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width="5" alt="" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" /></td> <td class="sibtbgf"> <div class="sihf"> MATCH SUMMARY </div> <div class="o"> <img height="152" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="203" alt="" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39490000/jpg/_39490911_latham203.jpg" /> </div> <div class="mva"><div class="bull"> <b>Australia 142</b><br /><b>Tries:</b> Latham (5), Lyons, Mortlock, Tuqiri (3), Penalty try, Rogers (2), Paul, Giteau (3), Grey, Turinui (2), Burke, Roe<br /><b>Cons:</b> Rogers (16) </div> <div class="bull"> <b>Namibia 0</b> </div> </div> <div class="miiib">  <div class="arry"><a href="/sport2/hi/rugby_union/rugby_world_cup/photo_galleries/3212853.stm" class="pbl"> Match photos </a></div>   <div class="arry"><a href="/sport2/hi/rugby_union/rugby_world_cup/3213177.stm" class="pbl"> All the action as it happened </a></div>  </div> </td> </tr> </table>  <p> <b>Australia narrowly missed out on a world-record score against Namibia in an overwhelming victory in Adelaide.</b> <p> The Wallabies won by a record margin, running in a World Cup record 22 tries in the process. <p> Chris Latham, Lote Tuqiri and Matt Giteau all scored hat-tricks, with Latham finishing with five touchdowns. <p> The full-back became the first Australian to claim more than four tries in an international. <p> And Mat Rogers, playing on the wing to make space for Latham in a largely second-string team, ended with 42 points - another national record - having assumed the kicking duties. <p> A little under 24 hours earlier, New Zealand had surpassed Australia's 90-point tournament record score with a 91-7 win over Tonga. <p> The Wallabies won that honour back in fine style, but were unable to eclipse the overall record their old foes ran up against Japan in the 1995 World Cup. <p> At least Japan got on the scoreboard in their 145-17 defeat to the All Blacks in South Africa. Namibia never threatened. <p> The Adelaide Oval is more renowned as a cricketing venue, but the scoreboard operators can rarely have been made to work harder. <p>  <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="208" align="right" border="0"> <tr> <td width="5"><img height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="5" alt="" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" /></td> <td class="sibtbgq"> <div> <div class="mva"> <img height="13" border="0" width="24" alt="" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sol/shared/img/v3/end_quote.gif" /> <b> We got a rugby lesson - they were ruthless </b> <img height="13" align="right" vspace="0" border="0" width="23" alt="" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sol/shared/img/v3/end_quote.gif" /><br clear="all" /> </div> </div> <div class="mva"> <div class="mva"> Namibia coach Dave Waterston </div> </div> <div class="miiib">  <div class="arry"><a href="/sport2/hi/rugby_union/rugby_world_cup/3206899.stm" class="pbl"> More Namibian reaction </a></div>  </div> </td> </tr> </table>  The board ticked over with more frequency than any of the 139 Test centuries scored in the home city of Australian legend Sir Donald Bradman. <p> The early exchanges of the World Cup have been littered with one-sided contests, but this was a whole new ball game. <p> It was one-sided and one-way from the first whistle, with Latham running in his opening touchdown within two minutes. <p> By half-time the score was 69-0 and three figures came up on 53 minutes when the impressive Giteau completed his hat-trick. <p> As an exercise in try-scoring it was consummate and clinical, but Australia coach Eddie Jones will have learned little in terms of assessing his support players. <p> The coach saw his backs combine well to run in tries at will, although they often ignored support, opting to barge through weak tackles in order to get a try to their name. <p> The pack, which welcomed back David Giffin as a second-half substitute, found nothing to test them in the forward confrontation. <p> Latham, who is frustrated at being over-looked for the Wallaby first team, stood out, completing his hat-trick in 25 minutes, equalling New Zealander Craig Green's Cup record. <p>  <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="208" align="right" border="0"> <tr> <td width="5"><img height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="5" alt="" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" /></td> <td class="sibtbgq"> <div> <div class="mva"> <img height="13" border="0" width="24" alt="" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sol/shared/img/v3/end_quote.gif" /> <b> It feels great to get that record </b> <img height="13" align="right" vspace="0" border="0" width="23" alt="" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sol/shared/img/v3/end_quote.gif" /><br clear="all" /> </div> </div> <div class="mva"> <div class="mva"> Chris Latham </div> </div> <div class="miiib">  <div class="arry"><a href="/sport2/hi/rugby_union/rugby_world_cup/team_pages/australia/3203213.stm" class="pbl"> More Australian reaction </a></div>  </div> </td> </tr> </table>  He was up to four by the break, Green against Fiji in 1987 is the only other player to get a first-half quartet, and finally went in for his fifth with a matter of minutes remaining. <p> However, whether Latham has done enough to displace Rogers is debatable. <p> The league convert showed great pace on the wing, and like his team, his individual haul was only four points shy of a new record having landed a world Test best 16 conversions. <p> Jones will also have been impressed by Stirling Mortlock before withdrawing him on 50 minutes. <p> Mortlock ran in his second try of the tournament in the first half and will be pressurising Matt Burke, a sustitute try scorer, for the outside-centre berth in future outings. <p> However, those meetings will be a world away from this and Australia know that their campaign to retain the William Webb Ellis trophy kicks-off now. <p> <hr> <p> <b>Australia:</b> C Latham; L Tuqiri, S Mortlock, N Grey, M 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