Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1978

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Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1978 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for one hundred and seven years. They reached the final of the Benson & Hedges Cup. In the County Championship, they won three matches to finish fourteenth in their seventy fourth season in the Championship. They came eighth in the John Player League and did not progress beyond round 2 in the Gillette Cup.

Derbyshire reached the final of the Benson and Hedges Cup, losing to Kent. They played twenty two matches in the County Championship, one against Cambridge University and one against the touring Pakistanis. They won three first class matches overall, all in the Championship. In the Sunday league Derbyshire won six of the first eight matches but then lost the remaining six that were played. They were knocked out in the second round of the Gillette Cup.

Eddie Barlow was in his second season as captain. A successful run in the Benson and Hedges cup saw Alan Hill as top scorer overall and Eddie Barlow taking most wickets overall. However, in the first class game alone, Peter Kirsten was top scorer and Mike Hendrick took most wickets.

Matches

First Class

List of matches
No. Date V Result Margin Notes
1 3 May 1978[1] Somerset
Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent
Drawn
2 10 May 1978[2] Lancashire
Old Trafford, Manchester
Won 9 wickets G Miller 5-43
3 20 May 1978[3] Pakistanis
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Drawn JG Wright 184
4 24 May 1978[4] Yorkshire
Abbeydale Park, Sheffield
Drawn AJ Borrington 137
5 27 May 1978[5] Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Lost 8 wickets Hadlee 101 and 5-25; EJ Barlow 127; Cooper 5-40
6 31 May 1978[6] Leicestershire
County Ground, Derby
Lost Innings and 10 runs Steele 118
7 3 Jun 1978[7] Surrey
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
Lost 48 runs AJ Harvey-Walker 7-35; Pocock 5-58
8 10 Jun 1978[8] Glamorgan
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Won Innings and 20 runs PN Kirsten 206
9 14 Jun 1978[9] Gloucestershire
Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester
Lost Innings and 139 runs Abbas 104; Proctor 122; Childs 5-24 and 6-44
10 17 Jun 1978[10] Cambridge University Cricket Club
FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge
Drawn Fosh 109
11 24 Jun 1978[11] Leicestershire
Grace Road, Leicester
Drawn
12 28 Jun 1978[12] Northamptonshire
County Ground, Northampton
Lost Innings and 40 runs Cook 155; Steele 130, 6-36 and 5-39
13 1 Jul 1978[13] Sussex
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Drawn
14 8 Jul 1978[14] Kent
Mote Park, Maidstone
Lost 8 wickets Underwood 5-41 and 6-38; AJ Mellor 5-52
15 12 Jul 1978[15] Northamptonshire
County Ground, Derby
Drawn M Hendrick 5-42
16 15 Jul 1978[16] Worcestershire
County Ground, New Road, Worcester
Drawn A Hill 153
17 26 Jul 1978[17] Hampshire
County Ground, Derby
Drawn
18 29 Jul 1978[18] Yorkshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Drawn
19 9 Aug 1978[19] Lancashire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Drawn
20 12 Aug 1978[20] Middlesex
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
Lost Innings and 77 runs Gatting 128; Daniel 5-42; Selvey 5-74 and 6-26
21 19 Aug 1978[21] Essex
County Ground, Derby
Drawn
22 26 Aug 1978[22] Nottinghamshire
County Ground, Derby
Won 16 runs Cooper 6-32; G Miller 5-46
23 30 Aug 1978[23] Essex
Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea
Drawn M Hendrick 5-32; Lever 6-55; East 5-70
24 6 Sep 1978[24] Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Drawn

John Player League

List of matches
No. Date V Result Margin Notes
1 30 Apr 1978[25] Gloucestershire
County Ground, Derby
Won Faster rate
2 7 May 1978[26] Sussex
County Ground, Derby
Won 41 runs
3 14 May 1978[27] Yorkshire
Fartown, Huddersfield
Won 54 runs
4 28 May 1978[28] Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Lost 2 wickets
5 4 Jun 1978[29] Surrey
Trent College Ground, Long Eaton
No result
6 18 Jun 1978[30] Hampshire
Dean Park, Bournemouth
Won 43 runs
7 2 Jul 1978[31] Glamorgan
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Won 18 runs
8 9 Jul 1978[32] Kent
Mote Park, Maidstone
Won 15 runs
9 16 Jul 1978[33] Worcestershire
County Ground, New Road, Worcester
Lost 9 wickets
10 23 Jul 1978[34] Somerset
County Ground, Derby
Abandoned
11 30 Jul 1978[35] Northamptonshire
County Ground, Northampton
Abandoned
12 6 Aug 1978[36] Lancashire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Lost 7 wickets
13 13 Aug 1978[37] Middlesex
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
Lost 7 runs
14 20 Aug 1978[38] Essex
County Ground, Derby
Lost 5 wickets
15 27 Aug 1978[39] Warwickshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Lost 7 wickets
16 3 Sep 1978[40] Leicestershire
Grace Road, Leicester
Lost 6 wickets

Gillette Cup

List of matches
No. Date V Result Margin Notes
1st Round 5 Jul 1978[41] Worcestershire
County Ground, New Road, Worcester
Won 5 runs EJ Barlow 5-30
2nd Round 19 Jul 1978[42] Middlesex
County Ground, Derby
Lost 33 runs

Benson and Hedges Cup

List of matches
No. Date V Result Margin Notes
Group A 1 22 Apr 1978[43] Warwickshire
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
Won 66 runs A Hill 102
Group A 2 29 Apr 1978[44] Lancashire
Old Trafford, Manchester
Won 2 wickets
Group A 3 6 May 1978[45] Gloucestershire
Phoenix County Ground, Bristol
Won 25 runs EJ Barlow 6-33
Group A 4 13 May 1978[46] Minor Counties West
County Ground, Derby
Won 4 wickets
Quarter Final 7 Jun 1978[47] Middlesex
County Ground, Derby
Won 25 runs
Semi Final 21 Jun 1978[48] Warwickshire
County Ground, Derby
Won 41 runs
Final 22 Jul 1978[49] Kent
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
Lost 6 wickets

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