Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1969

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Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1969 season
Captain Derek Morgan
County Championship 16
John Player League 15
Gillette Cup Runners-up
Most runs Peter Gibbs
Most wickets Harold Rhodes
Most catches Bob Taylor

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1969 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for ninety-eight years. They were runners-up in the Gillette Cup. In the County Championship, they won three matches to finish sixteenth in their sixty-fifth season in the Championship. In the first season of the John Player League they ended fifteenth after winning five matches.

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1969 season

Derbyshire played 24 games in the County Championship, one match against Oxford University, and one against the touring New Zealanders. They won three first class matches altogether and lost five, the majority of matches ending in a draw. Derbyshire reached the final of the Gillette Cup where they lost to Yorkshire. This was the season in which the Sunday League was introduced and Derbyshire won five matches in the one-day games to finish fifteenth. Derek Morgan was in his fifth season as captain. Peter Gibbs scored most runs overall although Michael Page was top scorer in the County Championship. Harold Rhodes took most wickets.

Matches

First Class

List of matches
No.DateVResultMarginNotes
13 May 1969 [1] Surrey
Kennington Oval
DrawnEdrich 105; Ahmed 127
217 May 1969 [2] Essex Queen's Park, ChesterfieldDrawn
321 May 1969 [3] Worcestershire
County Ground, Derby
Drawn
424 May 1969 [4] Hampshire
United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth
DrawnCottam 6-58
531 May 1969 [5] Lancashire
Park Road Ground, Buxton
Drawn
64 Jun 1969 [6] Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Drawn PJK Gibbs 121
711 Jun 1969 [7] Yorkshire
Headingley, Leeds
Drawn MH Page 109
814 Jun 1969 [8] Oxford University
County Ground, Derby
Drawn IR Buxton 7-33
918 Jun 1969 [9] Somerset
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Drawn PJK Gibbs 138; TJP Eyre 8-65
1021 Jun 1969 [10] Middlesex
Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent
Drawn HJ Rhodes 6-40
1128 Jun 1969 [11] Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Drawn
125 Jul 1969 [12] New Zealand
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Drawn IR Buxton 103
139 Jul 1969 [13] Gloucestershire
Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester
LostInnings and 10 runsAllen 6-66
1412 Jul 1969 [14] Warwickshire
County Ground, Derby
Won134 runs A Ward 5-32 and 5-49; HJ Rhodes 5-32; McVicar 5-69
1519 Jul 1969 [15] Yorkshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
DrawnWilson 5-114; E Smith 5-73
1623 Jul 1969 [16] Glamorgan
County Ground, Derby
LostInnings and 68 runs
172 Aug 1969 [17] Nottinghamshire
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
Drawn
186 Aug 1969 [18] Lancashire
Stanley Park, Blackpool
Won16 runs
199 Aug 1969 [19] Glamorgan
Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
Drawn
2016 Aug 1969 [20] Leicestershire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Lost6 wickets TJP Eyre 102
2120 Aug 1969 [21] Northamptonshire
County Ground, Northampton
Lost4 wicketsWilley 5-78
2223 Aug 1969 [22] Leicestershire
Grace Road, Leicester
DrawnNorman 156; MH Page 162
2330 Aug 1969 [23] Kent
County Ground, Derby
Won8 wickets HJ Rhodes 6-17
243 Sep 1969 [24] Northamptonshire
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
Drawn JF Harvey 168; Prideaux 120; Mohammad 5-99
2510 Sep 1969 [25] Sussex
The Saffrons, Eastbourne
Lost5 runs A Ward 5-60; Buss 5-27
2613 Sep 1969 [26] Worcestershire
County Ground, New Road, Worcester
Abandoned

John Player League

List of matches
No.DateVResultMarginNotes
14 May 1969 [27] Surrey
Cheam Road, Sutton
Lost6 wickets
218 May 1969 [28] Essex
County Ground, Derby
Lost2 runs
325 May 1969 [29] Sussex
County Ground, Hove
Won93 runs
41 Jun 1969 [30] Lancashire
Old Trafford, Manchester
Lost5 wickets
522 Jun 1969 [31] Middlesex
County Ground, Derby
Won6 wickets
629 Jun 1969 [32] Northamptonshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Lost6 wickets
76 Jul 1969 [33] Gloucestershire
Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent
Won3 wickets
820 Jul 1969 [34] Yorkshire
Bramall Lane, Sheffield
Lost9 runs
927 Jul 1969 [35] Worcestershire
County Ground, Derby
Won2 wickets
103 Aug 1969 [36] Nottinghamshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Lost46 runsSobers 5-43
1110 Aug 1969 [37] Glamorgan
Eugene Cross Park, Ebbw Vale
Lost49 runsKingston 6-36
1217 Aug 1969 [38] Somerset
Park Road Ground, Buxton
Won52 runs
1324 Aug 1969 [39] Leicestershire
Grace Road, Leicester
Lost6 runs
1431 Aug 1969 [40] Kent
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Lost8 wickets
157 Sep 1969 [41] Hampshire
Dean Park, Bournemouth
Lost82 runs
1614 Sep 1969 [42] Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Abandoned

