Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1988

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1988 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for one hundred and eighteen years. They reached the final of the Benson & Hedges Cup and reached the quarter-finals in the National Westminster Bank Trophy. In the County Championship, they won four matches to finish fifteenth in their eighty-second season in the Championship. They came twelfth in the Refuge Assurance League

1988 season
Derbyshire played twenty two matches in the County Championship one against Cambridge University and one against the touring Sri Lankans. They won five first class matches overall and four in the championship. They won five and lost eight matches in the Sunday league. Kim Barnett was in his third season as captain and was top scorer. Michael Holding took most wickets overall although Devon Malcolm who hardly figured in the one-day game took most wickets in the Championship.

First Class
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" ! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes |- |21 Apr 1988 |28 Apr 1988 |5 May 1988 | Essex Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Glamorgan St Helen's, Swansea |28 May 1988 | 4 Jun 1988 |11 Jun 1988 |18 Jun 1988 |25 Jun 1988 |2 Jul 1988 |13 Jul 1988 | Essex Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea |16 Jul 1988 |20 Jul 1988 | 23 Jul 1988 | 6 Aug 1988 | 13 Aug 1988 |17 Aug 1988 |20 Aug 1988 | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester | 25 Aug 1988 | 31 Aug 1988 |9 Sep 1988 |14 Sep 1988 | Lancashire County Ground, Derby
 * - bgcolor="#efefef"
 * 1
 * 16 Apr 1988
 * Cambridge University FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * Innings and 214 runs
 * KJ Barnett 151; PD Bowler 155
 * 2
 * 2
 * Leicestershire County Ground, Derby
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * BJM Maher 121; Whittaker 145; Potter 107; Lewis 5-73
 * 3
 * 3
 * 3
 * Yorkshire Headingley, Leeds
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 5 wickets
 * Jarvis 5-49; PG Newman 8-29
 * 4
 * 4
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Border 169; PD Bowler 159; Topley 7-75 and 5-104
 * 5
 * 21 May 1988
 * 5
 * 21 May 1988
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * JE Morris 175
 * 6
 * 6
 * 6
 * Nottinghamshire County Ground, Derby
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Stephenson 6-54 and 6-59; OH Mortensen 5-14
 * 7
 * 7
 * 7
 * Sussex Cricket Field Road Ground, Horsham
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 1 wicket
 * DE Malcolm 5-52
 * 8
 * 8
 * Gloucestershire County Ground, Derby
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 4 wickets
 * KJ Barnett 175; Wright 136; Curran 6-103 and 6-59
 * 9
 * 9
 * Worcestershire County Ground, Derby
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Neale 125; Rhodes 108;
 * 10
 * 10
 * 10
 * Surrey Kennington Oval
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * PD Bowler 158
 * 11
 * 11
 * 11
 * Middlesex  County Ground, Derby
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * OH Mortensen 6-35
 * 12
 * 12
 * 12
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 9 wickets
 * KJ Barnett 99; Foster 6-96
 * 13
 * 13
 * Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 144 runs
 * OH Mortensen 5-28
 * 14
 * 14
 * Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * KJ Barnett 239; Briers 125
 * 15
 * 15
 * 15
 * Hampshire United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Maru 5-69
 * 16
 * 30 Jul 1988
 * Warwickshire County Ground, Derby
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * JG Wright 154; Merrick 6-29; DE Malcolm 6-68
 * 17
 * JG Wright 154; Merrick 6-29; DE Malcolm 6-68
 * 17
 * 17
 * 17
 * Somerset Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 183 runs
 * 18
 * 18
 * 18
 * Kent Queen's Park, Chesterfield
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Tavare 119; Cowdrey 108
 * 19
 * 19
 * 19
 * Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Metcalfe 115; KJ Barnett 109
 * 20
 * 20
 * 20
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Atherton 115; Watkinson 6-50
 * 21
 * 21
 * 21
 * Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Bailey 110; OH Mortensen 6-40
 * 22
 * 22
 * 22
 * Sri Lanka County Ground, Derby
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * 23
 * 23
 * 23
 * 23
 * Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * Innings and 41 runs
 * JE Morris 106; Newell 105; Randall 237; Stephenson 5-91
 * 24
 * 24
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * KJ Barnett 157; Fowler 172; Hayhurst 107; PD Bowler 134
 * KJ Barnett 157; Fowler 172; Hayhurst 107; PD Bowler 134

