Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1978
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Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1978 was the cricket
season when the English club Derbyshire
had been playing for one hundred and seven years. They reached the final of the Benson & Hedges Cup
. In the County Championship
, they won three matches to finish fourteenth in their seventy fourth season in the Championship. They came eighth in the John Player League and did not progress beyond round 2 in the Gillette Cup.
Eddie Barlow
was in his second season as captain. A successful run in the Benson and Hedges cup saw Alan Hill as top scorer overall and Eddie Barlow
taking most wickets overall. However in the first class game alone, Peter Kirsten
was top scorer and Mike Hendrick
took most wickets.
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
| 03 May 1978
| Somerset
Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|2
|10 May 1978
| Lancashire
Old Trafford, Manchester
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 9 wickets
| G Miller
5-43
|-
|3
| 20 May 1978
| Pakistanis
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| JG Wright
184
|-
|4
| 24 May 1978
| Yorkshire
Abbeydale Park, Sheffield
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| AJ Borrington
137
|-
|5
| 27 May 1978
| Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 8 wickets
| Hadlee 101 and 5-25; EJ Barlow
127; Cooper 5-40
|-
|6
|31 May 1978
| Leicestershire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 10 runs
| Steele 118
|-
|7
| 03 Jun 1978
| Surrey
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 48 runs
| AJ Harvey-Walker
7-35; Pocock 5-58
|-
|8
|10 Jun 1978
| Glamorgan
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 20 runs
| PN Kirsten
206
|-
|9
|14 Jun 1978
| Gloucestershire
Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 139 runs
| Abbas 104; Proctor 122; Childs 5-24 and 6-44
|-
|10
|17 Jun 1978
| Cambridge University Cricket Club
FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Fosh 109
|-
|11
|24 Jun 1978
| Leicestershire
Grace Road, Leicester
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|12
|28 Jun 1978
| Northamptonshire
County Ground, Northampton
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 40 runs
| Cook 155; Steele 130, 6-36 and 5-39
|-
|13
|01 Jul 1978
| Sussex
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|14
|08 Jul 1978
| Kent
Mote Park, Maidstone
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 8 wickets
| Underwood 5-41 and 6-38; AJ Mellor
5-52
|-
|15
|12 Jul 1978
| Northamptonshire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| M Hendrick
5-42
|-
|16
|15 Jul 1978
| Worcestershire
County Ground, New Road, Worcester
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| A Hill 153
|-
|17
|26 Jul 1978
| Hampshire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|18
|29 Jul 1978
| Yorkshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|19
|09 Aug 1978
| Lancashire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|20
|12 Aug 1978
| Middlesex
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 77 runs
| Gatting 128; Daniel 5-42; Selvey 5-74 and 6-26
|-
|21
|19 Aug 1978
| Essex
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|22
|26 Aug 1978
| Nottinghamshire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 16 runs
| Cooper 6-32; G Miller
5-46
|-
|23
|30 Aug 1978
| Essex
Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| M Hendrick
5-32; Lever 6-55; East 5-70
|-
|24
|06 Sep 1978
| Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
| 30 Apr 1978
| Gloucestershire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| Faster rate
|
|-
|2
|07 May 1978
| Sussex
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 41 runs
|
|-
|3
| 14 May 1978
| Yorkshire
Fartown, Huddersfield
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 54 runs
|
|-
|4
|28 May 1978
| Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 2 wickets
|
|-
|5
|04 Jun 1978
| Surrey
Trent College Ground, Long Eaton
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|No result
