Format: CricInfo Version 2

John Player's League, 1978
Leicestershire v Lancashire
Grace Road, Leicester
20 August 1978 (40-overs match)

Result: Leicestershire won by 45 runs
Points: Leicestershire 4, Lancashire 0

Toss: Leicestershire
Umpires: DJ Constant and FR Goodall

Leicestershire innings
DI Gower                                 b Ratcliffe           60
JC Balderstone        lbw                b Ratcliffe            5
+RW Tolchard          c Lyon             b Hughes              42
BF Davison                               b Hughes               0
J Birkenshaw          c Lyon             b Hughes               9
PB Clift              c Ratcliffe        b Hughes              12
JF Steele             c Reidy            b Hughes               4
*R Illingworth        not out                                  21
P Booth               not out                                   5
Extras                (b 5, lb 6, w 1, nb 3)                   15
Total                 (7 wickets, 40 overs)                   173

DNB: LB Taylor, K Higgs.

FoW: 1-13, 2-86, 3-86, 4-98, 5-129, 6-138, 7-145.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Ratcliffe                    8      1     29      2
Croft                        8      0     24      0
Simmons                      8      0     44      0
Reidy                        8      0     28      0
Hughes                       8      1     33      5

Lancashire innings
A Kennedy                                b Taylor               1
D Lloyd               c Higgs            b Clift               30
CH Lloyd                                 b Illingworth         42
*FC Hayes             c Higgs            b Clift               26
J Abrahams            run out                                   0
BW Reidy              c Balderstone      b Clift                2
J Simmons             lbw                b Booth                1
DP Hughes                                b Taylor               6
RM Ratcliffe                             b Booth                0
+J Lyon               not out                                   7
CEH Croft             lbw                b Clift                1
Extras                (b 2, lb 8, nb 2)                        12
Total                 (all out, 36.5 overs)                   128

FoW: 1-5, 2-54, 3-90, 4-92, 5-99,
     6-101, 7-113, 8-114, 9-125, 10-128.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Higgs                        6      0     28      0
Taylor                       6      1     15      2
Illingworth                  8      0     29      1
Steele                       6      0     14      0
Clift                        6.5    1     14      4
Booth                        4      0     16      2

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