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 CaptainNew South Wales Sydney Cricket Ground Andrew HilditchQueensland Brisbane Cricket Ground John MacLeanSouth Australia Adelaide Oval Bob BlewettTasmania TCA Ground Jack SimmonsVictoria Melbourne Cricket Ground Graham YallopWestern 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.
Fixtures
Knock-out round
40 overs per side due to late start.
Semi-finals
Final
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
See also Sheffield Shield season 1978-79 Australian cricket team in 1978-79
References
External links Cricket Web Cricket Australia Baggygreen