|
|
|-
|6
|18 Jun 1978
| Hampshire
Dean Park, Bournemouth
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 43 runs
|
|-
|7
| 02 Jul 1978
| Glamorgan
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 18 runs
|
|-
|8
|09 Jul 1978
| Kent
Mote Park, Maidstone
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 15 runs
|
|-
|9
|16 Jul 1978
| Worcestershire
County Ground, New Road, Worcester
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 9 wickets
|
|-
|10
| 23 Jul 1978
| Somerset
County Ground, Derby
|Abandoned
|
|
|-
|11
|30 Jul 1978
| Northamptonshire
County Ground, Northampton
|Abandoned
|
|
|-
|12
|06 Aug 1978
| Lancashire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 7 wickets
|
|-
|13
|13 Aug 1978
| Middlesex
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 7 runs
|
|-
|14
|20 Aug 1978
| Essex
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 5 wickets
|
|-
|15
|27 Aug 1978
| Warwickshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 7 wickets
|
|-
|16
| 03 Sep 1978
| Leicestershire
Grace Road, Leicester
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 6 wickets
|
|-
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1st Round
| 05 Jul 1978
| Worcestershire
County Ground, New Road, Worcester
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 5 runs
| EJ Barlow
5-30
|-
|2nd Round
| 19 Jul 1978
| Middlesex
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 33 runs
|
|-
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
| Group A 1
|22 Apr 1978
| Warwickshire
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 66 runs
| A Hill 102
|-
| Group A 2
|29 Apr 1978
| Lancashire
Old Trafford, Manchester
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 2 wickets
|
|-
| Group A 3
|06 May 1978
| Gloucestershire
Phoenix County Ground, Bristol
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 25 runs
| EJ Barlow
6-33
|-
| Group A 4
|13 May 1978
| Minor Counties West
County Ground, Derby County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 4 wickets
|
|-
| Quarter Final
| 07 Jun 1978
| Middlesex
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 25 runs
|
|-
| Semi Final
| 21 Jun 1978
| Warwickshire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 41 runs
|
|-
| Final
| 22 Jul 1978
| Kent
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 6 wickets
|
|-
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!rowspan=2|Name
!colspan=6|County Championship
!colspan=6|John Player League
!colspan=6|Gillette Cup
!colspan=6|B & H Cup
|-
!M
!I
!Runs
!HS
!Ave
!100
!M
!I
!Runs
!HS
!Ave
!100
!M
!I
!Runs
!HS
!Ave
!100
!M
!I
!Runs
!HS
!Ave
!100
|-
| IS Anderson
|| 6 ||10 || 140 ||75|| 15.55 || 0 ||2 ||2 || 27 ||21|| 13.50 || 0 || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| EJ Barlow
|| 16|| 25|| 765|| 127|| 36.42 || 1 ||11|| 11 || 232|| 63|| 23.20 || 0 ||2 ||2 || 18 ||18|| 9.00 || 0 ||7 ||7 || 175|| 75|| 25.00 || 0
|-
| AJ Borrington
|| 15|| 24 || 630 ||137|| 28.63 || 1 ||11 ||11 || 250|| 57*|| 25.00 || 0 ||1 ||1 || 10 ||10|| 10.00 || 0 ||7 ||7 || 136 ||77|| 19.42|| 0
|-
| H Cartwright
|| 22 ||35 || 571 ||77* ||17.84 || 0 ||14|| 14 ||303 ||63|| 25.25 || 0 ||2 ||2 || 4 ||4|| 2.00 || 0 ||7 ||7 || 118 ||56* ||19.66 || 0
|-
| JMH Graham-Brown
|| 10 ||16|| 166 ||28|| 11.85 || 0 ||5 ||3 || 26 ||15|| 8.66 || 0 ||1 ||1 || 1|| 1|| 1.00 || 0 ||2 ||2 || 11 ||10|| 5.50 || 0
|-
| AJ Harvey-Walker
|| 8 ||12 ||150 ||61|| 15.00 || 0 ||5 ||5 || 99|| 62|| 24.75 || 0||1 ||1 || 3 ||3 ||3.00 || 0 ||1 ||1 || 6|| 6|| 6.00 || 0
|-
| M Hendrick
|| 12 ||13 || 108 ||33 ||15.42 || 0 ||10 ||2 || 10|| 9|| 10.00 || 0 ||2 ||2 || 17 ||17|| 17.00 || 0 ||5 ||2 || 9|| 7|| 4.50|| 0
|-
| A Hill ||22 ||38 || 836|| 153*|| 22.59 || 1 ||14 ||12 || 226 ||60|| 20.54 || 0 ||2 ||2 || 83 ||72|| 41.50 || 0 ||7 ||7 || 349 ||102*|| 58.16 || 1
|-
| PN Kirsten
||19 ||33 || 1073 ||206*|| 37.00 || 1 ||11 ||11 || 216|| 88 ||19.63 || 0 ||2 ||2 || 6|| 6|| 3.00 || 0 ||5 ||5 || 100 ||41|| 20.00 || 0
|-
| JW Lister
|| 3 ||6 || 137 ||48|| 22.83 || 0 ||1 ||1 || 0|| 0*|| || 0 || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| AJ McLellan
