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1978-1979 Australia v England - 3rd Test
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
29th December, 1978
 
Australia 258 & 167
England 143 & 179
Australia won by 103 runs

 
Australia   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Graeme Wood c Emburey b Miller 100  283  6  0 35.34 38.76%
Rick Darling run out 33  71  2  0 46.48 12.79%
Kim Hughes c †Taylor b Botham 0  1  0  0 0.00
Graham Yallop* c Hendrick b Botham 41  98  4  0 41.84 15.89%
Peter Toohey c Randall b Miller 32  70  1  0 45.71 12.40%
Allan Border c Brearley b Hendrick 29  115  4  0 25.22 11.24%
John Maclean b Botham 8  47  0  0 17.02 3.10%
Rodney Hogg c Randall b Miller 0  5  0  0 0.00
Geoffrey Dymock b Hendrick 0  14  0  0 0.00
Alan Hurst b Hendrick 0  2  0  0 0.00
James Higgs not out 1  15  0  0 6.67 0.39%
Extras (lb 8, nb 6) 14  
Total All Out   (89.1 overs @ 2.89 rpo) 258
Fall of Wickets
 
1-65 Darling, 2-65 Hughes, 3-126 Yallop, 4-189 Toohey, 5-247 Border, 6-250 Wood,
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7-250 Hogg, 8-251 Dymock, 9-252 Hurst, 10-258 Maclean
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Bob Willis 13.0 2 47 0 3.62
Ian Botham 20.1 4 68 3 3.37 30.00
Mike Hendrick 23.0 3 50 3 2.17 30.00
John Emburey 14.0 1 44 0 3.14
Geoff Miller 19.0 6 35 3 1.84 30.00
 
 
England   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Geoff Boycott b Hogg 1  13  0  0 7.69 0.70%
Mike Brearley* lbw b Hogg 1  8  0  0 12.50 0.70%
Derek Randall lbw b Hurst 13  53  1  0 24.53 9.09%
Graham Gooch c Border b Dymock 25  91  1  0 27.47 17.48%
David Gower lbw b Dymock 29  48  4  0 60.42 20.28%
Ian Botham c Darling b Higgs 22  80  3  0 27.50 15.38%
Geoff Miller b Hogg 7  101  0  0 6.93 4.90%
Robert Taylor b Hogg 1  4  0  0 25.00 0.70%
John Emburey b Hogg 0  14  0  0 0.00
Bob Willis c Darling b Dymock 19  76  0  0 25.00 13.29%
Mike Hendrick not out 6  33  1  0 18.18 4.20%
Extras (b 6, lb 4, nb 9) 19  
Total All Out   (63.6 overs @ 2.23 rpo) 143
Fall of Wickets
 
1-2 Boycott, 2-3 Brearley, 3-40 Randall, 4-52 Gooch, 5-81 Gower, 6-100 Botham,
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7-101 Taylor, 8-101 Emburey, 9-120 Miller, 10-143 Willis
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Rodney Hogg 17.0 7 30 5 1.76 50.00
Alan Hurst 12.0 2 24 1 2.00 10.00
Geoffrey Dymock 15.6 4 38 3 2.38 30.00
James Higgs 19.0 9 32 1 1.68 10.00
 
 
Australia   2nd Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Graeme Wood b Botham 34  107  0  0 31.78 20.36%
Rick Darling c Randall b Miller 21  86  0  0 24.42 12.57%
Kim Hughes c Gower b Botham 48  142  4  1 33.80 28.74%
Graham Yallop* c †Taylor b Miller 16  46  1  0 34.78 9.58%
Peter Toohey c Botham b Emburey 20  30  1  0 66.67 11.98%
Allan Border run out 0  12  0  0 0.00
John Maclean c Hendrick b Emburey 10  77  1  0 12.99 5.99%
Rodney Hogg b Botham 1  21  0  0 4.76 0.60%
Geoffrey Dymock c Brearley b Hendrick 6  39  0  0 15.38 3.59%
James Higgs st †Taylor b Emburey 0  7  0  0 0.00
Alan Hurst not out 0  4  0  0 0.00
Extras (b 4, lb 6, nb 1) 11  
Total All Out   (71.2 overs @ 2.34 rpo) 167
Fall of Wickets
 
1-55 Darling, 2-81 Wood, 3-101 Yallop, 4-136 Toohey, 5-136 Border, 6-152 Hughes,
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7-157 Hogg, 8-167 Maclean, 9-167 Dymock, 10-167 Higgs
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Bob Willis 7.0 0 21 0 3.00
Ian Botham 15.0 4 41 3 2.73 30.00
Mike Hendrick 14.0 4 25 1 1.79 10.00
Geoff Miller 14.0 5 39 2 2.79 20.00
John Emburey 21.2 12 30 3 1.41 30.00
 
 
England   2nd Innings  (target 283)
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Geoff Boycott lbw b Hurst 38  155  1  0 24.52 21.23%
Mike Brearley* c †Maclean b Dymock 0  3  0  0 0.00
Derek Randall lbw b Hogg 2  8  0  0 25.00 1.12%
Graham Gooch lbw b Hogg 40  87  5  0 45.98 22.35%
David Gower lbw b Dymock 49  128  3  0 38.28 27.37%
Ian Botham c †Maclean b Higgs 10  62  0  0 16.13 5.59%
Geoff Miller c Hughes b Higgs 1  12  0  0 8.33 0.56%
Robert Taylor c †Maclean b Hogg 5  40  0  0 12.50 2.79%
John Emburey not out 7  33  0  0 21.21 3.91%
Bob Willis c Yallop b Hogg 3  12  0  0 25.00 1.68%
Mike Hendrick b Hogg 0  2  0  0 0.00
Extras (b 10, lb 7, w 1, nb 6) 24  
Total All Out   (67.0 overs @ 2.67 rpo) 179
Fall of Wickets
 
1-1 Brearley, 2-6 Randall, 3-71 Gooch, 4-122 Boycott, 5-163 Botham, 6-163 Gower,
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7-167 Miller, 8-171 Taylor, 9-179 Willis, 10-179 Hendrick
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Rodney Hogg 17.0 5 36 5 2.12 50.00
Geoffrey Dymock 18.0 4 37 2 2.06 20.00
Alan Hurst 11.0 1 39 1 3.55 10.00
James Higgs 16.0 2 29 2 1.81 20.00
Allan Border 5.0 0 14 0 2.80
 
MATCH INFORMATION
Venue Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Toss Australia won the toss and elected to bat
Series 1978-1979 Australia v England  (The Ashes) - 3rd Test
Match No. Test #838
Match Conditions Day Match
Player of Match Graeme Wood
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END OF DAY STATUS (Rest days excluded)
Day 1 - Australia 1st innings 243/4 (GM Wood 100*, AR Border 25*)
Day 2 - England 1st innings 107/8 (G Miller 3*, RGD Willis 3*)
Day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 163/7 (JA Maclean 10*, G Dymock 3*)
Day 4 - England 2nd innings 171/8 (JE Emburey 2*)
Day 5 - England 2nd Innings 179, 67.0 overs - end of match

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