I was working as a groundsman at the WACA when this match was played. The day before it started Boycott was having a net and could not put bat on ball. I was a second grade player for West Perth and some of our bowlers were asked to bowl to the Englishmen. One of our players (Charlie Penn) who was only just a second grade bowler and an Englishman over here to play District cricket, was beating Boycott ball-after-ball. He eventually went down the wicket and started giving Boycott batting lessons. It was the most surreal thing I've ever seen. The next day the Australians couldn't get him out in 6 hours.
Sorry about the length...but I thought it might interest you.....I was at Lanc's ground watching the Aussie's net 1993 anyway, I went there ( it was open to public to watch) the nets were in a large open grassed area next to the Tax Offices Stretford (Mcr) and a main road ( Greatstone Road), just behind the stands at Lancashire C.C. Anyway, I went with camera and to have a look ( I'd done it for many years previously with touring teams visiting Lancs. ) This one instance Boon was in the nets...people milling around watching. He got on with his job...didn't care about people walking behind the bowler's arm etc. Then I realised something...he was about 6-8 feet down the track!! AND he had bowlers bowling bouncers at him!! Ha ha, he was egging the bowlers on...his language was atrocious lol! He was giving McDermott some gip ha ha. Craig replied with exactly what Boon wanted... Boon dealt with all of it...dare I say easily. I was stood side-on with Boon not touching the net but close enough to hear him and see him get angry when the balls weren't bothering him. It was that tour when McDermott had to go home due to illness. I was invited to a barbeque ( in a pub lol) later on that week and the Aussies were sending a couple of players as guests... pretty much the whole team turned up. I got to meet them ( my mate was a visiting Aussie pro cricketer who grew up knowing the Waugh brothers.) I was by the stairs when they arrived... my jaw dropped... the players must've seen my expression and a lot of them grinned and let on to me. Then I saw Merv Hughes...I couldn't help but stare! He was brilliant. He basically said How are ya! I laughed and said could I ask him a question...he laughed and said, '' Yeahh go on.'' as the other crickets walked to the bar... I laughed and said ''No, I'd better not. It sounds nasty but really isn't meant to be.'' ...he laughed and said, ''Go on don't worry.'' and he giggled. I took a dep breath and said, '' Mr. Hughes ( dad was ex-army..manners count), you really look slim and fit but on the tv you look a fat bas.. person?'' Then I stood back and protected my face...laughing. He was a star!! He took it as it was meant started laughing and shouted to another player...think it was McDermott again...he laughed. He just said ''TV cameras put 2 stone on yer.'' I said, ''Well they must have really big cameras on you then.'' His face just broke into a massive smile and he laughed and said he'd get me a drink! Really was a great bloke as were the rest. Brendon Julian, even sat on a stool towered over me. I was introduced to the Waugh brothers ( a bit of an honour my mate said). Tim Healy invited me to photograph the team training at Bowler's Indoor Pitches the following day...said to mention me at the door and you'll be escorted in. I had to be in work so it never happened. There was only one I was sorry to meet...what a massive bell-end, an arse, acted up all night at the bar/Pub... a certain S.W. Anyway, good luck to you mate!
@garryleerob 0 seconds ago I'll try and dig out some net photo's. That day, A.B. said I could photo him IF I carried his cricket gear back to the bus...he said he didn't do lifting ( with a grin). I did. Wish I'd taken a camera to the pub later that week.
I'm an Aussie, but I loved this series - and loved this England team. The delightful Derek Randall, Ian Botham being aggressive and amiable in equal measure, the stalwart Geoff Boycott, and the emergence of David Gower as one of the most elegant batsmen I've ever had the pleasure to watch. And then, on the Aussie side, there were the twin joys of watching Rodney Hogg - who had an extraordinary series, and the quirky and highly unlikely Jim Higgs. Someone once described Higgs as "Australia's best leg spinner between Benaud and Warne". They could more properly have said that he was pretty much Australia's only leg spinner in that period. And there weren't that many elsewhere in the world either. Leg spin had long been a dying art but Jimmy kept it alive in this country and he was a delight to watch. We probably would never have gotten to see either Hogg or Higgs play in an Ashes series except for the desertion of the Chappell mob to Packer's circus. I've always been kind of grateful.
Boycott was one who learned quickly. In the 1970 ROW XI v England series Boycott was having trouble facing Sir Gary Sobers. After 1 of the games Sir Gary gave him some advice and immediately Boycott scored 157 in the next' test' and had a remarkable 'purple' patch in his test career between late 1970-1971
In the same series the Englishman Derek Randall batted a day and some for 150 in the 4th test. Randall scored 402. Boycoott made only one score over 50 and this was it. He also scored a 49 in the 5th test second innings. Taylor, England wicket keeper who was not renowned for his batting scored 208 runs for England. Whereas Boycott scored a total of 248. Miller scored 234 runs. Boycott should have been dropped. Within Boycotts mother died of cancer on the 27th of September 1978. Two days later he went to the end of season revue at Yorkshire and later, lost the captaincy having previously earlier in the year lost the England captaincy which was given back to Mike Brearley. He had so much anguish and pain to deal with. It was too much and it showed. He goes into it with great detail in his book Put To The Test. Well worth a read. Brian Close another Yorkshireman should have taken his place.
