Smallest victories in 1970s in FC IN Australia
By runs
Winner | Margin | Balls Rem | Target | Overs | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
| 7 runs | - | 182 | 66.1x8 | v Victoria | Melbourne | 5 Dec 1975 | First-class | |
| 16 runs | - | 341 | 84.7x8 | v India | Brisbane | 2 Dec 1977 | Test # 809 | |
| 17 runs | - | 152 | 50.5x8 | v South Aust | Brisbane | 21 Jan 1972 | First-class | |
| 21 runs | - | 265 | 52.6x8 | v NSW | Adelaide | 7 Nov 1975 | First-class | |
| 23 runs | - | 388 | 85.6x8 | v Victoria | Sydney | 29 Dec 1972 | First-class | |
| 25 runs | - | 166 | 67.2x8 | v West Aust | Adelaide | 31 Dec 1971 | First-class | |
| 27 runs | - | 294 | 93.1 | v NSW | Adelaide | 30 Nov 1979 | First-class | |
| 32 runs | - | 250 | 44.0x8 | v South Aust | Adelaide | 7 Mar 1975 | First-class | |
| 32 runs | - | 229 | 51.1x8 | v England XI | Adelaide | 3 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 40 runs | - | 204 | 43.3x8 | v South Aust | Adelaide | 15 Feb 1975 | First-class | |
| 45 runs | - | 463 | 112.4x8 | v England | Melbourne | 12 Mar 1977 | Test # 800 | |
| 46 runs | - | 195 | 63.5 | v West Aust | Brisbane | 2 Nov 1979 | First-class | |
| 47 runs | - | 493 | 141.4x8 | v India | Adelaide | 28 Jan 1978 | Test # 816 | |
| 48 runs | - | 174 | 55.3x8 | v South Aust | Adelaide | 9 Nov 1973 | First-class | |
| 49 runs | - | 214 | 36.0x8 | v South Aust | Adelaide | 16 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 51 runs | - | 383 | 101.6x8 | v NSW | Melbourne | 23 Dec 1973 | First-class | |
| 52 runs | - | 159 | 46.0x8 | v Pakistan | Sydney | 6 Jan 1973 | Test # 707 | |
| 52 runs | - | 243 | 55.4 | v West Aust | Adelaide | 28 Dec 1979 | First-class | |
| 57 runs | - | 234 | 57.2x8 | v Victoria | Brisbane | 30 Jan 1970 | First-class | |
| 62 runs | - | 223 | 62.6x8 | v Australia | Sydney | 12 Feb 1971 | Test # 679 | |
| 68 runs | - | 247 | 72.3x8 | v Victoria | Brisbane | 3 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 71 runs | - | 382 | 92.4x8 | v Australia | Melbourne | 10 Mar 1979 | Test # 849 | |
| 76 runs | - | 311 | 66.1x8 | v Victoria | Sydney | 13 Feb 1976 | First-class | |
| 78 runs | - | 305 | 39.4x8 | v South Aust | Adelaide | 14 Dec 1973 | First-class | |
| 81 runs | - | 253 | 54.2x8 | v Queensland | W.A.C.A | 17 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 91 runs | - | 232 | 45.2x8 | v NSW | Sydney | 25 Feb 1978 | First-class | |
| 92 runs | - | 293 | 57.5x8 | v Pakistan | Melbourne | 29 Dec 1972 | Test # 705 | |
| 93 runs | - | 205 | 49.2x8 | v Australia | Sydney | 6 Jan 1979 | Test # 840 | |
| 96 runs | - | 348 | 76.6x8 | v West Aust | W.A.C.A | 8 Nov 1975 | First-class | |
| 102 runs | - | 326 | 54.6x8 | v Victoria | Melbourne | 9 Feb 1973 | First-class | |
| 103 runs | - | 283 | 67.0x8 | v England | Melbourne | 29 Dec 1978 | Test # 838 | |
| 104 runs | - | 411 | 97.2x8 | v West Aust | Adelaide | 12 Jan 1974 | First-class | |
| 106 runs | - | 269 | 55.3x8 | v NSW | Adelaide | 10 Nov 1972 | First-class | |
