Team Smallest Margins

Smallest victories in 1979 in FC+LA+T20s

By runs

Winner	Margin	Balls Rem	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
England	2 runs	0	199	47.0	v West Indies	Sydney	28 Nov 1979	ODI # 76
Essex	3 runs	0	231	55.0	v Northants	Northampton	5 May 1979	List A
WPR (SACB)	4 runs	0	182	70.4x8	v Natal (SACB)	Durban	31 Dec 1979	First-class
Surrey	5 runs	0	206	55.0	v Northants	Northampton	23 May 1979	List A
Surrey	6 runs	0	167	53.2	v Derbyshire	Derby	4 Jul 1979	List A
Surrey	7 runs	0	208	54.4	v Essex	The Oval	12 May 1979	List A
Australia	7 runs	0	177	42.5	v West Indies	Sydney	21 Dec 1979	ODI # 80
England	9 runs	0	222	60.0	v New Zealand	Manchester	20 Jun 1979	ODI # 72
Karnataka	11 runs	0	292	62.2	v West Indians	Ahmedabad	10 Feb 1979	First-class
Warwickshire	12 runs	0	215	55.0	v Leics	Birmingham	28 Apr 1979	List A
Warwickshire	13 runs	0	215	55.0	v Derbyshire	Birmingham	19 May 1979	List A
England	14 runs	0	166	56.0	v Pakistan	Leeds	16 Jun 1979	ODI # 71
Kent	18 runs	0	279	60.0	v Lancashire	Canterbury	18 Jul 1979	List A
Derbyshire	21 runs	0	191	54.2	v Hampshire	Derby	28 Apr 1979	List A
South Aust	27 runs	0	294	93.1	v NSW	Adelaide	30 Nov 1979	First-class
West Indies	32 runs	0	245	60.0	v New Zealand	Nottingham	16 Jun 1979	ODI # 69
Essex	35 runs	0	291	51.4	v Surrey	Lord's	21 Jul 1979	List A
West Aust	35 runs	0	220	43.5	v South Aust	Adelaide	10 Nov 1979	List A
Northants	37 runs	0	256	55.2	v Sussex	Hove	22 Aug 1979	List A
West Aust	37 runs	0	210	43.0	v Tasmania	Sydney	24 Nov 1979	List A
Transvaal B	42 runs	0	202	55.1	v Zimbabwe	Johannesburg	20 Oct 1979	List A
West Indies	43 runs	0	294	56.2	v Pakistan	The Oval	20 Jun 1979	ODI # 73
Essex	44 runs	0	272	53.1	v Warwickshire	Chelmsford	6 Jun 1979	List A
Somerset	45 runs	0	270	56.3	v Northants	Lord's	8 Sep 1979	List A
Derbyshire	46 runs	0	167	54.3	v Leics	Leicester	5 May 1979	List A
Queensland	46 runs	0	195	63.5	v West Aust	Brisbane	2 Nov 1979	First-class
Tasmania	47 runs	0	181	45.0	v West Aust	Hobart	14 Jan 1979	List A
Sri Lanka	47 runs	0	239	54.1	v India	Manchester	16 Jun 1979	ODI # 68
Notts	48 runs	0	213	51.3	v Kent	Canterbury	23 May 1979	List A
Victoria	48 runs	0	243	50.0	v Tasmania	Melbourne	21 Nov 1979	List A
South Aust	52 runs	0	243	55.4	v West Aust	Adelaide	28 Dec 1979	First-class
Hampshire	55 runs	0	274	55.2	v Gloucs	Bristol	27 Jun 1979	List A
Yorkshire	56 runs	0	190	47.1	v Kent	Leeds	19 May 1979	List A
WPR (SACB)	64 runs	0	241	48.7x8	v Natal (SACB)	Cape Town	17 Feb 1979	First-class
Glamorgan	65 runs	0	188	44.1	v Worcs	Cardiff	28 Apr 1979	List A
Lancashire	70 runs	0	248	53.4	v Essex	Manchester	27 Jun 1979	List A
Middlesex	70 runs	0	217	54.3	v Yorkshire	Lord's	8 Aug 1979	List A
