Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1976

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1976 season
Captain Bob Taylor
County Championship 15
John Player League 12
Gillette Cup Quarter Final
Benson & Hedges Cup. Group
Most runs Eddie Barlow
Most wickets Geoff Miller
Most catches Bob Taylor
← 1975 1977 →

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1976 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for one hundred and five years. In the County Championship, they won four matches to finish fifteenth in their seventy second season in the Championship. They came twelfth in the John Player League and reached the quarter-final of the Gillette Cup. They were eliminated at group level in the Benson & Hedges Cup.

1976 season

Derbyshire played twenty matches in the County Championship, one each against Oxford and Cambridge University and one against the touring West Indians. They won six first class matches overall but two of these were against the universities when Phil Sharpe clocked up a century and a double century. Derbyshire won seven and lost nine matches in the Sunday league.

Bob Taylor was in his second season as captain. Eddie Barlow was top scorer overall in the Championship and one competitions although Alan Hill was top scorer in the championship alone. Geoff Miller took most wickets.


Matches

First Class

The Scorecard Oracle found 23 matches for you.

List of matches
No. Date V Result Margin Notes
1 28 Apr 1976[1] Sussex
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston 		Lost 5 wickets AJ Borrington 102; G Miller 6-55; Greig 5-36; Waller 5-46
2 12 May 1976[2] Lancashire
Old Trafford, Manchester 		Drawn Wood 101
3 19 May 1976[3] Leicestershire
Grace Road, Leicester 		Drawn Davison 106
4 29 May 1976[4] Nottinghamshire
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston 		Drawn EJ Barlow 118; A Ward 5-66
5 2 Jun 1976[5] Oxford University Cricket Club
The University Parks, Oxford 		Won Innings and 53 runs PJ Sharpe 228; FW Swarbrook 5-34
6 12 Jun 1976[6] Leicestershire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Lost 7 wickets
7 16 Jun 1976[7] Yorkshire
Abbeydale Park, Sheffield 		Drawn PE Russell 7-46
8 19 Jun 1976[8] Essex
Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester 		Lost Innings and 43 runs Fletcher 114; Turner 5-33
9 23 Jun 1976[9] Cambridge University Cricket Club
Bass Worthington Ground, Burton-on-Trent 		Won Innings and 53 runs PJ Sharpe 144; Bannister 5-50; G Miller 5-70
10 30 Jun 1976[10] Northamptonshire
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston 		Drawn Bedi 6-43; FW Swarbrook 6-29
11 3 Jul 1976[11] West Indian cricket team in England in 1976
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Lost 10 wickets Rowe 152; Gomes 190; Padmore 6-101
12 7 Jul 1976[12] Warwickshire
Courtaulds Ground, Coventry 		Drawn Amiss 101
13 10 Jul 1976[13] Somerset
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Won 85 runs K Stevenson 5-47; A Ward 6-52
14 21 Jul 1976[14] Kent
Crabble Athletic Ground, Dover 		Lost 62 runs FW Swarbrook 6-54; Rowe 5-25 and 6-46; G Miller 7-74
15 24 Jul 1976[15] Glamorgan
Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent 		Lost 93 runs M Hendrick 6-40; EJ Barlow 5-63; Nash 5-44
16 28 Jul 1976[16] Surrey
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston 		Won 4 wickets Roope 100; EJ Barlow 217; FW Swarbrook 5-66; G Miller 5-74
17 31 Jul 1976[17] Yorkshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Drawn A Hill 151; PJ Sharpe 126
18 7 Aug 1976[18] Middlesex
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood 		Lost 106 runs G Barlow 160; G Miller 6-130 and 6-88; Titmus 6-63 and 6-72
19 14 Aug 1976[19] Worcestershire
County Ground, New Road, Worcester 		Lost 18 runs D'Oliveira 113; Gifford 5-71
20 21 Aug 1976[20] Lancashire
Park Road Ground, Buxton 		Won 15 runs K Stevenson 5-47; Ratcliffe 5-46
21 28 Aug 1976[21] Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham 		Drawn PJ Sharpe 112; White 6-61
22 1 Sep 1976[22] Gloucestershire
Phoenix County Ground, Bristol 		Won 5 wickets Mohammad 163 and 150; A Hill 126
23 8 Sep 1976[23] Hampshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Drawn M Hendrick 6-56; Jesty 5-48


