- Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1968
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Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1968 season Captain Derek Morgan County Championship 8 Gillette Cup Round 2 Most runs David Smith Most wickets Harold Rhodes Most catches Bob Taylor ← 1967 1969 → Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1968 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for ninety-seven years. In the County Championship, they won six matches to finish eighth in their sixty-fourth season in the Championship. They were eliminated in round 2 of the Gillette Cup.
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1968 season
Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, one match against Cambridge University, and one against the touring Australians. They won six first class matches altogether. Derek Morgan was in his fourth season as captain and was top scorer. Harold Rhodes took most wickets.
Matches
First Class
List of matches No. Date V Result Margin Notes 1 01 May 1968[1] Middlesex
County Ground, DerbyDrawn AB Jackson 6-30 2 08 May 1968[2] Cambridge University
FP Fenner's Ground, CambridgeDrawn Underwood 6-54; HJ Rhodes 5-39 3 11 May 1968[3] Kent
Bat and Ball Ground, GravesendDrawn 4 15 May 1968[4] Surrey
Kennington OvalDrawn HJ Rhodes 6-25 5 19 May 1968[5] Warwickshire
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldDrawn Cartwright 6-76 6 22 May 1968[6] Sussex
County Ground, HoveWon 5 wickets HJ Rhodes 5-99 7 29 May 1968[7] Sussex
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldDrawn E Smith 5-31 and 6-89; Snow 5-34 8 01 Jun 1968[8] Northamptonshire
County Ground, NorthamptonDrawn Mohammad 100 9 05 Jun 1968[9] Worcestershire
Chester Road North Ground, KidderminsterWon 21 runs Holder 5-21; E Smith 5-37 10 08 Jun 1968[10] Northamptonshire
County Ground, DerbyDrawn Milburn 100; TJP Eyre 5-57 11 12 Jun 1968[11] Lancashire
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldDrawn 12 15 Jun 1968[12] Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, NottinghamLost 3 wickets 13 19 Jun 1968[13] Worcestershire
County Ground, DerbyWon Innings and 110 runs IR Buxton 5-8 and 6-25 14 22 Jun 1968[14] Warwickshire
Edgbaston, BirminghamDrawn 15 29 Jun 1968[15] Gloucestershire
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldWon 9 wickets MH Page 100; HJ Rhodes 5-42; Procter 6-43; E Smith 6-57 16 06 Jul 1968[16] Essex
Castle Park Cricket Ground, ColchesterDrawn DHK Smith 99 17 10 Jul 1968[17] Somerset
Recreation Ground, BathAbandoned 18 17 Jul 1968[18] Lancashire
Trafalgar Road Ground, SouthportLost 124 runs Higgs 6-39 and 5-17; E Smith 5-100; Hughes 5-46 19 20 Jul 1968[19] Nottinghamshire
Rutland Recreation Ground, IlkestonLost 6 wickets White 5-41 20 24 Jul 1968[20] Surrey
Rutland Recreation Ground, IlkestonLost 3 wickets Harman 6-97 and 8-16; E Smith 5-70 21 27 Jul 1968[21] Leicestershire
Grace Road, LeicesterDrawn DHK Smith 117; Marner 108; E Smith 5-70 22 31 Jul 1968[22] Australian cricket team in England in 1968
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldLost 8 runs DC Morgan 5-83; Mallett 5-69 23 03 Aug 1968[23] Leicestershire
Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-TrentDrawn Inman 108; PE Russell 5-50 24 10 Aug 1968[24] Somerset
Park Road Ground, BuxtonWon 2 wickets MH Page 117; DC Morgan 103 25 14 Aug 1968[25] Glamorgan
County Ground, DerbyDrawn 26 17 Aug 1968[26] Yorkshire
Park Avenue Cricket Ground, BradfordDrawn TJP Eyre 5-31; B Lewis 5-57 27 21 Aug 1968[27] Middlesex
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's WoodLost 6 wickets Parfitt 131; Titmus 5-41 28 24 Aug 1968[28] Yorkshire
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldDrawn Hampshire 100; Nicholson 5-40 29 28 Aug 1968[29] Glamorgan
