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season of the English club

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which had first played in

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. In the

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, they won one match to finish seventeenth in their seventy-seventh season in the Championship. They won seven matches in the

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to finish eleventh. They were eliminated in Round 2 of the Gillette Cup.

1971 season

Derbyshire played 24 games in the County Championship, one match against Oxford University and one match against the touring Pakistanis. They won one match overall and managed 19 draws in the County Championship.

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was in his second season as captain.

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scored most runs and Philip Russell took most wickets. Anthony Borrington and Ashley Harvey-Walker, who made their first-class debuts in the season, went on to play for several more seasons for Derbyshire. Harvey-Walker achieved a unique distinction by scoring a century in his debut match. Another newcomer,

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, played in this and the following season.

Leslie Bradbury Leslie Bradbury (19 April 1938 – May 2020) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1971. Bradbury was born at Matlock, Derbyshire. His career for Derbyshire started in the Second XI team in 1968, when he d ...

made his single first-class cricket appearance in one match for Derbyshire.

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, only played one-day cricket for Derbyshire in this his initial season, but stayed with the club for several seasons

Matches

First Class

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County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Parfitt 103; Latchman 6–72 , - , 2 , 5 May 1971 ,

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Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Inman 147 , - , 3 , 8 May 1971 ,

Gloucestershire Gloucestershire ( abbreviated Glos) is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn and the entire Forest of Dean. The county town is the city of Gl ...

Ashley Down Ground, Bristol , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , , - , 4 , 15 May 1971 ,

Warwickshire Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, and the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Avon an ...

Edgbaston, Birmingham , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , PJK Gibbs 127;

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6–54 , - , 5 , 22 May 1971 ,

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Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , , - , 6 , 26 May 1971 ,

Somerset ( en, All The People of Somerset) , locator_map = , coordinates = , region = South West England , established_date = Ancient , established_by = , preceded_by = , origin = , lord_lieutenant_office =Lord Lieutenant of Somerset , lord_ ...

County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , CP Wilkins 113; A Jones 5–26 , - , 7 , 29 May 1971 ,

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Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , Innings and 41 runs , Hobbs 5–38 , - , 8 , 5 Jun 1971 ,

Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...

Rectory Field, Blackheath , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 93 runs , MH Page 111; FW Swarbrook 5–55 , - , 9 , 9 Jun 1971 ,

Valentine's Park, Ilford , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , , - , 10 , 16 Jun 1971 ,

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Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , , - , 11 , 19 Jun 1971 ,

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County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , , - , 12 , 23 Jun 1971 , ,

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Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 2 wickets , AJ Harvey-Walker 110 , - , 13 , 26 Jun 1971 ,

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Trent Bridge, Nottingham , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Harris 114 , - , 14 , 3 Jul 1971 ,

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Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 8 wickets ,

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5–155; Pervez Saijad 6–71 , - , 15 , 7 Jul 1971 ,

County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Steele 195; Balderstone 6–84 , - , 16 , 10 Jul 1971 ,

Grace Road, Leicester , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , , - , 17 , 14 Jul 1971 ,

North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , ,

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133 , - , 18 , 17 Jul 1971 ,

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Park Road Ground, Buxton , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Engineer 141; Hughes 5–96 , - , 19 , 24 Jul 1971 ,

May's Bounty, Basingstoke , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , , - , 20 , 31 Jul 1971 ,

Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , White 7–41 , - , 21 , 7 Aug 1971 ,

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County Ground, Hove , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , , - , 22 , 14 Aug 1971 ,

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County Ground, Northampton , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , PJK Gibbs; E Smith 5–64; Breakwell 5–26 , - , 23 , 21 Aug 1971 ,

Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 43 runs , Proctor 167; CP Wilkins 111; Mortimore 6–59 , - , 24 , 25 Aug 1971 ,

Old Trafford, Manchester , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 4 wickets , CP Wilkins 156 , - , 25 , 28 Aug 1971 ,

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County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , , - , 26 , 1 Sep 1971 ,

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Kennington Oval , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 40 runs , Storey 164;

5–63 , -

John Player League

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St George's Road, Harrogate , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 1 wicket , , - , 2 , 9 May 1971 ,

Ashley Down Ground, Bristol , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 20 runs , CP Wilkins 5–42 , - , 3 , 16 May 1971 ,

Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 9 runs , , - , 4 , 16 May 1971 ,

Park Road Ground, Buxton , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 22 runs , Brian Taylor 100 , - , 5 , 30 May 1971 ,

Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 9 runs , , - , 6 , 6 Jun 1971 ,

Grace Road, Leicester , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , Faster rate , , - , 7 , 20 Jun 1971 ,

Old Trafford, Manchester , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 6 wickets , , - , 8 , 27 Jun 1971 ,

County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 2 runs , , - , 9 , 4 Jul 1971 ,

County Ground, New Road, Worcester , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , Faster rate , , - , 10 , 11 Jul 1971 ,

Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 21 runs , , - , 11 , 25 Jul 1971 ,

County Ground, Southampton , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 121 runs , , - , 12 , 1 Aug 1971 ,

County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 2 wickets , , - , 13 , 8 Aug 1971 ,

County Ground, Hove , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 3 wickets , , - , 14 , 15 Aug 1971 ,

County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 3 runs , , - , 15 , 29 Aug 1971 ,

Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#FFCC00", No Result , , , - , 16 , 5 Sep 1971 ,

Kennington Oval , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 24 runs , , - ,

Gillette Cup

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Grace Road, Leicester , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 1 wicket , , -

Statistics

Competition batting averages

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!colspan=6,

!colspan=6, Gillette Cup , - !M !I !Runs !HS !Ave !100 !M !I !Runs !HS !Ave !100 !M !I !Runs !HS !Ave !100 , - , AJ Borrington , , 3 , , 4 , , 123 , , 70 , , 30.75 , , 0 , , 6 , , 6 , , 114 , , 59 , , 19.00 , , 0 , , 1 , , 1 , , 22 , , 22 , , 22.00 , , 0 , - , L Bradbury , , 1, , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - , IR Buxton , , 24 , , 38 , , 859 , , 89 , , 26.03 , , 0 , , 16 , , 16 , , 400, , 71*, , 36.36 , , 0 , , 1 , , 1 , , 0, , 0 , , 0.00 , , 0 , - , H Cartwright , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 9 , , 9 , , 78 , , 24 , , 11.14 , , 0 , , 1 , , 1 , , 21, , 21 , , 21.00 , , 0 , - , TJP Eyre , , 12 , , 13 , , 106, , 29* , , 13.25, , 0 , , 6 , , 4 , , 21, , 10 , , 5.25 , , 0 , , , , , , , , , , , , , - , PJK Gibbs , , 21 , , 41 , , 1194 , , 127 , , 31.42 , , 2 , , 14 , , 14 , , 292 , , 56 , , 20.85 , , 0 , , , , , , , , , , , , , - , IW Hall , , 24, , 45 , , 1436, , 95 , , 35.02 , , 0 , , 10 , , 10 , , 137, , 38, , 13.70 , , 0 , , 1 , , 1 , , 32 , , 32 , , 32.00 , , 0 , - , JF Harvey , , 24 , , 39 , , 1025, , 94 , , 29.28 , , 0 , , 16 , , 16 , , 438 , , 67, , 27.37 , , 0 , , 1 , , 1 , , 3, , 3 , , 3.00 , , 0 , - , AJ Harvey-Walker , , 2 , , 4 , , 103 , , 35 , , 25.75 , , 0 , , 9 , , 9 , , 210, , 55 , , 23.33, , 0 , , , , , , , , , , , , , - , M Hendrick , , 12 , , 11 , , 53 , , 14 , , 5.88 , , 0 , , 8 , , 5 , , 17, , 10*, , 4.25 , , 0 , , 1 , , 1 , , 1 , , 1 , , 1.00 , , 0 , - , MH Page , , 21, , 38 , , 1050 , , 111 , , 30.88 , , 1 , , 7, , 7 , , 57 , , 19 , , 8.14 , , 0 , , 1 , , 1 , , 24 , , 24 , , 24.00 , , 0 , - , FE Rumsey , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 15 , , 7 , , 7, , 5*, , 1.75 , , 0 , , 1 , , 1 , , 2 , , 2* , , 0, , 0 , - , PE Russell , , 20, , 24 , , 317 , , 55* , , 18.64 , , 0 , , 15 , , 11 , , 72 , , 23 , , 10.28 , , 0 , , 1 , , 1 , , 1 , , 1 , , 1.00 , , 0 , - , DHK Smith , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 1 , , 1 , , 3, , 3 , , 3.00 , , 0 , , , , , , , , , , , , , - , E Smith , , 12 , , 12 , , 72 , , 19*, , 9.00 , , 0 , , 1 , , 1 , , 12 , , 12 , , 12.00 , , 0 , , , , , , , , , , , , , - , FW Swarbrook , , 21, , 26 , , 243, , 37 , , 16.20 , , 0 , , 1 , , 0 , , , , , , , , 0 , , , , , , , , , , , , , - , RW Taylor , , 21 , , 31 , , 538 , , 74*, , 25.61 , , 0 , , 14 , , 13 , , 88, , 21* , , 11.00 , , 0 , , 1 , , 1 , , 29 , , 29* , , 0 , , 0 , - , A Ward , , 19 , , 17 , , 87 , , 17*, , 8.70 , , 0 , , 11, , 7, , 23 , , 9*, , 4.60 , , 0 , , , , , , , , , , , , , - , D Wilde , , 3 , , 4 , , 1, , 1 , , 0.33 , , 0 , , 1 , , 0 , , , , , , , , 0 , , , , , , , , , , , , , - , CP Wilkins , , 24 , , 43 , , 1362 , , 156 , , 34.92 , , 3 , , 16 , , 16 , , 383, , 74*, , 25.53 , , 0 , , 1 , , 1 , , 51, , 51 , , 51.00 , , 0 , -

