Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1983

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons

1983 season
Captain	Barry Wood
County Championship	9
John Player Special League	6
National Westminster Bank Trophy	R2
Benson & Hedges Cup.	Group
Most runs	Kim Barnett
Most wickets	Ole Mortensen
Most catches	Bob Taylor
← 1982 1984 →

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.

1983 season

Derbyshire played twenty four first class matches, which were all in the County Championship. They won seven matches and lost five in both the championship and in the Sunday league. They lost to Middlesex in the second round of the NWB Trophy and lost the only two matches which were completed in the Benson and Hedges Cup.

Barry Wood was captain, Kim Barnett was top scorer and Ole Mortensen took most wickets.

Bill Fowler made his first class debut for the club in the first of two seasons.

Matches

First Class

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	30 Apr 1983 [1]	Gloucestershire County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Stovold 181
2	4 May 1983 [2]	Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester	Drawn
3	11 May 1983 [3]	Lancashire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn
4	28 May 1983 [4]	Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Won	6 wickets	Single innings match
5	4 Jun 1983 [5]	Hampshire County Ground, Derby	Drawn		C Smith 193; Jesty 187 Southern 5–60
6	8 Jun 1983 [6]	Middlesex Uxbridge Cricket Club Ground	Lost	9 wickets	Butcher 179
7	11 Jun 1983 [7]	Leicestershire County Ground, Derby	Lost	Innings and 4 runs	Ferris 5–29
8	15 Jun 1983 [8]	Essex County Ground, Derby	Lost	Innings and 25 runs	McEwan 178
9	18 Jun 1983 [9]	Somerset Recreation Ground, Bath	Won	123 runs	OH Mortensen 5–43
10	22 Jun 1983 [10]	Yorkshire Abbeydale Park, Sheffield	Won	22 runs	Boycott 112; Carrick 5–45 and 7–44; OH Mortensen 6–27 and 5–62; DG Moir 5–114
11	25 Jun 1983 [11]	Middlesex Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	9 wickets	Edmonds 6–38
12	2 Jul 1983 [12]	Worcestershire County Ground, Derby	Won	8 wickets	A Hill 137;
13	9 Jul 1983 [13]	Gloucestershire Phoenix County Ground, Bristol	Drawn		Childs 6–81
14	13 Jul 1983 [14]	Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham	Won	10 wickets	A Hill 121; Gifford 6–77; DG Moir 5–44; RJ Finney 5–58
15	16 Jul 1983 [15]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Larkins 236; KJ Barnett 103
16	27 Jul 1983 [16]	Hampshire United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth	Lost	6 wickets	Nicholas 100; Tremlett 6–82
17	30 Jul 1983 [17]	Kent Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		Aslett 168 and 119; IS Anderson 112; KJ Barnett 106
18	6 Aug 1983 [18]	Sussex The Saffrons, Eastbourne	Drawn		Pigott 6–22
19	13 Aug 1983 [19]	Somerset County Ground, Derby	Drawn		G Miller 5–71
20	20 Aug 1983 [20]	Glamorgan St Helen's, Swansea	Won	2 wickets	Hopkins 109
21	24 Aug 1983 [21]	Lancashire Stanley Park, Blackpool	Drawn		Simmons 101*; A Hill 106; Hayes 127; G Miller 5–98
22	27 Aug 1983 [22]	Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		Boycott 169; Carrick 5–122; MA Holding 5–48
23	7 Sep 1983 [23]	Nottinghamshire County Ground, Derby	Won	100 runs	Cooper 5–32; MA Holding 5–53
24	10 Sep 1983 [24]	Surrey Kennington Oval	Drawn		KJ Barnett 121; A Hill 111; MA Holding 5–54

John Player Special League

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	8 May 1983 [25]	Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester	Abandoned
2	15 May 1983 [26]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby	Won	78 runs
3	22 May 1983 [27]	Essex County Ground, Chelmsford	Abandoned
4	5 Jun 1983 [28]	Warwickshire Courtaulds Ground, Coventry	Won	5 wickets	JG Wright 108
5	12 Jun 1983 [29]	Leicestershire County Ground, Derby	Lost	5 wickets
6	26 Jun 1983 [30]	Middlesex Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	4 wickets
7	3 Jul 1983 [31]	Worcestershire County Ground, Derby	Won	4 wickets
8	10 Jul 1983 [32]	Gloucestershire Phoenix County Ground, Bristol	Won	3 wickets
9	24 Jul 1983 [33]	Nottinghamshire County Ground, Derby	Won	3 wickets
10	31 Jul 1983 [34]	Kent Queen's Park, Chesterfield	No Result
11	7 Aug 1983 [35]	Sussex The Saffrons, Eastbourne	Lost	2 runs
12	14 Aug 1983 [36]	Somerset Town Ground, Heanor	Won	8 wickets	KJ Barnett 100
13	21 Aug 1983 [37]	Glamorgan St Helen's, Swansea	Lost	22 runs
14	28 Aug 1983 [38]	Yorkshire Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford	Lost	2 wickets
15	4 Sep 1983 [39]	Hampshire County Ground, Derby	Won	8 runs
16	11 Sep 1983 [40]	Surrey Kennington Oval	Abandoned

