Derbyshire County Cricket Club
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| Derbyshire County Cricket Club | |||
| Image:Derbyshirecricket.jpg | |||
| One-day Name: | Derbyshire Phantoms | ||
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| Coach: | Image:Flag of England.svg John Morris | ||
| Captain: | Image:Flag of England.svg Rikki Clarke | ||
| Overseas Player: | Image:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Mahela Jayawardene | ||
| Overseas Player: | Image:Flag of Australia.svg Chris Rogers | ||
| Founded: | 1870 | ||
| Home Ground: | County Cricket Ground | ||
| Capacity: | 9500 | ||
| First-class debut: | Lancashire | ||
| - 1871 | |||
| - Old Trafford | |||
| Championship Wins: | 1 | ||
| National League Wins: | 1 | ||
| FP Trophy Wins: | 1 | ||
| Twenty20 Cup Wins: | 0 | ||
| Official Website: | DerbyshireCCC | ||
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire. Its limited overs team is called the Derbyshire Phantoms.
The club is based at the County Cricket Ground, previously known as the Racecourse Ground, in the city of Derby. In 2006, for the first time in eight years, County Cricket returned to Queen's Park, Chesterfield with a County Championship game against Worcester and a One Day League game against Surrey. Other first-class cricket grounds used in the past have included Buxton, Heanor, Ilkeston, Abbeydale Park in Sheffield and Burton upon Trent, which is actually in Staffordshire. One-day contests have been played at Darley Dale and Knypersley (also in Staffordshire).
In 2008 the club will play in Division Two of both the County Championship and the One Day League. The captain is Rikki Clarke and the coach is former England international John Morris.
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[edit] Honours
- County Championships (1) - 1936
- FP Trophies [1] (1) - 1981
- National Leagues [2] (1) - 1990
- Benson & Hedges Cups (1) - 1993
[edit] Records
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Most first-class runs for Derbyshire
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Most first-class wickets for Derbyshire
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[edit] Earliest cricket
Cricket may not have reached Derbyshire until the 18th century. The earliest reference to cricket in the county is a match in September 1757 between Wirksworth and Sheffield Cricket Club at Brampton Moor, near Chesterfield.
[edit] Origin of club
The formation of Derbyshire CCC took place on 4 November 1870 at a meeting in the Guildhall, Derby.
Derbyshire CCC played its initial first-class match versus Lancashire CCC at Old Trafford Cricket Ground on 26 & 27 May 1871 and joined the (then unofficial) County Championship.
[edit] Club history
Although the club had some good results in its early seasons, it struggled for the most part and before the 1888 season, following a run of disastrous results, Derbyshire was demoted from first-class status. Derbyshire recovered first-class status in 1894 and rejoined the County Championship in 1895.
Although the county then had a quite strong team due to the bowling of George Davidson, Joseph Hulme and George Porter and the batting of William Storer, William Chatterton and Bagshaw, within three years they had hit rock-bottom, going through 1897 without a win due to their best bowlers losing their powers.
From this point up to 1925, Derbyshire were perennially among the weakest counties, losing every single match in 1920. From 1926, the nucleus of a good team emerged around some doughty batting from Denis Smith, Stan Worthington and George Pope, and the bowling of Pope, his brother Alf, Tom Mitchell and Bill Copson took the team to their one and so far only Championship victory in 1936. They won 13 of their 28 matches outright and 5 on first innings. Worthington, Townsend, Smith and Alderman all passed 1,000 runs and Copson and Mitchell took over 100 wickets, with Alf Pope taking 94. Charlie Elliott, who later became a test umpire and selector, was another member of this team.
There have been more downs than ups in post-war years. Though runs came regularly from Arnold Hamer, the West Indian Laurie Johnson and captain Donald Carr, the batting remained the weak point right up to the beginning of covered pitches in the 1980s. However, a series of fast bowlers served England as well as Derbyshire. The list began with Copson and continued with Cliff Gladwin, Les Jackson, Harold Rhodes, Alan Ward, Mike Hendrick and, most recently Devon Malcolm.
[edit] 2008 squad
The Derbyshire squad for the 2008 season consists of (this section could change as players are released or signed, international players in bold):
[edit] Derbyshire Facts and Feats
Derbyshire recorded their highest ever score, 801 for eight declared, against Somerset at Taunton in 2007. Their score beat their previous highest ever score, of 707 for 7 declared also against Somerset also at Taunton in 2005. Simon Katich scored 221, Ian Harvey 153, Ant Botha 101 and James Pipe 106. Derbyshire broke the record despite losing Phil Weston and Chris Taylor to Andy Caddick in the first over without a run on the board.
[edit] References
[edit] External sources
[edit] Further reading
- H S Altham, A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914), George Allen & Unwin, 1962
- Derek Birley, A Social History of English Cricket, Aurum, 1999
- Rowland Bowen, Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1970
- Roy Webber, The Playfair Book of Cricket Records, Playfair Books, 1951
- Playfair Cricket Annual – various editions
- Wisden Cricketers Almanack – various editions
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