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England in Australia, 1978/79
Tasmania v England XI
North Tasmania C.A. Ground, Launceston
18 January 1979 (40-over match)

Result: England XI won by 163 runs

Toss: England XI
Umpires: RJ Marshall and G Summers
Man of the Match: IT Botham

Balls per over: 8

England XI innings (40 overs maximum)                           R   M   B  4 6
G Boycott                                b Scholes             13  66  45  1 0
G Miller                                 b Cowmeadow            0   5   4  0 0
CT Radley             run out                                  44  86  72  2 0
DW Randall                               b Cowmeadow           60 114  72  3 1
DI Gower              run out                                  17  37  34  0 0
IT Botham             c Boon             b Wilson              61  60  57  5 2
PH Edmonds            not out                                  26  37  17  3 0
+RW Taylor                               b Wilson              12  22  19  1 0
JK Lever              run out                                   1   4   3  0 0
Extras                (b 2, lb 1, nb 3)                         6
Total                 (8 wickets, 40 overs, 219 mins)         240

DNB: *RGD Willis, M Hendrick.

FoW: 1-6 (Miller), 2-40 (Boycott), 3-64 (Radley), 4-108 (Gower),
     5-190 (Randall), 6-202 (Botham), 7-235 (Taylor),
     8-240 (Lever).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Cowmeadow                    8      1     46      2 (1nb)
Wilson                       8      1     36      2
Whitney                      8      0     73      0
Scholes                      8      0     40      1 (2nb)
Simmons                      8      0     39      0

Tasmania innings (target: 241 runs from 40 overs)               R   M   B  4 6
SJ Howard             c Taylor           b Willis              10  30  35  2 0
GW Goodman            c Botham           b Edmonds             11  81  60  0 0
MJ Sellers            run out                                   2  16  14  0 0
TW Docking            c Taylor           b Hendrick            12  37  29  2 0
+RD Woolley           run out                                   7  22  25  1 0
DC Boon               c Boycott          b Edmonds             15  46  34  2 0
*J Simmons                               b Botham               4  23  21  0 0
GJ Cowmeadow                             b Miller               0  13   9  0 0
GJ Wilson             not out                                   9  36  27  0 0
MB Scholes            c sub (JE Emburey) b Miller               1  14  18  0 0
GR Whitney                           c & b Miller               0   9   6  0 0
Extras                (b 1, lb 3, nb 2)                         6
Total                 (all out, 34.4 overs, 170 mins)          77

FoW: 1-16 (Howard), 2-21 (Sellers), 3-40 (Goodman),
     4-40 (Docking), 5-49 (Woolley), 6-67 (Simmons), 7-67 (Boon),
     8-69 (Cowmeadow), 9-75 (Scholes), 10-77 (Whitney).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Willis                       6      1      8      1 (1nb)
Lever                        3      1      9      0
Hendrick                     8      2     17      1 (1nb)
Edmonds                      8      4     16      2
Botham                       6      0     18      1
Miller                       3.4    1      3      3

  • Scorers: GGA Saulez (England XI) and RP Saunders (Tasmania)
  • 12th Men: DJ Gatenby (Tasmania) and JE Emburey (England XI)
  • Attendance: 6856 ($10,999.00)




Tour Index

Team Pages: Tasmania, England XI.

Ground Page: North Tasmania C.A. Ground, Launceston

England XI Player Pages: G Boycott, G Miller, CT Radley, DW Randall, DI Gower, IT Botham, PH Edmonds, RW Taylor, JK Lever, RGD Willis, M Hendrick.

Tasmania Player Pages: SJ Howard, GW Goodman, MJ Sellers, TW Docking, RD Woolley, DC Boon, J Simmons, GJ Cowmeadow, GJ Wilson, MB Scholes, GR Whitney.

Match Officials' Pages: RJ Marshall, G Summers.

Thanks: Warwick Torrens
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