Australia vs England, 1st Test at Perth, Dec 14 1979 - Full Scorecard
RESULT
1st Test, W.A.C.A, December 14 - 19, 1979, England tour of Australia
Australia 1st Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| run out | 11 | 34 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 32.35 | |||
| lbw b Botham | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| lbw b Botham | 4 | 24 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 | |||
| c Boycott b Botham | 19 | 77 | 101 | 2 | 0 | 24.67 | |||
| c Brearley b Underwood | 99 | 195 | 235 | 10 | 0 | 50.76 | |||
| c Underwood b Dilley | 19 | 35 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 54.28 | |||
| c †Taylor b Dilley | 42 | 112 | 142 | 3 | 1 | 37.50 | |||
| c †Taylor b Botham | 17 | 46 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 36.95 | |||
| c †Taylor b Botham | 18 | 39 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 46.15 | |||
| b Botham | 5 | 35 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 | |||
| not out | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |||
| Extras | (b 4, lb 3, nb 2) | 9 | |||||||
| Total | 100 Ov (RR: 2.44) | 244 | |||||||
Fall of wickets 1-2 (Bruce Laird), 2-17 (Allan Border), 3-20 (Julien Wiener), 4-88 (Greg Chappell), 5-127 (Peter Toohey), 6-186 (Kim Hughes), 7-219 (Rod Marsh), 8-219 (Ray Bright), 9-243 (Geoff Dymock), 10-244 (Dennis Lillee) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 1 | 47 | 2 | 2.61 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 35 | 9 | 78 | 6 | 2.22 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | 7 | 47 | 0 | 2.04 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | 4 | 33 | 1 | 2.53 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 2.72 | - | 0 | 0 |
England 1st Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c Hughes b Lillee | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| lbw b Lillee | 0 | 20 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| c Chappell b Dymock | 9 | 18 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | |||
| c †Marsh b Lillee | 17 | 26 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 65.38 | |||
| c Hughes b Thomson | 25 | 53 | 69 | 2 | 0 | 47.16 | |||
| c †Marsh b Lillee | 64 | 184 | 251 | 6 | 0 | 34.78 | |||
| c Toohey b Thomson | 15 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 93.75 | |||
| b Chappell | 14 | 44 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 31.81 | |||
| not out | 38 | 157 | 206 | 4 | 0 | 24.20 | |||
| lbw b Dymock | 13 | 24 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 54.16 | |||
| b Dymock | 11 | 19 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 57.89 | |||
| Extras | (lb 7, nb 15) | 22 | |||||||
| Total | 91.1 Ov (RR: 2.50) | 228 | |||||||
Fall of wickets 1-1 (Derek Randall), 2-12 (Peter Willey), 3-14 (Geoff Boycott), 4-41 (David Gower), 5-74 (Geoff Miller), 6-90 (Ian Botham), 7-123 (Bob Taylor), 8-185 (Mike Brearley), 9-203 (Derek Underwood), 10-228 (Bob Willis) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | 11 | 73 | 4 | 2.60 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 29.1 | 14 | 52 | 3 | 1.78 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0.45 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | 3 | 70 | 2 | 3.33 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3.00 | - | 0 | 0 |
Australia 2nd Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c Randall b Underwood | 58 | 105 | 136 | 6 | 1 | 55.23 | |||
| c †Taylor b Underwood | 33 | 115 | 150 | 3 | 0 | 28.69 | |||
| c †Taylor b Willis | 115 | 296 | 383 | 13 | 0 | 38.85 | |||
| st †Taylor b Underwood | 43 | 95 | 115 | 4 | 0 | 45.26 | |||
| c Miller b Botham | 4 | 13 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 30.76 | |||
| c †Taylor b Botham | 3 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |||
| c Gower b Botham | 4 | 19 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 21.05 | |||
| lbw b Botham | 12 | 32 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 37.50 | |||
| c Willey b Dilley | 19 | 105 | 135 | 1 | 0 | 18.09 | |||
| not out | 20 | 39 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 51.28 | |||
| b Botham | 8 | 25 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 32.00 | |||
| Extras | (b 4, lb 5, nb 7, w 2) | 18 | |||||||
| Total | 141.5 Ov (RR: 2.37) | 337 | |||||||
Fall of wickets 1-91 (Julien Wiener), 2-100 (Bruce Laird), 3-168 (Greg Chappell), 4-183 (Kim Hughes), 5-191 (Peter Toohey), 6-204 (Rod Marsh), 7-225 (Ray Bright), 7-296* (Allan Border, retired not out), 8-303 (Dennis Lillee), 9-323 (Allan Border), 10-337 (Jeff Thomson) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 3 | 50 | 1 | 2.77 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 45.5 | 14 | 98 | 5 | 2.13 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 26 | 7 | 52 | 1 | 2.00 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 41 | 14 | 82 | 3 | 2.00 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 3.60 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | - | 0 | 0 |
England 2nd Innings (T: 354 runs)
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lbw b Dymock | 1 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11.11 | |||
| not out | 99 | 285 | 337 | 8 | 0 | 34.73 | |||
| lbw b Dymock | 12 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 66.66 | |||
| c Thomson b Dymock | 23 | 42 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 54.76 | |||
| c Chappell b Thomson | 8 | 19 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 42.10 | |||
| c †Marsh b Lillee | 18 | 44 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 40.90 | |||
| c †Marsh b Bright | 11 | 24 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 45.83 | |||
| b Lillee | 15 | 44 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 34.09 | |||
| c †Marsh b Dymock | 16 | 61 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 26.22 | |||
| c Wiener b Dymock | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| c Chappell b Dymock | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Extras | (lb 3, nb 8, w 1) | 12 | |||||||
| Total | 90.2 Ov (RR: 2.38) | 215 | |||||||
Fall of wickets 1-8 (Derek Randall), 2-26 (Peter Willey), 3-64 (David Gower), 4-75 (Geoff Miller), 5-115 (Ian Botham), 6-141 (Mike Brearley), 7-182 (Bob Taylor), 8-211 (Graham Dilley), 9-211 (Derek Underwood), 10-215 (Bob Willis) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 5 | 74 | 2 | 3.21 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 17.2 | 4 | 34 | 6 | 1.96 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1.00 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | 3 | 30 | 1 | 2.72 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | 11 | 30 | 1 | 1.30 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 2.75 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3.50 | - | 0 | 0 |
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Close of Play
Fri, 14 Dec
day 1 - Australia 1st innings 232/8 (Dennis Lillee 11*, Geoff Dymock 1*)Sat, 15 Dec
day 2 - England 1st innings 177/7 (Mike Brearley 56*, Graham Dilley 21*)Sun, 16 Dec
day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 168/2 (Allan Border 32*, Greg Chappell 43*)Mon, 17 Dec
rest dayTue, 18 Dec
day 4 - England 2nd innings 19/1 (Geoff Boycott 5*, Peter Willey 9*)Wed, 19 Dec
day 5 - England 2nd innings 215 (90.2 ov) - end of matchMatch Flow
General
DK Lillee faced four balls (from Botham) and scored three runs using an aluminium bat. Ten minutes were lost while the umpire persuaded Lille to change the bat for a standard wooden one.
AR Border (2) retired hurt on 109* from 296/7 to 303/8
Match Details
TossEngland, elected to field first
Season1979/80
Player Of The Match
Series resultAustralia led the 3-match series 1-0
Match numberTest no. 864
Match daysday (5-day match)
Test debut
Umpires