbw b George	19	20	31	1	1	95.00
Darren Berry (c)†	not out	29	113	132	3	0	25.66
David Saker	b George	6	15	19	1	0	40.00
Damien Fleming	hit wicket b George	22	44	55	0	0	50.00
Brad Williams	c Webber b Young	12	13	10	1	0	92.30
Extras	(b 6, lb 8, nb 15)	29
TOTAL	108.3 Ov (RR: 2.62, 411 Mins)	285
Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Shawn Craig), 2-25 (Graeme Vimpani), 3-145 (Dean Jones), 4-146 (Laurie Harper), 5-162 (Brad Hodge), 6-194 (Ian Harvey), 7-227 (Grant Gardiner), 8-236 (David Saker), 9-272 (Damien Fleming), 10-285 (Brad Williams)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Paul Wilson	30	8	72	4	2.40	-	-	-	5
Shane George	31	8	65	3	2.09	-	-	-	2
Joe Scuderi	14	3	34	0	2.42	-	-	-	0
Brad Young	32.3	3	96	3	2.95	-	-	-	0
Ben Johnson	1	0	4	0	4.00	-	-	-	0

Victoria 2nd Innings (Following on)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Vimpani	c Lehmann b Scuderi	0	12	12	0	0	0.00
Shawn Craig	c Lehmann b Young	20	62	80	0	0	32.25
Dean Jones	c †Nielsen b Wilson	3	22	20	0	0	13.63
Laurie Harper	not out	207	389	463	11	0	53.21
Brad Hodge	lbw b Wilson	8	48	56	0	0	16.66
Grant Gardiner	not out	133	294	359	6	1	45.23
Extras	(b 4, lb 3, nb 10, w 5)	22
TOTAL	137 Ov (RR: 2.86, 497 Mins)	393/4
Did not bat: Ian Harvey, Darren Berry (c)†, David Saker, Damien Fleming, Brad Williams
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Graeme Vimpani), 2-9 (Dean Jones), 3-42 (Shawn Craig), 4-77 (Brad Hodge)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Paul Wilson	20	9	20	2	1.00	-	-	-	1	1
Joe Scuderi	25	8	55	1	2.20	-	-	-	0	0
Brad Young	45	9	128	1	2.84	-	-	-	2	0
Shane George	16	3	67	0	4.18	-	-	-	1	3
Ben Johnson	18	4	67	0	3.72	-	-	-	0	0
Darren Lehmann	8	0	37	0	4.62	-	-	-	0	0
Darren Webber	4	0	10	0	2.50	-	-	-	0	0
David Fitzgerald	1	0	2	0	2.00	-	-	-	0	0

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Thu, 27 Nov - day 1 - South Aus 1st innings 256/5 (Darren Webber 16*, Brad Young 0*)

Fri, 28 Nov - day 2 - Victoria 1st innings 144/2 (Dean Jones 58*, Laurie Harper 55*)

Sat, 29 Nov - day 3 - Victoria 2nd innings 71/3 (Laurie Harper 39*, Brad Hodge 5*)

Sun, 30 Nov - day 4 - Victoria 2nd innings 393/4 (137 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

General

Twelfth Men: AIC Dodemaide (Vic) and KS Pickering (SA)
South Australian 1st innings
Fitzgerald's 50 was scored in 108 mins off 86 balls
Siddons' 50 was scored in 96 mins off 82 balls
Webber's 50 was scored in 90 mins off 79 balls
Young's 50 was scored in 126 mins off 86 balls
On reaching 54, Siddons became the all-time leading run-scorer in Sheffield Shield history (prev. 9364, DW Hookes, South Aust., 1975-76 to 1991-92)
Victorian 1st innings
Jones' 50 was scored in 138 mins off 111 balls
Harper's 50 was scored in 155 mins off 139 balls
On reaching 21, Berry 2000 runs Sheffield Shield
Victorian 2nd innings
Harper's 50 was scored in 140 mins off 116 balls
100 was scored in 236 mins off 202 balls
150 was scored in 364 mins off 300 balls
200 was scored in 447 mins off 370 balls
Gardiner's 50 was scored in 137 mins off 111 balls
100 was scored in 286 mins off 232 balls
Harper's Highest score (3 x 100)
Gardiner's Highest score (1 x 100)
Jones 9000 runs Sheffield shield (3 2nd innings)
Harper 1000 runs (77)
1000 runs Sheffield shield (195)
Gardiner 1000 runs (130).
Harper HS at Carlton (previous 146 S.G.Barnes NSW v Vic 1945-56)
HS for Vic at Carlton (previous 134 G.E.Tamblyn v Qld 1945-46)
HS Sheffield shield at Carlton (previous 118 M.D.Taylor v Tasmania 1984-85)
Harper/Gardiner 316* 5th wicket
Highest 5th wicket partnership Vic v SA (previous 221 SJE Loxton/J Potter at MCG 1957-58)
Highest 5th wicket partnership Vic/SA games (previous 270 DS Lehmann/JA Brayshaw at MCG 1994-95)
Highest 5th wicket Sheffield shield partnership for Victoria (previous 271 A.J.Sieler/R.P.Rose v Qld W'gabba 1973-74).

MATCH DETAILS

Optus Oval, Melbourne
Toss	South Australia, elected to bat first
Series	Sheffield Shield
Season	1997/98
Match days	day (4-day match)
Umpires	Bob Stratford Tony McQuillan
Points	South Australia 2, Victoria 0

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Victoria Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
GR Vimpani	caught	0	12
SAJ Craig	caught	20	62
DM Jones	caught	3	22
LD Harper	not out	207	389
BJ Hodge	lbw	8	48
GB Gardiner	not out	133	294
Extras	(b 4, lb 3, nb 10, w 5)
Total	393(4 wkts; 137 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
P Wilson	20	9	20	2	1 (1 nb)
JC Scuderi	25	8	55	1	2.2
BE Young	45	9	128	1	2.84
SP George	16	3	67	0	4.18 (3 nb)
BA Johnson	18	4	67	0	3.72
DS Lehmann	8	0	37	0	4.62
DS Webber	4	0	10	0	2.5
DA Fitzgerald	1	0	2	0	2

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	3	Shawn Craig	Graeme Vimpani
2nd	6	Dean Jones	Shawn Craig
3rd	33	Shawn Craig	Laurie Harper
4th	35	Brad Hodge	Laurie Harper
5th	316	Grant Gardiner	Laurie Harper

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Sheffield Shield

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

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