Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1978

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.

1978 season

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 matchesNo.DateVResult MarginNotes1 3 May 1978Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Somerset 3 May 1978 SomersetInd Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent Drawn210 May 1978Cricket Archive – Lancashire v Derbyshire 10 May 1978 Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester Won 9 wickets G Miller 5-43 3 20 May 1978Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Pakistan 20 May 1978 Pakistanis Queen's Park, ChesterfieldDrawn JG Wright 184 4 24 May 1978Cricket Archive – Yorkshire v Derbyshire 24 May 1978 YorkshireAbbeydale Park, Sheffield Drawn AJ Borrington 137 5 27 May 1978Cricket Archive – Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 27 May 1978 Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham Lost 8 wickets Hadlee 101 and 5-25; EJ Barlow 127; Cooper 5-40631 May 1978Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Leicestershire 31 May 1978 LeicestershireCounty Ground, Derby Lost Innings and 10 runs Steele 118 7 3 Jun 1978Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Surrey 3 Jun 1978 Surrey Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston Lost 48 runs AJ Harvey-Walker 7-35; Pocock 5-58 810 Jun 1978Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Glamorgan 10 Jun 1978 Glamorgan Queen's Park, Chesterfield Won Innings and 20 runs PN Kirsten 206 914 Jun 1978Cricket Archive – Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 14 Jun 1978 Gloucestershire Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester Lost Innings and 139 runs Abbas 104; Proctor 122; Childs 5-24 and 6-44 1017 Jun 1978Cricket Archive – Cambridge University v Derbyshire 17 Jun 1978 Cambridge University Cricket Club FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge Drawn Fosh 109 1124 Jun 1978Cricket Archive – Leicestershire v Derbyshire 24 Jun 1978 LeicestershireGrace Road, Leicester Drawn1228 Jun 1978Cricket Archive – Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 28 Jun 1978 Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton Lost Innings and 40 runs Cook 155; Steele 130, 6-36 and 5-39 131 Jul 1978Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Sussex 1 Jul 1978 Sussex Queen's Park, Chesterfield Drawn148 Jul 1978Cricket Archive – Kent v Derbyshire 8 Jul 1978 Kent Mote Park, MaidstoneLost 8 wickets Underwood 5-41 and 6-38; AJ Mellor 5-52 1512 Jul 1978Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 12 Jul 1978 Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby Drawn M Hendrick 5-42 1615 Jul 1978Cricket Archive – Worcestershire v Derbyshire 15 Jul 1978 WorcestershireCounty Ground, New Road, Worcester Drawn A Hill 153 1726 Jul 1978Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Hampshire 26 Jul 1978 HampshireCounty Ground, Derby Drawn1829 Jul 1978Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Yorkshire 29 Jul 1978 YorkshireQueen's Park, Chesterfield Drawn199 Aug 1978Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Lancashire 9 Aug 1978 Lancashire Queen's Park, Chesterfield Drawn2012 Aug 1978Cricket Archive – Middlesex v Derbyshire 12 Aug 1978 Middlesex Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood Lost Innings and 77 runs Gatting 128; Daniel 5-42; Selvey 5-74 and 6-262119 Aug 1978Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Essex 19 Aug 1978 Essex County Ground, Derby Drawn2226 Aug 1978Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 26 Aug 1978 Nottinghamshire County Ground, Derby Won 16 runs Cooper 6-32; G Miller 5-46 2330 Aug 1978Cricket Archive – Essex v Derbyshire 30 Aug 1978 Essex Southchurch Park, Southend-on-SeaDrawn M Hendrick 5-32; Lever 6-55; East 5-70 246 Sep 1978Cricket Archive – Warwickshire v Derbyshire 6 Sep 1978 Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham Drawn

