Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1981
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Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1981 represents cricket
season when the English club Derbyshire
had been playing for one hundred and ten years. It was the season when they won National Westminster Bank Trophy. They won ten matches in the John Player League to finish fourth. In the County Championship
, they won four matches to finish twelfth in their seventy-seventh season in the Championship. They were eliminated at group level in the Benson & Hedges Cup
.
was in his third season as captain. Peter Kirsten
was top scorer overall, in the County Championship and in the NWB Trophy, although John Wright
scored most in the John Player League. Paul Newman
and David Steele tied on 46 for most wickets in the County Championship, although Newman took an extra first class wicket against the Australians. Barry Wood took most wickets in the John Player League, and Colin Tunnicliffe
most wickets in the NWB Trophy.
The club took on two wicket keepers in the season Michael Deakin
as a stop gap and Bernie Maher
who saw several years service with the club. Another player making his debut was Dallas Moir
who went on to play several seasons for Derbyshire.
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
|06 May 1981
| Leicestershire
Grace Road, Leicester
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Briers 101; B Wood 123; L Taylor 7-28
|-
|2
|13 May 1981
| Surrey
Kennington Oval
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Clinton 123
|-
|3
|23 May 1981
| Nottinghamshire
County Ground, Derby
|Abandoned
|
|
|-
|4
|27 May 1981
| Northamptonshire
County Ground, Northampton
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| CJ Tunnicliffe
5-34
|-
|5
|06 Jun 1981
| Warwickshire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Amiss 109 and 127; DS Steele 6-77
|-
|6
|10 Jun 1981
|Australians
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| JG Wright
144
|-
|7
|13 Jun 1981
| Essex
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| PG Newman
5-51
|-
|8
|17 Jun 1981
| Yorkshire
Abbeydale Park, Sheffield
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Lumb 145; Moxon 111; A Hill 101; RW Taylor
100
|-
|9
|20 Jun 1981
| Northamptonshire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|9 wickets
| JG Wright
110; Peter Kirsten|PN Kirsten]] 114; Cook 120; Larkins 126
|-
|10
|01 Jul 1981
| Lancashire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Kennedy 180; B Wood 127; Simmons 5-39
|-
|11
|04 Jul 1981
| Worcestershire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|3 runs
| Pridgeon 5-63; Patel 100; JG Wright
141; B Wood 153 Younis Ahmed 107; M Hendrick
5-41
|-
|12
|15 Jul 1981
| Hampshire
United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|Inings and 32 runs
| Greenidge 109
|-
|13
|18 Jul 1981
| Somerset
County Ground, Taunton
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Peter Kirsten|PN Kirsten]] 228;DS Steele 137; Richards 130
|-
|14
|25 Jul 1981
| Kent
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|9 wickets
| Benson 108; Tavare 156; DS Steele 7-53
|-
|15
|29 Jul 1981
| Gloucestershire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|Innings and 26 runs
| CJ Tunnicliffe
5-40; Childs 5-43
|-
|16
|01 Aug 1981
| Essex
County Ground, Chelmsford
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings and 60 runs
|
|-
|17
|08 Aug 1981
| Leicestershire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings and 27 runs
| DS Steele 7-85; L Taylor 6-19
|-
|18
|12 Aug 1981
| Sussex
The Saffrons, Eastbourne
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|5 wickets
| Imran Khan
107 and 5-52
|-
|19
|15 Aug 1981
| Glamorgan
St Helen's, Swansea
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|Innings and 7 runs
| DS Steele 5-62
|-
|20
|22 Aug 1981
| Yorkshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|6 wickets
| JG Wright
150; Geoffrey Boycott
122
|-
|21
|26 Aug 1981
| Lancashire
Stanley Park, Blackpool
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| PN Kirsten
204; Lloyd 146
|-
|22
|29 Aug 1981
| Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|9 wickets
| Hemmings 7-59 and 6-70; CJ Tunnicliffe
5-75
|-
|23
|12 Sep 1981
| Middlesex
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Mike Brearley
145; Mike Gatting
186; A Hill 107; Edmonds 6-93
|-
|
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
|10 May 1981
| Lancashire
Old Trafford, Manchester
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|Faster scoring rate
|
|-
|2
|24 May 1981
| Nottinghamshire
County Ground, Derby
|Abandoned
|
|
|-
|3
|31 May 1981
| Surrey
Kennington Oval
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|3 wickets
|
|-
|4
|14 Jun 1981
| Hampshire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|5 wickets
|
|-
|5
|21 Jun 1981
| Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|42 runs
|
|-
|6
|28 Jun 1981
| Gloucestershire
Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|9 wickets
|
|-
|7
|05 Jul 1981
| Worcestershire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|8 wickets
|
|-
|8
|19 Jul 1981
| Somerset
County Ground, Taunton
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|7 wickets
|
|-
|9
|26 Jul 1981
| Kent
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|18 runs
|
|-
|10
|02 Aug 1981
| Essex
County Ground, Chelmsford
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|32 runs
|
|-
|11
|09 Aug 1981
| Leicestershire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|23 runs
|
|-
|12
|16 Aug 1981
| Glamorgan
St Helen's, Swansea
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|5 wickets
|
|-
|13
|23 Aug 1981
| Yorkshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|71 runs
| Athey 5-35
|-
|14
|30 Aug 1981
| Northamptonshire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|38 runs
| CJ Tunnicliffe
5-24
|-
|15
|06 Sep 1981
| Sussex
County Ground, Hove
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|5 wickets
|
|-
|16
|13 Sep 1981
| Middlesex
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|6 wickets
|-
|
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1st Round
|11 Jul 1981
| Suffolk
Victory Ground, Bury St Edmunds
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|171 runs
|
|-
|2nd Round
|22 Jul 1981
| Worcestershire
County Ground, New Road, Worcester
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|4 wickets
| CJ Tunnicliffe
5-50
|-
|Quarter Final
|05 Aug 1981
| Nottinghamshire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|23 runs
|
|-
|Semi FInal
|19 Aug 1981
| Essex
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|Losing fewer wickets
|
|-
|Final
|05 Sep 1981
| Northamptonshire
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|Losing fewer wickets
| Cook 111
|-
|
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|Group B 1
|09 May 1981
| Yorkshire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|1 wicket
| Bairstow 103; CJ Tunnicliffe
5-24
|-
|Group B 2
|16 May 1981
| Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|No Result
|
|
|-
|Group B 3
|19 May 1981
| Scotland
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|7 wickets
|
|-
|Group B 4
|21 May 1981
| Lancashire
Old Trafford, Manchester
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|2 wickets
|-
|
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!rowspan=2|Name
!colspan=6|County Championship
!colspan=6|John Player League
!colspan=6|NWB Trophy
!colspan=6|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
|-
| S Anderson
||10 ||13 ||92 ||44 || 9.20 || 0 || 1 ||0 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| KJ Barnett
||16 ||21|| 413 ||67*|| 24.29 || 0 ||15 ||13 || 205|| 35 ||18.63 || 0 ||5|| 5 || 136 ||59|| 45.33 || 0 ||4 ||2|| 24 ||17|| 12.00|| 0
|-
| AJ Borrington
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || 1 ||1|| 0|| 0 || 0.00 || 0 || || || || || ||
|-
| KG Brooks
|| || || || || || ||1 ||1 ||12 ||12 || 12.00 || 0 || || || || || || ||1 ||1 ||3 ||3 || 3.00 || 0
|-
| MJ Deakin
||4 ||6 || 45 ||15 || 7.50 || 0 ||2 ||0 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| M Hendrick
||11 ||9 || 81|| 21 || 13.50 || 0 || 10|| 4 || 20|| 12*|| 20.00 ||0 ||4|| 0 || || || || ||4 ||2 || 2|| 2*|| 0 ||0
|-
| A Hill ||21 ||30 || 936 ||107 || 42.54 || 2 ||13 ||10 || 132 ||33*|| 18.85 || 0 ||5|| 5 || 57|| 21 || 11.40 || 0 ||2|| 0 || || ||
|-
| PN Kirsten
||20 ||33 || 1563 ||228 || 57.88|| 3 || 15|| 15 ||425|| 63|| 30.35 || 0 ||5|| 5|| 229|| 84*|| 57.25 || 0 ||4|| 4 || 76 || 65 || 25.33|| 0
|-
| BJM Maher
||2 ||3 || 6|| 4*|| 3.00 ||0 ||1|| 1 || 0|| 0 || 0.00 ||0 || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| G Miller
||20|| 30 || 538|| 81 || 19.92 || 0 || 13 ||12 || 229|| 52* ||22.90|| 0 ||4|| 4|| 81 ||57 || 27.00 || 0 ||4|| 3 || 97|| 74 || 48.50 || 0
|-
| DG Moir
||3 ||4 || 26 ||16 || 8.66|| 0 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| PG Newman
||14|| 15|| 93|| 27 || 8.45 || 0 || 11 ||3 ||10 ||7 || 3.33 || 0 ||3 ||2 ||15|| 8 || 15.00 ||0 ||3 ||1 ||5 ||5* || || 0
|-
| S Oldham
||15 ||14 || 92|| 33 || 10.22 ||0 ||14|| 4 || 25|| 14 || 12.50 || 0 ||3|| 1 || 1 ||1 || 1.00 ||0 ||2|| 0 || || || ||
|-
| DS Steele ||20|| 30 || 836 ||137 || 29.85 || 1 || 13|| 8 || 145|| 35 || 20.71 || 0 ||5|| 5|| 113|| 89* ||28.25 ||0 ||4|| 3 || 32 ||12 || 10.66 || 0
|-
| RW Taylor
||15 ||15 || 231 ||100 || 19.25 ||1 ||12|| 4 || 39|| 26*|| 19.50 ||0 ||5|| 3 || 33|| 12*|| 33.00 || 0 ||4|| 2 || 30 ||16 || 30.00 || 0
|-
| CJ Tunnicliffe
||20|| 24 ||239 ||39 || 10.39 || 0 ||14 ||12|| 91 ||27 || 13.00|| 0 ||5|| 4 ||18 ||15*|| 6.00 || 0 ||4 ||2 || 21 ||11 || 10.50 || 0
|-
| B Wood ||21 ||35 || 1412 ||153 || 48.68|| 3 ||15 ||14 || 285 ||58*|| 25.90 || 0 ||5|| 5 || 48 ||18 || 9.60 || 0 ||4|| 4|| 76|| 32* ||25.33 || 0
|-
| JG Wright
