Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1966
{{Short description|1966 season of an English cricket team}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2013}}
{{Infobox cricket club season
| club = Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
| season = 1966
| coach =
| captain = Derek Morgan
| overseas =
| comp1 = County Championship
| comp1 result = 9
| comp2 =
| comp2 result =
| comp3 = Gillette Cup
| comp3 result = Round 2
| comp4 =
| comp4 result =
| most runs = John Harvey
| most wickets = Harold Rhodes |
| most catches = Bob Taylor
| most dismissals =
| 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.
1966 season
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.
Matches
=First Class=
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! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches |
| bgcolor="#efefef"
!No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes |
| 1
| Northamptonshire |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | {{small|Milburn 130}} |
| 2
| Surrey |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 7 runs | {{small|E Smith 6-26}} |
| 3
| Leicestershire |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | {{small|Lock 7-31 and 5-40}} |
| 4
| Hampshire |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | {{small|Cottam 5-28; E Smith 7-59 and 6-60}} |
| 5
| Northamptonshire |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 22 runs | {{small|DC Morgan 6-36 and 5-24; Sully 5-22}} |
| 6
| Essex |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | {{small|Knight 5-25}} |
| 7
| West Indies |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | Innings and 32 runs | {{small|McMorris 157; Gary Sobers 6-11}} |
| 8
| Sussex |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | {{small|Snow 5-33}} |
| 9
| Gloucestershire |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 9 runs | {{small|Brown 5-42; DC Morgan 6-55}} |
| 10
| Kent |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 80 runs | {{small|HJ Rhodes 5-31}} |
| 11
| Yorkshire |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | Innings and 15 runs | |
| 12
| Kent |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 7 wickets | |
| 13
| Yorkshire |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 10 wickets | {{small|Nicholson 5-12}} |
| 14
| Warwickshire |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 8 wickets | {{small|E Smith 5-23}} |
| 15
| Lancashire |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 30 runs | {{small|Knox 100;E Smith 6-21}} |
| 16
| Oxford University |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 5 wickets |
| 17
| Nottinghamshire |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 8 wickets | {{small|JF Harvey 103*}} |
| 18
| Middlesex |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | {{small|Russell 101; Harris 114; Price 8-48}} |
| 19
| Leicestershire |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 120 runs | {{small|Lock 7-50}} |
| 20
| Essex |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | |
| 21
| Somerset |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 10 wickets | {{small|Palmer 7-59}} |
| 22
| Lancashire |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 7 wickets | {{small|Sratham 5-44}} |
| 23
| Hampshire |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | {{small|Castell 6-49; HJ Rhodes 5-28; White 6-37}} |
| 24
| Gloucestershire |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 60 runs | {{small|Allen 5-25}} |
| 25
| Worcestershire |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 3 runs | {{small|E Smith 5-74; Gifford 8-54}} |
| 26
| Worcestershire |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 7 wickets | {{small|Fearnley 112; Gifford 6-91 and 6-55; E Smith 5-102}} |
| 27
| Warwickshire |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 10 wickets | {{small|AB Jackson 8-18}} |
| 28
| Glamorgan |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 78 runs | {{small|AB Jackson 5-68}} |
| 29
| Nottinghamshire |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 159 runs | |
| 30
| Glamorgan |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |63 runs | {{small|DC Morgan 7-47; Wheatley 6-42}} |
= Gillette Cup =
| class="wikitable" width="100%"
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches |
| bgcolor="#efefef"
!No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes |
| 1st Round
| Essex |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |2 wickets |
Statistics
=Competition batting averages=
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!rowspan=2|Name !colspan=6|County Championship !colspan=6|Gillette Cup | ||||||||||||
| M
!I !Runs !HS !Ave !100 !M !I !Runs !HS !Ave !100 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MHJ Allen | 5 | 8 | 50 | 17* | 10.00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| IR Buxton | 20 | 34 | 507 | 68 | 17.48 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 |
| JR Eyre | 18 | 35 | 527 | 61 | 15.96 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 38 | 38.00 | 0 |
| TJP Eyre | 18 | 31 | 553 | 88 | 20.48 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 |
| PJK Gibbs | 5 | 10 | 154 | 43 | 15.40 | 0 | ||||||
| IW Hall | 19 | 37 | 791 | 74 | 21.97 | 0 | ||||||
| JF Harvey | 26 | 48 | 1060 | 103* | 23.04 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 29 | 29.00 | 0 |
| M Hill | 23 | 41 | 810 | 61 | 21.31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 17 | 17.00 | 0 |
| AB Jackson | 21 | 26 | 118 | 25* | 9.07 | 0 | ||||||
| HL Johnson | 20 | 38 | 642 | 73 | 18.34 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 25 | 25.00 | 0 |
| DC Morgan | 28 | 48 | 962 | 96 | 23.46 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 42 | 42.00 | 0 |
| MH Page | 21 | 39 | 583 | 42 | 17.14 | 0 | ||||||
| HJ Rhodes | 22 | 31 | 156 | 28 | 10.40 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9* | 0 | 0 |
| PE Russell | 7 | 13 | 219 | 56 | 16.84 | 0 | ||||||
| DHK Smith | 1 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 7.50 | 0 | ||||||
| E Smith | 25 | 37 | 211 | 22 | 6.02 | 0 | ||||||
| RW Taylor | 28 | 44 | 682 | 42 | 17.48 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 17 | 17.00 | 0 |
| A Ward | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3.00 | 0[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/County_Championship_1966/Derbyshire_Batting.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire batting 1966][https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/0/Gillette_Cup_1966/Derbyshire_Batting.html Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire Gillette Cup 1966] |
=Competition bowling averages=
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| bgcolor="#efefef"
!rowspan=2|Name !colspan=5|County Championship !colspan=5|Gillette Cup | ||||||||||
| Balls
!Runs !Wkts !Best !Ave !Balls !Runs !Wkts !Best !Ave | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MHJ Allen | 419 | 156 | 0 | 40 | 29 | 0 | ||||
| IR Buxton | 1880 | 696 | 21 | 3-27 | 33.14 | 72 | 35 | 1 | 1-35 | 35.00 |
| JR Eyre | 84 | 32 | 1 | 1-6 | 32.00 | 6 | 5 | 0 | ||
| TJP Eyre | 1542 | 790 | 31 | 4-39 | 25.48 | 12 | 16 | 0 | ||
| IW Hall | 2 | 4 | 0 | |||||||
| AB Jackson | 3637 | 1189 | 64 | 8-18 | 18.57 | |||||
| HL Johnson | 24 | 15 | 0 | |||||||
| DC Morgan | 4982 | 1695 | 84 | 7-47 | 20.17 | 72 | 42 | 0 | ||
| MH Page | 234 | 140 | 0 | |||||||
| HJ Rhodes | 3858 | 1417 | 78 | 5-28 | 18.16 | 72 | 17 | 1 | 1-17 | 17.00 |
| PE Russell | 678 | 254 | 7 | 2-23 | 36.28 | |||||
| E Smith | 4821 | 1605 | 87 | 7-59 | 18.44 | |||||
| RW Taylor | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| A Ward | 36 | 13 | 1 | 1-13 | 13.00 | 72 | 36 | 3 | 3-36 | 12.00[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/County_Championship_1966/Derbyshire_Bowling.html Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1966][https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/Gillette_Cup_1966/Derbyshire_Bowling.html Bowling for Derbyshire Gillette Cup 1966] |
=Wicket Keeping=
See also
References
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