Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1969

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
	1969 season
Captain	Derek Morgan
County Championship	16
John Player League	15
Gillette Cup	Runners-up
Most runs	Peter Gibbs
Most wickets	Harold Rhodes
Most catches	Bob Taylor
← 1968	1970 →

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1969 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for ninety-eight years. They were runners-up in the Gillette Cup. In the County Championship, they won three matches to finish sixteenth in their sixty-fifth season in the Championship. In the first season of the John Player League they ended fifteenth after winning five matches.

1969 season

Derbyshire played 24 games in the County Championship, one match against Oxford University, and one against the touring New Zealanders. They won three first class matches altogether and lost five, the majority of matches ending in a draw. Derbyshire reached the final of the Gillette Cup where they lost to Yorkshire. This was the season in which the Sunday League was introduced and Derbyshire won five matches in the one-day games to finish fifteenth. Derek Morgan was in his fifth season as captain. Peter Gibbs scored most runs overall although Michael Page was top scorer in the County Championship. Harold Rhodes took most wickets.

Matches

First Class

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	3 May 1969[1]	Surrey Kennington Oval	Drawn		Edrich 105; Ahmed 127
2	17 May 1969[2]	Essex Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn
3	21 May 1969[3]	Worcestershire County Ground, Derby	Drawn
4	24 May 1969[4]	Hampshire United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth	Drawn		Cottam 6-58
5	31 May 1969[5]	Lancashire Park Road Ground, Buxton	Drawn
6	4 Jun 1969[6]	Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham	Drawn		PJK Gibbs 121
7	11 Jun 1969[7]	Yorkshire Headingley, Leeds	Drawn		MH Page 109
8	14 Jun 1969[8]	Oxford University County Ground, Derby	Drawn		IR Buxton 7-33
9	18 Jun 1969[9]	Somerset Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		PJK Gibbs 138; TJP Eyre 8-65
10	21 Jun 1969[10]	Middlesex Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent	Drawn		HJ Rhodes 6-40
11	28 Jun 1969[11]	Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Drawn
12	5 Jul 1969[12]	New Zealand Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		IR Buxton 103
13	9 Jul 1969[13]	Gloucestershire Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester	Lost	Innings and 10 runs	Allen 6-66
14	12 Jul 1969[14]	Warwickshire County Ground, Derby	Won	134 runs	A Ward 5-32 and 5-49; HJ Rhodes 5-32; McVicar 5-69
15	19 Jul 1969[15]	Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		Wilson 5-114; E Smith 5-73
16	23 Jul 1969[16]	Glamorgan County Ground, Derby	Lost	Innings and 68 runs
17	2 Aug 1969[17]	Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston	Drawn
18	6 Aug 1969[18]	Lancashire Stanley Park, Blackpool	Won	16 runs
19	9 Aug 1969[19]	Glamorgan Sophia Gardens, Cardiff	Drawn
20	16 Aug 1969[20]	Leicestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	6 wickets	TJP Eyre 102
21	20 Aug 1969[21]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton	Lost	4 wickets	Willey 5-78
22	23 Aug 1969[22]	Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester	Drawn		Norman 156; MH Page 162
23	30 Aug 1969[23]	Kent County Ground, Derby	Won	8 wickets	HJ Rhodes 6-17
24	3 Sep 1969[24]	Northamptonshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston	Drawn		JF Harvey 168; Prideaux 120; Mohammad 5-99
25	10 Sep 1969[25]	Sussex The Saffrons, Eastbourne	Lost	5 runs	A Ward 5-60; Buss 5-27
26	13 Sep 1969[26]	Worcestershire County Ground, New Road, Worcester	Abandoned

