Ireland Vs Denmark
2-Innings Match Played At Rathmines Dublin, 27-Jul-1978, Three-Day
Ireland Win Outright by 81 runs
Round 297
Toss won by Ireland
Umpires NF Fitzimmons - E Parsons
Scorers E Murray Power
Home Side Ireland
Comment 297/5
27, 28 & 29 July.
M Whelan fielded as substitute for Ireland.
Debut: DW Harrison. Finale GP O'Brien
Ossie Colhoun was injured in the second Denmark innings and GP O'Brien kept wicket.
M Whelan (Railway Union CC ) acted substitute for Ireland.
Close
Day 1
Denmark 13-0 (OH Mortensen 8*, PP Klokker 3*)
Day 2 Ireland 2nd innings 90-3 (J Harrison 14*, GP O'Brien 10*)
Match Report here
Ireland 1st Innings 202/6 Declared (Overs 60.5)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
MS Reith c O Mortenssen b S Thomsen 51 166 121 6 0
JF Short   b M Petersson 15 53 30 2 0
BA O'Brien c J Luther b O Mortenssen 4 29 26 0 0
DW Harrison c PP Klokker b M Petersson 5 19 20 1 0
GP O'Brien   b C Morild 5 28 19 1 0
AV Smith not out   61 112 97 6 1
JD Monteith* c O Mortenssen b TS Nielsen 50 77 52 5 0
SC Corlett dnb            
M Halliday dnb            
JWG Elder dnb            
OD Colhoun+ dnb            
extras   (b6 lb4 w1 nb0) 11        
TOTAL   6 wickets for 202        
FOW
1-36(JF Short) 2-51(BA O'Brien) 3-64(DW Harrison) 4-80(GP O'Brien) 5-96(MS Reith)
6-202(JD Monteith)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
O Mortenssen 19 6 43 1 - -
M Petersson 17 4 61 2 - -
C Morild 13 1 41 1 - -
S Thomsen 8 1 33 1 - -
TS Nielsen 3.5 0 13 1 1 -
Denmark 1st Innings 160/10 All Out (Overs 89)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
O Mortenssen   b JD Monteith 8 61 73 0 0
PP Klokker c BA O'Brien b M Halliday 9 78 95 1 0
J Luther   b JD Monteith 14 34 36 2 0
J Priess c JF Short b M Halliday 6 21 24 1 0
C Morild lbw b SC Corlett 67 111 117 13 1
K Buus*   b JWG Elder 8 50 57 0 0
B Jensen   b JD Monteith 13 29 40 2 0
M Petersson run out   1 9 11 0 0
S Thomsen c BA O'Brien b JD Monteith 8 50 57 0 0
TS Nielsen c BA O'Brien b M Halliday 4 15 14 0 0
E Westergard+ not out   11 16 17 1 0
extras   (b1 lb7 w0 nb3) 11        
TOTAL   10 wickets for 160        
FOW
1-18(O Mortenssen) 2-26(PP Klokker) 3-40(J Luther) 4-40(J Priess) 5-78(K Buus)
6-105(B Jensen) 7-108(M Petersson) 8-136(C Morild) 9-140(TS Nielsen)
10-160(S Thomsen)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
SC Corlett 13 5 19 1 - 2
JWG Elder 10 2 27 1 - 2
M Halliday 27 14 47 3 - -
JD Monteith 39 23 56 4 - -
Ireland 2nd Innings 181/8 Declared (Overs 52.5)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
MS Reith   b M Petersson 11 73 45 1 0
JF Short c E Westergard b M Petersson 1 9 9 0 0
BA O'Brien c K Buus b O Mortenssen 48 119 84 7 0
DW Harrison lbw b M Petersson 26 95 55 3 0
GP O'Brien   b M Petersson 10 29 18 2 0
AV Smith   b O Mortenssen 12 35 24 1 0
JD Monteith*   b O Mortenssen 44 67 41 6 0
SC Corlett c PP Klokker b M Petersson 7 21 26 0 0
M Halliday not out   13 19 15 2 0
JWG Elder dnb            
OD Colhoun+ dnb            
extras   (b1 lb3 w5 nb0) 9        
TOTAL   8 wickets for 181        
FOW
1-5(JF Short) 2-38(MS Reith) 3-78(BA O'Brien) 4-99(GP O'Brien) 5-106(DW Harrison)
6-128(AV Smith) 7-149(SC Corlett) 8-181(JD Monteith)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
O Mortenssen 26.5 4 82 3 2 -
M Petersson 24 6 81 5 3 -
S Thomsen 2 0 9 0 - -
Denmark 2nd Innings 142/10 All Out (Overs 70.1)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
PP Klokker c sub b JWG Elder 5 78 69 0 0
J Luther c SC Corlett b JWG Elder 1 18 11 0 0
J Priess c GP O'Brien b JWG Elder 4 22 23 0 0
S Thomsen c GP O'Brien b JWG Elder 0 7 4 0 0
C Morild   b JWG Elder 0 7 6 0 0
O Mortenssen   b JWG Elder 19 83 85 3 0
K Buus* c JF Short b JD Monteith 56 128 129 7 1
B Jensen c DW Harrison b SC Corlett 46 61 51 4 2
M Petersson c GP O'Brien b SC Corlett 4 6 6 1 0
TS Nielsen c sub b JD Monteith 2 21 20 0 0
E Westergard+ not out   0 17 20 0 0
extras   (b3 lb0 w0 nb2) 5        
TOTAL   10 wickets for 142        
FOW
1-5(J Luther) 2-12(J Priess) 3-14(S Thomsen) 4-14(C Morild) 5-21(PP Klokker)
6-59(O Mortenssen) 7-136(B Jensen) 8-136(K Buus) 9-140(M Petersson)
10-142(TS Nielsen)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
SC Corlett 14 8 11 2 - 3
JWG Elder 25 11 29 6 - -
M Halliday 10 2 49 0 - -
JD Monteith 21.1 10 48 2 - -
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