|| 19|| 30 ||1110 ||150 || 38.27 || 3 ||15 ||15|| 618|| 87*|| 51.50 ||0 ||5 ||5 ||216|| 76 || 43.20 || 0 ||4|| 4 ||104 ||47 || 34.66 || 0
|-
|}
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!rowspan=2|Name
!colspan=5|County Championship
!colspan=5|John Player League
!colspan=5|NWB Trophy
!colspan=5|B & H Cup
|-
!Balls
!Runs
!Wkts
!Best
!Ave
!Balls
!Runs
!Wkts
!Best
!Ave
!Balls
!Runs
!Wkts
!Best
!Ave
!Balls
!Runs
!Wkts
!Best
!Ave
|-
| S Anderson
||330 || 222 ||3 ||1-17 ||74.00|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| KJ Barnett
||705 ||435|| 4 ||2-58 ||108.75|| || || || || ||24 || 19|| 1 ||1-19 ||19.00 || || || || ||
|-
| M Hendrick
||1952 || 792|| 30|| 5-41|| 26.40 || 474 || 267 ||13 ||3-43 ||20.53 ||264 || 109 ||3 ||2-20 ||36.33 ||189 || 82|| 8 ||4-18 ||10.25
|-
| A Hill ||7 || 5 ||0 || || |||| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| PN Kirsten
||156 ||82 ||1 ||1-7|| 82.00 || 78 || 54 ||3 ||2-15 ||18.00 ||12 || 8 ||0 || || || 36 || 18 ||0 || ||
|-
| G Miller
||2738 || 1258 ||33|| 4-27 ||38.12 ||324 || 195 ||12 ||4-35 ||16.25 ||204 || 123|| 7|| 2-16 ||17.57 ||76 || 38|| 1|| 1-20 ||38.00
|-
| DG Moir
||374 ||203 ||2 ||1-20 ||101.50 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| PG Newman
||1965 ||1115 ||46 ||5-51 ||24.23 || 516 || 336 ||12 ||3-24 ||28.00 ||184 || 86|| 7|| 3-23 ||12.28 ||96 || 44 ||2 ||1-14|| 22.00
|-
| S Oldham
||1886 || 1025|| 23|| 3-35 ||44.56 ||590 || 514 ||18 ||3-24 ||28.55 ||138 || 77 ||4 ||3-29 ||19.25 ||132 || 69 ||1 ||1-33|| 69.00
|-
| DS Steele ||2364 || 1015 ||46|| 7-53 ||22.06 || 136 || 113 ||5 ||3-36|| 22.60 ||177 || 112 ||4 ||2-23 ||28.00 ||96 || 77|| 4|| 2-7|| 19.25
|-
| CJ Tunnicliffe
||2918 ||1536 ||42|| 5-34 ||36.57 ||607 || 379 ||20|| 5-24 ||18.95 ||300 || 147 ||11|| 5-50 ||13.36 ||198 || 89|| 8|| 5-24 ||11.12
|-
| B Wood ||1419 || 774 ||16|| 2-12 ||48.37 ||684 || 453|| 21 ||3-19|| 21.57 ||360 || 127 ||6 ||2-14 ||21.16 || 132 || 45|| 2|| 2-24|| 22.50
|-
|}
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
season when the English club Derbyshire
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...
had been playing for one hundred and ten years. It was the season when they won National Westminster Bank Trophy. They won ten matches in the John Player League to finish fourth. In the County Championship
County Championship
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, they won four matches to finish twelfth in their seventy-seventh season in the Championship. They were eliminated at group level in the Benson & Hedges Cup
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.
1981 season
Derbyshire played 22 games in the County Championship, and one match against the touring Australians of which they won four altogether Geoff MillerGeoff Miller
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was in his third season as captain. Peter Kirsten
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was top scorer overall, in the County Championship and in the NWB Trophy, although John Wright
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scored most in the John Player League. Paul Newman
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Paul Geoffrey Newman is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1980 and 1989.Newman was born in Evington, Leicester, and his cricketing career started in the 1976 Second XI season, playing with the Leicestershire second XI, where he played until the end of the 1979 season...
and David Steele tied on 46 for most wickets in the County Championship, although Newman took an extra first class wicket against the Australians. Barry Wood took most wickets in the John Player League, and Colin Tunnicliffe
Colin Tunnicliffe
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most wickets in the NWB Trophy.
The club took on two wicket keepers in the season Michael Deakin
Michael Deakin
Michael Deakin is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1981.Deakin was born at Bury, Lancashire. In 1979 he was playing cricket for Combined Services and for the RAF. He joined Derbyshire for the 1981 season as a stopgap solution to a Derbyshire wicket-keeper shortage, while Bob...
as a stop gap and Bernie Maher
Bernie Maher
Bernard Joseph Michael Maher was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1981 and 1993. Of Irish extraction, he was born in Hillingdon, Middlesex....
who saw several years service with the club. Another player making his debut was Dallas Moir
Dallas Moir
Dallas Moir was a Maltese-born Scottish cricketer who played first class cricket for Scotland in 1980 and 1986 and for Derbyshire between 1981 and 1985....
who went on to play several seasons for Derbyshire.
First Class
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
|06 May 1981
| Leicestershire
Leicestershire County Cricket Club
Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Leicestershire. It has also been representative of the county of Rutland....
