| Club: | Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons |
| Season: | 1966 |
| Captain: | Derek Morgan |
| Comp1: | County Championship |
| Comp1 Result: | 9 |
| Comp3: | Gillette Cup |
| Comp3 Result: | Round 2 |
| Most Runs: | John Harvey |
| Prevseason: | 1965 |
| Nextseason: | 1967 |
Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1966 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for ninety-five years. In the County Championship, they won eight matches to finish ninth in their sixty-second season in the Championship. They were eliminated in round 2 of the Gillette Cup.
Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, one match against Oxford University, and one against the touring West Indians. They won nine first class matches altogether. Derek Morgan was in his second season as captain. John Harvey was top scorer and Harold Rhodes took most wickets.
Peter Gibbs joined the side from Oxford University, and Maurice Hill joined from Nottinghamshire. Alan Ward made his debut with Derbyshire during the season. All three saw further years service with Derbyshire.
| List of matches | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | V | Result | Margin | Notes |
| 1 | 4 May 1966[1] | Northamptonshire | Drawn | ||
| 2 | 7 May 1966[2] | Surrey | Won | 7 runs | |
| 3 | 11 May 1966[3] | Leicestershire | Drawn | ||
| 4 | 14 May 1966[4] | Hampshire | Drawn | ||
| 5 | 18 May 1966[5] | Northamptonshire | Won | 22 runs | |
| 6 | 25 May 1966[6] | Essex | Drawn | ||
| 7 | 28 May 1966[7] | West Indies | Lost | Innings and 32 runs | |
| 8 | 1 Jun 1966[8] | Sussex | Drawn | ||
| 9 | 4 Jun 1966[9] | Gloucestershire | Lost | 9 runs | |
| 10 | 8 Jun 1966[10] | Kent | Won | 80 runs | |
| 11 | 11 Jun 1966[11] | Yorkshire | Lost | Innings and 15 runs | |
| 12 | 18 Jun 1966[12] | Kent | Lost | 7 wickets | |
| 13 | 25 Jun 1966[13] | Yorkshire | Lost | 10 wickets | |
| 14 | 29 Jun 1966[14] | Warwickshire | Won | 8 wickets | |
| 15 | 2 Jul 1966[15] | Lancashire | Won | 30 runs | |
| 16 | 6 Jul 1966[16] | Oxford University | Won | 5 wickets | |
| 17 | 9 Jul 1966[17] | Nottinghamshire | Won | 8 wickets | |
| 18 | 13 Jul 1966[18] | Middlesex | Drawn | ||
| 19 | 16 Jul 1966[19] | Leicestershire | Lost | 120 runs | |
| 20 | 20 Jul 1966[20] | Essex | Drawn | ||
| 21 | 23 Jul 1966[21] | Somerset | Lost | 10 wickets | |
| 22 | 27 Jul 1966[22] | Lancashire | Lost | 7 wickets | |
| 23 | 30 Jul 1966[23] | Hampshire | Drawn | ||
| 24 | 3 Aug 1966[24] | Gloucestershire | Lost | 60 runs | |
| 25 | 6 Aug 1966[25] | Worcestershire | Lost | 3 runs | |
| 26 | 13 Aug 1966[26] | Worcestershire | Lost | 7 wickets | |
| 27 | 17 Aug 1966[27] | Warwickshire | Won | 10 wickets | |
| 28 | 20 Aug 1966[28] | Glamorgan | Lost | 78 runs | |
| 29 | 24 Aug 1966[29] | Nottinghamshire | Won | 159 runs | |
| 30 | 27 Aug 1966[30] | Glamorgan | Lost | 63 runs | |
| Name | County Championship | Gillette Cup | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | I | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | M | I | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | |
| 5 | 8 | 50 | 17* | 10.00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| 20 | 34 | 507 | 68 | 17.48 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 | |
| 18 | 35 | 527 | 61 | 15.96 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 38 | 38.00 | 0 | |
| 18 | 31 | 553 | 88 | 20.48 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | |
| 5 | 10 | 154 | 43 | 15.40 | 0 | |||||||
| 19 | 37 | 791 | 74 | 21.97 | 0 | |||||||
| 26 | 48 | 1060 | 103* | 23.04 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 29 | 29.00 | 0 | |
| 23 | 41 | 810 | 61 | 21.31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 17 | 17.00 | 0 | |
| 21 | 26 | 118 | 25* | 9.07 | 0 | |||||||
| 20 | 38 | 642 | 73 | 18.34 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 25 | 25.00 | 0 | |
| 28 | 48 | 962 | 96 | 23.46 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 42 | 42.00 | 0 | |
| 21 | 39 | 583 | 42 | 17.14 | 0 | |||||||
| 22 | 31 | 156 | 28 | 10.40 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9* | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | 13 | 219 | 56 | 16.84 | 0 | |||||||
| 1 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 7.50 | 0 | |||||||
| 25 | 37 | 211 | 22 | 6.02 | 0 | |||||||
| 28 | 44 | 682 | 42 | 17.48 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 17 | 17.00 | 0 | |
| 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3.00 | 0[32] [33] | |
| Name | County Championship | Gillette Cup | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balls | Runs | Wkts | Best | Ave | Balls | Runs | Wkts | Best | Ave | |
| 419 | 156 | 0 | 40 | 29 | 0 | |||||
| 1880 | 696 | 21 | 3-27 | 33.14 | 72 | 35 | 1 | 1-35 | 35.00 | |
| 84 | 32 | 1 | 1-6 | 32.00 | 6 | 5 | 0 | |||
| 1542 | 790 | 31 | 4-39 | 25.48 | 12 | 16 | 0 | |||
| 2 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||
| 3637 | 1189 | 64 | 8-18 | 18.57 | ||||||
| 24 | 15 | 0 | ||||||||
| 4982 | 1695 | 84 | 7-47 | 20.17 | 72 | 42 | 0 | |||
| 234 | 140 | 0 | ||||||||
| 3858 | 1417 | 78 | 5-28 | 18.16 | 72 | 17 | 1 | 1-17 | 17.00 | |
| 678 | 254 | 7 | 2-23 | 36.28 | ||||||
| 4821 | 1605 | 87 | 7-59 | 18.44 | ||||||
| 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 36 | 13 | 1 | 1-13 | 13.00 | 72 | 36 | 3 | 3-36 | 12.00[34] [35] | |
County Championship Catches 58, Stumping 2
Gillette Cup Catches 0, Stumping 0