f27435 cc13658	Middlesex v Derbyshire
	County Championship 1968
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 21st, 22nd, 23rd August 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Derbyshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 6 wickets
Points	Middlesex 13 (Batting 1, Bowling 2); Derbyshire 4 (Batting 1, Bowling 3)
Umpires	J Arnold, JG Langridge
Close of play day 1	Derbyshire (1) 280/8 (Taylor 11*, Rhodes 0*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (1) 259 all out
Articles	Clinical Chennai rip apart Central Stags

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Derbyshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJK Gibbs	c and b Hooker	16
DHK Smith	st Murray b Latchman	82
MH Page	c Murray b Titmus	22
IR Buxton	c Hooker b Titmus	26
E Smith	run out	1
JF Harvey	c Murray b Herman	15
*DC Morgan	lbw b Latchman	49
TJP Eyre	b Latchman	32
+RW Taylor	not out	11
HJ Rhodes	not out	0
AB Jackson	did not bat
Extras	(12 b, 5 lb, 9 nb)	26
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 113 overs)	280
Fall of wickets:
1-48, 2-87, 3-143, 4-156, 5-176, 6-200, 7-258, 8-279

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Price	17	6	38	0	-	-
Herman	15	0	42	1	-	-
Hooker	23	4	61	1	-	-
Titmus	29	11	51	2	-	-
Latchman	29	9	62	3	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WE Russell	st Taylor b Morgan	13
MJ Smith	st Taylor b Buxton	10
*PH Parfitt	not out	131
JM Brearley	c Gibbs b Morgan	7
+JT Murray	c Taylor b Buxton	0
CT Radley	c Page b Rhodes	8
FJ Titmus	run out	44
RW Hooker	c DHK Smith b E Smith	28
AH Latchman	lbw b E Smith	1
RS Herman	c E Smith b Eyre	0
JSE Price	b E Smith	0
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 9 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 102.2 overs)	259
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-29, 3-55, 4-55, 5-92, 6-167, 7-253, 8-256, 9-258, 10-259 (102.2 ov)

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jackson	17	3	42	0	-	-
Rhodes	14	3	37	1	-	-
Buxton	20	10	40	2	-	-
Morgan	28	10	48	2	-	-
E Smith	18.2	4	65	3	-	-
Eyre	5	1	10	1	-	-

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Derbyshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJK Gibbs	c Murray b Titmus	10
DHK Smith	run out	35
MH Page	c and b Latchman	1
IR Buxton	c Brearley b Latchman	7
JF Harvey	st Murray b Latchman	30
TJP Eyre	c Smith b Titmus	3
+RW Taylor	b Titmus	0
E Smith	b Titmus	37
HJ Rhodes	lbw b Titmus	6
*DC Morgan	c Hooker b Latchman	0
AB Jackson	not out	0
Extras	(9 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	12
Total	(all out, 68.1 overs)	141
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-48, 3-55, 4-55, 5-61, 6-61, 7-121, 8-141, 9-141, 10-141 (68.1 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Price	9	2	16	0	-	-
Herman	5	1	12	0	-	-
Titmus	25.1	9	41	5	-	-
Latchman	29	11	60	4	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WE Russell	c Eyre b Rhodes	7
MJ Smith	not out	72
*PH Parfitt	b Morgan	29
JM Brearley	c Taylor b Morgan	23
+JT Murray	run out	12
CT Radley	not out	9
FJ Titmus	did not bat
RW Hooker	did not bat
AH Latchman	did not bat
RS Herman	did not bat
JSE Price	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 7 nb)	11
Total	(4 wickets, 43.4 overs)	163
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-73, 3-105, 4-134

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jackson	6	0	27	0	-	-
Rhodes	12.4	3	39	1	-	-
Morgan	15	0	46	2	-	-
E Smith	6	1	24	0	-	-
Eyre	4	0	16	0	-	-

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Notes
--> MH Page (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 16
--> IR Buxton (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 14
--> PH Parfitt (1) passed 21000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 62
--> RW Hooker (1) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 5
--> WE Russell (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 4
--> PH Parfitt (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 18
--> IR Buxton reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> AH Latchman reached 200 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Derbyshire second innings
--> FJ Titmus reached 2100 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Derbyshire second innings

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