Competition bowling averages

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!colspan=5, Gillette Cup , - !Balls !Runs !Wkts !Best !Ave !Balls !Runs !Wkts !Best !Ave !Balls !Runs !Wkts !Best !Ave , - , AJ Borrington , , 6 , , 7 , , 0 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - , L Bradbury , , 90, , 53 , , 1 , , 1–53 , , 53.00 0 0 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - , IR Buxton , , 1862, , 792 , , 22 , , 3–55 , , 36.00 , , 588 , , 398 , , 19 , , 3–20 , , 20.94 , , 72 , , 31 , , 1 , , 1–31 , , 31.00 , - , TJP Eyre , , 1457 , , 751, , 20, , 3–30 , , 37.55 , , 278 , , 206 , , 14 , , 3–21 , , 14.71, , , , , , , , , , , - , M Hendrick , , 1362 , , 624 , , 19 , , 4–44 , , 32.84 , , 330 , , 223 , , 9 , , 3–28 , , 24.77 , , 72 , , 37, , 3 , , 3–37 , , 12.33 , - , MH Page , , 12 , , 2 , , 1 , , 1–0 , , 2.00 0 0 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - , FE Rumsey , , , , , , , , , , , , 637 , , 355 , , 16, , 3–12 , , 22.18 , , 72 , , 34 , , 3 , , 3–34 , , 11.33 , - , PE Russell , , 3553 , , 1646 , , 58 , , 4–31 , , 28.37 , , 594 , , 426 , , 18 , , 4–22 , , 23.66 , , 69 , , 35 , , 1 , , 1–35, , 35.00 , - , E Smith , , 1870 , , 934 , , 23 , , 5–64 , , 40.60 1 0 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - , FW Swarbrook , , 3443 , , 1673 , , 54, , 5–55 , , 30.98 , , 48 , , 33, , 2, , 2–33 , , 16.50 , , , , , , , , , , , - , A Ward , , 2900 , , 1475 , , 57 , , 4–47 , , 25.87 , , 492 , , 342, , 9 , , 2–16 , , 38.00 , , , , , , , , , , , - , D Wilde , , 385, , 234 , , 7 , , 3–76, , 33.42 , , 48, , 43 , , 0 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - , CP Wilkins , , 744 , , 432 , , 10 , , 3–51, , 43.20 , , 231 , , 209, , 8, , 5–42 , , 26.12 , , 66 , , 51 , , 0 , , , , Bowling for Derbyshire Gillette Cup 1971
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Wicket Keeping

* Bob Taylor ::County Championship Catches 45, Stumping 8 ::John Player League Catches 5, Stumping 3 ::Gillette Cup Catches 1, Stumping 0

References

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