Format: CricInfo Version 2

John Player's League, 1978
Essex v Leicestershire
County Ground, Chelmsford
13 August 1978 (40-overs match)

Result: Leicestershire won by 7 wickets
Points: Essex 0, Leicestershire 4

Toss: Essex
Umpires: JF Crapp and FR Goodall

Essex innings
MH Denness            c Balderstone      b Steele              23
BR Hardie                                b Taylor               7
KS McEwan             lbw                b Higgs                3
*KWR Fletcher         c Tolchard         b Clift               15
KR Pont                              c & b Steele               1
N Phillip             c Taylor           b Steele              12
S Turner              c Booth            b Higgs               39
RE East                                  b Taylor              18
+N Smith              not out                                   2
JK Lever              run out                                   4
Extras                (lb 12, nb 2)                            14
Total                 (9 wickets, 40 overs)                   138

DNB: DL Acfield.

FoW: 1-16, 2-26, 3-54, 4-57, 5-59, 6-94, 7-127, 8-132, 9-138.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Higgs                        8      3     13      2
Taylor                       8      1     32      2
Booth                        8      0     32      0
Clift                        8      1     19      1
Steele                       8      0     28      3

Leicestershire innings
NE Briers                                b Acfield             40
J Birkenshaw          c Fletcher         b Phillip              4
JC Balderstone        c Fletcher         b Lever               40
BF Davison            not out                                  23
+RW Tolchard          not out                                  19
Extras                (b 1, lb 10, w 1, nb 3)                  15
Total                 (3 wickets, 34.1 overs)                 141

DNB: JF Steele, PB Clift, *R Illingworth, P Booth, LB Taylor,
     K Higgs.

FoW: 1-19, 2-95, 3-95.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lever                        8      0     24      1
Phillip                      8      2     23      1
Turner                       4      0     14      0
Pont                         7      0     27      0
East                         2      0     13      0
Acfield                      5.1    1     25      1

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