Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1963
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Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1963 was the cricket
season when the English club Derbyshire
had been playing for ninety-two years. It was their fifty-ninth season in the County Championship
and they won two championship matches and lost fourteen to finish seventeenth in the County Championship. It was the first season in which the Gillette Cup was played, and Derbyshire reached the quarter finals.
and one match against Cambridge University. They won three first class matches, lost fifteen matches and drew thirteen matches. The won their first round match in the Gillette Cup, but lost in the Quarter Final. Charles Lee
was captain and scored most runs. Harold Rhodes
took most wickets for the club.
There were several new players in the Derbyshire team. Brian Jackson
made a large contribution with his bowling over six seasons. John Harvey
played for another ten years and John Eyre
for five. Roger de Ville
appeared twice in the season and once in the following season.
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
|08 May 1963
| Surrey
Kennington Oval
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 6 runs
| Edrich 125
|-
|2
|11 May 1963
| Gloucestershire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 4 wickets
| Brown 6-48 and 7-48
|-
|3
|15 May 1963
| Somerset
Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 80 runs
| Wright 151
|-
|4
|18 May 1963
| Worcestershire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Coldwell 6-43
|-
|5
|25 May 1963
| Glamorgan
St Helen's, Swansea
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| C Lee
104; Oates 99; Oressdee 6-58
|-
|6
|29 May 1963
| Essex
Gidea Park Sports Ground, Romford
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 80 runs
| Knight 5-46
|-
|7
|01 Jun 1963
| Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 10 wickets
| Horner 102; Hitchcock 106; Barber 6-74
|-
|8
|05 Jun 1963
| Northamptonshire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 4 wickets
| IW Hall
136; HL Jackson
6-69
|-
|9
|08 Jun 1963
| Yorkshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 56 runs
| Padgett 142; Sharpe 136; Nicholson 6-36
|-
|10
|15 Jun 1963
| Lancashire
Aigburth, Liverpool
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Statham 5-45
|-
|11
|19 Jun 1963
| Glamorgan
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 7 wickets
| Shepherd 7-49
|-
|12
|22 Jun 1963
| Leicestershire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|13
|29 Jun 1963
| Cambridge University
Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Hutton 8-50
|-
|14
|03 Jul 1963
| Middlesex
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Moss 5-47
|-
|15
|06 Jul 1963
| Pakistan Eaglets
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 8 wickets
| DC Morgan 113; Iqbal 5-103; HL Jackson
7-56
|-
|16
|13 Jul 1963
| Worcestershire
County Ground, New Road, Worcester
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 101 runs
| Graveney 100; Flavell 6-46; HL Jackson
5-53
|-
|17
|17 Jul 1963
| West Indies
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 135 runs
|
|-
|18
|20 Jul 1963
| Nottinghamshire
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Hill 134
|-
|19
|24 Jul 1963
| Sussex
Central Recreation Ground, Hastings
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 13 runs
| Snow 6-52; Thomson 7-31; HJ Rhodes
6-22
|-
|20
|27 Jul 1963
| Northamptonshire
County Ground, Northampton
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 53 runs
| Ramsamooj 132; Larter 5-62
|-
|21
|31 Jul 1963
| Sussex
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| DB Carr
136
|-
|22
|03 Aug 1963
| Warwickshire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 9 wickets
| M Smith 144; Edmonds 5-40
|-
|23
|07 Aug 1963
| Yorkshire
Headingley, Leeds
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 7 wickets
|
|-
|24
|10 Aug 1963
| Somerset
Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 192 runs
| Doughty 6-58 and 5-44
|-
|25
|14 Aug 1963
| Kent
Cheriton Road Sports Ground, Folkestone
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Nicholls 211; Harvey 103
|-
|26
|17 Aug 1963
| Lancashire
Park Road Ground, Buxton
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Grieves 114; Statham 6-28
|-
|27
|21 Aug 1963
| Surrey
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Sydenham 5-31 and 6-47
|-
|28
|24 Aug 1963
| Hampshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 144 runs
| HJ Rhodes
5-41
|-
|29
|28 Aug 1963
| Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 8 wickets
| Bolus 136; Corran 5-55
|-
|30
|31 Aug 1963
| Leicestershire
Grace Road, Leicester
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|31
|04 Sep 1963
| Middlesex
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1st Round
|22 May 1963
| Hampshire
Dean Park, Bournemouth
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 6 runs
