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f16603 cc8153	Derbyshire v Middlesex
	County Championship 1939
Venue	County Ground, Derby on 12th, 13th July 1939 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Derbyshire won by 6 wickets
Points	Derbyshire 12; Middlesex 4
Umpires	JJ Hills, E Robinson
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (2) 27/6 (Mann 13, Sims 6)

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	b Rhodes	23
SM Brown	b Copson	2
WJ Edrich	c GH Pope b Copson	2
DCS Compton	run out	80
FG Mann	lbw b Rhodes	2
GOB Allen	c Elliott b Mitchell	15
+WFF Price	b Mitchell	1
JM Sims	c Rhodes b AV Pope	13
CIJ Smith	b AV Pope	8
*IAR Peebles	run out	2
LH Gray	not out	1
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(all out, 37.4 overs)	151
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-12, 3-59, 4-61, 5-89, 6-91, 7-122, 8-130, 9-145, 10-151 (37.4 ov)

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Copson	12	1	49	2	-	-
AV Pope	9.4	0	38	2	-	-
Rhodes	5	0	17	2	-	-
GH Pope	6	0	22	0	-	-
Mitchell	5	0	23	2	-	-

Derbyshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Alderman	b Allen	2
D Smith	c Price b Smith	7
TS Worthington	c Compton b Allen	8
LF Townsend	b Smith	4
GH Pope	c Smith b Sims	44
AEG Rhodes	c Price b Sims	14
*TD Hounsfield	b Smith	0
AV Pope	c and b Sims	3
+H Elliott	run out	8
TB Mitchell	c Compton b Sims	2
WH Copson	not out	0
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(all out, 29.2 overs)	94
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-17, 3-19, 4-27, 5-54, 6-55, 7-58, 8-86, 9-94, 10-94 (29.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	15	2	33	3	-	-
Allen	4.4	0	15	2	-	-
Gray	3	0	17	0	-	-
Sims	6.6	1	27	4	-	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	b AV Pope	0
SM Brown	c Elliott b Copson	0
WJ Edrich	c Elliott b Copson	0
DCS Compton	c Worthington b Copson	4
FG Mann	c Smith b Copson	22
GOB Allen	lbw b Copson	0
+WFF Price	c GH Pope b AV Pope	2
JM Sims	b Copson	24
CIJ Smith	c Smith b Copson	0
*IAR Peebles	b AV Pope	12
LH Gray	not out	4
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 21.6 overs)	76
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-3, 3-5, 4-8, 5-12, 6-25, 7-59, 8-59, 9-60, 10-76 (21.6 ov)

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Copson	11	2	39	7	-	-
AV Pope	10.6	2	29	3	-	-

Derbyshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Alderman	c Smith b Sims	23
D Smith	lbw b Sims	33
TS Worthington	not out	36
LF Townsend	c Compton b Sims	4
GH Pope	run out	24
+H Elliott	not out	1
AEG Rhodes	did not bat
*TD Hounsfield	did not bat
AV Pope	did not bat
TB Mitchell	did not bat
WH Copson	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	15
Total	(4 wickets, 30.4 overs)	136
Fall of wickets:
1-60, 2-65, 3-71, 4-122

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	7	1	28	0	-	-
Allen	4	1	19	0	-	-
Sims	8	0	37	3	-	-
Edrich	3	0	12	0	-	-
Peebles	5.4	1	18	0	-	-
Compton	3	1	7	0	-	-

Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> GH Pope (1) passed 4500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 36
--> D Smith (2) passed 13000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 31
--> WH Copson reached 100 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> TB Mitchell reached 1300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> AV Pope reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> CIJ Smith reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Derbyshire first innings
--> JM Sims reached 850 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Derbyshire second innings
--> JM Sims reached 550 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Derbyshire second innings