John Player League

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	4 May 1969[27]	Surrey Cheam Road, Sutton	Lost	6 wickets
2	18 May 1969[28]	Essex County Ground, Derby	Lost	2 runs
3	25 May 1969[29]	Sussex County Ground, Hove	Won	93 runs
4	1 Jun 1969[30]	Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester	Lost	5 wickets
5	22 Jun 1969[31]	Middlesex County Ground, Derby	Won	6 wickets
6	29 Jun 1969[32]	Northamptonshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	6 wickets
7	6 Jul 1969[33]	Gloucestershire Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent	Won	3 wickets
8	20 Jul 1969[34]	Yorkshire Bramall Lane, Sheffield	Lost	9 runs
9	27 Jul 1969[35]	Worcestershire County Ground, Derby	Won	2 wickets
10	3 Aug 1969[36]	Nottinghamshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	46 runs	Sobers 5-43
11	10 Aug 1969[37]	Glamorgan Eugene Cross Park, Ebbw Vale	Lost	49 runs	Kingston 6-36
12	17 Aug 1969[38]	Somerset Park Road Ground, Buxton	Won	52 runs
13	24 Aug 1969[39]	Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester	Lost	6 runs
14	31 Aug 1969[40]	Kent Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	8 wickets
15	7 Sep 1969[41]	Hampshire Dean Park, Bournemouth	Lost	82 runs
16	14 Sep 1969[42]	Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham	Abandoned

Gillette Cup

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1st Round	10 May 1969[43]	Somerset County Ground, Taunton	Won	3 wickets
2nd Round	7 Jun 1969[44]	Worcestershire County Ground, Derby	Won	4 wickets
Quarter-Final	2 Jul 1969[45]	Glamorgan Sophia Gardens, Cardiff	Won	9 wickets
Semi-Final	30 Jul 1969[46]	Sussex Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Won	87 runs	TJP Eyre 6-18
Final	6 Sep 1969[47]	Yorkshire Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	Lost	69 runs

Statistics

Competition batting averages

Statistics

Competition batting averages

Name	County Championship						John Player League						Gillette Cup
Name	M	I	Runs	HS	Ave	100	M	I	Runs	HS	Ave	100	M	I	Runs	HS	Ave	100
IR Buxton	21	28	581	97	23.24	0	14	14	171	45	12.21	0	5	4	64	34	16.00	0
TJP Eyre	22	28	389	102	16.91	1	15	14	50	15	3.84	0	5	4	19	14*	9.50	0
PJK Gibbs	23	36	871	138*	25.61	2	15	15	378	61	25.20	0	5	5	168	47	33.60	0
IW Hall	9	13	143	26	11.91	0	7	7	86	31*	21.50	0
JF Harvey	19	24	593	168	26.95	1	10	10	145	40	16.11	0	5	4	32	16	8.00	0
M Hendrick	1	1	9	9*		0	1	1	4	4*		0
CP Marks	3	5	38	21	7.60	0	6	6	37	19	6.16	0
DC Morgan	21	30	551	79	19.00	0	15	14	112	25	8.61	0	5	4	76	33	25.33	0
MH Page	19	28	1005	162	40.20	2	13	13	208	37	16.00	0	5	5	75	27*	18.75	0
HJ Rhodes	18	17	94	37*	15.66	0	12	4	11	6*	5.50	0	5	2	6	6	3.00	0
FE Rumsey							14	9	65	16*	10.83	0	5	2	9	8	4.50	0
PE Russell	9	9	98	31	24.50	0	3	3	55	30	18.33	0
DHK Smith	21	34	766	61	24.70	0	13	13	315	62	26.25	0	5	5	139	49*	34.75	0
E Smith	23	25	286	42	12.43	0	2	2	29	21*	29.00	0
FW Swarbrook	8	13	157	32	17.44	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0
RW Taylor	21	28	460	65	20.90	0	14	13	141	43*	17.62	0	5	4	39	25*	19.50	0
A Ward	15	11	139	44	17.37	0	10	8	54	21*	13.50	0	5	3	32	17	16.00	0[48] [49] [50]