John Player League

List of matches
No. Date V Result Margin Notes
1 25 Apr 1976[24] Lancashire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Won 5 runs
2 2 May 1976[25] Hampshire
Dean Park, Bournemouth 		Lost 7 wickets
3 23 May 1976[26] Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham 		Lost 7 wickets
4 30 May 1976[27] Essex
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston 		Lost 7 runs A Ward 6-24
5 6 Jun 1976[28] Surrey
Kennington Oval 		Lost 6 wickets Butcher 103
6 13 Jun 1976[29] Sussex
Trent College Ground, Long Eaton 		Lost 11 runs
7 27 Jun 1976[30] Leicestershire
Grace Road, Leicester 		Won 66 runs
8 4 Jul 1976[31] Gloucestershire
Phoenix County Ground, Bristol 		Won 10 wickets (Run rate) PE Russell 5-26
9 11 Jul 1976[32] Somerset
Town Ground, Heanor 		Lost 6 wickets
10 18 Jul 1976[33] Kent
Cheriton Road Sports Ground, Folkestone 		Lost 48 runs
11 25 Jul 1976[34] Warwickshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Lost 3 wickets
12 1 Aug 1976[35] Yorkshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Won 7 wickets
13 8 Aug 1976[36] Middlesex
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood 		Lost 7 wickets
14 15 Aug 1976[37] Glamorgan
St Helen's, Swansea		 Won 44 runs
15 29 Aug 1976[38] Northamptonshire
Park Road Ground, Buxton 		Won 85 runs A Hill 120; PE Russell 6-10
16 5 Sep 1976[39] Worcestershire
Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent 		Won 34 runs


Gillette Cup

List of matches
No. Date V Result Margin Notes
1st Round 26 Jun 1976 [40] Lincolnshire
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston 		Won 7 wickets
2nd Round 14 Jul 1976 [41] Surrey
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston 		Won 67 runs
Quarter Final 4 Aug 1976 [42] Hampshire
County Ground, Southampton 		Lost 47 runs

Benson and Hedges Cup

List of matches
No. Date V Result Margin Notes
Group A 1 24 Apr 1976[43] Glamorgan
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Won 8 wickets PJ Sharpe 111
Group A 2 3 May 1976 [44] Hampshire
County Ground, Southampton 		Won 4 wickets
Group A 3 8 May 1976 [45] Warwickshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Lost 5 wickets
Group A 4 15 May 1976 [46] Lancashire
Trafalgar Road Ground, Southport 		Lost 52 runs M Hendrick 5-30; Wood 5-12


Statistics

Competition batting averages

Name County Championship John Player League Gillette Cup 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
EJ Barlow 20 36 1035 217 28.75 2 16 15 545 88 36.33 0 3 3 69 55 23.00 0 4 4 121 69 30.25 0
JB Bolus 1 1 15 15 15.00 0 2 2 23 16 23.00 0
AJ Borrington 18 32 709 102* 27.26 116 16 248 62 17.71 0 3 3 41 28 20.50 0 4 3 83 68 27.66 0
H Cartwright 9 16 373 61* 24.86 0 15 13 223 52* 18.58 0 2 2 10 10 10.00 0 1 1 24 24 24.00 0
M Glenn 2 2 4 4* 4.00 0
AJ Harvey-Walker 4 8 157 56 22.42 0 1 1 3 3 3.00 0 1 1 11 11 11.00 0
RGA Headley 13 13 448 83 37.33 0 3 3 97 48 32.33 0 2 2 21 17 10.50 0
M Hendrick 15 17 141 26 12.81 0 11 3 2 1 0.66 0 3 2 6 5* 6.00 0 4 1 12 12 12.00 0
A Hill 20 36 1179 160* 34.67 3 6 6 260 120 43.33 1 2 2 28 23 14.00 0 1 1 2 2 2.00 0
G Miller 17 29 572 51 21.18 0 13 11 164 32* 27.33 0 2 1 24 24 24.00 04 3 62 59* 31.00 0
A Morris 15 26 370 74 14.80 0 8 7 161 49 32.20 0 2 2 40 39 20.00 0
PE Russell 15 21 184 31* 11.50 0 11 5 39 19 13.00 0 1 0 4 1 22 22* 0
PJ Sharpe 19 34 891 126 26.20 2 12 12 210 97* 19.09 0 3 3 64 46 21.33 0 4 4 136 111* 45.33 1
K Stevenson 14 19 157 27* 13.08 0 7 4 9 6* 0 0 2 2 14 14 7.00 0
FW Swarbrook 19 32 588 80 30.94 0 15 12 136 31 19.42 0 3 2 58 58* 58.00 0 4 3 27 20* 27.00 0
RS Swindell 1 2 0 0 0.00 0
RW Taylor 20 34 634 72* 21.13 0 16 13 116 27 11.60 0 3 2 52 41 52.00 0 4 2 52 31* 52.00 0
CJ Tunnicliffe 5 2 1 1* 1.00 0
A Ward 12 11 42 9 5.25 0 10 4 14 8 3.50 0 2 1 0 0 0.00 0 4 1 1 1 1.00 0[47][48][49][50]