Sophia Gardens, CardiffWon 100 runs A Ward 6-56 30 31 Aug 1968[30] Hampshire
County Ground, DerbyDrawn A Ward 5-50 Gillette Cup
List of matches No. Date V Result Margin Notes 1st Round 25 May 1968 [31] Sussex
County Ground, HoveLost 10 wickets Statistics
Competition batting averages
Name County Championship Gillette Cup M I Runs HS Ave 100 M I Runs HS Ave 100 IR Buxton 25 41 992 87 26.10 0 1 1 5 5 5.00 0 JR Eyre 1 1 18 18 18.00 0 TJP Eyre 26 35 598 89 22.14 0 PJK Gibbs 27 48 1259 90 27.36 0 1 1 3 3 3.00 0 IW Hall 4 6 144 68 24.00 0 JF Harvey 27 42 1006 74* 30.48 0 1 1 3 3 3.00 0 AB Jackson 19 13 37 10 6.16 0 1 1 3 3* 0 CP Marks 6 8 123 39 15.37 0 DC Morgan 21 34 955 103* 39.79 1 1 1 2 2 2.00 0 MH Page 24 44 1195 117 30.64 2 1 1 3 3 3.00 0 HJ Rhodes 26 25 125 23 8.92 0 1 1 15 15 15.00 0 PE Russell 8 7 41 17* 6.83 0 DHK Smith 27 48 1347 117 29.93 1 1 1 32 32 32.00 0 E Smith 25 29 401 41* 18.22 0 GR Stephenson 2 4 41 19 10.25 0 FW Swarbrook 1 1 4 4* 0 RW Taylor 25 30 334 52 14.52 0 1 1 1 1 1.00 0 A Ward 4 3 1 1* 0 1 1 0 0 0.00 0 [32] [33] Competition bowling averages
Name County Championship Gillette Cup Balls Runs Wkts Best Ave Balls Runs Wkts Best Ave IR Buxton 2023 626 33 6-25 18.96 2 53 27 0 JR Eyre 42 15 0 TJP Eyre 2969 1438 45 5-31 31.95 2 PJK Gibbs 149 77 2 2-54 38.50 JF Harvey 36 17 0 AB Jackson 2738 987 46 4-27 21.45 18 3 0 DC Morgan 2001 694 27 4-33 25.70 59 20 0 HJ Rhodes 4308 1564 93 6-25 16.81 4 72 24 0 PE Russell 1272 489 16 5-50 30.56 1 E Smith 5136 1899 80 6-57 23.73 7 FW Swarbrook 180 54 4 2-10 13.50 A Ward 701 308 26 6-56 11.84 2 7 1 0 [34][35] Wicket Keeping
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- County Championship Catches 50, Stumping 7
- Gillette Cup Catches 0, Stumping 0
See also
- Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
- 1968 English cricket season
References
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Middlesex
- ^ Cricket Archive - Cambridge University v Derbyshire
- ^ Cricket Archive - Kent v Derbyshire
- ^ Cricket Archive - Surrey v Derbyshire
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Warwickshire
- ^ Cricket Archive - Sussex v Derbyshire
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Sussex
- ^ Cricket Archive - Northamptonshire v Derbyshire
- ^ Cricket Archive - Worcestershire v Derbyshire
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Northamptonshire
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire
- ^ Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Worcestershire
- ^ Cricket Archive - Warwickshire v Derbyshire
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Gloucestershire
- ^ Cricket Archive - Essex v Derbyshire
- ^ Cricket Archive - Somerset v Derbyshire
- ^ Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Surrey
- ^ Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Australians
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Leicestershire
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Somerset
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Glamorgan
- ^ Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire
- ^ Cricket Archive - Middlesex v Derbyshire
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire
- ^ Cricket Archive - Glamorgan v Derbyshire
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Hampshire
- ^ Cricket Archive - Sussex v Derbyshire Gillette Cup 25 May 1968
- ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire batting 1968
- ^ Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire Gillette Cup 1968
- ^ Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1968
- ^ Bowling for Derbyshire Gillette Cup 1968
Categories:- 1968 in cricket
- 1968 in England
- Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
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