made 12th man for the third test with the selectors deciding to play Max Walker at his MCG home ground. An injury to Dennis Lillee saw Gilmour back in the side for the fourth test. and he took 0–54 and 2–43, and scoring 20 with the bat. In the fifth test, Gilmour hit 95 off 94 balls in Australia's first innings and got a duck in the second; he took 2–37 and 3–44 with the ball. In the sixth test he took 5–34 in the West Indies first innings, helping set up another Australian victory. He finished the series with 20 wickets at 20.3. He finished the summer with 104 for NSW against Victoria and 80 against South Australia. That summer was his best with the bat, making 708 runs at 37. He also took 39 first class wickets at 30. 1976 tour of South Africa Gilmour toured South Africa in 1976 with an International Wanderers side managed by Richie Benaud. Highlights of the tour was the first game against the South African XI. The Wanderers were 9–228 in their second innings, only 158 runs ahead. Gilmour came out to bat at number 11 (number 10 was Alan Hurst) and proceeded to hit 80 runs in 64 minutes in a partnership of 96. This enabled the Wanderers to win the game. Richie Benaud said was one of the best innings he had seen. Gilmour did not repeat his form in the second game or the third. He scored 54 in a one-day game. 1976–77: decline Gilmour's form dropped off sharply the following summer. He took 1–87 off 17 overs against Victoria and struggled to get wickets in other early-season games. He did take seven wickets in a game against Queensland. He was chosen over Max Walker as third paceman for the first test against Pakistan, in support of Lillee and Thomson. Gilmour required a runner during the game, due to an injured ankle. He took 1–55 and 1–67 and scored 5 and 3. Jeff Thomson was injured in that game, so Gilmour kept his place for the second test, taking 2–78 and 1–19. In the third test, he took 3–81, making it 8 wickets in 3 Tests at 37.5. Later it was revealed that Gimour had been bowling all summer with a bone "the size of a five-cent piece" floating around his heel. Gilmour's weight led to him coming in