Derbyshire County Cricket Club

Derbyshire County Cricket Club (Derbyshire CCC) is an English domestic first-class cricket team based at the County Cricket Ground, previously known as the Racecourse Ground, in the city of Derby. Other first-class cricket grounds used in the past have included Chesterfield, Buxton, Ilkeston and Burton-on-Trent, which is actually in Staffordshire. One-day contests have been played at Denby Dale and Knypersley.

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English - First-class - Cricket - County Cricket Ground - Derby - Chesterfield - Buxton - Ilkeston - Burton-on-Trent - Denby Dale - Knypersley

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The club joined the County Championship with three others ? Essex, Hampshire and Warwickshire ? in 1895 and were perennially counted among the weaker counties, losing every single match in 1920. In the 1930s, the nucleus of a good team emerged around some doughty batting from Denis Smith, Stan Worthington and George Pope, and the bowling of Pope, his brother Alf, and Bill Copson took the team to their one and so far only Championship victory in 1936.

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Essex - Hampshire - Warwickshire - Denis Smith - Stan Worthington - George Pope - Alf - Bill Copson

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There have been more downs than ups in postwar years, though runs came regularly from Arnold Hamer, the West Indian Laurie Johnson and captain Donald Carr and a series of fast bowlers served England as well as Derbyshire. The list began with Copson and continued with Cliff Gladwin, Les Jackson, Harold Rhodes, Alan Ward and Mike Hendrick.

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Arnold Hamer - Laurie Johnson - Donald Carr - England - Cliff Gladwin - Les Jackson - Harold Rhodes - Alan Ward - Mike Hendrick

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In 2005 the club is in Division Two of both the County Championship and the one day league. The captain is Luke Sutton and the coach is former Zimbabwe captain David Houghton. The overseas players are the Australians Michael Di Venuto and Jonathan Moss.

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County Championship - One day league - Luke Sutton - David Houghton - Michael Di Venuto - Jonathan Moss

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