Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1981 represents

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by str ...

season when the English club

Derbyshire Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the southern end of the Pennine range of hills and part of the National Forest. It borders Greater Manchester to the nor ...

had been playing for one hundred and ten years. It was the season when they won National Westminster Bank Trophy. They won ten matches in the

John Player League The NatWest Pro40 League was a one-day cricket league for first-class cricket counties in England and Wales. It was inaugurated in 1999, but was essentially the old Sunday League retitled to reflect large numbers of matches being played on days ...

to finish fourth. In the

County Championship The County Championship (referred to as the LV= Insurance County Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales and is organised by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). It bec ...

, they won four matches to finish twelfth in their seventy-seventh season in the Championship. They were eliminated at group level in the Benson & Hedges Cup.

1981 season

Derbyshire played 22 games in the County Championship, and one match against the touring Australians of which they won four altogether

Geoff Miller Geoffrey Miller, (born 8 September 1952) is an English former cricketer, who played in 34 Test matches and 25 One Day Internationals for the England cricket team between 1976 and 1984. He played for Derbyshire from 1973 to 1986, captaining t ...

was in his third season as captain.

Peter Kirsten Peter Noel Kirsten (born 14 May 1955) is a former cricketer who represented South Africa in 12 Test matches and 40 One Day Internationals from 1991 to 1994. He is the current coach of the Ugandan national side, having been appointed in August ...

was top scorer overall, in the County Championship and in the NWB Trophy, although John Wright scored most in the John Player League. Paul Newman and David Steele tied on 46 for most wickets in the County Championship, although Newman took an extra first class wicket against the Australians. Barry Wood took most wickets in the John Player League, and

Colin Tunnicliffe Colin John Tunnicliffe (born 11 August 1951) is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1973 and 1983. Biography Tunnicliffe was born in Derby. He appeared for Derbyshire Juniors from 1968 and played for ...

most wickets in the NWB Trophy. The club took on two wicket keepers in the season Michael Deakin as a stop gap and Bernie Maher who saw several years service with the club. Another player making his debut was

Dallas Moir Dallas Moir (born 13 April 1957) is a Maltese-born Scottish former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Scotland in 1980 and 1986 and for Derbyshire between 1981 and 1985. Moir played for Scotland B in 1978 and in 1980 played several ga ...

who went on to play several seasons for Derbyshire.

Matches

First Class

John Player League

National Westminster Bank Trophy

Benson and Hedges Cup

Statistics

Competition batting averages

Competition bowling averages

Wicket Keeping

* Bob Taylor ::County Championship Catches 33, Stumping 12 ::John Player League Catches 12, Stumping 5 ::NWB Trophy Catches 10, Stumping 2 ::B & H Trophy Catches 1, Stumping 1 * Bernie Maher :: County Championship Catches 6, Stumping 2

References

{{Derbyshire County Cricket Club 1981 in English cricket Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons