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First-class Bowling in England for 1978 (Ordered by Wickets)

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Name	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM
DL Underwood (Kent)	4891	359	1594	110	9-32	14.49	8	2
JK Lever (Es,MCC)	4087	161	1610	106	7-32	15.18	9	1
MWW Selvey (Mx)	4463	201	1929	101	6-26	19.09	8	1
IT Botham (Eng,Sm,MCC)	3632	143	1640	100	8-34	16.40	10	1
RE East (Es)	4202	226	1506	92	8-41	16.36	6	1
KBS Jarvis (Kent)	3593	136	1863	80	8-97	23.28	3	1
JE Emburey (Eng,Mx,MCC)	4797	243	1641	79	6-25	20.77	3	0
WW Daniel (Mx)	2721	113	1114	76	5-42	14.65	3	0
BM Brain (Gs)	3440	138	1589	76	5-48	20.90	2	0
JW Southern (Ham)	4575	247	1833	76	5-32	24.11	4	0
RJ Hadlee (NZ,Nt)	2899	115	1240	75	7-77	16.53	6	2
N Phillip (Es)	3499	113	1591	71	6-33	22.40	4	0
RM Ratcliffe (La)	3429	151	1532	70	7-58	21.88	3	0
RD Jackman (Sy)	3542	135	1707	70	5-26	24.38	3	0
MJ Procter (Gs)	3992	185	1649	69	7-45	23.89	2	0
PI Pocock (Sy)	3976	201	1615	67	6-73	24.10	5	0
RGD Willis (Eng,Wk)	2840	116	1197	65	7-63	18.41	5	1
CM Old (Eng,Yor,MCC)	3121	166	1108	64	7-50	17.31	4	0
PH Edmonds (Eng,Mx,MCC)	3018	174	912	60	7-34	15.20	2	0
DR Doshi (Nt)	4053	170	1763	60	6-33	29.38	3	1
M Hendrick (Eng,Dy,MCC)	2843	167	895	59	5-32	15.16	2	0
JH Childs (Gs)	3122	154	1440	59	8-34	24.40	5	2
Intikhab Alam (Sy)	3740	197	1570	59	6-126	26.61	3	0
AP Pridgeon (Wo)	3524	116	1771	59	4-38	30.01	0	0
GW Johnson (Kent)	3064	173	1084	56	6-32	19.35	2	0
CEH Croft (La)	2589	101	1266	56	5-58	22.60	1	0
CH Dredge (Sm)	3439	136	1473	56	5-53	26.30	2	0
P Carrick (Yor)	4092	233	1529	56	7-35	27.30	4	1
NGC Cowley (Ham)	4035	192	1700	56	5-93	30.35	1	0
K Stevenson (Ham)	3095	101	1706	56	6-73	30.46	2	0
N Gifford (Wo)	4005	210	1557	54	6-68	28.83	2	0
S Oldham (Yor)	2910	115	1326	53	5-40	25.01	1	0
KE Cooper (Nt)	2891	93	1467	53	6-32	27.67	2	0
PB Clift (Le)	3118	157	1209	51	6-29	23.70	1	0
BJ Griffiths (Nr)	3432	107	1591	51	5-66	31.19	1	0
P Willey (Nr)	4147	197	1608	51	7-73	31.52	2	1
SP Perryman (Wk)	3549	171	1527	50	7-49	30.54	3	1
GG Arnold (Sx)	2406	102	910	49	7-44	18.57	2	0
Imran Khan (Sx)	3258	128	1391	49	7-52	28.38	2	0
S Turner (Es)	3192	149	1183	48	4-9	24.64	0	0
GG Watson (Wo)	3018	83	1535	48	6-45	31.97	1	0
CE Waller (Sx)	2226	125	861	46	5-30	18.71	3	0
J Spencer (Sx)	2981	143	1158	46	5-53	25.17	1	0
TM Lamb (Nr)	2957	115	1370	46	6-71	29.78	1	0
VJ Marks (OU,Sm)	2755	133	1217	45	4-48	27.04	0	0
GB Stevenson (Yor,MCC)	2253	79	1144	44	8-65	26.00	3	0
CJ Tunnicliffe (Dy)	2740	127	1241	44	4-30	28.20	0	0
JN Shepherd (Kent)	3608	166	1573	44	5-70	35.75	1	0
PD Swart (Gm)	2148	73	1112	43	4-24	25.86	0	0
MA Nash (Gm)	3115	134	1631	42	6-74	38.83	2	0
HR Moseley (Sm)	2089	103	813	41	6-35	19.82	1	0
CEB Rice (Nt)	1935	82	835	41	4-25	20.36	0	0
K Higgs (Le)	2287	112	923	41	7-44	22.51	1	0
D Breakwell (Sm)	2671	135	1007	41	6-45	24.56	1	0
Sarfraz Nawaz (Pak,Nr)	2670	116	998	40	5-39	24.95	1	0
LB Taylor (Le)	1802	50	1040	40	4-32	26.00	0	0
KF Jennings (Sm)	2655	148	1041	40	5-18	26.02	1	0
DJ Brown (Wk)	2430	80	1160	40	5-53	29.00	1	0
BJ Lloyd (Gm)	3369	154	1590	40	4-82	39.75	0	0
W Hogg (La)	1540	58	775	38	7-84	20.39	3	0
JC Balderstone (Le)	2213	104	914	38	6-25	24.05	2	0
CC Clifford (Wk)	2589	114	1220	38	6-89	32.10	2	0
DS Steele (Nr)	2271	110	976	37	6-36	26.37	3	1
G Miller (Eng,Dy,MCC)	2906	170	1020	37	5-43	27.56	2	0
HP Cooper (Yor)	2682	113	1191	37	6-26	32.18	1	0
AH Wilkins (Gm)	2223	74	1267	37	5-96	34.24	1	0
DL Acfield (Es)	2741	135	1013	36	3-33	28.13	0	0
BL Cairns (NZ)	2220	102	882	35	5-51	25.20	2	1
DN Patel (Wo)	2389	94	1126	35	5-22	32.17	1	0
J Simmons (La)	3006	146	1203	35	3-33	34.37	0	0
DA Graveney (Gs,MCC)	3348	175	1492	35	4-47	42.62	0	0
SL Boock (NZ)	2139	151	774	34	5-9	22.76	1	0
GA Cope (Yor)	2055	114	784	32	4-34	24.50	0	0
J Cumbes (Wo)	2610	95	1207	31	4-52	38.93	0	0
J Birkenshaw (Le)	2066	83	874	30	3-23	29.13	0	0
J Davey (Gs)	1857	65	900	30	4-52	30.00	0	0
JM Rice (Ham)	1603	70	709	29	4-49	24.44	0	0
AA Jones (Mx)	1486	45	840	29	6-89	28.96	2	0
P Booth (Le)	1760	63	870	29	6-93	30.00	1	0
ME Allbrook (CU,Nt)	1946	76	991	29	7-79	34.17	2	0
EE Hemmings (Wk)	2257	88	1142	28	4-51	40.78	0	0
AME Roberts (Ham)	1525	74	617	27	5-20	22.85	1	0
R Arrowsmith (La)	1921	106	889	27	4-49	32.92	0	0
GI Burgess (Sm)	2178	136	890	27	5-25	32.96	1	0
MNS Taylor (Ham)	2077	104	900	27	5-67	33.33	1	0
RA White (Nt)	3246	145	1515	27	4-73	56.11	0	0
MW Gatting (Mx,MCC)	1011	37	411	26	5-59	15.80	1	0
R Illingworth (Le)	1570	86	635	25	6-38	25.40	2	0
EJ Barlow (Dy)	1289	58	528	24	4-34	22.00	0	0
BP Bracewell (NZ)	1328	38	694	24	3-38	28.91	0	0
RW Hills (Kent)	1580	63	803	24	6-64	33.45	1	0
RGL Cheatle (Sx)	1886	85	968	24	4-89	40.33	0	0
BE Congdon (NZ)	1676	84	623	23	5-40	27.08	1	0
J Garner (Sm)	1021	61	351	22	5-50	15.95	3	0
JP Whiteley (Yor)	1037	46	475	22	4-14	21.59	0	0
DP Hughes (La)	1147	54	517	22	5-46	23.50	1	0
