Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1963 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for ninety-two years. It was their fifty-ninth season in the County Championship and they won two championship matches and lost fourteen to finish seventeenth in the County Championship. It was the first season in which the Gillette Cup was played, and Derbyshire reached the quarter-finals.
1963 season
Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, one match against the Pakistani Eaglets, one against the touring West Indies and one match against Cambridge University. They won three first class matches, lost fifteen matches and drew thirteen matches. They won their first round match in the Gillette Cup, but lost in the quarter-final. Charles Lee was captain and scored most runs. Harold Rhodes took most wickets for the club.
There were several new players in the Derbyshire team. Brian Jackson made a large contribution with his bowling over six seasons. John Harvey played for another ten years and John Eyre for five. Roger de Ville appeared twice in the season and once in the following season.
Matches First Class
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" ! colspan=6 | List of matches |- !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes |- |1 |8 May 1963Cricket Archive – Surrey v Derbyshire 8 May 1963 | Surrey Kennington Oval |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | Innings and 6 runs | Edrich 125
|2 |11 May 1963Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 11 May 1963 | Gloucestershire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 4 wickets | Brown 6–48 and 7–48
|3 |15 May 1963Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Somerset 15 May 1963 | Somerset Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | Innings and 80 runs | Wright 151
|4 |18 May 1963Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Worcestershire 18 May 1963 | Worcestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
| Coldwell 6–43
|5 |25 May 1963Cricket Archive – Glamorgan v Derbyshire 25 May 1963 | Glamorgan St Helen's, Swansea |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
| C Lee 104; Oates 99; Pressdee 6–58
|6 |29 May 1963Cricket Archive – Essex v Derbyshire 29 May 1963 | Essex Gidea Park Sports Ground, Romford |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 80 runs | Knight 5–46
|7 |1 Jun 1963Cricket Archive – Warwickshire v Derbyshire 1 Jun 1963 | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 10 wickets | Horner 102; Hitchcock 106; Barber 6–74
|8 |5 Jun 1963Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 5 Jun 1963 | Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 4 wickets | IW Hall 136; HL Jackson 6–69
|9 |8 Jun 1963Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Yorkshire 8 Jun 1963 | Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | Innings and 56 runs | Padgett 142; Sharpe 136; Nicholson 6–36
|10 |15 Jun 1963Cricket Archive – Lancashire v Derbyshire 15 Jun 1963 | Lancashire Aigburth, Liverpool |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
| Statham 5–45
|11 |19 Jun 1963Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Glamorgan 19 Jun 1963 | Glamorgan Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 7 wickets | Shepherd 7–49
|12 |22 Jun 1963Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Leicestershire 22 Jun 1963 | Leicestershire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|13 |29 Jun 1963Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Cambridge University 29 Jun 1963 | Cambridge University Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
| Hutton 8–50
|14 |3 Jul 1963Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Middlesex 3 Jul 1963 | Middlesex Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
| Moss 5–47
|15 |6 Jul 1963Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Pakistan Eaglets 6 Jul 1963 | Pakistan Eaglets County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 8 wickets | DC Morgan 113; Iqbal 5–103; AB Jackson 7–56
|16 |13 Jul 1963Cricket Archive – Worcestershire v Derbyshire 13 Jul 1963 | Worcestershire County Ground, New Road, Worcester |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 101 runs | Graveney 100; Flavell 6–46; HL Jackson 5–53
|17 |17 Jul 1963Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v West Indians 17 Jul 1963 | West Indies Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 135 runs
|18 |20 Jul 1963Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 20 Jul 1963 | Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
| Hill 134
|19 |24 Jul 1963Cricket Archive – Sussex v Derbyshire 24 Jul 1963 | Sussex Central Recreation Ground, Hastings |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 13 runs | Snow 6–52; Thomson 7–31; HJ Rhodes 6–22
|20 |27 Jul 1963Cricket Archive – Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 27 Jul 1963 | Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | Innings and 53 runs | Ramsamooj 132; Larter 5–62
|21 |31 Jul 1963Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Sussex 31 Jul 1963 | Sussex Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
