Ireland Vs MCC
2-Innings Match Played At Eglinton Londonderry, 24-Jun-1978, Three-Day
Match Drawn   
   
     | Round | 
     295 | 
   
   
     | Toss won by | 
     Ireland | 
   
   
     | Umpires | 
     D Browne - J Peoples | 
   
   
     | Scorers | 
     A Moore - E Murray Power | 
   
   
     | Home Side | 
     Ireland | 
   
   
     | Comment | 
     295/64   24, 25 & 26 June.  Finale LP Hughes Close Day 1 Ireland 1st innings 272-6 (T Harper 24*, LP Hughes 0*) Day 2  Ireland 2nd innings 6-0 (MS Reith 4*  JF Short 1*)
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     | Match Report | 
     here | 
   
Ireland 1st Innings 272/6 Declared (Overs 93)
   
      | FOW | 
   
   
     | 1-109(JF Short) 2-175(MS Reith) 3-228(IJ Anderson) 4-239(BA O'Brien) | 
   
   
     | 5-261(CCJ Harte) 6-272(JD Monteith) | 
   
 | 
   
      | Bowler | 
      Overs | 
      Maid | 
      Runs | 
      Wkts | 
      wd | 
      nb | 
   
   
     | WG Merry | 
     17 | 
     4 | 
     55 | 
     0 | 
     - | 
     2 | 
   
   
     | DC Wing | 
     28 | 
     11 | 
     42 | 
     1 | 
     1 | 
     1 | 
   
   
     | D Wilson | 
     19 | 
     9 | 
     51 | 
     0 | 
     - | 
     - | 
   
   
     | MD Mence | 
     9 | 
     1 | 
     38 | 
     3 | 
     3 | 
     2 | 
   
   
     | FW Millett | 
     9 | 
     4 | 
     25 | 
     1 | 
     1 | 
     - | 
   
   
     | J LLoyd | 
     11 | 
     2 | 
     37 | 
     0 | 
     - | 
     1 | 
   
MCC 1st Innings 176/10 All Out (Overs 89.2)
   
      | FOW | 
   
   
     | 1-72(G Sandrock) 2-91(MGM Groves) 3-106(CC Hunte) 4-108(RE Marshall) 5-113(J LLoyd) | 
   
   
     | 6-118(FW Millett) 7-140(D Wilson) 8-151(MD Mence) 9-167(DC Wing) 10-176(WG Merry) | 
   
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Ireland 2nd Innings 143/7 Declared (Overs 43)
   
      | FOW | 
   
   
     | 1-56(MS Reith) 2-72(BA O'Brien) 3-80(IJ Anderson) 4-85(T Harpur) 5-85(CCJ Harte) | 
   
   
     | 6-105(JF Short) 7-108(LP Hughes) | 
   
 | 
   
      | Bowler | 
      Overs | 
      Maid | 
      Runs | 
      Wkts | 
      wd | 
      nb | 
   
   
     | WG Merry | 
     11 | 
     2 | 
     30 | 
     0 | 
     - | 
     4 | 
   
   
     | DC Wing | 
     7 | 
     2 | 
     17 | 
     0 | 
     - | 
     - | 
   
   
     | D Wilson | 
     14 | 
     2 | 
     25 | 
     4 | 
     - | 
     - | 
   
   
     | FW Millett | 
     11 | 
     3 | 
     48 | 
     3 | 
     - | 
     - | 
   
MCC 2nd Innings 207/8 Closed (Overs 63)
   
      | Batsman | 
      Fieldsman | 
      Bowler | 
      Runs | 
      Min | 
      Bls | 
      4s | 
      6s | 
   
   
     | CC Hunte | 
     not out | 
       | 
     61 | 
     197 | 
     190 | 
     12 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | G Sandrock | 
       | 
     b LP Hughes | 
     0 | 
     5 | 
     4 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | MGM Groves | 
       | 
     b M Halliday | 
     36 | 
     50 | 
     49 | 
     7 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | J LLoyd | 
     c OD Colhoun | 
     b M Halliday | 
     39 | 
     29 | 
     41 | 
     5 | 
     1 | 
   
   
     | RE Marshall | 
     run out | 
       | 
     12 | 
     10 | 
     12 | 
     3 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | P Morris+ | 
       | 
     b JWG Elder | 
     33 | 
     39 | 
     41 | 
     3 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | D Wilson | 
       | 
     b JD Monteith | 
     14 | 
     29 | 
     18 | 
     0 | 
     2 | 
   
   
     | MD Mence | 
     c OD Colhoun | 
     b JWG Elder | 
     5 | 
     6 | 
     6 | 
     1 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | FW Millett* | 
       | 
     b M Halliday | 
     2 | 
     15 | 
     13 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | DC Wing | 
     not out | 
       | 
     0 | 
     4 | 
     4 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | WG Merry | 
     dnb | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
   
   
     | extras | 
       | 
     (b1 lb4 w0 nb0) | 
     5 | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
   
   
     | TOTAL | 
       | 
     8 wickets for | 
     207 | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
   
   
      | FOW | 
   
   
     | 1-0(G Sandrock) 2-50(MGM Groves) 3-102(J LLoyd) 4-118(RE Marshall) 5-168(P Morris) | 
   
   
     | 6-189(D Wilson) 7-196(MD Mence) 8-203(FW Millett) | 
   
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