The Leicestershire CCC Cricket Archive
First-class Bowling for Leicestershire in 1978 County Championship
| Name | Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM |
| JP Agnew | 406 | 13 | 215 | 6 | 3-51 | 35.83 | 0 | 0 |
| JC Balderstone | 2183 | 103 | 902 | 37 | 6-25 | 24.37 | 2 | 0 |
| J Birkenshaw | 1940 | 70 | 847 | 26 | 3-23 | 32.57 | 0 | 0 |
| P Booth | 1664 | 60 | 830 | 27 | 6-93 | 30.74 | 1 | 0 |
| NE Briers | 96 | 2 | 40 | 1 | 1-22 | 40.00 | 0 | 0 |
| PB Clift | 3070 | 155 | 1197 | 49 | 6-29 | 24.42 | 1 | 0 |
| NGB Cook | 126 | 11 | 33 | 1 | 1-28 | 33.00 | 0 | 0 |
| BF Davison | 30 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||||
| B Dudleston | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||||
| K Higgs | 2233 | 112 | 887 | 41 | 7-44 | 21.63 | 1 | 0 |
| R Illingworth | 1570 | 86 | 635 | 25 | 6-38 | 25.40 | 2 | 0 |
| GJ Parsons | 102 | 1 | 78 | 0 | ||||
| K Shuttleworth | 762 | 29 | 392 | 9 | 3-27 | 43.55 | 0 | 0 |
| JF Steele | 1379 | 62 | 566 | 22 | 5-54 | 25.72 | 1 | 0 |
| LB Taylor | 1462 | 42 | 837 | 30 | 4-32 | 27.90 | 0 | 0 |
| A Ward | 24 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1-8 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 |