| 113 runs | - | 269 | 45.3x8 | v South Aust | Adelaide | 18 Jan 1974 | First-class | |
| 127 runs | - | 321 | 44.5x8 | v NSW | Adelaide | 26 Feb 1971 | First-class | |
| 128 runs | - | 338 | 47.4x8 | v NSW | Sydney | 10 Dec 1977 | First-class | |
| 132 runs | - | 367 | 59.1x8 | v South Aust | Sydney | 20 Nov 1976 | First-class | |
| 133 runs | - | 391 | 72.6x8 | v Queensland | Sydney | 31 Dec 1971 | First-class | |
| 134 runs | - | 307 | 62.2x8 | v South Aust | Adelaide | 18 Nov 1977 | First-class | |
| 137 runs | - | 401 | 63.6x8 | v Victoria | Melbourne | 24 Feb 1978 | First-class | |
| 138 runs | - | 204 | 35.5x8 | v Queensland | Melbourne | 11 Dec 1970 | First-class | |
| 138 runs | - | 354 | 90.2 | v England | W.A.C.A | 14 Dec 1979 | Test # 864 | |
| 138 runs | - | 362 | 86.2 | v Queensland | Brisbane | 28 Dec 1979 | First-class | |
| 140 runs | - | 219 | 27.5x8 | v West Aust | W.A.C.A | 9 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 146 runs | - | 305 | 48.0x8 | v NSW | Melbourne | 19 Dec 1975 | First-class | |
| 163 runs | - | 375 | 52.2x8 | v Queensland | Brisbane | 1 Dec 1972 | First-class | |
| 163 runs | - | 405 | 75.0x8 | v England | Adelaide | 25 Jan 1975 | Test # 754 | |
| 165 runs | - | 492 | 54.5x8 | v West Indies | Melbourne | 31 Jan 1976 | Test # 770 | |
| 166 runs | - | 333 | 56.5x8 | v England | Brisbane | 29 Nov 1974 | Test # 746 | |
| 166 runs | - | 328 | 46.1x8 | v Australia | W.A.C.A | 15 Dec 1978 | Test # 836 | |
| 167 runs | - | 359 | 46.6x8 | v Queensland | Sydney | 8 Feb 1974 | First-class | |
| 171 runs | - | 364 | 51.6x8 | v South Aust | Sydney | 10 Jan 1970 | First-class | |
| 171 runs | - | 400 | 79.5x8 | v England | Sydney | 4 Jan 1975 | Test # 751 | |
| 172 runs | - | 398 | 55.0x8 | v NSW | Sydney | 5 Dec 1975 | First-class | |
| 179 runs | - | 359 | 44.2x8 | v Queensland | Sydney | 15 Feb 1975 | First-class | |
| 190 runs | - | 490 | 63.4x8 | v West Indies | Adelaide | 23 Jan 1976 | Test # 768 | |
| 192 runs | - | 387 | 66.5x8 | v West Aust | Brisbane | 23 Nov 1973 | First-class | |
| 195 runs | - | 365 | 53.1x8 | v NSW | Adelaide | 13 Feb 1970 | First-class | |
| 199 runs | - | 356 | 59.0x8 | v Victoria | Adelaide | 26 Nov 1971 | First-class | |
| 205 runs | - | 324 | 41.1x8 | v Victoria | W.A.C.A | 14 Jan 1978 | First-class | |
| 205 runs | - | 366 | 67.0x8 | v Australia | Adelaide | 27 Jan 1979 | Test # 843 | |
| 213 runs | - | 384 | 62.2x8 | v NSW | Brisbane | 5 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 222 runs | - | 387 | 51.1x8 | v Australia | Melbourne | 30 Dec 1977 | Test # 812 | |
| 260 runs | - | 433 | 50.2 | v | Devonport | 23 Nov 1979 | First-class | |
| 299 runs | - | 416 | 56.5x8 | v Australia | Sydney | 9 Jan 1971 | Test # 676 | |
| 348 runs | - | 500 | 44.1x8 | v Pakistan | Melbourne | 1 Jan 1977 | Test # 790 |
By wickets
Winner | Margin | Balls Rem | Target | Overs | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
