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| Venue | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide on 22nd, 23rd, 24th December 1978 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | South Australia won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | RA French, MG O'Connell |
| Close of play day 1 | England XI (1) 1/0 (Boycott 0*, Gooch 0*) |
| Close of play day 2 | South Australia (2) 74/3 (Parker 7*, Sleep 9*) |
| South Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JE Nash | c Tolchard b Old | 10 | |||||
| WM Darling | c Tolchard b Old | 19 | |||||
| IR McLean | c Tolchard b Gooch | 7 | |||||
| BL Causby | b Old | 87 | |||||
| RJ Parker | c and b Edmonds | 51 | |||||
| *RK Blewett | c Old b Emburey | 19 | |||||
| PR Sleep | not out | 31 | |||||
| +SR Gentle | lbw b Lever | 1 | |||||
| AT Sincock | not out | 12 | |||||
| GR Attenborough | did not bat | ||||||
| DA Johnston | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 lb, 1 nb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 74 overs) | 241 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-25, 2-36, 3-38, 4-129, 5-174, 6-220, 7-221 | |||||||
| England XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lever | 16 | 1 | 63 | 1 | - | - | |
| Old | 18 | 2 | 55 | 3 | - | - | |
| Gooch | 6 | 1 | 16 | 1 | - | - | |
| Emburey | 17 | 3 | 48 | 1 | - | - | |
| Edmonds | 17 | 3 | 55 | 1 | - | - | |
| England XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Boycott | c Gentle b Sincock | 4 | |||||
| GA Gooch | st Gentle b Causby | 20 | |||||
| CT Radley | c Gentle b Attenborough | 60 | |||||
| +RW Tolchard | run out | 72 | |||||
| DW Randall | c Gentle b Attenborough | 47 | |||||
| *JM Brearley | not out | 18 | |||||
| G Miller | not out | 2 | |||||
| CM Old | did not bat | ||||||
| PH Edmonds | did not bat | ||||||
| JE Emburey | did not bat | ||||||
| JK Lever | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 4 lb, 4 nb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 53 overs) | 234 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-26, 2-32, 3-138, 4-186, 5-231 | |||||||
| South Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Attenborough | 13 | 5 | 41 | 2 | - | - | |
| Johnston | 8 | 2 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sincock | 5 | 0 | 27 | 1 | - | - | |
| Causby | 6 | 0 | 34 | 1 | - | - | |
| Sleep | 12 | 1 | 58 | 0 | - | - | |
| Blewett | 8 | 1 | 41 | 0 | - | - | |
| Nash | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| South Australia second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JE Nash | lbw b Emburey | 25 | |||||
| IR McLean | c and b Emburey | 25 | |||||
| BL Causby | c Randall b Emburey | 7 | |||||
| RJ Parker | c Randall b Emburey | 42 | |||||
| PR Sleep | c Tolchard b Old | 18 | |||||
| *RK Blewett | c Brearley b Emburey | 51 | |||||
| WM Darling | not out | 41 | |||||
| +SR Gentle | not out | 21 | |||||
| AT Sincock | did not bat | ||||||
| GR Attenborough | did not bat | ||||||
| DA Johnston | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 lb) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 78 overs) | 231 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-45, 2-57, 3-58, 4-96, 5-140, 6-184 | |||||||
| England XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lever | 10 | 1 | 33 | 0 | - | - | |
| Old | 5 | 0 | 21 | 1 | - | - | |
| Gooch | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Emburey | 26 | 3 | 67 | 5 | - | - | |
| Edmonds | 28 | 9 | 91 | 0 | - | - | |
| Miller | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Boycott | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| England XI second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *JM Brearley | c Parker b Johnston | 26 | |||||
| DW Randall | c Blewett b Johnston | 45 | |||||
| CT Radley | lbw b Attenborough | 1 | |||||
| +RW Tolchard | lbw b Johnston | 6 | |||||
| GA Gooch | st Gentle b Blewett | 64 | |||||
| G Miller | not out | 68 | |||||
| CM Old | b Attenborough | 2 | |||||
| PH Edmonds | lbw b Blewett | 2 | |||||
| JE Emburey | b Blewett | 0 | |||||
| JK Lever | c Darling b Attenborough | 11 | |||||
| G Boycott | not out | 7 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 2 lb, 3 nb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, 37 overs) | 238 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-65, 2-68, 3-74, 4-91, 5-180, 6-187, 7-196, 8-202, 9-223 | |||||||
| South Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Attenborough | 16 | 1 | 92 | 3 | - | - | |
| Johnston | 7 | 0 | 44 | 3 | - | - | |
| Sincock | 5 | 0 | 39 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sleep | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Blewett | 7 | 0 | 35 | 3 | - | - | |
Notes
--> SR Gentle made his debut in First-Class matches
--> DA Johnston achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the England XI second innings (previous best was 3-54)
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