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.
1968 season
Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, one match against Cambridge University, and one against the touring Australians. They won six first class matches altogether. Derek Morgan was in his fourth season as captain and was top scorer. Harold Rhodes took most wickets.
Matches
First Class List of matchesNo.DateVResult MarginNotes11 May 1968Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Middlesex Middlesex Drawn 28 May 1968Cricket Archive - Cambridge University v Derbyshire Cambridge University Drawn 311 May 1968Cricket Archive - Kent v Derbyshire Kent Drawn415 May 1968Cricket Archive - Surrey v Derbyshire Surrey Drawn 5 19 May 1968Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Warwickshire Warwickshire Drawn 6 22 May 1968Cricket Archive - Sussex v Derbyshire Sussex Won 5 wickets 729 May 1968Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Sussex Sussex Drawn 801 Jun 1968Cricket Archive - Northamptonshire v Derbyshire Northamptonshire Drawn 905 Jun 1968Cricket Archive - Worcestershire v Derbyshire Worcestershire Won 21 runs 1008 Jun 1968Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Northamptonshire Northamptonshire Drawn 1112 Jun 1968Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire Lancashire Drawn1215 Jun 1968Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire Nottinghamshire Lost 3 wickets1319 Jun 1968Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Worcestershire Worcestershire Won Innings and 110 runs 1422 Jun 1968Cricket Archive - Warwickshire v Derbyshire Warwickshire Drawn1529 Jun 1968Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Gloucestershire Gloucestershire Won 9 wickets 1606 Jul 1968Cricket Archive - Essex v Derbyshire Essex Drawn 1710 Jul 1968Cricket Archive - Somerset v Derbyshire Somerset Abandoned1817 Jul 1968Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire Lancashire Lost 124 runs 1920 Jul 1968Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire Lost 6 wickets 2024 Jul 1968Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Surrey Surrey Lost 3 wickets 2127 Jul 1968Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire Leicestershire Drawn 2231 Jul 1968Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Australians Australian cricket team in England in 1968 Lost 8 runs 2303 Aug 1968Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Leicestershire Leicestershire Drawn 2410 Aug 1968Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Somerset Somerset Won 2 wickets 2514 Aug 1968Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Glamorgan Glamorgan Drawn2617 Aug 1968Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire Yorkshire Drawn 2721 Aug 1968Cricket Archive - Middlesex v Derbyshire Middlesex Lost 6 wickets 2824 Aug 1968Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire Yorkshire Drawn 29 28 Aug 1968 Cricket Archive - Glamorgan v Derbyshire Glamorgan Won 100 runs 3031 Aug 1968Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Hampshire Hampshire Drawn
Gillette Cup List of matchesNo.DateVResult MarginNotes 1st Round 25 May 1968Cricket Archive - Sussex v Derbyshire Gillette Cup 25 May 1968 Sussex Lost 10 wickets
Statistics
Competition batting averages NameCounty ChampionshipGillette CupMIRunsHSAve100MIRunsHSAve100 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 0Cricket Archive Derbyshire batting 1968Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire Gillette Cup 1968
Competition bowling averages NameCounty ChampionshipGillette CupBallsRunsWktsBestAveBallsRunsWktsBestAve 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 Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1968Bowling for Derbyshire Gillette Cup 1968
Wicket Keeping Bob Taylor County Championship Catches 50, Stumping 7 Gillette Cup Catches 0, Stumping 0
See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1968 English cricket season
References