|| 12 ||14 || 27 ||11*|| 3.00 || 0 ||2 ||1 || 4 ||4*|| || 0 || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| AJ Mellor
|| 5 ||7 || 19 ||10*|| 3.80 || 0 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| G Miller
|| 11 ||18 || 581 ||95 ||38.73 || 0 ||8 ||7 || 104|| 27|| 17.33 || 0 ||2 ||2 || 69 ||59*|| 69.00 || 0 ||7|| 7 || 123|| 39|| 17.57 || 0
|-
| A Morris
|| 4 ||6 || 93 ||55 ||15.50 || 0 ||1 ||1 || 3 ||3*|| || 0 || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| PE Russell
|| 14 ||12 || 90|| 22 || 9.00 || 0 ||13|| 6 || 25 ||8*|| 12.50 || 0 ||2 ||2|| 34 ||27* ||34.00 || 0 ||7 ||5 || 13|| 6*|| 6.50 || 0
|-
| FW Swarbrook
||10 ||14 || 179 ||36* ||17.90 || 0 ||8 ||8 || 58 ||18 ||11.60 || 0 ||1 ||1 || 9|| 9|| 9.00 || 0 ||4 ||3 || 31 ||17* ||15.50 || 0
|-
| RW Taylor
||10 ||12 || 136 ||32|| 12.36 || 0 ||8 ||4 || 38 ||17|| 12.66 || 0 ||2 ||2 || 41 ||25|| 20.50 || 0 ||7 ||6 || 20 ||10*|| 5.00 || 0
|-
| CJ Tunnicliffe
||18 ||23 || 146|| 45 || 7.68 || 0 ||13|| 8 || 72|| 42 ||10.28 || 0 ||1 ||1 || 4|| 4|| 4.00 || 0 ||6 ||4 || 18 ||16*|| 6.00 || 0
|-
| J Walters
|| 13 ||21 || 436 ||90 || 25.64 || 0 ||11|| 9 || 141|| 55*|| 23.50 || 0 ||1 ||1 || 3|| 3|| 3.00 || 0 ||2 ||1 || 2|| 2|| 2.00 || 0
|-
| RC Wincer
|| 9 ||9 || 32 ||16*|| 5.33 || 0 ||3 ||2 || 0|| 0*|| 0.00 || 0 || || || || || || ||1 ||1 || 6|| 6*|| ||0
|-
| JG Wright
|| 3 ||5 || 42 ||28|| 8.40 || 0 ||3 ||3 || 117 ||64 ||39.00|| 0 || || || || || || ||2 ||2 || 36 ||20|| 18.00 || 0
|-
|}
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!rowspan=2|Name
!colspan=5|County Championship
!colspan=5|John Player League
!colspan=5|Gillette Cup
!colspan=5|B & H Cup
|-
!Balls
!Runs
!Wkts
!Best
!Ave
!Balls
!Runs
!Wkts
!Best
!Ave
!Balls
!Runs
!Wkts
!Best
!Ave
!Balls
!Runs
!Wkts
!Best
!Ave
|-
| IS Anderson
|| 258 ||150|| 2 ||1-24 ||75.00 ||11 || 9 ||0 || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| EJ Barlow
|| 1289 || 528 ||24 ||4-34|| 22.00 ||355 || 258 ||18 ||3-17 ||14.33 ||140 || 77|| 8|| 5-30|| 9.62 ||364 ||212 ||18|| 6-33 ||11.77
|-
| JMH Graham-Brown
|| 578|| 293 ||6 ||2-23 ||48.83 ||48 || 56 ||0 || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| AJ Harvey-Walker
|| 618 || 296 ||12 ||7-35 ||24.66 ||14 || 12 ||0 || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| M Hendrick
|| 2024 ||704|| 47 ||5-32 ||14.97 ||384 || 156 ||12 ||3-11 ||13.00 ||144 || 48 ||3 ||2-25 ||16.00 ||324 ||119 ||2 ||2-14 ||59.50
|-
| A Hill || 12 ||14|| 0 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| PN Kirsten
|| 1180 || 555 ||15|| 4-51 ||37.00 ||183 || 146 ||8 ||4-13 ||18.25 ||108 || 61 ||4 ||2-15|| 15.25 ||36 ||30 ||1 ||1-16 ||30.00
|-
| AJ Mellor
|| 636 ||305|| 9|| 5-52 ||33.88 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| G Miller
|| 2066 || 809 ||30|| 5-43 ||26.96 ||235 || 166 ||11|| 4-22 ||15.09 ||126 || 47 ||1 ||1-21|| 47.00 ||396|| 176 ||6 ||2-29 ||29.33
|-
| A Morris
||24|| 20 ||0 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| PE Russell
||1312 || 400|| 21 ||4-23 ||19.04 ||456|| 295|| 12 ||4-11 ||24.58 ||144 || 74|| 2 ||1-28|| 37.00 ||450 ||190 ||9 ||3-28 ||21.11
|-
| FW Swarbrook
|| 522 || 211 ||9 ||4-22 ||23.44 || || || || || || || || || || ||150 ||95 ||4 ||4-33 ||23.75
|-
| CJ Tunnicliffe
||2478 ||1144 ||39 ||4-30|| 29.33 ||392 || 247|| 7 ||3-21 ||35.28 ||52 || 17 ||1 ||1-17 ||17.00 ||327 ||147|| 7 ||3-16 ||21.00
|-
| J Walters
|| 978 ||489 ||15 ||3-70 ||32.60 ||128 || 109 ||2 ||1-14 ||54.50 || || || || || ||60 ||30 ||2 ||2-30 ||15.00
|-
| RC Wincer
|| 1108 ||627 ||18|| 4-42 ||34.83 ||127 || 92|| 1 ||1-24 ||92.00 || || || || || ||42 || 29 ||0 || ||
|-
|}
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 one hundred and seven years. They reached the final of the Benson & Hedges Cup
Benson & Hedges Cup
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. In the County Championship
County Championship
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, they won three matches to finish fourteenth in their seventy fourth season in the Championship. They came eighth in the John Player League and did not progress beyond round 2 in the Gillette Cup.
