Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1973

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1973 season
Captain	Brian Bolus
County Championship	16
John Player League	12
Gillette Cup	Round 2
Benson & Hedges Cup	Group
Most runs	Brian Bolus
Most wickets	Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan
Most catches	Bob Taylor
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Last updated October 18, 2025

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1973 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for one hundred and two years. In the County Championship, they won two matches to finish sixteenth in their seventy-ninth season in the Championship. They won five matches in the John Player League to finish twelfth. They were eliminated in the first round of the Gillette Cup and did not progress beyond group level in the Benson & Hedges Cup.

1973 season

Derbyshire played 20 games in the County Championship, one match against Oxford University, and one match each against the touring New Zealanders and West Indians. They won three first class matches overall, two in the County Championship. Brian Bolus was in his first season as captain. Brian Bolus scored most runs overall, although Michael Page scored most in the County Championship. Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan took most wickets.

Matches

First Class

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	12 May 1973^[1]	Warwickshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	16 runs	M Hendrick 8-45; McVicar 5-58
2	16 May 1973^[2]	Essex County Ground, Chelmsford	Lost	Innings and 28 runs	East 6-35 and 6-95
3	23 May 1973^[3]	New Zealanders County Ground, Derby	Drawn
4	26 May 1973^[4]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton	Drawn		Cottam 6-45
5	6 Jun 1973^[5]	Worcestershire County Ground, Derby	Lost	5 wickets	Holder 5-29; M Hendrick 5-64
6	9 Jun 1973^[6]	Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester	Drawn		Lee 6-53
7	16 Jun 1973^[7]	Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		Sharpe 110
8	20 Jun 1973^[8]	Oxford University The University Parks, Oxford	Won	4 wickets
9	23 Jun 1973^[9]	Middlesex Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent	Drawn		Titmus 6-40
10	30 Jun 1973^[10]	Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester	Lost	2 wickets	S Venkataraghavan 7-100
11	4 Jul 1973^[11]	Glamorgan Sophia Gardens, Cardiff	Won	56 runs	Nash 6-99; RS Swindell 5-52; S Venkataraghavan 6-67
12	7 Jul 1973^[12]	Kent County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Luckhurst 215; Johnson 130
13	14 Jul 1973^[13]	Lancashire Park Road Ground, Buxton	Drawn
14	25 Jul 1973^[14]	Surrey Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	57 runs	Ahmed 117; Pocock 5-67
15	28 Jul 1973^[15]	Yorkshire Bramall Lane, Sheffield	Lost	4 wickets	JB Bolus 138; M Hendrick 5-69
16	4 Aug 1973^[16]	Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston	Drawn		Sobers 100;
17	8 Aug 1973^[17]	Hampshire United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth	Lost	10 wickets	Gilliat 103; RS Swindell 6-97; Sainsbury 5-41
18	11 Aug 1973^[18]	Somerset Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare	Lost	48 runs	FW Swarbrook 6-57; Cartwright 7-37 and 6-52
19	18 Aug 1973^[19]	Sussex The Saffrons, Eastbourne	Won	95 runs	FW Swarbrook 6-53; S Venkataraghavan 6-78
20	22 Aug 1973^[20]	Gloucestershire County Ground, Derby	Lost	150 runs
21	25 Aug 1973^[21]	Leicestershire County Ground, Derby	Lost	2 wickets
22	29 Aug 1973^[22]	West Indians Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	163 runs	Lloyd 174; Ali 6-55
23	8 Sep 1973^[23]	Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Drawn		Sobers 128; Harris 125; Edwards 5-44

John Player League

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	6 May 1973^[24]	Hampshire County Ground, Derby	Abandoned
2	13 May 1973^[25]	Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham	Abandoned
3	20 May 1973^[26]	Essex County Ground, Chelmsford	Lost	14 runs
4	27 May 1973^[27]	Worcestershire Tipton Road, Dudley	Lost	39 runs
5	3 Jun 1973^[28]	Leicestershire Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent	Lost	8 wickets
6	24 Jun 1973^[29]	Middlesex Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Won	1 run
7	1 Jul 1973^[30]	Glamorgan Park Road Ground, Buxton	Won	1 run	Nash 5-14
8	8 Jul 1973^[31]	Kent Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	5 wickets
9	15 Jul 1973^[32]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton	No result
10	22 Jul 1973^[33]	Yorkshire North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough	Lost	87 runs
11	29 Jul 1973^[34]	Surrey County Ground, Derby	Won	68 runs
12	5 Aug 1973^[35]	Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester	Lost	Faster rate
13	12 Aug 1973^[36]	Somerset Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare	Lost	8 wickets
14	19 Aug 1973^[37]	Sussex The Saffrons, Eastbourne	Lost	4 wickets	Buss 5-36
15	2 Sep 1973^[38]	Gloucestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Won	11 runs
16	9 Sep 1973^[39]	Nottinghamshire County Ground, Derby	Won	16 runs