| DB Carr 136
|22 |3 Aug 1963Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Warwickshire 3 Aug 1963 | Warwickshire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 9 wickets | M Smith 144; Edmonds 5–40
|23 |7 Aug 1963Cricket Archive – Yorkshire v Derbyshire 7 Aug 1963 | Yorkshire Headingley, Leeds |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 7 wickets
|24 |10 Aug 1963Cricket Archive – Somerset v Derbyshire 10 Aug 1963 | Somerset Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 192 runs | Doughty 6–58 and 5–44
|25 |14 Aug 1963Cricket Archive – Kent v Derbyshire 14 Aug 1963 | Kent Cheriton Road Sports Ground, Folkestone |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
| Nicholls 211; Harvey 103
|26 |17 Aug 1963Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Lancashire 17 Aug 1963 | Lancashire Park Road Ground, Buxton |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
| Grieves 114; Statham 6–28
|27 |21 Aug 1963Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Surrey 21 Aug 1963 | Surrey County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
| Sydenham 5–31 and 6–47
|28 |24 Aug 1963Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Hampshire 24 Aug 1963 | Hampshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 144 runs | HJ Rhodes 5–41
|29 |28 Aug 1963Cricket Archive – Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 28 Aug 1963 | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 8 wickets | Bolus 136; Corran 5–55
|30 |31 Aug 1963Cricket Archive – Leicestershire v Derbyshire 31 Aug 1963 | Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|31 |4 Sep 1963Cricket Archive – Middlesex v Derbyshire 4 Sep 1963 | Middlesex Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
Gillette Cup {| class="wikitable" width="70%" ! colspan=6 | List of matches |- !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes
|1st round |22 May 1963Cricket Archive – Hampshire v Derbyshire 22 May 1963 | Hampshire Dean Park, Bournemouth |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 6 runs
|Quarter final |12 Jun 1963Cricket Archive – Lancashire v Derbyshire 12 Jun 1963 | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 5 wickets
Statistics Competition batting averages NameCounty ChampionshipGillette CupMIRunsHSAve100MIRunsHSAve100 DB Carr 4 8 358 136 44.75 1 1 1 11 11 11.00 0 DC Morgan 23 38 877 82 25.79 0 1 1 59 59* 0 C Lee 26 45 1147 104 25.48 1 1 1 0 0 0.00 0 WF Oates 19 32 809 99 25.28 0 2 2 15 9 7.50 0 JF Harvey 8 12 292 103 24.33 1 IR Buxton 28 49 995 74* 22.11 0 2 223 21 11.50 0 IW Hall 22 40 739 136 18.47 1 2 2 92 61 46.00 0 HL Johnson 27 48 803 72 18.25 0 2 2 33 32 16.50 0 E Smith 25 42 595 49 16.08 0 2 2 30 28 15.00 0 D Millner 10 17 203 46 12.68 0 1 1 29 29 29.00 0 R Swallow 7 14 156 61 12.00 0 RT de Ville 2 4 24 17 12.00 0 AB Jackson 21 28 142 21 11.83 0 1 1 2 2 2.00 0 RW Taylor 28 44 387 54 9.92 0 2 2 16 10 8.00 0 HL Jackson 23 36 180 25 8.57 0 2 2 3 2 3.00 0 TJP Eyre 9 16 131 19 8.18 0 1 1 27 27 27.00 0 HJ Rhodes 21 30 207 38* 7.96 0 1 16 6* 0 GW Richardson 3 5 28 14 5.60 0 1 1 39 39 39.00 0 JR Eyre 2 10 0 0.00 0 Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1963Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire Gillette Cup 1963
Leading first-class batsmen for Derbyshire by runs scored Name Mat Inns Runs HS Ave 100 C Lee 28 48 1202 104 25.04 1 IR Buxton 31 55 1084 74* 21.68 0 DC Morgan 25 41 1039 113* 28.86 1 WF Oates 22 38 869 99 23.48 0 HL Johnson 29 51 848 72 18.04 0
Leading ListA batsmen for Derbyshire by runs scored Name Mat Inns Runs HS Ave 100 IW Hall 2 2 92 61 46.00 0 DC Morgan 1 1 59 59* 0 GW Richardson 1 1 39 39 39.00 0 HL Johnson 2 2 33 32 16.50 0 D Millner 1 1 29 29 29.00 0
Competition bowling averages NameCounty ChampionshipGillette CupBallsRunsWktsBestAveBallsRunsWktsBestAve HL Jackson 4365 1413 63 6–66 22.42 162 46 2 1–22 23.00 HJ Rhodes 3732 1490 62 6–22 24.03 70 33 2 2–33 16.50 AB Jackson 3472 1468 54 4–24 27.18 48 24 0 DC Morgan 3101 1284 46 4–46 27.91 90 49 2 2–49 24.50 E Smith 3108 1452 32 4–64 45.37 165 106 2 1–46 53.00 IR Buxton 2106 932 19 3–54 49.05 42 42 0 GW Richardson 444 172 7 3–35 24.57 90 64 2 2–64 32.00 TJP Eyre 598 352 5 2–56 70.40 18 16 1 1–16 16.00 RT de Ville 156 141 2 2–47 70.50 DB Carr 95 57 1 1–5 57.00 HL Johnson 50 27 1 1–2 27.00 C Lee 48 36 0 WF Oates 54 36 0 JR Eyre 36 33 0 D Millner 12 12 0 Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1963Bowling for Derbyshire Gillette Cup 1963
Leading first class bowlers for Derbyshire by wickets taken Name Balls Runs Wkts BBI Ave HJ Rhodes 4420 1786 75 6–22 23.81 AB Jackson 4039 1696 71 7–56 23.88 HL Jackson 4665 1515 69 6–66 21.95 DC Morgan 3287 1392 48 4–46 29.00 E Smith 3405 1636 38 4–64 43.05
Leading ListA bowlers for Derbyshire by wickets taken Name Balls Runs Wkts BBI Ave HJ Rhodes 70 33 2 2–33 16.50 HL Jackson 162 46 2 1–22 23.00 DC Morgan 90 49 2 2–49 24.50 GW Richardson 90 64 2 2–64 32.00 E Smith 165 106 2 1–46 53.00
Wicket Keeping Bob Taylor County Championship Catches 74, Stumping 2 Gillette Cup Catches 3, Stumping 0
See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1963 English cricket season
References