Joe Denly. 50 v Aus @ Leeds 2019, 237 minutes. 94 @Oval 294 minutes. 74 v NZ @ Mt Managanui 2019, 251 minutes,. But he wasnt scoring fast enough for many so he was dropped. Go figure
@@paradisefound100 Close retired in 77 so he would not have replaced Boycott and in fairness GB didnt lose the England captaincy, Brearley returned to the side for the first test in the summer of 78 and Boycott himself was injured. When GB returned for the 5th test of that summer there was no way in the world he would have been captain
Despite being an Aussie fan and we lost this series, I am thoroughly enjoying your uploads. You have some really fantastic stuff Spurs guy. Long may you keep it going
To be fair it was not even our second best team, they were playing elsewhere. This was our 3rd best team at the time. Gower was a true champion however.
@@alexlanning712 Rodneyt Hogg bowling with pace on a seaming wicket. At 2 for 3 what did you expect him to do? I know throw his wicket away and expose Botham and Miller to a fresh bowler with his tail up
Overrated , he was boring and was lucky to survive so many low appeals. Gower , perhaps among the most stylish and graceful batsman in history of cricket. Boycott never faced Lille/ Thomson combo
Yes he did. 1st test 1979, Perth. Lack of facing them as a combo was as much as the effects of WSC (1977/78 & 1978/79) and L+T's own injuries etc as L+T only shared three ashes series anyway - but even then only played in one test together post 1975 - that 1979 one. In that Perth test 1979 Boycott scored 0 and 99 not out, Lillee took 6 wickets in the match, Thomson 3. Thomson bowled second change in both innings.
Plus it’s fair to say that Thomson wasn’t bowling with the same pace after his shoulder injury. He was still bloody quick but not as quick as he was in the 1974-75 Ashes series in Australia.
Thanks for the upload. I confused myself by mistaking Dymock for Richard Hadlee, and couldn't work out what he was doing opening the bowling with Hogg.
At Headingley, they have a hotel next to the ground with all the rooms named after great Yorkshire cricketers through the ages. They repaint The Geoff Boycott room for every new guest so they can watch the paint dry for the full Geoffory experience!
I'd love to have been a fly on the wall for the Oz selection meetings at the start of that series. WSC took the best two teams of Australian cricket. Can you imagine?
As a 10 year old in Australia when this match was played it was a fascinating time for cricket in Australia....It must be remembered the Kerry Packer WSC had started and the top players had signed on with him leaving the official ACB side made up of young men and other players who did not sign with Packer, yet England was at full strength...it really was a split season.
I joined the Army in 1978. Sent to Londonderry (by post in a 2nd class delivery!) in 1979. Missed all this. Some details over the operational net from the Ops Room. Thanks to WO2 Bronco Lane. They don’t make WO2s like that anymore.
21:31 Commentator is apparently mistaken. Boycott's only test match 100 against NZ at Headingley was in 1973, and his innings was split across 2 days (he was 45*, out of an innings of 115 including 20 fours, overnight). He might be referring to Boyc's 103* for Yorks against NZ in 1978, but says his recollection is from "a few years ago".
This was a tremendous achievement for England here. Ironic that the series would appear to have been shaped by the decision to bat first by the Aussies in the first test and which yielded just 116 runs. History would appear to be repeating itself and gives an indication of what a vital role Sir Geoff used to play in the England side since it should be remembered that, even though he wasn't scoring big runs, what he was doing was taking the shine off the new ball and wearing the bowlers out as an anchor. Those were the days .. openers take the shine off the ball so the middle order can score the big runs. Maybe a slightly weaker Australian batting line up but of note is the debut of Alan Border. The rest is history as they say.
Funny to see Gooch playing so badly. It took him quite a while to become the powerful figure he was eventually. Unlike Gower, who just wandered nervelessly into Test cricket as if he was in a Sunday afternoon village green knockabout. Great players both.
Looks like this was before Gooch changed to his raised bat stance, the following year when England toured Australia again he was run out for 99 , just checked the video and he had changed his stance by that tour. He never had much success against the Aussies with the exception of 85 and early 90’s but played some fabulous innings against the windies around 80-81, and of course had that golden period as captain towards the end of his career.
@@andrewdeacon8315 Gooch actual;y scored 4 test hundreds v Australia - 2 against Shane Warne! His average against them is hampered by having 3 very poor series against them (the 78/9, 1981, 1989) - He did however have very good series in 1985, 1990/1 and 1993.
I believe it was the fourth test the great left handed Allan Border made his test debut. He had certainly never played against England before. He was a top notch player which in the 5th or sixth test against England in 1981 tour of England played with a broken bone in a hand and he scored about 100. He was certainly one tough Pom.
Notice how Boycott got booed when he reached 50, and Gower got a respectful round of applause. People who pay good money to go and watch cricket expect to see more than what Boycott provided - they want entertainment. He was effective though.
@@barrymcmanmon9595 I agree, I was a big fan of Boycott. If you read my post again you will see I wasn't criticising him, in fact I said he was effective.
3 remarkable things about this match and the players in it 1) It was England's one and only victory in Perth since playing their first Test in 1971. 2) It features Boycott - who is the only living man to have scored over 150 first class 100s and 3) Geoff Dymock - one of only 3 men to dismiss all 11 opposition batsmen in a Test match ( not THIS one obviously)!!