W Province	70 runs	0	235	60.0	v Griq West	Kimberley	13 Oct 1979	List A
Pakistan	71 runs	0	382	92.4x8	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Mar 1979	Test # 849
England	72 runs	0	265	47.2	v Australia	Sydney	11 Dec 1979	ODI # 79
Warwickshire	73 runs	0	206	47.4	v Hampshire	Bournemouth	12 May 1979	List A
N. Transvaal	73 runs	0	233	49.4	v Border	East London	13 Oct 1979	List A
Notts	79 runs	0	266	51.0	v Warwickshire	Birmingham	18 Jul 1979	List A
West Indies	80 runs	0	272	48.0	v Australia	Melbourne	9 Dec 1979	ODI # 78
West Aust	81 runs	0	253	54.2x8	v Queensland	W.A.C.A	17 Feb 1979	First-class
Pakistan	89 runs	0	287	57.1	v Australia	Nottingham	13 Jun 1979	ODI # 66
West Indies	92 runs	0	287	51.0	v England	Lord's	23 Jun 1979	ODI # 74
England	93 runs	0	205	49.2x8	v Australia	Sydney	6 Jan 1979	Test # 840
Sussex	94 runs	0	236	44.4	v Comb Univ	Oxford	5 May 1979	List A
Durham	94 runs	0	222	60.0	v Berkshire	Durham	27 Jun 1979	List A
Natal	95 runs	0	224	50.5	v Transvaal B	Durban	10 Nov 1979	List A
Surrey	98 runs	0	251	46.0	v Comb Univ	The Oval	28 Apr 1979	List A
Worcs	103 runs	0	198	42.5	v MC South	High Wycombe	12 May 1979	List A
Middlesex	105 runs	0	179	37.4	v Kent	Canterbury	12 May 1979	List A
NSW	118 runs	0	257	34.3	v West Aust	Sydney	21 Nov 1979	List A
EPR (SACB)	123 runs	0	238	35.0x8	v WPR (SACB)	Port Elizabeth	16 Nov 1979	First-class
Pakistan	128 runs	0	305	56.0x8	v New Zealand	Christchurch	2 Feb 1979	Test # 844
Somerset	130 runs	0	191	28.4	v Kent	Taunton	8 Aug 1979	List A
India	131 runs	0	322	51.4	v Pakistan	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
Australia	138 runs	0	354	90.2	v England	W.A.C.A	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
England XI	138 runs	0	362	86.2	v Queensland	Brisbane	28 Dec 1979	First-class
Transvaal	140 runs	0	282	56.0	v OFS	Bloemfontein	20 Oct 1979	List A
Leics	143 runs	0	327	50.0	v Worcs	Leicester	18 Jul 1979	List A
India	153 runs	0	279	60.2	v Australia	Kanpur	2 Oct 1979	Test # 857
Derbyshire	160 runs	0	203	23.2	v Glamorgan	Swansea	26 Aug 1979	List A
England XI	163 runs	0	241	34.4x8	v Tasmania	Launceston	18 Jan 1979	List A
EPR (SACB)	192 runs	0	275	26.6x8	v TVL (SACB)	Johannesburg	31 Dec 1979	First-class
England	205 runs	0	366	67.0x8	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1979	Test # 843
EPR (SACB)	211 runs	0	314	48.2x8	v TVL (SACB)	Johannesburg	17 Feb 1979	First-class
Queensland	213 runs	0	384	62.2x8	v NSW	Brisbane	5 Jan 1979	First-class
Essex	214 runs	0	351	40.3	v Comb Univ	Chelmsford	19 May 1979	List A
West Indians	260 runs	0	433	50.2	v	Devonport	23 Nov 1979	First-class

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Balls Rem	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Victoria	1 wicket	0	246	76.0	v NSW	Melbourne	21 Dec 1979	First-class
Suffolk	2 wickets	132	134	38.0	v Bucks	High Wycombe	27 Jun 1979	List A
Middlesex	2 wickets	7	194	58.5	v Hampshire	Lord's	18 Jul 1979	List A
Sussex	2 wickets	61	159	49.5	v Suffolk	Hove	18 Jul 1979	List A
India	3 wickets	0	125	46.2	v West Indies	Chennai	12 Jan 1979	Test # 841
England XI	3 wickets	27	132	43.3	v Tasmania	Melbourne	3 Feb 1979	List A
Sussex	3 wickets	5	171	54.1	v Surrey	Hove	19 May 1979	List A
Essex	3 wickets	6	174	54.0	v Yorkshire	Chelmsford	4 Jul 1979	List A
E. Province	3 wickets	65	133	49.1	v N. Transvaal	Pretoria	10 Nov 1979	List A
Victoria	3 wickets	3	214	49.3	v South Aust	Adelaide	11 Nov 1979	List A
England	3 wickets	6	208	49.0	v Australia	Melbourne	8 Dec 1979	ODI # 77
Tasmania	4 wickets	0	357	104.1x8	v West Aust	Devonport	27 Jan 1979	First-class
Australia	4 wickets	10	213	38.6x8	v England	Melbourne	4 Feb 1979	ODI # 59
Yorkshire	4 wickets	48	108	47.0	v Middlesex	Lord's	6 Jun 1979	List A
Yorkshire	4 wickets	5	214	59.1	v Durham	Chester-le-Street	18 Jul 1979	List A
Victoria	4 wickets	14	199	47.4	v NSW	Melbourne	25 Nov 1979	List A
NSW	4 wickets	0	206	79.0	v Queensland	Lismore	15 Dec 1979	First-class
England	4 wickets	11	195	45.1	v Australia	Sydney	26 Dec 1979	ODI # 82
EPR (SACB)	5 wickets	0	219	52.0x8	v Natal (SACB)	Newcastle	17 Mar 1979	First-class
Somerset	5 wickets	28	157	50.2	v Glamorgan	Taunton	5 May 1979	List A
Lancashire	5 wickets	1	241	54.5	v Leics	Leicester	12 May 1979	List A
Kent	5 wickets	48	178	52.0	v Glamorgan	Swansea	27 Jun 1979	List A
NSW	5 wickets	0	319	86.1	v West Aust	Sydney	27 Oct 1979	First-class
Tasmania	5 wickets	31	189	44.5	v Queensland	Hobart	10 Nov 1979	List A
Australia	5 wickets	17	194	47.1	v West Indies	Sydney	27 Nov 1979	ODI # 75
Australia	6 wickets	147	95	21.5x8	v England	Melbourne	7 Feb 1979	ODI # 60
Northants	6 wickets	23	198	51.1	v Sussex	Eastbourne	28 Apr 1979	List A
Middlesex	6 wickets	51	144	46.3	v MC North	Lord's	5 May 1979	List A
Glamorgan	6 wickets	37	180	48.5	v Gloucs	Swansea	19 May 1979	List A
Derbyshire	6 wickets	21	198	51.3	v Glamorgan	Cardiff	6 Jun 1979	List A
England	6 wickets	77	160	47.1	v Australia	Lord's	9 Jun 1979	ODI # 63
Northants	6 wickets	24	239	56.0	v Surrey	Northampton	18 Jul 1979	List A
Sussex	6 wickets	35	201	54.1	v Notts	Hove	8 Aug 1979	List A
West Aust	6 wickets	37	191	43.5	v Victoria	W.A.C.A	18 Nov 1979	List A
Victoria	6 wickets	0	127	40.0	v West Aust	Melbourne	30 Nov 1979	First-class
England	7 wickets	94	102	28.2x8	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Jan 1979	ODI # 58
Australia	7 wickets	0	236	48.1x8	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	24 Mar 1979	Test # 850