Gillette Cup

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1st Round	11 Jul 1973^[40]	Sussex Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	111 runs

Benson and Hedges Cup

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
Group A 1	28 Apr 1973^[41]	Nottinghamshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	33 runs
Group A 2	7 May 1973^[42]	Yorkshire Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford	Lost	5 wickets
Group A 3	19 May 1973^[43]	Lancashire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston	Lost	4 wickets
Group A 4	2 Jun 1973^[44]	Minor Counties North Tean Road Sports Ground, Cheadle	Won	5 wickets

Statistics

Competition batting averages

Name	County Championship						John Player League						Gillette Cup						B & H Cup
Name	M	I	Runs	HS	Ave	100	M	I	Runs	HS	Ave	100	M	I	Runs	HS	Ave	100	M	I	Runs	HS	Ave	100
CJ Armishaw							4	2	8	7	4.00	0	1	1	0	0*		0
JB Bolus	20	37	1084	138	32.84	1	14	14	317	79*	24.38	0	1	1	33	33	33.00	0	4	4	94	66	23.50	0
AJ Borrington	17	33	624	75	18.90	0	11	10	171	47*	19.00	0	1	1	1	1	1.00	0	2	2	17	10	8.50	0
IR Buxton	18	32	670	83	23.92	0	14	14	399	68	36.27	0	1	1	2	2	2.00	0	4	4	54	26	27.00	0
H Cartwright	14	26	348	63	13.92	0	11	11	155	76*	19.37	0							1	1	6	6*		0
RL Hanson	1	1	1	1*		0	1	1	2	2	2.00	0							1	0
AJ Harvey-Walker	11	21	457	86	22.85	0	14	14	293	84	24.41	0	1	1	2	2	2.00	0	4	4	68	30	17.00	0
M Hendrick	17	19	193	46	12.06	0	14	9	70	17	11.66	0	1	1	11	11	11.00	0	4	3	50	32	25.00	0
A Hill	18	35	623	75	17.80	0	2	2	84	54	42.00	0
CC Inman							3	3	52	46	17.33	0 0 1							4	4	51	33	12.75	0
G Miller	9	16	241	71	17.21	0	7	6	112	44	18.66	0	1	1	10	10	10.00	0
MH Page	16	30	1200	96	46.15	0	7	7	57	22	8.14	0	1	1	13	13	13.00	0	4	4	77	47	19.25	0
FE Rumsey							14	6	7	3	2.33	0	1	1	1	1	1.00	0	4	2	0	0*	0.00	0
FW Swarbrook	20	34	444	65*	15.31	0	1	1	12	12	12.00	0							1	1	5	5	5.00	0
RS Swindell	7	12	71	23*	7.88	0
RW Taylor	19	34	661	61*	22.03	0	13	9	87	24	10.87	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	3	3	35	20	11.66	0
CJ Tunnicliffe	8	10	77	34*	25.66	0	8	4	53	27*	26.50	0							1	0
S Venkataraghavan	20	34	424	51	17.66	0	14	7	45	16	7.50	0	1	1	10	10	10.00	0	4	3	6	4	2.00	0
A Ward	5	8	55	36	9.16	0	2	1	3	3	3.00	0 0 0							3	2	7	7*	7.00	0 ^[45]^[46]^[47]^[48]

