| 1981 season | |||
| Captain | Geoff Miller | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| County Championship | 12 | ||
| John Player League | 4 | ||
| National Westminster Bank Trophy | Winners | ||
| Benson & Hedges Cup. | Group | ||
| Most runs | Peter Kirsten | ||
| Most wickets | Paul Newman | ||
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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 played 22 games in the County Championship, and one match against the touring Australians of which they won four altogether Geoff Miller was in his third season as captain. Peter Kirsten was top scorer overall, in the County Championship and in the NWB Trophy, although John Wright scored most in the John Player League. Paul Newman and David Steele tied on 46 for most wickets in the County Championship, although Newman took an extra first class wicket against the Australians. Barry Wood took most wickets in the John Player League, and Colin Tunnicliffe most wickets in the NWB Trophy.
The club took on two wicket keepers in the season Michael Deakin as a stop gap and Bernie Maher who saw several years service with the club. Another player making his debut was Dallas Moir who went on to play several seasons for Derbyshire.
| List of matches | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | V | Result | Margin | Notes |
| 1 | 6 May 1981 [1] | Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester | Drawn | Briers 101; B Wood 123; L Taylor 7-28 | |
| 2 | 13 May 1981 [2] | Surrey Kennington Oval | Drawn | Clinton 123 | |
| 3 | 23 May 1981 [3] | Nottinghamshire County Ground, Derby | Abandoned | ||
| 4 | 27 May 1981 [4] | Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton | Drawn | CJ Tunnicliffe 5-34 | |
| 5 | 6 Jun 1981 [5] | Warwickshire County Ground, Derby | Drawn | Amiss 109 and 127; DS Steele 6-77 | |
| 6 | 10 Jun 1981 [6] | Australians County Ground, Derby | Drawn | JG Wright 144 | |
| 7 | 13 Jun 1981 [7] | Essex County Ground, Derby | Drawn | PG Newman 5-51 | |
| 8 | 17 Jun 1981 [8] | Yorkshire Abbeydale Park, Sheffield | Drawn | Lumb 145; Moxon 111; A Hill 101; RW Taylor 100 | |
| 9 | 20 Jun 1981 [9] | Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby | Lost | 9 wickets | JG Wright 110; PN Kirsten 114; Cook 120; Larkins 126 |
| 10 | 1 Jul 1981 [10] | Lancashire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Drawn | Kennedy 180; B Wood 127; Simmons 5-39 | |
| 11 | 4 Jul 1981 [11] | Worcestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Won | 3 runs | Pridgeon 5-63; Patel 100; JG Wright 141; B Wood 153 Younis Ahmed 107; M Hendrick 5-41 |
| 12 | 15 Jul 1981 [12] | Hampshire United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth | Lost | Innings and 32 runs | Greenidge 109 |
| 13 | 18 Jul 1981 [13] | Somerset County Ground, Taunton | Drawn | PN Kirsten 228;DS Steele 137; Richards 130 | |
| 14 | 25 Jul 1981 [14] | Kent County Ground, Derby | Won | 9 wickets | Benson 108; Tavare 156; DS Steele 7-53 |
| 15 | 29 Jul 1981 [15] | Gloucestershire County Ground, Derby | Won | Innings and 26 runs | CJ Tunnicliffe 5-40; Childs 5-43 |
| 16 | 1 Aug 1981 [16] | Essex County Ground, Chelmsford | Lost | Innings and 60 runs | |
| 17 | 8 Aug 1981 [17] | Leicestershire County Ground, Derby | Lost | Innings and 27 runs | DS Steele 7-85; L Taylor 6-19 |
| 18 | 12 Aug 1981 [18] | Sussex The Saffrons, Eastbourne | Lost | 5 wickets | Imran Khan 107 and 5-52 |
| 19 | 15 Aug 1981 [19] | Glamorgan St Helen's, Swansea | Won | Innings and 7 runs | DS Steele 5-62 |
| 20 | 22 Aug 1981 [20] | Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Lost | 6 wickets | JG Wright 150; Geoffrey Boycott 122 |
| 21 | 26 Aug 1981 [21] | Lancashire Stanley Park, Blackpool | Drawn | PN Kirsten 204; Lloyd 146 | |
| 22 | 29 Aug 1981 [22] | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham | Lost | 9 wickets | Hemmings 7-59 and 6-70; CJ Tunnicliffe 5-75 |
| 23 | 12 Sep 1981 [23] | Middlesex County Ground, Derby | Drawn | Mike Brearley 145; Mike Gatting 186; A Hill 107; Edmonds 6-93 | |