Grace Road, Leicester
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Briers 101; B Wood 123; L Taylor 7-28
|-
|2
|13 May 1981
| Surrey
Surrey County Cricket Club
Surrey County Cricket Club is one of the 18 professional county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Surrey. Its limited overs team is called the Surrey Lions...
Kennington Oval
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Clinton 123
|-
|3
|23 May 1981
| Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Nottinghamshire, and the current county champions. Its limited overs team is called the Nottinghamshire Outlaws...
County Ground, Derby
|Abandoned
|
|
|-
|4
|27 May 1981
| Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks. The traditional club colour is Maroon. During the...
County Ground, Northampton
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| CJ Tunnicliffe
Colin Tunnicliffe
Colin John Tunnicliffe is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1973 and 1983....
5-34
|-
|5
|06 Jun 1981
| Warwickshire
Warwickshire County Cricket Club
Warwickshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Warwickshire. Its limited overs team is called the Warwickshire Bears. Their kit colours are black and gold and the shirt sponsor...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Amiss 109 and 127; DS Steele 6-77
|-
|6
|10 Jun 1981
|Australians
Australian cricket team in England in 1981
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County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| JG Wright
John Wright (cricketer)
John Geoffrey Wright is a former international cricketer representing - and captaining - New Zealand, and, following his retirement in 1993, coaching the Indian national cricket team from 2000 to 2005. He made his international debut in 1978 against England...
144
|-
|7
|13 Jun 1981
| Essex
Essex County Cricket Club
Essex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Essex. Its limited overs team is called the Essex Eagles, their team colours this season are blue.The club plays most of its home games...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| PG Newman
Paul Newman (cricketer)
Paul Geoffrey Newman is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1980 and 1989.Newman was born in Evington, Leicester, and his cricketing career started in the 1976 Second XI season, playing with the Leicestershire second XI, where he played until the end of the 1979 season...
5-51
|-
|8
|17 Jun 1981
| Yorkshire
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
Abbeydale Park, Sheffield
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Lumb 145; Moxon 111; A Hill 101; RW Taylor
Bob Taylor (cricketer)
Robert William Taylor , known as Bob Taylor, is a former English cricketer who played as wicket-keeper for Derbyshire between 1961 and 1984 and for England between 1971 and 1984. He made 57 Test, and 639 first class cricket appearances in total, taking 1,473 catches. The 2,069 victims across his...
100
|-
|9
|20 Jun 1981
| Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks. The traditional club colour is Maroon. During the...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|9 wickets
| JG Wright
John Wright (cricketer)
John Geoffrey Wright is a former international cricketer representing - and captaining - New Zealand, and, following his retirement in 1993, coaching the Indian national cricket team from 2000 to 2005. He made his international debut in 1978 against England...
110; Peter Kirsten|PN Kirsten]] 114; Cook 120; Larkins 126
|-
|10
|01 Jul 1981
| Lancashire
Lancashire County Cricket Club
Lancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1864 as a successor to Manchester Cricket Club and has played at Old Trafford since then...
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Kennedy 180; B Wood 127; Simmons 5-39
|-
|11
|04 Jul 1981
| Worcestershire
Worcestershire County Cricket Club
Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire...
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|3 runs
| Pridgeon 5-63; Patel 100; JG Wright
John Wright (cricketer)
John Geoffrey Wright is a former international cricketer representing - and captaining - New Zealand, and, following his retirement in 1993, coaching the Indian national cricket team from 2000 to 2005. He made his international debut in 1978 against England...
141; B Wood 153 Younis Ahmed 107; M Hendrick
Mike Hendrick
Michael Hendrick is a former English cricketer, who played in thirty Tests and twenty two ODIs for England from 1973 to 1981...
5-41
|-
|12
|15 Jul 1981
| Hampshire
Hampshire County Cricket Club
Hampshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Hampshire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1863 as a successor to the Hampshire county cricket teams and has played at the Antelope Ground from then until 1885, before moving to the County Ground where it...
United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|Inings and 32 runs
| Greenidge 109
|-
|13
|18 Jul 1981
| Somerset
Somerset County Cricket Club
Somerset County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Somerset...
County Ground, Taunton
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Peter Kirsten|PN Kirsten]] 228;DS Steele 137; Richards 130
|-
|14
|25 Jul 1981
| Kent
Kent County Cricket Club
Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|9 wickets
| Benson 108; Tavare 156; DS Steele 7-53
|-
|15
|29 Jul 1981
| Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Gloucestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators....
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|Innings and 26 runs
| CJ Tunnicliffe
Colin Tunnicliffe
Colin John Tunnicliffe is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1973 and 1983....
5-40; Childs 5-43
|-
|16
|01 Aug 1981
| Essex
Essex County Cricket Club
Essex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Essex. Its limited overs team is called the Essex Eagles, their team colours this season are blue.The club plays most of its home games...
County Ground, Chelmsford
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings and 60 runs
|
|-
|17
|08 Aug 1981
| Leicestershire
Leicestershire County Cricket Club
Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Leicestershire. It has also been representative of the county of Rutland....
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings and 27 runs
| DS Steele 7-85; L Taylor 6-19
|-
|18
|12 Aug 1981
| Sussex
Sussex County Cricket Club
Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Sussex. The club was founded as a successor to Brighton Cricket Club which was a representative of the county of Sussex as a...
