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Australia v England, 1978/1979, 4th test
Sydney (SCG), 06/01/1979 - 11/01/1979

Toss: England
Umpires: RC Bailhache, RA French
Result: England won by 93 runs

England
G Boycott             c Border           b Hurst                  8
*JM Brearley                             b Hogg                  17
DW Randall            c Wood             b Hurst                  0
GA Gooch              c Toohey           b Higgs                 18
DI Gower              c MacLean          b Hurst                  7
IT Botham             c Yallop           b Hogg                  59
G Miller              c MacLean          b Hurst                  4
+RW Taylor            c Border           b Higgs                 10
JE Emburey            c Wood             b Higgs                  0
RGD Willis            not out                                     7
M Hendrick                               b Hurst                 10
Extras                b 1, lb 1, w 2, nb 8                       12
Total                 all out                                   152

Fall Of Wickets
1-18 (Boycott)                2-18 (Randall)                
3-35 (Brearley)               4-51 (Gower)                  
5-66 (Gooch)                  6-70 (Miller)                 
7-94 (Taylor)                 8-98 (Emburey)                
9-141 (Botham)                10-152 (Hendrick)             

Bowling
Hogg                11      3    36     2
Dymock              13      1    34     0
Hurst               10.6    2    28     5
Higgs               18      4    42     3

Australia
GM Wood                                  b Willis                 0
WM Darling            c Botham           b Miller                91
KJ Hughes             c Emburey          b Willis                48
*GN Yallop            c Botham           b Hendrick              44
PM Toohey             c Gooch            b Botham                 1
AR Border             not out                                    60
+JA MacLean           lbw                b Emburey               12
RM Hogg               run out                                     6
G Dymock                                 b Botham                 5
JD Higgs              c Botham           b Hendrick              11
AG Hurst              run out                                     0
Extras                b 2, lb 3, w 0, nb 11                      16
Total                 all out                                   294

Fall Of Wickets
1-1 (Wood)                    2-126 (Hughes)                
3-178 (Darling)               4-179 (Toohey)                
5-210 (Yallop)                6-235 (MacLean)               
7-245 (Hogg)                  8-276 (Dymock)                
9-290 (Higgs)                 10-294 (Hurst)                

Bowling
Willis               9      2    33     2
Botham              28      3    87     2
Hendrick            24      4    50     2
Miller              13      2    37     1
Emburey             29     10    57     1
Gooch                5      1    14     0

England
G Boycott             lbw                b Hogg                   0
*JM Brearley                             b Border                53
DW Randall            lbw                b Hogg                 150
GA Gooch              c Wood             b Higgs                 22
DI Gower              c MacLean          b Hogg                  34
IT Botham             c Wood             b Higgs                  6
G Miller              lbw                b Hogg                  17
+RW Taylor            not out                                    21
JE Emburey            c Darling          b Higgs                 14
RGD Willis            c Toohey           b Higgs                  0
M Hendrick            c Toohey           b Higgs                  7
Extras                b 5, lb 3, w 0, nb 14                      22
Total                 all out                                   346

Fall Of Wickets
1-0 (Boycott)                 2-111 (Brearley)              
3-169 (Gooch)                 4-237 (Gower)                 
5-267 (Botham)                6-292 (Randall)               
7-307 (Miller)                8-334 (Emburey)               
9-334 (Willis)                10-346 (Hendrick)             

Bowling
Hogg                28     10    67     4
Dymock              17      4    35     0
Hurst               19      3    43     0
Higgs               59.6   15   148     5
Border              23     11    31     1

Australia
GM Wood               run out                                    27
WM Darling            c Gooch            b Hendrick              13
KJ Hughes             c Emburey          b Miller                15
*GN Yallop                           c & b Hendrick               1
PM Toohey                                b Miller                 5
AR Border             not out                                    45
+JA MacLean           c Botham           b Miller                 0
G Dymock                                 b Emburey                0
RM Hogg               c Botham           b Emburey                0
JD Higgs              lbw                b Emburey                3
AG Hurst                                 b Emburey                0
Extras                b 0, lb 1, w 0, nb 1                        2
Total                 all out                                   111

Fall Of Wickets
1-38 (Darling)                2-44 (Wood)                   
3-45 (Yallop)                 4-59 (Hughes)                 
5-74 (Toohey)                 6-76 (MacLean)                
7-85 (Dymock)                 8-85 (Hogg)                   
9-105 (Higgs)                 10-111 (Hurst)                

Bowling
Willis               2      0     8     0
Hendrick            10      3    17     2
Miller              20      7    38     3
Emburey             17.2    7    46     4