Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1966

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1966 season
Captain	Derek Morgan
County Championship	9
Gillette Cup	Round 2
Most runs	John Harvey
Most wickets	Harold Rhodes
Most catches	Bob Taylor
← 1965	1967 →

CaptainDerek Morgan

County Championship9

Gillette CupRound 2

Most runsJohn Harvey

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1966 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for ninety-five years. In the County Championship, they won eight matches to finish ninth in their sixty-second season in the Championship. They were eliminated in round 2 of the Gillette Cup.

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	4 May 1966^[1]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Milburn 130
2	7 May 1966^[2]	Surrey Kennington Oval	Won	7 runs	E Smith 6-26
3	11 May 1966^[3]	Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester	Drawn		Lock 7-31 and 5-40
4	14 May 1966^[4]	Hampshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		Cottam 5-28; E Smith 7-59 and 6-60
5	18 May 1966^[5]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton	Won	22 runs	DC Morgan 6-36 and 5-24; Sully 5-22
6	25 May 1966^[6]	Essex Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston	Drawn		Knight 5-25
7	28 May 1966^[7]	West Indies County Ground, Derby	Lost	Innings and 32 runs	McMorris 157; Gary Sobers 6-11
8	1 Jun 1966^[8]	Sussex Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		Snow 5-33
9	4 Jun 1966^[9]	Gloucestershire Ashley Down Ground, Bristol	Lost	9 runs	Brown 5-42; DC Morgan 6-55
10	8 Jun 1966^[10]	Kent County Ground, Derby	Won	80 runs	HJ Rhodes 5-31
11	11 Jun 1966^[11]	Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	Innings and 15 runs
12	18 Jun 1966^[12]	Kent County Ground, Derby	Lost	7 wickets
13	25 Jun 1966^[13]	Yorkshire Bramall Lane, Sheffield	Lost	10 wickets	Nicholson 5-12
14	29 Jun 1966^[14]	Warwickshire Park Road Ground, Buxton	Won	8 wickets	E Smith 5-23
15	2 Jul 1966^[15]	Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester	Won	30 runs	Knox 100;E Smith 6-21
16	6 Jul 1966^[16]	Oxford University County Ground, Derby	Won	5 wickets	IW Hall 102; IR Buxton 5-16
17	9 Jul 1966^[17]	Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Won	8 wickets	JF Harvey 103*
18	13 Jul 1966^[18]	Middlesex Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	Drawn		Russell 101; Harris 114; Price 8-48
19	16 Jul 1966^[19]	Leicestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	120 runs	Lock 7-50
20	20 Jul 1966^[20]	Essex Garrison A Cricket Ground, Colchester	Drawn
21	23 Jul 1966^[21]	Somerset Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent	Lost	10 wickets	Palmer 7-59
22	27 Jul 1966^[22]	Lancashire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	7 wickets	Sratham 5-44
23	30 Jul 1966^[23]	Hampshire County Ground, Southampton	Drawn		Castell 6-49; HJ Rhodes 5-28; White 6-37
24	3 Aug 1966^[24]	Gloucestershire County Ground, Derby	Lost	60 runs	Allen 5-25
25	6 Aug 1966^[25]	Worcestershire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston	Lost	3 runs	E Smith 5-74; Gifford 8-54
26	13 Aug 1966^[26]	Worcestershire Chester Road North Ground, Kidderminster	Lost	7 wickets	Fearnley 112; Gifford 6-91 and 6-55; E Smith 5-102
27	17 Aug 1966^[27]	Warwickshire Courtaulds Ground, Coventry	Won	10 wickets	AB Jackson 8-18
28	20 Aug 1966^[28]	Glamorgan County Ground, Derby	Lost	78 runs	AB Jackson 5-68
29	24 Aug 1966^[29]	Nottinghamshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Won	159 runs
30	27 Aug 1966^[30]	Glamorgan Penrhyn Avenue, Rhos-on-Sea, Colwyn Bay	Lost	63 runs	DC Morgan 7-47; Wheatley 6-42

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1st Round	21 May 1966^[31]	Essex Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	2 wickets

Name	County Championship						Gillette Cup
Name	M	I	Runs	HS	Ave	100	M	I	Runs	HS	Ave	100
MHJ Allen	5	8	50	17*	10.00	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0
IR Buxton	20	34	507	68	17.48	0	1	1	12	12	12.00	0
JR Eyre	18	35	527	61	15.96	0	1	1	38	38	38.00	0
TJP Eyre	18	31	553	88	20.48	0	1	1	4	4	4.00	0
PJK Gibbs	5	10	154	43	15.40	0
IW Hall	19	37	791	74	21.97	0
JF Harvey	26	48	1060	103*	23.04	1	1	1	29	29	29.00	0
M Hill	23	41	810	61	21.31	0	1	1	17	17	17.00	0
AB Jackson	21	26	118	25*	9.07	0
HL Johnson	20	38	642	73	18.34	0	1	1	25	25	25.00	0
DC Morgan	28	48	962	96	23.46	0	1	1	42	42	42.00	0
MH Page	21	39	583	42	17.14	0
HJ Rhodes	22	31	156	28	10.40	0	1	1	9	9*	0	0
PE Russell	7	13	219	56	16.84	0
DHK Smith	1	2	15	15	7.50	0
E Smith	25	37	211	22	6.02	0
RW Taylor	28	44	682	42	17.48	0	1	1	17	17	17.00	0
A Ward	1	1	3	3	3.00	0	1	1	3	3	3.00	0^[32]^[33]

Name	County Championship					Gillette Cup
Name	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Best	Ave	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Best	Ave
MHJ Allen	419	156	0			40	29	0
IR Buxton	1880	696	21	3-27	33.14	72	35	1	1-35	35.00
JR Eyre	84	32	1	1-6	32.00	6	5	0
TJP Eyre	1542	790	31	4-39	25.48	12	16	0
IW Hall	2	4	0
AB Jackson	3637	1189	64	8-18	18.57
HL Johnson	24	15	0
DC Morgan	4982	1695	84	7-47	20.17	72	42	0
MH Page	234	140	0
HJ Rhodes	3858	1417	78	5-28	18.16	72	17	1	1-17	17.00
PE Russell	678	254	7	2-23	36.28
E Smith	4821	1605	87	7-59	18.44
RW Taylor	6	0	0
A Ward	36	13	1	1-13	13.00	72	36	3	3-36	12.00^[34]^[35]

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1966

Matches

First Class

Gillette Cup

Statistics

Competition batting averages

Competition bowling averages

Wicket Keeping

See also

References

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