RESULT
3rd Test, Melbourne, December 29, 1978 - January 03, 1979, England tour of Australia
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 | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Willis | 13 | 2 | 47 | 0 | 2.71 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Botham | 20.1 | 4 | 68 | 3 | 2.53 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Hendrick | 23 | 3 | 50 | 3 | 1.63 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| John Emburey | 14 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 2.35 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Geoff Miller | 19 | 6 | 35 | 3 | 1.38 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
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 | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodney Hogg | 17 | 7 | 30 | 5 | 1.32 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Alan Hurst | 12 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 1.50 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Geoff Dymock | 15.6 | 4 | 38 | 3 | 1.80 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Higgs | 19 | 9 | 32 | 1 | 1.26 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
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 | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Willis | 7 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 2.25 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Botham | 15 | 4 | 41 | 3 | 2.05 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Hendrick | 14 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 1.33 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Geoff Miller | 14 | 5 | 39 | 2 | 2.08 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| John Emburey | 21.2 | 12 | 30 | 3 | 1.05 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
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 | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodney Hogg | 17 | 5 | 36 | 5 | 1.58 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Geoff Dymock | 18 | 4 | 37 | 2 | 1.54 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Alan Hurst | 11 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 2.65 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Higgs | 16 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 1.35 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Allan Border | 5 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2.10 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
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MATCH DETAILS
| Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| Toss | Australia, elected to bat first |
| Series | |
| Season | 1978/79 |
| Player Of The Match | |
| 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 | |
CLOSE OF PLAY
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
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