1978–79 Gillette Cup (Australia)

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.

1978–79 Gillette Cup
Administrator(s)Australian Cricket Board
Cricket formatLimited overs cricket
Tournament format(s)knockout
ChampionsTasmania (1st title)
Participants6
Matches played5, plus final
Most runsGary Goodman (Tas) 130 runs

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.

 
First RoundSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
28 October – Brisbane
 
 
 South Australia101allout
 
10 December – Brisbane
 
 Queensland2/105
 
 Queensland6/232
 
 
 
 Tasmania9/236
 
 Tasmania
 
14 January – Hobart
 
BYE
 
 Tasmania6/180
 
29 October – Sydney
 
 Western Australia133allout
 
 New South Wales6/156
 
23 December – Perth
 
 Victoria5/157
 
 Western Australia6/215
 
 
 
 Victoria7/214
 
 Western Australia
 
 
BYE
 

Fixtures

Knock-out round

28 October
South Australia 
101 all out (36.4 overs)
v
 Queensland
2/105 (32.2 overs)
Barry Causby 34 (45)
Peter Sleep 25 (52)
Jeff Thomson 6/18 (10 overs)
Maxwell Walters 57* (121)
Graham Winter 1/10 (3 overs)
 Queensland won by 8 wickets
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane (2,065)
Umpires: JM Boyle and CE Harvey
Player of the match: Jeff Thomson

29 October
New South Wales 
6/156 (40 overs)
v
 Victoria
5/157 (39 overs)
David Johnston 48 (76)
Mark Clews 29 (47)
Paul Hibbert 1/14 (3 overs)
Graham Yallop 45 (65)
Trevor Laughlin 29 (28)
David Hourn 3/31 (8 overs)
 Victoria won by 5 wickets
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: TF Brooks and RG Harris
Player of the match: Graham Yallop
  • 40 overs per side due to late start.

Semi-finals

10 December
Queensland 
6/232 (50 overs)
v
 Tasmania
9/236 (49.5 overs)
David Ogilvie 82 (85)
John Buchanan 64 (123)
Garry Cowmeadow 2/37 (10 overs)
Gary Goodman 100 (145)
John Hampshire 63 (82)
Leonard Balcam 5/49 (9 overs)
 Tasmania won by 1 wicket
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane (1,586)
Umpires: JM Boyle and TH Warwick
Player of the match: Gary Goodman

23 December
Western Australia 
6/215 (50 overs)
v
 Victoria
7/214 (50 overs)
Kim Hughes 69
Craig Serjeant 49
Alan Hurst 5/36 (10 overs)
 Western Australia won by 1 run
WACA Ground, Perth (4,372)
Umpires: PJ McConnell and DG Weser
Player of the match: Alan Hurst

Final

14 January
Tasmania 
6/180 (50 overs)
v
 Western Australia
133 all out (30.1 overs)
Jack Simmons 55 (83)
Trevor Docking 46 (65)
Graeme Porter 2/29 (10 overs)
Craig Serjeant 47 (78)
Jack Simmons 4/17 (10 overs)
Anthony Benneworth 3/14 (8.2 overs)
 Tasmania won by 47 runs
TCA Ground, Hobart (10,822)
Umpires: K Connor and J Stevens
Player of the match: Jack Simmons

Statistics

Highest Team Totals

TeamTotalOpponentGround
 Tasmania9/236 QueenslandBrisbane Cricket Ground
 Queensland6/232 TasmaniaBrisbane Cricket Ground
 Western Australia6/215 VictoriaWACA Ground
 Victoria7/214 Western AustraliaWACA Ground
 South Australia101 all out QueenslandBrisbane Cricket Ground

Most Runs

PlayerRunsInnsAvg100s50s
Gary Goodman (Tasmania)130265.0010
Graham Yallop (Victoria)104252.0001
David Ogilvie (Queensland)97248.5001
Craig Serjeant (Western Australia)96248.0000
Jeff Moss (Victoria)95295.001

Highest Scores

PlayerScoreBallsOpponentGround4s6s
Gary Goodman (Tasmania)100145QueenslandBrisbane Cricket Ground110
David Ogilvie (Queensland)8285TasmaniaBrisbane Cricket Ground140
Jeff Moss (Victoria)76Western AustraliaWACA Ground70
Kim Hughes (Western Australia)69129VictoriaWACA Ground31
John Buchanan (Queensland)64123TasmaniaBrisbane Cricket Ground50

See also

  • Sheffield Shield season 1978-79
  • Australian cricket team in 1978-79

References

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