AUSTRALIA Vs ENGLAND
2-Innings Match Played At Melbourne (MCG) Aus, 29-Dec-1978, Test Cricket - The Ashes
AUSTRALIA Win Outright by 103 runs
Round 838
Toss won by AUSTRALIA
Umpires RA French, MG O'Connell
AUSTRALIA 1st Innings 258/10 All Out (Overs 89.1)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
Wood,G c Emburey,J b Miller,G 100 0 0 0 0
Darling Rick run out   33 0 0 0 0
Hughes,K c Taylor,R b Botham,I 0 0 0 0 0
Yallop,G* c Hendrick,M b Botham,I 41 0 0 0 0
Toohey,P c Randall,D b Miller,G 32 0 0 0 0
Border,A c Brearley Mike b Hendrick,M 29 0 0 0 0
Maclean,J+   b Botham,I 8 0 0 0 0
Hogg,R c Randall,D b Miller,G 0 0 0 0 0
Dymock,G   b Hendrick,M 0 0 0 0 0
Hurst,A   b Hendrick,M 0 0 0 0 0
Higgs,J not out   1 0 0 0 0
extras   (b0 lb8 w0 nb6) 14        
TOTAL   10 wickets for 258        
FOW
1-65(Darling Rick) 2-65(Hughes,K) 3-126(Yallop,G) 4-189(Toohey,P) 5-247(Border,A)
6-250(Wood,G) 7-250(Hogg,R) 8-251(Dymock,G) 9-252(Hurst,A) 10-258(Maclean,J)
Bowler O M R W wd nb
Willis,R 13 2 47 0 - -
Botham,I 20.1 4 68 3 - -
Hendrick,M 23 3 50 3 - -
Emburey,J 14 1 44 0 - -
Miller,G 19 6 35 3 - -
ENGLAND 1st Innings 143/10 All Out (Overs 64)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
Boycott,G   b Hogg,R 1 0 0 0 0
Brearley Mike* lbw b Hogg,R 1 0 0 0 0
Randall,D lbw b Hurst,A 13 0 0 0 0
Gooch,G c Border,A b Dymock,G 25 0 0 0 0
Gower,D lbw b Dymock,G 29 0 0 0 0
Botham,I c Darling Rick b Higgs,J 22 0 0 0 0
Miller,G   b Hogg,R 7 0 0 0 0
Taylor,R+   b Hogg,R 1 0 0 0 0
Emburey,J   b Hogg,R 0 0 0 0 0
Willis,R c Darling Rick b Dymock,G 19 0 0 0 0
Hendrick,M not out   6 0 0 0 0
extras   (b6 lb4 w0 nb9) 19        
TOTAL   10 wickets for 143        
FOW
1-2(Boycott,G) 2-3(Brearley Mike) 3-40(Randall,D) 4-52(Gooch,G) 5-81(Gower,D)
6-100(Botham,I) 7-101(Taylor,R) 8-101(Emburey,J) 9-120(Miller,G) 10-143(Willis,R)
Bowler O M R W wd nb
Hogg,R 17 7 30 5 - -
Hurst,A 12 2 24 1 - -
Dymock,G 15.6 4 38 3 - -
Higgs,J 19 9 32 1 - -
AUSTRALIA 2nd Innings 167/10 All Out (Overs 71.2)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
Wood,G   b Botham,I 34 0 0 0 0
Darling Rick c Randall,D b Miller,G 21 0 0 0 0
Hughes,K c Gower,D b Botham,I 48 0 0 0 0
Yallop,G* c Taylor,R b Miller,G 16 0 0 0 0
Toohey,P c Botham,I b Emburey,J 20 0 0 0 0
Border,A run out   0 0 0 0 0
Maclean,J+ c Hendrick,M b Emburey,J 10 0 0 0 0
Hogg,R   b Botham,I 1 0 0 0 0
Dymock,G c Brearley Mike b Hendrick,M 6 0 0 0 0
Higgs,J st Taylor,R b Emburey,J 0 0 0 0 0
Hurst,A not out   0 0 0 0 0
extras   (b4 lb6 w0 nb1) 11        
TOTAL   10 wickets for 167        
FOW
1-55(Darling Rick) 2-81(Wood,G) 3-101(Yallop,G) 4-136(Toohey,P) 5-136(Border,A)
6-152(Hughes,K) 7-157(Hogg,R) 8-167(Maclean,J) 9-167(Dymock,G) 10-167(Higgs,J)
Bowler O M R W wd nb
Willis,R 7 0 21 0 - -
Botham,I 15 4 41 3 - -
Hendrick,M 14 4 25 1 - -
Emburey,J 21.2 12 30 3 - -
Miller,G 14 5 39 2 - -
ENGLAND 2nd Innings 179/10 All Out (Overs 67)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
Boycott,G lbw b Hurst,A 38 0 0 0 0
Brearley Mike* c Maclean,J b Dymock,G 0 0 0 0 0
Randall,D lbw b Hogg,R 2 0 0 0 0
Gooch,G lbw b Hogg,R 40 0 0 0 0
Gower,D lbw b Dymock,G 49 0 0 0 0
Botham,I c Maclean,J b Higgs,J 10 0 0 0 0
Miller,G c Hughes,K b Higgs,J 1 0 0 0 0
Taylor,R+ c Maclean,J b Hogg,R 5 0 0 0 0
Emburey,J not out   7 0 0 0 0
Willis,R c Yallop,G b Hogg,R 3 0 0 0 0
Hendrick,M   b Hogg,R 0 0 0 0 0
extras   (b10 lb7 w1 nb6) 24        
TOTAL   10 wickets for 179        
FOW
1-1(Brearley Mike) 2-6(Randall,D) 3-71(Gooch,G) 4-122(Boycott,G) 5-163(Gower,D)
6-163(Botham,I) 7-167(Miller,G) 8-171(Taylor,R) 9-179(Willis,R) 10-179(Hendrick,M)
Bowler O M R W wd nb
Hogg,R 17 5 36 5 - -
Hurst,A 11 1 39 1 - -
Dymock,G 18 4 37 2 - -
Higgs,J 16 2 29 2 - -
Border,A 5 0 14 0 - -
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