England v Western Australia at Perth, 9-11 Dec 1978

England in Australia, 1978/79
Western Australia v England XI
W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth
9,10,11 December 1978 (3-day match)

Result: England XI won by 140 runs

Toss: England XI
Umpires: DL Hawks and DG Weser

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

Day 1: Day 2: England XI 1st innings G Boycott lbw b Clark 4 GA Gooch c Wright b Alderman 3 CT Radley b Alderman 2 *JM Brearley c Wright b Porter 11 DI Gower c Wright b Alderman 0 +RW Tolchard not out 61 IT Botham c Charlesworth b Porter 4 PH Edmonds lbw b Porter 21 JE Emburey c Wright b Clark 22 JK Lever c Wright b Mann 2 M Hendrick c Charlesworth b Mann 6 Extras (b 1, lb 2, w 1, nb 4) 8 Total (all out, 55.3 overs) 144 FoW: 1-7, 2-7, 3-13, 4-17, 5-25, 6-31, 7-69, 8-115, 9-121, 10-144. Bowling O M R W Alderman 12 4 18 3 Clark 16 4 50 2 Porter 17 4 37 3 Yardley 2 0 7 0 Mann 8.3 2 24 2 Western Australia 1st innings GM Wood b Lever 2 RI Charlesworth c Tolchard b Botham 3 KJ Hughes b Botham 8 GR Marsh c Tolchard b Botham 0 *RJ Inverarity c Tolchard b Hendrick 9 AL Mann c Botham b Hendrick 3 GD Porter c Brearley b Hendrick 8 B Yardley c Tolchard b Hendrick 8 +KJ Wright c Brearley b Botham 0 WM Clark not out 2 TM Alderman c Botham b Hendrick 1 Extras (lb 3, w 1, nb 4) 8 Total (all out, 24.4 overs) 52 FoW: 1-4, 2-6, 3-10, 4-16, 5-28, 6-39, 7-48, 8-49, 9-49, 10-52. Bowling O M R W Lever 8 3 10 1 Botham 9 3 16 4 Hendrick 5.4 2 11 5 Gooch 2 0 7 0 England XI 2nd innings G Boycott c Marsh b Yardley 13 GA Gooch c Wright b Porter 15 CT Radley c Marsh b Yardley 18 *JM Brearley b Yardley 18 DI Gower c Marsh b Porter 4 +RW Tolchard b Yardley 3 IT Botham c Marsh b Yardley 4 PH Edmonds c Wright b Alderman 27 JE Emburey not out 7 JK Lever b Alderman 1 M Hendrick b Clark 8 Extras (b 7, nb 1) 8 Total (all out, 50 overs) 126 FoW: 1-23, 2-41, 3-58, 4-63, 5-69, 6-73, 7-98, 8-115, 9-117, 10-126. Bowling O M R W Alderman 9 2 26 2 Clark 12 2 22 1 Porter 16 9 16 2 Yardley 13 1 54 5 Western Australia 2nd innings (target: 219 runs) GM Wood lbw b Botham 15 RI Charlesworth lbw b Lever 6 KJ Hughes lbw b Botham 1 GR Marsh c Tolchard b Hendrick 9 *RJ Inverarity lbw b Botham 2 AL Mann c Tolchard b Botham 0 GD Porter c Tolchard b Hendrick 2 B Yardley not out 38 +KJ Wright b Hendrick 0 WM Clark run out 1 TM Alderman run out 2 Extras (lb 2) 2 Total (all out, 27.5 overs) 78 FoW: 1-22, 2-22, 3-28, 4-32, 5-32, 6-35, 7-48, 8-64, 9-69, 10-78. Bowling O M R W Lever 7 3 16 1 Botham 13.5 4 37 4 Hendrick 7 2 23 3