Thanks for info. When I read that Boycott was the only living man to score over 150 100's I felt that was unlikely the amount of cricket played nowadays. But I found the list - see below - and of course you are correct! Ramprakash in 2008 being the last to get just a 100 tons. I guess it's to do with playing lots of cricket - one dayers and Tests but actually less 1st class innings. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_batsmen_who_have_scored_100_centuries_in_first-class_cricket
@@adrianwright8685 Hick got to 100 100s aged 32 and I thought he would get to 150 easily. Would have got to 100 earlier if Atherton didn't declare when he was on 98 (Sydney 1994/5) !!
@@adrianwright8685 yes the top players these days play hardly any first class cricket between tests , whereas in my day the likes of Gooch and his generation would take every opportunity to play for their counties between tests. I believe 2/3’s of Joe Roots first class matches have been tests so there’s no chance of matching those old feats.
That 3rd stat is a beauty! I assume Laker is one of the others or was it the same batsman not out in both innings of that test when he took 19 wickets?
Gower scored 18 test centuries - a pretty average return for someone of his ability. Clearly, his weakness was a lapse of concentration, when he was in full flow.
No that is shit cricket. Brearley wasn't nearly a good enough batsman to play international cricket and Boycott was one selfish prick and not team orientated.
I remember going to this game as a kid. Easily, the most boring day's cricket that I've ever witnessed. I'm happy to see the dismissals of Gooch, Randall and Brierley - because I missed seeing all of them and only got to see Boycott commit a crime against cricket as a form of paid entertainment. That being said - he was a great cricketer and commentator.
yes - cos at 2 for 3 with Botham to follow you naturally come out of your shell and thrash the bowling around - just like the 3 wickets that fell cheaply before him - muppet
@@doctormarazanvose4373 Not only that but conditions were highly favourable to the bowlers early on - ball swinging and seaming all over the place. England could easily have been 110 all out that day with a more attack minded philosophy. As it was England eventually scored 309 off the equivalent of 156 6 ball overs. Gower's century may look like it was a blessed relief but even he only managed to score at a strike rate of 46.15 - and that was after hitting 9 4's (an indication that it was conditions preventing ease of scoring).
Whilst not beign in the same league Engl;and had one to some degree recently, but the cricket media, fans et al hounded him out of the team for scoring too slowly and having a average under 30 (only 29+).
The Aussies always like to say "the painfully slow Boycott". Yet in 17 ODI's against Australia he averaged 52, including a century in 1979. The great Australian attacking batsman Greg Chappell played 20 ODI's against England for an average of 46. In Tests, Boycott averaged 47 in 38 matches against Australia, Chappell averaged 45 in 35 matches against England. So, either "painfully slow" Boycott or "attacking" Chappell is a myth but the statistics lean towards both being incorrect.
Boycott was absolutely useless in ODI. Chappell could actually strike the ball to score relatively quickly (for that time period). Chappell's strike-rate is excessively better. You just have to watch them play again. Boycott was most definitely slow, but still an interesting batter to watch. I remember him scoring 9 runs off an hour of play once.
@@user-yi5mt2df5q The statistics don't lie. Chappell only got one ODI century against England, Boycott got one against Australia. Scoring rate does matter if you don't win. A modern example, Pollard gets raves about a lot of 20's, 30's and 40's in 10-15 balls but if you look closely very few of those games are won by his team, So, entertaining batting, yes, successful, not so much. Strike rate doesn't matter, averages are more important, winning is most important. Just a few weeks ago, a great quick innings by Bairstow but England lost, so the value, aside from the personal achievement is lessened.
@@John-gv2ug Strike-rate is very important in white ball cricket. In that ODI against India, England would've lost by a lot more if someone with Boycott's strike-rate was playing. And yes, averages are important. However, they don't necessarily determine which player is better. Both Chappell and Boycott played roles which suited their strengths. Boycott was "painfully slow" but was still able to convert losing matches into draws or victories. A real fine opener in test cricket. If you could somehow provide the statistic for ODI matches (against Australia) that were won by England with Boycott making a contribution, I would be interested. However, from memory, he was a horrid ODI player esspecially compared to Chappell. I personally would rather have David Gower on my team than Boycott if I was playing white-ball cricket.
@@user-yi5mt2df5q A loss is a loss, one run or 200 makes no difference. You don't get anything for losing by a small amount. As for strike rate, Steve Smith has a better ODI strike rate than Joe Root by two, Root has a better ave by seven, England are current ODI champions, Australia aren't. So, winning number one, average number two, strike rate doesn't matter. Peter Handscombe is not considered for ODI's by Australia because he is judged as too slow re strike rate. Last week he got OD century and won the game for Victoria. A quick strike rate is entertaining but not a guarantee for success, the run of runs scored is.
It's crap. We used to give the benefit of the doubt to the batsman. But as with everything big tech it's deemed to be better than the highly-trained naked eye. Leaving aside the odd howler will happen can't we just trust the umpires? It shouldn't matter what Sky's clever-dick replays show. They contradict the spirit of the game.
@@homeone4054 Spirit of the game also should be to improve the quality and fair judgement. Drs gives equal level field with far reduced mistakes and helps stressed umpires
I think he was 63 not out after the first day. Very similar innings to the one he made at the Basin Reserve only 12 months earlier - that was a 77 too!