1978 season
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was in his second season as captain. A successful run in the Benson and Hedges cup saw Alan Hill as top scorer overall and Eddie Barlow
Eddie Barlow
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taking most wickets overall. However in the first class game alone, Peter Kirsten
Peter Kirsten
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was top scorer and Mike Hendrick
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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
| 03 May 1978
| 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="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|2
|10 May 1978
| 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="#00FF00"|Won
| 9 wickets
| G Miller
Geoff Miller
Geoffrey Miller is an English former cricketer, who played in thirty four Tests and twenty five ODIs for England from 1976 to 1984...
5-43
|-
|3
| 20 May 1978
| Pakistanis
Pakistani cricket team in England in 1978
The Pakistan cricket team toured England in the 1978 season to play a three-match Test series against England.England won the series 2-0 with 1 match drawn.-Test series summary:* at Edgbaston – England won by an innings and 57 runs...
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| JG Wright
John Wright (cricketer)
John Geoffrey Wright is a former international cricketer representing - and captaining - New Zealand, and, following his retirement in 1993, coaching the Indian national cricket team from 2000 to 2005. He made his international debut in 1978 against England...
184
|-
|4
| 24 May 1978
| 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....
Abbeydale Park, Sheffield
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| AJ Borrington
Anthony Borrington
Anthony John Borrington is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1971 to 1981.Borrington was born at Spondon, Derbyshire. He began his career for Derbyshire in 1965 in the Derbyshire Second XI. His first-class debut came in the 1971 season...
137
|-
|5
| 27 May 1978
| 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
| Hadlee 101 and 5-25; EJ Barlow
Eddie Barlow
Edgar John Barlow was a South African cricketer . Barlow played first-class cricket for Transvaal and Eastern Province from 1959-60 to 1967-68 before moving to Western Province for the seasons from 1968-69 to 1980-81...
127; Cooper 5-40
|-
|6
|31 May 1978
| 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="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 10 runs
| Steele 118
|-
|7
| 03 Jun 1978
| 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...
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 48 runs
| AJ Harvey-Walker
Ashley Harvey-Walker
Ashley John Harvey-Walker was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire from 1971 to 1978. He was shot dead in a Johannesburg bar.- Hundred on Debut :...
7-35; Pocock 5-58
|-
|8
|10 Jun 1978
| 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="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 20 runs
| PN Kirsten
Peter Kirsten
Peter Noel Kirsten is a former cricketer who represented South Africa in 12 Tests and 40 One Day Internationals from 1991 to 1994.-Cricket career:...
206
|-
|9
|14 Jun 1978
| 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....
Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 139 runs
| Abbas 104; Proctor 122; Childs 5-24 and 6-44
|-
|10
|17 Jun 1978
| Cambridge University Cricket Club
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
|
| Fosh 109
|-
|11
|24 Jun 1978
| 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
|
|
|-
|12
|28 Jun 1978
| 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 40 runs
| Cook 155; Steele 130, 6-36 and 5-39
|-
|13
|01 Jul 1978
| 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
|
|
|-
|14
|08 Jul 1978
| 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...
Mote Park, Maidstone
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 8 wickets
| Underwood 5-41 and 6-38; AJ Mellor
Alan Mellor
Alan John Mellor is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1978 and 1979.Mellor was born in Horninglow, Staffordshire. He made his first-class debut for Derbyshire in the 1978 season against Kent when he took five wickets for 52. He took 9 wickets in the...
