Full Scorecard of Australia vs England 3rd Test 1978/79 - Score Report

result

3rd Test, Melbourne, Dec 29 - Jan 3 1979, England tour of Australia

Australia

258 & 167

England

(67 ov, target 283)143 & 179

Australia won by 103 runs

player of the match

Australia

BATSMEN		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood	c Emburey b Miller	100	283	392	6	0	35.34

Rick Darling	run out	33	71	93	2	0	46.48

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	41.84

Peter Toohey	c Randall b Miller	32	70	79	1	0	45.71

Allan Border	c Brearley b Hendrick	29	115	105	4	0	25.22

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	6.67

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
Bob Willis	13	2	47	0	2.71	-	-	-
Ian Botham	20.1	4	68	3	2.53	-	-	-
Mike Hendrick	23	3	50	3	1.63	-	-	-
John Emburey	14	1	44	0	2.36	-	-	-
Geoff Miller	19	6	35	3	1.38	-	-	-

BATSMEN		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	24.53

Graham Gooch	c Border b Dymock	25	91	110	1	0	27.47

David Gower	lbw b Dymock	29	48	59	4	0	60.42

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
Rodney Hogg	17	7	30	5	1.32	-	-	-
Alan Hurst	12	2	24	1	1.50	-	-	-
Geoff Dymock	15.6	4	38	3	1.81	-	-	-
Jim Higgs	19	9	32	1	1.26	-	-	-

BATSMEN		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood	b Botham	34	107	136	0	0	31.78

Rick Darling	c Randall b Miller	21	86	100	0	0	24.42

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	66.67

Allan Border	run out	0	12	9	0	0	0.00

John Maclean †	c Hendrick b Emburey	10	77	91	1	0	12.99

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
Bob Willis	7	0	21	0	2.25	-	-	-
Ian Botham	15	4	41	3	2.05	-	-	-
Mike Hendrick	14	4	25	1	1.34	-	-	-
Geoff Miller	14	5	39	2	2.09	-	-	-
John Emburey	21.2	12	30	3	1.06	-	-	-

BATSMEN		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott	lbw b Hurst	38	155	197	1	0	24.52

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	45.98

David Gower	lbw b Dymock	49	128	167	3	0	38.28

Ian Botham	c †Maclean b Higgs	10	62	76	0	0	16.13

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
Rodney Hogg	17	5	36	5	1.59	-	-	-
Geoff Dymock	18	4	37	2	1.54	-	-	-
Alan Hurst	11	1	39	1	2.66	-	-	-
Jim Higgs	16	2	29	2	1.36	-	-	-
Allan Border	5	0	14	0	2.10	-	-	-

Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss	Australia, elected to bat first
Series	England tour of Australia
Season	1978/79
Player Of The Match	Graeme Wood
Series result	England led the 6-match series 2-1
Match number	TEST No. 838
Match days	- day match (5-day match)
Test debut	Allan Border
Umpires	Dick French Max O'Connell
Balls per over	8

Fri, 29 Dec - day 1 -Australia 1st innings 243/4 (Graeme Wood 100*, Allan Border 25*, null ov)

Sat, 30 Dec - day 2 -England 1st innings 107/8 (Geoff Miller 3*, Bob Willis 3*, null ov)

Sun, 31 Dec - rest day

Mon, 01 Jan - day 3 -Australia 2nd innings 163/7 (John Maclean 10*, Geoff Dymock 3*, null ov)

Tue, 02 Jan - day 4 -England 2nd innings 171/8 (John Emburey 2*, null ov)

Wed, 03 Jan - day 5 -England 2nd innings 179/10 (67 ov) - end of match

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
RM Hogg	17	5	36	5	1.59
G Dymock	18	4	37	2	1.54
AG Hurst	11	1	39	1	2.66
JD Higgs	16	2	29	2	1.36
AR Border	5	0	14	0	2.1