Competition bowling averages

Name	County Championship					John Player League					Gillette Cup
Name	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Best	Ave	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Best	Ave	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Best	Ave
IR Buxton	1313	434	14	3-43	31.00	401	308	12	3-15	25.66	198	70	1	1-16	70.00
TJP Eyre	2515	1156	41	8-65	28.19	564	345	16	2-16	21.56	338	159	12	6-18	13.25
PJK Gibbs	120	89	1	1-45	89.00
M Hendrick	102	27	1	1-27	27.00	48	16	0
DC Morgan	1644	652	16	3-55	40.75	414	298	11	3-21	27.09	114	60	2	1-23	30.00
HJ Rhodes	2815	1088	59	6-17	18.44	540	328	17	3-11	19.29	318	119	9	4-18	13.22
FE Rumsey						564	263	12	2-0	21.91	310	118	11	3-19	10.72
PE Russell	974	417	15	4-15	27.80	66	43	3	2-29	14.33
E Smith	3522	1459	49	5-73	29.77	30	23	0
FW Swarbrook	978	441	14	4-38	31.50
A Ward	2190	724	56	5-32	12.92	439	278	13	4-12	21.38	336	110	8	3-31	13.75[51] [52] [53]

Wicket Keeping

Bob Taylor

County Championship Catches 49, Stumping 5

John Player League Catches 19, Stumping 2

Gillette Cup Catches 9, Stumping 0

References

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[1] Cricket Archive - Surrey v Derbyshire 03 May 1969

[2] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Essex 17 May 1969

[3] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Worcestershire 21 May 1969

[4] Cricket Archive - Hampshire v Derbyshire 24 May 1969

[5] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire 31 May 1969

[6] Cricket Archive - Warwickshire v Derbyshire 04 Jun 1969

[7] Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire 11 Jun 1969

[8] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Oxford University 14 Jun 1969

[9] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Somerset 18 Jun 1969

[10] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Middlesex 21 Jun 1969

[11] Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 28 Jun 1969

[12] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v New Zealanders 05 Jul 1969

[13] Cricket Archive - Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 09 Jul 1969

[14] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Warwickshire 12 Jul 1969

[15] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire 19 Jul 1969

[16] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Glamorgan 23 Jul 1969

[17] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 02 Aug 1969

[18] Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire 06 Aug 1969

[19] Cricket Archive - Glamorgan v Derbyshire 09 Aug 1969

[20] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Leicestershire 16 Aug 1969

[21] Cricket Archive - Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 20 Aug 1969

[22] Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire 23 Aug 1969

[23] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Kent 30 Aug 1969

[24] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 03 Sep 1969

[25] Cricket Archive - Sussex v Derbyshire 10 Sep 1969

[26] Cricket Archive - Worcestershire v Derbyshire 13 Sep 1969

[27] Surrey v Derbyshire 04 May 1969

[28] Derbyshire v Essex 18 May 1969

[29] Sussex v Derbyshire 25 May 1969

[30] Lancashire v Derbyshire 01 Jun 1969

[31] Derbyshire v Middlesex 22 Jun 1969

[32] Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 29 Jun 1969

[33] Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 06 Jul 1969

[34] Yorkshire v Derbyshire 20 Jul 1969

[35] Derbyshire v Worcestershire 27 Jul 1969

[36] Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 03 Aug 1969

[37] Glamorgan v Derbyshire 10 Aug 1969

[38] Derbyshire v Somerset 17 Aug 1969

[39] Leicestershire v Derbyshire 24 Aug 1969

[40] Derbyshire v Kent 31 Aug 1969

[41] Hampshire v Derbyshire 07 Sep 1969

[42] Warwickshire v Derbyshire 14 Sep 1969

[43] Somerset v Derbyshire 10 May 1969

[44] Derbyshire v Worcestershire 07 Jun 1969

[45] Glamorgan v Derbyshire 02 Jul 1969

[46] Derbyshire v Sussex 30 Jul 1969

[47] Derbyshire v Yorkshire 06 Sep 1969

[48] Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1969

[49] Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire Players County League 1969

[50] Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire Gillette Cup 1969

[51] Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1969

[52] Bowling for Derbyshire Players County League 1969

[53] Bowling for Derbyshire Gillette Cup 1969

1969 English cricket season
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Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1969

1969 season

Matches

First Class

John Player League

Gillette Cup

Statistics

Competition batting averages

Statistics

Competition batting averages

Competition bowling averages

Wicket Keeping

See also

References