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| Venue | Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 12th, 14th, 15th August 1978 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Derbyshire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Middlesex won by an innings and 77 runs |
| Points | Middlesex 19 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Derbyshire 3 (Bowling 3) |
| Umpires | J van Geloven, AGT Whitehead |
| Close of play day 1 | Derbyshire (1) 113/7 (Tunnicliffe 15*, Russell 0*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Derbyshire (2) 12/2 (Kirsten 3*, Borrington 4*) |
| Derbyshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| IS Anderson | lbw b Selvey | 14 | |||||
| A Hill | b Daniel | 6 | |||||
| PN Kirsten | c Gatting b Selvey | 5 | |||||
| AJ Borrington | c Gatting b Selvey | 13 | |||||
| H Cartwright | c Butcher b Selvey | 32 | |||||
| *EJ Barlow | lbw b Daniel | 0 | |||||
| J Walters | c Gould b Daniel | 20 | |||||
| CJ Tunnicliffe | not out | 33 | |||||
| PE Russell | b Selvey | 5 | |||||
| +AJ McLellan | b Daniel | 2 | |||||
| AJ Mellor | b Daniel | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (3 lb, 4 nb, 2 w) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 48.5 overs) | 139 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6, 2-15, 3-44, 4-45, 5-48, 6-90, 7-104, 8-123, 9-139, 10-139 (48.5 ov) | |||||||
| Middlesex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Daniel | 16.5 | 4 | 42 | 5 | - | - |
| Selvey | 24 | 8 | 74 | 5 | - | - |
| Gatting | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - |
| Emburey | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - | - |
| Middlesex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MJ Smith | b Walters | 36 | |||||
| NG Featherstone | b Barlow | 6 | |||||
| GD Barlow | c Barlow b Mellor | 15 | |||||
| MW Gatting | b Russell | 128 | |||||
| +IJ Gould | run out | 6 | |||||
| RO Butcher | c Kirsten b Walters | 7 | |||||
| SJ Poulter | run out | 8 | |||||
| KP Tomlins | not out | 55 | |||||
| JE Emburey | did not bat | ||||||
| *MWW Selvey | did not bat | ||||||
| WW Daniel | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (13 lb, 4 nb) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 99.4 overs) | 278 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-29, 2-62, 3-66, 4-87, 5-98, 6-143, 7-278 (99.4 ov) | |||||||
| Derbyshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Tunnicliffe | 18 | 5 | 45 | 0 | - | - |
| Barlow | 13 | 3 | 32 | 1 | - | - |
| Walters | 19 | 4 | 52 | 2 | - | - |
| Russell | 12.4 | 4 | 25 | 1 | - | - |
| Mellor | 23 | 7 | 67 | 1 | - | - |
| Kirsten | 14 | 5 | 40 | 0 | - | - |
| Derbyshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| IS Anderson | c Gould b Selvey | 1 | |||||
| A Hill | lbw b Daniel | 3 | |||||
| PN Kirsten | lbw b Emburey | 19 | |||||
| AJ Borrington | lbw b Selvey | 7 | |||||
| H Cartwright | lbw b Selvey | 5 | |||||
| *EJ Barlow | lbw b Daniel | 11 | |||||
| J Walters | c Tomlins b Selvey | 4 | |||||
| CJ Tunnicliffe | c Selvey b Daniel | 0 | |||||
| PE Russell | not out | 4 | |||||
| +AJ McLellan | b Selvey | 0 | |||||
| AJ Mellor | b Selvey | 4 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 2 lb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 29.4 overs) | 62 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4, 2-4, 3-28, 4-34, 5-44, 6-54, 7-54, 8-54, 9-54, 10-62 (29.4 ov) | |||||||
| Middlesex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Daniel | 11 | 2 | 23 | 3 | - | - |
| Selvey | 14.4 | 5 | 26 | 6 | - | - |
| Emburey | 4 | 2 | 9 | 1 | - | - |
Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> MW Gatting (1) passed his previous highest score of 103 in first-class matches
--> MW Gatting (1) passed his previous highest score of 103 in County Championship matches