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season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for ninety-two years. It was their fifty-ninth season in the County Championship and they won two championship matches and lost fourteen to finish seventeenth in the County Championship. It was the first season in which the Gillette Cup was played, and Derbyshire reached the quarter-finals.

1963 season

Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, one match against the Pakistani Eaglets, one against the touring West Indies and one match against Cambridge University. They won three first class matches, lost fifteen matches and drew thirteen matches. They won their first round match in the Gillette Cup, but lost in the quarter-final. Charles Lee was captain and scored most runs. Harold Rhodes took most wickets for the club. There were several new players in the Derbyshire team. Brian Jackson made a large contribution with his bowling over six seasons. John Harvey played for another ten years and John Eyre for five. Roger de Ville appeared twice in the season and once in the following season.

Matches

First Class

{, class="wikitable" width="100%" ! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 , List of matches , - bgcolor="#efefef" !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes , - , 1 , 8 May 1963 ,

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Kennington Oval , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , Innings and 6 runs , Edrich 125 , - , 2 , 11 May 1963 , Gloucestershire
County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 4 wickets , Brown 6–48 and 7–48 , - , 3 , 15 May 1963 , Somerset
Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , Innings and 80 runs , Wright 151 , - , 4 , 18 May 1963 , Worcestershire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Coldwell 6–43 , - , 5 , 25 May 1963 ,

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St Helen's, Swansea , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , C Lee 104; Oates 99; Pressdee 6–58 , - , 6 , 29 May 1963 , Essex
Gidea Park Sports Ground, Romford , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 80 runs , Knight 5–46 , - , 7 , 1 Jun 1963 , Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 10 wickets , Horner 102; Hitchcock 106; Barber 6–74 , - , 8 , 5 Jun 1963 , Northamptonshire
County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 4 wickets , IW Hall 136; HL Jackson 6–69 , - , 9 , 8 Jun 1963 , Yorkshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , Innings and 56 runs , Padgett 142; Sharpe 136; Nicholson 6–36 , - , 10 , 15 Jun 1963 , Lancashire
Aigburth, Liverpool , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Statham 5–45 , - , 11 , 19 Jun 1963 ,

Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 7 wickets , Shepherd 7–49 , - , 12 , 22 Jun 1963 ,

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County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , , - , 13 , 29 Jun 1963 , Cambridge University
Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Hutton 8–50 , - , 14 , 3 Jul 1963 , Middlesex
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Moss 5–47 , - , 15 , 6 Jul 1963 ,

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County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 8 wickets , DC Morgan 113; Iqbal 5–103;

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7–56 , - , 16 , 13 Jul 1963 , Worcestershire
County Ground, New Road, Worcester , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 101 runs , Graveney 100; Flavell 6–46; HL Jackson 5–53 , - , 17 , 17 Jul 1963 , West Indies
Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 135 runs , , - , 18 , 20 Jul 1963 , Nottinghamshire
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Hill 134 , - , 19 , 24 Jul 1963 ,

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Central Recreation Ground, Hastings , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 13 runs , Snow 6–52; Thomson 7–31; HJ Rhodes 6–22 , - , 20 , 27 Jul 1963 , Northamptonshire
County Ground, Northampton , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , Innings and 53 runs , Ramsamooj 132; Larter 5–62 , - , 21 , 31 Jul 1963 ,

Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , DB Carr 136 , - , 22 , 3 Aug 1963 , Warwickshire
County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 9 wickets , M Smith 144; Edmonds 5–40 , - , 23 , 7 Aug 1963 , Yorkshire
Headingley, Leeds , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 7 wickets , , - , 24 , 10 Aug 1963 , Somerset
Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 192 runs , Doughty 6–58 and 5–44 , - , 25 , 14 Aug 1963 , Kent
Cheriton Road Sports Ground, Folkestone , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Nicholls 211; Harvey 103 , - , 26 , 17 Aug 1963 , Lancashire
Park Road Ground, Buxton , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Grieves 114; Statham 6–28 , - , 27 , 21 Aug 1963 ,

County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Sydenham 5–31 and 6–47 , - , 28 , 24 Aug 1963 , Hampshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 144 runs , HJ Rhodes 5–41 , - , 29 , 28 Aug 1963 , Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 8 wickets , Bolus 136; Corran 5–55 , - , 30 , 31 Aug 1963 ,

Grace Road, Leicester , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , , - , 31 , 4 Sep 1963 , Middlesex
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , , -

Gillette Cup

{, class="wikitable" width="70%" ! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 , List of matches , - bgcolor="#efefef" !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes , - , 1st round , 22 May 1963 , Hampshire
Dean Park, Bournemouth , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 6 runs , , - , Quarter final , 12 Jun 1963 , Lancashire
Old Trafford, Manchester , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 5 wickets , , -

