Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1967 was the
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 ninety-six years. It was their sixty-third season 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 ...
and they won five championship matches and lost five to finish sixth in the County Championship. In the
Gillette Cup, Derbyshire were knocked out in their first match which was in the second round of the competition.
1967 season
Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, one match against the
touring Indians and one match against Cambridge University. They won six first class matches, lost six matches and drew eighteen matches. They lost their only match in the Gillette Cup.
Derek Morgan was captain.
David Smith scored most runs.
Harold Rhodes took most wickets for the club.
There were two new players in the Derbyshire team.
GR Stephenson played for two years before moving to Hampshire and
CP Marks occasional matches over two years.
Matches
First Class
Gillette Cup
Statistics
Competition batting averages
Competition bowling averages
Wicket Keeping
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Bob Taylor
::County Championship Catches 56, Stumping 4
::Gillette Cup Catches 0, Stumping 0
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Bob Stephenson
::County Championship Catches 7, Stumping 2
See also
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Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
This is a list of seasons played by Derbyshire County Cricket Club in English cricket, from the club's formation in 1870.
Early years 1871–1887
Derbyshire played their first matches in 1871. For the first three years their only opponents wer ...
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1967 English cricket season
1967 was the 68th season of County Championship cricket in England. India and Pakistan both toured England and played in three-match Test series. England defeated Pakistan 2–0 and India 3–0. Yorkshire retained the County Championship title.
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References
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1967 in English cricket
Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons