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Australia vs England, 2nd Test at Perth, Dec 15 1978 - Full Scorecard

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2nd Test, W.A.C.A, December 15 - 20, 1978, England tour of Australia

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England

309 & 208

Australia

(T:328) 190 & 161

England won by 166 runs

Player Of The Match

Rodney Hogg

, AUS

5/65 & 5/57

England 1st Innings

Australia 1st Innings

England 2nd Innings

Australia 2nd Innings

Match Flow

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England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott	lbw b Hurst	77	337	454	1	0	22.84
Graham Gooch	c †Maclean b Hogg	1	10	19	0	0	10.00
Derek Randall	c Wood b Hogg	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
Mike Brearley (c)	c †Maclean b Dymock	17	104	117	1	0	16.34
David Gower	b Hogg	102	221	254	9	0	46.15
Ian Botham	lbw b Hurst	11	28	44	1	0	39.28
Geoff Miller	b Hogg	40	104	145	4	0	38.46
Bob Taylor †	c Hurst b Yardley	12	59	52	1	0	20.33
John Lever	c Cosier b Hurst	14	40	60	0	0	35.00
Bob Willis	c Yallop b Hogg	2	20	41	0	0	10.00
Mike Hendrick	not out	7	25	22	1	0	28.00
Extras	(b 6, lb 9, nb 8, w 3)	26
Total	117.5 Ov (RR: 2.62)	309
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Graham Gooch), 2-3 (Derek Randall), 3-41 (Mike Brearley), 4-199 (David Gower), 5-219 (Ian Botham), 6-224 (Geoff Boycott), 7-253 (Bob Taylor), 8-295 (John Lever), 9-300 (Geoff Miller), 10-309 (Bob Willis)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Rodney Hogg	30.5	9	65	5	1.59	-	-	-
Geoff Dymock	34	4	72	1	1.58	-	-	-
Alan Hurst	26	7	70	3	2.01	-	-	-
Bruce Yardley	23	1	62	1	2.02	-	-	-
Gary Cosier	4	2	14	0	2.62	-	-	-

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood	lbw b Lever	5	12	12	0	0	41.66
Rick Darling	run out	25	63	112	1	0	39.68
Kim Hughes	b Willis	16	44	43	1	0	36.36
Graham Yallop (c)	b Willis	3	17	18	0	0	17.64
Peter Toohey	not out	81	184	272	6	0	44.02
Gary Cosier	c Gooch b Willis	4	24	33	0	0	16.66
John Maclean †	c Gooch b Miller	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Bruce Yardley	c †Taylor b Hendrick	12	44	43	0	0	27.27
Rodney Hogg	c †Taylor b Willis	18	67	68	2	0	26.86
Geoff Dymock	b Hendrick	11	72	78	0	0	15.27
Alan Hurst	c †Taylor b Willis	5	6	6	1	0	83.33
Extras	(lb 7, nb 2, w 1)	10
Total	66.5 Ov (RR: 2.85)	190
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Graeme Wood), 2-34 (Kim Hughes), 3-38 (Graham Yallop), 4-60 (Rick Darling), 5-78 (Gary Cosier), 6-79 (John Maclean), 7-100 (Bruce Yardley), 8-128 (Rodney Hogg), 9-185 (Geoff Dymock), 10-190 (Alan Hurst)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
John Lever	7	0	20	1	2.14	-	-	-
Ian Botham	11	2	46	0	3.13	-	-	-
Bob Willis	18.5	5	44	5	1.77	-	-	-
Mike Hendrick	14	1	39	2	2.08	-	-	-
Geoff Miller	16	6	31	1	1.45	-	-	-

England 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott	lbw b Hogg	23	103	128	0	0	22.33
Graham Gooch	lbw b Hogg	43	131	174	5	0	32.82
Derek Randall	c Cosier b Yardley	45	65	90	3	0	69.23
Mike Brearley (c)	c †Maclean b Hogg	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
David Gower	c †Maclean b Hogg	12	47	68	0	0	25.53
Ian Botham	c Wood b Yardley	30	39	52	4	0	76.92
Geoff Miller	c Toohey b Yardley	25	42	79	3	0	59.52
John Lever	c †Maclean b Hurst	10	54	45	0	0	18.51
Bob Taylor †	c †Maclean b Hogg	2	33	36	0	0	6.06
Bob Willis	not out	3	21	37	0	0	14.28
Mike Hendrick	b Dymock	1	5	5	0	0	20.00
Extras	(lb 6, nb 8)	14
Total	66.3 Ov (RR: 3.13)	208
Fall of wickets: 1-58 (Geoff Boycott), 2-93 (Graham Gooch), 3-93 (Mike Brearley), 4-135 (Derek Randall), 5-151 (David Gower), 6-176 (Ian Botham), 7-201 (John Lever), 8-201 (Geoff Miller), 9-206 (Bob Taylor), 10-208 (Mike Hendrick)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Rodney Hogg	17	2	57	5	2.51	-	-	-
Geoff Dymock	16.3	2	53	1	2.42	-	-	-
Alan Hurst	17	5	43	1	1.89	-	-	-
Bruce Yardley	16	1	41	3	1.92	-	-	-

Australia 2nd Innings (T: 328 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood	c †Taylor b Lever	64	168	243	3	0	38.09
Rick Darling	c Boycott b Lever	5	9	13	1	0	55.55
Kim Hughes	c Gooch b Willis	12	45	54	1	0	26.66
Graham Yallop (c)	c †Taylor b Hendrick	3	23	43	0	0	13.04
Peter Toohey	c †Taylor b Hendrick	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Gary Cosier	lbw b Miller	47	74	109	4	0	63.51
John Maclean †	c Brearley b Miller	1	16	18	0	0	6.25
Bruce Yardley	c Botham b Lever	7	19	24	1	0	36.84
Rodney Hogg	b Miller	0	8	8	0	0	0.00
Geoff Dymock	not out	6	9	14	1	0	66.66
Alan Hurst	b Lever	5	5	6	0	0	100.00
Extras	(lb 3, nb 4, w 4)	11
Total	46.1 Ov (RR: 3.49)	161
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Rick Darling), 2-36 (Kim Hughes), 3-58 (Graham Yallop), 4-58 (Peter Toohey), 5-141 (Gary Cosier), 6-143 (Graeme Wood), 7-143 (John Maclean), 8-147 (Rodney Hogg), 9-151 (Bruce Yardley), 10-161 (Alan Hurst)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Bob Willis	12	1	36	1	2.25	-	-	-
John Lever	8.1	2	28	4	2.58	-	-	-
Ian Botham	11	1	54	0	3.68	-	-	-
Mike Hendrick	8	3	11	2	1.03	-	-	-
Geoff Miller	7	4	21	3	2.25	-	-	-

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Fri, 15 Dec - day 1 - England 1st innings 190/3 (Geoff Boycott 63*, David Gower 101*)

Sat, 16 Dec - day 2 - Australia 1st innings 60/4 (Peter Toohey 6*)

Sun, 17 Dec - day 3 - England 2nd innings 58/0 (Geoff Boycott 23*, Graham Gooch 26*)

Mon, 18 Dec - rest day

Tue, 19 Dec - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 11/1 (Graeme Wood 2*, Kim Hughes 1*)

Wed, 20 Dec - day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 161 (46.1 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

G Boycott 50 in 280 minutes, includes an all-run 4

Match Details

Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth
Toss	Australia, elected to field first
Series	England tour of Australia
Season	1978/79
Player Of The Match	Rodney Hogg
Series result	England led the 6-match series 2-0
Match number	Test no. 836
Match days	day (5-day match)
Umpires	Robin Bailhache Tom Brooks

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Australia Innings

Player Name		R	B
GM Wood	caught	64	168
WM Darling	caught	5	9
KJ Hughes	caught	12	45
GN Yallop	caught	3	23
PM Toohey	caught	0	1
GJ Cosier	lbw	47	74
JA Maclean	caught	1	16
B Yardley	caught	7	19
RM Hogg	bowled	0	8
G Dymock	not out	6	9
AG Hurst	bowled	5	5
Extras	(lb 3, nb 4, w 4)
Total	161(10 wkts; 46.1 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
RGD Willis	12	1	36	1	2.25
JK Lever	8.1	2	28	4	2.58
IT Botham	11	1	54	0	3.68
M Hendrick	8	3	11	2	1.03
G Miller	7	4	21	3	2.25

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	8	Rick Darling	Graeme Wood
2nd	28	Kim Hughes	Graeme Wood
3rd	22	Graham Yallop	Graeme Wood
4th	0	Peter Toohey	Graeme Wood
5th	83	Gary Cosier	Graeme Wood
6th	2	Graeme Wood	John Maclean
7th	0	Bruce Yardley	John Maclean
8th	4	Bruce Yardley	Rodney Hogg
9th	4	Geoff Dymock	Bruce Yardley
10th	10	Geoff Dymock	Alan Hurst

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