| Club: | Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons |
| Season: | 1978 |
| Captain: | Eddie Barlow |
| Comp1: | County Championship |
| Comp1 Result: | 14 |
| Comp2: | John Player League |
| Comp2 Result: | 8 |
| Comp3: | Gillette Cup |
| Comp3 Result: | Round 2 |
| Comp4: | Benson & Hedges Cup. |
| Comp4 Result: | Runners-up |
| Most Wickets: | Eddie Barlow |
| Prevseason: | 1977 |
| Nextseason: | 1979 |
Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1978 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for one hundred and seven years. They reached the final of the Benson & Hedges Cup. In the County Championship, they won three matches to finish fourteenth in their seventy fourth season in the Championship. They came eighth in the John Player League and did not progress beyond round 2 in the Gillette Cup.
Derbyshire reached the final of the Benson and Hedges Cup, losing to Kent. They played twenty two matches in the County Championship, one against Cambridge University and one against the touring Pakistanis. They won three first class matches overall, all in the Championship. In the Sunday league Derbyshire won six of the first eight matches but then lost the remaining six that were played. They were knocked out in the second round of the Gillette Cup. Eddie Barlow was in his second season as captain. A successful run in the Benson and Hedges cup saw Alan Hill as top scorer overall and Eddie Barlow taking most wickets overall. However, in the first class game alone, Peter Kirsten was top scorer and Mike Hendrick took most wickets.
| List of matches | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | V | Result | Margin | Notes | |
| 1 | 3 May 1978[1] | Somerset Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent | Drawn | |||
| 2 | 10 May 1978[2] | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester | Won | 9 wickets | G Miller 5-43 | |
| 3 | 20 May 1978[3] | Pakistanis Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Drawn | JG Wright 184 | ||
| 4 | 24 May 1978[4] | Yorkshire Abbeydale Park, Sheffield | Drawn | AJ Borrington 137 | ||
| 5 | 27 May 1978[5] | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham | Lost | 8 wickets | Hadlee 101 and 5-25; EJ Barlow 127; Cooper 5-40 | |
| 6 | 31 May 1978[6] | Leicestershire County Ground, Derby | Lost | Innings and 10 runs | Steele 118 | |
| 7 | 3 Jun 1978[7] | Surrey Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston | Lost | 48 runs | AJ Harvey-Walker 7-35; Pocock 5-58 | |
| 8 | 10 Jun 1978[8] | Glamorgan Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Won | Innings and 20 runs | PN Kirsten 206 | |
| 9 | 14 Jun 1978[9] | Gloucestershire Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester | Lost | Innings and 139 runs | Abbas 104; Proctor 122; Childs 5-24 and 6-44 | |
| 10 | 17 Jun 1978[10] | Cambridge University Cricket Club FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge | Drawn | Fosh 109 | ||
| 11 | 24 Jun 1978[11] | Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester | Drawn | |||
| 12 | 28 Jun 1978[12] | Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton | Lost | Innings and 40 runs | Cook 155; Steele 130, 6-36 and 5-39 | |
| 13 | 1 Jul 1978[13] | Sussex Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Drawn | |||
| 14 | 8 Jul 1978[14] | Kent Mote Park, Maidstone | Lost | 8 wickets | Underwood 5-41 and 6-38; AJ Mellor 5-52 | |
| 15 | 12 Jul 1978[15] | Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby | Drawn | M Hendrick 5-42 | ||
| 16 | 15 Jul 1978[16] | Worcestershire County Ground, New Road, Worcester | Drawn | A Hill 153 | ||
| 17 | 26 Jul 1978[17] | Hampshire County Ground, Derby | Drawn | |||
| 18 | 29 Jul 1978[18] | Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Drawn | |||
| 19 | 9 Aug 1978[19] | Lancashire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Drawn | |||
| 20 | 12 Aug 1978[20] | Middlesex Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood | Lost | Innings and 77 runs | Gatting 128; Daniel 5-42; Selvey 5-74 and 6-26 | |
| 21 | 19 Aug 1978[21] | Essex County Ground, Derby | Drawn | |||
| 22 | 26 Aug 1978[22] | Nottinghamshire County Ground, Derby | Won | 16 runs | Cooper 6-32; G Miller 5-46 | |
| 23 | 30 Aug 1978[23] | Essex Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea | Drawn | M Hendrick 5-32; Lever 6-55; East 5-70 | ||
| 24 | 6 Sep 1978[24] | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham | Drawn |
