The Ashes, 1978/79, 3rd Test
Australia v England
Melbourne Cricket Ground
29,30 December 1978, 1,2,3 January 1979 (5-day match)
Result: Australia won by 103 runs
England leads the 6-Test series 2-1
Toss: Australia
Umpires: RA French and MG O'Connell
Test Debuts: AR Border (Aus).
Man of the Match: GM Wood
Balls per over: 8
Close of Play:
Day 1: Australia 243/4 (Wood 100*, Border 25*)
Day 2: Australia 258, England 107/8 (Miller 3*, Willis 3*)
Day 3: England 143, Australia 163/7 (Maclean 10*, Dymock 3*)
Day 4: Australia 167, England 171/8 (Emburey 2*)
Australia 1st innings
GM Wood c Emburey b Miller 100
WM Darling run out 33
KJ Hughes c Taylor b Botham 0
*GN Yallop c Hendrick b Botham 41
PM Toohey c Randall b Miller 32
AR Border c Brearley b Hendrick 29
+JA Maclean b Botham 8
RM Hogg c Randall b Miller 0
G Dymock b Hendrick 0
AG Hurst b Hendrick 0
JD Higgs not out 1
Extras (lb 8, nb 6) 14
Total (all out, 89.1 overs) 258
FoW: 1-65, 2-65, 3-126, 4-189, 5-247,
6-250, 7-250, 8-251, 9-252, 10-258.
Bowling O M R W
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
England 1st innings
G Boycott b Hogg 1
*JM Brearley lbw b Hogg 1
DW Randall lbw b Hurst 13
GA Gooch c Border b Dymock 25
DI Gower lbw b Dymock 29
IT Botham c Darling b Higgs 22
G Miller b Hogg 7
+RW Taylor b Hogg 1
JE Emburey b Hogg 0
RGD Willis c Darling b Dymock 19
M Hendrick not out 6
Extras (b 6, lb 4, nb 9) 19
Total (all out, 63.6 overs) 143
FoW: 1-2, 2-3, 3-40, 4-52, 5-81,
6-100, 7-101, 8-101, 9-120, 10-143.
Bowling O M R W
Hogg 17 7 30 5
Hurst 12 2 24 1
Dymock 15.6 4 38 3
Higgs 19 9 32 1
Australia 2nd innings
GM Wood b Botham 34
WM Darling c Randall b Miller 21
KJ Hughes c Gower b Botham 48
*GN Yallop c Taylor b Miller 16
PM Toohey c Botham b Emburey 20
AR Border run out 0
+JA Maclean c Hendrick b Emburey 10
RM Hogg b Botham 1
G Dymock c Brearley b Hendrick 6
JD Higgs st Taylor b Emburey 0
AG Hurst not out 0
Extras (b 4, lb 6, nb 1) 11
Total (all out, 71.2 overs) 167
FoW: 1-55, 2-81, 3-101, 4-136, 5-136,
6-152, 7-157, 8-167, 9-167, 10-167.
Bowling O M R W
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
England 2nd innings (target: 283 runs)
G Boycott lbw b Hurst 38
*JM Brearley c Maclean b Dymock 0
DW Randall lbw b Hogg 2
GA Gooch lbw b Hogg 40
DI Gower lbw b Dymock 49
IT Botham c Maclean b Higgs 10
G Miller c Hughes b Higgs 1
+RW Taylor c Maclean b Hogg 5
JE Emburey not out 7
RGD Willis c Yallop b Hogg 3
M Hendrick b Hogg 0
Extras (b 10, lb 7, w 1, nb 6) 24
Total (all out, 67 overs) 179
FoW: 1-1, 2-6, 3-71, 4-122, 5-163,
6-163, 7-167, 8-171, 9-179, 10-179.
Bowling O M R W
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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