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.

Matches

First Class

John Player Special League

National Westminster Bank Trophy

Benson and Hedges Cup

Statistics

Competition batting averages

Competition bowling averages

Wicket Keeping