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Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1971

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Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1971 season
CaptainIan Buxton
County Championship17
John Player League11
Gillette CupRound 2
Most runsIan Hall
Most wicketsPhilip Russell
Most catchesBob Taylor

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

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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

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First Class

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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

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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

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

Statistics

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Competition batting averages

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Name County Championship John Player League Gillette Cup
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

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Competition bowling averages

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Name County Championship John Player League Gillette Cup
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

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County Championship Catches 45, Stumping 8
John Player League Catches 5, Stumping 3
Gillette Cup Catches 1, Stumping 0

See also

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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