1978-1979 - Australia v. England - Test Match Summary

Teams: Australia v/s England
Match Date: December 29, 1978
Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss: Australia , elected to bat
Result: Australia won by 103 runs
Match Player: Graeme Wood

Australia 1st Innings Batting

Player	Runs	Min	BF
Graeme Wood	100	392	283
Graham Yallop	41	83	98
Rick Darling	33	93	71
Peter Toohey	32	79	70
Allan Border	29	105	115
John Maclean	8	68	47
Jim Higgs	1*	24	15
Alan Hurst	0	1	2
Geoff Dymock	0	13	14
Kim Hughes	0	2	1
Rodney Hogg	0	2	5
258 All Out (89.1 overs @ 2.89 rpo)

England 1st Innings Bowling

Player	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wks
Geoff Miller	19.0	6	35	3
Ian Botham	20.1	4	68	3
John Emburey	14.0	1	44	0
Mike Hendrick	23.0	3	50	3
Bob Willis	13.0	2	47	0

England 1st Innings Batting

Player	Runs	Min	BF
David Gower	29	59	48
Graham Gooch	25	110	91
Ian Botham	22	83	80
Bob Willis	19	87	76
Derek Randall	13	88	53
Geoff Miller	7	123	101
Mike Hendrick	6*	31	33
Geoffrey Boycott	1	12	13
Mike Brearley	1	16	8
Bob Taylor	1	3	4
John Emburey	0	12	14
143 All Out (63.6 overs @ 2.23 rpo)

Australia 1st Innings Bowling

Player	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wks
Alan Hurst	12.0	2	24	1
Geoff Dymock	15.6	4	38	3
Jim Higgs	19.0	9	32	1
Rodney Hogg	17.0	7	30	5

Australia 2nd Innings Batting

Player	Runs	Min	BF
Allan Border	0	9	12
Jim Higgs	0	10	7
Kim Hughes	48	153	142
Graeme Wood	34	136	107
Rick Darling	21	100	86
Peter Toohey	20	33	30
Graham Yallop	16	41	46
John Maclean	10	91	77
Geoff Dymock	6	41	39
Rodney Hogg	1	20	21
Alan Hurst	0*	4	4
167 All Out (71.2 overs @ 2.34 rpo)

England 2nd Innings Bowling

Player	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wks
Geoff Miller	14.0	5	39	2
Ian Botham	15.0	4	41	3
John Emburey	21.2	12	30	3
Mike Hendrick	14.0	4	25	1
Bob Willis	7.0	0	21	0

England 2nd Innings Batting

Player	Runs	Min	BF
David Gower	49	167	128
Graham Gooch	40	95	87
Geoffrey Boycott	38	197	155
Ian Botham	10	76	62
John Emburey	7*	44	33
Bob Taylor	5	34	40
Bob Willis	3	20	12
Derek Randall	2	5	8
Geoff Miller	1	17	12
Mike Brearley	0	7	3
Mike Hendrick	0	1	2
179 All Out (67.0 overs @ 2.67 rpo)

Australia 2nd Innings Bowling

Player	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wks
Rodney Hogg	17.0	5	36	5
Alan Hurst	11.0	1	39	1
Allan Border	5.0	0	14	0
Geoff Dymock	18.0	4	37	2
Jim Higgs	16.0	2	29	2

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