- Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1976
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Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1976 season Captain Bob Taylor County Championship 15 John Player League 12 Gillette Cup Quarter Final Benson & Hedges Cup. Group Most runs Eddie Barlow Most wickets Geoff Miller Most catches Bob Taylor ← 1975 1977 → Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1976 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for one hundred and five years. In the County Championship, they won four matches to finish fifteenth in their seventy second season in the Championship. They came twelfth in the John Player League and reached the quarter-final of the Gillette Cup. They were eliminated at group level in the Benson & Hedges Cup.
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1976 season
Derbyshire played twenty matches in the County Championship, one each against Oxford and Cambridge University and one against the touring West Indians. They won six first class matches overall but two of these were against the universities when Phil Sharpe clocked up a century and a double century. Derbyshire won seven and lost nine matches in the Sunday league.
Bob Taylor was in his second season as captain. Eddie Barlow was top scorer overall in the Championship and one competitions although Alan Hill was top scorer in the championship alone. Geoff Miller took most wickets.
Matches
First Class
The Scorecard Oracle found 23 matches for you.
List of matches No. Date V Result Margin Notes 1 28 Apr 1976[1] Sussex
Rutland Recreation Ground, IlkestonLost 5 wickets AJ Borrington 102; G Miller 6-55; Greig 5-36; Waller 5-46 2 12 May 1976[2] Lancashire
Old Trafford, ManchesterDrawn Wood 101 3 19 May 1976[3] Leicestershire
Grace Road, LeicesterDrawn Davison 106 4 29 May 1976[4] Nottinghamshire
Rutland Recreation Ground, IlkestonDrawn EJ Barlow 118; A Ward 5-66 5 02 Jun 1976[5] Oxford University Cricket Club
The University Parks, OxfordWon Innings and 53 runs PJ Sharpe 228; FW Swarbrook 5-34 6 12 Jun 1976[6] Leicestershire
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldLost 7 wickets 7 16 Jun 1976[7] Yorkshire
Abbeydale Park, SheffieldDrawn PE Russell 7-46 8 19 Jun 1976[8] Essex
Castle Park Cricket Ground, ColchesterLost Innings and 43 runs Fletcher 114; Turner 5-33 9 23 Jun 1976[9] Cambridge University Cricket Club
Bass Worthington Ground, Burton-on-TrentWon Innings and 53 runs PJ Sharpe 144; Bannister 5-50; G Miller 5-70 10 30 Jun 1976[10] Northamptonshire
Rutland Recreation Ground, IlkestonDrawn Bedi 6-43; FW Swarbrook 6-29 11 03 Jul 1976[11] West Indian cricket team in England in 1976
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldLost 10 wickets Rowe 152; Gomes 190; Padmore 6-101 12 07 Jul 1976[12] Warwickshire
Courtaulds Ground, CoventryDrawn Amiss 101 13 10 Jul 1976[13] Somerset
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldWon 85 runs K Stevenson 5-47; A Ward 6-52 14 21 Jul 1976[14] Kent
Crabble Athletic Ground, DoverLost 62 runs FW Swarbrook 6-54; Rowe 5-25 and 6-46; G Miller 7-74 15 24 Jul 1976[15] Glamorgan
Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-TrentLost 93 runs M Hendrick 6-40; EJ Barlow 5-63; Nash 5-44 16 28 Jul 1976[16] Surrey
Rutland Recreation Ground, IlkestonWon 4 wickets Roope 100; EJ Barlow 217; FW Swarbrook 5-66; G Miller 5-74 17 31 Jul 1976[17] Yorkshire
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldDrawn A Hill 151; PJ Sharpe 126 18 07 Aug 1976[18] Middlesex
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's WoodLost 106 runs G Barlow 160; G Miller 6-130 and 6-88; Titmus 6-63 and 6-72 19 14 Aug 1976[19] Worcestershire
County Ground, New Road, WorcesterLost 18 runs D'Oliveira 113; Gifford 5-71 20 21 Aug 1976[20] Lancashire
Park Road Ground, BuxtonWon 15 runs K Stevenson 5-47; Ratcliffe 5-46 21 28 Aug 1976[21] Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, NottinghamDrawn PJ Sharpe 112; White 6-61 22 01 Sep 1976[22] Gloucestershire
Phoenix County Ground, BristolWon 5 wickets Mohammad 163 and 150; A Hill 126 23 08 Sep 1976[23] Hampshire
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldDrawn M Hendrick 6-56; Jesty 5-48 John Player League
List of matches No. Date V Result Margin Notes 1 25 Apr 1976[24] Lancashire
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldWon 5 runs 2 02 May 1976[25] Hampshire
