f16350 cc8024	Leicestershire v Derbyshire
	County Championship 1938
Venue	Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch on 27th, 29th August 1938 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Derbyshire won by an innings and 49 runs
Points	Leicestershire 0; Derbyshire 12
Umpires	TW Oates, JA Smart
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 4/0 (Berry 1*, Dempster 3*)

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Derbyshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RHR Buckston	c Dawkes b Smith	12
AE Alderman	b Smith	8
TS Worthington	b Smith	106
LF Townsend	lbw b Smith	4
D Smith	b Armstrong	44
GH Pope	c and b Smith	13
AF Skinner	c Lester b Flamson	65
AV Pope	b Sperry	13
+H Elliott	c Adcock b Armstrong	25
TB Mitchell	c Dawkes b Armstrong	10
WH Copson	not out	0
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	9
Total	(all out, 96.5 overs)	309
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-62, 3-68, 4-172, 5-190, 6-196, 7-233, 8-277, 9-295, 10-309 (96.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Flamson	22.5	4	93	1	-	-
Sperry	14	2	39	1	-	-
Smith	35	11	75	5	-	-
Lester	7	0	30	0	-	-
Armstrong	18	2	63	3	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	b GH Pope	19
*CS Dempster	c Smith b Copson	10
NF Armstrong	lbw b Copson	37
FT Prentice	st Elliott b Mitchell	18
GS Watson	c and b Mitchell	3
RA Adcock	b Copson	0
+GO Dawkes	b Mitchell	7
HA Smith	not out	20
G Lester	c Alderman b Mitchell	9
WH Flamson	b Mitchell	0
J Sperry	c and b GH Pope	0
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 59.3 overs)	131
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-37, 3-66, 4-86, 5-87, 6-98, 7-104, 8-129, 9-130, 10-131 (59.3 ov)

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Copson	20	5	35	3	-	-
AV Pope	11	4	16	0	-	-
GH Pope	12.3	4	28	2	-	-
Mitchell	16	2	44	5	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	lbw b Mitchell	41
*CS Dempster	b AV Pope	10
NF Armstrong	c Buckston b AV Pope	6
FT Prentice	c Worthington b Mitchell	22
GS Watson	run out	2
RA Adcock	b Copson	11
+GO Dawkes	c Mitchell b GH Pope	0
HA Smith	c Alderman b Mitchell	16
G Lester	not out	6
WH Flamson	st Elliott b Mitchell	0
J Sperry	c Alderman b Mitchell	11
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	4
Total	(all out, 67.2 overs)	129
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-49, 3-65, 4-71, 5-86, 6-87, 7-109, 8-112, 9-113, 10-129 (67.2 ov)

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Copson	18	7	21	1	-	-
AV Pope	18	4	31	2	-	-
GH Pope	8	2	20	1	-	-
Mitchell	18.2	4	45	5	-	-
Townsend	5	1	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> AF Skinner made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> AF Skinner (1) passed 3500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 40
--> NF Armstrong (1) passed 16000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 26
--> HA Smith (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 9
--> WH Flamson reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Derbyshire first innings
--> NF Armstrong reached 100 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Derbyshire first innings
--> WH Copson reached 100 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> WH Copson reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> AV Pope reached 450 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> TB Mitchell reached 1400 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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