Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1986

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1986 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for one hundred and sixteen years. In the County Championship, they won five matches to finish eleventh in their eighty-second season in the Championship. They came ninth in the John Player League and reached round 2 in the National Westminster Bank Trophy. They reached the quarter-final of the Benson & Hedges Cup.

1986 season
Derbyshire played twenty four matches in the County Championship and one against the touring New Zealanders. They won five first class matches overall all in the championship. They won seven and lost nine matches in the Sunday league. After winning all their matches in Group A, Derbyshire went through to the quarter-final of the Benson & Hedges Cup. Kim Barnett was in his third season as captain. John Morris was top scorer although Kim Barnett scored most runs in the one-day game. Michael Holding took most wickets.

The team set a first-class record partnership for the 10th wicket during the season when Alan Hill and Martin Jean-Jacques made 132 against Yorkshire at Sheffield.

First Class
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" ! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes |- |-  |30 Apr 1986 |24 May 1986 | |31 May 1986 |7 Jun 1986 |14 Jun 1986 |21 Jun 1986 |28 Jun 1986 |2 Jul 1986 |5 Jul 1986 |16 Jul 1986 |19 Jul 1986 |23 Jul 1986 |26 Jul 1986 |6 Aug 1986 |9 Aug 1986 |16 Aug 1986 |20 Aug 1986 |23 Aug 1986 |27 Aug 1986 |30 Aug 1986 |3 Sep 1986 |13 Sep 1986
 * - bgcolor="#efefef"
 * 1
 * 26 Apr 1986
 * Middlesex  Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Radley 103
 * Radley 103
 * 2
 * Somerset Queen's Park, Chesterfield
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * B Roberts 124; PG Newman 5-62
 * 3
 * 3
 * 3
 * Nottinghamshire County Ground, Derby
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Rice 120; Hadlee 6-31; Afford 5-71
 * 4
 * 4
 * Essex County Ground, Derby
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 116 runs
 * Border 110; Lever 5-32
 * 5
 * 4 Jun 1986
 * Yorkshire Abbeydale Park, Sheffield
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 99 runs
 * A Hill 172; MA Holding 5-28
 * 6
 * 6
 * 6
 * Surrey Kennington Oval
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 9 wickets
 * Clarke 5-43
 * 7
 * 7
 * Gloucestershire Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Lloyds 111; DE Malcolm 5-42
 * 8
 * 8
 * 8
 * Gloucestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Stovold 118; KJ Barnett 114; Walsh 7-62
 * 9
 * 9
 * 9
 * Lancashire Aigburth, Liverpool
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * JE Morris 153
 * 10
 * 10
 * 10
 * Worcestershire County Ground, Derby
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Newport 6-49; MA Holding 7-97; Illingworth 5-64
 * 11
 * 11
 * 11
 * Kent County Ground, Derby
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 28 runs
 * JE Morris 191; Alderman 8-46; M Jean-Jacques 8-77; G Miller 5-77
 * 12
 * 12
 * Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * G Miller 5-37
 * 13
 * 13
 * 13
 * Middlesex  County Ground, Derby
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 1 wicket
 * Slack 100; OH Mortensen 5-35
 * 14
 * 14
 * Hampshire United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 5 runs
 * Greenidge 144; MA Holding 5-89; Tremlett 5-46
 * 15
 * 15
 * Glamorgan Pen-y-Pound, Abergavenny
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 3 wickets
 * 16
 * 2 Aug 1986
 * New Zealand County Ground, Derby
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Maher 126; Edgar 110
 * 17
 * Maher 126; Edgar 110
 * 17
 * 17
 * 17
 * Sussex The Saffrons, Eastbourne
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 3 wickets
 * A Hill 130; PArker 100
 * 18
 * 18
 * Lancashire Park Road Ground, Buxton
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * 19
 * 19
 * 19
 * 19
 * Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * MA Holding 5-46
 * 20
 * 20
 * 20
 * Leicestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Whittaker 175; RJ Finney 7-54
 * 21
 * 21
 * 21
 * Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Hemmings 5-107
 * 22
 * 22
 * 22
 * Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Willey 168; JE Morris 118; Whittaker 106; DeFreitas 5-92
 * 23
 * 23
 * 23
 * Hampshire County Ground, Derby
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 9 wickets
 * KJ Barnett 98; Greenidge 103 and 180; A Hill 119 Marshall 5-49
 * 24
 * 24
 * Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Lamb 159; Bailey 114; KJ Barnett 143; JE Morris 127; Capel 7-86
 * 25
 * 25
 * 25
 * Somerset County Ground, Taunton
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 3 wickets
 * (single innings match)

