TestNo. 838MenScorecard

Australia v England

Australia won by 103 runs

29 December 1978 to 3 January 1979Melbourne

Australiawon by 103 runs

258 & 16771.2 ov

England

143 & 17967 ov

Scorecard: every batter's and bowler's line, as the scorer kept it

Scorecard. For this match we hold every batter's and every bowler's line as the scorer's card kept it. The card does not name the fielder or the bowler for each dismissal, and older cards often leave balls faced blank (shown as -). There is no ball-by-ball record before December 2001. See the matches held ball by ball.

Australia innings

25889.1 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood	caught	100	283	392	6	0	35.3
Rick Darling	run out	33	71	93	2	0	46.5
Kim Hughes	caught	0	1	2	0	0	0.0
Graham Yallop	caught	41	98	83	4	0	41.8
Peter Toohey	caught	32	70	79	1	0	45.7
Allan Border	caught	29	115	105	4	0	25.2
John Maclean	bowled	8	47	68	0	0	17.0
Rodney Hogg	caught	0	5	2	0	0	0.0
Geoff Dymock	bowled	0	14	13	0	0	0.0
Alan Hurst	bowled	0	2	1	0	0	0.0
Jim Higgs	not out	1*	15	24	0	0	6.7
Extras	lb 8, nb 6	14
Total	all out, 89.1 overs (8-ball)	258

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 260

1-65 Rick Darling2-65 Kim Hughes3-126 Graham Yallop4-189 Peter Toohey5-247 Allan Border6-250 Graeme Wood7-250 Rodney Hogg8-251 Geoff Dymock9-252 Alan Hurst10-258 John Maclean

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Bob Willis	13	2	47	0	3.62
Ian Botham	20.1	4	68	3	3.38
Mike Hendrick	23	3	50	3	2.17
John Emburey	14	1	44	0	3.14
Geoff Miller	19	6	35	3	1.84

England innings

14363.6 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott	bowled	1	13	12	0	0	7.7
Mike Brearley	lbw	1	8	16	0	0	12.5
Derek Randall	lbw	13	53	88	1	0	24.5
Graham Gooch	caught	25	91	110	1	0	27.5
David Gower	lbw	29	48	59	4	0	60.4
Ian Botham	caught	22	80	83	3	0	27.5
Geoff Miller	bowled	7	101	123	0	0	6.9
Bob Taylor	bowled	1	4	3	0	0	25.0
John Emburey	bowled	0	14	12	0	0	0.0
Bob Willis	caught	19	76	87	0	0	25.0
Mike Hendrick	not out	6*	33	31	1	0	18.2
Extras	b 6, lb 4, nb 9	19
Total	all out, 63.6 overs (8-ball)	143

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 260

1-2 Geoff Boycott2-3 Mike Brearley3-40 Derek Randall4-52 Graham Gooch5-81 David Gower6-100 Ian Botham7-101 Bob Taylor8-101 John Emburey9-120 Geoff Miller10-143 Bob Willis

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Rodney Hogg	17	7	30	5	1.76
Alan Hurst	12	2	24	1	2.00
Geoff Dymock	15.6	4	38	3	2.41
Jim Higgs	19	9	32	1	1.68

Australia innings

16771.2 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood	bowled	34	107	136	0	0	31.8
Rick Darling	caught	21	86	100	0	0	24.4
Kim Hughes	caught	48	142	153	4	1	33.8
Graham Yallop	caught	16	46	41	1	0	34.8
Peter Toohey	caught	20	30	33	1	0	66.7
Allan Border	run out	0	12	9	0	0	0.0
John Maclean	caught	10	77	91	1	0	13.0
Rodney Hogg	bowled	1	21	20	0	0	4.8
Geoff Dymock	caught	6	39	41	0	0	15.4
Jim Higgs	stumped	0	7	10	0	0	0.0
Alan Hurst	not out	0*	4	4	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 4, lb 6, nb 1	11
Total	all out, 71.2 overs (8-ball)	167

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 260

1-55 Rick Darling2-81 Graeme Wood3-101 Graham Yallop4-136 Peter Toohey5-136 Allan Border6-152 Kim Hughes7-157 Rodney Hogg8-167 John Maclean9-167 Geoff Dymock10-167 Jim Higgs

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Bob Willis	7	0	21	0	3.00
Ian Botham	15	4	41	3	2.73
Mike Hendrick	14	4	25	1	1.79
Geoff Miller	14	5	39	2	2.79
John Emburey	21.2	12	30	3	1.41

England innings chasing 283

17967 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott	lbw	38	155	197	1	0	24.5
Mike Brearley	caught	0	3	7	0	0	0.0
Derek Randall	lbw	2	8	5	0	0	25.0
Graham Gooch	lbw	40	87	95	5	0	46.0
David Gower	lbw	49	128	167	3	0	38.3
Ian Botham	caught	10	62	76	0	0	16.1
Geoff Miller	caught	1	12	17	0	0	8.3
Bob Taylor	caught	5	40	34	0	0	12.5
John Emburey	not out	7*	33	44	0	0	21.2
Bob Willis	caught	3	12	20	0	0	25.0
Mike Hendrick	bowled	0	2	1	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 10, lb 7, w 1, nb 6	24
Total	all out, 67 overs (8-ball)	179

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 260

1-1 Mike Brearley2-6 Derek Randall3-71 Graham Gooch4-122 Geoff Boycott5-163 Ian Botham6-163 David Gower7-167 Geoff Miller8-171 Bob Taylor9-179 Bob Willis10-179 Mike Hendrick

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Rodney Hogg	17	5	36	5	2.12
Geoff Dymock	18	4	37	2	2.06
Alan Hurst	11	1	39	1	3.55
Jim Higgs	16	2	29	2	1.81
Allan Border	5	0	14	0	2.80

Tests in December 1978

6 matches

TestScorecardIndia424 & 224/284.5West Indies493161Match drawnWankhede, 1 December TestScorecardAustralia116 & 339116.6England286 & 170/353.5England won by 7 wicketsBrisbane, 1 December TestScorecardWest Indies437 & 200/882India371116.2Match drawnBengaluru, 15 December TestScorecardEngland309 & 20866.3Australia190 & 16146.1England won by 166 runsW.A.C.A, 15 December TestScorecardIndia300 & 361/1d93West Indies327 & 197/9105.1Match drawnEden Gardens, 29 December TestScorecardAustralia258 & 16771.2England143 & 17967Australia won by 103 runsMelbourne, 29 December

Match facts

Format: Test No. 838
Dates: 29 December 1978 to 3 January 1979
Ground: Melbourne
Result: Australia won by 103 runs
Overs: 8 balls an over
In the database: Scorecard

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  "balls_per_over": 8,
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      "runs": 100, "balls": 283, "minutes": 392, ...}, ...],
    "bowling": [{"player": "Bob Willis", "overs": "13", "wickets": 0, ...}, ...]
  }, ...]
}

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Australia v England

Previous meetingTest, England won by 166 runs, 15 December 1978 Next meetingTest, England won by 93 runs, 6 January 1979