The Saffrons, Eastbourne
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|5 wickets
| Imran Khan
Imran Khan
Imran Khan Niazi is a Pakistani politician and former Pakistani cricketer, playing international cricket for two decades in the late twentieth century. After retiring, he entered politics...
107 and 5-52
|-
|19
|15 Aug 1981
| Glamorgan
Glamorgan County Cricket Club
Glamorgan County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Glamorgan aka Glamorganshire . Glamorgan CCC is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. Glamorgan CCC have won the English County...
St Helen's, Swansea
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|Innings and 7 runs
| DS Steele 5-62
|-
|20
|22 Aug 1981
| Yorkshire
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|6 wickets
| JG Wright
John Wright (cricketer)
John Geoffrey Wright is a former international cricketer representing - and captaining - New Zealand, and, following his retirement in 1993, coaching the Indian national cricket team from 2000 to 2005. He made his international debut in 1978 against England...
150; Geoffrey Boycott
Geoffrey Boycott
Geoffrey Boycott OBE is a former Yorkshire and England cricketer. In a prolific and sometimes controversial playing career from 1962 to 1986, Boycott established himself as one of England's most successful opening batsmen...
122
|-
|21
|26 Aug 1981
| Lancashire
Lancashire County Cricket Club
Lancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1864 as a successor to Manchester Cricket Club and has played at Old Trafford since then...
Stanley Park, Blackpool
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| PN Kirsten
Peter Kirsten
Peter Noel Kirsten is a former cricketer who represented South Africa in 12 Tests and 40 One Day Internationals from 1991 to 1994.-Cricket career:...
204; Lloyd 146
|-
|22
|29 Aug 1981
| Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Nottinghamshire, and the current county champions. Its limited overs team is called the Nottinghamshire Outlaws...
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|9 wickets
| Hemmings 7-59 and 6-70; CJ Tunnicliffe
Colin Tunnicliffe
Colin John Tunnicliffe is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1973 and 1983....
5-75
|-
|23
|12 Sep 1981
| Middlesex
Middlesex County Cricket Club
Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Middlesex. It was announced in February 2009 that Middlesex changed their limited overs name from the Middlesex Crusaders, to the...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Mike Brearley
Mike Brearley
John Michael Brearley OBE is a former cricketer who captained the England cricket team in 31 of his 39 Test matches, winning 17 and losing only 4. He was the President of the Marylebone Cricket Club in 2007–08.-Early life:...
145; Mike Gatting
Mike Gatting
Michael "Mike" William Gatting OBE is a former English cricketer, who played first-class cricket for Middlesex and for England from 1977 to 1995, captaining the national side in twenty-three Test matches between 1986 and 1988...
186; A Hill 107; Edmonds 6-93
|-
|
John Player League
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
|10 May 1981
| Lancashire
Lancashire County Cricket Club
Lancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1864 as a successor to Manchester Cricket Club and has played at Old Trafford since then...
Old Trafford, Manchester
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|Faster scoring rate
|
|-
|2
|24 May 1981
| Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Nottinghamshire, and the current county champions. Its limited overs team is called the Nottinghamshire Outlaws...
County Ground, Derby
|Abandoned
|
|
|-
|3
|31 May 1981
| Surrey
Surrey County Cricket Club
Surrey County Cricket Club is one of the 18 professional county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Surrey. Its limited overs team is called the Surrey Lions...
Kennington Oval
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|3 wickets
|
|-
|4
|14 Jun 1981
| Hampshire
Hampshire County Cricket Club
Hampshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Hampshire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1863 as a successor to the Hampshire county cricket teams and has played at the Antelope Ground from then until 1885, before moving to the County Ground where it...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|5 wickets
|
|-
|5
|21 Jun 1981
| Warwickshire
Warwickshire County Cricket Club
Warwickshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Warwickshire. Its limited overs team is called the Warwickshire Bears. Their kit colours are black and gold and the shirt sponsor...
Edgbaston, Birmingham
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|42 runs
|
|-
|6
|28 Jun 1981
| Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Gloucestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators....
Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|9 wickets
|
|-
|7
|05 Jul 1981
| Worcestershire
Worcestershire County Cricket Club
Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire...
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|8 wickets
|
|-
|8
|19 Jul 1981
| Somerset
Somerset County Cricket Club
Somerset County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Somerset...
County Ground, Taunton
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|7 wickets
|
|-
|9
|26 Jul 1981
| Kent
Kent County Cricket Club
Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|18 runs
|
|-
|10
|02 Aug 1981
| Essex
Essex County Cricket Club
Essex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Essex. Its limited overs team is called the Essex Eagles, their team colours this season are blue.The club plays most of its home games...
County Ground, Chelmsford
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|32 runs
|
|-
|11
|09 Aug 1981
| Leicestershire
Leicestershire County Cricket Club
Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Leicestershire. It has also been representative of the county of Rutland....
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|23 runs
|
|-
|12
|16 Aug 1981
| Glamorgan
Glamorgan County Cricket Club
Glamorgan County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Glamorgan aka Glamorganshire . Glamorgan CCC is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. Glamorgan CCC have won the English County...
St Helen's, Swansea
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|5 wickets
|
|-
|13
|23 Aug 1981
| Yorkshire
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|71 runs
| Athey 5-35
|-
|14
|30 Aug 1981
| Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks. The traditional club colour is Maroon. During the...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|38 runs
| CJ Tunnicliffe
Colin Tunnicliffe
Colin John Tunnicliffe is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1973 and 1983....
