Full Scorecard of Australia vs England 1st Test 1979/80 - Score Report

result

1st Test, Perth, Dec 14 - 19 1979, England tour of Australia

Australia

244 & 337

England

(90.2 ov, target 354)228 & 215

Australia won by 138 runs

player of the match

Ian Botham

England

Australia 1st INNINGS

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Julien Wiener	run out	11	34	47	0	0	32.35

Bruce Laird	lbw b Botham	0	4	5	0	0	0.00

Allan Border	lbw b Botham	4	24	33	0	0	16.66

Greg Chappell (c)	c Boycott b Botham	19	77	101	2	0	24.67

Kim Hughes	c Brearley b Underwood	99	195	235	10	0	50.76

Peter Toohey	c Underwood b Dilley	19	35	52	3	0	54.28

Rod Marsh †	c †Taylor b Dilley	42	112	142	3	1	37.50

Ray Bright	c †Taylor b Botham	17	46	65	2	0	36.95

Dennis Lillee	c †Taylor b Botham	18	39	63	1	0	46.15

Geoff Dymock	b Botham	5	35	57	0	0	14.28

Jeff Thomson	not out	1	1	1	0	0	100.00

Extras	(b 4, lb 3, nb 2)	9
TOTAL	(100 Ov, RR: 2.44)	244
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Bruce Laird), 2-17 (Allan Border), 3-20 (Julien Wiener), 4-88 (Greg Chappell), 5-127 (Peter Toohey), 6-186 (Kim Hughes), 7-219 (Rod Marsh), 8-219 (Ray Bright), 9-243 (Geoff Dymock), 10-244 (Dennis Lillee)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Graham Dilley	18	1	47	2	2.61	-	-	-
Ian Botham	35	9	78	6	2.22	-	-	-
Bob Willis	23	7	47	0	2.04	-	-	-
Derek Underwood	13	4	33	1	2.53	-	-	-
Geoff Miller	11	2	30	0	2.72	-	-	-

England 1st INNINGS

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Derek Randall	c Hughes b Lillee	0	3	1	0	0	0.00

Geoff Boycott	lbw b Lillee	0	20	30	0	0	0.00

Peter Willey	c Chappell b Dymock	9	18	21	1	0	50.00

David Gower	c †Marsh b Lillee	17	26	37	2	0	65.38

Geoff Miller	c Hughes b Thomson	25	53	69	2	0	47.16

Mike Brearley (c)	c †Marsh b Lillee	64	184	251	6	0	34.78

Ian Botham	c Toohey b Thomson	15	16	17	2	0	93.75

Bob Taylor †	b Chappell	14	44	54	2	0	31.81

Graham Dilley	not out	38	157	206	4	0	24.20

Derek Underwood	lbw b Dymock	13	24	32	1	0	54.16

Bob Willis	b Dymock	11	19	35	1	0	57.89

Extras	(lb 7, nb 15)	22
TOTAL	(91.1 Ov, RR: 2.5)	228
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Derek Randall), 2-12 (Peter Willey), 3-14 (Geoff Boycott), 4-41 (David Gower), 5-74 (Geoff Miller), 6-90 (Ian Botham), 7-123 (Bob Taylor), 8-185 (Mike Brearley), 9-203 (Derek Underwood), 10-228 (Bob Willis)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Dennis Lillee	28	11	73	4	2.60	-	-	-
Geoff Dymock	29.1	14	52	3	1.78	-	-	-
Greg Chappell	11	6	5	1	0.45	-	-	-
Jeff Thomson	21	3	70	2	3.33	-	-	-
Ray Bright	2	0	6	0	3.00	-	-	-

Australia 2nd INNINGS

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Julien Wiener	c Randall b Underwood	58	105	136	6	1	55.23

Bruce Laird	c †Taylor b Underwood	33	115	150	3	0	28.69

Allan Border	c †Taylor b Willis	115	296	383	13	0	38.85

Greg Chappell (c)	st †Taylor b Underwood	43	95	115	4	0	45.26

Kim Hughes	c Miller b Botham	4	13	23	0	0	30.76

Peter Toohey	c †Taylor b Botham	3	15	13	0	0	20.00

Rod Marsh †	c Gower b Botham	4	19	28	0	0	21.05

Ray Bright	lbw b Botham	12	32	42	1	0	37.50

Dennis Lillee	c Willey b Dilley	19	105	135	1	0	18.09

Geoff Dymock	not out	20	39	59	2	0	51.28

Jeff Thomson	b Botham	8	25	20	1	0	32.00

Extras	(b 4, lb 5, nb 7, w 2)	18
TOTAL	(141.5 Ov, RR: 2.37)	337
Fall of wickets: 1-91 (Julien Wiener), 2-100 (Bruce Laird), 3-168 (Greg Chappell), 4-183 (Kim Hughes), 5-191 (Peter Toohey), 6-204 (Rod Marsh), 7-225 (Ray Bright), 7-296, 8-303 (Dennis Lillee), 9-323 (Allan Border), 10-337 (Jeff Thomson)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Graham Dilley	18	3	50	1	2.77	-	-	-
Ian Botham	45.5	14	98	5	2.13	-	-	-
Bob Willis	26	7	52	1	2.00	-	-	-
Derek Underwood	41	14	82	3	2.00	-	-	-
Geoff Miller	10	0	36	0	3.60	-	-	-
Peter Willey	1	0	1	0	1.00	-	-	-

