Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1968

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1968 represents the cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

season when the English club Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...

had been playing for ninety-seven years. In the County Championship

County Championship

The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...

, they won six matches to finish eighth in their sixty-fourth season in the Championship. They were eliminated in round 2 of the Gillette Cup.

1968 season

Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, one match against Cambridge University, and one against the touring Australians

Australian cricket team in England in 1968

The Australian cricket team toured England in the 1968 season to play a five-match Test series against England for The Ashes.Australia retained The Ashes after the series was drawn 1-1.-Test series summary:* at Old Trafford – Australia won by 159 runs...

. They won six first class matches altogether. Derek Morgan was in his fourth season as captain and was top scorer. Harold 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...

took most wickets.

First Class

{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
|01 May 1968
| 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...

County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| 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...

6-30
|-
|2
|08 May 1968
| 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...

FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Underwood 6-54; 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...

5-39
|-
|3
|11 May 1968
| 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...

Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|4
|15 May 1968
| 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="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| 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...

6-25
|-
|5
| 19 May 1968
| 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...

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...

County Ground, Hove
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 5 wickets
| 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...

5-99
|-
|7
|29 May 1968
| Sussex

Sussex County Cricket Club

Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| 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...

5-31 and 6-89; Snow 5-34
|-
|8
|01 Jun 1968
| 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...

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...

Chester Road North Ground, Kidderminster
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 21 runs
| Holder 5-21; 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...

5-37
|-
|10
|08 Jun 1968
| Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire County Cricket Club

County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Milburn 100; 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...

5-57
|-
|11
|12 Jun 1968
| 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...

Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|12
|15 Jun 1968
| 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...

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, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 110 runs
| 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....

5-8 and 6-25
|-
|14
|22 Jun 1968
| Warwickshire

Warwickshire County Cricket Club

Edgbaston, Birmingham
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|15
|29 Jun 1968
| 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....

Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 9 wickets
| MH Page

Michael Page

Michael Harry Page is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1964 and 1975.Page was born in Blackpool. He began his career with Nottinghamshire and Lancashire, for whom he played briefly for the Second XI, though it was with Derbyshire that he was to...

100; 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...

5-42; Procter 6-43; 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...

6-57
|-
|16
|06 Jul 1968
| 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...

Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| DHK Smith

David Smith (Derbyshire cricketer)

David Henry Kilner Smith was an English cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace and off-break bowler, and an occasional wicket-keeper. Smith was born in Shipley....

99
|-
|17
|10 Jul 1968
| 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...

Recreation Ground, Bath
|Abandoned
|
|
|-
|18
|17 Jul 1968
| Lancashire

Lancashire County Cricket Club

Trafalgar Road Ground, Southport
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 124 runs
| Higgs 6-39 and 5-17; 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...

5-100; Hughes 5-46
|-
|19
|20 Jul 1968
| Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club

Surrey County Cricket Club

Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 3 wickets
| Harman 6-97 and 8-16; 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...

5-70
|-
|21
|27 Jul 1968
| 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
|
| DHK Smith

David Smith (Derbyshire cricketer)

David Henry Kilner Smith was an English cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace and off-break bowler, and an occasional wicket-keeper. Smith was born in Shipley....

117; Marner 108; 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...

5-70
|-
|22
|31 Jul 1968
| Australian cricket team in England in 1968

Australian cricket team in England in 1968

Leicestershire County Cricket Club

Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Inman 108; PE Russell

Philip Russell (cricketer)

Philip Edgar Russell is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1965 and 1985.Russell was born at Ilkeston, Derbyshire. He began playing in the Derbyshire Second XI in 1964, and made his first-class debut at the end of the 1965 season, in a victory against Nottinghamshire...

5-50
|-
|24
|10 Aug 1968
| 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...

Park Road Ground, Buxton
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 2 wickets
| MH Page

Michael Page

117; DC Morgan 103
|-
|25
|14 Aug 1968
| 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...

County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|26
|17 Aug 1968
| 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....

Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| TJP Eyre

Peter Eyre (cricketer)

5-31; B Lewis 5-57
|-
|27
|21 Aug 1968
| Middlesex

Middlesex County Cricket Club

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....

Glamorgan County Cricket Club

Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 100 runs
| A Ward

Alan Ward

Alan Ward is an English former cricketer, who played in five Tests for England from 1969 to 1976. He played for Derbyshire from 1966 to 1976, and for Leicestershire from 1977 to 1978. A fast right-arm bowler, he could, with more fortune, have been the perfect foil of his era for John Snow...

6-56
|-
|30
|31 Aug 1968
| 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...