| List of matches | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | V | Result | Margin | Notes |
| 1 | 10 May 1981 [24] | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester | Won | Faster scoring rate | |
| 2 | 24 May 1981 [25] | Nottinghamshire County Ground, Derby | Abandoned | ||
| 3 | 31 May 1981 [26] | Surrey Kennington Oval | Lost | 3 wickets | |
| 4 | 14 Jun 1981 [27] | Hampshire County Ground, Derby | Won | 5 wickets | |
| 5 | 21 Jun 1981 [28] | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham | Won | 42 runs | |
| 6 | 28 Jun 1981 [29] | Gloucestershire Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester | Won | 9 wickets | |
| 7 | 5 Jul 1981 [30] | Worcestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Won | 8 wickets | |
| 8 | 19 Jul 1981 [31] | Somerset County Ground, Taunton | Lost | 7 wickets | |
| 9 | 26 Jul 1981 [32] | Kent County Ground, Derby | Won | 18 runs | |
| 10 | 2 Aug 1981 [33] | Essex County Ground, Chelmsford | Lost | 32 runs | |
| 11 | 9 Aug 1981 [34] | Leicestershire County Ground, Derby | Won | 23 runs | |
| 12 | 16 Aug 1981 [35] | Glamorgan St Helen's, Swansea | Won | 5 wickets | |
| 13 | 23 Aug 1981 [36] | Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Lost | 71 runs | Athey 5-35 |
| 14 | 30 Aug 1981 [37] | Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby | Won | 38 runs | CJ Tunnicliffe 5-24 |
| 15 | 6 Sep 1981 [38] | Sussex County Ground, Hove | Lost | 5 wickets | |
| 16 | 13 Sep 1981 [39] | Middlesex County Ground, Derby | Won | 6 wickets | |
| List of matches | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | V | Result | Margin | Notes |
| 1st Round | 11 Jul 1981 [40] | Suffolk Victory Ground, Bury St Edmunds | Won | 171 runs | |
| 2nd Round | 22 Jul 1981 [41] | Worcestershire County Ground, New Road, Worcester | Won | 4 wickets | CJ Tunnicliffe 5-50 |
| Quarter Final | 5 Aug 1981 [42] | Nottinghamshire County Ground, Derby | Won | 23 runs | |
| Semi Final | 19 Aug 1981 [43] | Essex County Ground, Derby | Won | Losing fewer wickets | |
| Final | 5 Sep 1981 [44] | Northamptonshire Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood | Won | Losing fewer wickets | Cook 111 |
| List of matches | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | V | Result | Margin | Notes |
| Group B 1 | 9 May 1981 [45] | Yorkshire County Ground, Derby | Lost | 1 wicket | Bairstow 103; CJ Tunnicliffe 5-24 |
| Group B 2 | 16 May 1981 [46] | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham | No Result | ||
| Group B 3 | 19 May 1981 [47] | Scotland County Ground, Derby | Won | 7 wickets | |
| Group B 4 | 21 May 1981 [48] | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester | Won | 2 wickets | |
| Name | County Championship | John Player League | NWB Trophy | B & H Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | I | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | M | I | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | M | I | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | M | I | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | |
| S Anderson | 10 | 13 | 92 | 44 | 9.20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| KJ Barnett | 16 | 21 | 413 | 67* | 24.29 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 205 | 35 | 18.63 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 136 | 59 | 45.33 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 12.00 | 0 |
| AJ Borrington | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| KG Brooks | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| MJ Deakin | 4 | 6 | 45 | 15 | 7.50 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| M Hendrick | 11 | 9 | 81 | 21 | 13.50 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 12* | 20.00 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2* | 0 | 0 | ||||
| A Hill | 21 | 30 | 936 | 107 | 42.54 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 132 | 33* | 18.85 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 57 | 21 | 11.40 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| PN Kirsten | 20 | 33 | 1563 | 228 | 57.88 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 425 | 63 | 30.35 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 229 | 84* | 57.25 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 76 | 65 | 25.33 | 0 |
