Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1988

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons

1988 season
Captain	Kim Barnett
County Championship	15
Refuge Assurance League	12
National Westminster Bank Trophy	Quarter-final
Benson & Hedges Cup.	Runners-up
Most runs	Kim Barnett
Most wickets	Michael Holding
Most catches	Bernie Maher
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Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1988 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for one hundred and eighteen years. They reached the final of the Benson & Hedges Cup and reached the quarter-finals in the National Westminster Bank Trophy. In the County Championship, they won four matches to finish fifteenth in their eighty-second season in the Championship. They came twelfth in the Refuge Assurance League

1988 season

Derbyshire played twenty two matches in the County Championship one against Cambridge University and one against the touring Sri Lankans. They won five first class matches overall and four in the championship. They won five and lost eight matches in the Sunday league.

Kim Barnett was in his third season as captain and was top scorer. Michael Holding took most wickets overall although Devon Malcolm who hardly figured in the one-day game took most wickets in the Championship.

Matches

First Class

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	16 Apr 1988 [1]	Cambridge University FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge	Won	Innings and 214 runs	KJ Barnett 151; PD Bowler 155
2	21 Apr 1988 [2]	Leicestershire County Ground, Derby	Drawn		BJM Maher 121; Whittaker 145; Potter 107; Lewis 5-73
3	28 Apr 1988 [3]	Yorkshire Headingley, Leeds	Won	5 wickets	Jarvis 5-49; PG Newman 8-29
4	5 May 1988 [4]	Essex Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		Border 169; PD Bowler 159; Topley 7-75 and 5-104
5	21 May 1988 [5]	Glamorgan St Helen's, Swansea	Drawn		JE Morris 175
6	28 May 1988 [6]	Nottinghamshire County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Stephenson 6-54 and 6-59; OH Mortensen 5-14
7	4 Jun 1988 [7]	Sussex Cricket Field Road Ground, Horsham	Won	1 wicket	DE Malcolm 5-52
8	11 Jun 1988 [8]	Gloucestershire County Ground, Derby	Lost	4 wickets	KJ Barnett 175; Wright 136; Curran 6-103 and 6-59
9	18 Jun 1988 [9]	Worcestershire County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Neale 125; Rhodes 108;
10	25 Jun 1988 [10]	Surrey Kennington Oval	Drawn		PD Bowler 158
11	2 Jul 1988 [11]	Middlesex County Ground, Derby	Drawn		OH Mortensen 6-35
12	13 Jul 1988 [12]	Essex Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea	Lost	9 wickets	KJ Barnett 99; Foster 6-96
13	16 Jul 1988 [13]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby	Won	144 runs	OH Mortensen 5-28
14	20 Jul 1988 [14]	Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester	Drawn		KJ Barnett 239; Briers 125
15	23 Jul 1988 [15]	Hampshire United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth	Drawn		Maru 5-69
16	30 Jul 1988 [16]	Warwickshire County Ground, Derby	Drawn		JG Wright 154; Merrick 6-29; DE Malcolm 6-68
17	6 Aug 1988 [17]	Somerset Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare	Won	183 runs
18	13 Aug 1988 [18]	Kent Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		Tavare 119; Cowdrey 108
19	17 Aug 1988 [19]	Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		Metcalfe 115; KJ Barnett 109
20	20 Aug 1988 [20]	Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester	Drawn		Atherton 115; Watkinson 6-50
21	25 Aug 1988 [21]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton	Drawn		Bailey 110; OH Mortensen 6-40
22	31 Aug 1988 [22]	Sri Lanka County Ground, Derby	Drawn
23	9 Sep 1988 [23]	Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Lost	Innings and 41 runs	JE Morris 106; Newell 105; Randall 237; Stephenson 5-91
24	14 Sep 1988 [24]	Lancashire County Ground, Derby	Drawn		KJ Barnett 157; Fowler 172; Hayhurst 107; PD Bowler 134

Refuge Assurance League

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	24 Apr 1988 [25]	Leicestershire County Ground, Derby	Won	9 wickets
2	1 May 1988 [26]	Yorkshire Headingley, Leeds	No Result
3	8 May 1988 [27]	Essex County Ground, Derby	Lost	59 runs	Topley 5-25
4	22 May 1988 [28]	Glamorgan Rodney Parade, Newport	Lost	25 runs
5	29 May 1988 [29]	Nottinghamshire County Ground, Derby	Won	9 wickets
6	5 Jun 1988 [30]	Sussex Cricket Field Road Ground, Horsham	Won	5 runs
7	12 Jun 1988 [31]	Gloucestershire Town Ground, Heanor	Lost	42 runs
8	19 Jun 1988 [32]	Worcestershire Victora and Knypersley Social Welfare Centre, Knypersley	Lost	69 runs
9	26 Jun 1988 [33]	Surrey Kennington Oval	Tied
10	3 Jul 1988 [34]	Middlesex Repton School Ground	No Result
11	24 Jul 1988 [35]	Hampshire United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth	Lost	4 wickets	Bakker 5-26
12	31 Jul 1988 [36]	Warwickshire County Ground, Derby	Lost	8 runs
13	7 Aug 1988 [37]	Somerset Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare	Won	2 runs
14	14 Aug 1988 [38]	Kent Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	6 wickets
15	21 Aug 1988 [39]	Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester	Lost	2 runs
16	28 Aug 1988 [40]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton	Won	5 runs

