f16151 cc7858	Northamptonshire v Derbyshire
	County Championship 1938
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 8th, 9th, 10th June 1938 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Derbyshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Derbyshire won by 94 runs
Points	Northamptonshire 0; Derbyshire 12
Umpires	JA Newman, EJ Smith
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 42/1 (Greenwood 15*, Brookes 26*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 6/1 (Nelson 2*, Davis 2*)

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Derbyshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Alderman	c James b Buswell	4
D Smith	b Timms	38
TS Worthington	c Timms b Buswell	11
LF Townsend	b Partridge	30
AF Townsend	c Nelson b Robinson	7
AEG Rhodes	lbw b Robinson	32
*RHR Buckston	b Partridge	1
+H Elliott	b Robinson	0
AV Pope	not out	20
TB Mitchell	c Davis b Robinson	3
WH Copson	c Brookes b Robinson	0
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 57.2 overs)	151
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-56, 3-56, 4-95, 5-95, 6-97, 7-98, 8-139, 9-151, 10-151 (57.2 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Buswell	15	6	34	2	-	-
Partridge	20	5	55	2	-	-
Timms	8	3	14	1	-	-
Robinson	13.2	0	37	5	-	-
Nelson	1	0	6	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RP Nelson	c Alderman b Copson	0
HW Greenwood	b Mitchell	21
D Brookes	b Copson	26
JE Timms	b Copson	2
FN Grimshaw	b Copson	7
+KC James	c Smith b Pope	0
CP Davis	b Copson	0
RJ Partridge	c Elliott b Pope	3
MEF Dunkley	c Elliott b Mitchell	6
JE Buswell	c Smith b Mitchell	8
AG Robinson	not out	1
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 43.5 overs)	76
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-42, 3-44, 4-56, 5-57, 6-58, 7-61, 8-61, 9-75, 10-76 (43.5 ov)

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Copson	16	5	26	5	-	-
Pope	20	8	28	2	-	-
Rhodes	2	0	7	0	-	-
Mitchell	5.5	1	13	3	-	-

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Derbyshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Alderman	b Partridge	2
D Smith	b Buswell	16
TS Worthington	c Robinson b Partridge	66
LF Townsend	b Partridge	103
AF Townsend	not out	68
AEG Rhodes	c Robinson b Timms	2
AV Pope	b Timms	3
+H Elliott	b Timms	3
TB Mitchell	not out	9
*RHR Buckston	did not bat
WH Copson	did not bat
Extras	(11 b, 2 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	16
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 104 overs)	288
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-26, 3-146, 4-229, 5-248, 6-264, 7-268

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Buswell	21	2	69	1	-	-
Partridge	27	7	39	3	-	-
Timms	15	0	44	3	-	-
Robinson	17	1	53	0	-	-
Nelson	16	5	24	0	-	-
Grimshaw	8	0	43	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RP Nelson	c Elliott b Copson	3
HW Greenwood	b Copson	0
CP Davis	b Pope	2
D Brookes	c Pope b Copson	32
JE Timms	c and b Pope	77
FN Grimshaw	b Mitchell	0
+KC James	not out	105
RJ Partridge	lbw b Mitchell	31
MEF Dunkley	b Copson	5
JE Buswell	st Elliott b Mitchell	0
AG Robinson	c sub b Mitchell	4
Extras	(10 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 88 overs)	269
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-6, 3-8, 4-102, 5-103, 6-141, 7-242, 8-248, 9-253, 10-269 (88 ov)

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Copson	27	6	70	4	-	-
Pope	26	4	71	2	-	-
Rhodes	6	3	15	0	-	-
Mitchell	19	1	80	4	-	-
LF Townsend	5	0	16	0	-	-
Worthington	5	3	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> D Smith (2) passed 13500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> LF Townsend (2) passed 18000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 100
--> AF Townsend (2) passed his previous highest score of 50 in First-Class matches
--> AF Townsend (2) passed his previous highest score of 50 in County Championship matches
--> KC James (2) passed his previous highest score of 88 in County Championship matches
--> KC James (2) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> HW Greenwood made his debut for Northamptonshire in County Championship matches
--> AG Robinson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Derbyshire first innings (previous best was 3-50)
--> AG Robinson achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Derbyshire first innings
--> RJ Partridge reached 400 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Derbyshire first innings
--> AG Robinson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Derbyshire first innings (previous best was 3-50)
--> AG Robinson achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Derbyshire first innings
--> TB Mitchell reached 1300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> WH Copson reached 600 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings
--> WH Copson reached 550 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings

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There was no play on the first day until 2.30pm.
LF Townsend 103, one 6 and twelve 4's in 190 minutes.
KC James 105*, fourteen 4's, in 120 minutes. It was his first hundred for the county.