Gillette Cup

List of matches
No.DateVResultMarginNotes
1st Round10 May 1969 [43] Somerset
County Ground, Taunton
Won3 wickets
2nd Round7 Jun 1969 [44] Worcestershire
County Ground, Derby
Won4 wickets
Quarter-Final2 Jul 1969 [45] Glamorgan
Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
Won9 wickets
Semi-Final30 Jul 1969 [46] Sussex
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Won87 runs TJP Eyre 6-18
Final6 Sep 1969 [47] Yorkshire
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
Lost69 runs

Statistics

Competition batting averages

Statistics

Competition batting averages

Name County Championship John Player League Gillette Cup
MIRunsHSAve100MIRunsHSAve100MIRunsHSAve100
IR Buxton 21285819723.24014141714512.21054643416.000
TJP Eyre 222838910216.911151450153.840541914*9.500
PJK Gibbs 2336871138*25.61215153786125.200551684733.600
IW Hall 9131432611.910778631*21.500
JF Harvey 192459316826.95110101454016.1105432168.000
M Hendrick 1199*01144*0
CP Marks 3538217.6006637196.160
DC Morgan 21305517919.0001514112258.61054763325.330
MH Page 1928100516240.20213132083716.000557527*18.750
HJ Rhodes 18179437*15.660124116*5.50052663.000
FE Rumsey 1496516*10.83052984.500
PE Russell 99983124.50033553018.330
DHK Smith 21347666124.70013133156226.2505513949*34.750
E Smith 23252864212.430222921*29.000
FW Swarbrook 8131573217.44011000.000
RW Taylor 21284606520.900141314143*17.620543925*19.500
A Ward 15111394417.3701085421*13.50053321716.000 [48]

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Competition bowling averages

Name County Championship John Player League Gillette Cup
BallsRunsWktsBestAveBallsRunsWktsBestAveBallsRunsWktsBestAve
IR Buxton 1313434143-4331.00401308123-1525.661987011-1670.00
TJP Eyre 25151156418-6528.19564345162-1621.56338159126-1813.25
PJK Gibbs 1208911-4589.00
M Hendrick 1022711-2727.0048160
DC Morgan 1644652163-5540.75414298113-2127.091146021-2330.00
HJ Rhodes 28151088596-1718.44540328173-1119.2931811994-1813.22
FE Rumsey 564263122-021.91310118113-1910.72
PE Russell 974417154-1527.80664332-2914.33
E Smith 35221459495-7329.7730230
FW Swarbrook 978441144-3831.50
A Ward 2190724565-3212.92439278134-1221.3833611083-3113.75 [51]

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Wicket Keeping

Bob Taylor

County Championship Catches 49, Stumping 5
John Player League Catches 19, Stumping 2
Gillette Cup Catches 9, Stumping 0

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References

  1. Cricket Archive - Surrey v Derbyshire 03 May 1969
  2. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Essex 17 May 1969
  3. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Worcestershire 21 May 1969
  4. Cricket Archive - Hampshire v Derbyshire 24 May 1969
  5. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire 31 May 1969
  6. Cricket Archive - Warwickshire v Derbyshire 04 Jun 1969
  7. Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire 11 Jun 1969
  8. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Oxford University 14 Jun 1969
  9. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Somerset 18 Jun 1969
  10. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Middlesex 21 Jun 1969
  11. Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 28 Jun 1969
  12. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v New Zealanders 05 Jul 1969
  13. Cricket Archive - Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 09 Jul 1969
  14. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Warwickshire 12 Jul 1969
  15. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire 19 Jul 1969
  16. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Glamorgan 23 Jul 1969
  17. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 02 Aug 1969
  18. Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire 06 Aug 1969
  19. Cricket Archive - Glamorgan v Derbyshire 09 Aug 1969
  20. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Leicestershire 16 Aug 1969
  21. Cricket Archive - Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 20 Aug 1969
  22. Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire 23 Aug 1969
  23. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Kent 30 Aug 1969
  24. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 03 Sep 1969
  25. Cricket Archive - Sussex v Derbyshire 10 Sep 1969
  26. Cricket Archive - Worcestershire v Derbyshire 13 Sep 1969
  27. Surrey v Derbyshire 04 May 1969
  28. Derbyshire v Essex 18 May 1969
  29. Sussex v Derbyshire 25 May 1969
  30. Lancashire v Derbyshire 01 Jun 1969
  31. Derbyshire v Middlesex 22 Jun 1969
  32. Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 29 Jun 1969
  33. Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 06 Jul 1969
  34. Yorkshire v Derbyshire 20 Jul 1969
  35. Derbyshire v Worcestershire 27 Jul 1969
  36. Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 03 Aug 1969
  37. Glamorgan v Derbyshire 10 Aug 1969
  38. Derbyshire v Somerset 17 Aug 1969
  39. Leicestershire v Derbyshire 24 Aug 1969
  40. Derbyshire v Kent 31 Aug 1969
  41. Hampshire v Derbyshire 07 Sep 1969
  42. Warwickshire v Derbyshire 14 Sep 1969
  43. Somerset v Derbyshire 10 May 1969
  44. Derbyshire v Worcestershire 07 Jun 1969
  45. Glamorgan v Derbyshire 02 Jul 1969
  46. Derbyshire v Sussex 30 Jul 1969
  47. Derbyshire v Yorkshire 06 Sep 1969
  48. Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1969
  49. Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire Players County League 1969
  50. Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire Gillette Cup 1969
  51. Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1969
  52. Bowling for Derbyshire Players County League 1969
  53. Bowling for Derbyshire Gillette Cup 1969