Worcs	7 wickets	30	177	50.0	v Gloucs	Worcester	5 May 1979	List A
Somerset	7 wickets	186	121	24.0	v Gloucs	Bristol	12 May 1979	List A
Lancashire	7 wickets	11	203	53.1	v Hampshire	Manchester	19 May 1979	List A
Essex	7 wickets	85	189	40.5	v Sussex	Chelmsford	23 May 1979	List A
Surrey	7 wickets	30	200	50.0	v Worcs	Worcester	6 Jun 1979	List A
Australia	7 wickets	204	106	26.0	v Canada	Birmingham	16 Jun 1979	ODI # 70
Somerset	7 wickets	58	186	50.2	v Middlesex	Lord's	22 Aug 1979	List A
NSW	7 wickets	40	168	43.2	v Queensland	Brisbane	18 Nov 1979	List A
West Aust	7 wickets	0	273	72.5	v Tasmania	W.A.C.A	21 Dec 1979	First-class
Gloucs	8 wickets	58	171	45.2	v MC South	Bristol	28 Apr 1979	List A
Notts	8 wickets	101	206	38.1	v MC North	Nottingham	19 May 1979	List A
Somerset	8 wickets	208	93	20.2	v MC South	Taunton	19 May 1979	List A
Leics	8 wickets	52	170	46.2	v Hampshire	Southampton	23 May 1979	List A
Pakistan	8 wickets	119	140	40.1	v Canada	Leeds	9 Jun 1979	ODI # 64
New Zealand	8 wickets	18	183	57.0	v India	Leeds	13 Jun 1979	ODI # 65
England	8 wickets	277	46	13.5	v Canada	Manchester	13 Jun 1979	ODI # 67
Somerset	8 wickets	23	225	56.1	v Derbyshire	Taunton	18 Jul 1979	List A
Northants	8 wickets	26	181	55.4	v Leics	Northampton	8 Aug 1979	List A
Tasmania	8 wickets	0	71	14.0	v NSW	Hobart	11 Nov 1979	List A
England	9 wickets	0	34	10.2x8	v Australia	Sydney	10 Feb 1979	Test # 846
South Aust	9 wickets	0	83	26.2x8	v Queensland	Adelaide	24 Feb 1979	First-class
Victoria	9 wickets	0	87	18.5x8	v Queensland	Melbourne	2 Mar 1979	First-class
Kent	9 wickets	161	68	28.1	v MC North	Lincoln	28 Apr 1979	List A
Northants	9 wickets	14	152	52.4	v Comb Univ	Cambridge	12 May 1979	List A
West Indies	9 wickets	51	191	51.3	v India	Birmingham	9 Jun 1979	ODI # 61
New Zealand	9 wickets	74	190	47.4	v Sri Lanka	Nottingham	9 Jun 1979	ODI # 62
Leics	9 wickets	170	112	31.4	v Devon	Leicester	27 Jun 1979	List A
West Indians	9 wickets	0	39	10.4	v South Aust	Adelaide	16 Nov 1979	First-class
West Indies	9 wickets	19	218	46.5	v England	Brisbane	23 Dec 1979	ODI # 81
Yorkshire	10 wickets	145	86	30.5	v MC North	Jesmond	12 May 1979	List A
Worcs	10 wickets	320	2	1.4	v Somerset	Worcester	23 May 1979	List A
North Zone	10 wickets	0	90	20.3	v Central Zone	Indore	21 Dec 1979	First-class
West Indies	10 wickets	0	19	7.2	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1979	Test # 867

By balls remaining in the second innings

Winner	Margin	Balls Rem	Target	Overs	Max	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
India	3 wickets	0	125	46.2	0.0	v West Indies	Chennai	12 Jan 1979	Test # 841
Tasmania	4 wickets	0	357	104.1x8	0.0x8	v West Aust	Devonport	27 Jan 1979	First-class
