f32348 t836	Australia v England
	England in Australia 1978/79 (2nd Test)
Venue	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth on 15th, 16th, 17th, 19th, 20th December 1978 (5-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to field
Result	England won by 166 runs
Umpires	RC Bailhache, TF Brooks
Close of play day 1	England (1) 190/3 (Boycott 63*, Gower 101*)
Close of play day 2	Australia (1) 60/4 (Toohey 6*)
Close of play day 3	England (2) 58/0 (Boycott 23*, Gooch 26*)
Close of play day 4	Australia (2) 11/1 (Wood 2*, Hughes 1*)
Player of the Match	RM Hogg

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Boycott	lbw b Hurst	77	337	454	1	-
GA Gooch	c Maclean b Hogg	1	10	19	-	-
DW Randall	c Wood b Hogg	0	3	2	-	-
*JM Brearley	c Maclean b Dymock	17	104	117	1	-
DI Gower	b Hogg	102	221	254	9	-
IT Botham	lbw b Hurst	11	28	44	1	-
G Miller	b Hogg	40	104	145	4	-
+RW Taylor	c Hurst b Yardley	12	59	52	1	-
JK Lever	c Cosier b Hurst	14	40	60	-	-
RGD Willis	c Yallop b Hogg	2	20	41	-	-
M Hendrick	not out	7	25	22	1	-
Extras	(6 b, 9 lb, 8 nb, 3 w)	26
Total	(all out, 612 minutes, 117.5 overs)	309
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Gooch), 2-3 (Randall), 3-41 (Brearley), 4-199 (Gower), 5-219 (Botham), 6-224 (Boycott), 7-253 (Taylor), 8-295 (Lever), 9-300 (Miller), 10-309 (Willis, 117.5 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hogg	30.5	9	65	5	-	-
Dymock	34	4	72	1	-	-
Hurst	26	7	70	3	-	-
Yardley	23	1	62	1	-	-
Cosier	4	2	14	0	-	-

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Wood	lbw b Lever	5	12	12	-	-
WM Darling	run out	25	63	112	1	-
KJ Hughes	b Willis	16	44	43	1	-
*GN Yallop	b Willis	3	17	18	-	-
PM Toohey	not out	81	184	272	6	-
GJ Cosier	c Gooch b Willis	4	24	33	-	-
+JA Maclean	c Gooch b Miller	0	2	2	-	-
B Yardley	c Taylor b Hendrick	12	44	43	-	-
RM Hogg	c Taylor b Willis	18	67	68	2	-
G Dymock	b Hendrick	11	72	78	-	-
AG Hurst	c Taylor b Willis	5	6	6	1	-
Extras	(7 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 354 minutes, 66.5 overs)	190
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Wood), 2-34 (Hughes), 3-38 (Yallop), 4-60 (Darling), 5-78 (Cosier), 6-79 (Maclean), 7-100 (Yardley), 8-128 (Hogg), 9-185 (Dymock), 10-190 (Hurst, 66.5 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	7	0	20	1	-	-
Botham	11	2	46	0	-	-
Willis	18.5	5	44	5	-	-
Hendrick	14	1	39	2	-	-
Miller	16	6	31	1	-	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Boycott	lbw b Hogg	23	103	128	-	-
GA Gooch	lbw b Hogg	43	131	174	5	-
DW Randall	c Cosier b Yardley	45	65	90	3	-
*JM Brearley	c Maclean b Hogg	0	1	1	-	-
DI Gower	c Maclean b Hogg	12	47	68	-	-
IT Botham	c Wood b Yardley	30	39	52	4	-
G Miller	c Toohey b Yardley	25	42	79	3	-
JK Lever	c Maclean b Hurst	10	54	45	-	-
+RW Taylor	c Maclean b Hogg	2	33	36	-	-
RGD Willis	not out	3	21	37	-	-
M Hendrick	b Dymock	1	5	5	-	-
Extras	(6 lb, 8 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 368 minutes, 66.3 overs)	208
Fall of wickets:
1-58 (Boycott), 2-93 (Gooch), 3-93 (Brearley), 4-135 (Randall), 5-151 (Gower), 6-176 (Botham), 7-201 (Lever), 8-201 (Miller), 9-206 (Taylor), 10-208 (Hendrick, 66.3 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hogg	17	2	57	5	-	-
Dymock	16.3	2	53	1	-	-
Hurst	17	5	43	1	-	-
Yardley	16	1	41	3	-	-

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Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Wood	c Taylor b Lever	64	168	243	3	-
WM Darling	c Boycott b Lever	5	9	13	1	-
KJ Hughes	c Gooch b Willis	12	45	54	1	-
*GN Yallop	c Taylor b Hendrick	3	23	43	-	-
PM Toohey	c Taylor b Hendrick	0	1	1	-	-
GJ Cosier	lbw b Miller	47	74	109	4	-
+JA Maclean	c Brearley b Miller	1	16	18	-	-
B Yardley	c Botham b Lever	7	19	24	1	-
RM Hogg	b Miller	0	8	8	-	-
G Dymock	not out	6	9	14	1	-
AG Hurst	b Lever	5	5	6	-	-
Extras	(3 lb, 4 nb, 4 w)	11
Total	(all out, 275 minutes, 46.1 overs)	161
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Darling), 2-36 (Hughes), 3-58 (Yallop), 4-58 (Toohey), 5-141 (Cosier), 6-143 (Wood), 7-143 (Maclean), 8-147 (Hogg), 9-151 (Yardley), 10-161 (Hurst, 46.1 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Willis	12	1	36	1	-	-
Lever	8.1	2	28	4	-	-
Botham	11	1	54	0	-	-
Hendrick	8	3	11	2	-	-
Miller	7	4	21	3	-	-

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Notes
--> GJ Cosier made his last appearance in Test matches
--> G Boycott (1) 50 in 218 balls, 280 minutes
--> DI Gower (1) 50 in 103 balls, 120 minutes
--> DI Gower (1) 100 in 194 balls, 217 minutes with 9 fours
--> PM Toohey (1) 50 in 149 balls, 208 minutes
--> GM Wood (2) 50 in 120 balls, 174 minutes
--> G Miller achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches in the Australia second innings (previous best was 3-99)
--> M Hendrick reached 50 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed GN Yallop, his 1st wicket in the Australia second innings

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