Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1971 was the centenary cricket season of the English club Derbyshire which had first played in 1871. In the County Championship, they won one match to finish seventeenth in their seventy-seventh season in the Championship. They won seven matches in the John Player League to finish eleventh. They were eliminated in Round 2 of the Gillette Cup.
1971 season
Derbyshire played 24 games in the County Championship, one match against Oxford University and one match against the touring Pakistanis. They won one match overall and managed 19 draws in the County Championship. Ian Buxton was in his second season as captain. Ian Hall scored most runs and Philip Russell took most wickets.
Anthony Borrington and Ashley Harvey-Walker, who made their first-class debuts in the season, went on to play for several more seasons for Derbyshire. Harvey-Walker achieved a unique distinction by scoring a century in his debut match. Another newcomer, David Wilde, played in this and the following season. Leslie Bradbury made his single first-class cricket appearance in one match for Derbyshire. Harold Cartwright, only played one-day cricket for Derbyshire in this his initial season, but stayed with the club for several seasons
Matches First Class {| class="wikitable" width="100%" ! colspan=6 | List of matches |- !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes |- |1 |1 May 1971Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Middlesex 1 May 1971 | Middlesex County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Parfitt 103; Latchman 6–72
|2 | 5 May 1971Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Leicestershire 5 May 1971 | Leicestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Inman 147
|3 | 8 May 1971Cricket Archive -Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 8 May 1971 | Gloucestershire Ashley Down Ground, Bristol |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|4 | 15 May 1971Cricket Archive -Warwickshire v Derbyshire 15 May 1971 | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | PJK Gibbs 127; Lance Gibbs 6–54
|5 | 22 May 1971Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Yorkshire 22 May 1971 | Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|6 | 26 May 1971Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Somerset 26 May 1971 | SomersetCounty Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | CP Wilkins 113; A Jones 5–26
|7 | 29 May 1971Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Essex 29 May 1971 | Essex Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | Innings and 41 runs | Hobbs 5–38
|8 | 5 Jun 1971Cricket Archive -Kent v Derbyshire 5 Jun 1971 | Kent Rectory Field, Blackheath |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 93 runs | MH Page 111; FW Swarbrook 5–55
|9 | 9 Jun 1971Cricket Archive -Essex v Derbyshire 9 Jun 1971 | Essex Valentine's Park, Ilford |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|10 | 16 Jun 1971Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Worcestershire 16 Jun 1971 | WorcestershireQueen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|11 | 19 Jun 1971Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Hampshire 19 Jun 1971 | Hampshire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|12 |23 Jun 1971Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Oxford University 23 Jun 1971 | |Oxford University Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 2 wickets | AJ Harvey-Walker 110
|13 | 26 Jun 1971Cricket Archive -Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 26 Jun 1971 | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Harris 114
|14 | 3 Jul 1971Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Pakistanis 3 Jul 1971 | Pakistanis Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 8 wickets | Intikhab Alam 5–155; Pervez Saijad 6–71
|15 | 7 Jul 1971Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Kent 7 Jul 1971 | Kent County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Steele 195; Balderstone 6–84
|16 | 10 Jul 1971Cricket Archive -Leicestershire v Derbyshire 10 Jul 1971 | Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|17 | 14 Jul 1971Cricket Archive -Yorkshire v Derbyshire 14 Jul 1971 | Yorkshire North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Geoffrey Boycott 133
|18 | 17 Jul 1971Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Lancashire 17 Jul 1971 | Lancashire Park Road Ground, Buxton |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Engineer 141; Hughes 5–96
|19 | 24 Jul 1971Cricket Archive -Hampshire v Derbyshire 24 Jul 1971 | Hampshire May's Bounty, Basingstoke |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|20 | 31 Jul 1971Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 31 Jul 1971 | Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | White 7–41
|21 | 7 Aug 1971Cricket Archive -Sussex v Derbyshire 7 Aug 1971 | Sussex County Ground, Hove |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|22 | 14 Aug 1971Cricket Archive -Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 14 Aug 1971 | Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | PJK Gibbs; E Smith 5–64; Breakwell 5–26
|23 | 21 Aug 1971Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 21 Aug 1971 | Gloucestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 43 runs | Proctor 167; CP Wilkins 111; Mortimore 6–59
|24 | 25 Aug 1971Cricket Archive -Lancashire v Derbyshire 25 Aug 1971 | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 4 wickets | CP Wilkins 156
|25 | 28 Aug 1971Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Glamorgan 28 Aug 1971 | Glamorgan County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|26 | 1 Sep 1971Cricket Archive -Surrey v Derbyshire 1 Sep 1971 | Surrey Kennington Oval |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 40 runs | Storey 164; Intikhab Alam 5–63
