f15948 cc7785	Leicestershire v Derbyshire
	County Championship 1937
Venue	Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch on 25th, 26th, 27th August 1937 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Derbyshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Derbyshire won by 32 runs
Points	Leicestershire 0; Derbyshire 15
Umpires	LC Braund, EJ Smith
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 108 all out
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 205/1 (Prentice 118*, Armstrong 4*)

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Derbyshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Smith	b Flamson	13
AE Alderman	st Dawkes b Astill	64
TS Worthington	lbw b Flamson	13
LF Townsend	c Dawkes b Flamson	37
AF Skinner	b Flamson	12
GH Pope	c Dawkes b Flamson	4
AV Pope	lbw b Astill	36
*RHR Buckston	b Flamson	7
+H Elliott	c Dawkes b Astill	0
TB Mitchell	lbw b Astill	4
WH Copson	not out	5
Extras	(12 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 77.4 overs)	213
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-34, 3-110, 4-128, 5-132, 6-180, 7-199, 8-199, 9-207, 10-213 (77.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Flamson	20	4	50	6	-	-
Smith	19	6	51	0	-	-
Geary	19	3	39	0	-	-
Astill	15.4	2	44	4	-	-
Prentice	4	0	11	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	b AV Pope	24
FT Prentice	b AV Pope	4
NF Armstrong	lbw b AV Pope	8
GS Watson	run out	47
*MS Packe	b Mitchell	2
AP Thompson	b Copson	0
G Geary	b Copson	0
WE Astill	b Mitchell	2
HA Smith	not out	16
+GO Dawkes	run out	2
WH Flamson	b GH Pope	1
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 37.4 overs)	108
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-25, 3-41, 4-54, 5-59, 6-59, 7-72, 8-94, 9-102, 10-108 (37.4 ov)

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Copson	10	3	29	2	-	-
AV Pope	12	1	27	3	-	-
Mitchell	14	5	46	2	-	-
GH Pope	1.4	0	4	1	-	-

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Derbyshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Smith	c Astill b Prentice	52
AE Alderman	b Flamson	3
TS Worthington	c and b Prentice	50
LF Townsend	c Dawkes b Flamson	7
AF Skinner	b Smith	34
GH Pope	run out	0
AV Pope	c Smith b Prentice	86
*RHR Buckston	c and b Prentice	38
+H Elliott	not out	34
TB Mitchell	not out	11
WH Copson	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb)	5
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 80 overs)	320
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-94, 3-111, 4-123, 5-139, 6-170, 7-262, 8-285

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Flamson	22	3	71	2	-	-
Smith	15	0	62	1	-	-
Geary	15	3	47	0	-	-
Astill	8	0	40	0	-	-
Prentice	20	2	95	4	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	b Worthington	76
FT Prentice	b Copson	131
NF Armstrong	c Worthington b GH Pope	88
GS Watson	b GH Pope	24
*MS Packe	c Copson b Mitchell	0
AP Thompson	st Elliott b Mitchell	5
G Geary	c Elliott b Townsend	36
WE Astill	b GH Pope	14
HA Smith	c Copson b Townsend	2
+GO Dawkes	not out	8
WH Flamson	b GH Pope	0
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 124 overs)	393
Fall of wickets:
1-165, 2-226, 3-265, 4-266, 5-276, 6-335, 7-362, 8-367, 9-393, 10-393 (124 ov)

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Copson	20	2	58	1	-	-
AV Pope	22	5	51	0	-	-
Mitchell	39	5	174	2	-	-
GH Pope	21	6	45	4	-	-
Worthington	8	2	25	1	-	-
Townsend	14	2	31	2	-	-

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Notes
--> D Smith (1) passed 13000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 1
--> GL Berry (1) passed 18500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 11
--> AP Thompson made his debut in first-class matches
--> AP Thompson made his debut in County Championship matches
--> LF Townsend (2) passed 15000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 3
--> AV Pope (2) equalled his previous highest score of 86 in first-class matches
--> AV Pope (2) equalled his previous highest score of 86 in County Championship matches
--> RHR Buckston (2) passed his previous highest score of 25 in County Championship matches
--> RHR Buckston (2) passed his previous highest score of 25 in first-class matches
--> GL Berry (2) passed 17000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 32
--> GS Watson (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 3
--> WE Astill reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Derbyshire first innings
--> WH Flamson reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Derbyshire first innings
--> WH Flamson reached 50 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Derbyshire first innings
--> WH Flamson reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Derbyshire first innings
--> WE Astill reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Derbyshire first innings
--> WH Flamson reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 6th wicket in the Derbyshire first innings
--> AV Pope reached 350 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> FT Prentice reached 50 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Derbyshire second innings

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