1969 season | |||
Captain | Derek Morgan | ||
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County Championship | 16 | ||
John Player League | 15 | ||
Gillette Cup | Runners-up | ||
Most runs | Peter Gibbs | ||
Most wickets | Harold Rhodes | ||
Most catches | Bob Taylor | ||
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Derbyshire Country 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.
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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.
List of matches | |||||
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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 | 04 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 | 05 Jul 1969 [12] | New Zealand Queen's Park, Chesterfield |
Drawn | IR Buxton 103 | |
13 | 09 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 | 02 Aug 1969[17] | Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston |
Drawn | ||
18 | 06 Aug 1969[18] | Lancashire Stanley Park, Blackpool |
Won | 16 runs | |
19 | 09 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 | 03 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 |
List of matches | |||||
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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 | 01 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 | 06 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 | 03 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 | 07 Sep 1969[41] | Hampshire Dean Park, Bournemouth |
Lost | 82 runs | |
16 | 14 Sep 1969[42] | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham |
Abandoned |
List of matches | |||||
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No. | Date | V | Result | Margin | Notes |
1st Round | 10 May 1969[43] | Somerset County Ground, Taunton |
Won | 3 wickets | |
2nd Round | 07 Jun 1969 [44] | Worcestershire County Ground, Derby |
Won | 4 wickets | |
Quarter-Final | 02 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 | 06 Sep 1969 [47] | Yorkshire Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood |
Lost | 69 runs |
Name | County Championship | John Player League | Gillette Cup | |||||||||||||||
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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] |
Name | County Championship | John Player League | Gillette Cup | ||||||||||||
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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] |
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