Derbyshire County Cricket Club
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Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen
The club is based at the
History
Earliest cricket in Derbyshire
Cricket may not have reached Derbyshire until the 18th century. The earliest reference to cricket in the county is a match in September 1757 between Wirksworth and Sheffield Cricket Club at Brampton Moor, near Chesterfield.
Origin of club
The formation of Derbyshire County Cricket Club took place on 4 November 1870 at a meeting in the Guildhall, Derby. The Earl of Chesterfield, who had played for and against All-England, was the first President, G. H. Strutt was vice-president and Walter Boden, who had campaigned for the club's foundation for three years, was secretary. Also present at the meeting was Boden's brother, Henry. When Chesterfield died the following year, William Jervis became president.[5]
Club history
Although the club had some good results in its early seasons, it struggled for the most part and before the 1888 season, following a run of disastrous results, Derbyshire was demoted from first-class status, which was then based on the number of matches against other teams of similar standing. Derbyshire recovered first-class status in 1894 and rejoined the County Championship in 1895.
Although the county then had a quite strong team due to the bowling of
From this point up to 1925, Derbyshire were perennially among the weakest counties, losing every single match in 1920 despite the efforts of Sam Cadman and Arthur Morton, persevering professionals. From 1926, the nucleus of a good team emerged around some doughty batting from Denis Smith, Stan Worthington and George Pope. Pope's bowling and that of his brother Alf, leg spinner Tommy Mitchell and seam bowler Bill Copson took the team to their one and so far only Championship victory in 1936. They won 13 of their 28 matches outright and five on first innings. Worthington, Les Townsend, Smith and Alderman all passed 1,000 runs and Copson and Mitchell took over 100 wickets, with Alf Pope taking 94. Charlie Elliott, who later became a Test umpire and selector, was another member of this team which was captained by AW Richardson.
There have been more downs than ups in post-war years. Though runs came regularly from Arnold Hamer and less consistently from the West Indian Laurie Johnson and captain Donald Carr, the batting remained the weak point right up to the beginning of covered pitches in the 1980s. However, a series of seam bowlers served England as well as Derbyshire. The list began with Copson and continued with Cliff Gladwin, Les Jackson, Harold Rhodes, Alan Ward, Mike Hendrick and, most recently, Devon Malcolm and Dominic Cork. Spin was in short supply apart from the steady work of Edwin Smith and the under-rated all-rounder Geoff Miller, the current national selector of the England team and noted after-dinner speaker. The signing of Eddie Barlow, the famous South African, in 1976 and the lengthy period under the captaincy of Kim Barnett, starting in 1983, meant the side were rarely uncompetitive.
Derbyshire were crowned County Championship Division Two champions in 2012 after securing a 6-wicket victory over Hampshire on the final day of the season at the County Ground, as Karl Krikken's side won promotion after securing more wins over the course of the season than Yorkshire who also finished the campaign on 194 points.
After the conclusion of the 2013 season, Derbyshire announced a new Elite Cricket Performance model in the next phase of the club's quest for sustainable on-field success across all three domestic competitions, combined with the desire to produce England cricketers. Former Derbyshire bowler Graeme Welch[6] was appointed the new Elite Cricket Performance Director in January 2014.