Competition bowling averages

Name County Championship John Player League Gillette Cup B & H Cup
Balls Runs Wkts Best Ave Balls Runs Wkts Best Ave Balls Runs Wkts Best Ave Balls Runs Wkts Best Ave
Eddie Barlow 1619 750 40 5-63 18.75 672 465 17 3-29 27.35 209 112 10 4-51 11.20 264 115 7 3-37 16.42
M Glenn 250 123 4 3-36 30.75
M Hendrick 2325 933 36 6-40 25.91 452 302 9 1-10 33.55 168 62 7 4-35 8.85 258 119 15 5-30 7.93
G Miller 2557 1208 59 7-74 20.47 516 366 11 3-23 33.27 144 48 3 2-14 16.00 168 115 1 1-43 115.00
A Morris 18 13 0
PE Russell 1744 863 26 7-46 33.19 464 325 28 6-10 11.60 54 13 0 258 115 4 2-33 28.75
PJ Sharpe 20 11 1 1-11 11.00
K Stevenson 1529 917 26 5-47 35.26 286 201 10 3-39 20.10 120 81 4 4-21 20.25
FW Swarbrook 3349 1354 51 6-29 26.54625 405 17 4-15 23.82 216 87 1 1-34 87.00 114 71 1 1-46 71.00
RS Swindell 42 21 0
CJ Tunnicliffe 194 130 2 1-31 65.00
A Ward 1702 790 36 6-52 21.94 389 314 15 6-24 20.93 84 50 1 1-30 50.00 248 138 2 2-20 69.00 [51][52][53][54]

Wicket Keeping

Bob Taylor

County Championship Catches 47, Stumping 10
John Player League Catches 11, Stumping 4
Gillette Cup Catches 6, Stumping 2
Benson and Hedges Cup Catches 7, Stumping 1

See also

References

  1. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Sussex 28 Apr 1976
  2. ↑ Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire 12 May 1976
  3. ↑ Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire 19 May 1976
  4. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 29 May 1976
  5. ↑ Cricket Archive - Oxford University v Derbyshire 2 Jun 1976
  6. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Leicestershire 12 Jun 1976
  7. ↑ Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire 16 Jun 1976
  8. ↑ Cricket Archive - Essex v Derbyshire 19 Jun 1976
  9. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Cambridge University 23 Jun 1976
  10. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 30 Jun 1976
  11. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v West Indians 3 Jul 1976
  12. ↑ Cricket Archive - Warwickshire v Derbyshire 7 Jul 1976
  13. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Somerset 10 Jul 1976
  14. ↑ Cricket Archive - Kent v Derbyshire 21 Jul 1976
  15. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Glamorgan 24 Jul 1976
  16. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Surrey 28 Jul 1976
  17. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire 31 Jul 1976
  18. ↑ Cricket Archive - Middlesex v Derbyshire 7 Aug 1976
  19. ↑ Cricket Archive - Worcestershire v Derbyshire 14 Aug 1976
  20. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire 21 Aug 1976
  21. ↑ Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 28 Aug 1976
  22. ↑ Cricket Archive - Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 1 Sep 1976
  23. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Hampshire 8 Sep 1976
  24. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire 25 Apr 1976
  25. ↑ Cricket Archive - Hampshire v Derbyshire 2 May 1976
  26. ↑ Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 23 May 1976
  27. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Essex 30 May 1976
  28. ↑ Cricket Archive - Surrey v Derbyshire 6 Jun 1976
  29. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Sussex 13 Jun 1976
  30. ↑ Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire 27 Jun 1976
  31. ↑ Cricket Archive - Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 4 Jul 1976
  32. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Somerset 11 Jul 1976
  33. ↑ Cricket Archive - Kent v Derbyshire 18 Jul 1976
  34. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Warwickshire 25 Jul 1976
  35. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire 1 Aug 1976
  36. ↑ Cricket Archive - Middlesex v Derbyshire 8 Aug 1976
  37. ↑ Cricket Archive - Glamorgan v Derbyshire 15 Aug 1976
  38. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 29 Aug 1976
  39. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Worcestershire 5 Sep 1976
  40. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lincolnshire 26 Jun 1976
  41. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Surrey 14 Jul 1976
  42. ↑ Cricket Archive - Hampshire v Derbyshire 4 Aug 1976
  43. ↑ 1976 Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Glamorgan 24 Apr 1976
  44. ↑ Cricket Archive - Hampshire v Derbyshire 3 May 1976
  45. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Warwickshire 8 May 1976
  46. ↑ Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire 15 May 1976
  47. ↑ Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship Derbyshire 1976
  48. ↑ Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire John Player League 1976
  49. ↑ Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire National Westminster Bank Trophy 1976
  50. ↑ Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire Benson and Hedges Cup 1976
  51. ↑ Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1976
  52. ↑ Bowling for Derbyshire John Player League 1976
  53. ↑ Bowling for Derbyshire Gillette Cup 1976
  54. ↑ Bowling for Derbyshire Benson and Hedges Cup 1976
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