f16551 cc8114	Derbyshire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1939
Venue	Queen's Park, Chesterfield on 21st, 22nd, 23rd June 1939 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Derbyshire won by 9 wickets
Points	Derbyshire 12; Leicestershire 0
Umpires	J Hardstaff, CWL Parker
Close of play day 1	Derbyshire (1) 94/5 (Alderman 16*, Rhodes 0*)
Close of play day 2	Derbyshire (2) 51/1 (Worthington 15*, Alderman 24*; 14 overs)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	not out	58
GS Watson	b AV Pope	6
NF Armstrong	b GH Pope	15
FT Prentice	lbw b Copson	3
M Tompkin	lbw b Copson	0
+GO Dawkes	b Copson	3
*MS Packe	lbw b GH Pope	15
GF Knew	c and b GH Pope	0
G Lester	st Elliott b Mitchell	6
HA Smith	b GH Pope	0
J Sperry	c Townsend b Mitchell	16
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 38 overs)	126
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-39, 3-55, 4-57, 5-61, 6-81, 7-81, 8-104, 9-105, 10-126 (38 ov)

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Copson	10	1	28	3	-	-
AV Pope	13	0	45	1	-	-
GH Pope	8	4	14	4	-	-
Rhodes	3	0	13	0	-	-
Townsend	1	1	0	0	-	-
Mitchell	3	0	22	2	-	-

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Derbyshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Smith	c Smith b Prentice	43
*RHR Buckston	b Smith	4
TS Worthington	c Watson b Sperry	20
AE Alderman	lbw b Smith	37
LF Townsend	b Smith	1
GH Pope	lbw b Prentice	4
AEG Rhodes	c and b Prentice	2
AV Pope	b Smith	65
+H Elliott	lbw b Smith	6
TB Mitchell	not out	5
WH Copson	b Sperry	1
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 53.1 overs)	197
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-62, 3-80, 4-85, 5-94, 6-98, 7-140, 8-187, 9-192, 10-197 (53.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	18.1	3	60	2	-	-
Smith	17	3	64	5	-	-
Prentice	18	3	64	3	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	lbw b Copson	4
GS Watson	c Alderman b GH Pope	13
NF Armstrong	lbw b GH Pope	15
FT Prentice	c GH Pope b Townsend	1
M Tompkin	lbw b GH Pope	1
+GO Dawkes	b Townsend	30
*MS Packe	not out	48
GF Knew	lbw b Mitchell	1
G Lester	c Worthington b Townsend	2
HA Smith	c and b Townsend	0
J Sperry	c Alderman b Townsend	2
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 33.4 overs)	124
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-32, 3-33, 4-35, 5-36, 6-78, 7-88, 8-96, 9-104, 10-124 (33.4 ov)

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Copson	8	0	24	1	-	-
AV Pope	4	0	12	0	-	-
GH Pope	8	1	19	3	-	-
Townsend	10.4	0	45	5	-	-
Mitchell	3	0	17	1	-	-

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Derbyshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Smith	b Smith	13
AE Alderman	not out	27
TS Worthington	not out	13
*RHR Buckston	did not bat
LF Townsend	did not bat
GH Pope	did not bat
AEG Rhodes	did not bat
AV Pope	did not bat
+H Elliott	did not bat
TB Mitchell	did not bat
WH Copson	did not bat
Extras	(1 w)	1
Total	(1 wicket, 14.1 overs)	54
Fall of wickets:
1-23 (Smith)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	7.1	0	25	1	-	-
Prentice	7	1	28	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GF Knew made his debut in County Championship matches
--> J Sperry (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in First-Class matches
--> J Sperry (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in County Championship matches
--> AV Pope (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 50
--> WH Copson (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> AE Alderman (2) passed 10000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 27
--> J Sperry reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Derbyshire first innings

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