The County Championship,currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Vitality County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales and is organised by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). It became an official title in 1890. The competition consists of eighteen clubs named after and representing historic counties,seventeen from England and one from Wales.
William Boyd Rankin is a Northern Irish former cricketer who played international cricket for Ireland,and briefly also played for England. He is a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He is the brother of fellow cricketer David Rankin.
Paul Rupert Downton is a retired cricketer and cricket administrator.
Christopher Warwick Godfrey Bassano is a South African-born cricketer and fly-fisher who lives in Tasmania. His father Brian was a South African sports journalist who wrote several books of cricket history.
Ellerslie Cricket Club (inc.) was formed in 1922 at a location known as Michaels Avenue Reserve,Auckland. The club has had some well-known players come to play for them in the past. Some include Ole Mortensen and English Internationals,Devon Malcolm and Wilf Slack. The home-grown legends include Bill "Chook" Fowler,Martin Pringle and umpire Barry Frost.
Ian William Hall is an English former first-class 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.
Wesley John Durston is an English cricketer who most recently played for Derbyshire,having represented Somerset between 1999 and 2009,and the Unicorns during the 2010 season. He learnt his cricket at Millfield School and is a right-handed batsman and off break bowler.
Cricket is one of the most popular sports in England,and has been played since the 16th century. Marylebone Cricket Club,based at Lord's,developed the modern rules of play and conduct. The sport is administered by the England and Wales Cricket Board and represented at an international level by the England men's team and England women's team. At a domestic level,teams are organised by county,competing in tournaments such as the County Championship,Royal London One-Day Cup,T20 Blast and the Women's Twenty20 Cup. Recent developments include the introduction of a regional structure for women's cricket and the establishment of The Hundred for both men's and women's cricket. Recreational matches are organised on a regional basis,with the top level being the ECB Premier Leagues.
Paul Bernard Fisher is an English educationalist,who served as headmaster of Loughborough Grammar School between 1998 and 2016,and who previously played first-class cricket for Middlesex,Worcestershire and Oxford University. As a cricketer,he was very much a specialist wicket-keeper,with a batting average in single figures in both forms of the game.
David John Wainwright is an English first-class cricketer,who played for Yorkshire from 2004 to 2011 and Derbyshire from 2012 to 2015. He is a left arm orthodox spin bowler,who has also played for British Universities and Loughborough UCCE.
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.
Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1981 represents cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for one hundred and ten years. It was the season when they won National Westminster Bank Trophy. They won ten matches in the John Player League to finish fourth. In the County Championship,they won four matches to finish twelfth in their seventy-seventh season in the Championship. They were eliminated at group level in the Benson &Hedges Cup.
Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1988 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for one hundred and eighteen years. They reached the final of the Benson &Hedges Cup and reached the quarter-finals in the National Westminster Bank Trophy. In the County Championship,they won four matches to finish fifteenth in their eighty-second season in the Championship. They came twelfth in the Refuge Assurance League
Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1983 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for one hundred and twelve years. In the County Championship,they won seven matches to finish ninth in their seventy ninth season in the Championship. They came sixth in the John Player Special League. They did not progress from the group in the Benson &Hedges Cup and reached round two in the National Westminster Bank Trophy.
Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 2010 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for one hundred and thirty-nine years. They were in the second division in the County Championship,where they finished ninth. Two new competitions were introduced for the season. These were the Clydesdale Bank 40 and the Friends Provident t20. These replaced the Pro40 League,the Friends Provident Trophy and the Twenty20 competitions. Derbyshire was in Group B in the Clydesdale Bank 40 and in the North Group of the Friends Provident t20 but did not progress to the knockout stage in either competition.
Shivsinh Jaysinh Thakor is an English cricketer who most recently played for Derbyshire County Cricket Club.
Stuart Ashley Shaw is a former English professional cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club. Shaw was born in Crewe in Cheshire and educated there at Shavington High School. He played as a left-arm seam bowler.
Robert George White is an English cricketer who plays for Middlesex County Cricket Club. A wicket-keeper,who is a right-handed batsman,who also bowls right-arm medium pace. He made his first-class debut for Loughborough MCC University against Hampshire County Cricket Club in April 2015. He made his List A debut for Middlesex against Australia on 9 June 2018,during Australia's tour of England.
Sophie Elizabeth Naseem Munro is an English cricketer who currently plays for Nottinghamshire,The Blaze and London Spirit. She plays as a right-arm medium bowler. She previously played for Yorkshire Diamonds in the 2018 Women's Cricket Super League and Trent Rockets in The Hundred.
Joshua Michael de Caires is an English cricketer,and the son of former England cricket captain Michael Atherton. He made his first-class debut on 5 July 2021,for Middlesex in the 2021 County Championship.
