England tour of Australia 1978/79 Schedule &amp; Results

England tour of Australia 1978/79

Fixtures and Results

England tour of Australia 1978/79 Schedule & Results

Fri, 03 Nov '78

Tour Match • Adelaide, November 03 - 06, 1978, England tour of Australia

South Australia

311 & 149

England XI

(T:229) 232 & 196

South Aust won by 32 runs

Fri, 10 Nov '78

Tour Match • Melbourne, November 10 - 13, 1978, England tour of Australia

Victoria

254 & 33/0

England XI

241/8d

Match drawn

Fri, 17 Nov '78

Tour Match • Sydney, November 17 - 20, 1978, England tour of Australia

England XI

(T:2) 374 & 4/0

New South Wales

(fo) 165 & 210

England XI won by 10 wickets

Wed, 22 Nov '78

Bundaberg, England tour of Australia

England XI

259/5

Queensland Country

(31.6/35 ov, T:260) 127

England XI won by 132 runs

Fri, 24 Nov '78

Tour Match • Brisbane, November 24 - 27, 1978, England tour of Australia

Queensland

172 & 289

England XI

(T:208) 254 & 208/4

England XI won by 6 wickets

Fri, 01 Dec '78

1st Test • Brisbane, December 01 - 06, 1978, England tour of Australia

Australia

116 & 339

England

(T:170) 286 & 170/3

England won by 7 wickets

Sat, 09 Dec '78

Tour Match • W.A.C.A, December 09 - 11, 1978, England tour of Australia

England XI

144 & 126

Western Australia

(T:219) 52 & 78

England XI won by 140 runs

Fri, 15 Dec '78

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

England

309 & 208

Australia

(T:328) 190 & 161

England won by 166 runs

Photos

Fri, 22 Dec '78

Tour Match • Adelaide, December 22 - 24, 1978, England tour of Australia

South Australia

241/7d & 231/6d

England XI

(T:239) 234/5d & 238/9

Match drawn

1st ODI • Melbourne, England tour of Australia

Tue, 26 Dec '78

ABANDONED •

Australia

England

Match abandoned without a ball bowled

Fri, 29 Dec '78

3rd Test • Melbourne, December 29, 1978 - January 03, 1979, England tour of Australia

Australia

258 & 167

England

(T:283) 143 & 179

Australia won by 103 runs

Sat, 06 Jan '79

4th Test • Sydney, January 06 - 11, 1979, England tour of Australia

England

152 & 346

Australia

(T:205) 294 & 111

England won by 93 runs

Photos

Sat, 13 Jan '79

NO RESULT •

2nd ODI • Sydney, England tour of Australia

Australia

(7.2/40 ov) 17/1

England

No result

Thu, 18 Jan '79

Tour Match • Launceston, England tour of Australia

England XI

240/8

Tasmania

(34.4/40 ov, T:241) 77

England XI won by 163 runs

Fri, 19 Jan '79

Tour Match • Hobart, January 19 - 21, 1979, England tour of Australia

Tasmania

105 & 118/4

England XI

210/5d

Match drawn

Wed, 24 Jan '79

3rd ODI • Melbourne, England tour of Australia

Australia

101

England

(28.2/40 ov, T:102) 102/3

England won by 7 wickets (with 94 balls remaining)

Sat, 27 Jan '79

5th Test • Adelaide, January 27 - February 01, 1979, England tour of Australia

England

169 & 360

Australia

(T:366) 164 & 160

England won by 205 runs

Sat, 03 Feb '79

Tour Match • Melbourne, England tour of Australia

Tasmania

(48/48 ov) 131/6

England XI

(43.3/48 ov, T:132) 134/7

England XI won by 3 wickets (with 27 balls remaining)

Sun, 04 Feb '79

4th ODI • Melbourne, England tour of Australia

England

212/6

Australia

(38.6/40 ov, T:213) 215/6

Australia won by 4 wickets (with 10 balls remaining)

Wed, 07 Feb '79

5th ODI • Melbourne, England tour of Australia

England

Australia

(21.5/40 ov, T:95) 95/4

Australia won by 6 wickets (with 147 balls remaining)

Sat, 10 Feb '79

6th Test • Sydney, February 10 - 14, 1979, England tour of Australia

Australia

198 & 143

England

(T:34) 308 & 35/1

England won by 9 wickets

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England tour of Australia 1978 Matches

England tour of Australia 1978 Teams

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Top Wicket Takers

Tests

ODIs

List A

OTHEROD

Rodney Hogg

AUS, Rf

Innings: 11Average: 12.85

Alan Hurst

AUS, Rf

Innings: 11Average: 23.08

Geoff Miller

ENG, Ob

Innings: 10Average: 15.04

Geoff Dymock

AUS, Lfm

Innings: 3Average: 13.60

Mike Hendrick

ENG, Rfm

Innings: 4Average: 20.80

Bob Willis

ENG, Rf

Innings: 3Average: 13.00

Ian Botham

ENG, Rfm

Innings: 6Average: 13.38

Chris Old

ENG, Rfm

Innings: 9Average: 21.64

John Emburey

ENG, Ob

Innings: 8Average: 17.13

Garry Cowmeadow

TAS, Rfm

Innings: 2Average: 19.00

Geoff Miller

ENG, Ob

Innings: 1Average: 1.00

Rowan Sherriff

TAS, Lfm

Innings: 1Average: 5.33

John Lever

ENG, Lfm

Innings: 1Average: 4.25

Phil Edmonds

ENG, Sla

Innings: 1Average: 3.00

Geoff Miller

ENG, Ob

Innings: 1Average: 7.50

Top Run Scorers

Tests

ODIs

List A

OTHEROD

David Gower

ENG, Lhb

420

Innings: 11Average: 42.00

Graham Yallop

AUS, Lhb

391

Innings: 12Average: 32.58

Derek Randall

ENG, Rhb

385

Innings: 12Average: 38.50

David Gower

ENG, Lhb

123

Innings: 3Average: 123.00

Graeme Wood

AUS, Lhb

Innings: 4Average: 21.75

Geoff Boycott

ENG, Rhb

Innings: 3Average: 37.00