Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1983

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1983 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for one hundred and twelve years. In the County Championship, they won seven matches to finish ninth in their seventy ninth season in the Championship. They came sixth in the John Player Special League. They did not progress from the group in the Benson & Hedges Cup and reached round two in the National Westminster Bank Trophy.

1983 season
Derbyshire played twenty four first class matches, which were all in the County Championship. They won seven matches and lost five in both the championship and in the Sunday league. They lost to Middlesex in the second round of the NWB Trophy and lost the only two matches which were completed in the Benson and Hedges Cup. Barry Wood was captain, Kim Barnett was top scorer and Ole Mortensen took most wickets.

Bill Fowler made his first class debut for the club in the first of two seasons.

First Class
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" ! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes |4 May 1983 |11 May 1983 | Lancashire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |28 May 1983 |8 Jun 1983 | 11 Jun 1983 |15 Jun 1983 | Essex County Ground, Derby |18 Jun 1983 |22 Jun 1983 |25 Jun 1983 |9 Jul 1983 |13 Jul 1983 |16 Jul 1983 |30 Jul 1983 |6 Aug 1983 |13 Aug 1983 |20 Aug 1983 | Glamorgan St Helen's, Swansea |24 Aug 1983 | Lancashire Stanley Park, Blackpool |27 Aug 1983 |7 Sep 1983 |10 Sep 1983
 * - bgcolor="#efefef"
 * 1
 * 30 Apr 1983
 * Gloucestershire County Ground, Derby
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Stovold 181
 * 2
 * Stovold 181
 * 2
 * 2
 * Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * 3
 * 3
 * 3
 * 3
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * 4
 * 4
 * 4
 * 4
 * Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 6 wickets
 * Single innings match
 * 5
 * 4 Jun 1983
 * Hampshire County Ground, Derby
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * C Smith 193; Jesty 187 Southern 5–60
 * 6
 * C Smith 193; Jesty 187 Southern 5–60
 * 6
 * 6
 * Middlesex  Uxbridge Cricket Club Ground
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 9 wickets
 * Butcher 179
 * 7
 * 7
 * Leicestershire County Ground, Derby
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * Innings and 4 runs
 * Ferris 5–29
 * 8
 * 8
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * Innings and 25 runs
 * McEwan 178
 * 9
 * 9
 * Somerset Recreation Ground, Bath
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 123 runs
 * OH Mortensen 5–43
 * 10
 * 10
 * Yorkshire Abbeydale Park, Sheffield
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 22 runs
 * Boycott 112; Carrick 5–45 and 7–44; OH Mortensen 6–27 and 5–62; DG Moir 5–114
 * 11
 * 11
 * Middlesex  Queen's Park, Chesterfield
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 9 wickets
 * Edmonds 6–38
 * 12
 * 2 Jul 1983
 * Worcestershire County Ground, Derby
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 8 wickets
 * A Hill 137;
 * 13
 * 13
 * 13
 * Gloucestershire Phoenix County Ground, Bristol
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Childs 6–81
 * 14
 * 14
 * 14
 * Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 10 wickets
 * A Hill 121; Gifford 6–77; DG Moir 5–44; RJ Finney 5–58
 * 15
 * 15
 * Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Larkins 236; KJ Barnett 103
 * 16
 * 27 Jul 1983
 * Hampshire United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 6 wickets
 * Nicholas 100; Tremlett 6–82
 * 17
 * Nicholas 100; Tremlett 6–82
 * 17
 * 17
 * Kent Queen's Park, Chesterfield
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Aslett 168 and 119; IS Anderson 112; KJ Barnett 106
 * 18
 * 18
 * 18
 * Sussex The Saffrons, Eastbourne
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Pigott 6–22
 * 19
 * 19
 * 19
 * Somerset County Ground, Derby
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * G Miller 5–71
 * 20
 * 20
 * 20
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 2 wickets
 * Hopkins 109
 * 21
 * 21
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Simmons 101*; A Hill 106; Hayes 127; G Miller 5–98
 * 22
 * 22
 * 22
 * Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Boycott 169; Carrick 5–122; MA Holding 5–48
 * 23
 * 23
 * 23
 * Nottinghamshire County Ground, Derby
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 100 runs
 * Cooper 5–32; MA Holding 5–53
 * 24
 * 24
 * Surrey Kennington Oval
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * KJ Barnett 121; A Hill 111; MA Holding 5–54
 * KJ Barnett 121; A Hill 111; MA Holding 5–54

