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| 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 |
| 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 | - | - | |
| 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 | - | - | |
| 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 | - | - | |
| 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 | - | - | |
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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