Australia v England

AUS v ENG 1978-79, 1st Test

Test match started 01 December 1978 at Brisbane ('Gabba')

England won by 7 wickets

Australia won the toss, and elected to bat first

Australia, 1st Innings - Batting
	Name	How Out	Bowler	Runs
	GM Wood	caught (RW Taylor)	CM Old	7
	GJ Cosier	run out		1
	PM Toohey	bowled	RGD Willis	1
	GN Yallop*	caught (GA Gooch)	RGD Willis	7
	KJ Hughes	caught (RW Taylor)	IT Botham	4
	TJ Laughlin	caught (sub)	RGD Willis	2
	JA Maclean+	not out		33
	B Yardley	caught (RW Taylor)	RGD Willis	17
	RM Hogg	caught (RW Taylor)	IT Botham	36
	AG Hurst	caught (RW Taylor)	IT Botham	0
	JD Higgs	bowled	CM Old	1
	Extras	byes 0, leg byes 1, no balls 6, wides 0		7
	Total	10 wickets	38.1 overs	116
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Bowling
	Name	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
	RGD Willis	14	2	44	4
	CM Old	9.7	1	24	2
	IT Botham	12	1	40	3
	GA Gooch	1	0	1	0
	PH Edmonds	1	1	0	0
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Fall of wickets
	1-2 (GJ Cosier)	2-5 (PM Toohey)	3-14 (GM Wood)
	4-22 (GN Yallop)	5-24 (KJ Hughes)	6-26 (TJ Laughlin)
	7-53 (B Yardley)	8-113 (RM Hogg)	9-113 (AG Hurst)
	10-116 (JD Higgs)
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England, 1st Innings - Batting
	Name	How Out	Bowler	Runs
	G Boycott	caught (KJ Hughes)	RM Hogg	13
	GA Gooch	caught (TJ Laughlin)	RM Hogg	2
	DW Randall	caught (TJ Laughlin)	AG Hurst	75
	RW Taylor+	lbw	AG Hurst	20
	JM Brearley*	caught (JA Maclean)	RM Hogg	6
	DI Gower	caught (JA Maclean)	AG Hurst	44
	IT Botham	caught (JA Maclean)	RM Hogg	49
	G Miller	lbw	RM Hogg	27
	PH Edmonds	caught (JA Maclean)	RM Hogg	1
	CM Old	not out		29
	RGD Willis	caught (JA Maclean)	AG Hurst	8
	Extras	byes 7, leg byes 4, no balls 1, wides 0		12
	Total	10 wickets	95.4 overs	286
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Bowling
	Name	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
	AG Hurst	27.4	6	93	4
	RM Hogg	28	8	74	6
	TJ Laughlin	22	6	54	0
	B Yardley	7	1	34	0
	GJ Cosier	5	1	10	0
	JD Higgs	6	2	9	0
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Fall of wickets
	1-2 (GA Gooch)	2-38 (G Boycott)	3-111 (DW Randall)
	4-120 (JM Brearley)	5-120 (RW Taylor)	6-215 (IT Botham)
	7-219 (DI Gower)	8-226 (PH Edmonds)	9-266 (G Miller)
	10-286 (RGD Willis)
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Australia, 2nd Innings - Batting
	Name	How Out	Bowler	Runs
	GM Wood	lbw	CM Old	19
	GJ Cosier	bowled	RGD Willis	0
	PM Toohey	lbw	IT Botham	1
	GN Yallop*	caught and bowled	RGD Willis	102
	KJ Hughes	caught (PH Edmonds)	RGD Willis	129
	TJ Laughlin	lbw	CM Old	5
	JA Maclean+	lbw	G Miller	15
	B Yardley	caught (JM Brearley)	G Miller	16
	RM Hogg	bowled	IT Botham	16
	AG Hurst	bowled	IT Botham	0
	JD Higgs	not out		0
	Extras	byes 9, leg byes 5, no balls 22, wides 0		36
	Total	10 wickets	117 overs	339
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Bowling
	Name	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
	RGD Willis	27.6	3	69	3
	CM Old	17	1	60	2
	IT Botham	26	5	95	3
	PH Edmonds	12	1	27	0
	G Miller	34	12	52	2
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Fall of wickets
	1-0 (GJ Cosier)	2-2 (PM Toohey)	3-49 (GM Wood)
	4-219 (GN Yallop)	5-228 (TJ Laughlin)	6-261 (JA Maclean)
	7-310 (B Yardley)	8-339 (RM Hogg)	9-339 (AG Hurst)
	10-339 (KJ Hughes)
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England, 2nd Innings - Batting
	Name	How Out	Bowler	Runs
	G Boycott	run out		16
	GA Gooch	caught (B Yardley)	RM Hogg	2
	DW Randall	not out		74
	JM Brearley*	caught (JA Maclean)	B Yardley	13
	DI Gower	not out		48
	Extras	byes 12, leg byes 3, no balls 2, wides 0		17
	Total	3 wickets	53.5 overs	170
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Bowling
	Name	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
	AG Hurst	10	4	17	0
	RM Hogg	12.5	2	35	1
	TJ Laughlin	3	0	6	0
	B Yardley	13	1	41	1
	GJ Cosier	3	0	11	0
	JD Higgs	12	1	43	0
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Fall of wickets
	1-16 (GA Gooch)	2-37 (G Boycott)	3-74 (JM Brearley)
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Umpires: RA French, MG O'Connell

steve
I was at the first day of this match and it was a horror show. Wood running out Cosier in the 2nd (?) over just set the tone.
14 January 2010