|
|-
|Quarter final
|12 Jun 1963
| Lancashire
Old Trafford, Manchester
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 5 wickets
|
|-
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!rowspan=2|Name
!colspan=6|County Championship
!colspan=6|Gillette Cup
|-
!M
!I
!Runs
!HS
!Ave
!100
!M
!I
!Runs
!HS
!Ave
!100
|-
| DB Carr
|| 4 || 8 || 358 || 136 || 44.75 || 1 ||1 ||1 ||11 ||11 ||11.00 ||0
|-
| DC Morgan || 23 || 38 || 877 || 82 || 25.79 || 0 ||1 ||1 ||59 ||59* || ||0
|-
| C Lee
|| 26 || 45 || 1147 || 104 || 25.48 || 1 ||1 ||1 ||0 || 0 ||0.00 ||0
|-
| WF Oates
|| 19 || 32 || 809 || 99 || 25.28 || 0 ||2 ||2 ||15 ||9 ||7.50 ||0
|-
| JF Harvey
||8 || 12 || 292 || 103 || 24.33 || 1 || || || || || ||
|-
| IR Buxton
|| 28 || 49 || 995 || 74* || 22.11 || 0 ||2 ||2||23 ||21 ||11.50 ||0
|-
| IW Hall
|| 22 || 40 || 739 || 136 || 18.47 || 1 ||2 ||2 ||92 ||61 ||46.00 ||0
|-
| HL Johnson
|| 27 || 48 || 803 || 72 || 18.25 ||0 ||2 ||2 ||33 ||32 ||16.50 ||0
|-
| E Smith
|| 25 || 42 || 595 || 49 || 16.08 || 0 ||2 ||2 ||30 ||28 ||15.00 ||0
|-
| D Millner
|| 10 || 17 || 203 || 46 || 12.68 || 0 ||1 ||1 ||29 ||29 ||29.00 ||0
|-
| R Swallow
|| 7 || 14 || 156 || 61 || 12.00 || 0 || || || || || ||
|-
| RT de Ville
|| 2 || 4 || 24 || 17 || 12.00 || 0 || || || || || ||
|-
| AB Jackson
|| 21 || 28 || 142 || 21 || 11.83 || 0 ||1 ||1 ||2 ||2 ||2.00 ||0
|-
| RW Taylor
|| 28 || 44 || 387 || 54 || 9.92 || 0 ||2 ||2 ||16 ||10 ||8.00 ||0
|-
| HL Jackson
|| 23 || 36 || 180 || 25 || 8.57 || 0 ||2 ||2 ||3 ||2 ||3.00 ||0
|-
| TJP Eyre
|| 9 || 16 || 131 || 19 || 8.18 || 0 ||1 ||1 ||27 ||27 ||27.00 ||0
|-
| HJ Rhodes
|| 21 || 30 || 207 || 38* || 7.96 || 0 ||1 ||1||6 ||6* || || 0
|-
| GW Richardson || 3 || 5 || 28 || 14 || 5.60 || 0 ||1 ||1 ||39 ||39 ||39.00 ||0
|-
| JR Eyre
||2 ||1||0 ||0 ||0.00 ||0 || || || || || ||
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable" width="80%"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! colspan=7| Leading first-class batsmen for Derbyshire by runs scored
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name
! Mat
! Inns
! Runs
! HS
! Ave
! 100
|-
| C Lee
|| 28 || 48 || 1202 || 104 || 25.04 || 1
|-
| IR Buxton
|| 31 || 55 || 1084 || 74* || 21.68 || 0
|-
| DC Morgan || 25 || 41 || 1039 || 113* || 28.86 || 1
|-
| WF Oates
|| 22 || 38 || 869 || 99 || 23.48 || 0
|-
| HL Johnson
|| 29 || 51 || 848 || 72 || 18.04 ||0
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable" width="80%"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! colspan=7| Leading ListA batsmen for Derbyshire by runs scored
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name
! Mat
! Inns
! Runs
! HS
! Ave
! 100
|-
| IW Hall
||2 ||2 ||92 ||61 ||46.00 ||0
|-
| DC Morgan ||1 ||1 ||59 ||59* || ||0
|-
| GW Richardson ||1 ||1 ||39 ||39 ||39.00 ||0
|-
| HL Johnson
||2 ||2 ||33 ||32 ||16.50 ||0
|-
| D Millner
||1 ||1 ||29 ||29 ||29.00 ||0
|-
|}
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!rowspan=2|Name
!colspan=5|County Championship
!colspan=5|Gillette Cup
|-
!Balls
!Runs
!Wkts
!Best
!Ave
!Balls
!Runs
!Wkts
!Best
!Ave
|-
| HL Jackson
|| 4365 || 1413 || 63 || 6-66 || 22.42 || 162 || 46 || 2 || 1-22 || 23.00
|-
| HJ Rhodes
|| 3732 || 1490 || 62 || 6-22 || 24.03 || 70 || 33 || 2 || 2-33 || 16.50
|-
| AB Jackson
|| 3472 || 1468 || 54 || 4-24 || 27.18 || 48 || 24 || 0 || ||
|-
| DC Morgan || 3101 || 1284 || 46 || 4-46 || 27.91 || 90 || 49 || 2 || 2-49 || 24.50
|-
| E Smith
|| 3108 || 1452 || 32 || 4-64 || 45.37 || 165 || 106 || 2 || 1-46 || 53.00
|-
| IR Buxton
|| 2106 || 932 || 19 || 3-54 || 49.05 || 42 || 42 || 0 || ||
|-
| GW Richardson || 444 || 172 || 7 || 3-35 || 24.57 || 90 || 64 || 2 || 2-64 || 32.00
|-
| TJP Eyre
|| 598 || 352 || 5 || 2-56 || 70.40 || 18 || 16 || 1 || 1-16 || 16.00
|-
| RT de Ville
|| 156 || 141 || 2 || 2-47 || 70.50 || || || || ||
|-
| DB Carr
|| 95 || 57 || 1 || 1-5 || 57.00 || || || || ||
|-
| HL Johnson
|| 50 || 27 || 1 || 1-2 || 27.00 || || || || ||
|-
| C Lee
|| 48 || 36 || 0 || || || || || || ||
|-
|| WF Oates
|| 54 || 36 || 0 || || || || || || ||
|-
| JR Eyre
|| 36 || 33 || 0 || || || || || || ||
|-
| D Millner
|| 12 || 12 || 0 || || || || || || ||
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable" width="80%"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! colspan=6| Leading first class bowlers for Derbyshire by wickets taken
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name
! Balls
! Runs
! Wkts
! BBI
! Ave
|-
| HJ Rhodes
|| 4420|| 1786 || 75 || 6-22 || 23.81
|-
| AB Jackson
|| 4039|| 1696 || 71 || 7-56 || 23.88
|-
| HL Jackson
|| 4665 || 1515 || 69 || 6-66 || 21.95
|-
| DC Morgan || 3287 || 1392 || 48 || 4-46 || 29.00
|-
| E Smith
|| 3405 || 1636 || 38 || 4-64 || 43.05
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable" width="80%"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! colspan=6| Leading ListA bowlers for Derbyshire by wickets taken
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name
! Balls
! Runs
! Wkts
! BBI
! Ave
|-
| HJ Rhodes
|| 70 || 33 || 2 || 2-33 || 16.50
|-
| HL Jackson
|| 162 || 46 || 2 || 1-22 || 23.00
|-
| DC Morgan || 90 || 49 || 2 || 2-49 || 24.50
|-
| GW Richardson || 90 || 64 || 2 || 2-64 || 32.00
|-
| E Smith
|| 165 || 106 || 2 || 1-46 || 53.00
|-
|}
Cricket
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season when the English club Derbyshire
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
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had been playing for ninety-two years. It was their fifty-ninth season in the County Championship
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and they won two championship matches and lost fourteen to finish seventeenth in the County Championship. It was the first season in which the Gillette Cup was played, and Derbyshire reached the quarter finals.
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and one match against Cambridge University. They won three first class matches, lost fifteen matches and drew thirteen matches. The won their first round match in the Gillette Cup, but lost in the Quarter Final. Charles Lee
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was captain and scored most runs. Harold Rhodes
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took most wickets for the club.
There were several new players in the Derbyshire team. Brian Jackson
Brian Jackson (cricketer)
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made a large contribution with his bowling over six seasons. John Harvey
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played for another ten years and John Eyre
John Eyre (cricketer, born 1944)
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for five. Roger de Ville
Roger de Ville
Roger de Ville is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1963 and 1964.De Ville was born at Uttoxeter, Staffordshire. He bagan playing for Derbyshire in 1955, when he turned out for the Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship. In the 1963 season he was...
appeared twice in the season and once in the following season.
First Class
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
|08 May 1963
| Surrey
Surrey County Cricket Club
Surrey County Cricket Club is one of the 18 professional county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Surrey. Its limited overs team is called the Surrey Lions...
Kennington Oval
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 6 runs
| Edrich 125
|-
|2
|11 May 1963
| Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Gloucestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators....
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 4 wickets
| Brown 6-48 and 7-48
|-
|3
|15 May 1963
| Somerset
Somerset County Cricket Club
Somerset County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Somerset...
Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 80 runs
| Wright 151
|-
|4
|18 May 1963
| Worcestershire
Worcestershire County Cricket Club
Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire...
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Coldwell 6-43
|-
|5
|25 May 1963
| Glamorgan
Glamorgan County Cricket Club
Glamorgan County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Glamorgan aka Glamorganshire . Glamorgan CCC is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. Glamorgan CCC have won the English County...
St Helen's, Swansea
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| C Lee
Charles Lee (cricketer)
Charles Lee was an English first-class cricketer, who played two matches for Yorkshire in 1952, one for the Minor Counties in 1953, and 268 matches for Derbyshire between 1954 and 1964...
104; Oates 99; Oressdee 6-58
|-
|6
|29 May 1963
| Essex
Essex County Cricket Club
Essex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Essex. Its limited overs team is called the Essex Eagles, their team colours this season are blue.The club plays most of its home games...
Gidea Park Sports Ground, Romford
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 80 runs
| Knight 5-46
|-
|7
|01 Jun 1963
| Warwickshire
Warwickshire County Cricket Club
Warwickshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Warwickshire. Its limited overs team is called the Warwickshire Bears. Their kit colours are black and gold and the shirt sponsor...
Edgbaston, Birmingham
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 10 wickets
| Horner 102; Hitchcock 106; Barber 6-74
|-
|8
|05 Jun 1963
| Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks. The traditional club colour is Maroon. During the...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 4 wickets
| IW Hall
Ian Hall (cricketer)
Ian William Hall is a former English cricketer and professional footballer. He played cricket for Derbyshire between 1959 and 1972, and played football for Derby County F.C. from 1959 to 1962 and for Mansfield Town F.C. from 1962 to 1968.Hall was born at Sutton Scarsdale, Derbyshire...