JF Steele (Le)	1379	62	566	22	5-54	25.72	1	0
RC Ontong (Gm)	1577	58	856	22	4-95	38.90	0	0
PE Russell (Dy)	1414	88	423	21	4-23	20.14	0	0
EA Cordle (Gm)	1847	73	864	21	5-33	41.14	1	0
RA Woolmer (Kent)	814	46	292	20	6-27	14.60	1	0
JRT Barclay (Sx)	1242	49	554	20	5-72	27.70	1	0
TE Jesty (Ham,MCC)	1565	73	663	20	6-50	33.15	1	0
DJ Thomas (Sy)	1776	66	923	20	4-47	46.15	0	0
RC Wincer (Dy)	1220	40	680	19	4-42	35.78	0	0
G Richards (Gm)	1311	45	750	19	5-55	39.47	1	0
MA Buss (Sx)	1076	52	473	18	3-47	26.27	0	0
Liaqat Ali (Pak)	1128	45	510	18	3-26	28.33	0	0
PN Kirsten (Dy)	1246	55	581	18	4-51	32.27	0	0
AJ Harvey-Walker (Dy)	870	42	408	17	7-35	24.00	1	1
BL D'Oliveira (Wo)	1160	49	483	17	5-48	28.41	1	0
RP Baker (Sy)	1000	28	573	17	3-54	33.70	0	0
AJ Mack (Gm)	465	26	195	16	4-28	12.18	0	0
J Walters (Dy)	996	31	497	16	3-70	31.06	0	0
GV Marie (OU)	1410	66	626	16	3-48	39.12	0	0
KS Mackintosh (Nt)	1434	46	693	16	4-49	43.31	0	0
CP Phillipson (Sx)	1158	37	702	16	3-72	43.87	0	0
VA Holder (Wo)	1074	31	468	15	4-52	31.20	0	0
WK Watson (Nt)	909	34	486	15	6-102	32.40	1	0
RDV Knight (Sy)	968	41	432	14	3-22	30.85	0	0
PJW Allott (La)	774	12	456	14	5-98	32.57	1	0
NG Featherstone (Mx)	843	39	365	13	5-32	28.07	1	0
K Shuttleworth (Le)	958	45	436	13	3-27	33.53	0	0
FW Swarbrook (Dy)	804	43	344	12	4-22	28.66	0	0
Sikander Bakht (Pak)	894	31	450	12	4-132	37.50	0	0
SJ Rouse (Wk)	856	29	565	12	4-63	47.08	0	0
CN Boyns (Wo)	914	21	566	12	3-92	47.16	0	0
CWJ Athey (Yor)	558	26	268	11	3-38	24.36	0	0
DR Gurr (Sm)	624	25	296	11	4-65	26.90	0	0
PHL Wilson (Sy)	632	22	355	11	4-56	32.27	0	0
RL Savage (OU,Wk)	703	29	384	11	4-97	34.90	0	0
SM Wookey (OU)	865	32	431	11	3-61	39.18	0	0
SJ Gardiner (CU)	967	53	459	11	4-52	41.72	0	0
JM McIntyre (NZ)	1121	60	520	11	3-40	47.27	0	0
A Hodgson (Nr)	632	25	351	10	3-29	35.10	0	0
RG Williams (Nr)	889	34	429	10	4-48	42.90	0	0
GB Thomson (NZ)	960	40	466	10	3-73	46.60	0	0
RW Flower (Wk)	1038	43	554	10	3-45	55.40	0	0
AJ Mellor (Dy)	636	33	305	9	5-52	33.88	1	0
ACS Pigott (Sx)	414	8	306	9	4-62	34.00	0	0
MG Howat (CU)	840	33	370	9	2-31	41.11	0	0
RO Collinge (NZ)	762	28	386	9	2-46	42.88	0	0
PJ Watts (Nr)	438	18	182	8	3-32	22.75	0	0
GR Dilley (Kent)	450	19	197	8	5-32	24.62	1	0
CJ Ross (OU)	517	24	224	8	4-34	28.00	0	0
Asif Iqbal (Kent)	438	15	228	8	4-47	28.50	0	0
B Wood (Eng,La)	540	30	242	8	3-45	30.25	0	0
Mudassar Nazar (Pak)	601	23	253	8	2-28	31.62	0	0
Wasim Raja (Pak)	536	15	258	8	2-15	32.25	0	0