I was at the ground in Sydney during this same series when he got Boycott from the first ball of the test match...he was very fast at times. The roar of the crowd when Boycott was LBW!!!!
Fuck me, how quick was Hoggy?! I saw the Sydney test of this series, but didn't realise just how nippy he was. And did anyone else notice how much more quickly Boycott ran for his shots vs anyone else's?
Turns out Boycott was even worse than Chris Tavare on the same ground four years later. I only started watching cricket on tv in 1981-82 here in Australia and we have been laughing at Tavare ever since but Boycott against this under strength Australian side due to WSC ...
@@johnseabrook1703 However because he was a defence oriented player, many of today’s umpires would of giviin him out more often, meaning if he went upstairs for LBW he would of used up all of the allotted chances for the innings. Remember if he went upstairs which he would of every time because he was a selfish player and the ball clipped the stumps he would of been givin out. Very lucky to play in that era.
@@anthonylamacchia5746 A fantastic contrast between the elegant Gower and the gritty Boycott. Putting my Teacher hat on, if I may, it's 'would have' & never 'would of' when speaking or writing. 👍 Enjoy your cricket. 🇦🇺 🏴 🇬🇧
Graham Gooch before he used to wear his white trade mark piss-pot helmet! Boycott noted for his slow scoring, would never get a look in today with the era of 21st century Baz Ball test match cricket!
Gooch was so crap at the start of his test career but he showed what dedication and hard work can do. Gower was the opposite: hugely talented from an early age but faded away later.
@Miketree That was '89, he played for years after that and got better with age. A lot of batsmen have trouble with that sort of medium-pace in England and Alderman took stacks of wickets in two tours.
Boycott was horribly out of touch during this tour. He hardly played through the 'v' - the arc from mid off to mid on - at all. Left arm over bowlers often troubled him and Dymock was a good exponent of the art. Hogg, of course, troubled all of England's batsman, particularly with his ability to bring the ball in to the batsman off the pitch at pace.
I was working as a groundsman at the WACA when this match was played. The day before it started Boycott was having a net and could not put bat on ball. I was a second grade player for West Perth and some of our bowlers were asked to bowl to the Englishmen. One of our players (Charlie Penn) who was only just a second grade bowler and an Englishman over here to play District cricket, was beating Boycott ball-after-ball. He eventually went down the wicket and started giving Boycott batting lessons. It was the most surreal thing I've ever seen.
The next day the Australians couldn't get him out in 6 hours.
Sorry about the length...but I thought it might interest you.....I was at Lanc's ground watching the Aussie's net 1993 anyway, I went there ( it was open to public to watch) the nets were in a large open grassed area next to the Tax Offices Stretford (Mcr) and a main road ( Greatstone Road), just behind the stands at Lancashire C.C. Anyway, I went with camera and to have a look ( I'd done it for many years previously with touring teams visiting Lancs. ) This one instance Boon was in the nets...people milling around watching. He got on with his job...didn't care about people walking behind the bowler's arm etc. Then I realised something...he was about 6-8 feet down the track!! AND he had bowlers bowling bouncers at him!! Ha ha, he was egging the bowlers on...his language was atrocious lol! He was giving McDermott some gip ha ha. Craig replied with exactly what Boon wanted... Boon dealt with all of it...dare I say easily. I was stood side-on with Boon not touching the net but close enough to hear him and see him get angry when the balls weren't bothering him. It was that tour when McDermott had to go home due to illness. I was invited to a barbeque ( in a pub lol) later on that week and the Aussies were sending a couple of players as guests... pretty much the whole team turned up. I got to meet them ( my mate was a visiting Aussie pro cricketer who grew up knowing the Waugh brothers.) I was by the stairs when they arrived... my jaw dropped... the players must've seen my expression and a lot of them grinned and let on to me. Then I saw Merv Hughes...I couldn't help but stare! He was brilliant. He basically said How are ya! I laughed and said could I ask him a question...he laughed and said, '' Yeahh go on.'' as the other crickets walked to the bar... I laughed and said ''No, I'd better not. It sounds nasty but really isn't meant to be.'' ...he laughed and said, ''Go on don't worry.'' and he giggled. I took a dep breath and said, '' Mr. Hughes ( dad was ex-army..manners count), you really look slim and fit but on the tv you look a fat bas.. person?'' Then I stood back and protected my face...laughing. He was a star!! He took it as it was meant started laughing and shouted to another player...think it was McDermott again...he laughed. He just said ''TV cameras put 2 stone on yer.'' I said, ''Well they must have really big cameras on you then.'' His face just broke into a massive smile and he laughed and said he'd get me a drink! Really was a great bloke as were the rest. Brendon Julian, even sat on a stool towered over me. I was introduced to the Waugh brothers ( a bit of an honour my mate said). Tim Healy invited me to photograph the team training at Bowler's Indoor Pitches the following day...said to mention me at the door and you'll be escorted in. I had to be in work so it never happened. There was only one I was sorry to meet...what a massive bell-end, an arse, acted up all night at the bar/Pub... a certain S.W. Anyway, good luck to you mate!
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I'll try and dig out some net photo's. That day, A.B. said I could photo him IF I carried his cricket gear back to the bus...he said he didn't do lifting ( with a grin). I did. Wish I'd taken a camera to the pub later that week.