136; HL Jackson
Les Jackson
Les Jackson was an English cricketer. A fast or fast-medium bowler renowned for his accurate bowling and particular hostility on uncovered wickets, he played county cricket for Derbyshire from 1947 to 1963, and was regularly at, or near the top of, the English bowling averages...
6-69
|-
|9
|08 Jun 1963
| Yorkshire
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 56 runs
| Padgett 142; Sharpe 136; Nicholson 6-36
|-
|10
|15 Jun 1963
| Lancashire
Lancashire County Cricket Club
Lancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1864 as a successor to Manchester Cricket Club and has played at Old Trafford since then...
Aigburth, Liverpool
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Statham 5-45
|-
|11
|19 Jun 1963
| Glamorgan
Glamorgan County Cricket Club
Glamorgan County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Glamorgan aka Glamorganshire . Glamorgan CCC is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. Glamorgan CCC have won the English County...
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 7 wickets
| Shepherd 7-49
|-
|12
|22 Jun 1963
| Leicestershire
Leicestershire County Cricket Club
Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Leicestershire. It has also been representative of the county of Rutland....
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|13
|29 Jun 1963
| Cambridge University
Cambridge University Cricket Club
Cambridge University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team. It now plays all but one of its first-class cricket matches as part of the Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence , which includes Anglia Ruskin University...
Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Hutton 8-50
|-
|14
|03 Jul 1963
| Middlesex
Middlesex County Cricket Club
Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Middlesex. It was announced in February 2009 that Middlesex changed their limited overs name from the Middlesex Crusaders, to the...
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Moss 5-47
|-
|15
|06 Jul 1963
| Pakistan Eaglets
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 8 wickets
| DC Morgan 113; Iqbal 5-103; HL Jackson
Les Jackson
Les Jackson was an English cricketer. A fast or fast-medium bowler renowned for his accurate bowling and particular hostility on uncovered wickets, he played county cricket for Derbyshire from 1947 to 1963, and was regularly at, or near the top of, the English bowling averages...
7-56
|-
|16
|13 Jul 1963
| Worcestershire
Worcestershire County Cricket Club
Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire...
County Ground, New Road, Worcester
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 101 runs
| Graveney 100; Flavell 6-46; HL Jackson
Les Jackson
Les Jackson was an English cricketer. A fast or fast-medium bowler renowned for his accurate bowling and particular hostility on uncovered wickets, he played county cricket for Derbyshire from 1947 to 1963, and was regularly at, or near the top of, the English bowling averages...
5-53
|-
|17
|17 Jul 1963
| West Indies
West Indian cricket team in England in 1963
The West Indian cricket team in England in 1963 played 30 first-class matches of which they won 15, lost 2 and drew 13. West Indies played five Tests and won the series against England by three matches to one, with one game drawn....
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 135 runs
|
|-
|18
|20 Jul 1963
| Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Nottinghamshire, and the current county champions. Its limited overs team is called the Nottinghamshire Outlaws...
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Hill 134
|-
|19
|24 Jul 1963
| Sussex
Sussex County Cricket Club
Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Sussex. The club was founded as a successor to Brighton Cricket Club which was a representative of the county of Sussex as a...
Central Recreation Ground, Hastings
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 13 runs
| Snow 6-52; Thomson 7-31; HJ Rhodes
Harold Rhodes (cricketer)
Harold James Rhodes, sometimes called Dusty Rhodes is an English former cricketer, who played for England in 1959, for Derbyshire between 1953 and 1975, and for the MCC between 1959 and 1963...
6-22
|-
|20
|27 Jul 1963
| Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks. The traditional club colour is Maroon. During the...
County Ground, Northampton
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 53 runs
| Ramsamooj 132; Larter 5-62
|-
|21
|31 Jul 1963
| Sussex
Sussex County Cricket Club
Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Sussex. The club was founded as a successor to Brighton Cricket Club which was a representative of the county of Sussex as a...
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| DB Carr
Donald Carr
Donald Bryce Carr is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1946 to 1967, for Oxford University from 1948 to 1951, and twice for England in 1951/52. He captained Derbyshire between 1955 and 1962, and scored over 10,000 runs for the county...
136
|-
|22
|03 Aug 1963
| Warwickshire
Warwickshire County Cricket Club
Warwickshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Warwickshire. Its limited overs team is called the Warwickshire Bears. Their kit colours are black and gold and the shirt sponsor...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 9 wickets
| M Smith 144; Edmonds 5-40
|-
|23
|07 Aug 1963
| Yorkshire
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
Headingley, Leeds
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 7 wickets
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|24
|10 Aug 1963
| Somerset
Somerset County Cricket Club
Somerset County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Somerset...
Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 192 runs
| Doughty 6-58 and 5-44
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|25
|14 Aug 1963
| Kent
Kent County Cricket Club
Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...
Cheriton Road Sports Ground, Folkestone
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
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| Nicholls 211; Harvey 103
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|26
|17 Aug 1963
| Lancashire
Lancashire County Cricket Club
Lancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1864 as a successor to Manchester Cricket Club and has played at Old Trafford since then...
