Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1997 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for one hundred and twenty-six years. In the County Championship, they won two matches to finish sixteenth in their ninety fourth season in the Championship. They came fourteenth in the AXA Life League and did not progress from the group in the National Westminster Bank Trophy. They reached the semi-final of the Benson & Hedges Cup.
1997 season
Derbyshire played seventeen matches in the County Championship, one against Cambridge University, one against the touring Australians and one against the Pakistan A team. They won five first class matches overall but three wins were in the non-championship games leaving only two wins in the championship. They won four and lost nine matches in the Sunday league.
Dean Jones was in his second season as captain. Kim Barnett was top scorer although Chris Adams scored most runs in the one-day game including five centuries. Devon Malcolm took most wickets.
The team set two partnership records during the season - the second wicket partnership of 417 by Kim Barnett and Tim Tweats against Yorkshire and the third wicket partnership of 316* by Adrian Rollins and Kim Barnett against Leicestershire.
Matches First Class {| class="wikitable" width="100%" ! colspan=6 | List of matches |- !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes
|1 |15 Apr 1997 Cricket Archive - Cambridge University v Derbyshire | Cambridge University FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | Innings and 12 runs
|2 |23 Apr 1997Cricket Archive - Kent v Derbyshire | Kent St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | CJ Adams 108; DE Malcolm 6-74; McCague 5-75; PAJ DeFreitas 7-64
|3 | 7 May 1997Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Surrey | Surrey County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|4 |14 May 1997Cricket Archive - Middlesex v Derbyshire | Middlesex Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 131 runs | DE Malcolm 5-50 and 6-75; PAJ DeFreitas 5-46
|5 |21 May 1997Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 2 wickets | Bowen 7-75
|6 |31 May 1997 Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Australians | Australians County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 1 wicket | Blewit 121; Bevan 104; Warne 7-103
|7 |04 Jun 1997Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Hampshire | Hampshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 7 wickets | AS Rollins 210; R Smith 154; KJ Barnett 101; Hayden 136; Renshaw 5-110
|8 |12 Jun 1997Cricket Archive - Warwickshire v Derbyshire | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | VP Clarke 99; DE Malcolm 5-85
|9 |18 Jun 1997Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Sussex | Sussex County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
| Prichard 106; Law 157; Ilott 7-59; Such 5-27
|10 |26 Jun 1997Cricket Archive - Essex v Derbyshire | Essex Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | Innings and 145 runs
|11 |05 Jul 1997Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Pakistan A | Pakistan A team in England in 1997 County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 7 wickets | MR May 107
|12 |16 Jul 1997Cricket Archive - Gloucestershire v Derbyshire | Gloucestershire College Ground, Cheltenham |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | Innings and 35 runs | Young 237; A Smith 6-47
|13 |23 Jul 1997Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Glamorgan | Glamorgan Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | AS Rollins 148; MR May 116; Dale 142
|14 |31 Jul 1997Cricket Archive - Durham v Derbyshire | Durham Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 6 wickets | CJ Adams 107; Lewis 160; PAJ DeFreitas 5-37; Brown 5-58
|15 |15 Aug 1997Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire | Lancashire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | Innings and 37 runs | Crawley 133; DE Malcolm 6-23
|16 |20 Aug 1997Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire | Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 163 runs | Wells 190; AS Rollins 171; KJ Barnett 147; PAJ DeFreitas 5-120; Pierson 6-56
|17 |27 Aug 1997Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Somerset | SomersetCounty Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|18 |02 Sep 1997Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Northamptonshire | Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 9 wickets | Davies 5-46
|19 |10 Sep 1997Cricket Archive - Worcestershire v Derbyshire | Worcestershire County Ground, New Road, Worcester |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 10 wickets | Weston 188; Moody 101
|20 |18 Sep 1997Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire | Yorkshire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won |9 wickets | KJ Barnett 210; TA Tweats 189; PAJ DeFreitas 6-98
AXA Life League {| class="wikitable" width="70%" ! colspan=6 | List of matches |- !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes
|1 |27 Apr 1997Cricket Archive - Kent v Derbyshire | Kent St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 6 wickets
|2 |4 May 1997Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire | Lancashire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 35 runs
|3 |11 May 1997Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Surrey | SurreyCounty Ground, Derby | Abandoned
|4 |18 May 1997Cricket Archive - Middlesex v Derbyshire | Middlesex Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 4 wickets
