f4993 cc841	Leicestershire v Derbyshire
	County Championship 1898
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 15th, 16th, 17th August 1898 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by an innings and 103 runs
Points	Leicestershire 1; Derbyshire -1
Umpires	L Hall, JH Holmes
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 325/9 (Woodcock 10*)
Close of play day 2	Derbyshire (2) 3/1 (Bottom 0*, Walker 1*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CJB Wood	c Charlesworth b Davidson	80
AE Knight	c Charlesworth b Davidson	55
L Brown	c Davidson b Walker	8
HH Marriott	run out	85
S Coe	b Walker	4
*CE de Trafford	c Storer b Davidson	14
H Whitehead	st +Wright b Storer	17
F Geeson	b Sugg	32
FW Stocks	b Sugg	7
A Woodcock	b Bottom	26
+JP Whiteside	not out	4
Extras	(11 b, 3 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 137.3 overs)	346
Fall of wickets:
1-109, 2-143, 3-143, 4-154, 5-188, 6-230, 7-291, 8-311, 9-325, 10-346 (137.3 ov)

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davidson	58	19	125	3	-	-
Bottom	24.3	10	50	1	-	-
Storer	14	1	45	1	-	-
Walker	25	6	70	2	-	-
Bagshaw	7	2	21	0	-	-
Sugg	9	1	21	2	-	-

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Derbyshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LG Wright	c and b Geeson	4
*SH Evershed	st Whiteside b Geeson	22
GA Marsden	b Geeson	0
H Bagshaw	c Stocks b Geeson	15
+W Storer	c Knight b Coe	15
EM Ashcroft	c Marriott b Woodcock	60
W Sugg	c Woodcock b Coe	17
D Bottom	c Whiteside b Geeson	1
A Charlesworth	b Woodcock	6
F Davidson	not out	4
GG Walker	c Knight b Geeson	4
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 86.2 overs)	156
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-10, 3-35, 4-50, 5-91, 6-122, 7-127, 8-148, 9-149, 10-156 (86.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stocks	23	14	34	0	-	-
Geeson	36.2	15	64	6	-	-
Wood	8	3	14	0	-	-
Coe	12	4	28	2	-	-
Woodcock	7	4	8	2	-	-

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Derbyshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LG Wright	b Stocks	1
*SH Evershed	b Geeson	18
GA Marsden	b Stocks	1
H Bagshaw	c Whiteside b Geeson	0
+W Storer	not out	38
EM Ashcroft	b Geeson	2
W Sugg	c and b Stocks	0
D Bottom	c Stocks b Geeson	7
A Charlesworth	b Geeson	1
F Davidson	c Whiteside b Geeson	0
GG Walker	c Whiteside b Geeson	6
Extras	(13 b)	13
Total	(all out, 68.3 overs)	87
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-19, 3-19, 4-22, 5-58, 6-59, 7-74, 8-79, 9-82, 10-87 (68.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stocks	32.3	12	35	3	-	-
Geeson	34	12	38	7	-	-
Woodcock	2	1	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> W Storer (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 8
--> D Bottom made his debut in County Championship matches
--> GA Marsden made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> GA Marsden made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> A Woodcock reached 350 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Derbyshire first innings
--> A Woodcock reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Derbyshire first innings
--> F Geeson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Derbyshire second innings (previous best was 6-48)
--> F Geeson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Derbyshire second innings (previous best was 6-48)

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