5-52
|-
|15
|12 Jul 1978
| 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="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| M Hendrick
Mike Hendrick
Michael Hendrick is a former English cricketer, who played in thirty Tests and twenty two ODIs for England from 1973 to 1981...
5-42
|-
|16
|15 Jul 1978
| 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="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| A Hill 153
|-
|17
|26 Jul 1978
| 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
|
|
|-
|18
|29 Jul 1978
| 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="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|19
|09 Aug 1978
| 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
|
|
|-
|20
|12 Aug 1978
| 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="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 77 runs
| Gatting 128; Daniel 5-42; Selvey 5-74 and 6-26
|-
|21
|19 Aug 1978
| 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...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|22
|26 Aug 1978
| 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...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 16 runs
| Cooper 6-32; G Miller
Geoff Miller
Geoffrey Miller is an English former cricketer, who played in thirty four Tests and twenty five ODIs for England from 1976 to 1984...
5-46
|-
|23
|30 Aug 1978
| 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...
Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| M Hendrick
Mike Hendrick
Michael Hendrick is a former English cricketer, who played in thirty Tests and twenty two ODIs for England from 1973 to 1981...
5-32; Lever 6-55; East 5-70
|-
|24
|06 Sep 1978
| 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="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
John Player League
{| class="wikitable" width="70%"! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
| 30 Apr 1978
| 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="#00FF00"|Won
| Faster rate
|
|-
|2
|07 May 1978
| 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...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 41 runs
|
|-
|3
| 14 May 1978
| 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....
Fartown, Huddersfield
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 54 runs
|
|-
|4
|28 May 1978
| 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
| 2 wickets
|
|-
|5
|04 Jun 1978
| 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...
Trent College Ground, Long Eaton
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|No result
|
|
|-
|6
|18 Jun 1978
| 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
| 43 runs
|
|-
|7
| 02 Jul 1978
| 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="#00FF00"|Won
| 18 runs
|
|-
|8
|09 Jul 1978
| 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...
Mote Park, Maidstone
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 15 runs
|
|-
|9
|16 Jul 1978
| 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
| 9 wickets
|
|-
|10
| 23 Jul 1978
| 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...
County Ground, Derby
|Abandoned
|
|
|-
|11
|30 Jul 1978
| 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
|Abandoned
|
|
|-
|12
|06 Aug 1978
| 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="#FF0000"|Lost
| 7 wickets
|
|-
|13
|13 Aug 1978
| 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="#FF0000"|Lost
| 7 runs
|
|-
|14
|20 Aug 1978
| 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...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 5 wickets
|
|-
|15
|27 Aug 1978
| 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...
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 7 wickets
|
|-
|16
| 03 Sep 1978
| 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="#FF0000"|Lost
| 6 wickets
|
|-
Gillette Cup
{| class="wikitable" width="70%"! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1st Round
| 05 Jul 1978
| 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="#00FF00"|Won
| 5 runs
| EJ Barlow
Eddie Barlow
Edgar John Barlow was a South African cricketer . Barlow played first-class cricket for Transvaal and Eastern Province from 1959-60 to 1967-68 before moving to Western Province for the seasons from 1968-69 to 1980-81...
5-30
|-
|2nd Round
| 19 Jul 1978
| 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="#FF0000"|Lost
| 33 runs
|
|-
Benson and Hedges Cup
{| class="wikitable" width="70%"! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
| Group A 1
|22 Apr 1978
| 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...
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 66 runs
| A Hill 102
|-
| Group A 2
|29 Apr 1978
| 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="#00FF00"|Won
| 2 wickets
|
|-
| Group A 3
|06 May 1978
| 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....
Phoenix County Ground, Bristol
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 25 runs
| EJ Barlow
Eddie Barlow
Edgar John Barlow was a South African cricketer . Barlow played first-class cricket for Transvaal and Eastern Province from 1959-60 to 1967-68 before moving to Western Province for the seasons from 1968-69 to 1980-81...
6-33
|-
| Group A 4
|13 May 1978
| Minor Counties West
County Ground, Derby County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 4 wickets
|
|-
| Quarter Final
| 07 Jun 1978
| 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="#00FF00"|Won
| 25 runs
|
|-
| Semi Final
| 21 Jun 1978
| 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="#00FF00"|Won
| 41 runs
|
|-
| Final
| 22 Jul 1978
| 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...
