f32315 t834	Australia v England
	England in Australia 1978/79 (1st Test)
Venue	Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane on 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th December 1978 (5-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	England won by 7 wickets
Umpires	RA French, MG O'Connell
Close of play day 1	England (1) 60/2 (Randall 43*, Taylor 2*)
Close of play day 2	England (1) 257/8 (Miller 19*, Old 17*)
Close of play day 3	Australia (2) 157/3 (Yallop 74*, Hughes 51*)
Close of play day 4	England (2) 16/0 (Boycott 9*, Gooch 2*)
Man of the Match	DW Randall

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Wood	c Taylor b Old	7	30	45	-	-
GJ Cosier	run out	1	2	3	-	-
PM Toohey	b Willis	1	12	9	-	-
*GN Yallop	c Gooch b Willis	7	40	59	-	-
KJ Hughes	c Taylor b Botham	4	24	34	-	-
TJ Laughlin	c sub (JK Lever) b Willis	2	3	8	-	-
+JA Maclean	not out	33	83	135	2	-
B Yardley	c Taylor b Willis	17	40	40	2	-
RM Hogg	c Taylor b Botham	36	67	78	5	-
AG Hurst	c Taylor b Botham	0	4	2	-	-
JD Higgs	b Old	1	5	5	-	-
Extras	(1 lb, 6 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 218 minutes, 37.7 overs)	116
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Cosier), 2-5 (Toohey), 3-14 (Wood), 4-22 (Yallop), 5-24 (Hughes), 6-26 (Laughlin), 7-53 (Yardley), 8-113 (Hogg), 9-113 (Hurst), 10-116 (Higgs, 37.7 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Willis	14	2	44	4	-	-
Old	9.7	1	24	2	-	-
Botham	12	1	40	3	-	-
Gooch	1	0	1	0	-	-
Edmonds	1	1	0	0	-	-

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Boycott	c Hughes b Hogg	13	67	91	1	-
GA Gooch	c Laughlin b Hogg	2	13	18	-	-
DW Randall	c Laughlin b Hurst	75	196	223	10	1
+RW Taylor	lbw b Hurst	20	115	172	-	-
*JM Brearley	c Maclean b Hogg	6	13	19	1	-
DI Gower	c Maclean b Hurst	44	90	111	5	-
IT Botham	c Maclean b Hogg	49	73	102	5	-
G Miller	lbw b Hogg	27	70	93	1	-
PH Edmonds	c Maclean b Hogg	1	9	15	-	-
CM Old	not out	29	102	113	2	-
RGD Willis	c Maclean b Hurst	8	20	44	1	-
Extras	(7 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 511 minutes, 95.4 overs)	286
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Gooch), 2-38 (Boycott), 3-111 (Randall), 4-120 (Brearley), 5-120 (Taylor), 6-215 (Botham), 7-219 (Gower), 8-226 (Edmonds), 9-266 (Miller), 10-286 (Willis, 95.4 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hurst	27.4	6	93	4	-	-
Hogg	28	8	74	6	-	-
Laughlin	22	6	54	0	-	-
Yardley	7	1	34	0	-	-
Cosier	5	1	10	0	-	-
Higgs	6	2	9	0	-	-

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Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Wood	lbw b Old	19	50	88	1	-
GJ Cosier	b Willis	0	1	1	-	-
PM Toohey	lbw b Botham	1	9	7	-	-
*GN Yallop	c and b Willis	102	307	347	8	-
KJ Hughes	c Edmonds b Willis	129	411	481	8	2
TJ Laughlin	lbw b Old	5	8	13	-	-
+JA Maclean	lbw b Miller	15	63	63	1	-
B Yardley	c Brearley b Miller	16	70	79	1	-
RM Hogg	b Botham	16	35	41	1	-
AG Hurst	b Botham	0	2	1	-	-
JD Higgs	not out	0	2	4	-	-
Extras	(9 b, 5 lb, 22 nb)	36
Total	(all out, 572 minutes, 116.6 overs)	339
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Cosier), 2-2 (Toohey), 3-49 (Wood), 4-219 (Yallop), 5-228 (Laughlin), 6-261 (Maclean), 7-310 (Yardley), 8-339 (Hogg), 9-339 (Hurst), 10-339 (Hughes, 116.6 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Willis	27.6	3	69	3	-	-
Botham	26	5	95	3	-	-
Old	17	1	60	2	-	-
Miller	34	12	52	2	-	-
Edmonds	12	1	27	0	-	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Boycott	run out	16	82	98	-	-
GA Gooch	c Yardley b Hogg	2	33	53	-	-
DW Randall	not out	74	175	210	5	-
*JM Brearley	c Maclean b Yardley	13	51	54	1	-
DI Gower	not out	48	90	109	4	-
+RW Taylor	did not bat
IT Botham	did not bat
G Miller	did not bat
PH Edmonds	did not bat
CM Old	did not bat
RGD Willis	did not bat
Extras	(12 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	17
Total	(3 wickets, 265 minutes, 53.5 overs)	170
Fall of wickets:
1-16 (Gooch), 2-37 (Boycott), 3-74 (Brearley)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hogg	12.5	2	35	1	-	-
Hurst	10	4	17	0	-	-
Yardley	13	1	41	1	-	-
Laughlin	3	0	6	0	-	-
Higgs	12	1	43	0	-	-
Cosier	3	0	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JA Maclean made his debut in Test matches
--> B Yardley (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 1
--> RM Hogg made his debut in Test matches
--> DI Gower (1) passed 2500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 24
--> GN Yallop (2) passed 3500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 23
--> KJ Hughes (2) passed his previous highest score of 28 in Test matches
--> KJ Hughes (2) passed 2500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 129
--> DI Gower (2) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 18
--> RM Hogg achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the England first innings (previous best was 6-80)
--> AG Hurst achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed DI Gower in the England first innings (previous best was 2-50)
--> IT Botham reached 400 wickets in first-class matches when he dismissed AG Hurst, his 3rd wicket in the Australia second innings

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