Refuge Assurance League
{| class="wikitable" width="70%" ! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes |- |1 May 1988 | Glamorgan Rodney Parade, Newport |29 May 1988 |5 Jun 1988 |19 Jun 1988 |24 Jul 1988 |31 Jul 1988 |7 Aug 1988 |14 Aug 1988 |21 Aug 1988 | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester
 * - bgcolor="#efefef"
 * 1
 * 24 Apr 1988
 * Leicestershire County Ground, Derby
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 9 wickets
 * 2
 * 2
 * 2
 * Yorkshire Headingley, Leeds
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|No Result
 * 3
 * 8 May 1988
 * Essex County Ground, Derby
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 59 runs
 * Topley 5-25
 * 4
 * 22 May 1988
 * Topley 5-25
 * 4
 * 22 May 1988
 * 22 May 1988
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 25 runs
 * 5
 * 5
 * 5
 * Nottinghamshire County Ground, Derby
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 9 wickets
 * 6
 * 6
 * 6
 * Sussex Cricket Field Road Ground, Horsham
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 5 runs
 * 7
 * 12 Jun 1988
 * Gloucestershire Town Ground, Heanor
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 42 runs
 * 8
 * 42 runs
 * 8
 * 8
 * 8
 * Worcestershire Victora and Knypersley Social Welfare Centre, Knypersley
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 69 runs
 * 9
 * 26 Jun 1988
 * Surrey Kennington Oval
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Tied
 * 10
 * 3 Jul 1988
 * Middlesex  Repton School Ground
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|No Result
 * 11
 * 10
 * 3 Jul 1988
 * Middlesex  Repton School Ground
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|No Result
 * 11
 * 11
 * 11
 * 11
 * Hampshire United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 4 wickets
 * Bakker 5-26
 * 12
 * 12
 * Warwickshire County Ground, Derby
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 8 runs
 * 13
 * 13
 * 13
 * Somerset Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 2 runs
 * 14
 * 14
 * 14
 * Kent Queen's Park, Chesterfield
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 6 wickets
 * 15
 * 15
 * 15
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 2 runs
 * 16
 * 28 Aug 1988
 * Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 5 runs
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 5 runs

National Westminster Bank Trophy
{| class="wikitable" width="70%" ! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes |- | Cheshire Boughton Hall Cricket Club Ground, Chester
 * - bgcolor="#efefef"
 * 1st Round
 * 22 Jun 1988
 * Sussex County Ground, Hove
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 6 wickets
 * MA Holding 8-21
 * 2nd Round
 * 25 Jun 1988
 * 25 Jun 1988
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 87 runs
 * OH Mortensen 5-15
 * Quarter Final
 * 27 Jul 1988
 * Hampshire County Ground, Derby
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 4 wickets
 * 4 wickets

Benson and Hedges Cup
{| class="wikitable" width="60%" ! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes | 26 Apr 1988 |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 3 May 1988 |10 May 1988 |14 May 1988 | 25 May 1988 | 8 Jun 1988 | Glamorgan St Helen's, Swansea | 9 Jul 1988
 * - bgcolor="#efefef"
 * Group A 1
 * Group A 1
 * Scotland Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow
 * 7 wickets
 * Group A 2
 * Group A 2
 * Group A 2
 * Warwickshire County Ground, Derby
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|No Result
 * Group A 3
 * Group A 3
 * Group A 3
 * Group A 3
 * Lancashire Aigburth, Liverpool
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 5 wickets
 * Group A 4
 * Group A 4
 * Group A 4
 * Leicestershire County Ground, Derby
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 6 wickets
 * Quarter Final
 * Quarter Final
 * Quarter Final
 * Middlesex  County Ground, Derby
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 9 wickets
 * DE Malcolm 5-27
 * Semi Final
 * Semi Final
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 14 runs
 * MA Holding 5-31
 * Final
 * Final
 * Hampshire Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 7 wickets
 * Jeffries 5-13

Wicket Keeping
Bernie Maher
 * County Championship Catches 51, Stumping 1
 * Refuge Assurance League Catches 13, Stumping 2
 * National Westminster Trophy Catches 9, Stumping 0
 * Benson and Hedges Cup Catches 9, Stumping 0