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 6 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|John Player League
!colspan=6|Gillette Cup
!colspan=6|B & H Cup
Benson & Hedges Cup
The Benson & Hedges Cup was a one-day cricket competition for first-class counties in England and Wales that was held from 1972 to 2002, one of cricket's longest sponsorship deals....
|-
!M
!I
!Runs
!HS
!Ave
!100
!M
!I
!Runs
!HS
!Ave
!100
!M
!I
!Runs
!HS
!Ave
!100
!M
!I
!Runs
!HS
!Ave
!100
|-
| IS Anderson
Iain Anderson
Iain Stuart Anderson is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1978 to 1987 and for Boland, South Africa in 1983/84....
|| 6 ||10 || 140 ||75|| 15.55 || 0 ||2 ||2 || 27 ||21|| 13.50 || 0 || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| EJ Barlow
Eddie Barlow
Edgar John Barlow was a South African cricketer . Barlow played first-class cricket for Transvaal and Eastern Province from 1959-60 to 1967-68 before moving to Western Province for the seasons from 1968-69 to 1980-81...
|| 16|| 25|| 765|| 127|| 36.42 || 1 ||11|| 11 || 232|| 63|| 23.20 || 0 ||2 ||2 || 18 ||18|| 9.00 || 0 ||7 ||7 || 175|| 75|| 25.00 || 0
|-
| AJ Borrington
Anthony Borrington
Anthony John Borrington is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1971 to 1981.Borrington was born at Spondon, Derbyshire. He began his career for Derbyshire in 1965 in the Derbyshire Second XI. His first-class debut came in the 1971 season...
|| 15|| 24 || 630 ||137|| 28.63 || 1 ||11 ||11 || 250|| 57*|| 25.00 || 0 ||1 ||1 || 10 ||10|| 10.00 || 0 ||7 ||7 || 136 ||77|| 19.42|| 0
|-
| H Cartwright
Harold Cartwright
Harold Cartwright is a former English cricketer who played cricket for Derbyshire between 1971 and 1979.Cartwright was born at Half Way Houses, Derbyshire. He began his career in the Derbyshire Second XI in 1971 and played matches in the John Player League during the 1971 season. His debut...
|| 22 ||35 || 571 ||77* ||17.84 || 0 ||14|| 14 ||303 ||63|| 25.25 || 0 ||2 ||2 || 4 ||4|| 2.00 || 0 ||7 ||7 || 118 ||56* ||19.66 || 0
|-
| JMH Graham-Brown
James Graham-Brown
James Martin Hilary Graham-Brown is an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Kent, Derbyshire, and Dorset between 1974 and 1991....
|| 10 ||16|| 166 ||28|| 11.85 || 0 ||5 ||3 || 26 ||15|| 8.66 || 0 ||1 ||1 || 1|| 1|| 1.00 || 0 ||2 ||2 || 11 ||10|| 5.50 || 0
|-
| AJ Harvey-Walker
Ashley Harvey-Walker
Ashley John Harvey-Walker was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire from 1971 to 1978. He was shot dead in a Johannesburg bar.- Hundred on Debut :...
|| 8 ||12 ||150 ||61|| 15.00 || 0 ||5 ||5 || 99|| 62|| 24.75 || 0||1 ||1 || 3 ||3 ||3.00 || 0 ||1 ||1 || 6|| 6|| 6.00 || 0
|-
| M Hendrick
Mike Hendrick
Michael Hendrick is a former English cricketer, who played in thirty Tests and twenty two ODIs for England from 1973 to 1981...
|| 12 ||13 || 108 ||33 ||15.42 || 0 ||10 ||2 || 10|| 9|| 10.00 || 0 ||2 ||2 || 17 ||17|| 17.00 || 0 ||5 ||2 || 9|| 7|| 4.50|| 0
|-
| A Hill ||22 ||38 || 836|| 153*|| 22.59 || 1 ||14 ||12 || 226 ||60|| 20.54 || 0 ||2 ||2 || 83 ||72|| 41.50 || 0 ||7 ||7 || 349 ||102*|| 58.16 || 1
|-
| PN Kirsten
Peter Kirsten
Peter Noel Kirsten is a former cricketer who represented South Africa in 12 Tests and 40 One Day Internationals from 1991 to 1994.-Cricket career:...
||19 ||33 || 1073 ||206*|| 37.00 || 1 ||11 ||11 || 216|| 88 ||19.63 || 0 ||2 ||2 || 6|| 6|| 3.00 || 0 ||5 ||5 || 100 ||41|| 20.00 || 0
|-
| JW Lister
John Lister (cricketer)
John Wilton Lister is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1978 and 1979 and for Durham between 1983 and 1988....
