f32845 t864	Australia v England
	England in Australia and India 1979/80 (1st Test)
Venue	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth on 14th, 15th, 16th, 18th, 19th December 1979 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to field
Result	Australia won by 138 runs
Umpires	MG O'Connell, DG Weser
Close of play day 1	Australia (1) 232/8 (Lillee 11*, Dymock 1*)
Close of play day 2	England (1) 177/7 (Brearley 56*, Dilley 21*)
Close of play day 3	Australia (2) 168/2 (Border 32*, Chappell 43*)
Close of play day 4	England (2) 19/1 (Boycott 5*, Willey 9*)
Player of the Match	IT Botham

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JM Wiener	run out	11	34	47	-	-
BM Laird	lbw b Botham	0	4	5	-	-
AR Border	lbw b Botham	4	24	33	-	-
*GS Chappell	c Boycott b Botham	19	77	101	2	-
KJ Hughes	c Brearley b Underwood	99	195	235	10	-
PM Toohey	c Underwood b Dilley	19	35	52	3	-
+RW Marsh	c Taylor b Dilley	42	112	142	3	1
RJ Bright	c Taylor b Botham	17	46	65	2	-
DK Lillee	c Taylor b Botham	18	39	63	1	-
G Dymock	b Botham	5	35	57	-	-
JR Thomson	not out	1	1	1	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 405 minutes, 100 overs)	244
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Laird), 2-17 (Border), 3-20 (Wiener), 4-88 (Chappell), 5-127 (Toohey), 6-186 (Hughes), 7-219 (Marsh), 8-219 (Bright), 9-243 (Dymock), 10-244 (Lillee, 100 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dilley	18	1	47	2	-	-
Botham	35	9	78	6	-	-
Willis	23	7	47	0	-	-
Underwood	13	4	33	1	-	-
Miller	11	2	30	0	-	-

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DW Randall	c Hughes b Lillee	0	3	1	-	-
G Boycott	lbw b Lillee	0	20	30	-	-
P Willey	c Chappell b Dymock	9	18	21	1	-
DI Gower	c Marsh b Lillee	17	26	37	2	-
G Miller	c Hughes b Thomson	25	53	69	2	-
*JM Brearley	c Marsh b Lillee	64	184	251	6	-
IT Botham	c Toohey b Thomson	15	16	17	2	-
+RW Taylor	b Chappell	14	44	54	2	-
GR Dilley	not out	38	157	206	4	-
DL Underwood	lbw b Dymock	13	24	32	1	-
RGD Willis	b Dymock	11	19	35	1	-
Extras	(7 lb, 15 nb)	22
Total	(all out, 385 minutes, 91.1 overs)	228
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Randall), 2-12 (Willey), 3-14 (Boycott), 4-41 (Gower), 5-74 (Miller), 6-90 (Botham), 7-123 (Taylor), 8-185 (Brearley), 9-203 (Underwood), 10-228 (Willis, 91.1 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lillee	28	11	73	4	-	-
Dymock	29.1	14	52	3	-	-
Chappell	11	6	5	1	-	-
Thomson	21	3	70	2	-	-
Bright	2	0	6	0	-	-

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Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JM Wiener	c Randall b Underwood	58	105	136	6	1
BM Laird	c Taylor b Underwood	33	115	150	3	-
AR Border	c Taylor b Willis	115	296	383	13	-
*GS Chappell	st Taylor b Underwood	43	95	115	4	-
KJ Hughes	c Miller b Botham	4	13	23	-	-
PM Toohey	c Taylor b Botham	3	15	13	-	-
+RW Marsh	c Gower b Botham	4	19	28	-	-
RJ Bright	lbw b Botham	12	32	42	1	-
DK Lillee	c Willey b Dilley	19	105	135	1	-
G Dymock	not out	20	39	59	2	-
JR Thomson	b Botham	8	25	20	1	-
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 7 nb, 2 w)	18
Total	(all out, 561 minutes, 141.5 overs)	337
Fall of wickets:
1-91 (Wiener), 2-100 (Laird), 3-168 (Chappell), 4-183 (Hughes), 5-191 (Toohey), 6-204 (Marsh), 7-225 (Bright), 8-303 (Lillee), 9-323 (Border), 10-337 (Thomson, 141.5 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Botham	45.5	14	98	5	-	-
Dilley	18	3	50	1	-	-
Willis	26	7	52	1	-	-
Miller	10	0	36	0	-	-
Underwood	41	14	82	3	-	-
Willey	1	0	1	0	-	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DW Randall	lbw b Dymock	1	9	11	-	-
G Boycott	not out	99	285	337	8	-
P Willey	lbw b Dymock	12	18	18	1	-
DI Gower	c Thomson b Dymock	23	42	50	3	-
G Miller	c Chappell b Thomson	8	19	20	1	-
IT Botham	c Marsh b Lillee	18	44	70	1	-
*JM Brearley	c Marsh b Bright	11	24	37	1	-
+RW Taylor	b Lillee	15	44	51	2	-
GR Dilley	c Marsh b Dymock	16	61	56	1	-
DL Underwood	c Wiener b Dymock	0	3	2	-	-
RGD Willis	c Chappell b Dymock	0	3	5	-	-
Extras	(3 lb, 8 nb, 1 w)	12
Total	(all out, 337 minutes, 90.2 overs)	215
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Randall), 2-26 (Willey), 3-64 (Gower), 4-75 (Miller), 5-115 (Botham), 6-141 (Brearley), 7-182 (Taylor), 8-211 (Dilley), 9-211 (Underwood), 10-215 (Willis, 90.2 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lillee	23	5	74	2	-	-
Dymock	17.2	4	34	6	-	-
Chappell	6	4	6	0	-	-
Thomson	11	3	30	1	-	-
Bright	23	11	30	1	-	-
Wiener	8	3	22	0	-	-
Border	2	0	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JM Wiener made his debut in Test matches
--> GR Dilley made his debut in Test matches
--> KJ Hughes (1) 50 in 83 balls, 100 minutes
--> KJ Hughes (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 78
--> RJ Bright (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in Test matches
--> JM Brearley (1) 50 in 164 balls, 228 minutes
--> JM Brearley (1) passed 21000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 19
--> JM Wiener (2) 50 in 88 balls, 117 minutes
--> AR Border (2) 50 in 162 balls, 199 minutes
--> AR Border (2) 100 in 265 balls, 336 minutes with 12 fours
--> AR Border (2) passed 1000 runs in Test matches when he reached 45
--> G Dymock (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> G Boycott (2) 50 in 140 balls, 191 minutes
--> RW Taylor (2) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 11
--> GR Dilley made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> JM Wiener made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> P Willey made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> G Dymock reached 50 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed P Willey, his 1st wicket in the England first innings
--> JR Thomson reached 150 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed G Miller, his 1st wicket in the England first innings
--> AR Border retired hurt in the Australia second innings having scored 109 (team score 296/7) - he returned when the score was 303/8

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