Park Road Ground, Buxton
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Grieves 114; Statham 6-28
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|27
|21 Aug 1963
| Surrey
Surrey County Cricket Club
Surrey County Cricket Club is one of the 18 professional county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Surrey. Its limited overs team is called the Surrey Lions...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Sydenham 5-31 and 6-47
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|28
|24 Aug 1963
| Hampshire
Hampshire County Cricket Club
Hampshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Hampshire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1863 as a successor to the Hampshire county cricket teams and has played at the Antelope Ground from then until 1885, before moving to the County Ground where it...
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 144 runs
| HJ Rhodes
Harold Rhodes (cricketer)
Harold James Rhodes, sometimes called Dusty Rhodes is an English former cricketer, who played for England in 1959, for Derbyshire between 1953 and 1975, and for the MCC between 1959 and 1963...
5-41
|-
|29
|28 Aug 1963
| Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Nottinghamshire, and the current county champions. Its limited overs team is called the Nottinghamshire Outlaws...
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 8 wickets
| Bolus 136; Corran 5-55
|-
|30
|31 Aug 1963
| Leicestershire
Leicestershire County Cricket Club
Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Leicestershire. It has also been representative of the county of Rutland....
Grace Road, Leicester
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|31
|04 Sep 1963
| Middlesex
Middlesex County Cricket Club
Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Middlesex. It was announced in February 2009 that Middlesex changed their limited overs name from the Middlesex Crusaders, to the...
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
Gillette Cup
{| class="wikitable" width="70%"! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1st Round
|22 May 1963
| Hampshire
Hampshire County Cricket Club
Hampshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Hampshire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1863 as a successor to the Hampshire county cricket teams and has played at the Antelope Ground from then until 1885, before moving to the County Ground where it...
Dean Park, Bournemouth
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 6 runs
|
|-
|Quarter final
|12 Jun 1963
| Lancashire
Lancashire County Cricket Club
Lancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1864 as a successor to Manchester Cricket Club and has played at Old Trafford since then...
Old Trafford, Manchester
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 5 wickets
|
|-
Competition batting averages
{| class="wikitable " width="100%"|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!rowspan=2|Name
!colspan=6|County Championship
County Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...
!colspan=6|Gillette Cup
|-
!M
!I
!Runs
!HS
!Ave
!100
!M
!I
!Runs
!HS
!Ave
!100
|-
| DB Carr
Donald Carr
Donald Bryce Carr is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1946 to 1967, for Oxford University from 1948 to 1951, and twice for England in 1951/52. He captained Derbyshire between 1955 and 1962, and scored over 10,000 runs for the county...
|| 4 || 8 || 358 || 136 || 44.75 || 1 ||1 ||1 ||11 ||11 ||11.00 ||0
|-
| DC Morgan || 23 || 38 || 877 || 82 || 25.79 || 0 ||1 ||1 ||59 ||59* || ||0
|-
| C Lee
Charles Lee (cricketer)
Charles Lee was an English first-class cricketer, who played two matches for Yorkshire in 1952, one for the Minor Counties in 1953, and 268 matches for Derbyshire between 1954 and 1964...
|| 26 || 45 || 1147 || 104 || 25.48 || 1 ||1 ||1 ||0 || 0 ||0.00 ||0
|-
| WF Oates
William Oates
William Farrand Oates was an English first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire in 1956, and for Derbyshire from 1959 to 1965....
|| 19 || 32 || 809 || 99 || 25.28 || 0 ||2 ||2 ||15 ||9 ||7.50 ||0
|-
| JF Harvey
John Harvey (cricketer)
John Frank Harvey was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for MCC from 1961 to 1967 and for Derbyshire from 1963 to 1972....
||8 || 12 || 292 || 103 || 24.33 || 1 || || || || || ||
|-
| IR Buxton
Ian Buxton
Ian Ray Buxton was an English footballer and cricketer. He played football for four English League clubs between 1959 and 1970, and cricket for Derbyshire from 1959 to 1973, being captain between 1970 and 1972....
|| 28 || 49 || 995 || 74* || 22.11 || 0 ||2 ||2||23 ||21 ||11.50 ||0
|-
| IW Hall
Ian Hall (cricketer)
Ian William Hall is a former English cricketer and professional footballer. He played cricket for Derbyshire between 1959 and 1972, and played football for Derby County F.C. from 1959 to 1962 and for Mansfield Town F.C. from 1962 to 1968.Hall was born at Sutton Scarsdale, Derbyshire...
|| 22 || 40 || 739 || 136 || 18.47 || 1 ||2 ||2 ||92 ||61 ||46.00 ||0
|-
| HL Johnson
Laurie Johnson (cricketer)
Hubert Laurence Johnson is a West Indies born cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1949 and 1966. He scored over 14,000 runs for the club in the first-class game.Johnson was born at Pine Hill, St Michael, Barbados...
|| 27 || 48 || 803 || 72 || 18.25 ||0 ||2 ||2 ||33 ||32 ||16.50 ||0
|-
| E Smith
Edwin Smith (cricketer)
Edwin Smith is a former county cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1951 and 1971 and took over 1200 wickets.Smith was born in Grassmoor, Derbyshire...
