f5173 cc943	Derbyshire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1899
Venue	Queen's Park, Chesterfield on 20th, 21st, 22nd July 1899 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Derbyshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	A Shaw, M Sherwin
Close of play day 1	Derbyshire (1) 388/9 (Storer 216*, Bestwick 2*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 300/8 (Coe 4*)

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Derbyshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LG Wright	c Whiteside b Geeson	20
GR Gregory	b Geeson	2
+W Storer	not out	216
H Bagshaw	c Stocks b Geeson	9
R Kenward	c Whiteside b Stocks	0
W Sugg	c Stocks b Wood	32
*TA Higson	c Whitehead b Coe	19
W Ellis	b Joyce	58
JJ Hulme	b Joyce	0
JH Young	c Wood b King	19
W Bestwick	retired out	2
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 149 overs)	388
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-28, 3-38, 4-53, 5-93, 6-149, 7-287, 8-291, 9-346, 10-388 (149 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Geeson	45	17	90	3	-	-
Stocks	40	8	118	1	-	-
Wood	9	0	52	1	-	-
King	20	11	32	1	-	-
Coe	22	3	49	1	-	-
Joyce	13	2	36	2	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CE de Trafford	c Hulme b Bestwick	46
AE Knight	b Young	9
L Brown	b Young	7
R Joyce	c Wright b Hulme	59
CJB Wood	b Hulme	91
JH King	b Hulme	65
H Whitehead	c Storer b Bestwick	0
S Coe	not out	4
FW Stocks	b Hulme	1
F Geeson	did not bat
+JP Whiteside	did not bat
Extras	(14 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	18
Total	(8 wickets, 105.3 overs)	300
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-38, 3-82, 4-153, 5-287, 6-288, 7-294, 8-300 (105.3 ov)

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hulme	32.3	6	99	4	-	-
Young	21	6	52	2	-	-
Bestwick	17	5	37	2	-	-
Storer	15	0	47	0	-	-
Higson	16	3	31	0	-	-
Ellis	4	0	16	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> GR Gregory made his debut in County Championship matches
--> GR Gregory made his debut in First-Class matches
--> W Storer (1) passed his previous highest score of 142 in County Championship matches
--> W Storer (1) passed his previous highest score of 160 in First-Class matches
--> W Storer (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 46
--> W Ellis (1) passed his previous highest score of 27 in County Championship matches
--> W Ellis (1) passed his previous highest score of 27 in First-Class matches
--> R Joyce (1) passed his previous highest score of 51 in County Championship matches
--> R Joyce (1) passed his previous highest score of 51 in First-Class matches

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Storer hit 24 fours in his innings of 216* but was unable to continue his innings next day as Bestwick was not on the ground at start of play.

 

 

 

 

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