| 1 wicket | - | 263 | 80.7x8 | v NSW | Sydney | 28 Jan 1972 | First-class | |
| 1 wicket | - | 322 | 75.3x8 | v Victoria | Adelaide | 10 Feb 1978 | First-class | |
| 1 wicket | - | 246 | 76.0 | v NSW | Melbourne | 21 Dec 1979 | First-class | |
| 2 wickets | - | 180 | 26.1x8 | v NSW | Adelaide | 18 Feb 1972 | First-class | |
| 2 wickets | - | 355 | 70.6x8 | v NSW | Melbourne | 23 Dec 1972 | First-class | |
| 2 wickets | - | 118 | 42.1x8 | v Victoria | Melbourne | 12 Jan 1974 | First-class | |
| 2 wickets | - | 153 | 44.2x8 | v South Aust | Adelaide | 25 Oct 1974 | First-class | |
| 2 wickets | - | 291 | 60.4x8 | v West Aust | W.A.C.A | 22 Nov 1974 | First-class | |
| 2 wickets | - | 364 | 93.3x8 | v Victoria | Adelaide | 20 Feb 1976 | First-class | |
| 2 wickets | - | 171 | 44.1x8 | v Victoria | W.A.C.A | 20 Nov 1976 | First-class | |
| 2 wickets | - | 339 | 87.2x8 | v India | W.A.C.A | 16 Dec 1977 | Test # 811 | |
| 2 wickets | - | 268 | 75.7x8 | v Queensland | Melbourne | 17 Feb 1978 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 179 | 42.4x8 | v NSW | W.A.C.A | 7 Feb 1970 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 299 | 79.5x8 | v South Aust | Melbourne | 3 Mar 1972 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 291 | 52.5x8 | v Victoria | W.A.C.A | 3 Feb 1973 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 264 | 37.5x8 | v South Aust | Melbourne | 2 Nov 1973 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 248 | 81.4x8 | v West Aust | Melbourne | 1 Nov 1974 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 166 | 25.4x8 | v Victoria | Melbourne | 15 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 4 wickets | - | 94 | 29.0x8 | v Victoria | Melbourne | 10 Dec 1971 | First-class | |
| 4 wickets | - | 141 | 39.6x8 | v NSW | W.A.C.A | 4 Nov 1972 | First-class | |
| 4 wickets | - | 325 | 81.2x8 | v West Aust | Sydney | 1 Dec 1972 | First-class | |
| 4 wickets | - | 321 | 84.1x8 | v South Aust | Brisbane | 17 Jan 1975 | First-class | |
| 4 wickets | - | 229 | 53.2x8 | v NSW | W.A.C.A | 1 Nov 1975 | First-class | |
| 4 wickets | - | 161 | 41.6x8 | v Victoria | W.A.C.A | 15 Nov 1975 | First-class | |
| 4 wickets | - | 150 | 43.7x8 | v South Aust | Adelaide | 14 Feb 1976 | First-class | |
| 4 wickets | - | 370 | 75.3x8 | v NSW | W.A.C.A | 5 Nov 1977 | First-class | |
| 4 wickets | - | 357 | 104.1x8 | v West Aust | Devonport | 27 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 4 wickets | - | 206 | 79.0 | v Queensland | Lismore | 15 Dec 1979 | First-class | |
| 5 wickets | - | 137 | 31.6x8 | v Queensland | Sydney | 3 Jan 1970 | First-class | |
| 5 wickets | - | 221 | 58.6x8 | v South Aust | W.A.C.A | 26 Feb 1972 | First-class | |
| 5 wickets | - | 278 | 69.1x8 | v Victoria | W.A.C.A | 21 Feb 1975 | First-class | |
| 5 wickets | - | 218 | 45.3x8 | v Victoria | Sydney | 6 Nov 1976 | First-class | |
| 5 wickets | - | 141 | 29.7x8 | v NSW | Brisbane | 26 Nov 1976 | First-class | |
| 5 wickets | - | 115 | 17.0x8 | v Victoria | Brisbane | 4 Nov 1977 | First-class | |