| BJM Maher | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4* | 3.00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| G Miller | 20 | 30 | 538 | 81 | 19.92 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 229 | 52* | 22.90 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 81 | 57 | 27.00 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 97 | 74 | 48.50 | 0 |
| DG Moir | 3 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 8.66 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| PG Newman | 14 | 15 | 93 | 27 | 8.45 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 3.33 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 15.00 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5* | 0 | |
| S Oldham | 15 | 14 | 92 | 33 | 10.22 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 12.50 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| DS Steele | 20 | 30 | 836 | 137 | 29.85 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 145 | 35 | 20.71 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 113 | 89* | 28.25 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 12 | 10.66 | 0 |
| RW Taylor | 15 | 15 | 231 | 100 | 19.25 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 39 | 26* | 19.50 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 12* | 33.00 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 30.00 | 0 |
| CJ Tunnicliffe | 20 | 24 | 239 | 39 | 10.39 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 91 | 27 | 13.00 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 15* | 6.00 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 10.50 | 0 |
| B Wood | 21 | 35 | 1412 | 153 | 48.68 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 285 | 58* | 25.90 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 48 | 18 | 9.60 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 76 | 32* | 25.33 | 0 |
| JG Wright | 19 | 30 | 1110 | 150 | 38.27 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 618 | 87* | 51.50 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 216 | 76 | 43.20 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 104 | 47 | 34.66 | 0 [49] [50] [51] [52] |
| Name | County Championship | John Player League | NWB Trophy | B & H Cup | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balls | Runs | Wkts | Best | Ave | Balls | Runs | Wkts | Best | Ave | Balls | Runs | Wkts | Best | Ave | Balls | Runs | Wkts | Best | Ave | |
| S Anderson | 330 | 222 | 3 | 1-17 | 74.00 | |||||||||||||||
| KJ Barnett | 705 | 435 | 4 | 2-58 | 108.75 | 24 | 19 | 1 | 1-19 | 19.00 | ||||||||||
| M Hendrick | 1952 | 792 | 30 | 5-41 | 26.40 | 474 | 267 | 13 | 3-43 | 20.53 | 264 | 109 | 3 | 2-20 | 36.33 | 189 | 82 | 8 | 4-18 | 10.25 |
| A Hill | 7 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| PN Kirsten | 156 | 82 | 1 | 1-7 | 82.00 | 78 | 54 | 3 | 2-15 | 18.00 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 36 | 18 | 0 | ||||
| G Miller | 2738 | 1258 | 33 | 4-27 | 38.12 | 324 | 195 | 12 | 4-35 | 16.25 | 204 | 123 | 7 | 2-16 | 17.57 | 76 | 38 | 1 | 1-20 | 38.00 |
| DG Moir | 374 | 203 | 2 | 1-20 | 101.50 | |||||||||||||||
| PG Newman | 1965 | 1115 | 46 | 5-51 | 24.23 | 516 | 336 | 12 | 3-24 | 28.00 | 184 | 86 | 7 | 3-23 | 12.28 | 96 | 44 | 2 | 1-14 | 22.00 |
| S Oldham | 1886 | 1025 | 23 | 3-35 | 44.56 | 590 | 514 | 18 | 3-24 | 28.55 | 138 | 77 | 4 | 3-29 | 19.25 | 132 | 69 | 1 | 1-33 | 69.00 |
| DS Steele | 2364 | 1015 | 46 | 7-53 | 22.06 | 136 | 113 | 5 | 3-36 | 22.60 | 177 | 112 | 4 | 2-23 | 28.00 | 96 | 77 | 4 | 2-7 | 19.25 |
| CJ Tunnicliffe | 2918 | 1536 | 42 | 5-34 | 36.57 | 607 | 379 | 20 | 5-24 | 18.95 | 300 | 147 | 11 | 5-50 | 13.36 | 198 | 89 | 8 | 5-24 | 11.12 |
| B Wood | 1419 | 774 | 16 | 2-12 | 48.37 | 684 | 453 | 21 | 3-19 | 21.57 | 360 | 127 | 6 | 2-14 | 21.16 | 132 | 45 | 2 | 2-24 | 22.50 [53] [54] [55] [56] |
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