|| 25 || 42 || 595 || 49 || 16.08 || 0 ||2 ||2 ||30 ||28 ||15.00 ||0
|-
| D Millner
David Millner
David Millner is a former English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1960 and 1964.Millner was born in Dove Holes, Derbyshire. He played his first game for Derbyshire Club and Ground in 1954 at the age of 16 and played for the Second XI in the Minor Counties...
|| 10 || 17 || 203 || 46 || 12.68 || 0 ||1 ||1 ||29 ||29 ||29.00 ||0
|-
| R Swallow
Ray Swallow
Raymond Swallow is a former English cricketer and footballer. He played football for Arsenal between 1955 and 1957 and cricket for MCC in 1957...
|| 7 || 14 || 156 || 61 || 12.00 || 0 || || || || || ||
|-
| RT de Ville
Roger de Ville
Roger de Ville is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1963 and 1964.De Ville was born at Uttoxeter, Staffordshire. He bagan playing for Derbyshire in 1955, when he turned out for the Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship. In the 1963 season he was...
|| 2 || 4 || 24 || 17 || 12.00 || 0 || || || || || ||
|-
| AB Jackson
Brian Jackson (cricketer)
Albert Brian Jackson is a former English cricketer. who played for Derbyshire from 1963 to 1968 and for MCC in 1967.Jackson was born Kettleshulme, Cheshire. He started his career in the Derbyshire Second XI in the 1961 season, debuting in an innings-victory against Nottinghamshire in Epperstone...
|| 21 || 28 || 142 || 21 || 11.83 || 0 ||1 ||1 ||2 ||2 ||2.00 ||0
|-
| RW Taylor
Bob Taylor (cricketer)
Robert William Taylor , known as Bob Taylor, is a former English cricketer who played as wicket-keeper for Derbyshire between 1961 and 1984 and for England between 1971 and 1984. He made 57 Test, and 639 first class cricket appearances in total, taking 1,473 catches. The 2,069 victims across his...
|| 28 || 44 || 387 || 54 || 9.92 || 0 ||2 ||2 ||16 ||10 ||8.00 ||0
|-
| HL Jackson
Les Jackson
Les Jackson was an English cricketer. A fast or fast-medium bowler renowned for his accurate bowling and particular hostility on uncovered wickets, he played county cricket for Derbyshire from 1947 to 1963, and was regularly at, or near the top of, the English bowling averages...
|| 23 || 36 || 180 || 25 || 8.57 || 0 ||2 ||2 ||3 ||2 ||3.00 ||0
|-
| TJP Eyre
Peter Eyre (cricketer)
Thomas John Peter Eyre is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1959 and 1972.Eyre was born at Brough, Derbyshire. He started playing for the Derbyshire second XI in 1955 and made his first-class debut against Cambridge University in the 1959 season, before his County...
|| 9 || 16 || 131 || 19 || 8.18 || 0 ||1 ||1 ||27 ||27 ||27.00 ||0
|-
| HJ Rhodes
Harold Rhodes (cricketer)
Harold James Rhodes, sometimes called Dusty Rhodes is an English former cricketer, who played for England in 1959, for Derbyshire between 1953 and 1975, and for the MCC between 1959 and 1963...
|| 21 || 30 || 207 || 38* || 7.96 || 0 ||1 ||1||6 ||6* || || 0
|-
| GW Richardson || 3 || 5 || 28 || 14 || 5.60 || 0 ||1 ||1 ||39 ||39 ||39.00 ||0
|-
| JR Eyre
John Eyre (cricketer, born 1944)
John Richard Eyre is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire from 1963 to 1967.Eyre was born in Glossop. He started playing for Derbyshire juniors in 1959 and was in the Derbyshire Second XI by 1961...
||2 ||1||0 ||0 ||0.00 ||0 || || || || || ||
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable" width="80%"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! colspan=7| Leading first-class batsmen for Derbyshire by runs scored
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name
! Mat
! Inns
! Runs
! HS
! Ave
Batting average
Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...
! 100
|-
| C Lee
Charles Lee (cricketer)
Charles Lee was an English first-class cricketer, who played two matches for Yorkshire in 1952, one for the Minor Counties in 1953, and 268 matches for Derbyshire between 1954 and 1964...
|| 28 || 48 || 1202 || 104 || 25.04 || 1
|-
| IR Buxton
Ian Buxton
Ian Ray Buxton was an English footballer and cricketer. He played football for four English League clubs between 1959 and 1970, and cricket for Derbyshire from 1959 to 1973, being captain between 1970 and 1972....
|| 31 || 55 || 1084 || 74* || 21.68 || 0
|-
| DC Morgan || 25 || 41 || 1039 || 113* || 28.86 || 1
|-
| WF Oates
William Oates
William Farrand Oates was an English first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire in 1956, and for Derbyshire from 1959 to 1965....
|| 22 || 38 || 869 || 99 || 23.48 || 0
|-
| HL Johnson
Laurie Johnson (cricketer)
Hubert Laurence Johnson is a West Indies born cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1949 and 1966. He scored over 14,000 runs for the club in the first-class game.Johnson was born at Pine Hill, St Michael, Barbados...
|| 29 || 51 || 848 || 72 || 18.04 ||0
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable" width="80%"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! colspan=7| Leading ListA batsmen for Derbyshire by runs scored
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name
! Mat
! Inns
! Runs
! HS
! Ave
Batting average
Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...
