Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1971

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
	1971 season
Captain	Ian Buxton
County Championship	17
John Player League	11
Gillette Cup	Round 2
Most runs	Ian Hall
Most wickets	Philip Russell
Most catches	Bob Taylor
← 1970	1972 →

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1971 was the centenary cricket season of the English club Derbyshire which had first played in 1871. In the County Championship, they won one match to finish seventeenth in their seventy-seventh season in the Championship. They won seven matches in the John Player League to finish eleventh. They were eliminated in Round 2 of the Gillette Cup.

1971 season

Derbyshire played 24 games in the County Championship, one match against Oxford University and one match against the touring Pakistanis. They won one match overall and managed 19 draws in the County Championship. Ian Buxton was in his second season as captain. Ian Hall scored most runs and Philip Russell took most wickets.

Anthony Borrington and Ashley Harvey-Walker, who made their first-class debuts in the season, went on to play for several more seasons for Derbyshire. Harvey-Walker achieved a unique distinction by scoring a century in his debut match. Another newcomer, David Wilde, played in this and the following season. Leslie Bradbury made his single first-class cricket appearance in one match for Derbyshire. Harold Cartwright, only played one-day cricket for Derbyshire in this his initial season, but stayed with the club for several seasons

Matches

First Class

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	1 May 1971[1]	Middlesex County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Parfitt 103; Latchman 6–72
2	5 May 1971[2]	Leicestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		Inman 147
3	8 May 1971[3]	Gloucestershire Ashley Down Ground, Bristol	Drawn
4	15 May 1971[4]	Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham	Drawn		PJK Gibbs 127; Lance Gibbs 6–54
5	22 May 1971[5]	Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn
6	26 May 1971[6]	Somerset County Ground, Derby	Drawn		CP Wilkins 113; A Jones 5–26
7	29 May 1971[7]	Essex Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent	Lost	Innings and 41 runs	Hobbs 5–38
8	5 Jun 1971[8]	Kent Rectory Field, Blackheath	Won	93 runs	MH Page 111; FW Swarbrook 5–55
9	9 Jun 1971[9]	Essex Valentine's Park, Ilford	Drawn
10	16 Jun 1971[10]	Worcestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn
11	19 Jun 1971[11]	Hampshire County Ground, Derby	Drawn
12	23 Jun 1971[12]	Oxford University Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent	Lost	2 wickets	AJ Harvey-Walker 110
13	26 Jun 1971[13]	Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Drawn		Harris 114
14	3 Jul 1971[14]	Pakistanis Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	8 wickets	Intikhab Alam 5–155; Pervez Saijad 6–71
15	7 Jul 1971[15]	Kent County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Steele 195; Balderstone 6–84
16	10 Jul 1971[16]	Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester	Drawn
17	14 Jul 1971[17]	Yorkshire North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough	Drawn		Geoffrey Boycott 133
18	17 Jul 1971[18]	Lancashire Park Road Ground, Buxton	Drawn		Engineer 141; Hughes 5–96
19	24 Jul 1971[19]	Hampshire May's Bounty, Basingstoke	Drawn
20	31 Jul 1971[20]	Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston	Drawn		White 7–41
21	7 Aug 1971[21]	Sussex County Ground, Hove	Drawn
22	14 Aug 1971[22]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton	Drawn		PJK Gibbs; E Smith 5–64; Breakwell 5–26
23	21 Aug 1971[23]	Gloucestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	43 runs	Proctor 167; CP Wilkins 111; Mortimore 6–59
24	25 Aug 1971[24]	Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester	Lost	4 wickets	CP Wilkins 156
25	28 Aug 1971[25]	Glamorgan County Ground, Derby	Drawn
26	1 Sep 1971[26]	Surrey Kennington Oval	Lost	40 runs	Storey 164; Intikhab Alam 5–63

