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1978-1979 WSC Australia v WSC West Indies - 3rd Test
VFL Park, Melbourne
12th January, 1979
 
WSC Australia 366 & 304/9 dec
WSC West Indies 419 & 126/2
Match Drawn

 
WSC Australia   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
BM Laird c Greenidge b Garner 2  0  0  0 0.00 0.55%
KC Wessels b Croft 126  0  0  0 0.00 34.43%
GS Chappell c †Murray b Roberts 7  0  0  0 0.00 1.91%
IC Davis c Richards b Croft 31  0  0  0 0.00 8.47%
DW Hookes lbw b Garner 116  0  0  0 0.00 31.69%
IM Chappell** run out 12  0  0  0 0.00 3.28%
RW Marsh†† c Rowe b Garner 10  0  0  0 0.00 2.73%
GJ Gilmour c †Murray b Roberts 26  0  0  0 0.00 7.10%
RJ Bright c †Murray b Croft 15  0  0  0 0.00 4.10%
MF Malone c †Murray b Roberts 0  0  0  0 0.00
DK Lillee not out 10  0  0  0 0.00 2.73%
Extras (lb 5, w 2, nb 4) 11  
Total All Out   (121.5 overs @ 3.00 rpo) 366
Fall of Wickets
 
1-15 Laird, 2-35 GS Chappell, 3-112 Davis, 5-294 IM Chappell, 6-308 Marsh, 7-316 Gilmour,
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8-352 Bright, 9-352 Hookes, 10-366 Malone
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
AME Roberts 26.0 4 83 3 3.19 30.00
CEH Croft 33.5 11 91 3 2.69 30.00
J Garner 32.0 5 79 3 2.47 30.00
RA Austin 19.0 4 60 0 3.16
CL King 11.0 2 42 0 3.82
 
 
WSC West Indies   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
CG Greenidge c †Marsh b Lillee 10  0  0  0 0.00 2.39%
RA Austin c Wessels b Bright 77  0  0  0 0.00 18.38%
IVA Richards lbw b Bright 7  0  0  0 0.00 1.67%
LG Rowe c GS Chappell b Bright 175  0  0  0 0.00 41.77%
JC Allen b Lillee 0  0  0  0 0.00
CH Lloyd** lbw b Malone 55  0  0  0 0.00 13.13%
CL King c †Marsh b Lillee 27  0  0  0 0.00 6.44%
DL Murray†† lbw b Gilmour 2  0  0  0 0.00 0.48%
AME Roberts not out 20  0  0  0 0.00 4.77%
CEH Croft lbw b IM Chappell 11  0  0  0 0.00 2.63%
J Garner b IM Chappell 6  0  0  0 0.00 1.43%
Extras (b 13, lb 14, nb 2) 29  
Total All Out   (163.1 overs @ 2.57 rpo) 419
Fall of Wickets
 
1-22 Greenidge, 2-50 Richards, 3-174 Austin, 4-181 Allen, 5-302 Lloyd, 6-363 Rowe,
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7-379 King, 8-381 Murray, 9-413 Croft, 10-419 Garner
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
DK Lillee 42.0 16 91 3 2.17 30.00
GJ Gilmour 25.0 2 84 1 3.36 10.00
RJ Bright 49.0 13 113 3 2.31 30.00
MF Malone 27.0 5 68 1 2.52 10.00
DW Hookes 8.0 5 16 0 2.00
IM Chappell 12.1 8 18 2 1.48 20.00
 
 
WSC Australia   2nd Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
KC Wessels c Lloyd b Austin 38  0  0  0 0.00 12.50%
BM Laird st †Murray b Austin 8  0  0  0 0.00 2.63%
GS Chappell lbw b Croft 33  0  0  0 0.00 10.86%
IC Davis c †Murray b Croft 8  0  0  0 0.00 2.63%
DW Hookes c Austin b Roberts 56  0  0  0 0.00 18.42%
IM Chappell** c Croft b Roberts 65  0  0  0 0.00 21.38%
RW Marsh†† c Greenidge b Austin 17  0  0  0 0.00 5.59%
GJ Gilmour b Roberts 16  0  0  0 0.00 5.26%
MF Malone not out 7  0  0  0 0.00 2.30%
RJ Bright c Lloyd b Austin 15  0  0  0 0.00 4.93%
DK Lillee not out 20  0  0  0 0.00 6.58%
Extras (b 6, lb 10, w 3, nb 2) 21  
Total 9 wickets declared   (152.0 overs @ 2.00 rpo) 304
Fall of Wickets
 
1-26 Laird, 3-90 GS Chappell, 4-93 Davis, 5-195 Hookes, 6-233 Marsh, 7-245 IM Chappell,
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8-275 Gilmour, 9-275 Bright
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
AME Roberts 34.0 8 76 3 2.24 30.00
CEH Croft 33.0 6 71 2 2.15 20.00
J Garner 32.0 10 51 0 1.59
RA Austin 53.0 19 85 4 1.60 40.00
 
 
WSC West Indies   2nd Innings  (target 252)
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
RA Austin b Malone 11  0  0  0 0.00 8.73%
CG Greenidge not out 58  0  0  0 0.00 46.03%
IVA Richards c GS Chappell b Malone 46  0  0  0 0.00 36.51%
LG Rowe not out 6  0  0  0 0.00 4.76%
Extras (b 2, lb 2, w 1) 5  
Total 2   (57.0 overs @ 2.21 rpo) 126
 
Did Not Bat
 
JC Allen, CH Lloyd*, CL King, DL Murray†, AME Roberts, CEH Croft, J Garner
Fall of Wickets
 
1-39 Austin, 2-99 Richards
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
DK Lillee 12.0 6 13 0 1.08
GJ Gilmour 13.0 4 28 0 2.15
RJ Bright 17.0 9 36 0 2.12
MF Malone 13.0 6 41 2 3.15 20.00
GS Chappell 2.0 0 3 0 1.50
 
MATCH INFORMATION
Venue VFL Park, Melbourne<
Toss WSC Australia won the toss and elected to bat
Series 1978-1979 WSC Australia v WSC West Indies - 3rd Test

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