England	9 wickets	0	34	10.2x8	0.0x8	v Australia	Sydney	10 Feb 1979	Test # 846
South Aust	9 wickets	0	83	26.2x8	0.0x8	v Queensland	Adelaide	24 Feb 1979	First-class
Victoria	9 wickets	0	87	18.5x8	0.0x8	v Queensland	Melbourne	2 Mar 1979	First-class
EPR (SACB)	5 wickets	0	219	52.0x8	0.0x8	v Natal (SACB)	Newcastle	17 Mar 1979	First-class
Australia	7 wickets	0	236	48.1x8	0.0x8	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	24 Mar 1979	Test # 850
NSW	5 wickets	0	319	86.1	0.0	v West Aust	Sydney	27 Oct 1979	First-class
Tasmania	8 wickets	0	71	14.0	14.0	v NSW	Hobart	11 Nov 1979	List A
West Indians	9 wickets	0	39	10.4	0.0	v South Aust	Adelaide	16 Nov 1979	First-class
Victoria	6 wickets	0	127	40.0	0.0	v West Aust	Melbourne	30 Nov 1979	First-class
NSW	4 wickets	0	206	79.0	0.0	v Queensland	Lismore	15 Dec 1979	First-class
Victoria	1 wicket	0	246	76.0	0.0	v NSW	Melbourne	21 Dec 1979	First-class
West Aust	7 wickets	0	273	72.5	0.0	v Tasmania	W.A.C.A	21 Dec 1979	First-class
North Zone	10 wickets	0	90	20.3	0.0	v Central Zone	Indore	21 Dec 1979	First-class
West Indies	10 wickets	0	19	7.2	0.0	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1979	Test # 867
Lancashire	5 wickets	1	241	54.5	55.0	v Leics	Leicester	12 May 1979	List A
Victoria	3 wickets	3	214	49.3	50.0	v South Aust	Adelaide	11 Nov 1979	List A
Sussex	3 wickets	5	171	54.1	55.0	v Surrey	Hove	19 May 1979	List A
Yorkshire	4 wickets	5	214	59.1	60.0	v Durham	Chester-le-Street	18 Jul 1979	List A
Essex	3 wickets	6	174	54.0	55.0	v Yorkshire	Chelmsford	4 Jul 1979	List A
England	3 wickets	6	208	49.0	50.0	v Australia	Melbourne	8 Dec 1979	ODI # 77
Middlesex	2 wickets	7	194	58.5	60.0	v Hampshire	Lord's	18 Jul 1979	List A
Australia	4 wickets	10	213	38.6x8	40.0x8	v England	Melbourne	4 Feb 1979	ODI # 59
Lancashire	7 wickets	11	203	53.1	55.0	v Hampshire	Manchester	19 May 1979	List A
England	4 wickets	11	195	45.1	47.0	v Australia	Sydney	26 Dec 1979	ODI # 82
Northants	9 wickets	14	152	52.4	55.0	v Comb Univ	Cambridge	12 May 1979	List A
Victoria	4 wickets	14	199	47.4	50.0	v NSW	Melbourne	25 Nov 1979	List A
Australia	5 wickets	17	194	47.1	50.0	v West Indies	Sydney	27 Nov 1979	ODI # 75
New Zealand	8 wickets	18	183	57.0	60.0	v India	Leeds	13 Jun 1979	ODI # 65
West Indies	9 wickets	19	218	46.5	50.0	v England	Brisbane	23 Dec 1979	ODI # 81
Derbyshire	6 wickets	21	198	51.3	55.0	v Glamorgan	Cardiff	6 Jun 1979	List A
Northants	6 wickets	23	198	51.1	55.0	v Sussex	Eastbourne	28 Apr 1979	List A
Somerset	8 wickets	23	225	56.1	60.0	v Derbyshire	Taunton	18 Jul 1979	List A
Northants	6 wickets	24	239	56.0	60.0	v Surrey	Northampton	18 Jul 1979	List A
Northants	8 wickets	26	181	55.4	60.0	v Leics	Northampton	8 Aug 1979	List A
