Format: CricInfo Version 2

John Player's League, 1978
Leicestershire v Gloucestershire
Grace Road, Leicester
9 July 1978 (40-overs match)

Result: Leicestershire won by 6 wickets
Points: Leicestershire 4, Gloucestershire 0

Toss: Gloucestershire
Umpires: A Jepson and J van Geloven

Gloucestershire innings
AW Stovold            c Tolchard         b Taylor               2
Sadiq Mohammad        c Higgs            b Booth               27
Zaheer Abbas          c Steele           b Higgs                1
*MJ Procter                              b Booth               26
JC Foat               c Illingworth      b Booth               14
AJ Hignell            not out                                  35
DA Graveney           c Tolchard         b Illingworth         15
BM Brain                                 b Steele               0
MD Partridge          c Higgs            b Illingworth          1
JH Shackleton                            b Higgs                7
+AJ Brassington       not out                                   7
Extras                (b 1, lb 10)                             11
Total                 (9 wickets, 40 overs)                   146

FoW: 1-5, 2-10, 3-47, 4-72, 5-83, 6-119, 7-120, 8-125, 9-138.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Higgs                        8      3     12      2
Taylor                       8      1     34      1
Clift                        8      0     30      0
Booth                        8      0     27      3
Steele                       4      0     12      1
Illingworth                  4      0     20      2

Leicestershire innings
DI Gower              c Brassington      b Partridge           14
NE Briers             lbw                b Partridge           34
+RW Tolchard          c Foat             b Partridge            5
BF Davison            st Brassington     b Brain               68
J Birkenshaw          not out                                   9
PB Clift              not out                                  10
Extras                (b 5, lb 3, w 2)                         10
Total                 (4 wickets, 38.4 overs)                 150

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

FoW: 1-25, 2-32, 3-104, 4-137.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Brain                        8      1     14      1
Procter                      7      2     17      0
Shackleton                   8      0     32      0
Partridge                    8      0     33      3
Graveney                     7.4    0     44      0

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