- Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1978
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Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1978 season Captain Eddie Barlow County Championship 14 John Player League 8 Gillette Cup Round 2 Benson & Hedges Cup. Runners-up Most runs Alan Hill Most wickets Eddie Barlow Most catches Bob Taylor ← 1977 1979 → Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1978 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for one hundred and seven years. They reached the final of the Benson & Hedges Cup. In the County Championship, they won three matches to finish fourteenth in their seventy fourth season in the Championship. They came eighth in the John Player League and did not progress beyond round 2 in the Gillette Cup.
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1978 season
Derbyshire reached the final of the Benson and Hedges Cup, losing to Kent. They played twenty two matches in the County Championship, one against Cambridge University and one against the touring Pakistanis. They won three first class matches overall, all in the Championship. In the Sunday league Derbyshire won six of the first eight matches but then lost the remaining six that were played. They were knocked out in the second round of the Gillette Cup..
Eddie Barlow was in his second season as captain. A successful run in the Benson and Hedges cup saw Alan Hill as top scorer overall and Eddie Barlow taking most wickets overall. However in the first class game alone, Peter Kirsten was top scorer and Mike Hendrick took most wickets.
Matches
First Class
List of matches No. Date V Result Margin Notes 1 03 May 1978[1] Somerset
Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-TrentDrawn 2 10 May 1978[2] Lancashire
Old Trafford, ManchesterWon 9 wickets G Miller 5-43 3 20 May 1978[3] Pakistanis
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldDrawn JG Wright 184 4 24 May 1978[4] Yorkshire
Abbeydale Park, SheffieldDrawn AJ Borrington 137 5 27 May 1978[5] Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, NottinghamLost 8 wickets Hadlee 101 and 5-25; EJ Barlow 127; Cooper 5-40 6 31 May 1978[6] Leicestershire
County Ground, DerbyLost Innings and 10 runs Steele 118 7 03 Jun 1978[7] Surrey
Rutland Recreation Ground, IlkestonLost 48 runs AJ Harvey-Walker 7-35; Pocock 5-58 8 10 Jun 1978[8] Glamorgan
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldWon Innings and 20 runs PN Kirsten 206 9 14 Jun 1978[9] Gloucestershire
Wagon Works Ground, GloucesterLost Innings and 139 runs Abbas 104; Proctor 122; Childs 5-24 and 6-44 10 17 Jun 1978[10] Cambridge University Cricket Club
FP Fenner's Ground, CambridgeDrawn Fosh 109 11 24 Jun 1978[11] Leicestershire
Grace Road, LeicesterDrawn 12 28 Jun 1978[12] Northamptonshire
County Ground, NorthamptonLost Innings and 40 runs Cook 155; Steele 130, 6-36 and 5-39 13 01 Jul 1978[13] Sussex
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldDrawn 14 08 Jul 1978[14] Kent
Mote Park, MaidstoneLost 8 wickets Underwood 5-41 and 6-38; AJ Mellor 5-52 15 12 Jul 1978[15] Northamptonshire
County Ground, DerbyDrawn M Hendrick 5-42 16 15 Jul 1978[16] Worcestershire
County Ground, New Road, WorcesterDrawn A Hill 153 17 26 Jul 1978[17] Hampshire
County Ground, DerbyDrawn 18 29 Jul 1978[18] Yorkshire
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldDrawn 19 09 Aug 1978[19] Lancashire
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldDrawn 20 12 Aug 1978[20] Middlesex
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's WoodLost Innings and 77 runs Gatting 128; Daniel 5-42; Selvey 5-74 and 6-26 21 19 Aug 1978[21] Essex
County Ground, DerbyDrawn 22 26 Aug 1978[22] Nottinghamshire
County Ground, DerbyWon 16 runs Cooper 6-32; G Miller 5-46 23 30 Aug 1978[23] Essex
Southchurch Park, Southend-on-SeaDrawn M Hendrick 5-32; Lever 6-55; East 5-70 24 06 Sep 1978[24] Warwickshire
Edgbaston, BirminghamDrawn John Player League
List of matches No. Date V Result Margin Notes 1 30 Apr 1978[25] Gloucestershire
County Ground, DerbyWon Faster rate 2 07 May 1978[26] Sussex
County Ground, DerbyWon 41 runs 3 14 May 1978[27] Yorkshire
Fartown, HuddersfieldWon 54 runs 4 28 May 1978[28] Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, NottinghamLost 2 wickets 5 04 Jun 1978[29] Surrey
Trent College Ground, Long EatonNo result 6 18 Jun 1978[30] Hampshire
Dean Park, BournemouthWon 43 runs 7 02 Jul 1978[31] Glamorgan