|| 3 ||6 || 137 ||48|| 22.83 || 0 ||1 ||1 || 0|| 0*|| || 0 || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| AJ McLellan
Alan McLellan
Alan James McLellan is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1978 and 1979.McLellan was born at Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire. He made his first-class debut for Derbyshire during the 1978 season against the touring Pakistanis, taking two catches, before...
|| 12 ||14 || 27 ||11*|| 3.00 || 0 ||2 ||1 || 4 ||4*|| || 0 || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| AJ Mellor
Alan Mellor
Alan John Mellor is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1978 and 1979.Mellor was born in Horninglow, Staffordshire. He made his first-class debut for Derbyshire in the 1978 season against Kent when he took five wickets for 52. He took 9 wickets in the...
|| 5 ||7 || 19 ||10*|| 3.80 || 0 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| G Miller
Geoff Miller
Geoffrey Miller is an English former cricketer, who played in thirty four Tests and twenty five ODIs for England from 1976 to 1984...
|| 11 ||18 || 581 ||95 ||38.73 || 0 ||8 ||7 || 104|| 27|| 17.33 || 0 ||2 ||2 || 69 ||59*|| 69.00 || 0 ||7|| 7 || 123|| 39|| 17.57 || 0
|-
| A Morris
Alan Morris
Alan Morris was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a leg-break bowler. He played first-class cricket between 1974 and 1980....
|| 4 ||6 || 93 ||55 ||15.50 || 0 ||1 ||1 || 3 ||3*|| || 0 || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| 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...
|| 14 ||12 || 90|| 22 || 9.00 || 0 ||13|| 6 || 25 ||8*|| 12.50 || 0 ||2 ||2|| 34 ||27* ||34.00 || 0 ||7 ||5 || 13|| 6*|| 6.50 || 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....
||10 ||14 || 179 ||36* ||17.90 || 0 ||8 ||8 || 58 ||18 ||11.60 || 0 ||1 ||1 || 9|| 9|| 9.00 || 0 ||4 ||3 || 31 ||17* ||15.50 || 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...
||10 ||12 || 136 ||32|| 12.36 || 0 ||8 ||4 || 38 ||17|| 12.66 || 0 ||2 ||2 || 41 ||25|| 20.50 || 0 ||7 ||6 || 20 ||10*|| 5.00 || 0
|-
| CJ Tunnicliffe
Colin Tunnicliffe
Colin John Tunnicliffe is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1973 and 1983....
||18 ||23 || 146|| 45 || 7.68 || 0 ||13|| 8 || 72|| 42 ||10.28 || 0 ||1 ||1 || 4|| 4|| 4.00 || 0 ||6 ||4 || 18 ||16*|| 6.00 || 0
|-
| J Walters
John Walters (cricketer)
John Walters is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1977 and 1980.Walters first played for Derbyshire in the 1977 season which saw the team finish seventh in the County Championship and continued in the 1978 season...
|| 13 ||21 || 436 ||90 || 25.64 || 0 ||11|| 9 || 141|| 55*|| 23.50 || 0 ||1 ||1 || 3|| 3|| 3.00 || 0 ||2 ||1 || 2|| 2|| 2.00 || 0
|-
| RC Wincer
Robert Wincer
Robert Colin Wincer is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1978 and 1980.Wincer was born at Portsmouth and initially played for Leicestershire's Second XI in 1975. Wincer joined Derbyshire in the 1978 season. He played throughout the 1978 season, including in the Benson &...
|| 9 ||9 || 32 ||16*|| 5.33 || 0 ||3 ||2 || 0|| 0*|| 0.00 || 0 || || || || || || ||1 ||1 || 6|| 6*|| ||0
|-
| JG Wright
John Wright (cricketer)
John Geoffrey Wright is a former international cricketer representing - and captaining - New Zealand, and, following his retirement in 1993, coaching the Indian national cricket team from 2000 to 2005. He made his international debut in 1978 against England...
|| 3 ||5 || 42 ||28|| 8.40 || 0 ||3 ||3 || 117 ||64 ||39.00|| 0 || || || || || || ||2 ||2 || 36 ||20|| 18.00 || 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|John Player League
!colspan=5|Gillette Cup
!colspan=5|B & H Cup
Benson & Hedges Cup
The Benson & Hedges Cup was a one-day cricket competition for first-class counties in England and Wales that was held from 1972 to 2002, one of cricket's longest sponsorship deals....
