Gillette Cup (Australia), 1977/78, Final
Western Australia v Tasmania
W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth
5 February 1978 (40-over match)

Result: Western Australia won by 7 wickets
Series: Western Australia wins the 1977/78 Gillette Cup (Australia)

Toss: Western Australia
Umpires: BD Cook and DG Weser
Man of the Match: GM Wood

Balls per over: 8

Tasmania innings (40 overs maximum)                             R   M   B  4 6
+BR Doolan            c Serjeant         b Alderman            28  73  60  2 0
JH Hampshire          c Wright           b Alderman            28  84  59  1 0
DA Smith              c Gannon           b Alderman            13  24  29  1 0
RD Woolley            c Mann             b Inverarity          56 126  77  1 0
SJ Howard             c Wright           b Gannon              26  44  52  1 0
TW Docking            c Wright           b Gannon               0   8  11  0 0
DJ Baker              c Serjeant         b Alderman             9  20   5  0 0
*J Simmons            c Gannon           b Inverarity          13  21  14  1 0
AJ Benneworth         not out                                   1   3   1  0 0
GJ Cowmeadow          c Charlesworth     b Inverarity           2   1   2  0 0
Extras                (lb 8)                                    8
Total                 (9 wickets, 40 overs, 205 mins)         184

DNB: RJ Sherriff.

FoW: 1-54 (Doolan), 2-61 (Hampshire), 3-75 (Smith),
     4-126 (Howard), 5-132 (Docking), 6-152 (Baker),
     7-181 (Simmons), 8-181 (Woolley), 9-184 (Cowmeadow).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Gannon                       8      1     22      2
Clark                        8      0     32      0
Alderman                     8      0     40      4
Brayshaw                     8      0     48      0
Mann                         4      0     15      0
Inverarity                   4      0     19      3

Western Australia innings (target: 185 runs from 40 overs)      R   M   B  4 6
GM Wood               not out                                 108 198 160 10 0
RI Charlesworth       run out                                  33 124  53  0 0
KJ Hughes             c Sherriff         b Simmons              0   3   2  0 0
CS Serjeant                          c & b Baker               29  60  50  3 0
AL Mann               not out                                   8   6   5  2 0
Extras                (b 2, lb 5)                               7
Total                 (3 wickets, 37.1 overs, 198 mins)       185

DNB: *RJ Inverarity, IJ Brayshaw, +KJ Wright, WM Clark,
     JB Gannon, TM Alderman.

FoW: 1-107 (Charlesworth), 2-108 (Hughes), 3-175 (Serjeant).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Baker                        7      0     47      1
Sherriff                     8      0     43      0
Cowmeadow                    6.1    0     31      0
Simmons                      8      0     33      1
Benneworth                   8      3     24      0

Note: Wides count as Balls Faced in the batsmens' analyses

• Scorers: M Bender (Tasmania) and E McMullen (Western Australia)
• 12th Men: B Yardley (Western Australia) and MJ Norman (Tasmania)
• Attendance: 13,753

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Team Pages: Western Australia, Tasmania.

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

Tasmania Player Pages: BR Doolan, JH Hampshire, DA Smith, RD Woolley, SJ Howard, TW Docking, DJ Baker, J Simmons, AJ Benneworth, GJ Cowmeadow, RJ Sherriff.

Western Australia Player Pages: GM Wood, RI Charlesworth, KJ Hughes, CS Serjeant, AL Mann, RJ Inverarity, IJ Brayshaw, KJ Wright, WM Clark, JB Gannon, TM Alderman.

Match Officials' Pages: BD Cook, DG Weser.