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldWon 18 runs 8 09 Jul 1978[32] Kent
Mote Park, MaidstoneWon 15 runs 9 16 Jul 1978[33] Worcestershire
County Ground, New Road, WorcesterLost 9 wickets 10 23 Jul 1978[34] Somerset
County Ground, DerbyAbandoned 11 30 Jul 1978[35] Northamptonshire
County Ground, NorthamptonAbandoned 12 06 Aug 1978[36] Lancashire
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldLost 7 wickets 13 13 Aug 1978[37] Middlesex
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's WoodLost 7 runs 14 20 Aug 1978[38] Essex
County Ground, DerbyLost 5 wickets 15 27 Aug 1978[39] Warwickshire
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldLost 7 wickets 16 03 Sep 1978[40] Leicestershire
Grace Road, LeicesterLost 6 wickets Gillette Cup
List of matches No. Date V Result Margin Notes 1st Round 05 Jul 1978[41] Worcestershire
County Ground, New Road, WorcesterWon 5 runs EJ Barlow 5-30 2nd Round 19 Jul 1978 [42] Middlesex
County Ground, DerbyLost 33 runs Benson and Hedges Cup
List of matches No. Date V Result Margin Notes Group A 1 22 Apr 1978[43] Warwickshire
Rutland Recreation Ground, IlkestonWon 66 runs A Hill 102 Group A 2 29 Apr 1978[44] Lancashire
Old Trafford, ManchesterWon 2 wickets Group A 3 06 May 1978[45] Gloucestershire
Phoenix County Ground, BristolWon 25 runs EJ Barlow 6-33 Group A 4 13 May 1978[46] Minor Counties West
County Ground, Derby County Ground, DerbyWon 4 wickets Quarter Final 07 Jun 1978[47] Middlesex
County Ground, DerbyWon 25 runs Semi Final 21 Jun 1978[48] Warwickshire
County Ground, DerbyWon 41 runs Final 22 Jul 1978[49] Kent
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's WoodLost 6 wickets Statistics
Competition batting averages
Name County Championship John Player League Gillette Cup 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 6 10 140 75 15.55 0 2 2 27 21 13.50 0 EJ Barlow 16 25 765 127 36.42 1 11 11 232 63 23.20 0 2 2 18 18 9.00 0 7 7 175 75 25.00 0 AJ Borrington 15 24 630 137 28.63 1 11 11 250 57* 25.00 0 1 1 10 10 10.00 0 7 7 136 77 19.42 0 H Cartwright 22 35 571 77* 17.84 0 14 14 303 63 25.25 0 2 2 4 4 2.00 0 7 7 118 56* 19.66 0 JMH Graham-Brown 10 16 166 28 11.85 0 5 3 26 15 8.66 0 1 1 1 1 1.00 0 2 2 11 10 5.50 0 AJ Harvey-Walker 8 12 150 61 15.00 0 5 5 99 62 24.75 0 1 1 3 3 3.00 0 1 1 6 6 6.00 0 M Hendrick 12 13 108 33 15.42 0 10 2 10 9 10.00 0 2 2 17 17 17.00 0 5 2 9 7 4.50 0 A Hill 22 38 836 153* 22.59 1 14 12 226 60 20.54 0 2 2 83 72 41.50 0 7 7 349 102* 58.16 1 PN Kirsten 19 33 1073 206* 37.00 1 11 11 216 88 19.63 0 2 2 6 6 3.00 0 5 5 100 41 20.00 0 JW Lister 3 6 137 48 22.83 0 1 1 0 0* 0 AJ McLellan 12 14 27 11* 3.00 0 2 1 4 4* 0 AJ Mellor 5 7 19 10* 3.80 0 G Miller 11 18 581 95 38.73 0 8 7 104 27 17.33 0 2 2 69 59* 69.00 0 7 7 123 39 17.57 0 A Morris 4 6 93 55 15.50 0 1 1 3 3* 0 PE Russell 14 12 90 22 9.00 0 13 6 25 8* 12.50 0 2 2 34 27* 34.00 0 7 5 13 6* 6.50 0 FW Swarbrook 10 14 179 36* 17.90 0 8 8 58 18 11.60 0 1 1 9 9 9.00 0 4 3 31 17* 15.50 0 RW Taylor 10 12 136 32 12.36 0 8 4 38 17 12.66 0 2 2 41 25 20.50 0 7 6 20 10* 5.00 0 CJ Tunnicliffe 18 23 146 45 7.68 0 13 8 72 42 10.28 0 1 1 4 4 4.00 0 6 4 18 16* 6.00 0 J Walters 13 21 436 90 25.64 0 11 9 141 55* 23.50 0 1 1 3 3 3.00 0 2 1 2 2 2.00 0 RC Wincer 9 9 32 16* 5.33 0 3 2 0 0* 0.00 0 1 1 6 6* 0 JG Wright 3 5 42 28 8.40 0 3 3 117 64 39.00 0 2 2 36 20 18.00 0[50][51][52][53] Competition bowling averages
Name County Championship John Player League Gillette Cup 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 258 150 2 1-24 75.00 11 9 0 EJ Barlow 1289 528 24 4-34 22.00 355 258 18 3-17 14.33 140 77 8 5-30 9.62 364 212 18 6-33 11.77 JMH Graham-Brown 578 293 6 2-23 48.83 48 56 0 AJ Harvey-Walker 618 296 12 7-35 24.66 14 12 0 M Hendrick 2024 704 47 5-32 14.97 384 156 12 3-11 13.00 144 48 3 2-25 16.00 324 119 2 2-14 59.50 A Hill 12 14 0 PN Kirsten 1180 555 15 4-51 37.00 183 146 8 4-13 18.25 108 61 4 2-15 15.25 36 30 1 1-16 30.00 AJ Mellor 636 305 9 5-52 33.88 G Miller 2066 809 30 5-43 26.96 235 166 11 4-22 15.09 126 47 1 1-21 47.00 396 176 6 2-29 29.33 A Morris 24 20 0 PE Russell 1312 400 21 4-23 19.04 456 295 12 4-11 24.58 144 74 2 1-28 37.00 450 190 9 3-28 21.11 FW Swarbrook 522 211 9 4-22 23.44 150 95 4 4-33 23.75 CJ Tunnicliffe 2478 1144 39 4-30 29.33 392 247 7 3-21 35.28 52 17 1 1-17 17.00 327 147 7 3-16 21.00 J Walters 978 489 15 3-70 32.60 128 109 2 1-14 54.50 60 30 2 2-30 15.00 RC Wincer 1108 627 18 4-42 34.83 127 92 1 1-24 92.00 42 29 0 [54][55][56][57] Wicket Keeping
