Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1968

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1968 season
Captain	Derek Morgan
County Championship	8
Gillette Cup	Round 2
Most runs	David Smith
Most wickets	Harold Rhodes
Most catches	Bob Taylor
← 1967	1969 →

CaptainDerek Morgan

County Championship8

Gillette CupRound 2

Most runsDavid Smith

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1968 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for ninety-seven years. In the County Championship, they won six matches to finish eighth in their sixty-fourth season in the Championship. They were eliminated in round 2 of the Gillette Cup.

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	1 May 1968^[1]	Middlesex County Ground, Derby	Drawn		AB Jackson 6-30
2	8 May 1968^[2]	Cambridge University FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge	Drawn		Underwood 6-54; HJ Rhodes 5-39
3	11 May 1968^[3]	Kent Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend	Drawn
4	15 May 1968^[4]	Surrey Kennington Oval	Drawn		HJ Rhodes 6-25
5	19 May 1968^[5]	Warwickshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		Cartwright 6-76
6	22 May 1968^[6]	Sussex County Ground, Hove	Won	5 wickets	HJ Rhodes 5-99
7	29 May 1968^[7]	Sussex Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		E Smith 5-31 and 6-89; Snow 5-34
8	01 Jun 1968^[8]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton	Drawn		Mohammad 100
9	05 Jun 1968^[9]	Worcestershire Chester Road North Ground, Kidderminster	Won	21 runs	Holder 5-21; E Smith 5-37
10	08 Jun 1968^[10]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Milburn 100; TJP Eyre 5-57
11	12 Jun 1968^[11]	Lancashire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn
12	15 Jun 1968^[12]	Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Lost	3 wickets
13	19 Jun 1968^[13]	Worcestershire County Ground, Derby	Won	Innings and 110 runs	IR Buxton 5-8 and 6-25
14	22 Jun 1968^[14]	Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham	Drawn
15	29 Jun 1968^[15]	Gloucestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Won	9 wickets	MH Page 100; HJ Rhodes 5-42; Procter 6-43; E Smith 6-57
16	06 Jul 1968^[16]	Essex Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester	Drawn		DHK Smith 99
17	10 Jul 1968^[17]	Somerset Recreation Ground, Bath	Abandoned
18	17 Jul 1968^[18]	Lancashire Trafalgar Road Ground, Southport	Lost	124 runs	Higgs 6-39 and 5-17; E Smith 5-100; Hughes 5-46
19	20 Jul 1968^[19]	Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston	Lost	6 wickets	White 5-41
20	24 Jul 1968^[20]	Surrey Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston	Lost	3 wickets	Harman 6-97 and 8-16; E Smith 5-70
21	27 Jul 1968^[21]	Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester	Drawn		DHK Smith 117; Marner 108; E Smith 5-70
22	31 Jul 1968^[22]	Australian cricket team in England in 1968 Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	8 runs	DC Morgan 5-83; Mallett 5-69
23	03 Aug 1968^[23]	Leicestershire Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent	Drawn		Inman 108; PE Russell 5-50
24	10 Aug 1968^[24]	Somerset Park Road Ground, Buxton	Won	2 wickets	MH Page 117; DC Morgan 103
25	14 Aug 1968^[25]	Glamorgan County Ground, Derby	Drawn
26	17 Aug 1968^[26]	Yorkshire Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford	Drawn		TJP Eyre 5-31; B Lewis 5-57
27	21 Aug 1968^[27]	Middlesex Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	Lost	6 wickets	Parfitt 131; Titmus 5-41
28	24 Aug 1968^[28]	Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		Hampshire 100; Nicholson 5-40
29	28 Aug 1968^[29]	Glamorgan Sophia Gardens, Cardiff	Won	100 runs	A Ward 6-56
30	31 Aug 1968^[30]	Hampshire County Ground, Derby	Drawn		A Ward 5-50

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1st Round	25 May 1968^[31]	Sussex County Ground, Hove	Lost	10 wickets

Name	County Championship						Gillette Cup
Name	M	I	Runs	HS	Ave	100	M	I	Runs	HS	Ave	100
IR Buxton	25	41	992	87	26.10	0	1	1	5	5	5.00	0
JR Eyre							1	1	18	18	18.00	0
TJP Eyre	26	35	598	89	22.14	0
PJK Gibbs	27	48	1259	90	27.36	0	1	1	3	3	3.00	0
IW Hall	4	6	144	68	24.00	0
JF Harvey	27	42	1006	74*	30.48	0	1	1	3	3	3.00	0
AB Jackson	19	13	37	10	6.16	0	1	1	3	3*		0
CP Marks	6	8	123	39	15.37	0
DC Morgan	21	34	955	103*	39.79	1	1	1	2	2	2.00	0
MH Page	24	44	1195	117	30.64	2	1	1	3	3	3.00	0
HJ Rhodes	26	25	125	23	8.92	0	1	1	15	15	15.00	0
PE Russell	8	7	41	17*	6.83	0
DHK Smith	27	48	1347	117	29.93	1	1	1	32	32	32.00	0
E Smith	25	29	401	41*	18.22	0
GR Stephenson	2	4	41	19	10.25	0
FW Swarbrook	1	1	4	4*		0
RW Taylor	25	30	334	52	14.52	0	1	1	1	1	1.00	0
A Ward	4	3	1	1*		0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0^[32]^[33]

Name	County Championship					Gillette Cup
Name	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Best	Ave	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Best	Ave
IR Buxton	2023	626	33	6-25	18.96 2	53	27	0
JR Eyre						42	15	0
TJP Eyre	2969	1438	45	5-31	31.95 2
PJK Gibbs	149	77	2	2-54	38.50
JF Harvey	36	17	0
AB Jackson	2738	987	46	4-27	21.45	18	3	0
DC Morgan	2001	694	27	4-33	25.70	59	20	0
HJ Rhodes	4308	1564	93	6-25	16.81 4	72	24	0
PE Russell	1272	489	16	5-50	30.56 1
E Smith	5136	1899	80	6-57	23.73 7
FW Swarbrook	180	54	4	2-10	13.50
A Ward	701	308	26	6-56	11.84 2	7	1	0		^[34]^[35]

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1968

Matches

First Class

Gillette Cup

Statistics

Competition batting averages

Competition bowling averages

Wicket Keeping

See also

References

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