a2274	Leicestershire v Lancashire
	John Player League 1978
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 20th August 1978 (40-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 45 runs
Points	Leicestershire 4; Lancashire 0
Umpires	DJ Constant, FR Goodall

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Leicestershire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
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
LB Taylor	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 6 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	15
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 40 overs)	173
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-86, 3-86, 4-98, 5-129, 6-138, 7-145

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Ratcliffe	8	1	29	2	-	-	24.00	3.62
Croft	8	0	24	0	-	-	-	3.00
Simmons	8	0	44	0	-	-	-	5.50
Reidy	8	0	28	0	-	-	-	3.50
Hughes	8	1	33	5	-	-	9.60	4.12

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Lancashire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
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	(2 b, 8 lb, 2 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 36.5 overs)	128
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-54, 3-90, 4-92, 5-99, 6-101, 7-113, 8-114, 9-125, 10-128 (36.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Higgs	6	0	28	0	-	-	-	4.67
Taylor	6	1	15	2	-	-	18.00	2.50
Illingworth	8	0	29	1	-	-	48.00	3.62
Steele	6	0	14	0	-	-	-	2.33
Clift	6.5	1	14	4	-	-	10.25	2.05
Booth	4	0	16	2	-	-	12.00	4.00

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Notes
--> RW Tolchard passed 4500 runs in List A matches when he reached 12
--> R Illingworth reached 150 wickets in List A matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Lancashire innings

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