f17656 cc8639	Leicestershire v Derbyshire
	County Championship 1947
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 30th, 31st July, 1st August 1947 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Derbyshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 3 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 12; Derbyshire 4
Umpires	H Cruice, J Tranter
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 38/1 (Riddington 20*, Watson 13*)
Close of play day 2	Derbyshire (2) 168/6 (Pope 77*, Marsh 13*)

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Derbyshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AF Townsend	c Berry b Sperry	6
+CS Elliott	b Sperry	79
JD Eggar	c Jackson b Walsh	105
*EJ Gothard	b Sperry	0
GH Pope	b Walsh	47
AC Revill	b Sperry	32
AE Alderman	not out	39
FE Marsh	b Walsh	6
AEG Rhodes	run out	7
C Gladwin	st Corrall b Walsh	1
WH Copson	run out	20
Extras	(8 b, 7 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 111.2 overs)	357
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-155, 3-155, 4-241, 5-241, 6-277, 7-286, 8-313, 9-318, 10-357 (111.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	29	5	99	4	-	-
Riddington	15	5	21	0	-	-
Walsh	34.2	2	133	4	-	-
Jackson	23	8	55	0	-	-
Lester	10	4	34	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	lbw b Copson	4
A Riddington	run out	50
GS Watson	c Pope b Rhodes	58
M Tompkin	st Elliott b Rhodes	31
FT Prentice	c sub b Rhodes	19
VE Jackson	b Pope	15
G Lester	c Revill b Rhodes	2
HG Pickering	c Revill b Rhodes	1
JE Walsh	c Marsh b Rhodes	10
+P Corrall	not out	13
J Sperry	c Eggar b Gladwin	1
Extras	(6 b, 6 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 64.1 overs)	216
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-101, 3-116, 4-163, 5-168, 6-176, 7-180, 8-190, 9-209, 10-216 (64.1 ov)

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Copson	19	6	42	1	-	-
Pope	12	4	54	1	-	-
Gladwin	8.1	1	27	1	-	-
Rhodes	19	2	73	6	-	-
Marsh	6	1	8	0	-	-

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Derbyshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+CS Elliott	c Lester b Sperry	4
AF Townsend	run out	5
JD Eggar	c Riddington b Walsh	30
*EJ Gothard	lbw b Walsh	14
GH Pope	not out	115
AC Revill	st Corrall b Walsh	15
AE Alderman	c Jackson b Prentice	4
FE Marsh	c and b Riddington	21
AEG Rhodes	c Prentice b Walsh	30
C Gladwin	did not bat
WH Copson	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 4 lb)	11
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 81.1 overs)	249
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-9, 3-38, 4-89, 5-110, 6-138, 7-181, 8-249 (81.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	15	0	49	1	-	-
Riddington	10	2	30	1	-	-
Walsh	26.1	4	85	4	-	-
Jackson	15	8	24	0	-	-
Lester	10	1	37	0	-	-
Prentice	5	1	13	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	b Copson	7
A Riddington	c sub b Gladwin	0
GS Watson	c Revill b Copson	47
M Tompkin	c Rhodes b Marsh	70
FT Prentice	lbw b Marsh	21
VE Jackson	not out	120
G Lester	b Copson	47
HG Pickering	c Marsh b Gladwin	62
JE Walsh	not out	5
+P Corrall	did not bat
J Sperry	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 8 lb)	15
Total	(7 wickets, 96.3 overs)	394
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-22, 3-101, 4-148, 5-155, 6-236, 7-376

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Copson	29	4	99	3	-	-
Pope	16	2	55	0	-	-
Gladwin	19.3	1	76	2	-	-
Rhodes	16	1	74	0	-	-
Marsh	14	1	62	2	-	-
Eggar	2	0	13	0	-	-

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Notes
--> CS Elliott (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 21
--> JD Eggar (1) passed his previous highest score of 86 in County Championship matches
--> M Tompkin (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 16
--> VE Jackson (2) passed his previous highest score of 117 in County Championship matches
--> VE Jackson (2) passed his previous highest score of 117 in first-class matches
--> VE Jackson (2) passed 3000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 108
--> HG Pickering (2) passed his previous highest score of 17 in County Championship matches
--> HG Pickering (2) passed his previous highest score of 17 in first-class matches
--> JE Walsh reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Derbyshire first innings
--> AEG Rhodes reached 200 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 6th wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> J Sperry reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Derbyshire second innings

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