IVA Richards (Sm)	539	16	268	8	2-11	33.50	0	0
IA Greig (CU)	522	17	283	8	3-73	35.37	0	0
IM Richards (Nr)	318	10	154	7	4-57	22.00	0	0
TM Tremlett (Ham)	570	27	219	7	2-25	31.28	0	0
JJH Dalrymple (OU)	486	12	260	7	3-34	37.14	0	0
HT Tunnicliffe (Nt)	600	26	304	7	3-93	43.42	0	0
A Sidebottom (Yor)	504	11	309	7	2-15	44.14	0	0
Iqbal Qasim (Pak)	694	34	310	7	3-101	44.28	0	0
JMH Graham-Brown (Dy)	686	28	338	7	2-23	48.28	0	0
PR Oliver (Wk)	1332	41	657	7	2-28	93.85	0	0
PWG Parker (CU,Sx)	296	10	183	6	2-23	30.50	0	0
JP Agnew (Le)	406	13	215	6	3-51	35.83	0	0
SJ Storey (Sx)	582	27	235	6	3-12	39.16	0	0
Aamer Hameed (Pak)	570	28	237	6	3-71	39.50	0	0
AW Greig (Sx)	666	21	321	6	2-47	53.50	0	0
Abdul Qadir (Pak)	738	22	396	6	2-29	66.00	0	0
BW Reidy (La)	978	29	515	6	2-47	85.83	0	0
JM Knight (OU)	555	22	230	5	3-35	46.00	0	0
Javed Miandad (Pak,Sx)	408	6	238	5	2-55	47.60	0	0
JOD Orders (OU)	439	12	244	5	2-16	48.80	0	0
NFM Popplewell (CU)	997	38	540	5	2-118	108.00	0	0
AI Kallicharran (Wk)	114	5	48	4	4-48	12.00	0	0
GP Howarth (NZ,Sy)	126	5	69	4	2-12	17.25	0	0
A Ward (Le)	174	7	70	4	2-49	17.50	0	0
MJ Harris (Nt)	246	10	142	4	3-28	35.50	0	0
JP Pearce (OU)	367	23	154	4	3-26	38.50	0	0
JD Inchmore (Wo)	516	23	223	4	2-48	55.75	0	0
ND Morrill (OU)	456	18	251	4	2-55	62.75	0	0
PM Roebuck (Sm)	606	28	272	4	1-8	68.00	0	0
JH Shackleton (Gs)	576	22	275	4	2-17	68.75	0	0
DC Hopkins (Wk)	741	31	361	4	3-27	90.25	0	0
DN Brettell (OU)	168	14	39	3	3-22	13.00	0	0
NGB Cook (Le)	228	16	83	3	1-16	27.66	0	0
NJ Kemp (Kent)	168	4	91	3	3-83	30.33	0	0
W Larkins (Nr,MCC)	282	11	147	3	2-29	49.00	0	0
BK Shantry (Gs)	234	6	167	3	2-63	55.66	0	0
KR Pont (Es)	390	17	193	3	1-28	64.33	0	0
CJC Rowe (Kent)	507	30	211	3	1-12	70.33	0	0
MD Partridge (Gs)	510	15	312	3	2-77	104.00	0	0
GS Clinton (Kent)	6	0	8	2	2-8	4.00	0	0
AJ Lamb (Nr)	21	0	13	2	1-1	6.50	0	0
PG Lee (La)	48	2	26	2	2-26	13.00	0	0
JH Hampshire (Yor)	54	0	45	2	2-32	22.50	0	0
AS Patel (Mx)	72	0	55	2	2-55	27.50	0	0
MA Lynch (Sy)	85	1	59	2	1-14	29.50	0	0
A Kennedy (La)	156	10	59	2	2-29	29.50	0	0
S Stuchbury (Yor)	95	1	60	2	2-39	30.00	0	0
Hasan Jamil (Pak)	144	3	77	2	2-32	38.50	0	0
GA Gooch (Eng,Es)	216	6	90	2	2-33	45.00	0	0
A Needham (Sy)	200	9	103	2	1-44	51.50	0	0
GB Troup (NZ)	222	6	108	2	1-37	54.00	0	0
MM Bishop (CU)	240	10	119	2	1-13	59.50	0	0
IR Payne (Sy)	204	4	133	2	2-41	66.50	0	0
Naeem Ahmed (Pak)	282	7	136	2	1-45	68.00	0	0