| List of matches | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | V | Result | Margin | Notes | |
| 1 | 30 Apr 1978[25] | Gloucestershire County Ground, Derby | Won | Faster rate | ||
| 2 | 7 May 1978[26] | Sussex County Ground, Derby | Won | 41 runs | ||
| 3 | 14 May 1978[27] | Yorkshire Fartown, Huddersfield | Won | 54 runs | ||
| 4 | 28 May 1978[28] | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham | Lost | 2 wickets | ||
| 5 | 4 Jun 1978[29] | Surrey Trent College Ground, Long Eaton | No result | |||
| 6 | 18 Jun 1978[30] | Hampshire Dean Park, Bournemouth | Won | 43 runs | ||
| 7 | 2 Jul 1978[31] | Glamorgan Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Won | 18 runs | ||
| 8 | 9 Jul 1978[32] | Kent Mote Park, Maidstone | Won | 15 runs | ||
| 9 | 16 Jul 1978[33] | Worcestershire County Ground, New Road, Worcester | Lost | 9 wickets | ||
| 10 | 23 Jul 1978[34] | Somerset County Ground, Derby | Abandoned | |||
| 11 | 30 Jul 1978[35] | Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton | Abandoned | |||
| 12 | 6 Aug 1978[36] | Lancashire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Lost | 7 wickets | ||
| 13 | 13 Aug 1978[37] | Middlesex Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood | Lost | 7 runs | ||
| 14 | 20 Aug 1978[38] | Essex County Ground, Derby | Lost | 5 wickets | ||
| 15 | 27 Aug 1978[39] | Warwickshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Lost | 7 wickets | ||
| 16 | 3 Sep 1978[40] | Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester | Lost | 6 wickets |
| List of matches | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | V | Result | Margin | Notes | |
| 1st Round | 5 Jul 1978[41] | Worcestershire County Ground, New Road, Worcester | Won | 5 runs | EJ Barlow 5-30 | |
| 2nd Round | 19 Jul 1978[42] | Middlesex County Ground, Derby | Lost | 33 runs |
| List of matches | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | V | Result | Margin | Notes | |
| Group A 1 | 22 Apr 1978[43] | Warwickshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston | Won | 66 runs | A Hill 102 | |
| Group A 2 | 29 Apr 1978[44] | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester | Won | 2 wickets | ||
| Group A 3 | 6 May 1978[45] | Gloucestershire Phoenix County Ground, Bristol | Won | 25 runs | EJ Barlow 6-33 | |
| Group A 4 | 13 May 1978[46] | Minor Counties West County Ground, Derby | Won | 4 wickets | ||
| Quarter Final | 7 Jun 1978[47] | Middlesex County Ground, Derby | Won | 25 runs | ||
| Semi Final | 21 Jun 1978[48] | Warwickshire County Ground, Derby | Won | 41 runs | ||
| Final | 22 Jul 1978[49] | Kent Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood | Lost | 6 wickets |
| Name | County Championship | Gillette Cup | B & H Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | I | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | M | I | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | M | I | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | M | I | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | |
| 6 | 10 | 140 | 75 | 15.55 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 21 | 13.50 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 16 | 25 | 765 | 127 | 36.42 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 232 | 63 | 23.20 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 9.00 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 175 | 75 | 25.00 | 0 | |
| 15 | 24 | 630 | 137 | 28.63 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 250 | 57* | 25.00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 136 | 77 | 19.42 | 0 | |
| 22 | 35 | 571 | 77* | 17.84 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 303 | 63 | 25.25 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 118 | 56* | 19.66 | 0 | |
| 10 | 16 | 166 | 28 | 11.85 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 8.66 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5.50 | 0 | |
| 8 | 12 | 150 | 61 | 15.00 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 99 | 62 | 24.75 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | |
| 12 | 13 | 108 | 33 | 15.42 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 10.00 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 17.00 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4.50 | 0 | |
