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Test no. 838

The Ashes - 3rd Test
Australia v England

1978/79 season

Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground on 29,30 December 1978, 1,2,3 January 1979 (5-day match)

Result Australia won by 103 runs


Australia 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	GM Wood	c Emburey b Miller	100	392	283	6	0	35.33
	WM Darling	run out	33	93	71	2	0	46.47
	KJ Hughes	c Taylor b Botham	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
	GN Yallop	c Hendrick b Botham	41	83	98	4	0	41.83
	PM Toohey	c Randall b Miller	32	79	70	1	0	45.71
	AR Border	c Brearley b Hendrick	29	105	115	4	0	25.21
	JA Maclean	b Botham	8	68	47	0	0	17.02
	RM Hogg	c Randall b Miller	0	2	5	0	0	0.00
	G Dymock	b Hendrick	0	13	14	0	0	0.00
	AG Hurst	b Hendrick	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
	JD Higgs	not out	1	24	15	0	0	6.66
	Extras	(lb 8, nb 6)	14

	Total	(all out; 89.1 overs)	258	(2.17 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-65 (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)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
RGD Willis	13	2	47	0	2.71
IT Botham	20.1	4	68	3	2.53
M Hendrick	23	3	50	3	1.63
JE Emburey	14	1	44	0	2.35
G Miller	19	6	35	3	1.38


England 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	G Boycott	b Hogg	1	12	13	0	0	7.69
	JM Brearley	lbw b Hogg	1	16	8	0	0	12.50
	DW Randall	lbw b Hurst	13	88	53	1	0	24.52
	GA Gooch	c Border b Dymock	25	110	91	1	0	27.47
	DI Gower	lbw b Dymock	29	59	48	4	0	60.41
	IT Botham	c Darling b Higgs	22	83	80	3	0	27.50
	G Miller	b Hogg	7	123	101	0	0	6.93
	RW Taylor	b Hogg	1	3	4	0	0	25.00
	JE Emburey	b Hogg	0	12	14	0	0	0.00
	RGD Willis	c Darling b Dymock	19	87	76	0	0	25.00
	M Hendrick	not out	6	31	33	1	0	18.18
	Extras	(b 6, lb 4, nb 9)	19

	Total	(all out; 63.6 overs)	143	(1.68 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-2 (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)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
RM Hogg	17	7	30	5	1.32
AG Hurst	12	2	24	1	1.50
G Dymock	15.6	4	38	3	1.80
JD Higgs	19	9	32	1	1.26


Australia 2nd innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	GM Wood	b Botham	34	136	107	0	0	31.77
	WM Darling	c Randall b Miller	21	100	86	0	0	24.41
	KJ Hughes	c Gower b Botham	48	153	142	4	1	33.80
	GN Yallop	c Taylor b Miller	16	41	46	1	0	34.78
	PM Toohey	c Botham b Emburey	20	33	30	1	0	66.66
	AR Border	run out	0	9	12	0	0	0.00
	JA Maclean	c Hendrick b Emburey	10	91	77	1	0	12.98
	RM Hogg	b Botham	1	20	21	0	0	4.76
	G Dymock	c Brearley b Hendrick	6	41	39	0	0	15.38
	JD Higgs	st Taylor b Emburey	0	10	7	0	0	0.00
	AG Hurst	not out	0	4	4	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(b 4, lb 6, nb 1)	11

	Total	(all out; 71.2 overs)	167	(1.75 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-55 (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)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
RGD Willis	7	0	21	0	2.25
IT Botham	15	4	41	3	2.05
M Hendrick	14	4	25	1	1.33
G Miller	14	5	39	2	2.08
JE Emburey	21.2	12	30	3	1.05


England 2nd innings (target: 283 runs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	G Boycott	lbw b Hurst	38	197	155	1	0	24.51
	JM Brearley	c Maclean b Dymock	0	7	3	0	0	0.00
	DW Randall	lbw b Hogg	2	5	8	0	0	25.00
	GA Gooch	lbw b Hogg	40	95	87	5	0	45.97
	DI Gower	lbw b Dymock	49	167	128	3	0	38.28
	IT Botham	c Maclean b Higgs	10	76	62	0	0	16.12
	G Miller	c Hughes b Higgs	1	17	12	0	0	8.33
	RW Taylor	c Maclean b Hogg	5	34	40	0	0	12.50
	JE Emburey	not out	7	44	33	0	0	21.21
	RGD Willis	c Yallop b Hogg	3	20	12	0	0	25.00
	M Hendrick	b Hogg	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(b 10, lb 7, w 1, nb 6)	24

	Total	(all out; 67 overs)	179	(2.00 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-1 (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)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
RM Hogg	17	5	36	5	1.58
G Dymock	18	4	37	2	1.54
AG Hurst	11	1	39	1	2.65
JD Higgs	16	2	29	2	1.35
AR Border	5	0	14	0	2.10

Balls per over 8

Toss Australia, who chose to bat first
Series England led the 6-match series 2-1

Test debut AR Border (Australia)
Player of the match GM Wood (Australia)

Umpires RA French and MG O'Connell

Close of play
29 Dec day 1 - Australia 1st innings 243/4 (GM Wood 100*, AR Border 25*)
30 Dec day 2 - England 1st innings 107/8 (G Miller 3*, RGD Willis 3*)
31 Dec rest day
1 Jan day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 163/7 (JA Maclean 10*, G Dymock 3*)
2 Jan day 4 - England 2nd innings 171/8 (JE Emburey 2*)
3 Jan day 5 - England 2nd innings 179 (67 ov) - end of match

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