The Ashes, 1978/79, 2nd Test
Australia v England
W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth
15,16,17,19,20 December 1978 (5-day match)
Result: England won by 166 runs
England leads the 6-Test series 2-0
Toss: Australia
Umpires: RC Bailhache and TF Brooks
Man of the Match: RM Hogg
Balls per over: 8
Close of Play:
Day 1: England 190/3 (Boycott 63*, Gower 101*)
Day 2: England 309, Australia 60/4 (Toohey 6*)
Day 3: Australia 190, England 58/0 (Boycott 23*, Gooch 26*)
Day 4: England 208, Australia 11/1 (Wood 2*, Hughes 1*)
England 1st innings
G Boycott lbw b Hurst 77
GA Gooch c Maclean b Hogg 1
DW Randall c Wood b Hogg 0
*JM Brearley c Maclean b Dymock 17
DI Gower b Hogg 102
IT Botham lbw b Hurst 11
G Miller b Hogg 40
+RW Taylor c Hurst b Yardley 12
JK Lever c Cosier b Hurst 14
RGD Willis c Yallop b Hogg 2
M Hendrick not out 7
Extras (b 6, lb 9, w 3, nb 8) 26
Total (all out, 117.5 overs) 309
FoW: 1-3, 2-3, 3-41, 4-199, 5-219,
6-224, 7-253, 8-295, 9-300, 10-309.
Bowling O M R W
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
Australia 1st innings
GM Wood lbw b Lever 5
WM Darling run out 25
KJ Hughes b Willis 16
*GN Yallop b Willis 3
PM Toohey not out 81
GJ Cosier c Gooch b Willis 4
+JA Maclean c Gooch b Miller 0
B Yardley c Taylor b Hendrick 12
RM Hogg c Taylor b Willis 18
G Dymock b Hendrick 11
AG Hurst c Taylor b Willis 5
Extras (lb 7, w 1, nb 2) 10
Total (all out, 66.5 overs) 190
FoW: 1-8, 2-34, 3-38, 4-60, 5-78,
6-79, 7-100, 8-128, 9-185, 10-190.
Bowling O M R W
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
England 2nd innings
G Boycott lbw b Hogg 23
GA Gooch lbw b Hogg 43
DW Randall c Cosier b Yardley 45
*JM Brearley c Maclean b Hogg 0
DI Gower c Maclean b Hogg 12
IT Botham c Wood b Yardley 30
G Miller c Toohey b Yardley 25
JK Lever c Maclean b Hurst 10
+RW Taylor c Maclean b Hogg 2
RGD Willis not out 3
M Hendrick b Dymock 1
Extras (lb 6, nb 8) 14
Total (all out, 66.3 overs) 208
FoW: 1-58, 2-93, 3-93, 4-135, 5-151,
6-176, 7-201, 8-201, 9-206, 10-208.
Bowling O M R W
Hogg 17 2 57 5
Dymock 16.3 2 53 1
Hurst 17 5 43 1
Yardley 16 1 41 3
Australia 2nd innings (target: 328 runs)
GM Wood c Taylor b Lever 64
WM Darling c Boycott b Lever 5
KJ Hughes c Gooch b Willis 12
*GN Yallop c Taylor b Hendrick 3
PM Toohey c Taylor b Hendrick 0
GJ Cosier lbw b Miller 47
+JA Maclean c Brearley b Miller 1
B Yardley c Botham b Lever 7
RM Hogg b Miller 0
G Dymock not out 6
AG Hurst b Lever 5
Extras (lb 3, w 4, nb 4) 11
Total (all out, 46.1 overs) 161
FoW: 1-8, 2-36, 3-58, 4-58, 5-141,
6-143, 7-143, 8-147, 9-151, 10-161.
Bowling O M R W
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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