John Player League List of matchesNo.DateVResult MarginNotes1 30 Apr 1978Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 30 Apr 1978 Gloucestershire County Ground, Derby Won Faster rate27 May 1978Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Sussex 7 May 1978 Sussex County Ground, Derby Won 41 runs3 14 May 1978Cricket Archive – Yorkshire v Derbyshire 14 May 1978 YorkshireFartown, Huddersfield Won 54 runs428 May 1978Cricket Archive – Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 28 May 1978 Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham Lost 2 wickets54 Jun 1978Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Surrey 4 Jun 1978 SurreyTrent College Ground, Long Eaton No result618 Jun 1978Cricket Archive – Hampshire v Derbyshire 18 Jun 1978 HampshireDean Park, Bournemouth Won 43 runs7 2 Jul 1978Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Glamorgan 2 Jul 1978 Glamorgan Queen's Park, Chesterfield Won 18 runs89 Jul 1978Cricket Archive – Kent v Derbyshire 9 Jul 1978 Kent Mote Park, Maidstone Won 15 runs916 Jul 1978Cricket Archive – Worcestershire v Derbyshire 16 Jul 1978 WorcestershireCounty Ground, New Road, Worcester Lost 9 wickets10 23 Jul 1978Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Somerset 23 Jul 1978 SomersetCounty Ground, Derby Abandoned1130 Jul 1978Cricket Archive – Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 30 Jul 1978 Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton Abandoned126 Aug 1978Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Lancashire 6 Aug 1978 Lancashire Queen's Park, Chesterfield Lost 7 wickets1313 Aug 1978Cricket Archive – Middlesex v Derbyshire 13 Aug 1978 Middlesex Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood Lost 7 runs1420 Aug 1978Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Essex 20 Aug 1978 Essex County Ground, Derby Lost 5 wickets1527 Aug 1978Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Warwickshire 27 Aug 1978 Warwickshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield Lost 7 wickets16 3 Sep 1978Cricket Archive – Leicestershire v Derbyshire 3 Sep 1978 LeicestershireGrace Road, Leicester Lost 6 wickets

Gillette Cup List of matchesNo.DateVResult MarginNotes1st Round 5 Jul 1978Cricket Archive – Worcestershire v Derbyshire 5 Jul 1978 WorcestershireCounty Ground, New Road, Worcester Won 5 runs EJ Barlow 5-30 2nd Round 19 Jul 1978Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Middlesex 19 Jul 1978 Middlesex County Ground, Derby Lost 33 runs

Benson and Hedges Cup List of matchesNo.DateVResult MarginNotes Group A 122 Apr 1978Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Warwickshire 22 Apr 1978 Warwickshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston Won 66 runs A Hill 102 Group A 229 Apr 1978Cricket Archive – Lancashire v Derbyshire 29 Apr 1978 Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester Won 2 wickets Group A 36 May 1978Cricket Archive – Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 6 May 1978 Gloucestershire Phoenix County Ground, Bristol Won 25 runs EJ Barlow 6-33 Group A 413 May 1978Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Minor Counties West 13 May 1978 Minor Counties West County Ground, Derby Won 4 wickets Quarter Final 7 Jun 1978Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Middlesex 7 Jun 1978 Middlesex County Ground, Derby Won 25 runs Semi Final 21 Jun 1978Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Warwickshire 21 Jun 1978 Warwickshire County Ground, Derby Won 41 runs Final 22 Jul 1978Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Kent 22 Jul 1978 Kent Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood Lost 6 wickets

