David Leslie Bairstow was an English cricketer,who played for Yorkshire and England as a wicket-keeper. He also played football for his hometown club Bradford City. He is the father of England international cricketer Jonny Bairstow.
Dominic Gerald Cork is a former English county and international cricketer. Cork was a right-handed lower-order batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium,and was renowned for his swing and seam control. In 1995,he took the best figures for an England bowler on Test debut,with 7 for 43 in the second innings against the West Indies.
Mark Alexander Wallace is a former Welsh cricketer;a left-handed batsman and wicket-keeper.
Robert William Taylor MBE is an English former 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 entire career is the most of any wicket-keeper in first-class history. He is considered one of the world's most accomplished wicket-keepers. He made his first-class debut for Minor Counties against South Africa in 1960,having made his Staffordshire debut in 1958. He became Derbyshire's first choice wicket-keeper when George Dawkes sustained a career-ending injury. His final First Class appearance was at the Scarborough Festival in 1988. He remained first choice until his retirement except for a short period in 1964 when Laurie Johnson was tried as a batsman-wicketkeeper.
Billy Ashley Godleman is an English first-class cricketer who most recently played for Derbyshire.
Arthur Frederick Augustus Lilley,variously known as Dick Lilley or A. A. Lilley,was an English professional cricketer who played for Warwickshire County Cricket Club from 1888 to 1911,and in 35 Test matches for England from 1896 to 1909. He was born in Holloway Head,Birmingham,and died in Brislington,Bristol.
Harry Storer was an English professional footballer,cricketer and football manager.
Iain Stuart Anderson is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1978 to 1987 and for Boland,South Africa,in 1983/84.
Colin John Tunnicliffe is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1973 and 1983.
Edward James Gothard OBE,MBE,TD was an English first-class cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1947 and 1948 and captained the side in both years.
Derek Clifton Morgan was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire County Cricket Club between 1950 and 1969,captaining the side between 1965 and 1969. An all-rounder,he is the only Derbyshire cricketer besides Leslie Townsend to have achieved the double of 10,000 runs and 1,000 wickets.
Samuel Richardson was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1871 and 1878 and captained the side from 1871 to 1875. He was a member of the team that played Derbyshire's first match in May 1871 when he was captain and wicket-keeper. He fled the country after financial irregularities were found in connection with his administration of Derbyshire Cricket Club and Derby County.
Michael Burns is an English first-class list cricket umpire and former first-class cricketer who played county cricket for Warwickshire and Somerset in a first-class career which spanned from 1992 until 2005. He also played Minor Counties cricket for Cumberland and Cornwall. An adaptable cricketer,he appeared for Cumberland and Warwickshire as a wicket-keeper,but when he moved to Somerset he developed into an aggressive batsman who bowled at medium-pace when needed.
George Moreton Buckston was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University in 1903,Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and Derbyshire between 1905 and 1921.
Albert Frederick Lane,nicknamed Spinney,was an English amateur first-class cricketer who played more than 50 games for both Warwickshire and Worcestershire between 1914 and 1932,as well as having earlier appeared in the Minor Counties Championship for Staffordshire.
Bernard William Quaife was an English first-class cricketer who played more than 300 matches between the wars. He played first for Warwickshire,but later found much more success at Worcestershire,where he became the usual wicket-keeper. He was the son of England Test player Willie Quaife.
Alfred Vardy Pope was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1930 and 1939. He was in the club's championship winning team of 1936 and took 555 wickets overall.
James Horsley was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Nottinghamshire in 1913 and for Derbyshire from 1914 to 1925
Frederick Cecil Bracey was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire from 1906 to 1914
The 1979 Gillette Cup Final was a cricket match between Somerset County Cricket Club and Northamptonshire County Cricket Club played on 8 September 1979 at Lord's in London. It was the seventeenth final of the Gillette Cup,which had been the first English domestic knock-out competition between first-class sides. Northamptonshire had won the competition in 1976;Somerset were playing their second consecutive final,having lost to Sussex in 1978.
