f32712 cc15653	Leicestershire v Derbyshire
	Schweppes County Championship 1979
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 15th, 16th, 17th August 1979 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 6 (Batting 4, Bowling 2); Derbyshire 5 (Batting 4, Bowling 1)
Umpires	R Aspinall, A Jepson
Close of play day 1	Derbyshire (1) 26/0 (Hill 15*, Wright 10*; 16 overs)
Close of play day 2	Derbyshire (1) 315/5 innings closed

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	c Tunnicliffe b Wincer	202
JF Steele	c McLellan b Tunnicliffe	187
BF Davison	lbw b Tunnicliffe	3
JC Balderstone	run out	16
PB Clift	not out	23
+RW Tolchard	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
P Booth	did not bat
K Shuttleworth	did not bat
NGB Cook	did not bat
*K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 14 nb)	23
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 99.4 overs)	454
Fall of wickets:
1-390, 2-400, 3-425, 4-454 (99.4 ov)

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tunnicliffe	23.4	3	108	2	-	-
Wincer	26	2	117	1	-	-
Walters	22	2	80	0	-	-
Steele	5	2	16	0	-	-
Mellor	18	2	78	0	-	-
Kirsten	2	0	13	0	-	-
Barnett	3	0	19	0	-	-

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Derbyshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Hill	b Cook	44
JG Wright	c Higgs b Birkenshaw	105
*PN Kirsten	not out	135
DS Steele	c Booth b Birkenshaw	5
KJ Barnett	run out	5
AJ Borrington	lbw b Cook	5
CJ Tunnicliffe	not out	9
J Walters	did not bat
+AJ McLellan	did not bat
RC Wincer	did not bat
AJ Mellor	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb)	7
Total	(5 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	315
Fall of wickets:
1-96, 2-238, 3-260, 4-282, 5-304

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	4	3	1	0	-	-
Booth	3	1	14	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	33	5	98	2	-	-
Cook	35	8	99	2	-	-
Clift	5	1	22	0	-	-
Shuttleworth	9	1	42	0	-	-
Balderstone	5	1	22	0	-	-
Steele	6	4	10	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> B Dudleston (1) passed his previous highest score of 172 in First-Class matches
--> B Dudleston (1) passed his previous highest score of 172 in County Championship matches
--> B Dudleston (1) passed 10000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 4
--> B Dudleston (1) passed 13500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 67
--> JF Steele (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 129
--> JG Wright (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> PN Kirsten (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 108
--> PN Kirsten (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 116

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