f29263 cc14408	Leicestershire v Derbyshire
	County Championship 1972
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 29th, 31st July, 1st August 1972 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3); Derbyshire 7 (Batting 2, Bowling 5)
Umpires	J Arnold, WE Phillipson
Scorers	LW Barrett (Leicestershire), C Beardmore (Derbyshire)
Close of play day 1	Derbyshire (1) 59/2 (Borrington 29*, Wilkins 17*)
Close of play day 2	Derbyshire (1) 216/6 (Buxton 34*, Russell 0*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	c Taylor b Hendrick	13		34	2	-
JF Steele	c Buxton b Wilde	7		27	-	-
MEJC Norman	c Taylor b Swindell	55		144	6	-
BF Davison	lbw b Russell	29		63	5	-
PR Haywood	c sub b Russell	0		6	-	-
*+RW Tolchard	c Borrington b Swindell	30		57	4	-
JG Tolchard	lbw b Swindell	10		30	1	-
J Birkenshaw	lbw b Hendrick	0		4	-	-
GD McKenzie	c Harvey-Walker b Russell	55		82	6	-
CT Spencer	c Borrington b Hendrick	23		23	3	1
K Higgs	not out	3		41	-	-
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 260 minutes, 76.5 overs)	230
Fall of wickets:
1-18 (Steele), 2-20 (Dudleston), 3-79 (Davison), 4-81 (Haywood), 5-138 (RW Tolchard), 6-143 (Norman), 7-144 (Birkenshaw), 8-156 (JG Tolchard), 9-197 (Spencer), 10-230 (McKenzie, 76.5 ov)

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hendrick	19	1	52	3	-	-
Wilde	7	2	20	1	-	-
Buxton	8	1	30	0	-	-
Russell	19.5	4	60	3	-	-
Swindell	23	7	63	3	-	-

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Derbyshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJK Gibbs	c Steele b Spencer	11		41	-	-
AJ Borrington	c Dudleston b Birkenshaw	52		194	7	-
MH Page	lbw b Higgs	1		6	-	-
CP Wilkins	c and b Higgs	104		191	14	-
AJ Harvey-Walker	c RW Tolchard b Birkenshaw	0		1	-	-
*IR Buxton	not out	34		103	3	-
+RW Taylor	lbw b Higgs	5		15	-	-
PE Russell	not out	0		3	-	-
RS Swindell	did not bat
M Hendrick	did not bat
D Wilde	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 2 nb)	9
Total	(6 wickets, 260 minutes, 80.4 overs)	216
Fall of wickets:
1-30 (Gibbs), 2-31 (Page), 3-150 (Borrington), 4-150 (Harvey-Walker), 5-200 (Wilkins), 6-216 (Taylor)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	14	2	41	0	-	-
Higgs	20.4	6	54	3	-	-
Spencer	5	1	12	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	29	8	63	2	-	-
Steele	6	1	26	0	-	-
Davison	6	3	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> GD McKenzie (1) passed his previous highest score of 53 in County Championship matches
--> K Higgs reached 1200 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed MH Page, his 1st wicket in the Derbyshire first innings

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