John Player League

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	2 May 1971[27]	Yorkshire St George's Road, Harrogate	Won	1 wicket
2	9 May 1971[28]	Gloucestershire Ashley Down Ground, Bristol	Lost	20 runs	CP Wilkins 5–42
3	16 May 1971[29]	Somerset Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston	Lost	9 runs
4	16 May 1971[30]	Essex Park Road Ground, Buxton	Lost	22 runs	Brian Taylor 100
5	30 May 1971[31]	Nottinghamshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Won	9 runs
6	6 Jun 1971[32]	Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester	Lost	Faster rate
7	20 Jun 1971[33]	Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester	Lost	6 wickets
8	27 Jun 1971[34]	Kent County Ground, Derby	Won	2 runs
9	4 Jul 1971[35]	Worcestershire County Ground, New Road, Worcester	Lost	Faster rate
10	11 Jul 1971[36]	Northamptonshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Won	21 runs
11	25 Jul 1971[37]	Hampshire County Ground, Southampton	Lost	121 runs
12	1 Aug 1971[38]	Warwickshire County Ground, Derby	Lost	2 wickets
13	8 Aug 1971[39]	Sussex County Ground, Hove	Won	3 wickets
14	15 Aug 1971[40]	Middlesex County Ground, Derby	Won	3 runs
15	29 Aug 1971[41]	Glamorgan Queen's Park, Chesterfield	No Result
16	5 Sep 1971[42]	Surrey Kennington Oval	Won	24 runs

Gillette Cup

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1st Round	12 Jun 1971[43]	Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester	Lost	1 wicket

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
AJ Borrington	3	4	123	70	30.75	0	6	6	114	59	19.00	0	1	1	22	22	22.00	0
L Bradbury	1	0	0	0	0	0
IR Buxton	24	38	859	89	26.03	0	16	16	400	71*	36.36	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0
H Cartwright							9	9	78	24	11.14	0	1	1	21	21	21.00	0
TJP Eyre	12	13	106	29*	13.25	0	6	4	21	10	5.25	0
PJK Gibbs	21	41	1194	127	31.42	2	14	14	292	56	20.85	0
IW Hall	24	45	1436	95	35.02	0	10	10	137	38	13.70	0	1	1	32	32	32.00	0
JF Harvey	24	39	1025	94	29.28	0	16	16	438	67	27.37	0	1	1	3	3	3.00	0
AJ Harvey-Walker	2	4	103	35	25.75	0	9	9	210	55	23.33	0
M Hendrick	12	11	53	14	5.88	0	8	5	17	10*	4.25	0	1	1	1	1	1.00	0
MH Page	21	38	1050	111	30.88	1	7	7	57	19	8.14	0	1	1	24	24	24.00	0
FE Rumsey							15	7	7	5*	1.75	0	1	1	2	2*	0	0
PE Russell	20	24	317	55*	18.64	0	15	11	72	23	10.28	0	1	1	1	1	1.00	0
DHK Smith							1	1	3	3	3.00	0
E Smith	12	12	72	19*	9.00	0	1	1	12	12	12.00	0
FW Swarbrook	21	26	243	37	16.20	0	1	0				0
RW Taylor	21	31	538	74*	25.61	0	14	13	88	21*	11.00	0	1	1	29	29*	0	0
A Ward	19	17	87	17*	8.70	0	11	7	23	9*	4.60	0
D Wilde	3	4	1	1	0.33	0	1	0				0
CP Wilkins	24	43	1362	156	34.92	3	16	16	383	74*	25.53	0	1	1	51	51	51.00	0 [44][45][46]