5-24
|-
|15
|06 Sep 1981
| Sussex
Sussex County Cricket Club
Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Sussex. The club was founded as a successor to Brighton Cricket Club which was a representative of the county of Sussex as a...
County Ground, Hove
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|5 wickets
|
|-
|16
|13 Sep 1981
| Middlesex
Middlesex County Cricket Club
Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Middlesex. It was announced in February 2009 that Middlesex changed their limited overs name from the Middlesex Crusaders, to the...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|6 wickets
|-
|
National Westminster Bank Trophy
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1st Round
|11 Jul 1981
| Suffolk
Suffolk County Cricket Club
Suffolk County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Suffolk....
Victory Ground, Bury St Edmunds
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|171 runs
|
|-
|2nd Round
|22 Jul 1981
| Worcestershire
Worcestershire County Cricket Club
Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire...
County Ground, New Road, Worcester
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|4 wickets
| CJ Tunnicliffe
Colin Tunnicliffe
Colin John Tunnicliffe is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1973 and 1983....
5-50
|-
|Quarter Final
|05 Aug 1981
| Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Nottinghamshire, and the current county champions. Its limited overs team is called the Nottinghamshire Outlaws...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|23 runs
|
|-
|Semi FInal
|19 Aug 1981
| Essex
Essex County Cricket Club
Essex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Essex. Its limited overs team is called the Essex Eagles, their team colours this season are blue.The club plays most of its home games...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|Losing fewer wickets
|
|-
|Final
|05 Sep 1981
| Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks. The traditional club colour is Maroon. During the...
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|Losing fewer wickets
| Cook 111
|-
|
Benson and Hedges Cup
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|Group B 1
|09 May 1981
| Yorkshire
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|1 wicket
| Bairstow 103; CJ Tunnicliffe
Colin Tunnicliffe
Colin John Tunnicliffe is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1973 and 1983....
5-24
|-
|Group B 2
|16 May 1981
| Warwickshire
Warwickshire County Cricket Club
Warwickshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Warwickshire. Its limited overs team is called the Warwickshire Bears. Their kit colours are black and gold and the shirt sponsor...
Edgbaston, Birmingham
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|No Result
|
|
|-
|Group B 3
|19 May 1981
| Scotland
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|7 wickets
|
|-
|Group B 4
|21 May 1981
| Lancashire
Lancashire County Cricket Club
Lancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1864 as a successor to Manchester Cricket Club and has played at Old Trafford since then...
Old Trafford, Manchester
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|2 wickets
|-
|
Competition batting averages
{| class="wikitable " width="100%"|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!rowspan=2|Name
!colspan=6|County Championship
County Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...
!colspan=6|John Player League
!colspan=6|NWB Trophy
!colspan=6|B & H Cup
Benson & Hedges Cup
The Benson & Hedges Cup was a one-day cricket competition for first-class counties in England and Wales that was held from 1972 to 2002, one of cricket's longest sponsorship deals....
|-
!M
!I
!Runs
!HS
!Ave
!100
!M
!I
!Runs
!HS
!Ave
!100
!M
!I
!Runs
!HS
!Ave
!100
!M
!I
!Runs
!HS
!Ave
!100
|-
| S Anderson
Iain Anderson
Iain Stuart Anderson is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1978 to 1987 and for Boland, South Africa in 1983/84....
||10 ||13 ||92 ||44 || 9.20 || 0 || 1 ||0 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| KJ Barnett
Kim Barnett
Kim John Barnett was an English cricketer who briefly played for England in 1988 and 1989, and for Derbyshire from 1979 to 1998. He also played for Gloucestershire from 1999 to 2002, and for South African club sides...
||16 ||21|| 413 ||67*|| 24.29 || 0 ||15 ||13 || 205|| 35 ||18.63 || 0 ||5|| 5 || 136 ||59|| 45.33 || 0 ||4 ||2|| 24 ||17|| 12.00|| 0
|-
| AJ Borrington
Anthony Borrington
Anthony John Borrington is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1971 to 1981.Borrington was born at Spondon, Derbyshire. He began his career for Derbyshire in 1965 in the Derbyshire Second XI. His first-class debut came in the 1971 season...
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || 1 ||1|| 0|| 0 || 0.00 || 0 || || || || || ||
|-
| KG Brooks
Kevin Brooks (cricketer)
Kevin Graham Brooks is an English cricketer who played first class and one-day cricket for Derbyshire in 1980 and 1981....
|| || || || || || ||1 ||1 ||12 ||12 || 12.00 || 0 || || || || || || ||1 ||1 ||3 ||3 || 3.00 || 0
|-
| MJ Deakin
Michael Deakin
Michael Deakin is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1981.Deakin was born at Bury, Lancashire. In 1979 he was playing cricket for Combined Services and for the RAF. He joined Derbyshire for the 1981 season as a stopgap solution to a Derbyshire wicket-keeper shortage, while Bob...
||4 ||6 || 45 ||15 || 7.50 || 0 ||2 ||0 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| M Hendrick
Mike Hendrick
Michael Hendrick is a former English cricketer, who played in thirty Tests and twenty two ODIs for England from 1973 to 1981...