England XI	3 wickets	27	132	43.3	48.0	v Tasmania	Melbourne	3 Feb 1979	List A
Somerset	5 wickets	28	157	50.2	55.0	v Glamorgan	Taunton	5 May 1979	List A
Worcs	7 wickets	30	177	50.0	55.0	v Gloucs	Worcester	5 May 1979	List A
Surrey	7 wickets	30	200	50.0	55.0	v Worcs	Worcester	6 Jun 1979	List A
Tasmania	5 wickets	31	189	44.5	50.0	v Queensland	Hobart	10 Nov 1979	List A
Sussex	6 wickets	35	201	54.1	60.0	v Notts	Hove	8 Aug 1979	List A
Glamorgan	6 wickets	37	180	48.5	55.0	v Gloucs	Swansea	19 May 1979	List A
West Aust	6 wickets	37	191	43.5	50.0	v Victoria	W.A.C.A	18 Nov 1979	List A
NSW	7 wickets	40	168	43.2	50.0	v Queensland	Brisbane	18 Nov 1979	List A
Yorkshire	4 wickets	48	108	47.0	55.0	v Middlesex	Lord's	6 Jun 1979	List A
Kent	5 wickets	48	178	52.0	60.0	v Glamorgan	Swansea	27 Jun 1979	List A
Middlesex	6 wickets	51	144	46.3	55.0	v MC North	Lord's	5 May 1979	List A
West Indies	9 wickets	51	191	51.3	60.0	v India	Birmingham	9 Jun 1979	ODI # 61
Leics	8 wickets	52	170	46.2	55.0	v Hampshire	Southampton	23 May 1979	List A
Gloucs	8 wickets	58	171	45.2	55.0	v MC South	Bristol	28 Apr 1979	List A
Somerset	7 wickets	58	186	50.2	60.0	v Middlesex	Lord's	22 Aug 1979	List A
Sussex	2 wickets	61	159	49.5	60.0	v Suffolk	Hove	18 Jul 1979	List A
E. Province	3 wickets	65	133	49.1	60.0	v N. Transvaal	Pretoria	10 Nov 1979	List A
New Zealand	9 wickets	74	190	47.4	60.0	v Sri Lanka	Nottingham	9 Jun 1979	ODI # 62
England	6 wickets	77	160	47.1	60.0	v Australia	Lord's	9 Jun 1979	ODI # 63
Essex	7 wickets	85	189	40.5	55.0	v Sussex	Chelmsford	23 May 1979	List A
England	7 wickets	94	102	28.2x8	40.0x8	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Jan 1979	ODI # 58
Notts	8 wickets	101	206	38.1	55.0	v MC North	Nottingham	19 May 1979	List A
Pakistan	8 wickets	119	140	40.1	60.0	v Canada	Leeds	9 Jun 1979	ODI # 64
Suffolk	2 wickets	132	134	38.0	60.0	v Bucks	High Wycombe	27 Jun 1979	List A
Yorkshire	10 wickets	145	86	30.5	55.0	v MC North	Jesmond	12 May 1979	List A
Australia	6 wickets	147	95	21.5x8	40.0x8	v England	Melbourne	7 Feb 1979	ODI # 60
Kent	9 wickets	161	68	28.1	55.0	v MC North	Lincoln	28 Apr 1979	List A
Leics	9 wickets	170	112	31.4	60.0	v Devon	Leicester	27 Jun 1979	List A
Somerset	7 wickets	186	121	24.0	55.0	v Gloucs	Bristol	12 May 1979	List A
Australia	7 wickets	204	106	26.0	60.0	v Canada	Birmingham	16 Jun 1979	ODI # 70
Somerset	8 wickets	208	93	20.2	55.0	v MC South	Taunton	19 May 1979	List A
England	8 wickets	277	46	13.5	60.0	v Canada	Manchester	13 Jun 1979	ODI # 67
Worcs	10 wickets	320	2	1.4	55.0	v Somerset	Worcester	23 May 1979	List A

Tied matches

Team 1	Team 2	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
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