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1978–79 Gillette Cup (Australia)
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 1978–79 Gillette Cup |
| imagesize | 150px |
| administrator | Australian Cricket Board |
| cricket format | Limited overs cricket |
| tournament format | knockout |
| champions | Tasmania |
| count | 1 |
| participants | 6 |
| matches | 5, plus final |
| most runs | Gary Goodman (Tas) 130 runs |
| previous_year | 1977–78 |
| previous_tournament | 1977–78 Gillete Cup season |
| next_year | 1979–80 |
| next_tournament | 1979–80 Gillete Cup season |
| player of the series = The 1978–79 Gillette Cup was the tenth season of official List A domestic cricket in Australia. Six teams representing six states in Australia took part in the competition. The competition began on 28 October 1978 when Queensland took on South Australia at the Gabba in Brisbane.
The 1978–79 Cup Final was played on 14 January 1979 at the TCA Ground in Hobart between Western Australia and Tasmania, who had been the finalists in the previous season as well. In a reversal of the previous season's result, Tasmania caused a major upset to win their first-ever domestic title by beating Western Australia by 47 runs.
Teams
| Club | Home Ground | Captain |
|---|---|---|
| New South Wales | Sydney Cricket Ground | Andrew Hilditch |
| Queensland | Brisbane Cricket Ground | John MacLean |
| South Australia | Adelaide Oval | Bob Blewett |
| Tasmania | TCA Ground | Jack Simmons |
| Victoria | Melbourne Cricket Ground | Graham Yallop |
| Western Australia | WACA Ground | John Inverarity |
Format
The 1978–79 Gillette Cup was not played in the round-robin format that would become popular in later seasons. Instead, the two finalists from the previous season, Western Australia (winners) and Tasmania (runners-up) progressed automatically to the semi-finals, whilst the four remaining states were randomly allocated an opponent in a knockout match. |28 October – Brisbane||101allout||2/105 | || |BYE| |29 October – Sydney||6/156||5/157 | || |BYE| |10 December – Brisbane||6/232||9/236 |23 December – Perth||6/215||7/214 |14 January – Hobart||6/180||133allout
Fixtures
Knock-out round
Peter Sleep 25 (52)
Mark Clews 29 (47) Trevor Laughlin 29 (28)
- 40 overs per side due to late start.
Semi-finals
John Buchanan 64 (123) John Hampshire 63 (82)
Craig Serjeant 49 Graham Yallop 59
Final
Trevor Docking 46 (65) Anthony Benneworth 3/14 (8.2 overs)
Statistics
Highest Team Totals
| Team | Total | Opponent | Ground |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9/236 | Brisbane Cricket Ground | ||
| 6/232 | Brisbane Cricket Ground | ||
| 6/215 | WACA Ground | ||
| 7/214 | WACA Ground | ||
| 101 all out | Brisbane Cricket Ground |
Most Runs
| Player | Runs | Inns | Avg | 100s | 50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Goodman (Tasmania) | 130 | 2 | 65.00 | 1 | 0 |
| Graham Yallop (Victoria) | 104 | 2 | 52.00 | 0 | 1 |
| David Ogilvie (Queensland) | 97 | 2 | 48.50 | 0 | 1 |
| Craig Serjeant (Western Australia) | 96 | 2 | 48.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Moss (Victoria) | 95 | 2 | 95.00 | – | 1 |
Highest Scores
| Player | Score | Balls | Opponent | Ground | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Goodman (Tasmania) | 100 | 145 | Queensland | Brisbane Cricket Ground | 11 | 0 |
| David Ogilvie (Queensland) | 82 | 85 | Tasmania | Brisbane Cricket Ground | 14 | 0 |
| Jeff Moss (Victoria) | 76 | Western Australia | WACA Ground | 7 | 0 | |
| Kim Hughes (Western Australia) | 69 | 129 | Victoria | WACA Ground | 3 | 1 |
| John Buchanan (Queensland) | 64 | 123 | Tasmania | Brisbane Cricket Ground | 5 | 0 |
Most Wickets
Best Bowling Figures
References
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