Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1976

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CaptainBob Taylor
County Championship15
John Player League12
Gillette CupQuarter-final
Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1976 season
CaptainBob Taylor
County Championship15
John Player League12
Gillette CupQuarter-final
Benson & Hedges Cup.Group
Most runsEddie Barlow
Most wicketsGeoff Miller
Most catchesBob 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.

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

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

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