||11 ||9 || 81|| 21 || 13.50 || 0 || 10|| 4 || 20|| 12*|| 20.00 ||0 ||4|| 0 || || || || ||4 ||2 || 2|| 2*|| 0 ||0
|-
| A Hill ||21 ||30 || 936 ||107 || 42.54 || 2 ||13 ||10 || 132 ||33*|| 18.85 || 0 ||5|| 5 || 57|| 21 || 11.40 || 0 ||2|| 0 || || ||
|-
| PN Kirsten
Peter Kirsten
Peter Noel Kirsten is a former cricketer who represented South Africa in 12 Tests and 40 One Day Internationals from 1991 to 1994.-Cricket career:...
||20 ||33 || 1563 ||228 || 57.88|| 3 || 15|| 15 ||425|| 63|| 30.35 || 0 ||5|| 5|| 229|| 84*|| 57.25 || 0 ||4|| 4 || 76 || 65 || 25.33|| 0
|-
| BJM Maher
Bernie Maher
Bernard Joseph Michael Maher was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1981 and 1993. Of Irish extraction, he was born in Hillingdon, Middlesex....
||2 ||3 || 6|| 4*|| 3.00 ||0 ||1|| 1 || 0|| 0 || 0.00 ||0 || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| G Miller
Geoff Miller
Geoffrey Miller is an English former cricketer, who played in thirty four Tests and twenty five ODIs for England from 1976 to 1984...
||20|| 30 || 538|| 81 || 19.92 || 0 || 13 ||12 || 229|| 52* ||22.90|| 0 ||4|| 4|| 81 ||57 || 27.00 || 0 ||4|| 3 || 97|| 74 || 48.50 || 0
|-
| DG Moir
Dallas Moir
Dallas Moir was a Maltese-born Scottish cricketer who played first class cricket for Scotland in 1980 and 1986 and for Derbyshire between 1981 and 1985....
||3 ||4 || 26 ||16 || 8.66|| 0 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| PG Newman
Paul Newman (cricketer)
Paul Geoffrey Newman is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1980 and 1989.Newman was born in Evington, Leicester, and his cricketing career started in the 1976 Second XI season, playing with the Leicestershire second XI, where he played until the end of the 1979 season...
||14|| 15|| 93|| 27 || 8.45 || 0 || 11 ||3 ||10 ||7 || 3.33 || 0 ||3 ||2 ||15|| 8 || 15.00 ||0 ||3 ||1 ||5 ||5* || || 0
|-
| S Oldham
Stephen Oldham
Stephen Oldham is an English former first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1974 to 1979 and from 1984 to 1985, and for Derbyshire in the intervening years 1980 to 1983.Oldham made his debut for Yorkshire in the 1974 County Championship, taking 3 wickets for 7 runs...
||15 ||14 || 92|| 33 || 10.22 ||0 ||14|| 4 || 25|| 14 || 12.50 || 0 ||3|| 1 || 1 ||1 || 1.00 ||0 ||2|| 0 || || || ||
|-
| DS Steele ||20|| 30 || 836 ||137 || 29.85 || 1 || 13|| 8 || 145|| 35 || 20.71 || 0 ||5|| 5|| 113|| 89* ||28.25 ||0 ||4|| 3 || 32 ||12 || 10.66 || 0
|-
| RW Taylor
Bob Taylor (cricketer)
Robert William Taylor , known as Bob Taylor, is a former English cricketer who played as wicket-keeper for Derbyshire between 1961 and 1984 and for England between 1971 and 1984. He made 57 Test, and 639 first class cricket appearances in total, taking 1,473 catches. The 2,069 victims across his...
||15 ||15 || 231 ||100 || 19.25 ||1 ||12|| 4 || 39|| 26*|| 19.50 ||0 ||5|| 3 || 33|| 12*|| 33.00 || 0 ||4|| 2 || 30 ||16 || 30.00 || 0
|-
| CJ Tunnicliffe
Colin Tunnicliffe
Colin John Tunnicliffe is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1973 and 1983....
||20|| 24 ||239 ||39 || 10.39 || 0 ||14 ||12|| 91 ||27 || 13.00|| 0 ||5|| 4 ||18 ||15*|| 6.00 || 0 ||4 ||2 || 21 ||11 || 10.50 || 0
|-
| B Wood ||21 ||35 || 1412 ||153 || 48.68|| 3 ||15 ||14 || 285 ||58*|| 25.90 || 0 ||5|| 5 || 48 ||18 || 9.60 || 0 ||4|| 4|| 76|| 32* ||25.33 || 0
|-
| JG Wright
John Wright (cricketer)
John Geoffrey Wright is a former international cricketer representing - and captaining - New Zealand, and, following his retirement in 1993, coaching the Indian national cricket team from 2000 to 2005. He made his international debut in 1978 against England...
|| 19|| 30 ||1110 ||150 || 38.27 || 3 ||15 ||15|| 618|| 87*|| 51.50 ||0 ||5 ||5 ||216|| 76 || 43.20 || 0 ||4|| 4 ||104 ||47 || 34.66 || 0
|-
|}
Competition bowling averages
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!rowspan=2|Name
!colspan=5|County Championship
County Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...
