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Australia v England, 1978/1979, 2nd test
Perth (WACA), 15/12/1978 - 20/12/1978

Toss: Australia
Umpires: RC Bailhache, TF Brooks
Result: England won by 166 runs

England
G Boycott             lbw                b Hurst                 77
GA Gooch              c MacLean          b Hogg                   1
DW Randall            c Wood             b Hogg                   0
*JM Brearley          c MacLean          b Dymock                17
DI Gower                                 b Hogg                 102
IT Botham             lbw                b Hurst                 11
G Miller                                 b Hogg                  40
+RW Taylor            c Hurst            b Yardley               12
JK Lever              c Cosier           b Hurst                 14
RGD Willis            c Yallop           b Hogg                   2
M Hendrick            not out                                     7
Extras                b 6, lb 9, w 3, nb 8                       26
Total                 all out                                   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)               

Bowling
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
GM Wood               lbw                b Lever                  5
WM Darling            run out                                    25
KJ Hughes                                b Willis                16
*GN Yallop                               b Willis                 3
PM Toohey             not out                                    81
GJ Cosier             c Gooch            b Willis                 4
+JA MacLean           c Gooch            b Miller                 0
B Yardley             c Taylor           b Hendrick              12
RM Hogg               c Taylor           b Willis                18
G Dymock                                 b Hendrick              11
AG Hurst              c Taylor           b Willis                 5
Extras                b 0, lb 7, w 1, nb 2                       10
Total                 all out                                   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)                

Bowling
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
G Boycott             lbw                b Hogg                  23
GA Gooch              lbw                b Hogg                  43
DW Randall            c Cosier           b Yardley               45
*JM Brearley          c MacLean          b Hogg                   0
DI Gower              c MacLean          b Hogg                  12
IT Botham             c Wood             b Yardley               30
G Miller              c Toohey           b Yardley               25
JK Lever              c MacLean          b Hurst                 10
+RW Taylor            c MacLean          b Hogg                   2
RGD Willis            not out                                     3
M Hendrick                               b Dymock                 1
Extras                b 0, lb 6, w 0, nb 8                       14
Total                 all out                                   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)             

Bowling
Hogg                17      2    57     5
Dymock              16.3    2    53     1
Hurst               17      5    43     1
Yardley             16      1    41     3

Australia
GM Wood               c Taylor           b Lever                 64
WM Darling            c Boycott          b Lever                  5
KJ Hughes             c Gooch            b Willis                12
*GN Yallop            c Taylor           b Hendrick               3
PM Toohey             c Taylor           b Hendrick               0
GJ Cosier             lbw                b Miller                47
+JA MacLean           c Brearley         b Miller                 1
B Yardley             c Botham           b Lever                  7
RM Hogg                                  b Miller                 0
G Dymock              not out                                     6
AG Hurst                                 b Lever                  5
Extras                b 0, lb 3, w 4, nb 4                       11
Total                 all out                                   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)                

Bowling
Lever                8.1    2    28     4
Botham              11      1    54     0
Willis              12      1    36     1
Hendrick             8      3    11     2
Miller               7      4    21     3