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Australia v England, 1979/1980, 1st test
Perth (WACA), 14/12/1979 - 19/12/1979

Toss: England
Umpires: MG O'Connell, DG Weser
Result: Australia won by 138 runs

Australia
JM Wiener             run out                                    11
BM Laird              lbw                b Botham                 0
AR Border             lbw                b Botham                 4
*GS Chappell          c Boycott          b Botham                19
KJ Hughes             c Brearley         b Underwood             99
PM Toohey             c Underwood        b Dilley                19
+RW Marsh             c Taylor           b Dilley                42
RJ Bright             c Taylor           b Botham                17
DK Lillee             c Taylor           b Botham                18
G Dymock                                 b Botham                 5
JR Thomson            not out                                     1
Extras                b 4, lb 3, w 0, nb 2                        9
Total                 all out                                   244

Fall Of Wickets
1-2 (Laird)                   2-17 (Border)                 
3-20 (Wiener)                 4-88 (Chappell)               
5-127 (Toohey)                6-186 (Hughes)                
7-219 (Marsh)                 8-219 (Bright)                
9-243 (Dymock)                10-244 (Lillee)               

Bowling
Dilley              18      1    47     2
Botham              35      9    78     6
Willis              23      7    47     0
Underwood           13      4    33     1
Miller              11      2    30     0

England
DW Randall            c Hughes           b Lillee                 0
G Boycott             lbw                b Lillee                 0
P Willey              c Chappell         b Dymock                 9
DI Gower              c Marsh            b Lillee                17
G Miller              c Hughes           b Thomson               25
*JM Brearley          c Marsh            b Lillee                64
IT Botham             c Toohey           b Thomson               15
+RW Taylor                               b Chappell              14
GR Dilley             not out                                    38
DL Underwood          lbw                b Dymock                13
RGD Willis                               b Dymock                11
Extras                b 0, lb 7, w 0, nb 15                      22
Total                 all out                                   228

Fall Of Wickets
1-1 (Randall)                 2-12 (Willey)                 
3-14 (Boycott)                4-41 (Gower)                  
5-74 (Miller)                 6-90 (Botham)                 
7-123 (Taylor)                8-185 (Brearley)              
9-203 (Underwood)             10-228 (Willis)               

Bowling
Lillee              28     11    73     4
Dymock              29.1   14    52     3
Chappell            11      6     5     1
Thomson             21      3    70     2
Bright               2      0     6     0

Australia
JM Wiener             c Randall          b Underwood             58
BM Laird              c Taylor           b Underwood             33
AR Border             c Taylor           b Willis               115
*GS Chappell          st Taylor          b Underwood             43
KJ Hughes             c Miller           b Botham                 4
PM Toohey             c Taylor           b Botham                 3
+RW Marsh             c Gower            b Botham                 4
RJ Bright             lbw                b Botham                12
DK Lillee             c Willey           b Dilley                19
G Dymock              not out                                    20
JR Thomson                               b Botham                 8
Extras                b 4, lb 5, w 2, nb 7                       18
Total                 all out                                   337

Fall Of Wickets
1-91 (Wiener)                 2-100 (Laird)                 
3-168 (Chappell)              4-183 (Hughes)                
5-191 (Toohey)                6-204 (Marsh)                 
7-225 (Bright)                8-303 (Lillee)                
9-323 (Border)                10-337 (Thomson)              

Bowling
Dilley              18      3    50     1
Botham              45.5   14    98     5
Willis              26      7    52     1
Underwood           41     14    82     3
Miller              10      0    36     0
Willey               1      0     1     0

England
DW Randall            lbw                b Dymock                 1
G Boycott             not out                                    99
P Willey              lbw                b Dymock                12
DI Gower              c Thomson          b Dymock                23
G Miller              c Chappell         b Thomson                8
IT Botham             c Marsh            b Lillee                18
*JM Brearley          c Marsh            b Bright                11
+RW Taylor                               b Lillee                15
GR Dilley             c Marsh            b Dymock                16
DL Underwood          c Wiener           b Dymock                 0
RGD Willis            c Chappell         b Dymock                 0
Extras                b 0, lb 3, w 1, nb 8                       12
Total                 all out                                   215

Fall Of Wickets
1-8 (Randall)                 2-26 (Willey)                 
3-64 (Gower)                  4-75 (Miller)                 
5-115 (Botham)                6-141 (Brearley)              
7-182 (Taylor)                8-211 (Dilley)                
9-211 (Underwood)             10-215 (Willis)               

Bowling
Lillee              23      5    74     2
Dymock              17.2    4    34     6
Chappell             6      4     6     0
Thomson             11      3    30     1
Bright              23     11    30     1
Wiener               8      3    22     0
Border               2      0     7     0