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
AJ Borrington	6	7	0
L Bradbury	90	53	1	1–53	53.00 0 0
IR Buxton	1862	792	22	3–55	36.00	588	398	19	3–20	20.94	72	31	1	1–31	31.00
TJP Eyre	1457	751	20	3–30	37.55	278	206	14	3–21	14.71
M Hendrick	1362	624	19	4–44	32.84	330	223	9	3–28	24.77	72	37	3	3–37	12.33
MH Page	12	2	1	1–0	2.00 0 0
FE Rumsey						637	355	16	3–12	22.18	72	34	3	3–34	11.33
PE Russell	3553	1646	58	4–31	28.37	594	426	18	4–22	23.66	69	35	1	1–35	35.00
E Smith	1870	934	23	5–64	40.60 1 0
FW Swarbrook	3443	1673	54	5–55	30.98	48	33	2	2–33	16.50
A Ward	2900	1475	57	4–47	25.87	492	342	9	2–16	38.00
D Wilde	385	234	7	3–76	33.42	48	43	0
CP Wilkins	744	432	10	3–51	43.20	231	209	8	5–42	26.12	66	51	0		[47][48][49]

Wicket Keeping

Bob Taylor

County Championship Catches 45, Stumping 8

John Player League Catches 5, Stumping 3

Gillette Cup Catches 1, Stumping 0

References

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[1] Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Middlesex 1 May 1971

[2] Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Leicestershire 5 May 1971

[3] Cricket Archive -Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 8 May 1971

[4] Cricket Archive -Warwickshire v Derbyshire 15 May 1971

[5] Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Yorkshire 22 May 1971

[6] Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Somerset 26 May 1971

[7] Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Essex 29 May 1971

[8] Cricket Archive -Kent v Derbyshire 5 Jun 1971

[9] Cricket Archive -Essex v Derbyshire 9 Jun 1971

[10] Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Worcestershire 16 Jun 1971

[11] Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Hampshire 19 Jun 1971

[12] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Oxford University 23 Jun 1971

[13] Cricket Archive -Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 26 Jun 1971

[14] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Pakistanis 3 Jul 1971

[15] Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Kent 7 Jul 1971

[16] Cricket Archive -Leicestershire v Derbyshire 10 Jul 1971

[17] Cricket Archive -Yorkshire v Derbyshire 14 Jul 1971

[18] Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Lancashire 17 Jul 1971

[19] Cricket Archive -Hampshire v Derbyshire 24 Jul 1971

[20] Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 31 Jul 1971

[21] Cricket Archive -Sussex v Derbyshire 7 Aug 1971

[22] Cricket Archive -Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 14 Aug 1971

[23] Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 21 Aug 1971

[24] Cricket Archive -Lancashire v Derbyshire 25 Aug 1971

[25] Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Glamorgan 28 Aug 1971

[26] Cricket Archive -Surrey v Derbyshire 1 Sep 1971

[27] Cricket Archive -Yorkshire v Derbyshire 2 May 1971

[28] Cricket Archive -Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 9 May 1971

[29] Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Somerset 16 May 1971

[30] Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Essex 16 May 1971

[31] Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 30 May 1971

[32] Cricket Archive -Leicestershire v Derbyshire 6 Jun 1971

[33] Cricket Archive -Lancashire v Derbyshire 20 Jun 1971

[34] Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Kent 27 Jun 1971

[35] Cricket Archive -Worcestershire v Derbyshire 4 Jul 1971

[36] Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 11 Jul 1971

[37] Cricket Archive -Hampshire v Derbyshire 25 Jul 1971

[38] Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Warwickshire 1 Aug 1971

[39] Cricket Archive -Sussex v Derbyshire 8 Aug 1971

[40] Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Middlesex 15 Aug 1971

[41] Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Glamorgan 29 Aug 1971

[42] Cricket Archive -Surrey v Derbyshire 5 Sep 1971

[43] Cricket Archive – Leicestershire v Derbyshire 12 Jun 1971

[44] Cricket Archive Derbyshire batting 1971

[45] Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire John Player League 1971

[46] Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire Gillette Cup 1971

[47] Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1991

[48] Bowling for Derbyshire John Player League 1971

[49] Bowling for Derbyshire Gillette Cup 1971

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