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Australia vs England, 3rd Test at Melbourne, Dec 29 1978 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

3rd Test, Melbourne, December 29, 1978 - January 03, 1979, England tour of Australia

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Australia

258 & 167

England

(T:283) 143 & 179

Australia won by 103 runs

Player Of The Match

Graeme Wood

, AUS

100 & 34

Summary

Scorecard

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Australia 1st Innings

England 1st Innings

Australia 2nd Innings

England 2nd Innings

Info

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood	c Emburey b Miller	100	283	392	6	0	35.33
Rick Darling	run out	33	71	93	2	0	46.47
Kim Hughes	c †Taylor b Botham	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Graham Yallop (c)	c Hendrick b Botham	41	98	83	4	0	41.83
Peter Toohey	c Randall b Miller	32	70	79	1	0	45.71
Allan Border	c Brearley b Hendrick	29	115	105	4	0	25.21
John Maclean †	b Botham	8	47	68	0	0	17.02
Rodney Hogg	c Randall b Miller	0	5	2	0	0	0.00
Geoff Dymock	b Hendrick	0	14	13	0	0	0.00
Alan Hurst	b Hendrick	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Jim Higgs	not out	1	15	24	0	0	6.66
Extras	(lb 8, nb 6)	14
Total	89.1 Ov (RR: 2.89)	258
Fall of wickets: 1-65 (Rick Darling), 2-65 (Kim Hughes), 3-126 (Graham Yallop), 4-189 (Peter Toohey), 5-247 (Allan Border), 6-250 (Graeme Wood), 7-250 (Rodney Hogg), 8-251 (Geoff Dymock), 9-252 (Alan Hurst), 10-258 (John Maclean)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Bob Willis	13	2	47	0	2.71	-	-	-
Ian Botham	20.1	4	68	3	2.53	-	-	-
Mike Hendrick	23	3	50	3	1.63	-	-	-
John Emburey	14	1	44	0	2.35	-	-	-
Geoff Miller	19	6	35	3	1.38	-	-	-

England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott	b Hogg	1	13	12	0	0	7.69
Mike Brearley (c)	lbw b Hogg	1	8	16	0	0	12.50
Derek Randall	lbw b Hurst	13	53	88	1	0	24.52
Graham Gooch	c Border b Dymock	25	91	110	1	0	27.47
David Gower	lbw b Dymock	29	48	59	4	0	60.41
Ian Botham	c Darling b Higgs	22	80	83	3	0	27.50
Geoff Miller	b Hogg	7	101	123	0	0	6.93
Bob Taylor †	b Hogg	1	4	3	0	0	25.00
John Emburey	b Hogg	0	14	12	0	0	0.00
Bob Willis	c Darling b Dymock	19	76	87	0	0	25.00
Mike Hendrick	not out	6	33	31	1	0	18.18
Extras	(b 6, lb 4, nb 9)	19
Total	63.6 Ov (RR: 2.24)	143
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Geoff Boycott), 2-3 (Mike Brearley), 3-40 (Derek Randall), 4-52 (Graham Gooch), 5-81 (David Gower), 6-100 (Ian Botham), 7-101 (Bob Taylor), 8-101 (John Emburey), 9-120 (Geoff Miller), 10-143 (Bob Willis)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Rodney Hogg	17	7	30	5	1.32	-	-	-
Alan Hurst	12	2	24	1	1.50	-	-	-
Geoff Dymock	15.6	4	38	3	1.80	-	-	-
Jim Higgs	19	9	32	1	1.26	-	-	-

Australia 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood	b Botham	34	107	136	0	0	31.77
Rick Darling	c Randall b Miller	21	86	100	0	0	24.41
Kim Hughes	c Gower b Botham	48	142	153	4	1	33.80
Graham Yallop (c)	c †Taylor b Miller	16	46	41	1	0	34.78
Peter Toohey	c Botham b Emburey	20	30	33	1	0	66.66
Allan Border	run out	0	12	9	0	0	0.00
John Maclean †	c Hendrick b Emburey	10	77	91	1	0	12.98
Rodney Hogg	b Botham	1	21	20	0	0	4.76
Geoff Dymock	c Brearley b Hendrick	6	39	41	0	0	15.38
Jim Higgs	st †Taylor b Emburey	0	7	10	0	0	0.00
Alan Hurst	not out	0	4	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 6, nb 1)	11
Total	71.2 Ov (RR: 2.34)	167
Fall of wickets: 1-55 (Rick Darling), 2-81 (Graeme Wood), 3-101 (Graham Yallop), 4-136 (Peter Toohey), 5-136 (Allan Border), 6-152 (Kim Hughes), 7-157 (Rodney Hogg), 8-167 (John Maclean), 9-167 (Geoff Dymock), 10-167 (Jim Higgs)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Bob Willis	7	0	21	0	2.25	-	-	-
Ian Botham	15	4	41	3	2.05	-	-	-
Mike Hendrick	14	4	25	1	1.33	-	-	-
Geoff Miller	14	5	39	2	2.08	-	-	-
John Emburey	21.2	12	30	3	1.05	-	-	-

