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Played at
Melbourne Cricket Ground on 29,30 December 1978, 1,2,3 January 1979 (5-day match)
Result Australia won by 103 runs
Australia 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
GM Wood c Emburey b Miller
100 392
283
6
0
35.33
WM Darling run out
33 93
71
2
0
46.47
KJ Hughes c
0 2
1
0
0
0.00
GN Yallop c Hendrick b Botham
41 83
98
4
0
41.83
PM Toohey c Randall b Miller
32 79
70
1
0
45.71
AR Border c Brearley b Hendrick
29 105
115
4
0
25.21
JA Maclean b Botham
8 68
47
0
0
17.02
RM Hogg c Randall b Miller
0 2
5
0
0
0.00
G Dymock b Hendrick
0 13
14
0
0
0.00
AG Hurst b Hendrick
0 1
2
0
0
0.00
JD Higgs not out
1 24
15
0
0
6.66
Extras
(lb 8, nb 6)
14
Total
(all out; 89.1 overs)
258 (2.17 runs per 6 balls)
England 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
G Boycott b Hogg
1 12
13
0
0
7.69
JM Brearley lbw b Hogg
1 16
8
0
0
12.50
DW Randall lbw b Hurst
13 88
53
1
0
24.52
GA Gooch c Border b Dymock
25 110
91
1
0
27.47
DI Gower lbw b Dymock
29 59
48
4
0
60.41
IT Botham c Darling b Higgs
22 83
80
3
0
27.50
G Miller b Hogg
7 123
101
0
0
6.93
RW Taylor b Hogg
1 3
4
0
0
25.00
JE Emburey b Hogg
0 12
14
0
0
0.00
RGD Willis c Darling b Dymock
19 87
76
0
0
25.00
M Hendrick not out
6 31
33
1
0
18.18
Extras
(b 6, lb 4, nb 9)
19
Total
(all out; 63.6 overs)
143 (1.68 runs per 6 balls)
Australia 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
GM Wood b Botham
34 136
107
0
0
31.77
WM Darling c Randall b Miller
21 100
86
0
0
24.41
KJ Hughes c Gower b Botham
48 153
142
4
1
33.80
GN Yallop c
16 41
46
1
0
34.78
PM Toohey c Botham b Emburey
20 33
30
1
0
66.66
AR Border run out
0 9
12
0
0
0.00
JA Maclean c Hendrick b Emburey
10 91
77
1
0
12.98
RM Hogg b Botham
1 20
21
0
0
4.76
G Dymock c Brearley b Hendrick
6 41
39
0
0
15.38
JD Higgs st
0 10
7
0
0
0.00
AG Hurst not out
0 4
4
0
0
0.00
Extras
(b 4, lb 6, nb 1)
11
Total
(all out; 71.2 overs)
167 (1.75 runs per 6 balls)
England 2nd innings (target: 283 runs)R M B 4s 6s SR
G Boycott lbw b Hurst
38 197
155
1
0
24.51
JM Brearley c
0 7
3
0
0
0.00
DW Randall lbw b Hogg
2 5
8
0
0
25.00
GA Gooch lbw b Hogg
40 95
87
5
0
45.97
DI Gower lbw b Dymock
49 167
128
3
0
38.28
IT Botham c
10 76
62
0
0
16.12
G Miller c Hughes b Higgs
1 17
12
0
0
8.33
RW Taylor c
5 34
40
0
0
12.50
JE Emburey not out
7 44
33
0
0
21.21
RGD Willis c Yallop b Hogg
3 20
12
0
0
25.00
M Hendrick b Hogg
0 1
2
0
0
0.00
Extras
(b 10, lb 7, w 1, nb 6)
24
Total
(all out; 67 overs)
179 (2.00 runs per 6 balls)
Balls per over 8
Toss Australia, who chose to bat firstSeries England led the 6-match series 2-1
Test debut
AR Border
(Australia)Player of the match
GM Wood (Australia)
Umpires
RA French and MG O'Connell
Close of play 29 Dec day 1 - Australia 1st innings 243/4 (GM Wood 100* , AR Border 25* )30 Dec day 2 - England 1st innings 107/8 (G Miller 3* , RGD Willis 3* )31 Dec rest day1 Jan day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 163/7 (JA Maclean 10* , G Dymock 3* )2 Jan day 4 - England 2nd innings 171/8 (JE Emburey 2* )3 Jan day 5 - England 2nd innings 179 (67 ov ) - end of match
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