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| Venue | The Park, Buxton on 10th, 11th, 12th August 1968 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Derbyshire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Derbyshire won by 2 wickets |
| Points | Derbyshire 20 (Batting 5, Bowling 5); Somerset 3 (Batting 1, Bowling 2) |
| Umpires | CS Elliott, A Gaskell |
| Scorers | TG Ryde (Derbyshire), T Tout (Somerset) |
| Close of play day 1 | Somerset (1) 20/1 (Kitchen 8*, Palmer 6*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Somerset (2) 59/1 (Virgin 21*, Palmer 3*) |
| Derbyshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PJK Gibbs | b Rumsey | 0 | 1 | - | - | ||
| DHK Smith | lbw b Rumsey | 65 | 168 | 10 | - | ||
| MH Page | c Brooks b Burgess | 117 | 198 | 14 | - | ||
| IR Buxton | not out | 85 | 171 | 12 | - | ||
| JF Harvey | b Burgess | 3 | 10 | - | - | ||
| *DC Morgan | not out | 103 | 130 | 16 | - | ||
| TJP Eyre | did not bat | ||||||
| +RW Taylor | did not bat | ||||||
| E Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| HJ Rhodes | did not bat | ||||||
| AB Jackson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 13 lb, 7 nb, 2 w) | 27 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, declared, 340 minutes, 112 overs) | 400 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (Gibbs), 2-178 (DHK Smith), 3-205 (Page), 4-217 (Harvey) | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Rumsey | 19 | 4 | 64 | 2 | - | 7 | |
| Burgess | 12 | 1 | 61 | 2 | - | - | |
| Palmer | 6 | 0 | 37 | 0 | - | - | |
| Alley | 10 | 1 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Langford | 33 | 8 | 99 | 0 | - | - | |
| Robinson | 28 | 7 | 72 | 0 | - | - | |
| Chappell | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Somerset first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RT Virgin | b Rhodes | 5 | 5 | - | - | ||
| MJ Kitchen | c DHK Smith b Rhodes | 24 | 84 | 3 | - | ||
| KE Palmer | c Page b Rhodes | 10 | 34 | 1 | - | ||
| GS Chappell | c Page b E Smith | 29 | 80 | 4 | - | ||
| WE Alley | c DHK Smith b Eyre | 42 | 65 | 7 | - | ||
| GI Burgess | c and b Morgan | 36 | 74 | 7 | - | ||
| *RC Kerslake | c Buxton b Jackson | 1 | 30 | - | - | ||
| PJ Robinson | c E Smith b Jackson | 0 | 2 | - | - | ||
| BA Langford | c Taylor b Jackson | 18 | 24 | 2 | 1 | ||
| +RA Brooks | c Gibbs b Jackson | 1 | 3 | - | - | ||
| FE Rumsey | not out | 1 | 17 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (6 b, 4 lb, 2 nb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 202 minutes, 61 overs) | 179 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5 (Virgin), 2-24 (Palmer), 3-66 (Kitchen), 4-92 (Chappell), 5-134 (Alley), 6-155 (Kerslake), 7-155 (Robinson), 8-159 (Burgess), 9-164 (Brooks), 10-179 (Langford, 61 ov) | |||||||
| Derbyshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jackson | 17 | 7 | 41 | 4 | - | 2 | |
| Rhodes | 13 | 4 | 26 | 3 | - | - | |
| E Smith | 17 | 6 | 44 | 1 | - | - | |
| Buxton | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Eyre | 9 | 0 | 36 | 1 | - | - | |
| Morgan | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | - | - | |
| Somerset second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RT Virgin | c Morgan b Rhodes | 49 | 121 | 8 | - | ||
| MJ Kitchen | c Taylor b Rhodes | 26 | 66 | 3 | - | ||
| KE Palmer | b Rhodes | 76 | 226 | 9 | - | ||
| GS Chappell | c Buxton b E Smith | 7 | 11 | 1 | - | ||
| WE Alley | c Taylor b Rhodes | 32 | 63 | 4 | 1 | ||
| GI Burgess | b E Smith | 5 | 4 | 1 | - | ||
| *RC Kerslake | c Jackson b E Smith | 7 | 33 | - | - | ||
| PJ Robinson | not out | 56 | 103 | 11 | - | ||
| BA Langford | lbw b Eyre | 3 | 14 | - | - | ||
| +RA Brooks | c Harvey b Eyre | 11 | 17 | 1 | - | ||
| FE Rumsey | c and b Eyre | 1 | 6 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (9 b, 8 lb, 5 nb, 1 w) | 23 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 334 minutes, 105.4 overs) | 296 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-43 (Kitchen), 2-104 (Virgin), 3-115 (Chappell), 4-175 (Alley), 5-180 (Burgess), 6-195 (Kerslake), 7-254 (Palmer), 8-273 (Langford), 9-291 (Brooks), 10-296 (Rumsey, 105.4 ov) | |||||||
| Derbyshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jackson | 15 | 5 | 38 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Rhodes | 24 | 8 | 57 | 4 | - | 3 | |
| Buxton | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Eyre | 21.4 | 5 | 66 | 3 | - | 1 | |
| E Smith | 31 | 10 | 81 | 3 | - | - | |
| Morgan | 10 | 3 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Derbyshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PJK Gibbs | c Robinson b Rumsey | 1 | 7 | - | - | ||
| DHK Smith | c Brooks b Rumsey | 0 | 2 | - | - | ||
| IR Buxton | b Burgess | 14 | 27 | 3 | - | ||
| JF Harvey | b Rumsey | 8 | 31 | - | - | ||
| *DC Morgan | c Kerslake b Langford | 12 | 15 | 1 | - | ||
| TJP Eyre | lbw b Langford | 23 | 26 | 4 | 1 | ||
| +RW Taylor | b Rumsey | 2 | 17 | - | - | ||
| E Smith | b Langford | 1 | 14 | - | - | ||
| MH Page | not out | 11 | 17 | 1 | - | ||
| HJ Rhodes | not out | 0 | 9 | - | - | ||
| AB Jackson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 lb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, 91 minutes, 21.5 overs) | 76 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (DHK Smith), 2-5 (Gibbs), 3-19 (Buxton), 4-39 (Morgan), 5-39 (Harvey), 6-63 (Taylor), 7-65 (Eyre), 8-70 (E Smith) | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Rumsey | 11 | 3 | 30 | 4 | - | - | |
| Burgess | 5 | 1 | 14 | 1 | - | - | |
| Langford | 5.5 | 1 | 28 | 3 | - | - | |
Notes
--> DHK Smith (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 21
--> MH Page (1) passed his previous highest score of 112 in County Championship matches
--> MH Page (1) passed his previous highest score of 112 in First-Class matches
--> MH Page (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 112
--> AB Jackson reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when he dismissed RC Kerslake, his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> HJ Rhodes reached 850 wickets in County Championship matches when he dismissed KE Palmer, his 4th wicket in the Somerset second innings
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