I'm an Aussie, but I loved this series - and loved this England team. The delightful Derek Randall, Ian Botham being aggressive and amiable in equal measure, the stalwart Geoff Boycott, and the emergence of David Gower as one of the most elegant batsmen I've ever had the pleasure to watch. And then, on the Aussie side, there were the twin joys of watching Rodney Hogg - who had an extraordinary series, and the quirky and highly unlikely Jim Higgs. Someone once described Higgs as "Australia's best leg spinner between Benaud and Warne". They could more properly have said that he was pretty much Australia's only leg spinner in that period. And there weren't that many elsewhere in the world either. Leg spin had long been a dying art but Jimmy kept it alive in this country and he was a delight to watch. We probably would never have gotten to see either Hogg or Higgs play in an Ashes series except for the desertion of the Chappell mob to Packer's circus. I've always been kind of grateful.
Boycott was one who learned quickly. In the 1970 ROW XI v England series Boycott was having trouble facing Sir Gary Sobers. After 1 of the games Sir Gary gave him some advice and immediately Boycott scored 157 in the next' test' and had a remarkable 'purple' patch in his test career between late 1970-1971
24:00 Can anyone imagine an England batsman grafting for four hours and change for 50 runs? A lost art
In the same series the Englishman Derek Randall batted a day and some for 150 in the 4th test. Randall scored 402. Boycoott made only one score over 50 and this was it. He also scored a 49 in the 5th test second innings. Taylor, England wicket keeper who was not renowned for his batting scored 208 runs for England. Whereas Boycott scored a total of 248. Miller scored 234 runs. Boycott should have been dropped. Within Boycotts mother died of cancer on the 27th of September 1978. Two days later he went to the end of season revue at Yorkshire and later, lost the captaincy having previously earlier in the year lost the England captaincy which was given back to Mike Brearley. He had so much anguish and pain to deal with. It was too much and it showed. He goes into it with great detail in his book Put To The Test. Well worth a read. Brian Close another Yorkshireman should have taken his place.
@@paradisefound100 Brian Close would have been 47 though by then!!! Fair play he nearly got killed by the Windies in 1976 aged 45.
Joe Denly. 50 v Aus @ Leeds 2019, 237 minutes. 94 @Oval 294 minutes. 74 v NZ @ Mt Managanui 2019, 251 minutes,.
But he wasnt scoring fast enough for many so he was dropped. Go figure
Yes and running out 2 or 3 other batsmen! Great guy.
@@paradisefound100 Close retired in 77 so he would not have replaced Boycott and in fairness GB didnt lose the England captaincy, Brearley returned to the side for the first test in the summer of 78 and Boycott himself was injured. When GB returned for the 5th test of that summer there was no way in the world he would have been captain
'Well played young fella, beautiful innings'. When the great Keith Miller says that about your innings, you must have batted well.
Despite being an Aussie fan and we lost this series, I am thoroughly enjoying your uploads. You have some really fantastic stuff Spurs guy. Long may you keep it going
Yup, we got spanked. Having half our team playing World Series Cricket certainly didn't help.....
To be fair it was not even our second best team, they were playing elsewhere. This was our 3rd best team at the time. Gower was a true champion however.
Superb innings by both Boiks and Gower! Brearly too. What a pitch!
Gower was a class act...grace under pressure
@@terrymurphy2032 😂👌👍
This is great,thanks alot!
Boycott batted over 7.5 hours for his 77. And didn't hit 1 single boundary. His only all ran 4 came courtesy of a couple of overthrows. Lovely stuff.
I'd rather watch grass grow
@@alexlanning712 Rodneyt Hogg bowling with pace on a seaming wicket. At 2 for 3 what did you expect him to do?
I know throw his wicket away and expose Botham and Miller to a fresh bowler with his tail up
@@doctormarazanvose4373 Thats cricket
What he should have done was give his wicket away in the 1st over, just to please you
@@doctormarazanvose4373 yes!
Boycs is a great example of application and concentration - great stuff
Yeah ... commentator: "Boycott, best part of 3/4 of an hour for his 3 runs ... " (at 9.40 ish)
He failed in the series overall though averaging under 22
Overrated , he was boring and was lucky to survive so many low appeals. Gower , perhaps among the most stylish and graceful batsman in history of cricket. Boycott never faced Lille/ Thomson combo
Yes he did. 1st test 1979, Perth. Lack of facing them as a combo was as much as the effects of WSC (1977/78 & 1978/79) and L+T's own injuries etc as L+T only shared three ashes series anyway - but even then only played in one test together post 1975 - that 1979 one. In that Perth test 1979 Boycott scored 0 and 99 not out, Lillee took 6 wickets in the match, Thomson 3. Thomson bowled second change in both innings.
Plus it’s fair to say that Thomson wasn’t bowling with the same pace after his shoulder injury. He was still bloody quick but not as quick as he was in the 1974-75 Ashes series in Australia.
Gower batted beautifully for his 100.
Thanks for the upload. I confused myself by mistaking Dymock for Richard Hadlee, and couldn't work out what he was doing opening the bowling with Hogg.
Er, how could you mistake Hadlee for Geoff Dymock? Hadlee bowls right handed. Dymock with his left. Maybe you're confusing him with Alan Hurst.....😉
Cricket commentators from yesteryear like Bob Simpson and Frank Tyson always agreed with the umpires decision. Refreshing to hear.