! 100
|-
| IW Hall
Ian Hall (cricketer)
Ian William Hall is a former English cricketer and professional footballer. He played cricket for Derbyshire between 1959 and 1972, and played football for Derby County F.C. from 1959 to 1962 and for Mansfield Town F.C. from 1962 to 1968.Hall was born at Sutton Scarsdale, Derbyshire...
||2 ||2 ||92 ||61 ||46.00 ||0
|-
| DC Morgan ||1 ||1 ||59 ||59* || ||0
|-
| GW Richardson ||1 ||1 ||39 ||39 ||39.00 ||0
|-
| HL Johnson
Laurie Johnson (cricketer)
Hubert Laurence Johnson is a West Indies born cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1949 and 1966. He scored over 14,000 runs for the club in the first-class game.Johnson was born at Pine Hill, St Michael, Barbados...
||2 ||2 ||33 ||32 ||16.50 ||0
|-
| D Millner
David Millner
David Millner is a former English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1960 and 1964.Millner was born in Dove Holes, Derbyshire. He played his first game for Derbyshire Club and Ground in 1954 at the age of 16 and played for the Second XI in the Minor Counties...
||1 ||1 ||29 ||29 ||29.00 ||0
|-
|}
Competition bowling averages
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!rowspan=2|Name
!colspan=5|County Championship
County Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...
!colspan=5|Gillette Cup
|-
!Balls
!Runs
!Wkts
!Best
!Ave
!Balls
!Runs
!Wkts
!Best
!Ave
|-
| HL Jackson
Les Jackson
Les Jackson was an English cricketer. A fast or fast-medium bowler renowned for his accurate bowling and particular hostility on uncovered wickets, he played county cricket for Derbyshire from 1947 to 1963, and was regularly at, or near the top of, the English bowling averages...
|| 4365 || 1413 || 63 || 6-66 || 22.42 || 162 || 46 || 2 || 1-22 || 23.00
|-
| HJ Rhodes
Harold Rhodes (cricketer)
Harold James Rhodes, sometimes called Dusty Rhodes is an English former cricketer, who played for England in 1959, for Derbyshire between 1953 and 1975, and for the MCC between 1959 and 1963...
|| 3732 || 1490 || 62 || 6-22 || 24.03 || 70 || 33 || 2 || 2-33 || 16.50
|-
| AB Jackson
Brian Jackson (cricketer)
Albert Brian Jackson is a former English cricketer. who played for Derbyshire from 1963 to 1968 and for MCC in 1967.Jackson was born Kettleshulme, Cheshire. He started his career in the Derbyshire Second XI in the 1961 season, debuting in an innings-victory against Nottinghamshire in Epperstone...
|| 3472 || 1468 || 54 || 4-24 || 27.18 || 48 || 24 || 0 || ||
|-
| DC Morgan || 3101 || 1284 || 46 || 4-46 || 27.91 || 90 || 49 || 2 || 2-49 || 24.50
|-
| E Smith
Edwin Smith (cricketer)
Edwin Smith is a former county cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1951 and 1971 and took over 1200 wickets.Smith was born in Grassmoor, Derbyshire...
|| 3108 || 1452 || 32 || 4-64 || 45.37 || 165 || 106 || 2 || 1-46 || 53.00
|-
| IR Buxton
Ian Buxton
Ian Ray Buxton was an English footballer and cricketer. He played football for four English League clubs between 1959 and 1970, and cricket for Derbyshire from 1959 to 1973, being captain between 1970 and 1972....
|| 2106 || 932 || 19 || 3-54 || 49.05 || 42 || 42 || 0 || ||
|-
| GW Richardson || 444 || 172 || 7 || 3-35 || 24.57 || 90 || 64 || 2 || 2-64 || 32.00
|-
| TJP Eyre
Peter Eyre (cricketer)
Thomas John Peter Eyre is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1959 and 1972.Eyre was born at Brough, Derbyshire. He started playing for the Derbyshire second XI in 1955 and made his first-class debut against Cambridge University in the 1959 season, before his County...
|| 598 || 352 || 5 || 2-56 || 70.40 || 18 || 16 || 1 || 1-16 || 16.00
|-
| RT de Ville
Roger de Ville
Roger de Ville is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1963 and 1964.De Ville was born at Uttoxeter, Staffordshire. He bagan playing for Derbyshire in 1955, when he turned out for the Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship. In the 1963 season he was...
|| 156 || 141 || 2 || 2-47 || 70.50 || || || || ||
|-
| DB Carr
Donald Carr
Donald Bryce Carr is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1946 to 1967, for Oxford University from 1948 to 1951, and twice for England in 1951/52. He captained Derbyshire between 1955 and 1962, and scored over 10,000 runs for the county...
|| 95 || 57 || 1 || 1-5 || 57.00 || || || || ||
|-
| HL Johnson
Laurie Johnson (cricketer)
Hubert Laurence Johnson is a West Indies born cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1949 and 1966. He scored over 14,000 runs for the club in the first-class game.Johnson was born at Pine Hill, St Michael, Barbados...