National Westminster Bank Trophy

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1st Round	29 Jun 1983 [41]	Suffolk Victory Ground, Bury St Edmunds	Won	6 wickets
2nd Round	20 Jul 1983 [42]	Middlesex County Ground, Derby	Lost	30 runs

Benson and Hedges Cup

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
Group A 1	7 May 1983 [43]	Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Abandoned
Group A 2	14 May 1983 [44]	Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham	Lost	61 runs	Kallicharran 119; Willis 5–37
Group A 3	17 May 1983 [45]	Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Lost	51 runs
Group A 4	19 May 1983 [46]	Lancashire County Ground, Derby	No Result

Statistics

Competition batting averages

Name	County Championship						John Player Special 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
IS Anderson	21	37	1233	112	37.36	1	13	12	257	54	21.41	0	2	2	75	47	37.50	0	2	1	32	32	32.00	0
KJ Barnett	24	40	1423	121	38.45	3	13	13	253	100*	21.08	1	2	2	123	88	61.50	0	3	2	35	30	17.50	0
RJ Finney	20	35	578	71	17.51	0	11	10	201	46*	33.50	0	2	2	19	14*	19.00	0	2	1	21	21	21.00	0
WP Fowler	17	26	591	91	24.62	0	11	9	143	37	15.88	0	2	1	7	7	7.00	0
JH Hampshire	14	19	485	84	28.52	0	3	3	72	36*	36.00	0	1	1	35	35	35.00	0	2	1	83	83	83.00	0
A Hill	24	40	1311	137*	37.45	4	13	13	197	30	15.15	0	2	2	60	52	30.00	0	3	2	74	39	37.00	0
MA Holding	6	5	90	63	22.50	0	6	2	19	12	9.50	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0
BJM Maher	8	12	150	52	15.00	0	4	2	19	13*	19.00	0
G Miller	21	30	699	84	30.39	0	11	11	264	55*	37.71	0	1	1	1	1*		0	3	2	57	41	28.50	0
DG Moir	17	21	224	53	12.44	0													1	1	3	3	3.00	0
JE Morris	10	20	361	58	19.00	0	9	8	168	61	21.00	0	1	1	7	7	7.00	0
OH Mortensen	18	23	76	14*	9.50	0	12	4	5	3*		0	2	1	2	2*		0
PG Newman	7	5	14	12	2.80	0	4	3	12	6	4.00	0							3	2	15	11*	15.00	0
S Oldham	15	17	177	39	13.61	0	8	3	11	5	5.50	0	2	1	6	6	6.00	0	3	2	2	2	1.00	0
RW Taylor	16	21	267	41*	17.80	0	9	6	31	13*	10.33	0	2	1	11	11	11.00	0	3	2	14	10*		0
CJ Tunnicliffe	17	25	461	91	18.44	0	11	8	97	33*	32.33	0	2	1	6	6	6.00	0	3	2	7	5	3.50	0
A Watts	2	2	39	33*	39.00	0
B Wood	3	2	22	18	11.00	0	3	3	63	36	21.00	0							3	2	26	26	13.00	0
JG Wright	4	3	107	60	35.66	0	2	2	175	108	87.50	1							2	2	5	5	2.50	0 [47] [48] [49] [50]