John Player Special League
{| class="wikitable" width="70%" ! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes |- | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester | 12 Jun 1983 | 26 Jun 1983 |10 Jul 1983 |7 Aug 1983 |14 Aug 1983 |21 Aug 1983 | Glamorgan St Helen's, Swansea |28 Aug 1983 |4 Sep 1983
 * - bgcolor="#efefef"
 * 1
 * 8 May 1983
 * Abandoned
 * 2
 * 15 May 1983
 * Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 78 runs
 * 3
 * 22 May 1983
 * Essex County Ground, Chelmsford
 * Abandoned
 * 4
 * 5 Jun 1983
 * Warwickshire Courtaulds Ground, Coventry
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 5 wickets
 * JG Wright 108
 * 5
 * 4
 * 5 Jun 1983
 * Warwickshire Courtaulds Ground, Coventry
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 5 wickets
 * JG Wright 108
 * 5
 * 5
 * 5
 * Leicestershire County Ground, Derby
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 5 wickets
 * 6
 * 6
 * 6
 * Middlesex  Queen's Park, Chesterfield
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 4 wickets
 * 7
 * 3 Jul 1983
 * Worcestershire County Ground, Derby
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 4 wickets
 * 8
 * 4 wickets
 * 8
 * 8
 * 8
 * Gloucestershire Phoenix County Ground, Bristol
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 3 wickets
 * 9
 * 24 Jul 1983
 * Nottinghamshire County Ground, Derby
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 3 wickets
 * 10
 * 31 Jul 1983
 * Kent Queen's Park, Chesterfield
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|No Result
 * 11
 * 31 Jul 1983
 * Kent Queen's Park, Chesterfield
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|No Result
 * 11
 * 11
 * 11
 * 11
 * Sussex The Saffrons, Eastbourne
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 2 runs
 * 12
 * 12
 * 12
 * Somerset Town Ground, Heanor
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 8 wickets
 * KJ Barnett 100
 * 13
 * 13
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 22 runs
 * 14
 * 14
 * 14
 * Yorkshire Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 2 wickets
 * 15
 * 15
 * 15
 * Hampshire County Ground, Derby
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 8 runs
 * 16
 * 11 Sep 1983
 * Surrey Kennington Oval
 * Abandoned
 * Surrey Kennington Oval
 * Abandoned

National Westminster Bank Trophy
{| class="wikitable" width="70%" ! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes |-
 * - bgcolor="#efefef"
 * 1st Round
 * 29 Jun 1983
 * Suffolk  Victory Ground, Bury St Edmunds
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 6 wickets
 * 2nd Round
 * 20 Jul 1983
 * Middlesex  County Ground, Derby
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 30 runs
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 30 runs

Benson and Hedges Cup
{| class="wikitable" width="70%" ! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes |7 May 1983 |14 May 1983 |17 May 1983 |19 May 1983 | Lancashire County Ground, Derby
 * - bgcolor="#efefef"
 * Group A 1
 * Group A 1
 * Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield
 * Abandoned
 * Group A 2
 * Group A 2
 * Group A 2
 * Group A 2
 * Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 61 runs
 * Kallicharran 119; Willis 5–37
 * Group A 3
 * Group A 3
 * Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 51 runs
 * Group A 4
 * Group A 4
 * Group A 4
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|No Result

Wicket Keeping

 * Bob Taylor
 * County Championship Catches 37, Stumping 2
 * John Player League Catches 4, Stumping 1
 * NWB Trophy Catches 4, Stumping 0
 * B & H Trophy Catches 4, Stumping 0


 * Bernie Maher
 * County Championship Catches 13, Stumping 3
 * John Player League Catches 5, Stumping 1