Format: CricInfo Version 2

John Player's League, 1978
Leicestershire v Middlesex
Grace Road, Leicester
28 May 1978 (40-overs match)

Result: Leicestershire won by 80 runs
Points: Leicestershire 4, Middlesex 0

Toss: Middlesex
Umpires: JF Crapp and AEG Rhodes

Leicestershire innings
J Birkenshaw          c Edmonds          b Jones               10
DI Gower              c Gatting          b Edmonds             81
+RW Tolchard                             b Emburey             22
BF Davison                               b Emburey             22
JC Balderstone        not out                                  47
PB Clift                                 b Jones               21
JF Steele             not out                                  11
Extras                (b 10, lb 5)                             15
Total                 (5 wickets, 40 overs)                   229

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

FoW: 1-23, 2-69, 3-119, 4-169, 5-213.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Jones                        8      0     47      2
Herkes                       8      0     32      0
Gatting                      3      0     24      0
Emburey                      8      0     38      2
Edmonds                      8      0     42      1
Featherstone                 4      0     23      0
Barlow                       1      0      8      0

Middlesex innings
MJ Smith                                 b Higgs                4
CT Radley             c Davison          b Booth               31
MW Gatting                               b Higgs                0
GD Barlow             not out                                  58
*JM Brearley          lbw                b Clift               17
NG Featherstone                          b Clift                6
+RO Butcher           c Gower            b Booth                7
PH Edmonds                           c & b Steele               5
JE Emburey            c Taylor           b Illingworth          7
AA Jones                                 b Steele               3
R Herkes              st Tolchard        b Steele               5
Extras                (lb 5, nb 1)                              6
Total                 (all out, 32.3 overs)                   149

FoW: 1-16, 2-16, 3-55, 4-84, 5-94,
     6-103, 7-114, 8-129, 9-133, 10-149.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Higgs                        4      1      4      2
Taylor                       4      0     27      0
Clift                        8      0     35      2
Booth                        8      1     31      2
Steele                       4.3    0     19      3
Illingworth                  4      0     27      1

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