County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| A Ward

Alan Ward

5-50
|-

Gillette Cup

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1st Round
| 25 May 1968
| Sussex

Sussex County Cricket Club

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
|-
| IR Buxton

Ian Buxton

|| 25|| 41 ||992|| 87|| 26.10 || 0 ||1 ||1 || 5|| 5|| 5.00 || 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...

|| || || || || || ||1 ||1 || 18 ||18|| 18.00|| 0
|-
| TJP Eyre

Peter Eyre (cricketer)

|| 26|| 35 || 598|| 89|| 22.14 || 0 || || || || || ||
|-
| PJK Gibbs

Peter Gibbs (cricketer)

Peter John Keith Gibbs is an English television script writer, and a former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Oxford University from 1964 to 1966, and for Derbyshire from 1966 to 1972....

|| 27|| 48 ||1259 ||90|| 27.36 || 0 ||1 ||1 || 3 ||3 || 3.00 || 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...

|| 4 ||6 ||144 ||68 || 24.00 || 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....

|| 27 ||42 ||1006 ||74*|| 30.48|| 0 ||1 ||1 || 3 ||3 || 3.00|| 0
|-
| AB Jackson

Brian Jackson (cricketer)

|| 19 ||13 || 37 ||10|| 6.16 || 0 ||1 ||1 || 3 ||3*|| || 0
|-
| CP Marks

Christopher Marks

Christopher Marks was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Derbyshire and Staffordshire during six years in the game of cricket....

||6|| 8 || 123 ||39 ||15.37 || 0 || || || || || ||
|-
| DC Morgan || 21 ||34 || 955 ||103*|| 39.79 || 1 ||1 ||1 || 2 ||2 || 2.00 || 0
|-
| MH Page

Michael Page

|| 24|| 44 ||1195 ||117 ||30.64 || 2 ||1 ||1 || 3 ||3 || 3.00 || 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...

|| 26|| 25 || 125 ||23 || 8.92 || 0 ||1 ||1 || 15 ||15 ||15.00 || 0
|-
| PE Russell

Philip Russell (cricketer)

||8 ||7 ||41 ||17*|| 6.83 || 0 || || || || || ||
|-
| DHK Smith

David Smith (Derbyshire cricketer)

David Henry Kilner Smith was an English cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace and off-break bowler, and an occasional wicket-keeper. Smith was born in Shipley....

||27 ||48 || 1347 ||117 || 29.93 || 1 ||1 ||1 || 32 ||32 || 32.00 || 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 ||29 || 401 ||41*|| 18.22 || 0 || || || || || ||
|-
| GR Stephenson || 2|| 4 || 41|| 19 ||10.25|| 0 || || || || || ||
|-
| FW Swarbrook

Frederick Swarbrook

Frederick Swarbrook is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire from 1967 to 1979 and for Griqualand West from 1972/73 to 1987/88....

|| 1|| 1 || 4|| 4* || || 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...

|| 25 ||30 || 334|| 52 ||14.52 || 0 ||1 ||1 || 1 ||1 ||1.00 || 0
|-
| A Ward

Alan Ward

|| 4 ||3 || 1 ||1* || || 0 ||1 ||1 || 0 ||0 || 0.00 || 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
|-
| IR Buxton

Ian Buxton

|| 2023 || 626 ||33|| 6-25 ||18.96 2 || 53 || 27 ||0 || ||
|-
| JR Eyre

John Eyre (cricketer, born 1944)

|| || || || || ||42 || 15|| 0 || ||
|-
| TJP Eyre

Peter Eyre (cricketer)

|| 2969 || 1438|| 45|| 5-31 ||31.95 2 || || || || ||
|-
| PJK Gibbs

Peter Gibbs (cricketer)

Peter John Keith Gibbs is an English television script writer, and a former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Oxford University from 1964 to 1966, and for Derbyshire from 1966 to 1972....

|| 149 ||77 ||2 ||2-54 ||38.50 || || || || ||
|-
| 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....

|| 36 || 17|| 0 || || || || || || ||
|-
| AB Jackson

Brian Jackson (cricketer)

|| 2738 ||987 ||46|| 4-27 ||21.45 ||18 || 3 ||0 || ||
|-
| DC Morgan || 2001 || 694 ||27 ||4-33|| 25.70 ||59 || 20 ||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...

|| 4308 ||1564 ||93 ||6-25 ||16.81 4 ||72 || 24 ||0 || ||
|-
| PE Russell

Philip Russell (cricketer)

|| 1272 ||489 ||16 ||5-50 ||30.56 1 || || || || ||
|-
| 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...

|| 5136 ||1899 ||80|| 6-57|| 23.73 7 || || || || ||
|-
| FW Swarbrook

Frederick Swarbrook

Frederick Swarbrook is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire from 1967 to 1979 and for Griqualand West from 1972/73 to 1987/88....

|| 180 || 54 ||4|| 2-10 ||13.50 || || || || ||
|-
| A Ward

Alan Ward

|| 701 ||308 ||26 ||6-56 ||11.84 2 ||7 || 1|| 0 || ||
|-
|}

Wicket Keeping

Bob Taylor

Bob Taylor (cricketer)

County Championship Catches 50, Stumping 7

Gillette Cup Catches 0, Stumping 0

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