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Australia v England, 1978/1979, 1st test
Brisbane ('Gabba), 01/12/1978 - 06/12/1978

Toss: Australia
Umpires: RA French, MG O'Connell
Result: England won by 7 wickets

Australia
GM Wood               c Taylor           b Old                    7
GJ Cosier             run out                                     1
PM Toohey                                b Willis                 1
*GN Yallop            c Gooch            b Willis                 7
KJ Hughes             c Taylor           b Botham                 4
TJ Laughlin           c                  b Willis                 2
+JA MacLean           not out                                    33
B Yardley             c Taylor           b Willis                17
RM Hogg               c Taylor           b Botham                36
AG Hurst              c Taylor           b Botham                 0
JD Higgs                                 b Old                    1
Extras                b 0, lb 1, w 0, nb 6                        7
Total                 all out                                   116

Fall Of Wickets
1-2 (Cosier)                  2-5 (Toohey)                  
3-14 (Wood)                   4-22 (Yallop)                 
5-24 (Hughes)                 6-26 (Laughlin)               
7-53 (Yardley)                8-113 (Hogg)                  
9-113 (Hurst)                 10-116 (Higgs)                

Bowling
Willis              14      2    44     4
Old                  9.7    1    24     2
Botham              12      1    40     3
Gooch                1      0     1     0
Edmonds              1      1     0     0

England
G Boycott             c Hughes           b Hogg                  13
GA Gooch              c Laughlin         b Hogg                   2
DW Randall            c Laughlin         b Hurst                 75
+RW Taylor            lbw                b Hurst                 20
*JM Brearley          c MacLean          b Hogg                   6
DI Gower              c MacLean          b Hurst                 44
IT Botham             c MacLean          b Hogg                  49
G Miller              lbw                b Hogg                  27
PH Edmonds            c MacLean          b Hogg                   1
CM Old                not out                                    29
RGD Willis            c MacLean          b Hurst                  8
Extras                b 7, lb 4, w 0, nb 1                       12
Total                 all out                                   286

Fall Of Wickets
1-2 (Gooch)                   2-38 (Boycott)                
3-111 (Randall)               4-120 (Brearley)              
5-120 (Taylor)                6-215 (Botham)                
7-219 (Gower)                 8-226 (Edmonds)               
9-266 (Miller)                10-286 (Willis)               

Bowling
Hurst               27.4    6    93     4
Hogg                28      8    74     6
Laughlin            22      6    54     0
Yardley              7      1    34     0
Cosier               5      1    10     0
Higgs                6      2     9     0

Australia
GM Wood               lbw                b Old                   19
GJ Cosier                                b Willis                 0
PM Toohey             lbw                b Botham                 1
*GN Yallop                           c & b Willis               102
KJ Hughes             c Edmonds          b Willis               129
TJ Laughlin           lbw                b Old                    5
+JA MacLean           lbw                b Miller                15
B Yardley             c Brearley         b Miller                16
RM Hogg                                  b Botham                16
AG Hurst                                 b Botham                 0
JD Higgs              not out                                     0
Extras                b 9, lb 5, w 0, nb 22                      36
Total                 all out                                   339

Fall Of Wickets
1-0 (Cosier)                  2-2 (Toohey)                  
3-49 (Wood)                   4-219 (Yallop)                
5-228 (Laughlin)              6-261 (MacLean)               
7-310 (Yardley)               8-339 (Hogg)                  
9-339 (Hurst)                 10-339 (Hughes)               

Bowling
Willis              27.6    3    69     3
Old                 17      1    60     2
Botham              26      5    95     3
Edmonds             12      1    27     0
Miller              34     12    52     2

England
G Boycott             run out                                    16
GA Gooch              c Yardley          b Hogg                   2
DW Randall            not out                                    74
*JM Brearley          c MacLean          b Yardley               13
DI Gower              not out                                    48
Extras                b 12, lb 3, w 0, nb 2                      17
Total                 for 3 wickets                             170

Fall Of Wickets
1-16 (Gooch)                  2-37 (Boycott)                
3-74 (Brearley)               

Bowling
Hurst               10      4    17     0
Hogg                12.5    2    35     1
Laughlin             3      0     6     0
Yardley             13      1    41     1
Cosier               3      0    11     0
Higgs               12      1    43     0