f27395 cc13625	Derbyshire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1968
Venue	Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent on 3rd, 4th, 5th August 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Derbyshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Derbyshire 10 (Batting 5, Bowling 5); Leicestershire 6 (Batting 5, Bowling 1)
Umpires	TW Spencer, H Yarnold
Scorers	WH Ashdown (Leicestershire), TG Ryde (Derbyshire)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 7/0 (Hallam 5*, Norman 2*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 289/9 (Cotton 5*, Spencer 0*)

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Derbyshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJK Gibbs	b Spencer	23		42	-	-
DHK Smith	c Hallam b Cotton	57		140	5	-
MH Page	lbw b Spencer	38		89	5	-
IR Buxton	c Booth b Birkenshaw	87		232	6	-
*DC Morgan	retired hurt	42			4	-
JF Harvey	c Tolchard b Spencer	63		107	10	-
TJP Eyre	not out	8		18	1	-
+RW Taylor	did not bat
PE Russell	did not bat
A Ward	did not bat
AB Jackson	did not bat
Extras	(16 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	21
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 365 minutes, 102.2 overs)	339
Fall of wickets:
1-47 (Gibbs), 2-124 (Page), 3-130 (Smith), 4-325 (Buxton), 5-339 (Harvey, 102.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cotton	24	4	53	1	-	4
Knight	20	1	88	0	-	-
Spencer	22	3	63	3	-	-
Birkenshaw	19.2	4	58	1	-	-
Marner	17	1	56	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MR Hallam	c Buxton b Ward	30		40	5	-
MEJC Norman	b Ward	11		50	1	-
BJ Booth	b Russell	39		138	5	-
CC Inman	c Buxton b Russell	108		144	18	2
PT Marner	b Russell	6		8	1	-
BR Knight	c and b Jackson	13		27	2	-
J Birkenshaw	c Eyre b Russell	6		18	1	-
B Dudleston	run out	29		22	4	-
+RW Tolchard	st Taylor b Russell	23			4	-
J Cotton	not out	6		9	-	-
CT Spencer	b Ward	0		6	-	-
Extras	(5 b, 6 lb, 8 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 288 minutes, 82.4 overs)	290
Fall of wickets:
1-37 (Hallam), 2-42 (Norman), 3-159 (Booth), 4-165 (Marner), 5-215 (Knight), 6-221 (Inman), 7-228 (Birkenshaw), 8-282 (Dudleston), 9-283 (Tolchard), 10-290 (Spencer, 82.4 ov)

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jackson	15	2	37	1	-	8
Ward	16.4	1	74	3	-	-
Eyre	14	3	43	0	-	-
Russell	16	5	50	5	-	-
Morgan	15	2	39	0	-	-
Buxton	6	1	28	0	-	-

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Derbyshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJK Gibbs	c Marner b Birkenshaw	13		91	-	-
DHK Smith	b Birkenshaw	24		58	4	-
MH Page	c sub b Knight	30		51	6	-
IR Buxton	not out	64		132	7	1
*DC Morgan	not out	50		113	4	-
JF Harvey	did not bat
TJP Eyre	did not bat
+RW Taylor	did not bat
PE Russell	did not bat
A Ward	did not bat
AB Jackson	did not bat
Extras	(8 lb, 3 nb)	11
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 224 minutes, 63 overs)	192
Fall of wickets:
1-31 (Smith), 2-57 (Gibbs), 3-77 (Page)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cotton	10	2	36	0	-	2
Spencer	19	3	31	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	22	3	68	2	-	-
Knight	12	2	46	1	-	1

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MR Hallam	b Jackson	4		12	-	-
MEJC Norman	not out	38		113	4	-
BJ Booth	not out	43		101	5	-
CC Inman	did not bat
PT Marner	did not bat
BR Knight	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
B Dudleston	did not bat
+RW Tolchard	did not bat
J Cotton	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 nb)	6
Total	(1 wicket, 113 minutes, 36 overs)	91
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Hallam)

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jackson	7	0	13	1	-	2
Ward	4	0	12	0	-	-
Eyre	6	0	18	0	-	-
Gibbs	8	3	14	0	-	-
Russell	5	1	11	0	-	-
Harvey	6	2	17	0	-	-

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Notes
--> DHK Smith (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 52
--> CC Inman (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 5
--> DC Morgan (2) passed 16000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 35
--> DC Morgan (2) passed 17500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 37
--> PE Russell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed J Birkenshaw in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 3-17)
--> PE Russell achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Leicestershire first innings
--> PE Russell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches when he dismissed J Birkenshaw in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 3-17)
--> PE Russell achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire first innings
--> AB Jackson reached 450 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed MR Hallam, his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> DC Morgan retired hurt in the Derbyshire first innings having scored 42 (team score 221/3)

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