CHRIS Rogers admitted he had never heard of George Davidson but says he now has his sights on getting the 38 more runs he needs to end the former Derbyshire batsman's 112-year-old record.

But he says even if he does become the holder of Derbyshire's all-time highest individual score, records are not really a big motivation.

"It's something to go for. I will be trying, for sure," he said.

"Things like that are nice on the side but not really important. You're just out there to bat and do as well as you can for yourself and the team.

"If those things happen, it's good but it's a bonus, I suppose."

Rogers was 237 not out overnight, chasing down Davidson's 1896 mark of 274, having seen Derbyshire safely past the follow-on target, though he says he was not happy with his own game at the beginning of the day.

"I played and missed a bit in the morning when it really was swinging and I didn't play particularly well early on," he added.

"I flashed a little bit but after a while I settled down and managed to get into the zone and that was pretty satisfying. It can be hard to do as an opener sometimes.

"I think they made the wicket so they wouldn't lose, so it was always going to be batsman-friendly.

"They set the game up to bowl us out twice, so if we avoided the follow-one it makes it very hard for them to win the game. That was the primary objective and we did that pretty easily, I thought, then we just kept batting well.

"We've played on pretty difficult wickets throughout the year and this is a good one, so the opportunity was there to cash in and fortunately I've been able to do that."