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
Scorers	WH Ashdown (Leicestershire), TG Ryde (Derbyshire)
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		341	10	2
BJ Booth	c Taylor b Swarbrook	10		64	-	-
B Dudleston	c Taylor b Eyre	13		69	-	-
*MR Hallam	b Swarbrook	12		62	2	-
PT Marner	c Harvey b Smith	20		38	-	1
J Birkenshaw	lbw b Rhodes	9		46	1	-
BR Knight	c Hall b Buxton	31		55	5	-
+RW Tolchard	c Eyre b Buxton	2		13	-	-
GD McKenzie	c Gibbs b Buxton	20		19	2	2
J Cotton	not out	7		9	1	-
RJ Barratt	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 4 lb)	11
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 360 minutes, 118 overs)	291
Fall of wickets:
1-32 (Booth), 2-71 (Dudleston), 3-111 (Hallam), 4-148 (Marner), 5-184 (Birkenshaw), 6-253 (Knight), 7-260 (Norman), 8-273 (Tolchard), 9-291 (McKenzie, 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		54	2	-
IW Hall	b Knight	4		24	-	-
MH Page	b McKenzie	162		271	16	-
IR Buxton	lbw b Knight	0		1	-	-
JF Harvey	c Tolchard b Cotton	14		31	1	-
+RW Taylor	retired hurt	21			1	-
*DC Morgan	b Barratt	17		57	-	-
FW Swarbrook	c Tolchard b Birkenshaw	13		65	1	-
TJP Eyre	c Hallam b McKenzie	10		29	-	-
E Smith	b Knight	1		4	-	-
HJ Rhodes	not out	0		3	-	-
Extras	(6 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 305 minutes, 88.2 overs)	266
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (Hall), 2-32 (Gibbs), 3-32 (Buxton), 4-57 (Harvey), 5-187 (Morgan), 6-232 (Swarbrook), 7-263 (Page), 8-264 (Smith), 9-266 (Eyre, 88.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	15.2	5	29	2	-	-
Knight	21	5	46	4	-	1
Cotton	11	1	52	1	-	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		75	3	-
BJ Booth	c Hall b Buxton	8		30	-	-
B Dudleston	not out	8		44	1	-
*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, 75 minutes, 22 overs)	37
Fall of wickets:
1-18 (Booth)

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rhodes	4	1	21	0	-	-
Eyre	9	3	15	0	1	-
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 County Championship matches
--> MH Page (1) passed his previous highest score of 117 in First-Class matches
--> BR Knight reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when he dismissed IR Buxton, 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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