f17556 cc8555	Derbyshire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1947
Venue	Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston on 18th, 19th, 20th June 1947 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Derbyshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Derbyshire won by an innings and 105 runs
Points	Derbyshire 12; Leicestershire 0
Umpires	A Mitchison, J Tranter
Close of play day 1	Derbyshire (1) 131/2 (Elliott 49*, Worthington 53*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 26/3 (Tompkin 14*, Jackson 7*)

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Derbyshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Alderman	c Walsh b Riddington	7
AF Townsend	c Walsh b Sperry	16
CS Elliott	b Jackson	69
TS Worthington	c Lester b Walsh	130			19	-
+D Smith	c Corrall b Prentice	49
GH Pope	c and b Jackson	8
AC Revill	c Howard b Walsh	18
*EJ Gothard	lbw b Walsh	1
C Gladwin	not out	9
AEG Rhodes	c Tompkin b Jackson	0
WH Copson	b Jackson	11
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 117.4 overs)	327
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-43, 3-177, 4-266, 5-279, 6-299, 7-306, 8-307, 9-308, 10-327 (117.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	27	7	61	1	-	-
Riddington	12	4	25	1	-	-
Jackson	29.4	4	76	4	-	-
Walsh	22	2	90	3	-	-
Lester	23	7	51	0	-	-
Prentice	4	1	15	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	lbw b Pope	7
FT Prentice	c Townsend b Pope	6
G Lester	b Pope	0
M Tompkin	b Pope	8
VE Jackson	b Gladwin	12
GS Watson	c Revill b Pope	12
A Riddington	c Rhodes b Pope	33
J Howard	not out	11
JE Walsh	c Elliott b Gladwin	0
+P Corrall	c Smith b Gladwin	3
J Sperry	c Elliott b Gladwin	11
Extras	(1 w)	1
Total	(all out, 42.3 overs)	104
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-10, 3-17, 4-28, 5-42, 6-68, 7-84, 8-84, 9-92, 10-104 (42.3 ov)

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Copson	11	2	31	0	-	-
Pope	16	4	30	6	-	-
Gladwin	14.3	4	38	4	-	-
Rhodes	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	c Smith b Pope	1
FT Prentice	c Pope b Copson	2
G Lester	c and b Pope	1
M Tompkin	lbw b Copson	61
VE Jackson	c and b Pope	28
GS Watson	b Pope	0
A Riddington	c Alderman b Gladwin	2
J Howard	lbw b Copson	0
JE Walsh	c Smith b Copson	15
+P Corrall	not out	1
J Sperry	b Copson	4
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 49.1 overs)	118
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-3, 3-4, 4-67, 5-67, 6-80, 7-89, 8-111, 9-114, 10-118 (49.1 ov)

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Copson	17.1	4	21	5	-	-
Pope	14	3	40	4	-	-
Rhodes	7	1	27	0	-	-
Gladwin	11	4	27	1	-	-

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Notes
--> TS Worthington (1) passed 19000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 105
--> A Riddington (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 6
--> A Riddington reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Derbyshire first innings
--> GH Pope reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> GH Pope reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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