Competition bowling averages

Name	County Championship					John Player League					Gillette Cup					B & H Cup
Name	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Best	Ave	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Best	Ave	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Best	Ave	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Best	Ave
CJ Armishaw						144	104	4	4-31	26.00	72	52	1	1-52	52.00
IR Buxton	2115	813	24	4-42	33.87	528	390	15	4-21	26.00	72	27	4	4-27	6.75	164	64	5	2-6	12.80
AJ Harvey-Walker	342	152	7	2-8	21.71	12	10	0
M Hendrick	2856	1191	58	8-45	20.53	615	302	10	2-15	30.20	72	38	2	2-38	19.00	246	105	4	2-38	26.25
G Miller	324	160	6	2-33	26.66	15	30	0
MH Page	6	9	0			4	4	0								2	1	0
FE Rumsey						567	347	18	4-33	19.27	72	45	0			264	86	11	4-19	7.81
FW Swarbrook	2987	1461	43	6-53	33.97	12	18	1	1-18	18.00						30	19	0
RS Swindell	834	469	11	6-97	42.63
RW Taylor	1	4	0
CJ Tunnicliffe	1007	546	10	3-96	54.60	346	294	6	2-46	49.00						50	31	0
S Venkataraghavan	4586	2095	69	7-100	30.36	582	396	17	3-31	23.29	72	32	0			264	121	3	2-32	40.33
A Ward	499	290	7	3-22	41.42	72	27	1	1-22	27.00 0						174	74	6	4-39	12.33 ^[49]^[50]^[51]^[52]

Wicket Keeping

Bob Taylor

County Championship Catches 33, Stumping 9

John Player League Catches 7, Stumping 5

Gillette Cup Catches 3, Stumping 0

Benson and Hedges Cup Catches 1, Stumping 0

References

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[1] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Warwickshire 12 May 1973

[2] Cricket Archive – Essex v Derbyshire 16 May 1973

[3] Cricket Archive – 1973 Derbyshire v New Zealanders 23 May 1973

[4] Cricket Archive – Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 26 May 1973

[5] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Worcestershire 6 Jun 1973

[6] Cricket Archive – Lancashire v Derbyshire 9 Jun 1973

[7] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Yorkshire 16 Jun 1973

[8] Cricket Archive – Oxford University v Derbyshire 20 Jun 1973

[9] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Middlesex 23 Jun 1973

[10] Cricket Archive – Leicestershire v Derbyshire 30 Jun 1973

[11] Cricket Archive – Glamorgan v Derbyshire 4 Jul 1973

[12] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Kent 7 Jul 1973

[13] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Lancashire 14 Jul 1973

[14] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Surrey 25 Jul 1973

[15] Cricket Archive – Yorkshire v Derbyshire 28 Jul 1973

[16] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 4 Aug 1973

[17] Cricket Archive – Hampshire v Derbyshire 8 Aug 1973

[18] Cricket Archive – Somerset v Derbyshire 11 Aug 1973

[19] Cricket Archive – Sussex v Derbyshire 18 Aug 1973

[20] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 22 Aug 1973

[21] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Leicestershire 25 Aug 1973

[22] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v West Indians 29 Aug 1973

[23] Cricket Archive – Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 8 Sep 1973

[24] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Hampshire 6 May 1973

[25] Cricket Archive – Warwickshire v Derbyshire 13 May 1973

[26] Cricket Archive – Essex v Derbyshire 20 May 1973

[27] Cricket Archive – Worcestershire v Derbyshire 27 May 1973

[28] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Leicestershire 3 Jun 1973

[29] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Middlesex 24 Jun 1973

[30] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Glamorgan 1 Jul 1973

[31] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Kent 8 Jul 1973

[32] Cricket Archive – Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 15 Jul 1973

[33] Cricket Archive – Yorkshire v Derbyshire 22 Jul 1973

[34] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Surrey 29 Jul 1973

[35] Cricket Archive – Lancashire v Derbyshire 5 Aug 1973

[36] Cricket Archive – Somerset v Derbyshire 12 Aug 1973

[37] Cricket Archive – Sussex v Derbyshire 19 Aug 1973

[38] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 2 Sep 1973

[39] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 9 Sep 1973

[40] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Sussex 11 Jul 1973

[41] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 28 Apr 1973

[42] Cricket Archive – Yorkshire v Derbyshire 7 May 1973

[43] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Lancashire 19 May 1973

[44] Cricket Archive – Minor Counties North v Derbyshire 2 Jun 1973

[45] Cricket Archive Derbyshire batting 1973

[46] Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire John Player League 1973

[47] Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire Gillette Cup 1973

[48] Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire Benson and Hedges Cup 1973

[49] Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1991

[50] Bowling for Derbyshire John Player League 1973

[51] Bowling for Derbyshire Gillette Cup 1973

[52] Bowling for Derbyshire Benson and Hedges Cup 1973

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