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Australia v England, 1978/1979, 3rd test
Melbourne (MCG), 29/12/1978 - 03/01/1979

Toss: Australia
Umpires: RA French, MG O'Connell
Result: Australia won by 103 runs

Australia
GM Wood               c Emburey          b Miller               100
WM Darling            run out                                    33
KJ Hughes             c Taylor           b Botham                 0
*GN Yallop            c Hendrick         b Botham                41
PM Toohey             c Randall          b Miller                32
AR Border             c Brearley         b Hendrick              29
+JA MacLean                              b Botham                 8
RM Hogg               c Randall          b Miller                 0
G Dymock                                 b Hendrick               0
AG Hurst                                 b Hendrick               0
JD Higgs              not out                                     1
Extras                b 0, lb 8, w 0, nb 6                       14
Total                 all out                                   258

Fall Of Wickets
1-65 (Darling)                2-65 (Hughes)                 
3-126 (Yallop)                4-189 (Toohey)                
5-247 (Border)                6-250 (Wood)                  
7-250 (Hogg)                  8-251 (Dymock)                
9-252 (Hurst)                 10-258 (MacLean)              

Bowling
Willis              13      2    47     0
Botham              20.1    4    68     3
Hendrick            23      3    50     3
Emburey             14      1    44     0
Miller              19      6    35     3

England
G Boycott                                b Hogg                   1
*JM Brearley          lbw                b Hogg                   1
DW Randall            lbw                b Hurst                 13
GA Gooch              c Border           b Dymock                25
DI Gower              lbw                b Dymock                29
IT Botham             c Darling          b Higgs                 22
G Miller                                 b Hogg                   7
+RW Taylor                               b Hogg                   1
JE Emburey                               b Hogg                   0
RGD Willis            c Darling          b Dymock                19
M Hendrick            not out                                     6
Extras                b 6, lb 4, w 0, nb 9                       19
Total                 all out                                   143

Fall Of Wickets
1-2 (Boycott)                 2-3 (Brearley)                
3-40 (Randall)                4-52 (Gooch)                  
5-81 (Gower)                  6-100 (Botham)                
7-101 (Taylor)                8-101 (Emburey)               
9-120 (Miller)                10-143 (Willis)               

Bowling
Hogg                17      7    30     5
Hurst               12      2    24     1
Dymock              15.6    4    38     3
Higgs               19      9    32     1

Australia
GM Wood                                  b Botham                34
WM Darling            c Randall          b Miller                21
KJ Hughes             c Gower            b Botham                48
*GN Yallop            c Taylor           b Miller                16
PM Toohey             c Botham           b Emburey               20
AR Border             run out                                     0
+JA MacLean           c Hendrick         b Emburey               10
RM Hogg                                  b Botham                 1
G Dymock              c Brearley         b Hendrick               6
JD Higgs              st Taylor          b Emburey                0
AG Hurst              not out                                     0
Extras                b 4, lb 6, w 0, nb 1                       11
Total                 all out                                   167

Fall Of Wickets
1-55 (Darling)                2-81 (Wood)                   
3-101 (Yallop)                4-136 (Toohey)                
5-136 (Border)                6-152 (Hughes)                
7-157 (Hogg)                  8-167 (MacLean)               
9-167 (Dymock)                10-167 (Higgs)                

Bowling
Willis               7      0    21     0
Botham              15      4    41     3
Hendrick            14      4    25     1
Emburey             21.2   12    30     3
Miller              14      5    39     2

England
G Boycott             lbw                b Hurst                 38
*JM Brearley          c MacLean          b Dymock                 0
DW Randall            lbw                b Hogg                   2
GA Gooch              lbw                b Hogg                  40
DI Gower              lbw                b Dymock                49
IT Botham             c MacLean          b Higgs                 10
G Miller              c Hughes           b Higgs                  1
+RW Taylor            c MacLean          b Hogg                   5
JE Emburey            not out                                     7
RGD Willis            c Yallop           b Hogg                   3
M Hendrick                               b Hogg                   0
Extras                b 10, lb 7, w 1, nb 6                      24
Total                 all out                                   179

Fall Of Wickets
1-1 (Brearley)                2-6 (Randall)                 
3-71 (Gooch)                  4-122 (Boycott)               
5-163 (Botham)                6-163 (Gower)                 
7-167 (Miller)                8-171 (Taylor)                
9-179 (Willis)                10-179 (Hendrick)             

Bowling
Hogg                17      5    36     5
Hurst               11      1    39     1
Dymock              18      4    37     2
Higgs               16      2    29     2
Border               5      0    14     0