England 2nd Innings (T: 283 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott	lbw b Hurst	38	155	197	1	0	24.51
Mike Brearley (c)	c †Maclean b Dymock	0	3	7	0	0	0.00
Derek Randall	lbw b Hogg	2	8	5	0	0	25.00
Graham Gooch	lbw b Hogg	40	87	95	5	0	45.97
David Gower	lbw b Dymock	49	128	167	3	0	38.28
Ian Botham	c †Maclean b Higgs	10	62	76	0	0	16.12
Geoff Miller	c Hughes b Higgs	1	12	17	0	0	8.33
Bob Taylor †	c †Maclean b Hogg	5	40	34	0	0	12.50
John Emburey	not out	7	33	44	0	0	21.21
Bob Willis	c Yallop b Hogg	3	12	20	0	0	25.00
Mike Hendrick	b Hogg	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 10, lb 7, nb 6, w 1)	24
Total	67 Ov (RR: 2.67)	179
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Mike Brearley), 2-6 (Derek Randall), 3-71 (Graham Gooch), 4-122 (Geoff Boycott), 5-163 (Ian Botham), 6-163 (David Gower), 7-167 (Geoff Miller), 8-171 (Bob Taylor), 9-179 (Bob Willis), 10-179 (Mike Hendrick)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Rodney Hogg	17	5	36	5	1.58	-	-	-
Geoff Dymock	18	4	37	2	1.54	-	-	-
Alan Hurst	11	1	39	1	2.65	-	-	-
Jim Higgs	16	2	29	2	1.35	-	-	-
Allan Border	5	0	14	0	2.10	-	-	-

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Fri, 29 Dec - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 243/4 (Graeme Wood 100*, Allan Border 25*)

Sat, 30 Dec - day 2 - England 1st innings 107/8 (Geoff Miller 3*, Bob Willis 3*)

Sun, 31 Dec - rest day

Mon, 01 Jan - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 163/7 (John Maclean 10*, Geoff Dymock 3*)

Tue, 02 Jan - day 4 - England 2nd innings 171/8 (John Emburey 2*)

Wed, 03 Jan - day 5 - England 2nd innings 179 (67 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss	Australia, elected to bat first
Series	England tour of Australia
Season	1978/79
Player Of The Match	Graeme Wood
Series result	England led the 6-match series 2-1
Match number	Test no. 838
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Allan Border
Umpires	Dick French Max O'Connell

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England Innings

Player Name		R	B
G Boycott	lbw	38	155
JM Brearley	caught	0	3
DW Randall	lbw	2	8
GA Gooch	lbw	40	87
DI Gower	lbw	49	128
IT Botham	caught	10	62
G Miller	caught	1	12
RW Taylor	caught	5	40
JE Emburey	not out	7	33
RGD Willis	caught	3	12
M Hendrick	bowled	0	2
Extras	(b 10, lb 7, nb 6, w 1)
Total	179(10 wkts; 67 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
RM Hogg	17	5	36	5	1.58
G Dymock	18	4	37	2	1.54
AG Hurst	11	1	39	1	2.65
JD Higgs	16	2	29	2	1.35
AR Border	5	0	14	0	2.1

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	1	Geoff Boycott	Mike Brearley
2nd	5	Geoff Boycott	Derek Randall
3rd	65	Geoff Boycott	Graham Gooch
4th	51	Geoff Boycott	David Gower
5th	41	Ian Botham	David Gower
6th	0	Geoff Miller	David Gower
7th	4	Bob Taylor	Geoff Miller
8th	4	Bob Taylor	John Emburey
9th	8	Bob Willis	John Emburey
10th	0	Mike Hendrick	John Emburey

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