f32375 t838	Australia v England
	England in Australia 1978/79 (3rd Test)
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 29th, 30th December 1978, 1st, 2nd, 3rd January 1979 (5-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by 103 runs
Umpires	RA French, MG O'Connell
Scorers	MP Ringham (Australia), GGA Saulez (England)
Close of play day 1	Australia (1) 243/4 (Wood 100*, Border 25*)
Close of play day 2	England (1) 107/8 (Miller 3*, Willis 3*)
Close of play day 3	Australia (2) 163/7 (Maclean 10*, Dymock 3*)
Close of play day 4	England (2) 171/8 (Emburey 2*)
Player of the Match	GM Wood

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Wood	c Emburey b Miller	100	283	392	6	-
WM Darling	run out (Boycott->Emburey)	33	71	93	2	-
KJ Hughes	c Taylor b Botham	0	1	2	-	-
*GN Yallop	c Hendrick b Botham	41	98	83	4	-
PM Toohey	c Randall b Miller	32	70	79	1	-
AR Border	c Brearley b Hendrick	29	115	105	4	-
+JA Maclean	b Botham	8	47	68	-	-
RM Hogg	c Randall b Miller	0	5	2	-	-
G Dymock	b Hendrick	0	14	13	-	-
AG Hurst	b Hendrick	0	2	1	-	-
JD Higgs	not out	1	15	24	-	-
Extras	(8 lb, 6 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 441 minutes, 89.1 overs)	258
Fall of wickets:
1-65 (Darling), 2-65 (Hughes), 3-126 (Yallop), 4-189 (Toohey), 5-247 (Border), 6-250 (Wood), 7-250 (Hogg), 8-251 (Dymock), 9-252 (Hurst), 10-258 (Maclean, 89.1 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Willis	13	2	47	0	-	-
Botham	20.1	4	68	3	-	-
Hendrick	23	3	50	3	-	-
Emburey	14	1	44	0	-	-
Miller	19	6	35	3	-	-

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Boycott	b Hogg	1	13	12	-	-
*JM Brearley	lbw b Hogg	1	8	16	-	-
DW Randall	lbw b Hurst	13	53	88	1	-
GA Gooch	c Border b Dymock	25	91	110	1	-
DI Gower	lbw b Dymock	29	48	59	4	-
IT Botham	c Darling b Higgs	22	80	83	3	-
G Miller	b Hogg	7	101	123	-	-
+RW Taylor	b Hogg	1	4	3	-	-
JE Emburey	b Hogg	0	14	12	-	-
RGD Willis	c Darling b Dymock	19	76	87	-	-
M Hendrick	not out	6	33	31	1	-
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb, 9 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 323 minutes, 63.6 overs)	143
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Boycott), 2-3 (Brearley), 3-40 (Randall), 4-52 (Gooch), 5-81 (Gower), 6-100 (Botham), 7-101 (Taylor), 8-101 (Emburey), 9-120 (Miller), 10-143 (Willis, 63.6 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hogg	17	7	30	5	-	-
Hurst	12	2	24	1	-	-
Dymock	15.6	4	38	3	-	-
Higgs	19	9	32	1	-	-

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Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Wood	b Botham	34	107	136	-	-
WM Darling	c Randall b Miller	21	86	100	-	-
KJ Hughes	c Gower b Botham	48	142	153	4	1
*GN Yallop	c Taylor b Miller	16	46	41	1	-
PM Toohey	c Botham b Emburey	20	30	33	1	-
AR Border	run out	0	12	9	-	-
+JA Maclean	c Hendrick b Emburey	10	77	91	1	-
RM Hogg	b Botham	1	21	20	-	-
G Dymock	c Brearley b Hendrick	6	39	41	-	-
JD Higgs	st Taylor b Emburey	0	7	10	-	-
AG Hurst	not out	0	4	4	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 328 minutes, 71.2 overs)	167
Fall of wickets:
1-55 (Darling), 2-81 (Wood), 3-101 (Yallop), 4-136 (Toohey), 5-136 (Border), 6-152 (Hughes), 7-157 (Hogg), 8-167 (Maclean), 9-167 (Dymock), 10-167 (Higgs, 71.2 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Willis	7	0	21	0	-	-
Botham	15	4	41	3	-	-
Hendrick	14	4	25	1	-	-
Miller	14	5	39	2	-	-
Emburey	21.2	12	30	3	-	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Boycott	lbw b Hurst	38	155	197	1	-
*JM Brearley	c Maclean b Dymock	0	3	7	-	-
DW Randall	lbw b Hogg	2	8	5	-	-
GA Gooch	lbw b Hogg	40	87	95	5	-
DI Gower	lbw b Dymock	49	128	167	3	-
IT Botham	c Maclean b Higgs	10	62	76	-	-
G Miller	c Hughes b Higgs	1	12	17	-	-
+RW Taylor	c Maclean b Hogg	5	40	34	-	-
JE Emburey	not out	7	33	44	-	-
RGD Willis	c Yallop b Hogg	3	12	20	-	-
M Hendrick	b Hogg	0	2	1	-	-
Extras	(10 b, 7 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	24
Total	(all out, 341 minutes, 67 overs)	179
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Brearley), 2-6 (Randall), 3-71 (Gooch), 4-122 (Boycott), 5-163 (Botham), 6-163 (Gower), 7-167 (Miller), 8-171 (Taylor), 9-179 (Willis), 10-179 (Hendrick, 67 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hogg	17	5	36	5	-	-
Dymock	18	4	37	2	-	-
Hurst	11	1	39	1	-	-
Higgs	16	2	29	2	-	-
Border	5	0	14	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AR Border made his debut in Test matches
--> GM Wood (1) 50 in 136 balls, 196 minutes
--> GM Wood (1) 100 in 264 balls, 363 minutes with 6 fours
--> G Boycott (1) passed 34000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> GA Gooch (2) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> JE Emburey made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> JE Emburey achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed JD Higgs in the Australia second innings (previous best was 2-39)

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