GRJ Roope (Eng,Sy)	282	10	141	2	1-20	70.50	0	0
IS Anderson (Dy)	258	10	150	2	1-24	75.00	0	0
DH Price (OU)	330	15	174	2	1-22	87.00	0	0
RPT Marshall (Sx)	288	6	216	2	2-93	108.00	0	0
JD Birch (Nt)	462	9	282	2	1-6	141.00	0	0
CG Greenidge (Ham)	24	2	8	1	1-8	8.00	0	0
DL Bairstow (Yor)	54	2	15	1	1-15	15.00	0	0
CJ Tavaré (Kent)	30	1	20	1	1-20	20.00	0	0
SJ Malone (Es)	90	6	28	1	1-28	28.00	0	0
JM Parker (NZ)	30	1	30	1	1-30	30.00	0	0
BC Rose (Sm)	50	1	31	1	1-21	31.00	0	0
DB Close	48	1	31	1	1-31	31.00	0	0
Sadiq Mohammad (Pak,Gs)	99	7	33	1	1-13	33.00	0	0
FJ Titmus (Sy)	84	1	35	1	1-35	35.00	0	0
TA Lloyd (Wk)	90	5	35	1	1-14	35.00	0	0
RJ Sutcliffe (La)	72	3	37	1	1-37	37.00	0	0
NE Briers (Le)	96	2	40	1	1-22	40.00	0	0
DM Smith (Sy)	66	2	50	1	1-30	50.00	0	0
DR Hadlee (NZ)	96	0	70	1	1-70	70.00	0	0
RB Elms (Ham)	162	6	89	1	1-38	89.00	0	0
DR Pringle (Es)	210	13	101	1	1-31	101.00	0	0
GS le Roux (Sx)	186	7	107	1	1-64	107.00	0	0
K Saxelby (Nt)	170	1	123	1	1-32	123.00	0	0
AR Dewes (CU)	198	3	146	1	1-52	146.00	0	0
AR Butcher (Sy)	318	7	192	1	1-15	192.00	0	0
JM Brearley (Eng,Mx,MCC)	6	1	0	0
A Tait (Gs)	1	0	0	0
J Whitehouse (Wk,MCC)	6	1	0	0
J Abrahams (La)	6	1	0	0
CT Radley (Eng,Mx)	6	1	0	0
K Sharp (Yor)	6	0	1	0
H Cartwright (Dy)	6	0	1	0
GR Stephenson (Ham)	1	0	1	0
BA Richards (Ham)	6	0	1	0
DI Gower (Eng,Le,MCC)	6	0	2	0
AGE Ealham (Kent)	2	0	4	0
AL Jones (Gm)	2	0	4	0
NEJ Pocock (Ham)	18	0	5	0
C Johnson (Yor)	12	0	5	0
SN Hartley (Yor)	12	0	6	0
JC Foat (Gs)	6	0	7	0
DW Randall (Nt)	10	0	8	0
R Herkes (Mx)	30	3	9	0
GD Mendis (Sx)	6	0	9	0
JA Hopkins (Gm,MCC)	12	0	10	0
A Jones (Gm)	15	0	10	0
D Lloyd (La)	23	1	11	0
B Dudleston (Le)	12	0	11	0
PA Slocombe (Sm)	24	1	11	0
G Boycott (Eng,Yor)	72	6	13	0
A Hill (Dy)	12	0	14	0
JD Love (Yor,MCC)	36	2	16	0
KP Tomlins (Mx)	48	2	16	0
G Cook (Nr,MCC)	14	1	18	0
DL Amiss (Wk)	18	0	20	0
CS Cowdrey (Kent)	72	5	20	0
SP Henderson (Wo)	30	0	21	0
JT Curzon (Nt)	30	1	22	0
PW Denning (Sm)	42	2	25	0
Zaheer Abbas (Gs)	48	1	26	0
DR Shepherd (Gs)	29	0	26	0
NHC Cooper (Gs)	18	0	26	0
Younis Ahmed (Sy)	54	2	27	0
BF Davison (Le)	30	0	29	0
NC Crawford (CU)	48	1	33	0
IC Crawford (Gs)	102	8	37	0
GC Holmes (Gm)	24	0	41	0
RM Carter (Nr)	90	3	43	0
PA Neale (Wo)	54	0	46	0
PJ Hacker (Nt)	36	0	51	0
SB Hassan (Nt)	84	4	52	0
A Morris (Dy)	96	2	58	0
P Bainbridge (Gs)	150	8	59	0
GJ Parsons (Le)	102	1	78	0
EJO Hemsley (Wo)	131	3	81	0
AJ Hignell (CU,Gs)	185	5	118	0

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