National Westminster Bank Trophy

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1st Round	22 Jun 1988 [41]	Sussex County Ground, Hove	Won	6 wickets	MA Holding 8-21
2nd Round	25 Jun 1988 [42]	Cheshire Boughton Hall Cricket Club Ground, Chester	Won	87 runs	OH Mortensen 5-15
Quarter Final	27 Jul 1988 [43]	Hampshire County Ground, Derby	Lost	4 wickets

Benson and Hedges Cup

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
Group A 1	26 Apr 1988 [44]	Scotland Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow	Won	7 wickets
Group A 2	3 May 1988 [45]	Warwickshire County Ground, Derby	No Result
Group A 3	10 May 1988 [46]	Lancashire Aigburth, Liverpool	Won	5 wickets
Group A 4	14 May 1988 [47]	Leicestershire County Ground, Derby	Won	6 wickets
Quarter Final	25 May 1988 [48]	Middlesex County Ground, Derby	Won	9 wickets	DE Malcolm 5-27
Semi Final	8 Jun 1988 [49]	Glamorgan St Helen's, Swansea	Won	14 runs	MA Holding 5-31
Final	9 Jul 1988 [50]	Hampshire Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	Lost	7 wickets	Jeffries 5-13

Statistics

Competition batting averages

Name	County Championship						Refuge Assurance 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
CJ Adams	1	1	21	21	21.00	0
KJ Barnett	17	27	1406	239*	56.24	4	13	13	501	90*	45.54	0	3	3	82	49	27.33	0	7	6	347	85	69.40	0
SJ Base	7	9	51	15	8.50	0	7	4	4	3	1.33	0
PD Bowler	22	40	1563	159*	43.41	3	16	14	292	44	20.85	0	3	3	65	46	21.66	0	7	6	191	64	31.83	0
RJ Finney	3	5	142	52*	47.33	0	2	1	15	15	15.00	0							3	0
SC Goldsmith	22	37	956	89	28.96	0	16	14	299	61	23.00	0	3	3	21	10	7.00	0	7	5	64	27*	16.00	0
FA Griffith	4	6	87	37	17.40	0	5	5	29	9	7.25	0
MA Holding	11	12	129	30*	12.90	0	14	12	184	53	15.33	0	3	2	1	1	0.50	0	7	4	74	35*	37.00	0
M Jean-Jacques	3	4	5	5	1.25	0	3	2	20	13	10.00	0	1	0
BJM Maher	22	38	920	121*	28.75	1	16	14	193	36*	21.44	0	3	3	69	44	34.50	0	7	3	10	8	3.33	0
DE Malcolm	19	21	119	22	7.43	0							2	2	0	0	0.00	0	5	2	0	0*	0.00	0
JE Morris	21	35	1163	175	38.76	2	16	15	391	65	27.92	0	3	3	100	43*	50.00	0	7	5	137	48*	45.66	0
OH Mortensen	12	12	46	15	11.50	0	12	6	8	5	2.00	0	2	2	0	0*	0	0	5	1	0	0*		0
PG Newman	14	18	174	39	13.38	0	13	10	74	27*	14.80	0	3	2	18	15	9.00	0	7	2	25	15*	25.00	0
TJG O'Gorman	4	8	152	78	19.00	0	1	1	14	14	14.00	0
B Roberts	22	37	903	71	27.36	0	16	16	367	59	28.23	0	3	3	87	57	29.00	0	7	6	84	44	21.00	0
R Sharma	9	13	275	80	25.00	0	9	8	121	33	17.28	0	2	1	4	4	4.00	0	1	0
AE Warner	18	25	300	45	15.78	0	15	13	103	18	8.58	0	2	1	9	9	9.00	0	7	2	17	13	8.50	0
JG Wright	11	20	815	154*	42.89	1	2	2	19	15	9.50	0												[51] [52] [53] [54]

