gilmour found things slightly tougher in the second test, taking 1–70 and 3–70 and making 3 with the bat in a drawn game. gilmour was out-bowled in a sheffield shield game by jeff thomson and was made 12th man for the third test so the australian selectors could trial other bowlers. however he did make the squad to tour newzealand in 1974. he took first class 45 wickets at 31 for the summer – this would be gilmour's best ever aggregate.