f13393 cc6159	Derbyshire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1931
Venue	County Ground, Derby on 2nd, 4th, 5th May 1931 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Derbyshire 5; Leicestershire 3
Umpires	RD Burrows, A Dolphin
Close of play day 1	Derbyshire (1) 6/0 (Storer 1*, Smith 4*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 26/0 (Dawson 12*, Shipman 14*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*EW Dawson	b Worthington	8
AW Shipman	run out	23
GL Berry	b Lee	59
NF Armstrong	st Elliott b Mitchell	6
H Riley	b Mitchell	3
JC Bradshaw	b Townsend	22
WE Astill	lbw b Mitchell	24
G Geary	b Lee	15
CAR Coleman	c Smith b Townsend	23
+TE Sidwell	c Smith b Mitchell	10
HC Snary	not out	9
Extras	(9 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 141.4 overs)	216
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-52, 3-64, 4-80, 5-129, 6-131, 7-163, 8-185, 9-199, 10-216 (141.4 ov)

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Slater	29	12	42	0	-	-
Worthington	29	11	38	1	-	-
Mitchell	42.4	22	56	4	-	-
Townsend	26	9	44	2	-	-
Lee	15	6	22	2	-	-

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Derbyshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Storer	st Sidwell b Geary	34
D Smith	c Geary b Astill	42
AE Alderman	lbw b Shipman	19
GM Lee	c Dawson b Astill	15
LF Townsend	b Astill	18
*AW Richardson	c Bradshaw b Geary	22
TS Worthington	st Sidwell b Geary	10
JM Hutchinson	c Sidwell b Geary	0
AG Slater	lbw b Snary	26
+H Elliott	not out	13
TB Mitchell	b Astill	0
Extras	(13 b, 12 lb)	25
Total	(all out, 125.4 overs)	224
Fall of wickets:
1-65, 2-103, 3-121, 4-137, 5-157, 6-178, 7-178, 8-183, 9-223, 10-224 (125.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shipman	20	10	30	1	-	-
Geary	35	16	50	4	-	-
Coleman	4	1	17	0	-	-
Snary	25	8	39	1	-	-
Astill	37.4	12	61	4	-	-
Armstrong	4	2	2	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*EW Dawson	c Lee b Slater	43
AW Shipman	c and b Slater	16
GL Berry	b Worthington	36
NF Armstrong	lbw b Worthington	8
H Riley	lbw b Storer	44
JC Bradshaw	not out	48
WE Astill	not out	9
G Geary	did not bat
CAR Coleman	did not bat
+TE Sidwell	did not bat
HC Snary	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 110 overs)	207
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-85, 3-102, 4-105, 5-189

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Slater	20	10	39	2	-	-
Worthington	20	5	42	2	-	-
Mitchell	21	7	41	0	-	-
Townsend	20	9	19	0	-	-
Lee	14	2	25	0	-	-
Storer	8	1	27	1	-	-
Smith	7	2	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> NF Armstrong (1) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 3
--> D Smith (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> H Elliott (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 4
--> G Geary reached 1050 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Derbyshire first innings

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