Competition bowling averages

Name	County Championship					Refuge Assurance 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
KJ Barnett	949	411	13	3-63	31.61	24	22	0
SJ Base	990	654	17	4-74	38.47	282	166	8	2-20	20.75
PD Bowler	1019	577	7	2-63	82.42	192	185	4	2-29	46.25	18	14	0			246	125	4	1-15	31.25
RJ Finney	270	131	0			24	16	0								36	23	1	1-5	23.00
SC Goldsmith	258	125	0			12	23	0
FA Griffith	483	268	9	4-47	29.77	168	137	3	2-27	45.66
MA Holding	1675	827	24	4-74	34.45	555	432	16	4-22	27.00	181	60	10	8-21	6.00	446	244	15	5-31	16.26
M Jean-Jacques	505	262	8	3-49	32.75	132	129	1	1-52	129.00	60	46	0
DE Malcolm	2808	1642	50	6-68	32.84						126	72	1	1-48	72.00	282	149	8	5-27	18.62
JE Morris	31	19	0
OH Mortensen	1401	464	34	6-35	13.64	516	277	9	2-14	30.77	134	50	8	5-15	6.25	294	167	4	1-19	41.75
PG Newman	1841	877	32	8-29	27.40	546	418	13	3-30	32.15	179	68	4	2-15	17.00	384	199	5	2-21	39.80
B Roberts	594	300	8	2-17	37.50	198	251	13	3-35	19.30	18	5	0			30	12	0
R Sharma	1250	559	7	1-0	79.85	162	135	5	3-35	27.00	78	33	1	1-17	33.00
AE Warner	2496	1091	37	4-36	29.48	592	578	15	3-21	38.53	120	65	1	1-38	65.00	395	266	9	3-52	29.55 [55] [56] [57] [58]

Wicket Keeping

Bernie Maher

County Championship Catches 51, Stumping 1

Refuge Assurance League Catches 13, Stumping 2

National Westminster Trophy Catches 9, Stumping 0

Benson and Hedges Cup Catches 9, Stumping 0

See also

• Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
• 1988 English cricket season

References

1. Cricket Archive – Cambridge University v Derbyshire 16 Apr 1988
2. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Leicestershire 21 Apr 1988
3. Cricket Archive – Yorkshire v Derbyshire 28 Apr 1988
4. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Essex 5 May 1988
5. Cricket Archive – Glamorgan v Derbyshire 21 May 1988
6. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 28 May 1988
7. Cricket Archive – Sussex v Derbyshire 4 Jun 1988
8. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 11 Jun 1988
9. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Worcestershire 18 Jun 1988
10. Cricket Archive – Surrey v Derbyshire 25 Jun 1988
11. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Middlesex 2 Jul 1988
12. Cricket Archive – Essex v Derbyshire 13 Jul 1988
13. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 16 Jul 1988
14. Cricket Archive – Leicestershire v Derbyshire 20 Jul 1988
15. Cricket Archive – Hampshire v Derbyshire 23 Jul 1988
16. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Warwickshire 30 Jul 1988
17. Cricket Archive – Somerset v Derbyshire 6 Aug 1988
18. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Kent 13 Aug 1988
19. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Yorkshire 17 Aug 1988
20. Cricket Archive – Lancashire v Derbyshire 20 Aug 1988
21. Cricket Archive – Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 25 Aug 1988
22. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Sri Lankans 31 Aug 1988
23. Cricket Archive – Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 9 Sep 1988
24. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Lancashire 14 Sep 1988
25. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Leicestershire 24 Apr 1988
26. Cricket Archive – Yorkshire v Derbyshire 1 May 1988
27. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Essex 8 May 1988
28. Cricket Archive – Glamorgan v Derbyshire 22 May 1988
29. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 29 May 1988
30. Cricket Archive – Sussex v Derbyshire 5 Jun 1988
31. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 12 Jun 1988
32. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Worcestershire 19 Jun 1988
33. Cricket Archive – Surrey v Derbyshire 26 Jun 1988
34. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Middlesex 3 Jul 1988
35. Cricket Archive – Hampshire v Derbyshire 24 Jul 1988
36. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Warwickshire 31 Jul 1988
37. Cricket Archive – Somerset v Derbyshire 7 Aug 1988
38. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Kent 14 Aug 1988
39. Cricket Archive – Lancashire v Derbyshire 21 Aug 1988
40. Cricket Archive – Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 28 Aug 1988
41. Cricket Archive – Sussex v Derbyshire 22 Jun 1988
42. Cricket Archive – Cheshire v Derbyshire 25 Jun 1988
43. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Hampshire 27 Jul 1988
44. Cricket Archive – Scotland v Derbyshire 26 Apr 1988
45. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Warwickshire 3 May 1988
46. Cricket Archive – Lancashire v Derbyshire 10 May 1988
47. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Leicestershire 14 May 1988
48. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Middlesex 25 May 1988
49. Cricket Archive – Glamorgan v Derbyshire 8 Jun 1988
50. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Hampshire 9 Jul 1988
51. Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1988
52. Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire Refuge Assurance League 1988
53. Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire National Westminster Bank Trophy 1988
54. Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire Benson and Hedges Cup 1988
55. Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1988
56. Bowling for Derbyshire Refuge Assurance League 1988
57. Bowling for Derbyshire National Westminster Bank Trophy 1988
58. Bowling for Derbyshire Benson and Hedges Cup 1988