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- County Championship Catches 24, Stumping 2
- John Player League Catches 10, Stumping 1
- Gillette Cup Catches 2, Stumping 1
- Benson and Hedges Cup Catches 10, Stumping 1
See also
- Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
- 1978 English cricket season
References
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Somerset 03 May 1978
- ^ Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire 10 May 1978
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Pakistan 20 May 1978
- ^ Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire 24 May 1978
- ^ Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 27 May 1978
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Leicestershire 31 May 1978
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Surrey 03 Jun 1978
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Glamorgan 10 Jun 1978
- ^ Cricket Archive - Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 14 Jun 1978
- ^ Cricket Archive - Cambridge University v Derbyshire 17 Jun 1978
- ^ Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire 24 Jun 1978
- ^ Cricket Archive - Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 28 Jun 1978
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Sussex 01 Jul 1978
- ^ Cricket Archive - Kent v Derbyshire 08 Jul 1978
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 12 Jul 1978
- ^ Cricket Archive - Worcestershire v Derbyshire 15 Jul 1978
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Hampshire 26 Jul 1978
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire 29 Jul 1978
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire 09 Aug 1978
- ^ Cricket Archive - Middlesex v Derbyshire 12 Aug 1978
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Essex 19 Aug 1978
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 26 Aug 1978
- ^ Cricket Archive - Essex v Derbyshire 30 Aug 1978
- ^ Cricket Archive - Warwickshire v Derbyshire 06 Sep 1978
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 30 Apr 1978
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Sussex 07 May 1978
- ^ Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire 14 May 1978
- ^ Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 28 May 1978
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Surrey 04 Jun 1978
- ^ Cricket Archive - Hampshire v Derbyshire 18 Jun 1978
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Glamorgan 02 Jul 1978
- ^ Cricket Archive - Kent v Derbyshire 09 Jul 1978
- ^ Cricket Archive - Worcestershire v Derbyshire 16 Jul 1978
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Somerset 23 Jul 1978
- ^ Cricket Archive - Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 30 Jul 1978
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire 06 Aug 1978
- ^ Cricket Archive - Middlesex v Derbyshire 13 Aug 1978
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Essex 20 Aug 1978
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Warwickshire 27 Aug 1978
- ^ Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire 03 Sep 1978
- ^ Cricket Archive - Worcestershire v Derbyshire 05 Jul 1978
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Middlesex 19 Jul 1978
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Warwickshire 22 Apr 1978
- ^ Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire 29 Apr 1978
- ^ Cricket Archive - Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 06 May 1978
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Minor Counties West 13 May 1978
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Middlesex 07 Jun 1978
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Warwickshire 21 Jun 1978
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Kent 22 Jul 1978
- ^ Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1978
- ^ Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire John Player League 1978
- ^ Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire Gillette Cup 1978
- ^ Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire Benson and Hedges Cup 1978
- ^ Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1978
- ^ Bowling for Derbyshire John Player League 1978
- ^ Bowling for Derbyshire Gillette Cup 1978
- ^ Bowling for Derbyshire Benson and Hedges Cup 1978
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