a2140	Leicestershire v Northamptonshire
	Benson and Hedges Cup 1978 (Group C)
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 13th May 1978 (55-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Leicestershire won by 3 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 3; Northamptonshire 0
Umpires	DJ Constant, CG Pepper
Man of the Match	BF Davison

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Northamptonshire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
G Cook	c Tolchard b Ward	0
W Larkins	b Ward	3
DS Steele	c Clift b Higgs	52
AJ Lamb	lbw b Steele	33
P Willey	c Tolchard b Ward	39
TJ Yardley	not out	6
*PJ Watts	not out	19
+G Sharp	did not bat
TM Lamb	did not bat
A Hodgson	did not bat
BJ Griffiths	did not bat
Extras	(11 lb, 4 nb)	15
Total	(5 wickets, innings closed, 55 overs)	167
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-4, 3-55, 4-136, 5-140

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Higgs	11	5	28	1	-	-	66.00	2.55
Ward	11	3	18	3	-	-	22.00	1.64
Clift	11	2	33	0	-	-	-	3.00
Booth	8	0	33	0	-	-	-	4.12
Steele	6	2	15	1	-	-	36.00	2.50
Illingworth	8	2	25	0	-	-	-	3.12

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Leicestershire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
B Dudleston	lbw b Hodgson	0
DI Gower	lbw b TM Lamb	23
JC Balderstone	lbw b TM Lamb	29
BF Davison	c Sharp b Hodgson	59
+RW Tolchard	lbw b Griffiths	19
PB Clift	b Hodgson	2
JF Steele	c Cook b Griffiths	5
*R Illingworth	not out	21
P Booth	not out	2
A Ward	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	8
Total	(7 wickets, 50.3 overs)	168
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-46, 3-72, 4-138, 5-138, 6-140, 7-154

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Hodgson	11	0	40	3	-	-	22.00	3.64
Griffiths	11	1	40	2	-	-	33.00	3.64
TM Lamb	11	1	27	2	-	-	33.00	2.45
Willey	11	2	18	0	-	-	-	1.64
Larkins	3.3	1	31	0	-	-	-	8.86
Watts	3	1	4	0	-	-	-	1.33

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Notes
--> DS Steele passed 3000 runs in List A matches when he reached 6
--> BF Davison passed 4500 runs in List A matches when he reached 15

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