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Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Derbyshire. Its limited overs team is called the Derbyshire Falcons in reference to the famous peregrine falcon which nests on the Derby Cathedral. Founded in 1870,the club held first-class status from its first match in 1871 until 1887. Because of poor performances and lack of fixtures in some seasons,Derbyshire then lost its status for seven seasons until it was invited into the County Championship in 1895. Derbyshire is also classified as a List A team since the beginning of limited overs cricket in 1963;and classified as a senior Twenty20 team since 2003. In recent years the club has enjoyed record attendances with over 24,000 people watching their home Twenty20 fixtures in 2017 –a record for a single campaign. The local derby versus Yorkshire at Chesterfield now regularly sells out in advance.
Herbert Leslie Jackson was an English professional cricketer. A fast or fast-medium bowler renowned for his accurate bowling and particular hostility on uncovered wickets,he played county cricket for Derbyshire from 1947 to 1963,and was regularly at,or near the top of,the English bowling averages. He played in only two Test matches for England,one in 1949 and a second in 1961. Jackson's absence from Test cricket was largely because his batting was so underdeveloped:his highest first-class score was 39 not out,and he reached 30 on only two other occasions. Between July 1949 and August 1950,Jackson indeed played fifty-one innings without reaching double figures,a number known to be exceeded only by Jem Shaw,Nobby Clark,Eric Hollies (twice),Brian Boshier and Mark Robinson. His leading competitors like Trueman,Tyson,and even teammate Gladwin were far better batsmen.
Clifford Gladwin was an English first-class cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1939 to 1958 and in eight Tests for England from 1947 to 1949. He took over 1,600 first-class wickets.
Harold James Rhodes is an English former international cricketer who played two Test matches for England in 1959. He played domestically for Derbyshire between 1953 and 1975 and played one day matches for Nottinghamshire between 1970 and 1973.
Richard Pollard was an English cricketer born in Westhoughton,Lancashire,who played in four Test matches between 1946 and 1948. A fast-medium right-arm bowler and a lower-order right-handed batsman who made useful runs on occasion,he played for Lancashire between 1933 and 1950,taking 1,122 wickets in 298 first-class matches;he is 10th highest wicket-taker for Lancashire.
Robert Berry was an English cricketer. He played in two Test matches in 1950. He played county cricket for Lancashire from 1948 to 1954,for Worcestershire from 1955 to 1958,and for Derbyshire from 1959 to 1962. He was the first cricketer to be capped by three different counties.
Edric "Eddie" Leadbeater was an English cricketer who played in two Tests in 1951. He was born in Lockwood,Huddersfield,West Riding of Yorkshire,and died in Huddersfield.
Colin John Tunnicliffe is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1973 and 1983.
David Henry Kilner Smith was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1965 and 1970 and for Orange Free State between 1976 and 1978.
Michael Harry Page is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1964 and 1975.
Patrick Vaulkhard was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Nottinghamshire in 1934 and for Derbyshire between 1946 and 1952,being captain in 1950.
William Mycroft was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire and MCC between 1873 and 1886. He was a left-arm fast bowler with a great deal of spin and a dangerous yorker that was often believed to be unfair –which may explain why he was not considered for the earliest Test Matches despite being in his prime. He took 863 first-class wickets at an average of 12.09 with 87 five-wicket innings and 28 ten-wicket matches in his career. His first ten-wicket match in 1875 against Nottinghamshire became the first of six in only nine games that season. He holds the Derbyshire record for most wickets in a single match,with figures of 17–103 against Hampshire at the Antelope Ground,Southampton in July 1876. This is one of only two times a player has taken seventeen wickets in a match and finished on the losing side –the other,by Walter Mead in 1895 was also against Hampshire. Mycroft had no pretensions as a right-handed tail end batsman:he scored only 791 first-class runs at an average of 5.34 and prior to Alf Hall and Father Marriott remained the last significant cricketer who took more wickets than he scored runs.
Robert Arthur White is a former English first-class cricketer and umpire.
Albert Victor George Wolton was an English cricketer. He was a right-hand batsman and right-arm off-spin bowler who played for Warwickshire.
Arthur Morton was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) between 1903 and 1926. He made over 10,000 runs and took nearly 1000 wickets.
Albert Ennion Groucott Rhodes,universally known as "Dusty" Rhodes,was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire County Cricket Club between 1937 and 1954 and was also a Test match umpire.
James Redman played first-class cricket for Somerset as a fast-medium bowler between 1948 and 1953.
Lionel Montague Cranfield played first-class cricket for Gloucestershire between 1934 and 1951. He was born in Bristol and died at Stockport,Greater Manchester.
Peter David Watts is an English cricketer who played first-class and List A cricket for Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire between 1958 and 1967. He also played Minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire and Shropshire. He was born at Henlow,Bedfordshire and educated at Bedford Modern School.
Victor Stanislaus Munden was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Leicestershire between 1946 and 1957. He was a left-handed middle-order batsman and a left-arm orthodox spin bowler. He was born at Leicester.
