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| Venue | Grace Road, Leicester on 3rd, 4th, 5th May 1978 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Leicestershire 3 (Batting 3); Essex 1 (Bowling 1) |
| Umpires | HD Bird, R Julian |
| Close of play day 1 | Leicestershire (1) 158/2 (Balderstone 22*, Davison 16*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Essex (1) 51/1 (Denness 19*, McEwan 6*) |
| Leicestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| B Dudleston | c East b Acfield | 75 | |||||
| JF Steele | lbw b Turner | 25 | |||||
| JC Balderstone | b Turner | 23 | |||||
| BF Davison | c McEwan b Lever | 60 | |||||
| DI Gower | not out | 36 | |||||
| +RW Tolchard | not out | 5 | |||||
| J Birkenshaw | did not bat | ||||||
| *R Illingworth | did not bat | ||||||
| PB Clift | did not bat | ||||||
| P Booth | did not bat | ||||||
| K Higgs | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (7 b, 5 lb, 14 nb) | 26 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, declared, 88.3 overs) | 250 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-102, 2-123, 3-159, 4-237 | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lever | 28 | 6 | 74 | 1 | - | - | |
| Turner | 28 | 9 | 61 | 2 | - | - | |
| Pont | 10 | 1 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| East | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Acfield | 18.3 | 4 | 48 | 1 | - | - | |
| Gooch | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MH Denness | not out | 19 | |||||
| GA Gooch | b Clift | 19 | |||||
| KS McEwan | not out | 6 | |||||
| *KWR Fletcher | did not bat | ||||||
| KR Pont | did not bat | ||||||
| BR Hardie | did not bat | ||||||
| S Turner | did not bat | ||||||
| RE East | did not bat | ||||||
| +N Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| JK Lever | did not bat | ||||||
| DL Acfield | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 lb, 4 nb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket, 23 overs) | 51 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-28 (Gooch) | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Higgs | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Booth | 9 | 3 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Clift | 6 | 3 | 11 | 1 | - | - | |
| Birkenshaw | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> B Dudleston (1) passed 9000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 21
--> BF Davison (1) passed 14000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 57
--> S Turner reached 500 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
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