f29780 cc14618	Derbyshire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1973
Venue	County Ground, Derby on 25th, 27th, 28th August 1973 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Derbyshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 2 wickets
Points	Derbyshire 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3); Leicestershire 15 (Batting 3, Bowling 2)
Umpires	DJ Constant, CG Pepper
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 5/1 (Dudleston 1*, Balderstone 2*)
Close of play day 2	Derbyshire (2) 13/1 (Borrington 6*, Page 5*)

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Derbyshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Borrington	b McKenzie	16
A Hill	c Steele b McKenzie	16
MH Page	c McKenzie b Balderstone	59
G Miller	c RW Tolchard b Steele	24
*JB Bolus	c Dudleston b McKenzie	17
IR Buxton	b Davison	83
+RW Taylor	c and b Davison	58
S Venkataraghavan	c McKenzie b Birkenshaw	2
FW Swarbrook	not out	13
RS Swindell	st RW Tolchard b Davison	2
M Hendrick	c RW Tolchard b McKenzie	26
Extras	(7 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 114.2 overs)	323
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-38, 3-84, 4-112, 5-158, 6-273, 7-281, 8-281, 9-294, 10-323 (114.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	22.2	4	75	4	-	-
Higgs	16	1	50	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	33	8	85	1	-	-
Davison	16	6	39	3	-	-
Steele	19	6	33	1	-	-
Balderstone	8	2	34	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MEJC Norman	c Taylor b Hendrick	1
JF Steele	c Borrington b Buxton	2
JC Balderstone	run out	70
BF Davison	c and b Swarbrook	41
B Dudleston	c Taylor b Swarbrook	20
JG Tolchard	c Taylor b Hendrick	10
+RW Tolchard	b Swarbrook	57
GA Knew	c Swarbrook b Venkataraghavan	0
J Birkenshaw	c Bolus b Hendrick	34
GD McKenzie	c Miller b Venkataraghavan	27
*K Higgs	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 5 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 99.2 overs)	271
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-16, 3-92, 4-130, 5-147, 6-163, 7-164, 8-234, 9-267, 10-271 (99.2 ov)

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hendrick	26	8	55	3	-	-
Buxton	19	6	63	1	-	-
Venkataraghavan	27.2	3	80	2	-	-
Swarbrook	23	7	54	3	-	-
Swindell	4	1	10	0	-	-

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Derbyshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Borrington	c RW Tolchard b Birkenshaw	40
A Hill	run out	0
MH Page	c RW Tolchard b Balderstone	46
G Miller	c Dudleston b Birkenshaw	2
*JB Bolus	c JG Tolchard b Balderstone	48
IR Buxton	c Davison b Balderstone	17
+RW Taylor	st RW Tolchard b Balderstone	19
S Venkataraghavan	not out	20
FW Swarbrook	not out	5
RS Swindell	did not bat
M Hendrick	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 5 lb, 1 w)	9
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 66.5 overs)	206
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-78, 3-86, 4-102, 5-156, 6-166, 7-192

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	8.5	4	25	0	-	-
Higgs	6	2	8	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	17	2	50	2	-	-
Steele	20	1	63	0	-	-
Balderstone	15	4	51	4	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	b Hendrick	8
JF Steele	c Hill b Swarbrook	77
JC Balderstone	c Taylor b Venkataraghavan	48
BF Davison	c and b Swarbrook	28
JG Tolchard	c Swarbrook b Venkataraghavan	7
MEJC Norman	c and b Swarbrook	4
+RW Tolchard	not out	40
GA Knew	c Venkataraghavan b Swarbrook	25
J Birkenshaw	run out	7
GD McKenzie	not out	8
*K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb)	7
Total	(8 wickets, 64.2 overs)	259
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-74, 3-125, 4-156, 5-169, 6-189, 7-241, 8-251

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hendrick	7.2	2	22	1	-	-
Buxton	5	1	9	0	-	-
Venkataraghavan	22	1	90	2	-	-
Swarbrook	26	0	109	4	-	-
Swindell	4	0	22	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GA Knew made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> GA Knew made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> MH Page (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 32
--> MH Page (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 14
--> JC Balderstone (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 32
--> JC Balderstone (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 52
--> JB Bolus (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 26
--> B Dudleston (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 4
--> GA Knew (2) passed his previous highest score of 14 in First-Class matches
--> GA Knew (2) passed his previous highest score of 14 in County Championship matches
--> GD McKenzie reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Derbyshire first innings

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