|5 |25 May 1997Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 32 runs | Johnson 117; Archer 104; CJ Adams 121
|6 |08 Jun 1997Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Hampshire | Hampshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 4 wickets
|7 |15 Jun 1997Cricket Archive - Warwickshire v Derbyshire | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 108 runs
|8 |22 Jun 1997Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Sussex | Sussex County Ground, Derby | Abandoned
|9 |29 Jun 1997Cricket Archive - Essex v Derbyshire | Essex Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 1 run
|10 |13 Jul 1997Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire | Yorkshire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 114 runs | CJ Adams 109
|11 |20 Jul 1997Cricket Archive - Gloucestershire v Derbyshire | Gloucestershire College Ground, Cheltenham |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 7 wickets | KJ Barnett 99
|12 |27 Jul 1997Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Glamorgan | Glamorgan Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 8 wickets | DG Cork 6-21
|13 |03 Aug 1997Cricket Archive - Durham v Derbyshire | Durham Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 5 wickets
|14 |24 Aug 1997Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire | Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester | Abandoned
|15 |31 Aug 1997Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Somerset | SomersetCounty Ground, Derby | Abandoned
|16 |07 Sep 1997Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Northamptonshire | Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 7 wickets
|17 |14 Sep 1997Cricket Archive - Worcestershire v Derbyshire | WorcestershireCounty Ground, New Road, Worcester |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 5 wickets | Moody 112
National Westminster Bank Trophy {| class="wikitable" width="70%" ! colspan=6 | List of matches |- !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes
|1st Round | 24 Jun 1997Cricket Archive - Lincolnshire v Derbyshire | Lincolnshire Lindum Sports Club Ground, Lincoln |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 8 wickets
|2nd Round | 09 Jul 1997Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Northamptonshire | Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 144 runs | CJ Adams101; KJ Barnett 111; DE Malcolm 7-35
|Quarter Final |29 Jul 1997Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Sussex | Sussex County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 5 wickets | CJ Adams 129; Rao 158
Benson and Hedges Cup {| class="wikitable" width="60%" ! colspan=6 | List of matches |- !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes |- | Group A 1 | 28 Apr 1997Cricket Archive - Minor Counties v Derbyshire | Minor Counties cricket team County Ground, Lakenham |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 6 wickets | CJ Adams 138 |- | Group A 2 |30 Apr 1997Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 6 wickets | KJ Barnett 112
| Group A 3 | 2 May 1997Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire | Yorkshire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | Faster rate
| Group A 4 |5 May 1997Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Worcestershire | WorcestershireCounty Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 20 runs
| Group A 5 |12 May 1997Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Warwickshire | Warwickshire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 1 wicket
Statistics Competition batting averages NameCounty ChampionshipAXA Life League NWB TrophyB & H CupMIRunsHSAve100MIRunsHSAve100MIRunsHSAve100MIRunsHSAve100 CJ Adams 12 21 611 108 30.55 2 11 11 427 121 42.70 2 3 3 301 129* 301.00 2 5 5 260 138 52.00 1 P Aldred 6 5 111 83 27.75 0 10 6 53 17 10.60 0 3 2 4 4 4.00 0 KJ Barnett 15 24 1055 210* 50.23 3 8 7 297 99 42.42 0 3 2 129 111 64.50 1 5 5 325 112* 81.25 1 ID Blackwell 3 3 46 42 15.33 0 4 4 54 29 13.50 0 1 0 ME Cassar 7 8 227 78 32.42 0 4 3 36 33 12.00 0 VP Clarke 16 25 728 99 36.40 0 13 13 244 77* 24.40 0 3 2 35 24* 35.00 0 5 5 81 52 20.25 0 DG Cork 6 9 192 55* 24.00 0 3 3 67 33 22.33 0 1 1 16 16 16.00 0 KJ Dean 7 9 41 16 6.83 0 10 3 2 1* 2.00 0 1 0 5 1 6 6 6.00 0 PAJ DeFreitas 16 20 417 96 21.94 0 12 10 140 4515.55 0 3 2 50 26 25.00 0 5 3 44 32* 22.00 0 SP Griffiths 1 0 AJ Harris 16 22 140 36 7.36 0 13 7 27 10* 9.00 0 2 1 5 5* 0 0 5 2 6 4* 6.00 0 AN Hayhurst 1 1 6 6 6.00 0 2 2 20 12 10.00 0 DM Jones 5 9 312 99* 39.00 0 5 5 189 58 37.80 0 5 5 105 35 21.00 0 GA Khan 2 3 77 62* 38.50 0 7 6 124 71* 24.80 0 2 2 19 19 9.50 0 5 5 88 33 22.00 0 KM Krikken 17 24 492 72 23.42 0 12 11 153 39 19.12 0 3 2 39 38 19.50 0 5 4 123 42* 123.00 0 SJ Lacey 5 7 126 50 31.50 0 3 1 9 9 9.00 0 DE Malcolm 13 18 61 21* 6.10 0 1 1 3 3 3.00 0 3 0 3 3 16 13 5.33 0 MR May 7 13 383 116 31.91 1 1 1 5 5 5.00 0 JEH Owen 4 6 83 22 13.83 0 2 1 5 5 5.00 0 1 1 10 10 10.00 0 GM Roberts 1 2 15 13 7.50 0 6 5 19 9 6.33 0 5 3 15 12 7.50 0 AS Rollins 14 24 854 210 40.66 3 8 8 212 36 35.33 0 3 3 67 40 22.33 0 1 1 0 0 0.00 0 TM Smith 1 0 BL Spendlove 1 1 15 15* 0 0 1 1 4 4 4.00 0 SD Stubbings 1 2 27 22 13.50 0 TA Tweats 7 13 590 189 53.63 1 4 4 40 19 13.33 0 1 1 5 5* 0 MJ Vandrau 4 7 168 54 28.00 0 3 2 16 10 8.00 0 Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1997Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire AXA Life League 1997 Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire National Westminster Bank Trophy 1997Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire Benson and Hedges Cup 1997
Competition bowling averages