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| Venue | Grace Road, Leicester on 19th, 20th, 21st May 1976 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Leicestershire 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Derbyshire 4 (Batting 1, Bowling 3) |
| Umpires | R Julian, DO Oslear |
| Scorers | LW Barratt (Leicestershire), C Beardmore (Derbyshire) |
| Close of play day 1 | Leicestershire (1) 236/5 (Tolchard 13*, Birkenshaw 4*; 77 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | Derbyshire (1) 35/2 (Barlow 14*, Morris 7*; 12.5 overs) |
| Leicestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| B Dudleston | c Russell b Barlow | 8 | 30 | - | - | ||
| JF Steele | lbw b Hendrick | 0 | 3 | - | - | ||
| JC Balderstone | c Taylor b Ward | 83 | 239 | 9 | - | ||
| BF Davison | c Sharpe b Russell | 106 | 202 | 12 | - | ||
| *R Illingworth | b Russell | 5 | 37 | - | - | ||
| +RW Tolchard | not out | 46 | 4 | - | |||
| J Birkenshaw | c Taylor b Hendrick | 13 | 57 | 1 | - | ||
| PB Clift | c Morris b Ward | 4 | 6 | 1 | - | ||
| NM McVicker | c Taylor b Ward | 14 | 39 | 1 | - | ||
| P Booth | not out | 6 | - | - | |||
| K Higgs | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (9 b, 2 lb, 10 nb) | 21 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 376 minutes, 98 overs) | 306 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1 (Steele), 2-14 (Dudleston), 3-208 (Davison), 4-212 (Balderstone), 5-228 (Illingworth), 6-247 (Birkenshaw), 7-253 (Clift), 8-288 (McVicker) | |||||||
| Derbyshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hendrick | 25 | 2 | 66 | 2 | - | - | |
| Ward | 27 | 5 | 82 | 3 | - | 9 | |
| Barlow | 16 | 2 | 49 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Russell | 18 | 5 | 44 | 2 | - | - | |
| Miller | 8 | 1 | 32 | 0 | - | - | |
| Swarbrook | 4 | 2 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Derbyshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PJ Sharpe | c Higgs b Clift | 10 | 31 | 1 | - | ||
| A Hill | b Higgs | 3 | 18 | - | - | ||
| EJ Barlow | lbw b Steele | 39 | 84 | 3 | 2 | ||
| A Morris | c Higgs b Steele | 14 | 77 | 1 | - | ||
| AJ Borrington | c Steele b Birkenshaw | 3 | 30 | - | - | ||
| G Miller | lbw b Balderstone | 50 | 145 | 3 | - | ||
| FW Swarbrook | lbw b Clift | 19 | - | - | |||
| *+RW Taylor | c and b Higgs | 30 | 52 | 3 | - | ||
| PE Russell | b Clift | 2 | 23 | - | - | ||
| A Ward | b Clift | 1 | 10 | - | - | ||
| M Hendrick | not out | 2 | 7 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (4 b, 3 lb, 2 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 281 minutes, 96.4 overs) | 182 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6 (Hill), 2-24 (Sharpe), 3-54 (Morris), 4-69 (Barlow), 5-77 (Borrington), 6-135 (Swarbrook), 7-155 (Miller), 8-179 (Taylor), 9-179 (Russell), 10-182 (Ward, 96.4 ov) | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Booth | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Higgs | 12 | 5 | 24 | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Clift | 17.4 | 5 | 35 | 4 | - | - | |
| Steele | 24 | 11 | 49 | 2 | - | - | |
| Birkenshaw | 13 | 7 | 23 | 1 | - | - | |
| Illingworth | 17 | 8 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Balderstone | 10 | 3 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
| Leicestershire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| B Dudleston | c Russell b Miller | 20 | 63 | 2 | - | ||
| JF Steele | c Swarbrook b Miller | 19 | 52 | 2 | - | ||
| JC Balderstone | b Swarbrook | 5 | 19 | - | - | ||
| BF Davison | not out | 6 | 11 | 1 | - | ||
| *R Illingworth | not out | 0 | 2 | - | - | ||
| +RW Tolchard | did not bat | ||||||
| J Birkenshaw | did not bat | ||||||
| PB Clift | did not bat | ||||||
| NM McVicker | did not bat | ||||||
| P Booth | did not bat | ||||||
| K Higgs | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 nb, 1 w) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 22 overs) | 52 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-39 (Steele), 2-46 (Dudleston), 3-52 (Balderstone) | |||||||
| Derbyshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hendrick | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | - | |
| Ward | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Miller | 7 | 3 | 18 | 2 | - | - | |
| Swarbrook | 7 | 3 | 13 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> EJ Barlow (1) passed his previous highest score of 29 in County Championship matches
--> G Miller (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 33
--> K Higgs reached 1350 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed RW Taylor, his 2nd wicket in the Derbyshire first innings
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