f27915 cc13866	Leicestershire v Derbyshire
	County Championship 1969
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 23rd, 25th, 26th August 1969 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 3 (Bowling 3); Derbyshire 6 (Batting 4, Bowling 2)
Umpires	OW Herman, ASM Oakman
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 291/9 (Cotton 7*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 37/1 (Norman 20*, Dudleston 8*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MEJC Norman	c Morgan b Smith	156
BJ Booth	c Taylor b Swarbrook	10
B Dudleston	c Taylor b Eyre	13
*MR Hallam	b Swarbrook	12
PT Marner	c Harvey b Smith	20
J Birkenshaw	lbw b Rhodes	9
BR Knight	c Hall b Buxton	31
+RW Tolchard	c Eyre b Buxton	2
GD McKenzie	c Gibbs b Buxton	20
J Cotton	not out	7
RJ Barratt	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 4 lb)	11
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 118 overs)	291
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-71, 3-114, 4-148, 5-184, 6-253, 7-260, 8-273, 9-291 (118 ov)

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rhodes	21	3	59	1	-	-
Eyre	13	1	40	1	-	-
Buxton	23	9	43	3	-	-
Smith	29	7	80	2	-	-
Swarbrook	26	10	49	2	-	-
Morgan	6	1	9	0	-	-

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Derbyshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJK Gibbs	lbw b Knight	16
IW Hall	b Knight	4
MH Page	b McKenzie	162
IR Buxton	lbw b Knight	0
JF Harvey	c Tolchard b Cotton	14
+RW Taylor	retired hurt	21
*DC Morgan	b Barratt	17
FW Swarbrook	c Tolchard b Birkenshaw	13
TJP Eyre	c Hallam b McKenzie	10
E Smith	b Knight	1
HJ Rhodes	not out	0
Extras	(6 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 88.2 overs)	266
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-32, 3-32, 4-57, 5-107, 6-232, 7-263, 8-264, 9-266 (88.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	15.2	5	29	2	-	-
Knight	21	5	46	4	-	-
Cotton	11	1	52	1	-	-
Marner	10	0	39	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	17	7	43	1	-	-
Barratt	14	1	49	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MEJC Norman	not out	20
BJ Booth	c Hall b Buxton	8
B Dudleston	not out	8
*MR Hallam	did not bat
PT Marner	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
BR Knight	did not bat
+RW Tolchard	did not bat
GD McKenzie	did not bat
J Cotton	did not bat
RJ Barratt	did not bat
Extras	(1 w)	1
Total	(1 wicket, 22 overs)	37
Fall of wickets:
1-18

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rhodes	4	1	21	0	-	-
Eyre	9	3	15	0	-	-
Buxton	9	9	0	1	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> MEJC Norman (1) passed his previous highest score of 152 in County Championship matches
--> MH Page (1) passed his previous highest score of 117 in first-class matches
--> MH Page (1) passed his previous highest score of 117 in County Championship matches
--> BR Knight reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Derbyshire first innings
--> RW Taylor retired hurt in the Derbyshire first innings having scored 21 (team score 106/4)

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