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| Venue | County Ground, Chelmsford on 12th, 14th, 15th August 1978 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Essex won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Essex 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4); Leicestershire 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4) |
| Umpires | JF Crapp, FR Goodall |
| Close of play day 1 | Leicestershire (1) 16/0 (Briers 10*, Steele 5*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Essex (2) 48/3 (Fletcher 17*, Hardie 8*) |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MH Denness | b Clift | 26 | |||||
| MK Fosh | b Taylor | 3 | |||||
| KS McEwan | c Tolchard b Clift | 24 | |||||
| *KWR Fletcher | not out | 68 | |||||
| BR Hardie | c Illingworth b Clift | 11 | |||||
| N Phillip | lbw b Taylor | 6 | |||||
| S Turner | b Balderstone | 20 | |||||
| RE East | c Higgs b Steele | 19 | |||||
| +N Smith | b Taylor | 4 | |||||
| JK Lever | b Higgs | 5 | |||||
| DL Acfield | c Tolchard b Higgs | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (5 b, 7 lb, 2 nb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 84.5 overs) | 200 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-15, 2-54, 3-59, 4-79, 5-86, 6-116, 7-152, 8-162, 9-200, 10-200 (84.5 ov) | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Taylor | 23 | 7 | 60 | 3 | - | - | |
| Higgs | 16.5 | 2 | 54 | 2 | - | - | |
| Clift | 24 | 11 | 41 | 3 | - | - | |
| Balderstone | 16 | 6 | 25 | 1 | - | - | |
| Steele | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | - | - | |
| Leicestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| NE Briers | lbw b Turner | 46 | |||||
| JF Steele | run out | 25 | |||||
| JC Balderstone | run out | 11 | |||||
| BF Davison | b East | 47 | |||||
| M Schepens | c Turner b Lever | 6 | |||||
| +RW Tolchard | b Phillip | 14 | |||||
| PB Clift | lbw b Phillip | 0 | |||||
| J Birkenshaw | not out | 34 | |||||
| R Illingworth | c Turner b East | 0 | |||||
| *K Higgs | b Acfield | 11 | |||||
| LB Taylor | lbw b Acfield | 6 | |||||
| Extras | (5 b, 6 lb, 11 nb) | 22 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 86.3 overs) | 222 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-67, 2-92, 3-117, 4-129, 5-167, 6-168, 7-174, 8-174, 9-208, 10-222 (86.3 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lever | 25 | 7 | 56 | 1 | - | - | |
| Phillip | 16 | 3 | 40 | 2 | - | - | |
| East | 15 | 4 | 34 | 2 | - | - | |
| Turner | 18 | 5 | 43 | 1 | - | - | |
| Acfield | 12.3 | 1 | 27 | 2 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MH Denness | lbw b Higgs | 12 | |||||
| MK Fosh | c Tolchard b Taylor | 0 | |||||
| KS McEwan | c Steele b Taylor | 9 | |||||
| *KWR Fletcher | c and b Steele | 55 | |||||
| BR Hardie | not out | 68 | |||||
| N Phillip | b Illingworth | 3 | |||||
| S Turner | not out | 31 | |||||
| RE East | did not bat | ||||||
| +N Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| JK Lever | did not bat | ||||||
| DL Acfield | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 nb, 1 w) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 63.4 overs) | 182 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-3, 2-15, 3-21, 4-106, 5-129 | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Taylor | 12 | 2 | 37 | 2 | - | - | |
| Higgs | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 | - | - | |
| Clift | 12.4 | 3 | 26 | 0 | - | - | |
| Balderstone | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Steele | 15 | 2 | 53 | 1 | - | - | |
| Illingworth | 18 | 4 | 47 | 1 | - | - | |
| Leicestershire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| NE Briers | c Hardie b Turner | 5 | |||||
| JF Steele | c Denness b Turner | 2 | |||||
| JC Balderstone | lbw b Turner | 1 | |||||
| BF Davison | c Hardie b Acfield | 23 | |||||
| M Schepens | lbw b East | 6 | |||||
| +RW Tolchard | not out | 2 | |||||
| PB Clift | not out | 0 | |||||
| J Birkenshaw | did not bat | ||||||
| R Illingworth | did not bat | ||||||
| *K Higgs | did not bat | ||||||
| LB Taylor | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 lb, 2 nb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 25 overs) | 46 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6, 2-9, 3-13, 4-44, 5-44 | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lever | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Phillip | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| East | 11 | 3 | 25 | 1 | - | - | |
| Turner | 9 | 4 | 11 | 3 | - | - | |
| Acfield | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> MK Fosh made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> MK Fosh made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> KWR Fletcher (1) passed 18000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 37
--> BF Davison (1) passed 10000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 41
--> N Phillip reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> N Phillip reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
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