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FACTFILE 2003
County Championship Matches
Yorkshire versus Derbyshire at Headingley
1) Derbyshire’s win by 166 runs is their biggest win by a runs margin versus Yorkshire - previous best was by 144 runs at Chesterfield in 1990
2) It is only the eighth time Derbyshire have won a Championship match in Yorkshire in 99 matches - and the fourth time at Headingley in 17 visits. (One other match, at Sheffield in 1894, was also won by Derbyshire but this was a non-championship fixture)
3) The Derbyshire first innings total of 422 is their highest at Headingley - previous best was 340 for 7 dec in 1956
4) The partnership of 159 between Steven Sutton and Dominic Cork is now the record 6th wicket partnership for Derbyshire versus Yorkshire - previous best 130 by L F Townsend and G H Pope at Scarborough in 1947
5) Steven Sutton’s 127 is the first century for Derbyshire at Headingley since M H Page scored 109 in 1969
6) Ryan Sidebottom’s 7 for 97 is his career best bowling in an innings - previous best 6 for 16 versus Kent at Headingley in 2000
7) It is the best bowling performance for Yorkshire versus Derbyshire at Headingley since Wilfred Rhodes took 7 for 19 in 1914
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