Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1963

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1963 season
Captain	Charles Lee
County Championship	17
Gillette Cup	Quarter final
Most runs	Charles Lee
Most wickets	Harold Rhodes
Most catches	Bob Taylor
← 1962	1964 →

Last updated December 19, 2024

Derbyshire County 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.

1963 season

Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, one match against the Pakistani Eaglets, one against the touring West Indies and one match against Cambridge University. They won three first class matches, lost fifteen matches and drew thirteen matches. They 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.

Matches

First Class

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	8 May 1963^[1]	Surrey Kennington Oval	Lost	Innings and 6 runs	Edrich 125
2	11 May 1963^[2]	Gloucestershire County Ground, Derby	Lost	4 wickets	Brown 6–48 and 7–48
3	15 May 1963^[3]	Somerset Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent	Lost	Innings and 80 runs	Wright 151
4	18 May 1963^[4]	Worcestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		Coldwell 6–43
5	25 May 1963^[5]	Glamorgan St Helen's, Swansea	Drawn		C Lee 104; Oates 99; Pressdee 6–58
6	29 May 1963^[6]	Essex Gidea Park Sports Ground, Romford	Lost	80 runs	Knight 5–46
7	1 Jun 1963^[7]	Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham	Lost	10 wickets	Horner 102; Hitchcock 106; Barber 6–74
8	5 Jun 1963^[8]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby	Lost	4 wickets	IW Hall 136; HL Jackson 6–69
9	8 Jun 1963^[9]	Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	Innings and 56 runs	Padgett 142; Sharpe 136; Nicholson 6–36
10	15 Jun 1963^[10]	Lancashire Aigburth, Liverpool	Drawn		Statham 5–45
11	19 Jun 1963^[11]	Glamorgan Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	7 wickets	Shepherd 7–49
12	22 Jun 1963^[12]	Leicestershire County Ground, Derby	Drawn
13	29 Jun 1963^[13]	Cambridge University Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent	Drawn		Hutton 8–50
14	3 Jul 1963^[14]	Middlesex Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston	Drawn		Moss 5–47
15	6 Jul 1963^[15]	Pakistan Eaglets County Ground, Derby	Won	8 wickets	DC Morgan 113; Iqbal 5–103; AB Jackson 7–56
16	13 Jul 1963^[16]	Worcestershire County Ground, New Road, Worcester	Lost	101 runs	Graveney 100; Flavell 6–46; HL Jackson 5–53
17	17 Jul 1963^[17]	West Indies Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	135 runs
18	20 Jul 1963^[18]	Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston	Drawn		Hill 134
19	24 Jul 1963^[19]	Sussex Central Recreation Ground, Hastings	Won	13 runs	Snow 6–52; Thomson 7–31; HJ Rhodes 6–22
20	27 Jul 1963^[20]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton	Lost	Innings and 53 runs	Ramsamooj 132; Larter 5–62
21	31 Jul 1963^[21]	Sussex Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		DB Carr 136
22	3 Aug 1963^[22]	Warwickshire County Ground, Derby	Lost	9 wickets	M Smith 144; Edmonds 5–40
23	7 Aug 1963^[23]	Yorkshire Headingley, Leeds	Lost	7 wickets
24	10 Aug 1963^[24]	Somerset Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare	Lost	192 runs	Doughty 6–58 and 5–44
25	14 Aug 1963^[25]	Kent Cheriton Road Sports Ground, Folkestone	Drawn		Nicholls 211; Harvey 103
26	17 Aug 1963^[26]	Lancashire Park Road Ground, Buxton	Drawn		Grieves 114; Statham 6–28
27	21 Aug 1963^[27]	Surrey County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Sydenham 5–31 and 6–47
28	24 Aug 1963^[28]	Hampshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Won	144 runs	HJ Rhodes 5–41
29	28 Aug 1963^[29]	Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Lost	8 wickets	Bolus 136; Corran 5–55
30	31 Aug 1963^[30]	Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester	Drawn
31	4 Sep 1963^[31]	Middlesex Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	Drawn

Gillette Cup

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1st round	22 May 1963^[32]	Hampshire Dean Park, Bournemouth	Won	6 runs
Quarter final	12 Jun 1963^[33]	Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester	Lost	5 wickets

Statistics

Competition batting averages

Name	County Championship						Gillette Cup
Name	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						^[34]^[35]

Leading first-class batsmen for Derbyshire by runs scored
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

Leading ListA batsmen for Derbyshire by runs scored
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

Competition bowling averages

Name	County Championship					Gillette Cup
Name	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							^[36]^[37]

Leading first class bowlers for Derbyshire by wickets taken
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

Leading ListA bowlers for Derbyshire by wickets taken
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

Wicket Keeping

Bob Taylor

County Championship Catches 74, Stumping 2

Gillette Cup Catches 3, Stumping 0

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[1] Cricket Archive – Surrey v Derbyshire 8 May 1963

[2] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 11 May 1963

[3] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Somerset 15 May 1963

[4] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Worcestershire 18 May 1963

[5] Cricket Archive – Glamorgan v Derbyshire 25 May 1963

[6] Cricket Archive – Essex v Derbyshire 29 May 1963

[7] Cricket Archive – Warwickshire v Derbyshire 1 Jun 1963

[8] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 5 Jun 1963

[9] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Yorkshire 8 Jun 1963

[10] Cricket Archive – Lancashire v Derbyshire 15 Jun 1963

[11] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Glamorgan 19 Jun 1963

[12] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Leicestershire 22 Jun 1963

[13] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Cambridge University 29 Jun 1963

[14] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Middlesex 3 Jul 1963

[15] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Pakistan Eaglets 6 Jul 1963

[16] Cricket Archive – Worcestershire v Derbyshire 13 Jul 1963

[17] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v West Indians 17 Jul 1963

[18] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 20 Jul 1963

[19] Cricket Archive – Sussex v Derbyshire 24 Jul 1963

[20] Cricket Archive – Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 27 Jul 1963

[21] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Sussex 31 Jul 1963

[22] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Warwickshire 3 Aug 1963

[23] Cricket Archive – Yorkshire v Derbyshire 7 Aug 1963

[24] Cricket Archive – Somerset v Derbyshire 10 Aug 1963

[25] Cricket Archive – Kent v Derbyshire 14 Aug 1963

[26] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Lancashire 17 Aug 1963

[27] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Surrey 21 Aug 1963

[28] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Hampshire 24 Aug 1963

[29] Cricket Archive – Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 28 Aug 1963

[30] Cricket Archive – Leicestershire v Derbyshire 31 Aug 1963

[31] Cricket Archive – Middlesex v Derbyshire 4 Sep 1963

[32] Cricket Archive – Hampshire v Derbyshire 22 May 1963

[33] Cricket Archive – Lancashire v Derbyshire 12 Jun 1963

[34] Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1963

[35] Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire Gillette Cup 1963

[36] Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1963

[37] Bowling for Derbyshire Gillette Cup 1963

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