Statistics

Competition batting averages

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, , 21 , , 28 , , 142 , , 21 , , 11.83 , , 0 , , 1 , , 1 , , 2 , , 2 , , 2.00 , , 0 , - , RW Taylor , , 28 , , 44 , , 387 , , 54 , , 9.92 , , 0 , , 2 , , 2 , , 16 , , 10 , , 8.00 , , 0 , - , HL Jackson , , 23 , , 36 , , 180 , , 25 , , 8.57 , , 0 , , 2 , , 2 , , 3 , , 2 , , 3.00 , , 0 , - , TJP Eyre , , 9 , , 16 , , 131 , , 19 , , 8.18 , , 0 , , 1 , , 1 , , 27 , , 27 , , 27.00 , , 0 , - , HJ Rhodes , , 21 , , 30 , , 207 , , 38* , , 7.96 , , 0 , , 1 , , 1, , 6 , , 6* , , , , 0 , - , GW Richardson , , 3 , , 5 , , 28 , , 14 , , 5.60 , , 0 , , 1 , , 1 , , 39 , , 39 , , 39.00 , , 0 , - , JR Eyre , , 2 , , 1, , 0 , , 0 , , 0.00 , , 0 , , , , , , , , , , , , , - {, class="wikitable" width="80%" , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! colspan=7, Leading first-class batsmen for Derbyshire by runs scored , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! Name ! Mat ! Inns ! Runs ! HS ! Ave ! 100 , - , C Lee , , 28 , , 48 , , 1202 , , 104 , , 25.04 , , 1 , - , IR Buxton , , 31 , , 55 , , 1084 , , 74* , , 21.68 , , 0 , - , DC Morgan , , 25 , , 41 , , 1039 , , 113* , , 28.86 , , 1 , - , WF Oates , , 22 , , 38 , , 869 , , 99 , , 23.48 , , 0 , - , HL Johnson , , 29 , , 51 , , 848 , , 72 , , 18.04 , , 0 , - {, class="wikitable" width="80%" , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! colspan=7, Leading ListA batsmen for Derbyshire by runs scored , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! Name ! Mat ! Inns ! Runs ! HS ! Ave ! 100 , - , IW Hall , , 2 , , 2 , , 92 , , 61 , , 46.00 , , 0 , - , DC Morgan , , 1 , , 1 , , 59 , , 59* , , , , 0 , - , GW Richardson , , 1 , , 1 , , 39 , , 39 , , 39.00 , , 0 , - , HL Johnson , , 2 , , 2 , , 33 , , 32 , , 16.50 , , 0 , - , D Millner , , 1 , , 1 , , 29 , , 29 , , 29.00 , , 0 , -

Competition bowling averages

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, , 3472 , , 1468 , , 54 , , 4–24 , , 27.18 , , 48 , , 24 , , 0 , , , , , - , DC Morgan , , 3101 , , 1284 , , 46 , , 4–46 , , 27.91 , , 90 , , 49 , , 2 , , 2–49 , , 24.50 , - , E Smith , , 3108 , , 1452 , , 32 , , 4–64 , , 45.37 , , 165 , , 106 , , 2 , , 1–46 , , 53.00 , - , IR Buxton , , 2106 , , 932 , , 19 , , 3–54 , , 49.05 , , 42 , , 42 , , 0 , , , , , - , GW Richardson , , 444 , , 172 , , 7 , , 3–35 , , 24.57 , , 90 , , 64 , , 2 , , 2–64 , , 32.00 , - , TJP Eyre , , 598 , , 352 , , 5 , , 2–56 , , 70.40 , , 18 , , 16 , , 1 , , 1–16 , , 16.00 , - , RT de Ville , , 156 , , 141 , , 2 , , 2–47 , , 70.50 , , , , , , , , , , , - , DB Carr , , 95 , , 57 , , 1 , , 1–5 , , 57.00 , , , , , , , , , , , - , HL Johnson , , 50 , , 27 , , 1 , , 1–2 , , 27.00 , , , , , , , , , , , - , C Lee , , 48 , , 36 , , 0 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - , , WF Oates , , 54 , , 36 , , 0 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - , JR Eyre , , 36 , , 33 , , 0 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - , D Millner , , 12 , , 12 , , 0 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Bowling for Derbyshire Gillette Cup 1963
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, , 4039, , 1696 , , 71 , , 7–56 , , 23.88 , - , HL Jackson , , 4665 , , 1515 , , 69 , , 6–66 , , 21.95 , - , DC Morgan , , 3287 , , 1392 , , 48 , , 4–46 , , 29.00 , - , E Smith , , 3405 , , 1636 , , 38 , , 4–64 , , 43.05 , - {, class="wikitable" width="80%" , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! colspan=6, Leading ListA bowlers for Derbyshire by wickets taken , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! Name ! Balls ! Runs ! Wkts ! BBI ! Ave , - , HJ Rhodes , , 70 , , 33 , , 2 , , 2–33 , , 16.50 , - , HL Jackson, , 162 , , 46 , , 2 , , 1–22 , , 23.00 , - , DC Morgan , , 90 , , 49 , , 2 , , 2–49 , , 24.50 , - , GW Richardson , , 90 , , 64 , , 2 , , 2–64 , , 32.00 , - , E Smith , , 165 , , 106 , , 2 , , 1–46 , , 53.00 , -

Wicket Keeping

* Bob Taylor ::County Championship Catches 74, Stumping 2 ::Gillette Cup Catches 3, Stumping 0

References

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