Of course they did. The umpires were also Australian.
At Headingley, they have a hotel next to the ground with all the rooms named after great Yorkshire cricketers through the ages. They repaint The Geoff Boycott room for every new guest so they can watch the paint dry for the full Geoffory experience!
Great player though scored Test Match hundreds against Lillee, Thomson, Imran, Holding, Croft, Roberts, Garner and Marshall.
@@vantheman1238 Yep over 150 first class centuries. Can't complain about that.
I'd love to have been a fly on the wall for the Oz selection meetings at the start of that series. WSC took the best two teams of Australian cricket. Can you imagine?
As a 10 year old in Australia when this match was played it was a fascinating time for cricket in Australia....It must be remembered the Kerry Packer WSC had started and the top players had signed on with him leaving the official ACB side made up of young men and other players who did not sign with Packer, yet England was at full strength...it really was a split season.
Very professional batting, proper stuff,and testing bowling from Australia too🇦🇺👍
I joined the Army in 1978. Sent to Londonderry (by post in a 2nd class delivery!) in 1979. Missed all this. Some details over the operational net from the Ops Room. Thanks to WO2 Bronco Lane. They don’t make WO2s like that anymore.
Hogg and Dymock both look like excellent new ball bowlers
I can't believe how slow the outfield was
21:31 Commentator is apparently mistaken. Boycott's only test match 100 against NZ at Headingley was in 1973, and his innings was split across 2 days (he was 45*, out of an innings of 115 including 20 fours, overnight). He might be referring to Boyc's 103* for Yorks against NZ in 1978, but says his recollection is from "a few years ago".
This was a tremendous achievement for England here. Ironic that the series would appear to have been shaped by the decision to bat first by the Aussies in the first test and which yielded just 116 runs. History would appear to be repeating itself and gives an indication of what a vital role Sir Geoff used to play in the England side since it should be remembered that, even though he wasn't scoring big runs, what he was doing was taking the shine off the new ball and wearing the bowlers out as an anchor. Those were the days .. openers take the shine off the ball so the middle order can score the big runs. Maybe a slightly weaker Australian batting line up but of note is the debut of Alan Border. The rest is history as they say.
Basically a third rate Australian team. All the top players were in wsc.
Funny to see Gooch playing so badly. It took him quite a while to become the powerful figure he was eventually. Unlike Gower, who just wandered nervelessly into Test cricket as if he was in a Sunday afternoon village green knockabout. Great players both.
Looks like this was before Gooch changed to his raised bat stance, the following year when England toured Australia again he was run out for 99 , just checked the video and he had changed his stance by that tour. He never had much success against the Aussies with the exception of 85 and early 90’s but played some fabulous innings against the windies around 80-81, and of course had that golden period as captain towards the end of his career.
@@andrewdeacon8315 Gooch actual;y scored 4 test hundreds v Australia - 2 against Shane Warne! His average against them is hampered by having 3 very poor series against them (the 78/9, 1981, 1989) - He did however have very good series in 1985, 1990/1 and 1993.
I believe it was the fourth test the great left handed Allan Border made his test debut. He had certainly never played against England before. He was a top notch player which in the 5th or sixth test against England in 1981 tour of England played with a broken bone in a hand and he scored about 100. He was certainly one tough Pom.
Pom means an England player!!
Notice how Boycott got booed when he reached 50, and Gower got a respectful round of applause. People who pay good money to go and watch cricket expect to see more than what Boycott provided - they want entertainment. He was effective though.
No. We want batsmen who wear down the bowlers not players who think they must get runs off every ball.
@@barrymcmanmon9595 I agree, I was a big fan of Boycott. If you read my post again you will see I wasn't criticising him, in fact I said he was effective.
3 remarkable things about this match and the players in it 1) It was England's one and only victory in Perth since playing their first Test in 1971. 2) It features Boycott - who is the only living man to have scored over 150 first class 100s and 3) Geoff Dymock - one of only 3 men to dismiss all 11 opposition batsmen in a Test match ( not THIS one obviously)!!
Thanks for info. When I read that Boycott was the only living man to score over 150 100's I felt that was unlikely the amount of cricket played nowadays. But I found the list - see below - and of course you are correct! Ramprakash in 2008 being the last to get just a 100 tons. I guess it's to do with playing lots of cricket - one dayers and Tests but actually less 1st class innings.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_batsmen_who_have_scored_100_centuries_in_first-class_cricket
@@adrianwright8685 Hick got to 100 100s aged 32 and I thought he would get to 150 easily. Would have got to 100 earlier if Atherton didn't declare when he was on 98 (Sydney 1994/5) !!
@@adrianwright8685 yes the top players these days play hardly any first class cricket between tests , whereas in my day the likes of Gooch and his generation would take every opportunity to play for their counties between tests. I believe 2/3’s of Joe Roots first class matches have been tests so there’s no chance of matching those old feats.
That’s down to central contracts.
That 3rd stat is a beauty! I assume Laker is one of the others or was it the same batsman not out in both innings of that test when he took 19 wickets?
Facing those fearsome OZ bowlers without a helmet respect!
What a knock by Gower 👏👏👏
Man said boycott innings was the most painful innings he's ever seen ! Lol! Gower could bat though.
