This is a list in alphabetical order of
first-class cricketers who have played for
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Derbyshire. Its limited overs team is called the Derbyshire Falcons ...
as
team captain. Each captain's term of office is given in brackets after his name. Some captains had more than one term and there were seasons in which more than one player held the captaincy. The main sources are
Roy Webber's ''Playfair Book of Cricket Records'' to 1950 and the relevant edition of ''
Playfair Cricket Annual'' from 1951 to the present with further verification available on the player's ''CricketArchive'' profile.
The club was founded in 1870 and is classified as an
important team by substantial sources from 1871 to 1887;
classified as an official
first-class team from 1895 by
Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and the
County Championship clubs;
[ACS, ''First-Class Matches'', pp. 4–5.] classified as a
List A team since the beginning of
limited overs cricket
Limited overs cricket, also known as one-day cricket or white ball cricket, is a version of the sport of cricket in which a match is generally completed in one day. There are a number of formats, including List A cricket (8-hour games), Twenty ...
in 1963;
and classified as a first-class
Twenty20 team since the inauguration of the
Twenty20 Cup in 2003.
A
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Maynard Ashcroft
Edward Maynard Ashcroft (27 September 1875 – 26 February 1955) was an English doctor and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1897 and 1906 and captained the Derbyshire team in 1904.
Early life
Ashcroft was born at ...
(1905)
B
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Richard Baggallay
Sir Richard Baggallay Privy Council of the United Kingdom, PC (1816 – 1888) was a British barrister, politician, and judge. After serving as Attorney General for England and Wales, Attorney-General under Benjamin Disraeli from 1874 to 1875, ...
(1912–1914)
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Eddie Barlow (1977–1978)
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Kim Barnett (1983–1995)
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Brian Bolus (1973–1975)
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George Buckston (1921)
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Robin Buckston (1937–1939)
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Ian Buxton (1970–1972)
C
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Donald Carr (1955–1962)
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John Chapman (1910–1911)
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William Chatterton (1887–1889)
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Rikki Clarke (2008)
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Dominic Cork (1998–2003)
D
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Ludford Docker (1884)
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Leus du Plooy
Jacobus Leus du Plooy (born 12 January 1995) is a Hungarian-South African first-class cricketer who plays for Derbyshire. He was included in the Free State squad for the 2016 Africa T20 Cup. In August 2017, he was named in Benoni Zalmi's squad ...
(2023)
E
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Sydney Evershed (1891–1898)
G
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Billy Godleman (2016–2022)
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Edward Gothard
Edward James Gothard OBE, MBE, TD (1 October 1904 – 17 January 1979) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1947 and 1948 and captained the side in both years.
Gothard was born in Burton-on-Trent, the son of Will ...
(1947–1948)
H
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Samuel Hill-Wood
Sir Samuel Hill Hill-Wood, 1st Baronet (21 March 1872 – 4 January 1949) was a British businessman, Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician, cricketer and association football, football club chairman.
Early life
Wood was born in Gl ...
(1899–1901)
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Gilbert Hodgkinson
Gilbert Frank Hodgkinson (19 February 1913 — 7 January 1987) was an English 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 ...
(1946)
J
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Guy Jackson (1922–1930)
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Dean Jones (1996–1997)
K
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Simon Katich (2007)
L
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Albert Lawton (1902–1906 and 1908–1909)
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Charles Lee (1963–1964)
M
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Wayne Madsen (2012–2015)
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Edmund Maynard (1885–1887)
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Geoff Miller (1979–1981)
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Derek Morgan (1965–1969)
O
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Leonard Oliver (1919–1920)
R
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Arthur Walker Richardson
Arthur Walker Richardson (4 March 1907 – 29 July 1983) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1928 and 1936. He captained the Derbyshire team between 1931 and 1936, concluding with Derbyshire's first vi ...
(1931–1936)
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Samuel Richardson (1871–1875)
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Chris Rogers Chris Rogers may refer to:
* Chris Rogers (cricketer) (born 1977), Australian cricketer
* Chris Rogers (jockey) (1924–1976), thoroughbred horse racing jockey
* Chris Rogers (journalist) (born 1975), British newscaster
* Chris Rogers (mathematicia ...
(2009–2010)
S
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David Skinner (1949)
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Robert Smith Robert Smith or Bob Smith, or similar, may refer to:
Business
* Robert MacKay Smith (1802–1888), Scottish businessman, meteorologist and philanthropist who founded Glasgow University's Mackay Smith Prizes
* Robert Barr Smith (1824–1915), ...
(1876–1883)
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Fred Spofforth (1890)
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David Steele (1979)
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Luke Sutton (2004–2005 and 2011)
T
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Bob Taylor (1975–1976)
V
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Pat Vaulkhard
Patrick Vaulkhard (15 September 1911 – 1 April 1995) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Nottinghamshire in 1934 and for Derbyshire between 1946 and 1952, being captain in 1950.
Vaulkhard was born in Nottingham. He deb ...
(1950)
W
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Graeme Welch (2006)
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Guy Willatt (1951–1954)
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Barry Wood (1981–1983)
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Levi Wright (1906–1908)
See also
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List of Derbyshire County Cricket Club players
References
{{Lists of English cricketers
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