Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1969 explained

Club:	Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
Season:	1969
Captain:	Derek Morgan
Comp1:	County Championship
Comp1 Result:	16
Comp2:	John Player League
Comp2 Result:	15
Comp3:	Gillette Cup
Comp3 Result:	Runners-up
Most Runs:	Peter Gibbs
Most Wickets:	Harold Rhodes
Most Catches:	Bob Taylor
Prevseason:	1968
Nextseason:	1970

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1969 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for ninety-eight years. They were runners-up in the Gillette Cup. In the County Championship, they won three matches to finish sixteenth in their sixty-fifth season in the Championship. In the first season of the John Player League they ended fifteenth after winning five matches.

1969 season

Derbyshire played 24 games in the County Championship, one match against Oxford University, and one against the touring New Zealanders. They won three first class matches altogether and lost five, the majority of matches ending in a draw. Derbyshire reached the final of the Gillette Cup where they lost to Yorkshire. This was the season in which the Sunday League was introduced and Derbyshire won five matches in the one-day games to finish fifteenth. Derek Morgan was in his fifth season as captain. Peter Gibbs scored most runs overall although Michael Page was top scorer in the County Championship. Harold Rhodes took most wickets.

Matches

First Class

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	3 May 1969^[1]	Surrey	Drawn
2	17 May 1969^[2]	Essex Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn
3	21 May 1969^[3]	Worcestershire	Drawn
4	24 May 1969^[4]	Hampshire	Drawn
5	31 May 1969^[5]	Lancashire	Drawn
6	4 Jun 1969^[6]	Warwickshire	Drawn
7	11 Jun 1969^[7]	Yorkshire	Drawn
8	14 Jun 1969^[8]	Oxford University County Ground, Derby	Drawn
9	18 Jun 1969^[9]	Somerset	Drawn
10	21 Jun 1969^[10]	Middlesex	Drawn
11	28 Jun 1969^[11]	Nottinghamshire	Drawn
12	5 Jul 1969^[12]	New Zealand	Drawn
13	9 Jul 1969^[13]	Gloucestershire	Lost	Innings and 10 runs
14	12 Jul 1969^[14]	Warwickshire	Won	134 runs
15	19 Jul 1969^[15]	Yorkshire	Drawn
16	23 Jul 1969^[16]	Glamorgan	Lost	Innings and 68 runs
17	2 Aug 1969^[17]	Nottinghamshire	Drawn
18	6 Aug 1969^[18]	Lancashire	Won	16 runs
19	9 Aug 1969^[19]	Glamorgan	Drawn
20	16 Aug 1969^[20]	Leicestershire	Lost	6 wickets
21	20 Aug 1969^[21]	Northamptonshire	Lost	4 wickets
22	23 Aug 1969^[22]	Leicestershire	Drawn
23	30 Aug 1969^[23]	Kent	Won	8 wickets
24	3 Sep 1969^[24]	Northamptonshire	Drawn
25	10 Sep 1969^[25]	Sussex	Lost	5 runs
26	13 Sep 1969^[26]	Worcestershire	Abandoned

John Player League

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes	-	1	4 May 1969^[27]	Surrey	Lost	6 wickets
2	18 May 1969^[28]	Essex	Lost	2 runs
3	25 May 1969^[29]	Sussex	Won	93 runs
4	1 Jun 1969^[30]	Lancashire	Lost	5 wickets
5	22 Jun 1969^[31]	Middlesex	Won	6 wickets
6	29 Jun 1969^[32]	Northamptonshire	Lost	6 wickets
7	6 Jul 1969^[33]	Gloucestershire	Won	3 wickets
8	20 Jul 1969^[34]	Yorkshire	Lost	9 runs
9	27 Jul 1969^[35]	Worcestershire	Won	2 wickets
10	3 Aug 1969^[36]	Nottinghamshire	Lost	46 runs
11	10 Aug 1969^[37]	Glamorgan	Lost	49 runs
12	17 Aug 1969^[38]	Somerset	Won	52 runs
13	24 Aug 1969^[39]	Leicestershire	Lost	6 runs
14	31 Aug 1969^[40]	Kent	Lost	8 wickets
15	7 Sep 1969^[41]	Hampshire	Lost	82 runs
16	14 Sep 1969^[42]	Warwickshire	Abandoned

Gillette Cup

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes	-	1st Round	10 May 1969^[43]	Somerset	Won	3 wickets
2nd Round	7 Jun 1969^[44]	Worcestershire	Won	4 wickets
Quarter-Final	2 Jul 1969^[45]	Glamorgan	Won	9 wickets
Semi-Final	30 Jul 1969^[46]	Sussex	Won	87 runs
Final	6 Sep 1969^[47]	Yorkshire	Lost	69 runs

Statistics

Competition batting averages

Statistics

Competition batting averages

Name	County Championship						John Player League						Gillette Cup
	M	I	Runs	HS	Ave	100	M	I	Runs	HS	Ave	100	M	I	Runs	HS	Ave	100
	21	28	581	97	23.24	0	14	14	171	45	12.21	0	5	4	64	34	16.00	0
	22	28	389	102	16.91	1	15	14	50	15	3.84	0	5	4	19	14*	9.50	0
	23	36	871	138*	25.61	2	15	15	378	61	25.20	0	5	5	168	47	33.60	0
	9	13	143	26	11.91	0	7	7	86	31*	21.50	0
	19	24	593	168	26.95	1	10	10	145	40	16.11	0	5	4	32	16	8.00	0
	1	1	9	9*		0	1	1	4	4*		0
	3	5	38	21	7.60	0	6	6	37	19	6.16	0
	21	30	551	79	19.00	0	15	14	112	25	8.61	0	5	4	76	33	25.33	0
	19	28	1005	162	40.20	2	13	13	208	37	16.00	0	5	5	75	27*	18.75	0
	18	17	94	37*	15.66	0	12	4	11	6*	5.50	0	5	2	6	6	3.00	0
							14	9	65	16*	10.83	0	5	2	9	8	4.50	0
	9	9	98	31	24.50	0	3	3	55	30	18.33	0
	21	34	766	61	24.70	0	13	13	315	62	26.25	0	5	5	139	49*	34.75	0
	23	25	286	42	12.43	0	2	2	29	21*	29.00	0							-		8	13	157	32	17.44	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0
	21	28	460	65	20.90	0	14	13	141	43*	17.62	0	5	4	39	25*	19.50	0
	15	11	139	44	17.37	0	10	8	54	21*	13.50	0	5	3	32	17	16.00	0^[48] ^[49] ^[50]

Competition bowling averages

Name	County Championship					John Player League					Gillette Cup
	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Best	Ave	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Best	Ave	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Best	Ave
	1313	434	14	3-43	31.00	401	308	12	3-15	25.66	198	70	1	1-16	70.00
	2515	1156	41	8-65	28.19	564	345	16	2-16	21.56	338	159	12	6-18	13.25
	120	89	1	1-45	89.00
	102	27	1	1-27	27.00	48	16	0
	1644	652	16	3-55	40.75	414	298	11	3-21	27.09	114	60	2	1-23	30.00
	2815	1088	59	6-17	18.44	540	328	17	3-11	19.29	318	119	9	4-18	13.22
						564	263	12	2-0	21.91	310	118	11	3-19	10.72
	974	417	15	4-15	27.80	66	43	3	2-29	14.33
	3522	1459	49	5-73	29.77	30	23	0
	978	441	14	4-38	31.50
	2190	724	56	5-32	12.92	439	278	13	4-12	21.38	336	110	8	3-31	13.75^[51] ^[52] ^[53]

Wicket Keeping

Bob Taylor

County Championship Catches 49, Stumping 5

John Player League Catches 19, Stumping 2

Gillette Cup Catches 9, Stumping 0

See also

• Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
• 1969 English cricket season

Notes and References

1. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/29/29978.html Cricket Archive - Surrey v Derbyshire 03 May 1969
2. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30020.html Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Essex 17 May 1969
3. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30040.html Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Worcestershire 21 May 1969
4. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30051.html Cricket Archive - Hampshire v Derbyshire 24 May 1969
5. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30079.html Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire 31 May 1969
6. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30104.html Cricket Archive - Warwickshire v Derbyshire 04 Jun 1969
7. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30131.html Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire 11 Jun 1969
8. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30138.html Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Oxford University 14 Jun 1969
9. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30155.html Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Somerset 18 Jun 1969
10. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30168.html Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Middlesex 21 Jun 1969
11. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30207.html Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 28 Jun 1969
12. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30229.html Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v New Zealanders 05 Jul 1969
13. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30251.html Cricket Archive - Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 09 Jul 1969
14. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30262.html Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Warwickshire 12 Jul 1969
15. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30294.html Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire 19 Jul 1969
16. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30314.html Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Glamorgan 23 Jul 1969
17. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30349.html Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 02 Aug 1969
18. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30372.html Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire 06 Aug 1969
19. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30383.html Cricket Archive - Glamorgan v Derbyshire 09 Aug 1969
20. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30412.html Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Leicestershire 16 Aug 1969
21. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30436.html Cricket Archive - Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 20 Aug 1969
22. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30451.html Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire 23 Aug 1969
23. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30481.html Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Kent 30 Aug 1969
24. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30501.html Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 03 Sep 1969
25. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30527.html Cricket Archive - Sussex v Derbyshire 10 Sep 1969
26. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30534.html Cricket Archive - Worcestershire v Derbyshire 13 Sep 1969
27. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/29/29985.html Surrey v Derbyshire 04 May 1969
28. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30029.html Derbyshire v Essex 18 May 1969
29. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30065.html Sussex v Derbyshire 25 May 1969
30. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30090.html Lancashire v Derbyshire 01 Jun 1969
31. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30178.html Derbyshire v Middlesex 22 Jun 1969
32. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30210.html Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 29 Jun 1969
33. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30239.html Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 06 Jul 1969
34. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30311.html Yorkshire v Derbyshire 20 Jul 1969
35. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30335.html Derbyshire v Worcestershire 27 Jul 1969
36. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30358.html Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 03 Aug 1969
37. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30391.html Glamorgan v Derbyshire 10 Aug 1969
38. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30422.html Derbyshire v Somerset 17 Aug 1969
39. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30457.html Leicestershire v Derbyshire 24 Aug 1969
40. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30490.html Derbyshire v Kent 31 Aug 1969
41. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30518.html Hampshire v Derbyshire 07 Sep 1969
42. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30541.html Warwickshire v Derbyshire 14 Sep 1969
43. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30007.html Somerset v Derbyshire 10 May 1969
44. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30110.html Derbyshire v Worcestershire 07 Jun 1969
45. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30219.html Glamorgan v Derbyshire 02 Jul 1969
46. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30344.html Derbyshire v Sussex 30 Jul 1969
47. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30517.html Derbyshire v Yorkshire 06 Sep 1969
48. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/County_Championship_1969/Derbyshire_Batting.html Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1969
49. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/Players_County_League_1969/Derbyshire_Batting.html Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire Players County League 1969
50. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/Gillette_Cup_1969/Derbyshire_Batting.html Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire Gillette Cup 1969
51. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/County_Championship_1969/Derbyshire_Bowling.html Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1969
52. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/Players_County_League_1969/Derbyshire_Bowling.html Bowling for Derbyshire Players County League 1969
53. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/Gillette_Cup_1969/Derbyshire_Bowling.html Bowling for Derbyshire Gillette Cup 1969