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Test no. 834
The Ashes - 1st Test
Australia v England
1978/79 season

Played at Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, on 1,2,3,5,6 December 1978 (5-day match)

Result England won by 7 wickets

Australia 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
GM Wood c wicketkeeperTaylor b Old 7 45 30 0 0 23.33
GJ Cosier run out 1 3 2 0 0 50.00
PM Toohey b Willis 1 9 12 0 0 8.33
captain GN Yallop c Gooch b Willis 7 59 40 0 0 17.50
KJ Hughes c wicketkeeperTaylor b Botham 4 34 24 0 0 16.66
TJ Laughlin c sub (JK Lever) b Willis 2 8 3 0 0 66.66
wicketkeeper JA Maclean not out 33 135 83 2 0 39.75
B Yardley c wicketkeeperTaylor b Willis 17 40 40 2 0 42.50
RM Hogg c wicketkeeperTaylor b Botham 36 78 67 5 0 53.73
AG Hurst c wicketkeeperTaylor b Botham 0 2 4 0 0 0.00
JD Higgs b Old 1 5 5 0 0 20.00
    Extras (lb 1, nb 6) 7
    Total (all out; 37.7 overs) 116 (2.29 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-2 (Cosier), 2-5 (Toohey), 3-14 (Wood), 4-22 (Yallop), 5-24 (Hughes), 6-26 (Laughlin), 7-53 (Yardley), 8-113 (Hogg), 9-113 (Hurst), 10-116 (Higgs)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 RGD Willis 14 2 44 4 2.35
 CM Old 9.7 1 24 2 1.82
 IT Botham 12 1 40 3 2.50
 GA Gooch 1 0 1 0 0.75
 PH Edmonds 1 1 0 0 0.00

England 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
G Boycott c Hughes b Hogg 13 91 67 1 0 19.40
GA Gooch c Laughlin b Hogg 2 18 13 0 0 15.38
DW Randall c Laughlin b Hurst 75 223 196 10 1 38.26
wicketkeeper RW Taylor lbw b Hurst 20 172 115 0 0 17.39
captain JM Brearley c wicketkeeperMaclean b Hogg 6 19 13 1 0 46.15
DI Gower c wicketkeeperMaclean b Hurst 44 111 90 5 0 48.88
IT Botham c wicketkeeperMaclean b Hogg 49 102 73 5 0 67.12
G Miller lbw b Hogg 27 93 70 1 0 38.57
PH Edmonds c wicketkeeperMaclean b Hogg 1 15 9 0 0 11.11
CM Old not out 29 113 102 2 0 28.43
RGD Willis c wicketkeeperMaclean b Hurst 8 44 20 1 0 40.00
    Extras (b 7, lb 4, nb 1) 12
    Total (all out; 95.4 overs) 286 (2.24 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-2 (Gooch), 2-38 (Boycott), 3-111 (Randall), 4-120 (Brearley), 5-120 (Taylor), 6-215 (Botham), 7-219 (Gower), 8-226 (Edmonds), 9-266 (Miller), 10-286 (Willis)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 AG Hurst 27.4 6 93 4 2.53
 RM Hogg 28 8 74 6 1.98
 TJ Laughlin 22 6 54 0 1.84
 B Yardley 7 1 34 0 3.64
 GJ Cosier 5 1 10 0 1.50
 JD Higgs 6 2 9 0 1.12

Australia 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
GM Wood lbw b Old 19 88 50 1 0 38.00
GJ Cosier b Willis 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
PM Toohey lbw b Botham 1 7 9 0 0 11.11
captain GN Yallop c & b Willis 102 347 307 8 0 33.22
KJ Hughes c Edmonds b Willis 129 481 411 8 2 31.38
TJ Laughlin lbw b Old 5 13 8 0 0 62.50
wicketkeeper JA Maclean lbw b Miller 15 63 63 1 0 23.80
B Yardley c Brearley b Miller 16 79 70 1 0 22.85
RM Hogg b Botham 16 41 35 1 0 45.71
AG Hurst b Botham 0 1 2 0 0 0.00
JD Higgs not out 0 4 2 0 0 0.00
    Extras (b 9, lb 5, nb 22) 36
    Total (all out; 116.6 overs) 339 (2.17 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-0 (Cosier), 2-2 (Toohey), 3-49 (Wood), 4-219 (Yallop), 5-228 (Laughlin), 6-261 (Maclean), 7-310 (Yardley), 8-339 (Hogg), 9-339 (Hurst), 10-339 (Hughes)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 RGD Willis 27.6 3 69 3 1.86
 IT Botham 26 5 95 3 2.74
 CM Old 17 1 60 2 2.64
 G Miller 34 12 52 2 1.14
 PH Edmonds 12 1 27 0 1.68

England 2nd innings (target: 170 runs) R M B 4s 6s SR
G Boycott run out 16 98 82 0 0 19.51
GA Gooch c Yardley b Hogg 2 53 33 0 0 6.06
DW Randall not out 74 210 175 5 0 42.28
captain JM Brearley c wicketkeeperMaclean b Yardley 13 54 51 1 0 25.49
DI Gower not out 48 109 90 4 0 53.33
    Extras (b 12, lb 3, nb 2) 17
    Total (3 wickets; 53.5 overs) 170 (2.37 runs per 6 balls)

Did not bat wicketkeeperRW Taylor, IT Botham, G Miller, PH Edmonds, CM Old, RGD Willis

Fall of wickets1-16 (Gooch), 2-37 (Boycott), 3-74 (Brearley)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 RM Hogg 12.5 2 35 1 2.07
 AG Hurst 10 4 17 0 1.27
 B Yardley 13 1 41 1 2.36
 TJ Laughlin 3 0 6 0 1.50
 JD Higgs 12 1 43 0 2.68
 GJ Cosier 3 0 11 0 2.75

Balls per over 8

Toss Australia, who chose to bat first
Series England led the 6-match series 1-0

Test debuts RM Hogg and JA Maclean (Australia)
Player of the match DW Randall (England)

Umpires RA French and MG O'Connell

Close of play
1 Dec day 1 - England 1st innings 60/2 (DW Randall 43*, RW Taylor 2*)
2 Dec day 2 - England 1st innings 257/8 (G Miller 19*, CM Old 17*)
3 Dec day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 157/3 (GN Yallop 74*, KJ Hughes 51*)
4 Dec rest day
5 Dec day 4 - England 2nd innings 16/0 (G Boycott 9*, GA Gooch 2*)
6 Dec day 5 - England 2nd innings 170/3 (53.5 ov) - end of match

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