| 5 wickets | - | 72 | 27.6x8 | v NSW | Sydney | 18 Feb 1978 | First-class | |
| 5 wickets | - | 319 | 86.1 | v West Aust | Sydney | 27 Oct 1979 | First-class | |
| 6 wickets | - | 127 | 39.4x8 | v South Aust | Melbourne | 3 Jan 1970 | First-class | |
| 6 wickets | - | 180 | 58.3x8 | v South Aust | Adelaide | 6 Feb 1970 | First-class | |
| 6 wickets | - | 180 | 38.4x8 | v M.C.C. | Melbourne | 6 Nov 1970 | First-class | |
| 6 wickets | - | 335 | 52.0x8 | v Pakistanis | Melbourne | 24 Nov 1972 | First-class | |
| 6 wickets | - | 112 | 22.2x8 | v NSW | Sydney | 24 Nov 1972 | First-class | |
| 6 wickets | - | 45 | 13.7x8 | v West Aust | Brisbane | 24 Nov 1972 | First-class | |
| 6 wickets | - | 120 | 29.0x8 | v Queensland | Sydney | 26 Jan 1973 | First-class | |
| 6 wickets | - | 198 | 40.0x8 | v West Aust | Melbourne | 7 Dec 1973 | First-class | |
| 6 wickets | - | 152 | 33.6x8 | v NSW | Brisbane | 13 Jan 1978 | First-class | |
| 6 wickets | - | 208 | 71.3x8 | v Queensland | Brisbane | 24 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 6 wickets | - | 118 | 30.2x8 | v South Aust | Adelaide | 25 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 6 wickets | - | 127 | 40.0 | v West Aust | Melbourne | 30 Nov 1979 | First-class | |
| 7 wickets | - | 238 | 60.4x8 | v Queensland | Sydney | 1 Jan 1971 | First-class | |
| 7 wickets | - | 99 | 23.7x8 | v Queensland | W.A.C.A | 17 Feb 1973 | First-class | |
| 7 wickets | - | 167 | 33.6x8 | v NSW | Sydney | 18 Jan 1974 | First-class | |
| 7 wickets | - | 170 | 48.4x8 | v Queensland | Adelaide | 14 Nov 1975 | First-class | |
| 7 wickets | - | 79 | 18.1x8 | v West Indies | Sydney | 3 Jan 1976 | Test # 767 | |
| 7 wickets | - | 170 | 53.5x8 | v Australia | Brisbane | 1 Dec 1978 | Test # 834 | |
| 7 wickets | - | 236 | 48.1x8 | v Pakistan | W.A.C.A | 24 Mar 1979 | Test # 850 | |
| 7 wickets | - | 273 | 72.5 | v Tasmania | W.A.C.A | 21 Dec 1979 | First-class | |
| 8 wickets | - | 55 | 22.0x8 | v Queensland | W.A.C.A | 18 Dec 1970 | First-class | |
| 8 wickets | - | 180 | 21.3x8 | v NSW | W.A.C.A | 20 Feb 1971 | First-class | |
| 8 wickets | - | 93 | 21.5x8 | v Pakistanis | W.A.C.A | 18 Nov 1972 | First-class | |
| 8 wickets | - | 124 | 28.1x8 | v Victoria | W.A.C.A | 9 Nov 1973 | First-class | |
| 8 wickets | - | 81 | 11.6x8 | v South Aust | Sydney | 23 Nov 1973 | First-class | |
| 8 wickets | - | 91 | 21.1x8 | v Queensland | Melbourne | 6 Dec 1974 | First-class | |
| 8 wickets | - | 43 | 6.0x8 | v South Aust | Melbourne | 28 Feb 1975 | First-class | |
| 8 wickets | - | 165 | 16.7x8 | v NSW | Brisbane | 24 Oct 1975 | First-class | |
| 8 wickets | - | 219 | 56.2x8 | v West Indies | Brisbane | 28 Nov 1975 | Test # 764 | |
| 8 wickets | - | 52 | 8.7x8 | v West Indies | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1975 | Test # 766 | |
| 8 wickets | - | 100 | 25.3x8 | v West Aust | W.A.C.A | 16 Jan 1976 | First-class | |
| 8 wickets | - | 38 | 8.7x8 | v Victoria | Melbourne | 5 Mar 1976 | First-class | |