| 22 | 38 | 836 | 153* | 22.59 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 226 | 60 | 20.54 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 83 | 72 | 41.50 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 349 | 102* | 58.16 | 1 | |
| 19 | 33 | 1073 | 206* | 37.00 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 216 | 88 | 19.63 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 100 | 41 | 20.00 | 0 | |
| 3 | 6 | 137 | 48 | 22.83 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0* | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 12 | 14 | 27 | 11* | 3.00 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4* | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | 7 | 19 | 10* | 3.80 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 18 | 581 | 95 | 38.73 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 104 | 27 | 17.33 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 69 | 59* | 69.00 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 123 | 39 | 17.57 | 0 | |
| 4 | 6 | 93 | 55 | 15.50 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3* | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 14 | 12 | 90 | 22 | 9.00 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 25 | 8* | 12.50 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 27* | 34.00 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 6* | 6.50 | 0 | |
| 10 | 14 | 179 | 36* | 17.90 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 58 | 18 | 11.60 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9.00 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 17* | 15.50 | 0 | |
| 10 | 12 | 136 | 32 | 12.36 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 38 | 17 | 12.66 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 25 | 20.50 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 10* | 5.00 | 0 | |
| 18 | 23 | 146 | 45 | 7.68 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 72 | 42 | 10.28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 16* | 6.00 | 0 | |
| 13 | 21 | 436 | 90 | 25.64 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 141 | 55* | 23.50 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | |
| 9 | 9 | 32 | 16* | 5.33 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0* | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6* | 0 | ||||||||
| 3 | 5 | 42 | 28 | 8.40 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 117 | 64 | 39.00 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 20 | 18.00 | 0[50] [51] [52] [53] | |||||||
| Name | County Championship | Gillette Cup | B & H Cup | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balls | Runs | Wkts | Best | Ave | Balls | Runs | Wkts | Best | Ave | Balls | Runs | Wkts | Best | Ave | Balls | Runs | Wkts | Best | Ave | |
| 258 | 150 | 2 | 1-24 | 75.00 | 11 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1289 | 528 | 24 | 4-34 | 22.00 | 355 | 258 | 18 | 3-17 | 14.33 | 140 | 77 | 8 | 5-30 | 9.62 | 364 | 212 | 18 | 6-33 | 11.77 | |
| 578 | 293 | 6 | 2-23 | 48.83 | 48 | 56 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 618 | 296 | 12 | 7-35 | 24.66 | 14 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2024 | 704 | 47 | 5-32 | 14.97 | 384 | 156 | 12 | 3-11 | 13.00 | 144 | 48 | 3 | 2-25 | 16.00 | 324 | 119 | 2 | 2-14 | 59.50 | |
| 12 | 14 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1180 | 555 | 15 | 4-51 | 37.00 | 183 | 146 | 8 | 4-13 | 18.25 | 108 | 61 | 4 | 2-15 | 15.25 | 36 | 30 | 1 | 1-16 | 30.00 | |
| 636 | 305 | 9 | 5-52 | 33.88 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2066 | 809 | 30 | 5-43 | 26.96 | 235 | 166 | 11 | 4-22 | 15.09 | 126 | 47 | 1 | 1-21 | 47.00 | 396 | 176 | 6 | 2-29 | 29.33 | |
| 24 | 20 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1312 | 400 | 21 | 4-23 | 19.04 | 456 | 295 | 12 | 4-11 | 24.58 | 144 | 74 | 2 | 1-28 | 37.00 | 450 | 190 | 9 | 3-28 | 21.11 | |
| 522 | 211 | 9 | 4-22 | 23.44 | 150 | 95 | 4 | 4-33 | 23.75 | |||||||||||
| 2478 | 1144 | 39 | 4-30 | 29.33 | 392 | 247 | 7 | 3-21 | 35.28 | 52 | 17 | 1 | 1-17 | 17.00 | 327 | 147 | 7 | 3-16 | 21.00 | |
| 978 | 489 | 15 | 3-70 | 32.60 | 128 | 109 | 2 | 1-14 | 54.50 | 60 | 30 | 2 | 2-30 | 15.00 | ||||||
| 1108 | 627 | 18 | 4-42 | 34.83 | 127 | 92 | 1 | 1-24 | 92.00 | 42 | 29 | 0 | [54] [55] [56] [57] | |||||||
County Championship Catches 24, Stumping 2
John Player League Catches 10, Stumping 1
Gillette Cup Catches 2, Stumping 1
Benson and Hedges Cup Catches 10, Stumping 1