|| 50 || 27 || 1 || 1-2 || 27.00 || || || || ||
|-
| C Lee
Charles Lee (cricketer)
Charles Lee was an English first-class cricketer, who played two matches for Yorkshire in 1952, one for the Minor Counties in 1953, and 268 matches for Derbyshire between 1954 and 1964...
|| 48 || 36 || 0 || || || || || || ||
|-
|| WF Oates
William Oates
William Farrand Oates was an English first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire in 1956, and for Derbyshire from 1959 to 1965....
|| 54 || 36 || 0 || || || || || || ||
|-
| JR Eyre
John Eyre (cricketer, born 1944)
John Richard Eyre is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire from 1963 to 1967.Eyre was born in Glossop. He started playing for Derbyshire juniors in 1959 and was in the Derbyshire Second XI by 1961...
|| 36 || 33 || 0 || || || || || || ||
|-
| D Millner
David Millner
David Millner is a former English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1960 and 1964.Millner was born in Dove Holes, Derbyshire. He played his first game for Derbyshire Club and Ground in 1954 at the age of 16 and played for the Second XI in the Minor Counties...
|| 12 || 12 || 0 || || || || || || ||
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable" width="80%"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! colspan=6| Leading first class bowlers for Derbyshire by wickets taken
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name
! Balls
! Runs
! Wkts
! BBI
! Ave
Bowling average
Bowling average is a statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the sport of cricket.A bowler's bowling average is defined as the total number of runs conceded by the bowlers divided by the number of wickets taken by the bowler, so the lower the average the better. It is similar to earned...
|-
| HJ Rhodes
Harold Rhodes (cricketer)
Harold James Rhodes, sometimes called Dusty Rhodes is an English former cricketer, who played for England in 1959, for Derbyshire between 1953 and 1975, and for the MCC between 1959 and 1963...
|| 4420|| 1786 || 75 || 6-22 || 23.81
|-
| AB Jackson
Brian Jackson (cricketer)
Albert Brian Jackson is a former English cricketer. who played for Derbyshire from 1963 to 1968 and for MCC in 1967.Jackson was born Kettleshulme, Cheshire. He started his career in the Derbyshire Second XI in the 1961 season, debuting in an innings-victory against Nottinghamshire in Epperstone...
|| 4039|| 1696 || 71 || 7-56 || 23.88
|-
| HL Jackson
Les Jackson
Les Jackson was an English cricketer. A fast or fast-medium bowler renowned for his accurate bowling and particular hostility on uncovered wickets, he played county cricket for Derbyshire from 1947 to 1963, and was regularly at, or near the top of, the English bowling averages...
|| 4665 || 1515 || 69 || 6-66 || 21.95
|-
| DC Morgan || 3287 || 1392 || 48 || 4-46 || 29.00
|-
| E Smith
Edwin Smith (cricketer)
Edwin Smith is a former county cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1951 and 1971 and took over 1200 wickets.Smith was born in Grassmoor, Derbyshire...
|| 3405 || 1636 || 38 || 4-64 || 43.05
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable" width="80%"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! colspan=6| Leading ListA bowlers for Derbyshire by wickets taken
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name
! Balls
! Runs
! Wkts
! BBI
! Ave
Bowling average
Bowling average is a statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the sport of cricket.A bowler's bowling average is defined as the total number of runs conceded by the bowlers divided by the number of wickets taken by the bowler, so the lower the average the better. It is similar to earned...
|-
| HJ Rhodes
Harold Rhodes (cricketer)
Harold James Rhodes, sometimes called Dusty Rhodes is an English former cricketer, who played for England in 1959, for Derbyshire between 1953 and 1975, and for the MCC between 1959 and 1963...
|| 70 || 33 || 2 || 2-33 || 16.50
|-
| HL Jackson
Les Jackson
Les Jackson was an English cricketer. A fast or fast-medium bowler renowned for his accurate bowling and particular hostility on uncovered wickets, he played county cricket for Derbyshire from 1947 to 1963, and was regularly at, or near the top of, the English bowling averages...
|| 162 || 46 || 2 || 1-22 || 23.00
|-
| DC Morgan || 90 || 49 || 2 || 2-49 || 24.50
|-
| GW Richardson || 90 || 64 || 2 || 2-64 || 32.00
|-
| E Smith
Edwin Smith (cricketer)
Edwin Smith is a former county cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1951 and 1971 and took over 1200 wickets.Smith was born in Grassmoor, Derbyshire...
|| 165 || 106 || 2 || 1-46 || 53.00
|-
|}
Wicket Keeping
- Bob TaylorBob Taylor (cricketer)Robert William Taylor , known as Bob Taylor, is a former English cricketer who played as wicket-keeper for Derbyshire between 1961 and 1984 and for England between 1971 and 1984. He made 57 Test, and 639 first class cricket appearances in total, taking 1,473 catches. The 2,069 victims across his...
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- County Championship Catches 74, Stumping 2
- Gillette Cup Catches 3, Stumping 0