|-
!Balls
!Runs
!Wkts
!Best
!Ave
!Balls
!Runs
!Wkts
!Best
!Ave
!Balls
!Runs
!Wkts
!Best
!Ave
!Balls
!Runs
!Wkts
!Best
!Ave
|-
| IS Anderson
Iain Anderson
Iain Stuart Anderson is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1978 to 1987 and for Boland, South Africa in 1983/84....
|| 258 ||150|| 2 ||1-24 ||75.00 ||11 || 9 ||0 || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| EJ Barlow
Eddie Barlow
Edgar John Barlow was a South African cricketer . Barlow played first-class cricket for Transvaal and Eastern Province from 1959-60 to 1967-68 before moving to Western Province for the seasons from 1968-69 to 1980-81...
|| 1289 || 528 ||24 ||4-34|| 22.00 ||355 || 258 ||18 ||3-17 ||14.33 ||140 || 77|| 8|| 5-30|| 9.62 ||364 ||212 ||18|| 6-33 ||11.77
|-
| JMH Graham-Brown
James Graham-Brown
James Martin Hilary Graham-Brown is an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Kent, Derbyshire, and Dorset between 1974 and 1991....
|| 578|| 293 ||6 ||2-23 ||48.83 ||48 || 56 ||0 || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| AJ Harvey-Walker
Ashley Harvey-Walker
Ashley John Harvey-Walker was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire from 1971 to 1978. He was shot dead in a Johannesburg bar.- Hundred on Debut :...
|| 618 || 296 ||12 ||7-35 ||24.66 ||14 || 12 ||0 || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| M Hendrick
Mike Hendrick
Michael Hendrick is a former English cricketer, who played in thirty Tests and twenty two ODIs for England from 1973 to 1981...
|| 2024 ||704|| 47 ||5-32 ||14.97 ||384 || 156 ||12 ||3-11 ||13.00 ||144 || 48 ||3 ||2-25 ||16.00 ||324 ||119 ||2 ||2-14 ||59.50
|-
| A Hill || 12 ||14|| 0 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| PN Kirsten
Peter Kirsten
Peter Noel Kirsten is a former cricketer who represented South Africa in 12 Tests and 40 One Day Internationals from 1991 to 1994.-Cricket career:...
|| 1180 || 555 ||15|| 4-51 ||37.00 ||183 || 146 ||8 ||4-13 ||18.25 ||108 || 61 ||4 ||2-15|| 15.25 ||36 ||30 ||1 ||1-16 ||30.00
|-
| AJ Mellor
Alan Mellor
Alan John Mellor is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1978 and 1979.Mellor was born in Horninglow, Staffordshire. He made his first-class debut for Derbyshire in the 1978 season against Kent when he took five wickets for 52. He took 9 wickets in the...
|| 636 ||305|| 9|| 5-52 ||33.88 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| G Miller
Geoff Miller
Geoffrey Miller is an English former cricketer, who played in thirty four Tests and twenty five ODIs for England from 1976 to 1984...
|| 2066 || 809 ||30|| 5-43 ||26.96 ||235 || 166 ||11|| 4-22 ||15.09 ||126 || 47 ||1 ||1-21|| 47.00 ||396|| 176 ||6 ||2-29 ||29.33
|-
| A Morris
Alan Morris
Alan Morris was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a leg-break bowler. He played first-class cricket between 1974 and 1980....
||24|| 20 ||0 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| 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...
||1312 || 400|| 21 ||4-23 ||19.04 ||456|| 295|| 12 ||4-11 ||24.58 ||144 || 74|| 2 ||1-28|| 37.00 ||450 ||190 ||9 ||3-28 ||21.11
|-
| 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....
|| 522 || 211 ||9 ||4-22 ||23.44 || || || || || || || || || || ||150 ||95 ||4 ||4-33 ||23.75
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Colin Tunnicliffe
Colin John Tunnicliffe is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1973 and 1983....
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| J Walters
John Walters (cricketer)
John Walters is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1977 and 1980.Walters first played for Derbyshire in the 1977 season which saw the team finish seventh in the County Championship and continued in the 1978 season...
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Robert Wincer
Robert Colin Wincer is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1978 and 1980.Wincer was born at Portsmouth and initially played for Leicestershire's Second XI in 1975. Wincer joined Derbyshire in the 1978 season. He played throughout the 1978 season, including in the Benson &...
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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 24, Stumping 2
- John Player League Catches 10, Stumping 1
- Gillette Cup Catches 2, Stumping 1
- Benson and Hedges Cup Catches 10, Stumping 1