f16720 cc8262	Leicestershire v Derbyshire
	County Championship 1939
Venue	Aylestone Road, Leicester on 30th, 31st August, 1st September 1939 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Derbyshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 0; Derbyshire 4
Umpires	A Dolphin, CN Woolley
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 119/3 (Watson 57*, Prentice 7*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 51/1 (Lester 24*, Armstrong 5*; 22 overs)

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Derbyshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Smith	c Armstrong b Sperry	0
AF Townsend	b Walsh	32
+AE Alderman	c Packe b Sperry	91
TS Worthington	b Walsh	0
GH Pope	c Armstrong b Sperry	48
AEG Rhodes	c Packe b Sperry	12
AV Pope	c Walsh b Sperry	0
C Gladwin	c Dawkes b Sperry	14
*RHR Buckston	not out	3
TB Mitchell	c Armstrong b Sperry	4
WH Copson	c Packe b Walsh	2
Extras	(18 b, 2 lb)	20
Total	(all out, 57.3 overs)	226
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-75, 3-77, 4-165, 5-191, 6-191, 7-216, 8-217, 9-221, 10-226 (57.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	15	3	48	7	-	-
Drake	10	1	33	0	-	-
Walsh	19.3	3	79	3	-	-
Lester	8	0	27	0	-	-
Armstrong	1	0	7	0	-	-
Prentice	4	0	12	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	c Smith b AV Pope	36
G Lester	c Worthington b AV Pope	0
NF Armstrong	c Gladwin b Copson	3
GS Watson	c Buckston b Copson	62
FT Prentice	c and b AV Pope	10
CS Dempster	c Smith b Copson	5
*MS Packe	c GH Pope b Copson	20
+GO Dawkes	lbw b Copson	1
JE Walsh	c GH Pope b AV Pope	0
CH Drake	not out	5
J Sperry	b Copson	10
Extras	(17 b, 3 lb, 2 w)	22
Total	(all out, 43.6 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-7, 3-70, 4-124, 5-128, 6-140, 7-148, 8-151, 9-159, 10-174 (43.6 ov)

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Copson	14.6	3	39	6	-	-
AV Pope	19	1	72	4	-	-
Mitchell	3	0	13	0	-	-
GH Pope	3	2	1	0	-	-
Gladwin	4	0	27	0	-	-

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Derbyshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Smith	c Sperry b Drake	81
AF Townsend	c Walsh b Sperry	10
+AE Alderman	c Walsh b Lester	61
TS Worthington	b Walsh	0
GH Pope	c Dawkes b Sperry	34
AEG Rhodes	b Prentice	6
AV Pope	c Packe b Sperry	6
C Gladwin	run out	13
*RHR Buckston	c Armstrong b Prentice	0
TB Mitchell	st Dawkes b Sperry	1
WH Copson	not out	8
Extras	(14 b)	14
Total	(all out, 51 overs)	234
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-137, 3-137, 4-179, 5-190, 6-205, 7-222, 8-225, 9-225, 10-234 (51 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	17	1	72	4	-	-
Drake	10	0	39	1	-	-
Walsh	12	1	65	1	-	-
Lester	4	0	18	1	-	-
Prentice	8	0	26	2	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	c Worthington b Rhodes	20
G Lester	not out	24
NF Armstrong	not out	5
GS Watson	did not bat
FT Prentice	did not bat
CS Dempster	did not bat
*MS Packe	did not bat
+GO Dawkes	did not bat
JE Walsh	did not bat
CH Drake	did not bat
J Sperry	did not bat
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(1 wicket, 22 overs)	51
Fall of wickets:
1-45 (Berry)

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Copson	7	1	19	0	-	-
AV Pope	5	0	9	0	-	-
Mitchell	4	0	10	0	-	-
GH Pope	3	1	9	0	-	-
Rhodes	3	1	2	1	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> AV Pope made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> AV Pope made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> RHR Buckston made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RHR Buckston made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> TB Mitchell made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> TB Mitchell made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> NF Armstrong made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> NF Armstrong made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> MS Packe made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> MS Packe made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> CH Drake made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CH Drake made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> AE Alderman (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 14
--> GL Berry (1) passed 21000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> NF Armstrong (2) passed 19000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> J Sperry reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 6th wicket in the Derbyshire first innings

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