John Player League {| class="wikitable" width="100%" ! colspan=6 | List of matches |- !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes
|1 | 2 May 1971Cricket Archive -Yorkshire v Derbyshire 2 May 1971 | Yorkshire St George's Road, Harrogate |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 1 wicket
|2 | 9 May 1971Cricket Archive -Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 9 May 1971 | Gloucestershire Ashley Down Ground, Bristol |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 20 runs | CP Wilkins 5–42
|3 |16 May 1971Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Somerset 16 May 1971 | Somerset Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 9 runs
|4 |16 May 1971Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Essex 16 May 1971 | Essex Park Road Ground, Buxton |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 22 runs | Brian Taylor 100
|5 |30 May 1971Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 30 May 1971 | Nottinghamshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 9 runs
|6 |6 Jun 1971Cricket Archive -Leicestershire v Derbyshire 6 Jun 1971 | Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | Faster rate
|7 |20 Jun 1971Cricket Archive -Lancashire v Derbyshire 20 Jun 1971 | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 6 wickets
|8 |27 Jun 1971Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Kent 27 Jun 1971 | Kent County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 2 runs
|9 |4 Jul 1971Cricket Archive -Worcestershire v Derbyshire 4 Jul 1971 | WorcestershireCounty Ground, New Road, Worcester |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | Faster rate
|10 |11 Jul 1971Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 11 Jul 1971 | Northamptonshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 21 runs
|11 |25 Jul 1971Cricket Archive -Hampshire v Derbyshire 25 Jul 1971 | Hampshire County Ground, Southampton |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 121 runs
|12 |1 Aug 1971Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Warwickshire 1 Aug 1971 | Warwickshire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 2 wickets
|13 | 8 Aug 1971Cricket Archive -Sussex v Derbyshire 8 Aug 1971 | Sussex County Ground, Hove |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 3 wickets
|14 |15 Aug 1971Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Middlesex 15 Aug 1971 | Middlesex County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 3 runs
|15 |29 Aug 1971Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Glamorgan 29 Aug 1971 | Glamorgan Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|No Result
|16 |5 Sep 1971Cricket Archive -Surrey v Derbyshire 5 Sep 1971 | Surrey Kennington Oval |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 24 runs
Gillette Cup {| class="wikitable" width="100%" ! colspan=6 | List of matches |- !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes
|1st Round | 12 Jun 1971Cricket Archive – Leicestershire v Derbyshire 12 Jun 1971 | Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 1 wicket
Statistics Competition batting averages NameCounty ChampionshipJohn Player League Gillette CupMIRunsHSAve100MIRunsHSAve100MIRunsHSAve100 AJ Borrington 3 4 123 70 30.75 0 6 6 114 59 19.00 0 1 1 22 22 22.00 0 L Bradbury 1 0 0 0 0 0 IR Buxton 24 38 859 89 26.03 0 16 16 400 71* 36.36 0 1 1 00 0.00 0 H Cartwright 9 9 78 24 11.14 0 1 1 21 21 21.00 0 TJP Eyre 12 13 106 29* 13.25 0 6 4 21 10 5.25 0 PJK Gibbs 21 41 1194 127 31.42 2 14 14 292 56 20.85 0 IW Hall 24 45 1436 95 35.02 0 10 10 137 38 13.70 0 1 1 32 32 32.00 0 JF Harvey 24 39 1025 94 29.28 0 16 16 438 67 27.37 0 1 1 3 3 3.00 0 AJ Harvey-Walker 2 4 103 35 25.75 0 9 9 210 55 23.33 0 M Hendrick 12 11 53 14 5.88 0 8 5 17 10* 4.25 0 1 1 1 1 1.00 0 MH Page 21 38 1050 111 30.88 1 7 7 57 19 8.14 0 1 1 24 24 24.00 0 FE Rumsey 15 7 7 5* 1.75 0 1 1 2 2* 0 0 PE Russell 20 24 317 55* 18.64 0 15 11 72 23 10.28 0 1 1 1 1 1.00 0 DHK Smith 1 1 3 3 3.00 0 E Smith 12 12 72 19* 9.00 0 1 1 12 12 12.00 0 FW Swarbrook 21 26 243 37 16.20 0 1 0 0 RW Taylor 21 31 538 74* 25.61 0 14 13 88 21* 11.00 0 1 1 29 29* 0 0 A Ward 19 17 87 17* 8.70 0 11 7 23 9* 4.60 0 D Wilde 3 4 1 1 0.33 0 1 0 0 CP Wilkins 24 43 1362 156 34.92 3 16 16 383 74* 25.53 0 1 1 51 51 51.00 0 Cricket Archive Derbyshire batting 1971 Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire John Player League 1971Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire Gillette Cup 1971
Competition bowling averages NameCounty ChampionshipJohn Player League Gillette CupBallsRunsWktsBestAveBallsRunsWktsBestAveBallsRunsWktsBestAve AJ Borrington 6 7 0 L Bradbury 90 53 1 1–53 53.00 0 0 IR Buxton 1862 792 22 3–55 36.00 588 398 19 3–20 20.94 72 31 1 1–31 31.00 TJP Eyre 1457 751 20 3–30 37.55 278 206 14 3–21 14.71 M Hendrick 1362 624 19 4–44 32.84 330 223 9 3–28 24.77 72 37 3 3–37 12.33 MH Page 12 2 1 1–0 2.00 0 0 FE Rumsey 637 355 16 3–12 22.18 72 34 3 3–34 11.33 PE Russell 3553 1646 58 4–31 28.37 594 426 18 4–22 23.66 69 35 1 1–35 35.00 E Smith 1870 934 23 5–64 40.60 1 0 FW Swarbrook 3443 1673 54 5–55 30.98 48 33 2 2–33 16.50 A Ward 2900 1475 57 4–47 25.87 492 342 9 2–16 38.00 D Wilde 385 234 7 3–76 33.42 48 43 0 CP Wilkins 744 432 10 3–51 43.20 231 209 8 5–42 26.12 66 51 0 Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1991Bowling for Derbyshire John Player League 1971Bowling for Derbyshire Gillette Cup 1971
Wicket Keeping Bob Taylor County Championship Catches 45, Stumping 8 John Player League Catches 5, Stumping 3 Gillette Cup Catches 1, Stumping 0
See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1971 English cricket season
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