England 2nd INNINGS (target: 354 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Derek Randall	lbw b Dymock	1	9	11	0	0	11.11

Geoff Boycott	not out	99	285	337	8	0	34.73

Peter Willey	lbw b Dymock	12	18	18	1	0	66.66

David Gower	c Thomson b Dymock	23	42	50	3	0	54.76

Geoff Miller	c Chappell b Thomson	8	19	20	1	0	42.10

Ian Botham	c †Marsh b Lillee	18	44	70	1	0	40.90

Mike Brearley (c)	c †Marsh b Bright	11	24	37	1	0	45.83

Bob Taylor †	b Lillee	15	44	51	2	0	34.09

Graham Dilley	c †Marsh b Dymock	16	61	56	1	0	26.22

Derek Underwood	c Wiener b Dymock	0	3	2	0	0	0.00

Bob Willis	c Chappell b Dymock	0	3	5	0	0	0.00

Extras	(lb 3, nb 8, w 1)	12
TOTAL	(90.2 Ov, RR: 2.38)	215
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Derek Randall), 2-26 (Peter Willey), 3-64 (David Gower), 4-75 (Geoff Miller), 5-115 (Ian Botham), 6-141 (Mike Brearley), 7-182 (Bob Taylor), 8-211 (Graham Dilley), 9-211 (Derek Underwood), 10-215 (Bob Willis)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Dennis Lillee	23	5	74	2	3.21	-	-	-
Geoff Dymock	17.2	4	34	6	1.96	-	-	-
Greg Chappell	6	4	6	0	1.00	-	-	-
Jeff Thomson	11	3	30	1	2.72	-	-	-
Ray Bright	23	11	30	1	1.30	-	-	-
Julien Wiener	8	3	22	0	2.75	-	-	-
Allan Border	2	0	7	0	3.50	-	-	-

MATCH DETAILS

Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth
Toss	England, elected to field first
Series	England tour of Australia
Season	1979/80
Player Of The Match	Ian Botham
Series result	Australia led the 3-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 864
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Graham Dilley Julien Wiener
Umpires	Donald Weser Max O'Connell

CLOSE OF PLAY

Fri, 14 Dec - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 232/8 (Dennis Lillee 11*, Geoff Dymock 1*)

Sat, 15 Dec - day 2 - England 1st innings 177/7 (Mike Brearley 56*, Graham Dilley 21*)

Sun, 16 Dec - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 168/2 (Allan Border 32*, Greg Chappell 43*)

Mon, 17 Dec - rest day

Tue, 18 Dec - day 4 - England 2nd innings 19/1 (Geoff Boycott 5*, Peter Willey 9*)

Wed, 19 Dec - day 5 - England 2nd innings 215 (90.2 ov) - end of match

MATCH NOTES

General

DK Lillee faced four balls (from Botham) and scored three runs using an aluminium bat. Ten minutes were lost while the umpire persuaded Lille to change the bat for a standard wooden one.
AR Border (2) retired hurt on 109* from 296/7 to 303/8

England Innings

Player Name		R	B
DW Randall	lbw	1	9
G Boycott	not out	99	285
P Willey	lbw	12	18
DI Gower	caught	23	42
G Miller	caught	8	19
IT Botham	caught	18	44
JM Brearley	caught	11	24
RW Taylor	bowled	15	44
GR Dilley	caught	16	61
DL Underwood	caught	0	3
RGD Willis	caught	0	3
Extras	(lb 3, nb 8, w 1)
Total	215(10 wkts; 90.2 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
DK Lillee	23	5	74	2	3.21
G Dymock	17.2	4	34	6	1.96
GS Chappell	6	4	6	0	1
JR Thomson	11	3	30	1	2.72
RJ Bright	23	11	30	1	1.3
JM Wiener	8	3	22	0	2.75
AR Border	2	0	7	0	3.5

WKT	RUNS	Players
1st	8	Geoff Boycott	Derek Randall
2nd	18	Geoff Boycott	Peter Willey
3rd	38	Geoff Boycott	David Gower
4th	11	Geoff Boycott	Geoff Miller
5th	40	Geoff Boycott	Ian Botham
6th	26	Geoff Boycott	Mike Brearley
7th	41	Geoff Boycott	Bob Taylor
8th	29	Geoff Boycott	Graham Dilley
9th	0	Geoff Boycott	Derek Underwood
10th	4	Geoff Boycott	Bob Willis