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Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1964

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Captain
  
Charles Lee

Gillette Cup
  
Round 1

Most wickets
  
Brian Jackson

County Championship
  
12

Most runs
  
Derek Morgan

Most catches
  
Bob Taylor

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1964 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for ninety three years. It was their sixtieth season in the County Championship and they won five matches to finish twelfth in the County Championship. In the second year of the Gillette Cup they were eliminated in round 1.

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1964 season

Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, one match against Oxford University, and one against the touring Australians. They won five first class matches altogether and lost in the initial round of the Gillette Cup. Charles Lee was in his second season as captain. Derek Morgan was top scorer and Brian Jackson took most wickets.

Players who made their debut for Derbyshire were Michael Page who went on to play a further eleven seasons for the club, and Michael Allen who joined the club from Northamptonshire and played for three seasons.

Wicket Keepers

Bob Taylor

County Championship Catches 55, Stumping 5

Laurie Johnson

County Championship Catches 36, Stumping 2

References

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1964 Wikipedia