1978–79 Gillette Cup (Australia)

1978–79 Gillette Cup

Administrator(s)	Australian Cricket Board
Cricket format	Limited overs cricket
Tournament format(s)	knockout
Champions	Tasmania (1st title)
Participants	6
Matches	5, plus final
Most runs	Gary Goodman (Tas) 130 runs
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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.

	First Round				Semi-finals				Final
	28 October – Brisbane
	South Australia	101allout
					10 December – Brisbane
	Queensland	2/105
					Queensland	6/232
					Tasmania	9/236
	Tasmania
									14 January – Hobart
	BYE
									Tasmania	6/180
	29 October – Sydney
									Western Australia	133allout
	New South Wales	6/156
					23 December – Perth
	Victoria	5/157
					Western Australia	6/215
					Victoria	7/214
	Western Australia
	BYE

Fixtures[]

Knock-out round[]

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• 40 overs per side due to late start.

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Semi-finals[]

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Final[]

Statistics[]

Highest Team Totals[]

Team	Total	Opponent	Ground
Tasmania	9/236	Queensland	Brisbane Cricket Ground
Queensland	6/232	Tasmania	Brisbane Cricket Ground
Western Australia	6/215	Victoria	WACA Ground
Victoria	7/214	Western Australia	WACA Ground
South Australia	101 all out	Queensland	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[]

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Best Bowling Figures[]

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See also[]

References[]

External links[]

• Cricket Web
• Cricket Australia
• Baggygreen