| 8 wickets | - | 32 | 7.2x8 | v Australia | Sydney | 14 Jan 1977 | Test # 792 | |
| 8 wickets | - | 105 | 21.3x8 | v Victoria | Melbourne | 28 Jan 1977 | First-class | |
| 9 wickets | - | 72 | 12.7x8 | v Tasmania | Hobart | 23 Dec 1970 | First-class | |
| 9 wickets | - | 72 | 12.3x8 | v South Aust | Brisbane | 16 Nov 1973 | First-class | |
| 9 wickets | - | 38 | 8.2x8 | v Queensland | W.A.C.A | 26 Jan 1974 | First-class | |
| 9 wickets | - | 43 | 10.7x8 | v NSW | Brisbane | 25 Oct 1974 | First-class | |
| 9 wickets | - | 57 | 11.7x8 | v South Aust | Adelaide | 13 Dec 1974 | First-class | |
| 9 wickets | - | 21 | 3.7x8 | v England | W.A.C.A | 13 Dec 1974 | Test # 748 | |
| 9 wickets | - | 186 | 49.0x8 | v NSW | W.A.C.A | 1 Mar 1975 | First-class | |
| 9 wickets | - | 113 | 26.6x8 | v South Aust | Adelaide | 30 Oct 1976 | First-class | |
| 9 wickets | - | 69 | 12.6x8 | v NSW | W.A.C.A | 12 Feb 1977 | First-class | |
| 9 wickets | - | 30 | 8.0x8 | v South Aust | Adelaide | 11 Nov 1977 | First-class | |
| 9 wickets | - | 84 | 17.7x8 | v Tasmania | Melbourne | 18 Nov 1977 | First-class | |
| 9 wickets | - | 138 | 36.4x8 | v South Aust | Adelaide | 30 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 9 wickets | - | 34 | 10.2x8 | v Australia | Sydney | 10 Feb 1979 | Test # 846 | |
| 9 wickets | - | 83 | 26.2x8 | v Queensland | Adelaide | 24 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 9 wickets | - | 87 | 18.5x8 | v Queensland | Melbourne | 2 Mar 1979 | First-class | |
| 9 wickets | - | 39 | 10.4 | v South Aust | Adelaide | 16 Nov 1979 | First-class | |
| 10 wickets | - | 114 | 39.4x8 | v West Aust | Melbourne | 30 Oct 1970 | First-class | |
| 10 wickets | - | 29 | 5.0x8 | v Queensland | Brisbane | 24 Dec 1971 | First-class | |
| 10 wickets | - | 61 | 11.5x8 | v West Aust | Sydney | 30 Nov 1973 | First-class | |
| 10 wickets | - | 45 | 8.0x8 | v Victoria | Brisbane | 7 Mar 1975 | First-class | |
| 10 wickets | - | 34 | 9.6x8 | v Queensland | Melbourne | 18 Feb 1977 | First-class | |
| 10 wickets | - | 104 | 21.0x8 | v South Aust | W.A.C.A | 26 Nov 1977 | First-class | |
| 10 wickets | - | 2 | 0.5x8 | v NSW | Sydney | 17 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 10 wickets | - | 19 | 7.2 | v Australia | Melbourne | 29 Dec 1979 | Test # 867 |
By balls remaining in the second innings
Tied matches
Team 1 | Team 2 | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
| South Aust | Queensland | Adelaide Oval | 11 Feb 1977 | First-class |
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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures
Records includes the following current or recent matches:
New South Wales vs Tasmania at Launceston, Sheffield Shield , Dec 29, 1979 - Jan 1, 1980 [First-class]
Australia vs West Indies at Melbourne, West Indies tour of Australia 2nd Test, Dec 29, 1979 - Jan 1, 1980 [Test # 867]
South Australia vs Western Australia at Adelaide, Sheffield Shield , Dec 28-31, 1979 [First-class]