

See Also One-Day Matches and Second XI Matches and Other Matches
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Away Grounds visited:
FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge; County Ground, Hove; County Ground, Northampton; The University Parks, Oxford; County Ground, New Road, Worcester; Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent; Mote Park, Maidstone; County Ground, Chelmsford; Sophia Gardens, Cardiff; Trent Bridge, Nottingham; Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood; County Ground, Taunton; County Ground, Southampton
Championship playing record:
P 22 W 4 D 16 L 2
First-Class playing record:
P 25 W 4 D 18 L 3
Click on these links for the season's First-Class scorecards and results
or First-Class batting averages or First-Class bowling averages or Championship batting averages or Championship bowling averages
22 players appeared in First-Class matches for Leicestershire in 1980:
JP Agnew; JC Balderstone; J Birkenshaw; TJ Boon; P Booth; NE Briers; IP Butcher; PB Clift; RA Cobb; NGB Cook; BF Davison; B Dudleston; MA Garnham; DI Gower; K Higgs; GJ Parsons; M Schepens; K Shuttleworth; JF Steele; LB Taylor; RW Tolchard; DA Wenlock.
5 players made their debut for Leicestershire in these matches in 1980:
TJ Boon; IP Butcher; RA Cobb; MA Garnham; DA Wenlock.