Dean Park, BournemouthLost 7 wickets 3 23 May 1976[26] Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, NottinghamLost 7 wickets 4 30 May 1976[27] Essex
Rutland Recreation Ground, IlkestonLost 7 runs A Ward 6-24 5 06 Jun 1976[28] Surrey
Kennington OvalLost 6 wickets Butcher 103 6 13 Jun 1976[29] Sussex
Trent College Ground, Long EatonLost 11 runs 7 27 Jun 1976[30] Leicestershire
Grace Road, LeicesterWon 66 runs 8 04 Jul 1976[31] Gloucestershire
Phoenix County Ground, BristolWon 10 wickets (Run rate) PE Russell 5-26 9 11 Jul 1976[32] Somerset
Town Ground, HeanorLost 6 wickets 10 18 Jul 1976[33] Kent
Cheriton Road Sports Ground, FolkestoneLost 48 runs 11 25 Jul 1976[34] Warwickshire
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldLost 3 wickets 12 01 Aug 1976[35] Yorkshire
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldWon 7 wickets 13 08 Aug 1976[36] Middlesex
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's WoodLost 7 wickets 14 15 Aug 1976[37] Glamorgan
St Helen's, SwanseaWon 44 runs 15 29 Aug 1976[38] Northamptonshire
Park Road Ground, BuxtonWon 85 runs A Hill 120; PE Russell 6-10 16 05 Sep 1976[39] Worcestershire
Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-TrentWon 34 runs Gillette Cup
List of matches No. Date V Result Margin Notes 1st Round 26 Jun 1976 [40] Lincolnshire
Rutland Recreation Ground, IlkestonWon 7 wickets 2nd Round 14 Jul 1976 [41] Surrey
Rutland Recreation Ground, IlkestonWon 67 runs Quarter Final 04 Aug 1976 [42] Hampshire
County Ground, SouthamptonLost 47 runs Benson and Hedges Cup
List of matches No. Date V Result Margin Notes Group A 1 24 Apr 1976[43] Glamorgan
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldWon 8 wickets PJ Sharpe 111 Group A 2 03 May 1976 [44] Hampshire
County Ground, SouthamptonWon 4 wickets Group A 3 08 May 1976 [45] Warwickshire
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldLost 5 wickets Group A 4 15 May 1976 [46] Lancashire
Trafalgar Road Ground, SouthportLost 52 runs M Hendrick 5-30; Wood 5-12 Statistics
Competition batting averages
Name County Championship John Player League Gillette Cup B & H Cup M I Runs HS Ave 100 M I Runs HS Ave 100 M I Runs HS Ave 100 M I Runs HS Ave 100 EJ Barlow 20 36 1035 217 28.75 2 16 15 545 88 36.33 0 3 3 69 55 23.00 0 4 4 121 69 30.25 0 JB Bolus 1 1 15 15 15.00 0 2 2 23 16 23.00 0 AJ Borrington 18 32 709 102* 27.26 1 16 16 248 62 17.71 0 3 3 41 28 20.50 0 4 3 83 68 27.66 0 H Cartwright 9 16 373 61* 24.86 0 15 13 223 52* 18.58 0 2 2 10 10 10.00 0 1 1 24 24 24.00 0 M Glenn 2 2 4 4* 4.00 0 AJ Harvey-Walker 4 8 157 56 22.42 0 1 1 3 3 3.00 0 1 1 11 11 11.00 0 RGA Headley 13 13 448 83 37.33 0 3 3 97 48 32.33 0 2 2 21 17 10.50 0 M Hendrick 15 17 141 26 12.81 0 11 3 2 1 0.66 0 3 2 6 5* 6.00 0 4 1 12 12 12.00 0 A Hill 20 36 1179 160* 34.67 3 6 6 260 120 43.33 1 2 2 28 23 14.00 0 1 1 2 2 2.00 0 G Miller 17 29 572 51 21.18 0 13 11 164 32* 27.33 0 2 1 24 24 24.00 0 4 3 62 59* 31.00 0 A Morris 15 26 370 74 14.80 0 8 7 161 49 32.20 0 2 2 40 39 20.00 0 PE Russell 15 21 184 31* 11.50 0 11 5 39 19 13.00 0 1 0 4 1 22 22* 0 PJ Sharpe 19 34 891 126 26.20 2 12 12 210 97* 19.09 0 3 3 64 46 21.33 0 4 4 136 111* 45.33 1 K Stevenson 14 19 157 27* 13.08 0 7 4 9 6* 0 0 2 2 14 14 7.00 0 FW Swarbrook 19 32 588 80 30.94 0 15 12 136 31 19.42 0 3 2 58 58* 58.00 0 4 3 27 20* 27.00 0 RS Swindell 1 2 0 0 0.00 0 RW Taylor 20 34 634 72* 21.13 0 16 13 116 27 11.60 0 3 2 52 41 52.00 0 4 2 52 31* 52.00 0 CJ Tunnicliffe 5 2 1 1* 1.00 0 A Ward 12 11 42 9 5.25 0 10 4 14 8 3.50 0 2 1 0 0 0.00 0 4 1 1 1 1.00 0[47][48][49][50] Competition bowling averages
Name County Championship John Player League Gillette Cup B & H Cup Balls Runs Wkts Best Ave Balls Runs Wkts Best Ave Balls Runs Wkts Best Ave Balls Runs Wkts Best Ave Eddie Barlow 1619 750 40 5-63 18.75 672 465 17 3-29 27.35 209 112 10 4-51 11.20 264 115 7 3-37 16.42 M Glenn 250 123 4 3-36 30.75 M Hendrick 2325 933 36 6-40 25.91 452 302 9 1-10 33.55 168 62 7 4-35 8.85 258 119 15 5-30 7.93 G Miller 2557 1208 59 7-74 20.47 516 366 11 3-23 33.27 144 48 3 2-14 16.00 168 115 1 1-43 115.00 A Morris 18 13 0 PE Russell 1744 863 26 7-46 33.19 464 325 28 6-10 11.60 54 13 0 258 115 4 2-33 28.75 PJ Sharpe 20 11 1 1-11 11.00 K Stevenson 1529 917 26 5-47 35.26 286 201 10 3-39 20.10 120 81 4 4-21 20.25 FW Swarbrook 3349 1354 51 6-29 26.54 625 405 17 4-15 23.82 216 87 1 1-34 87.00 114 71 1 1-46 71.00 RS Swindell 42 21 0 CJ Tunnicliffe 194 130 2 1-31 65.00 A Ward 1702 790 36 6-52 21.94 389 314 15 6-24 20.93 84 50 1 1-30 50.00 248 138 2 2-20 69.00 [51][52][53][54] Wicket Keeping
