Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1971
Introduction  '''Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1971''' was the centenary cricket season of the English club Derbyshire which had first played in 1871.In the County Championship, they won one match to finish seventeenth in their seventy-seventh season in the Championship. They won seven matches in the John Player League 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. Ian Buxton was in his second season as captain. Ian Hall 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, David Wilde, played in this and the following season. Leslie Bradbury made his single first-class cricket appearance in one match for Derbyshire. Harold Cartwright, only played one-day cricket for Derbyshire in this his initial season, but stayed with the club for several seasons
Matches ===First Class=== List of matchesNo.DateVResult MarginNotes11 May 1971 Middlesex   County Ground, Derby Drawn     Parfitt 103; Latchman 6–72 2 5 May 1971 Leicestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield Drawn     Inman 147 3  8 May 1971  Gloucestershire  Ashley Down Ground, Bristol  Drawn      4 15 May 1971 Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham  Drawn     PJK Gibbs 127; Lance Gibbs 6–54 5 22 May 1971 Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield  Drawn      6 26 May 1971 SomersetCounty Ground, Derby  Drawn     CP Wilkins 113; A Jones 5–26 7 29 May 1971 Essex   Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent Lost  Innings and 41 runs    Hobbs 5–38 8 5 Jun 1971 Kent  Rectory Field, Blackheath Won  93 runs    MH Page 111; FW Swarbrook 5–55 9 9 Jun 1971  Essex  Valentine's Park, Ilford   Drawn      10 16 Jun 1971  WorcestershireQueen's Park, Chesterfield  Drawn      11 19 Jun 1971 Hampshire County Ground, Derby Drawn      12 23 Jun 1971Oxford University    Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent  Lost  2 wickets    AJ Harvey-Walker 110 13  26 Jun 1971 Nottinghamshire  Trent Bridge, Nottingham  Drawn     Harris 114 14 3 Jul 1971 Pakistanis  Queen's Park, Chesterfield  Lost  8 wickets    Intikhab Alam 5–155; Pervez Saijad 6–71  15 7 Jul 1971 Kent County Ground, Derby  Drawn     Steele 195; Balderstone 6–84 16 10 Jul 1971 Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester  Drawn      17 14 Jul 1971 Yorkshire North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough  Drawn     Geoffrey Boycott 133 18 17 Jul 1971 Lancashire  Park Road Ground, Buxton  Drawn     Engineer 141; Hughes 5–96 19 24 Jul 1971 Hampshire May's Bounty, Basingstoke  Drawn      20 31 Jul 1971 Nottinghamshire  Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston  Drawn     White 7–41 21 7 Aug 1971  Sussex   County Ground, Hove  Drawn      22 14 Aug 1971 Northamptonshire  County Ground, Northampton  Drawn     PJK Gibbs; E Smith 5–64; Breakwell 5–26 23 21 Aug 1971  Gloucestershire  Queen's Park, Chesterfield   Lost  43 runs    Proctor 167; CP Wilkins 111; Mortimore 6–59 24 25 Aug 1971 Lancashire  Old Trafford, Manchester  Lost  4 wickets    CP Wilkins 156 25 28 Aug 1971 Glamorgan   County Ground, Derby  Drawn      26 1 Sep 1971  Surrey Kennington Oval  Lost  40 runs    Storey 164; Intikhab Alam 5–63 ===John Player League=== List of matchesNo.DateVResult MarginNotes 1 2 May 1971 Yorkshire St George's Road, Harrogate Won  1 wicket     2 9 May 1971  Gloucestershire  Ashley Down Ground, Bristol  Lost  20 runs    CP Wilkins 5–42 316 May 1971 Somerset Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston  Lost  9 runs     416 May 1971 Essex   Park Road Ground, Buxton   Lost  22 runs    Brian Taylor 100 530 May 1971 Nottinghamshire  Queen's Park, Chesterfield Won  9 runs     66 Jun 1971 Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester  Lost  Faster rate     720 Jun 1971 Lancashire  Old Trafford, Manchester  Lost  6 wickets     827 Jun 1971 Kent County Ground, Derby Won  2 runs     94 Jul 1971  WorcestershireCounty Ground, New Road, Worcester  Lost  Faster rate     1011 Jul 1971 Northamptonshire  Queen's Park, Chesterfield Won  21 runs     1125 Jul 1971 Hampshire County Ground, Southampton  Lost  121 runs     121 Aug 1971 Warwickshire  County Ground, Derby Lost  2 wickets     13 8 Aug 1971  Sussex   County Ground, Hove Won  3 wickets     1415 Aug 1971 Middlesex   County Ground, Derby Won  3 runs     1529 Aug 1971 Glamorgan   Queen's Park, Chesterfield  No Result      165 Sep 1971  Surrey Kennington Oval Won  24 runs     === Gillette Cup === List of matchesNo.DateVResult MarginNotes 1st Round 12 Jun 1971 Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester Lost  1 wicket
Statistics ===Competition batting averages===NameCounty ChampionshipJohn Player League Gillette CupMIRunsHSAve100MIRunsHSAve100MIRunsHSAve100 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  00  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===NameCounty ChampionshipJohn Player League Gillette CupBallsRunsWktsBestAveBallsRunsWktsBestAveBallsRunsWktsBestAve 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   ===Wicket Keeping===*Bob Taylor::County Championship Catches 45, Stumping 8::John Player League Catches 5, Stumping 3::Gillette Cup Catches 1, Stumping 0
See also *Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons*1971 English cricket season
References