Where would England have been without Boycotts tenacity and frequently against real quickies lots of guts,
Gower scored 18 test centuries - a pretty average return for someone of his ability. Clearly, his weakness was a lapse of concentration, when he was in full flow.
Boycott and Brearley's partnership lasted 2 hours and they scored 38 off the equivalent of 32 6 ball overs! Proper cricket.
No that is shit cricket. Brearley wasn't nearly a good enough batsman to play international cricket and Boycott was one selfish prick and not team orientated.
@@Bernie8330 Oh dear - sarcasm seems to have gone right over your head!!
@@JP1234815 Yeah noted. Sorry.
@@JP1234815 As Maxwell Smart would say "Sorry about that Chief" ...
@@Bernie8330 Thanks, but no need
I remember going to this game as a kid. Easily, the most boring day's cricket that I've ever witnessed. I'm happy to see the dismissals of Gooch, Randall and Brierley - because I missed seeing all of them and only got to see Boycott commit a crime against cricket as a form of paid entertainment. That being said - he was a great cricketer and commentator.
yes - cos at 2 for 3 with Botham to follow you naturally come out of your shell and thrash the bowling around - just like the 3 wickets that fell cheaply before him - muppet
@@doctormarazanvose4373 Not only that but conditions were highly favourable to the bowlers early on - ball swinging and seaming all over the place. England could easily have been 110 all out that day with a more attack minded philosophy. As it was England eventually scored 309 off the equivalent of 156 6 ball overs. Gower's century may look like it was a blessed relief but even he only managed to score at a strike rate of 46.15 - and that was after hitting 9 4's (an indication that it was conditions preventing ease of scoring).
Classic Brearley, tentative prod outside off, nervous glance at the slips and keeper!
Brearley got out playing an attacking shot! It was unbelievable to see that.
Hogg bowled magnificently. Pace, variety and intelligence.
When you are 3 for 2 don’t you want someone like boycott? I think Root would have appreciated someone like him in Chani
He had a very poor tour though especially by his own standards and this was his only 50 in 12 innings averaging under 22
England never lost a test match when Boycott scored a hundred
Exactly- absolutely invaluable in these kinds of situations. We need more Boycotts in modern Test cricket.
Whilst not beign in the same league Engl;and had one to some degree recently, but the cricket media, fans et al hounded him out of the team for scoring too slowly and having a average under 30 (only 29+).
How many more runs than his excellent average was Boycott really worth; given his ability to keep one end so difficult to prize out.
Superb performance by Boycott. And by Gower.
Only time he passed 50 in the whole series
just as well no DRS....first 2 balls were probably LBW.
The Aussies always like to say "the painfully slow Boycott". Yet in 17 ODI's against Australia he averaged 52, including a century in 1979. The great Australian attacking batsman Greg Chappell played 20 ODI's against England for an average of 46. In Tests, Boycott averaged 47 in 38 matches against Australia, Chappell averaged 45 in 35 matches against England. So, either "painfully slow" Boycott or "attacking" Chappell is a myth but the statistics lean towards both being incorrect.
Boycott was absolutely useless in ODI. Chappell could actually strike the ball to score relatively quickly (for that time period). Chappell's strike-rate is excessively better. You just have to watch them play again. Boycott was most definitely slow, but still an interesting batter to watch. I remember him scoring 9 runs off an hour of play once.
@@user-yi5mt2df5q The statistics don't lie. Chappell only got one ODI century against England, Boycott got one against Australia. Scoring rate does matter if you don't win. A modern example, Pollard gets raves about a lot of 20's, 30's and 40's in 10-15 balls but if you look closely very few of those games are won by his team, So, entertaining batting, yes, successful, not so much. Strike rate doesn't matter, averages are more important, winning is most important. Just a few weeks ago, a great quick innings by Bairstow but England lost, so the value, aside from the personal achievement is lessened.
@@John-gv2ug Strike-rate is very important in white ball cricket. In that ODI against India, England would've lost by a lot more if someone with Boycott's strike-rate was playing. And yes, averages are important. However, they don't necessarily determine which player is better. Both Chappell and Boycott played roles which suited their strengths. Boycott was "painfully slow" but was still able to convert losing matches into draws or victories. A real fine opener in test cricket. If you could somehow provide the statistic for ODI matches (against Australia) that were won by England with Boycott making a contribution, I would be interested. However, from memory, he was a horrid ODI player esspecially compared to Chappell. I personally would rather have David Gower on my team than Boycott if I was playing white-ball cricket.
@@user-yi5mt2df5q A loss is a loss, one run or 200 makes no difference. You don't get anything for losing by a small amount. As for strike rate, Steve Smith has a better ODI strike rate than Joe Root by two, Root has a better ave by seven, England are current ODI champions, Australia aren't. So, winning number one, average number two, strike rate doesn't matter. Peter Handscombe is not considered for ODI's by Australia because he is judged as too slow re strike rate. Last week he got OD century and won the game for Victoria. A quick strike rate is entertaining but not a guarantee for success, the run of runs scored is.
DRS has totally changed test match cricket
It's crap. We used to give the benefit of the doubt to the batsman. But as with everything big tech it's deemed to be better than the highly-trained naked eye. Leaving aside the odd howler will happen can't we just trust the umpires? It shouldn't matter what Sky's clever-dick replays show. They contradict the spirit of the game.
@@homeone4054
Spirit of the game also should be to improve the quality and fair judgement.
Drs gives equal level field with far reduced mistakes and helps stressed umpires
What a contrast Boycs and Gower. Gritty stuff from the Yorkshireman- 77no at end Day 1. Lovely stuff
In his last season for Yorkshire (1986) he made 65 in almost the entire day facing nearly 300 deliveries!
His only half century of the series
I think he was 63 not out after the first day. Very similar innings to the one he made at the Basin Reserve only 12 months earlier - that was a 77 too!
People shouldn’t have had to pay to watch him ffs.
26.45 Cozier signals to the umpire that the catch was on the half-volley. Would that happen today?
It was a second string Australian side though. The main players were playing world series cricket.
Dont forget they also had the Cavaliers playing as well. so third rated team.
England had players missing as well.
And England also had loads of players absent in their next away Ashes series.
Of course, Australians forget that.
Boy thos lbw shouts look quite close to me . I wonder how batsmen’s stats would be with DRS
Come on Boycott play straight son
Cricket and batting is about the long game!
Not many players fit to lace boycs' boots since in that role who can bat for days.
I've never seen Gower that ruffled by quick bowling. Hogg used to bring serious pace.
I was at the ground in Sydney during this same series when he got Boycott from the first ball of the test match...he was very fast at times. The roar of the crowd when Boycott was LBW!!!!
Those commentators hated boycott.
There was a lot to loath
We all hated Boycott including most of the English team
This is all total gold... Many thanks.
No body armour, no hotspots, no appeals, batsman walks: a different age.
Surprised no Richie Benaud in the commentary team.
World Series Cricket
Boycott was leg before so many times!
Tie a bat to your leg and go out with a pad in your hand that stops it
@@geoffreyking1634 Good advice, mate
The umpire said he wasn't
Fuck me, how quick was Hoggy?! I saw the Sydney test of this series, but didn't realise just how nippy he was.
And did anyone else notice how much more quickly Boycott ran for his shots vs anyone else's?
He was such a team player,,, his own team mates wanted to run him out.
0:55 Gooch absolutely plumb LBW but not given! The same delivery that Alderman would later get him out with time and again.
Media has treated boycott pretty badly, a very decent man
Apart from being found guilty for assaulting his partner.
@@colinwoodhouse7200 Whatever happened to the lady, is she still a celebrity after the case.
@@colinwoodhouse7200 no, he's a decent may
man
@@jackieblewett641 No, he's not. He's a miserable wife beater. If you argue in his favour it make you as bad as him.
With DRS today, I think Brearley would've been gone by the 5th over
Turns out Boycott was even worse than Chris Tavare on the same ground four years later. I only started watching cricket on tv in 1981-82 here in Australia and we have been laughing at Tavare ever since but Boycott against this under strength Australian side due to WSC ...
You need to see Tavare in the context of team plans. Check out his 40 over game innings for Kent. This wasn’t a one trick pony
Hogg was as good a bowler and fast as any great Australian bowler His bowling action was unique and testimony to his dedication
Gooch struggled against the Aussies in the late 70's and early 80's.
i think this is 77/78
Def 78/9. In 77/8 Aust played India
Not exactly Bazball is it, England plodding their way to 309 at 2.6!
Don’t think Boycott would of had a great career if DRS was in.
As all players in that era.
How many times was Boycott given out in his test career when he obviously wasn't though? Over time decisions would balance themselves out!
@@JP1234815 spot on, my thoughts exactly
@@johnseabrook1703 However because he was a defence oriented player, many of today’s umpires would of giviin him out more often, meaning if he went upstairs for LBW he would of used up all of the allotted chances for the innings. Remember if he went upstairs which he would of every time because he was a selfish player and the ball clipped the stumps he would of been givin out. Very lucky to play in that era.
@@anthonylamacchia5746 A fantastic contrast between the elegant Gower and the gritty Boycott. Putting my Teacher hat on, if I may, it's 'would have' & never 'would of' when speaking or writing. 👍 Enjoy your cricket. 🇦🇺 🏴 🇬🇧
Chalk and cheese
Boycott makes 35 by Tea. Bazball he was not……..😅
Graham Gooch before he used to wear his white trade mark piss-pot helmet! Boycott noted for his slow scoring, would never get a look in today with the era of 21st century Baz Ball test match cricket!
Where Bazball Began! 😅
Australia 1 AWOL.
Gooch was so crap at the start of his test career but he showed what dedication and hard work can do. Gower was the opposite: hugely talented from an early age but faded away later.
He was pretty crap at the end as well when Alderman hypnotized him.
@Miketree That was '89, he played for years after that and got better with age. A lot of batsmen have trouble with that sort of medium-pace in England and Alderman took stacks of wickets in two tours.
Boycott was horribly out of touch during this tour. He hardly played through the 'v' - the arc from mid off to mid on - at all. Left arm over bowlers often troubled him and Dymock was a good exponent of the art. Hogg, of course, troubled all of England's batsman, particularly with his ability to bring the ball in to the batsman off the pitch at pace.
Hahahahaha........who cares, this Australian team was a ramshackle second/third string outfit. All the best players were playing World Series Cricket.