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- County Championship Catches 47, Stumping 10
- John Player League Catches 11, Stumping 4
- Gillette Cup Catches 6, Stumping 2
- Benson and Hedges Cup Catches 7, Stumping 1
See also
- Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
- 1976 English cricket season
References
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Sussex 28 Apr 1976
- ^ Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire 12 May 1976
- ^ Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire 19 May 1976
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 29 May 1976
- ^ Cricket Archive - Oxford University v Derbyshire 02 Jun 1976
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Leicestershire 12 Jun 1976
- ^ Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire 16 Jun 1976
- ^ Cricket Archive - Essex v Derbyshire 19 Jun 1976
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Cambridge University 23 Jun 1976
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 30 Jun 1976
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v West Indians 03 Jul 1976
- ^ Cricket Archive - Warwickshire v Derbyshire 07 Jul 1976
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Somerset 10 Jul 1976
- ^ Cricket Archive - Kent v Derbyshire 21 Jul 1976
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Glamorgan 24 Jul 1976
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Surrey 28 Jul 1976
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire 31 Jul 1976
- ^ Cricket Archive - Middlesex v Derbyshire 07 Aug 1976
- ^ Cricket Archive - Worcestershire v Derbyshire 14 Aug 1976
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire 21 Aug 1976
- ^ Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 28 Aug 1976
- ^ Cricket Archive - Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 01 Sep 1976
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Hampshire 08 Sep 1976
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire 25 Apr 1976
- ^ Cricket Archive - Hampshire v Derbyshire 02 May 1976
- ^ Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 23 May 1976
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Essex 30 May 1976
- ^ Cricket Archive - Surrey v Derbyshire 06 Jun 1976
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Sussex 13 Jun 1976
- ^ Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire 27 Jun 1976
- ^ Cricket Archive - Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 04 Jul 1976
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Somerset 11 Jul 1976
- ^ Cricket Archive - Kent v Derbyshire 18 Jul 1976
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Warwickshire 25 Jul 1976
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire 01 Aug 1976
- ^ Cricket Archive - Middlesex v Derbyshire 08 Aug 1976
- ^ Cricket Archive - Glamorgan v Derbyshire 15 Aug 1976
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 29 Aug 1976
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Worcestershire 05 Sep 1976
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lincolnshire 26 Jun 1976
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Surrey 14 Jul 1976
- ^ Cricket Archive - Hampshire v Derbyshire 04 Aug 1976
- ^ 1976 Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Glamorgan 24 Apr 1976
- ^ Cricket Archive - Hampshire v Derbyshire 03 May 1976
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Warwickshire 08 May 1976
- ^ Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire 15 May 1976
- ^ Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship Derbyshire 1976
- ^ Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire John Player League 1976
- ^ Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire National Westminster Bank Trophy 1976
- ^ Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire Benson and Hedges Cup 1976
- ^ Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1976
- ^ Bowling for Derbyshire John Player League 1976
- ^ Bowling for Derbyshire Gillette Cup 1976
- ^ Bowling for Derbyshire Benson and Hedges Cup 1976
Categories:- 1976 in cricket
- 1976 in England
- Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
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