!colspan=5|John Player League
!colspan=5|NWB Trophy
!colspan=5|B & H Cup
Benson & Hedges Cup
The Benson & Hedges Cup was a one-day cricket competition for first-class counties in England and Wales that was held from 1972 to 2002, one of cricket's longest sponsorship deals....
|-
!Balls
!Runs
!Wkts
!Best
!Ave
!Balls
!Runs
!Wkts
!Best
!Ave
!Balls
!Runs
!Wkts
!Best
!Ave
!Balls
!Runs
!Wkts
!Best
!Ave
|-
| S Anderson
Iain Anderson
Iain Stuart Anderson is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1978 to 1987 and for Boland, South Africa in 1983/84....
||330 || 222 ||3 ||1-17 ||74.00|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| KJ Barnett
Kim Barnett
Kim John Barnett was an English cricketer who briefly played for England in 1988 and 1989, and for Derbyshire from 1979 to 1998. He also played for Gloucestershire from 1999 to 2002, and for South African club sides...
||705 ||435|| 4 ||2-58 ||108.75|| || || || || ||24 || 19|| 1 ||1-19 ||19.00 || || || || ||
|-
| M Hendrick
Mike Hendrick
Michael Hendrick is a former English cricketer, who played in thirty Tests and twenty two ODIs for England from 1973 to 1981...
||1952 || 792|| 30|| 5-41|| 26.40 || 474 || 267 ||13 ||3-43 ||20.53 ||264 || 109 ||3 ||2-20 ||36.33 ||189 || 82|| 8 ||4-18 ||10.25
|-
| A Hill ||7 || 5 ||0 || || |||| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| PN Kirsten
Peter Kirsten
Peter Noel Kirsten is a former cricketer who represented South Africa in 12 Tests and 40 One Day Internationals from 1991 to 1994.-Cricket career:...
||156 ||82 ||1 ||1-7|| 82.00 || 78 || 54 ||3 ||2-15 ||18.00 ||12 || 8 ||0 || || || 36 || 18 ||0 || ||
|-
| G Miller
Geoff Miller
Geoffrey Miller is an English former cricketer, who played in thirty four Tests and twenty five ODIs for England from 1976 to 1984...
||2738 || 1258 ||33|| 4-27 ||38.12 ||324 || 195 ||12 ||4-35 ||16.25 ||204 || 123|| 7|| 2-16 ||17.57 ||76 || 38|| 1|| 1-20 ||38.00
|-
| DG Moir
Dallas Moir
Dallas Moir was a Maltese-born Scottish cricketer who played first class cricket for Scotland in 1980 and 1986 and for Derbyshire between 1981 and 1985....
||374 ||203 ||2 ||1-20 ||101.50 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| PG Newman
Paul Newman (cricketer)
Paul Geoffrey Newman is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1980 and 1989.Newman was born in Evington, Leicester, and his cricketing career started in the 1976 Second XI season, playing with the Leicestershire second XI, where he played until the end of the 1979 season...
||1965 ||1115 ||46 ||5-51 ||24.23 || 516 || 336 ||12 ||3-24 ||28.00 ||184 || 86|| 7|| 3-23 ||12.28 ||96 || 44 ||2 ||1-14|| 22.00
|-
| S Oldham
Stephen Oldham
Stephen Oldham is an English former first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1974 to 1979 and from 1984 to 1985, and for Derbyshire in the intervening years 1980 to 1983.Oldham made his debut for Yorkshire in the 1974 County Championship, taking 3 wickets for 7 runs...
||1886 || 1025|| 23|| 3-35 ||44.56 ||590 || 514 ||18 ||3-24 ||28.55 ||138 || 77 ||4 ||3-29 ||19.25 ||132 || 69 ||1 ||1-33|| 69.00
|-
| DS Steele ||2364 || 1015 ||46|| 7-53 ||22.06 || 136 || 113 ||5 ||3-36|| 22.60 ||177 || 112 ||4 ||2-23 ||28.00 ||96 || 77|| 4|| 2-7|| 19.25
|-
| CJ Tunnicliffe
Colin Tunnicliffe
Colin John Tunnicliffe is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1973 and 1983....
||2918 ||1536 ||42|| 5-34 ||36.57 ||607 || 379 ||20|| 5-24 ||18.95 ||300 || 147 ||11|| 5-50 ||13.36 ||198 || 89|| 8|| 5-24 ||11.12
|-
| B Wood ||1419 || 774 ||16|| 2-12 ||48.37 ||684 || 453|| 21 ||3-19|| 21.57 ||360 || 127 ||6 ||2-14 ||21.16 || 132 || 45|| 2|| 2-24|| 22.50
|-
|}
Wicket Keeping
- Bob TaylorBob Taylor (cricketer)Robert William Taylor , known as Bob Taylor, is a former English cricketer who played as wicket-keeper for Derbyshire between 1961 and 1984 and for England between 1971 and 1984. He made 57 Test, and 639 first class cricket appearances in total, taking 1,473 catches. The 2,069 victims across his...
-
- County Championship Catches 33, Stumping 12
- John Player League Catches 12, Stumping 5
- NWB Trophy Catches 10, Stumping 2
- B & H Trophy Catches 1, Stumping 1
- Bernie MaherBernie MaherBernard Joseph Michael Maher was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1981 and 1993. Of Irish extraction, he was born in Hillingdon, Middlesex....
- Bernie Maher
- County Championship Catches 6, Stumping 2