Statistics Competition batting averages NameCounty ChampionshipJohn Player League Gillette CupB & H CupMIRunsHSAve100MIRunsHSAve100MIRunsHSAve100MIRunsHSAve100 IS Anderson 6 10 140 75 15.55 0 2 2 27 21 13.50 0 EJ Barlow 16 25 765 127 36.42 1 11 11 232 63 23.20 0 2 2 18 18 9.00 0 7 7 175 75 25.00 0 AJ Borrington 15 24 630 137 28.63 1 11 11 250 57* 25.00 0 1 1 10 10 10.00 0 7 7 136 77 19.42 0 H Cartwright 22 35 571 77* 17.84 0 14 14 303 63 25.25 0 2 2 4 4 2.00 0 7 7 118 56* 19.66 0 JMH Graham-Brown 10 16 166 28 11.85 0 5 3 26 15 8.66 0 1 1 1 1 1.00 0 2 2 11 10 5.50 0 AJ Harvey-Walker 8 12 150 61 15.00 0 5 5 99 62 24.75 01 1 3 3 3.00 0 1 1 6 6 6.00 0 M Hendrick 12 13 108 33 15.42 0 10 2 10 9 10.00 0 2 2 17 17 17.00 0 5 2 9 7 4.50 0 A Hill 22 38 836 153* 22.59 1 14 12 226 60 20.54 0 2 2 83 72 41.50 0 7 7 349 102* 58.16 1 PN Kirsten 19 33 1073 206* 37.00 1 11 11 216 88 19.63 0 2 2 6 6 3.00 0 5 5 100 41 20.00 0 JW Lister 3 6 137 48 22.83 0 1 1 0 0* 0 AJ McLellan 12 14 27 11* 3.00 0 2 1 4 4* 0 AJ Mellor 5 7 19 10* 3.80 0 G Miller 11 18 581 95 38.73 0 8 7 104 27 17.33 0 2 2 69 59* 69.00 0 7 7 123 39 17.57 0 A Morris 4 6 93 55 15.50 0 1 1 3 3* 0 PE Russell 14 12 90 22 9.00 0 13 6 25 8* 12.50 0 2 2 34 27* 34.00 0 7 5 13 6* 6.50 0 FW Swarbrook 10 14 179 36* 17.90 0 8 8 58 18 11.60 0 1 1 9 9 9.00 0 4 3 31 17* 15.50 0 RW Taylor 10 12 136 32 12.36 0 8 4 38 17 12.66 0 2 2 41 25 20.50 0 7 6 20 10* 5.00 0 CJ Tunnicliffe 18 23 146 45 7.68 0 13 8 72 42 10.28 0 1 1 4 4 4.00 0 6 4 18 16* 6.00 0 J Walters 13 21 436 90 25.64 0 11 9 141 55* 23.50 0 1 1 3 3 3.00 0 2 1 2 2 2.00 0 RC Wincer 9 9 32 16* 5.33 0 3 2 0 0* 0.00 0 1 1 6 6* 0 JG Wright 3 5 42 28 8.40 0 3 3 117 64 39.00 0 2 2 36 20 18.00 0Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1978Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire John Player League 1978Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire Gillette Cup 1978Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire Benson and Hedges Cup 1978

Competition bowling averages NameCounty ChampionshipJohn Player League Gillette CupB & H CupBallsRunsWktsBestAveBallsRunsWktsBestAveBallsRunsWktsBestAveBallsRunsWktsBestAve IS Anderson 258 150 2 1-24 75.00 11 9 0 EJ Barlow 1289 528 24 4-34 22.00 355 258 18 3-17 14.33 140 77 8 5-30 9.62 364 212 18 6-33 11.77 JMH Graham-Brown 578 293 6 2-23 48.83 48 56 0 AJ Harvey-Walker 618 296 12 7-35 24.66 14 12 0 M Hendrick 2024 704 47 5-32 14.97 384 156 12 3-11 13.00 144 48 3 2-25 16.00 324 119 2 2-14 59.50 A Hill 12 14 0 PN Kirsten 1180 555 15 4-51 37.00 183 146 8 4-13 18.25 108 61 4 2-15 15.25 36 30 1 1-16 30.00 AJ Mellor 636 305 9 5-52 33.88 G Miller 2066 809 30 5-43 26.96 235 166 11 4-22 15.09 126 47 1 1-21 47.00 396 176 6 2-29 29.33 A Morris 24 20 0 PE Russell 1312 400 21 4-23 19.04 456 295 12 4-11 24.58 144 74 2 1-28 37.00 450 190 9 3-28 21.11 FW Swarbrook 522 211 9 4-22 23.44 150 95 4 4-33 23.75 CJ Tunnicliffe 2478 1144 39 4-30 29.33 392 247 7 3-21 35.28 52 17 1 1-17 17.00 327 147 7 3-16 21.00 J Walters 978 489 15 3-70 32.60 128 109 2 1-14 54.50 60 30 2 2-30 15.00 RC Wincer 1108 627 18 4-42 34.83 127 92 1 1-24 92.00 42 29 0 Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1978Bowling for Derbyshire John Player League 1978Bowling for Derbyshire Gillette Cup 1978Bowling for Derbyshire Benson and Hedges Cup 1978

Wicket Keeping Bob Taylor County Championship Catches 24, Stumping 2 John Player League Catches 10, Stumping 1 Gillette Cup Catches 2, Stumping 1 Benson and Hedges Cup Catches 10, Stumping 1

See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1978 English cricket season

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