| Administrator | Australian Cricket Board |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | Limited overs cricket |
| Tournament format | knockout |
| Champions | Tasmania (1st title) |
| Participants | 6 |
| Matches | 5, plus final |
| Most runs | Gary Goodman (Tas) 130 runs |
1979–80 → | |
The1978–79Gillette Cup was the tenth season of officialList A domestic cricket inAustralia. Six teams representing six states in Australia took part in the competition. The competition began on 28 October 1978 whenQueensland took onSouth Australia at theGabba inBrisbane.
The 1978–79 CupFinal was played on 14 January 1979 at theTCA Ground inHobart betweenWestern Australia andTasmania, 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.
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 | ||||||||||
| 101allout | ||||||||||
| 10 December – Brisbane | ||||||||||
| 2/105 | ||||||||||
| 6/232 | ||||||||||
| 9/236 | ||||||||||
| 14 January – Hobart | ||||||||||
| BYE | ||||||||||
| 6/180 | ||||||||||
| 29 October – Sydney | ||||||||||
| 133allout | ||||||||||
| 6/156 | ||||||||||
| 23 December – Perth | ||||||||||
| 5/157 | ||||||||||
| 6/215 | ||||||||||
| 7/214 | ||||||||||
| BYE | ||||||||||
28 October |
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Brisbane Cricket Ground,Brisbane (2,065) Umpires: JM Boyle and CE Harvey Player of the match:Jeff Thomson |
29 October |
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Sydney Cricket Ground,Sydney Umpires: TF Brooks and RG Harris Player of the match:Graham Yallop |
10 December |
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Brisbane Cricket Ground,Brisbane (1,586) Umpires: JM Boyle and TH Warwick Player of the match:Gary Goodman |
23 December |
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WACA Ground,Perth (4,372) Umpires: PJ McConnell and DG Weser Player of the match:Alan Hurst |
14 January |
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TCA Ground,Hobart (10,822) Umpires: K Connor and J Stevens Player of the match:Jack Simmons |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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