Competition bowling averages

Name	County Championship					John Player Special 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
IS Anderson	168	146	1	1–45	146.00	30	15	2	2–15	7.50
KJ Barnett	18	13	0
RJ Finney	1691	970	30	5–58	32.33	383	281	9	3–27	31.22	144	78	1	1–46	78.00
WP Fowler	360	214	2	1–26	107.00	60	28	2	2–2	14.00
JH Hampshire	12	4	0
A Hill	38	15	0
MA Holding	1014	451	21	5–48	21.47	220	124	9	3–19	13.77	72	50	2	2–50	25.00
G Miller	2957	1278	37	5–71	34.54	391	251	10	2–12	25.10	72	28	3	3–28	9.33	174	91	1	1–19	91.00
DG Moir	2777	1385	40	5–44	34.62											18	21	0
JE Morris	12	0	0
OH Mortensen	3111	1605	66	6–27	24.31	467	340	14	3–30	24.28	144	67	4	3–16	16.75
PG Newman	533	321	7	3–0	45.85	192	99	9	4–21	11.00						162	119	4	4–55	29.75
S Oldham	2324	1120	31	4–56	36.12	324	269	11	4–21	24.45	144	79	4	2–32	19.75	162	115	5	2–53	23.00
CJ Tunnicliffe	2572	1372	39	4–30	35.17	372	296	9	3–30	32.88	144	79	1	1–46	79.00	132	84	3	2–30	28.00
A Watts	132	87	1	1–28	87.00
B Wood	120	74	0			144	96	5	3–35	19.20						198	114	2	2–26	57.00 [51] [52] [53] [54]

Wicket Keeping

• Bob Taylor

County Championship Catches 37, Stumping 2

John Player League Catches 4, Stumping 1

NWB Trophy Catches 4, Stumping 0

B & H Trophy Catches 4, Stumping 0

• Bernie Maher

County Championship Catches 13, Stumping 3

John Player League Catches 5, Stumping 1

See also

• Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
• 1983 English cricket season

References

1. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Gloucestershire
2. Cricket Archive – Leicestershire v Derbyshire 4 May 1983
3. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Lancashire 11 May 1983
4. Cricket Archive – Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 28 May 1983
5. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Hampshire 4 Jun 1983
6. Cricket Archive – Middlesex v Derbyshire 8 Jun 1983
7. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Leicestershire 11 Jun 1983
8. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Essex 15 Jun 1983
9. Cricket Archive – Somerset v Derbyshire 18 Jun 1983
10. Cricket Archive – Yorkshire v Derbyshire 22 Jun 1983
11. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Middlesex 25 Jun 1983
12. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Worcestershire 2 Jul 1983
13. Cricket Archive – Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 9 Jul 1983
14. Cricket Archive – Warwickshire v Derbyshire 13 Jul 1983
15. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 16 Jul 1983
16. Cricket Archive – Hampshire v Derbyshire 27 Jul 1983
17. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Kent 30 Jul 1983
18. Cricket Archive – Sussex v Derbyshire 6 Aug 1983
19. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Somerset 13 Aug 1983
20. Cricket Archive – Glamorgan v Derbyshire 20 Aug 1983
21. Cricket Archive – Lancashire v Derbyshire 24 Aug 1983
22. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Yorkshire 27 Aug 1983
23. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 7 Sep 1983
24. Cricket Archive – Surrey v Derbyshire10 Sep 1983
25. Cricket Archive – Lancashire v Derbyshire 8 May 1983
26. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 15 May 1983
27. Cricket Archive – Essex v Derbyshire 22 May 1983
28. Cricket Archive – Warwickshire v Derbyshire 5 Jun 1983
29. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Leicestershire 12 Jun 1983
30. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Middlesex 26 Jun 1983
31. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Worcestershire 3 Jul 1983
32. Cricket Archive – Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 10 Jul 1983
33. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 24 Jul 1983
34. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Kent 31 Jul 1983
35. Cricket Archive – Sussex v Derbyshire 7 Aug 1983
36. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Somerset 14 Aug 1983
37. Cricket Archive – Glamorgan v Derbyshire 21 Aug 1983
38. Cricket Archive – Yorkshire v Derbyshire 28 Aug 1983
39. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Hampshire 4 Sep 1983
40. Cricket Archive – Surrey v Derbyshire 11 Sep 1983
41. Cricket Archive – Suffolk v Derbyshire 29 Jun 1983
42. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Middlesex 20 Jul 1983
43. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Yorkshire 7 May 1983
44. Cricket Archive – Warwickshire v Derbyshire 14 May 1983
45. Cricket Archive – Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 17 May 1983
46. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Lancashire 19 May 1983
47. Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1983
48. Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire John Player Special League 1983
49. Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire National Westminster Bank Trophy
50. Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire Benson and Hedges Cup 1983
51. Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1983
52. Bowling for Derbyshire John Player Special League 1983
53. Bowling for Derbyshire National Westminster Bank Trophy
54. Bowling for Derbyshire Benson and Hedges Cup 1983