John Player League
{| class="wikitable" width="70%" ! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes |- |-  |11 May 1986 |    | Essex  County Ground, Derby |8 Jun 1986 | Surrey Kennington Oval |- |15 Jun 1986 |    |13 Jul 1986 |  Wild 5-7 | Glamorgan Eugene Cross Park, Ebbw Vale |10 Aug 1986 | Lancashire Park Road Ground, Buxton |- |17 Aug 1986 | Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |- |24 Aug 1986 |31 Aug 1986 |    |7 Sep 1986 |    |-
 * - bgcolor="#efefef"
 * 1
 * 4 May 1986
 * Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 19 runs
 * Potter 105
 * 2
 * 2
 * Sussex County Ground, Derby
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 8 wickets
 * 3
 * 18 May 1986
 * Warwickshire Highfield, Leek
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 5 wickets
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 5 wickets
 * 4
 * 1 Jun 1986
 * 1 Jun 1986
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 8 wickets
 * Foster 5-17
 * 5
 * 5
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 3 wickets
 * 6
 * Gloucestershire Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 5 wickets
 * 7
 * 6 Jul 1986
 * Kent County Ground, Derby
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 11 runs
 * 8
 * 8
 * 8
 * 8
 * Northamptonshire Dolben Cricket Ground, Finedon
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 97 runs
 * 9
 * 20 Jul 1986
 * Middlesex  County Ground, Derby
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 7 wickets
 * 10
 * 27 Jul 1986
 * 10
 * 27 Jul 1986
 * 27 Jul 1986
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 4 runs
 * H Morris 100
 * 11
 * 11
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 3 wickets
 * 12
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 10 wickets
 * 13
 * Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 23 runs
 * Broad 104
 * 14
 * 14
 * Hampshire Town Ground, Heanor
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 73 runs
 * 15
 * 15
 * Worcestershire County Ground, New Road, Worcester
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 1 wicket
 * 16
 * 14 Sep 1986
 * Somerset County Ground, Taunton
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 3 wickets
 * 3 wickets



National Westminster Bank Trophy
{| class="wikitable" width="70%" ! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes |- | Cornwall County Ground, Derby | Surrey County Ground, Derby |-
 * - bgcolor="#efefef"
 * 1st Round
 * 25 Jun 1986
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 204 runs
 * S Anderson 134; A Hill 153
 * 2nd Round
 * 9 Jul 1986
 * 9 Jul 1986
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 62 runs

Benson and Hedges Cup
{| class="wikitable" width="60%" ! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes |3 May 1986 |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won |- |10 May 1986 | Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton |- |15 May 1986 |- |17 May 1986 |- |28 May 1986 |-
 * - bgcolor="#efefef"
 * Group A 1
 * Group A 1
 * Leicestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield
 * Faster rate
 * Group A 2
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 38 runs
 * Group A 3
 * Minor Counties cricket team County Ground, Derby
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 7 wickets
 * Group A 4
 * Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 3 wickets
 * Quarter Final
 * Kent County Ground, Derby
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 4 wickets

Wicket Keeping
Chris Marples
 * County Championship Catches 30, Stumping 3
 * John Player League Catches 1, Stumping 0

Bruce Roberts
 * County Championship Catches 12, Stumping 1
 * National Westminster Trophy Catches 2, Stumping 0
 * Benson and Hedges Cup Catches 1, Stumping 1