sec2028	Leicestershire Second XI v Lancashire Second XI
	Second Eleven Championship 1978
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 8th, 9th May 1978 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire Second XI won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	MA Letts, M Lynch
Scorers	SG Chamberlain (Leicestershire), W Lodge (Lancashire)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire Second XI (1) 85/5 (Merriman 7*, Cook 3*)

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Lancashire Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Abrahams	b Shuttleworth	34
GE Trim	c Briers b Parsons	42
BW Reidy	not out	59
RL Knight	not out	23
SW Lubbers	did not bat
RJ Sutcliffe	did not bat
B Davies	did not bat
B Storey	did not bat
R Arrowsmith	did not bat
*JS Savage	did not bat
+CJ Scott	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 13 nb, 5 w)	25
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 60 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-79, 2-121

Leicestershire Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Taylor	14	3	32	0	2	3
Parsons	12	2	29	1	1	6
Shuttleworth	12	3	31	1	2	1
Newman	8	0	27	0	-	3
Cook	14	2	39	0	-	-

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Leicestershire Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*NE Briers	c Knight b Arrowsmith	41
RA Chapman	c Abrahams b Arrowsmith	12
M Schepens	c Scott b Davies	1
+RC Tolchard	c Reidy b Arrowsmith	10
RP Merriman	b Sutcliffe	11
T Aspin	c Lubbers b Arrowsmith	0
NGB Cook	not out	23
GJ Parsons	b Sutcliffe	0
PG Newman	lbw b Sutcliffe	6
K Shuttleworth	b Arrowsmith	11
LB Taylor	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	9
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 67.3 overs)	124
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-40, 3-63, 4-72, 5-76, 6-89, 7-89, 8-97, 9-124 (67.3 ov)

Lancashire Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sutcliffe	11	1	23	3	-	1
Storey	7	4	4	0	-	-
Arrowsmith	28.3	13	46	5	-	-
Davies	14	6	26	1	-	-
Lubbers	6	2	14	0	-	-
Savage	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Lancashire Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Abrahams	b Shuttleworth	46
GE Trim	c Schepens b Parsons	0
BW Reidy	c Newman b Parsons	1
RL Knight	lbw b Parsons	0
SW Lubbers	c Tolchard b Taylor	1
B Davies	b Taylor	0
+CJ Scott	b Cook	13
R Arrowsmith	not out	27
RJ Sutcliffe	c Cook b Taylor	7
B Storey	c Schepens b Shuttleworth	0
*JS Savage	c Briers b Taylor	10
Extras	(7 b, 12 nb, 2 w)	21
Total	(all out, 54.2 overs)	126
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-12, 3-16, 4-30, 5-36, 6-65, 7-87, 8-98, 9-98, 10-126 (54.2 ov)

Leicestershire Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Taylor	19.2	8	37	4	2	2
Parsons	7	3	13	3	-	5
Shuttleworth	17	7	31	2	-	5
Cook	8	3	20	1	-	-
Newman	3	2	4	0	-	-

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Leicestershire Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*NE Briers	lbw b Sutcliffe	7
+RC Tolchard	c Arrowsmith b Davies	27
RA Chapman	c Arrowsmith b Davies	31
GJ Parsons	not out	10
M Schepens	not out	3
RP Merriman	did not bat
T Aspin	did not bat
NGB Cook	did not bat
PG Newman	did not bat
K Shuttleworth	did not bat
LB Taylor	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 4 lb, 2 w)	15
Total	(3 wickets, 35 overs)	93
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-74, 3-74

Lancashire Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sutcliffe	8	1	20	1	-	1
Storey	5	1	11	0	2	-
Davies	12	3	22	2	-	-
Savage	3	1	3	0	-	-
Arrowsmith	7	2	22	0	-	-

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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

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The match ended at 6.07 pm on the second day.