GEORGE Davidson rests easy in his grave today. He still holds the record for the highest individual score by a Derbyshire player.

Chris Rogers' bid to take the 112-year-old record from him fell short when the Australian left-hander ran out of partners on the final morning of the LV County Championship match against Warwickshire at Edgbaston.

His 248 not out slots in at third in the all-time list and is the biggest score by a Derbyshire player for 62 years, behind Pat Vaulkhard's 264 in 1946.

Hopes were high that Rogers – on the ground where Brian Lara set his world best 501 not out in 1994 – could reach 274 and beyond, if only because the pursuit of it was the only thing worth turning up for on the final day of an exceptionally dull contest.

The Derbyshire skipper started sprightly after batting for the whole of the previous day but his chances of the record dipped appreciably when Graham Wagg was caught at second slip off the sixth ball of the day and Charl Langeveldt was caught down the leg side off the seventh.

When number 11 Nayan Doshi misread a ball from leg-spinner Ian Salisbury and was bowled not offering a shot, the dream was over.

It took only 23 balls for Warwickshire to wrap up the innings at 474, giving them – for what it was worth – a lead of two runs.

Rogers added two more boundaries to his overnight haul to take him to 34 fours and one six off 335 balls in seven and three quarter hours.

This is only the 35th time a Derbyshire batsman has carried his bat through the innings of a first-class match and head of cricket John Morris was pleased but also disappointed for his captain.

"I would have loved Chris Rogers to have broken that record here and it's a shame he didn't," said Morris, who had his own brush with Davidson's record when he scored 229 against Gloucestershire in 1993.

"He needed Waggy to hang around a bit and we lost wickets quickly but it was a fantastic effort. He was on the field for every ball that was bowled in this match, which doesn't happen very often."

After the end of the Derbyshire innings, all that remained of the day was for Charl Langeveldt to add the wicket that took him to 50 in the Championship for the season and for Darren Maddy to hit a century.