gilmour kept his place in the side for the centenary test at melbourne in march 1977. gilmour later says he "was a fool" for not pulling out of the test. he scored 4 in australia's first innings then bowled five overs to take 0–4. in australia's second innings he made 16, and was only called on to bowl four overs (conceding 29 runs) in england's run chase, despite england scoring 417.