Honours
- County Championship (1) – 1936
- Division Two (1) – 2012
- Sunday/Pro 40/National League (1) – 1990
- Gillette/NatWest/C&G/Friends Provident Trophy (1) – 1981
- Benson & Hedges Cup (1) – 1993
Ground history
This following table gives details of every venue at which Derbyshire have hosted a first-class, List A or Twenty20 match:
Name of ground | Location | Year | FC matches |
LA matches |
T20 matches |
Total |
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Abbeydale Park | Sheffield | 1946-1947 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Bass Worthington Ground | Burton upon Trent | 1975–1976 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Burton-on-Trent CC Ground | Burton upon Trent | 1914-1937 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
County Ground
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Derby | 1871–present | 721 | 293 | 23 | 1037 |
Derby Road Ground | Wirksworth | 1874 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Highfield | Leek | 1986–2013 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Ind Coope Ground | Burton upon Trent | 1938–1980 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 43 |
Miners Welfare Ground | Blackwell | 1909-1913 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
North Road Ground
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Glossop | 1899-1910 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Park Road Ground | Buxton | 1923–1986 | 45 | 9 | 0 | 54 |
Queen's Park | Chesterfield | 1898–present | 396 | 82 | 2 | 480 |
Recreation Ground
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Long Eaton | 1887 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Repton School Ground | Repton | 1988 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Rutland Recreation Ground
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Ilkeston | 1925–1994 | 93 | 16 | 0 | 109 |
Saltergate | Chesterfield | 1874-1875 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Station Road | Darley Dale | 1975 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Tean Road Sports Ground | Cheadle | 1973–1987 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Town Ground
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Heanor | 1991–1993 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 9 |
Trent College
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Long Eaton | 1975–1979 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Tunstall Road | Knypersley | 1985–1990 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Uttoxeter Road | Checkley | 1991–1993 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Source: CricketArchive Updated: 28 February 2010 |
Players
Current squad
- No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt.
- ‡ denotes players with international caps.
- * denotes a player who has been awarded a county cap.
No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
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Batters | ||||||
4 | Harry Came | England | 27 August 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
7 | Matt Lamb | England | 19 July 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
22 | Mitch Wagstaff | England | 2 September 2003 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
77 | Wayne Madsen* ‡ | Italy | 2 January 1984 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
All-rounders | ||||||
10 | Luis Reece* | England | 4 August 1990 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | |
15 | Alex Thomson | England | 30 October 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
21 | Samit Patel ‡ | England | 30 November 1984 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Captain (LA & T20) |
44 | Ross Whiteley | England | 13 September 1988 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | |
46 | David Lloyd | Wales | 15 June 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Club captain |
65 | Anuj Dal* | England | 8 July 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Wicket-keepers | ||||||
12 | Aneurin Donald | Wales | 20 December 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
29 | Brooke Guest* | England | 14 May 1997 | Right-handed | — | |
Bowlers | ||||||
5 | Mohammad Amir ‡ | Pakistan | 13 April 1992 | Left-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | Overseas player |
8 | Daryn Dupavillon ‡ | South Africa | 15 July 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | Overseas player |
13 | Blair Tickner ‡ | New Zealand | 13 October 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Overseas player |
14 | Ben Aitchison | England | 6 July 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
18 | Jack Morley | England | 25 June 2001 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | On loan from Lancashire |
26 | Nick Potts | England | 17 July 2002 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
32 | Zak Chappell | England | 21 August 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
36 | Pat Brown ‡ | England | 23 August 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
59 | Sam Conners* | England | 13 February 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium |
Records
Most first-class runs for Derbyshire
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Most first-class wickets for Derbyshire
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Derbyshire recorded their highest ever score, 801 for 8 declared, against Somerset at Taunton in 2007. Their score beat their previous highest ever score of 707 for 7 declared also against
References
- ^ "Derbyshire to take on Falcons title". ECB website. 18 August 2009. Archived from the original on 30 April 2010. Retrieved 21 September 2009.
- ACS(1982). 'A Guide to First-Class Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles'. Nottingham: ACS.
- ^ "List A events played by Derbyshire". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
- ^ "Twenty20 events played by Derbyshire". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
- ^ Ric Sissons' 'The Players' 1988.
- ^ "Start of a new era as Derbyshire attract Welch". Derbyshire County Cricket Club. 7 January 2014. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ^ "The Home of CricketArchive". Cricketarchive.com. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ^ "The Home of CricketArchive". Cricketarchive.com. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
Further reading
- H S Altham, A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914), George Allen & Unwin, 1962.
- Derek Birley, A Social History of English Cricket, Aurum, 1999.
- Rowland Bowen, Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1970.
- Roy Webber, The Playfair Book of Cricket Records, Playfair Books, 1951.
- Playfair Cricket Annual – various editions.
- Wisden Cricketers' Almanack – various editions.