Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1973 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for one hundred and two years. In the County Championship, they won two matches to finish sixteenth in their seventy-ninth season in the Championship. They won five matches in the John Player League to finish twelfth. They were eliminated in the first round of the Gillette Cup and did not progress beyond group level in the Benson & Hedges Cup.

1973 season

Derbyshire played 20 games in the County Championship, one match against Oxford University, and one match each against the touring New Zealanders and West Indians. They won three first class matches overall, two in the County Championship. Brian Bolus was in his first season as captain.  Brian Bolus scored most runs overall, although Michael Page scored most in the County Championship. Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan took most wickets.

Matches

First Class
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result 
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
| 12 May 1973
| Warwickshire  Queen's Park, Chesterfield 
 |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost 
| 16 runs
|    M Hendrick 8-45; McVicar 5-58 
|- 
|2
| 16 May 1973
 | Essex  County Ground, Chelmsford 
 |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost 
| Innings and 28 runs
|    East 6-35 and 6-95 
|- 
|3
| 23 May 1973
 | New Zealanders County Ground, Derby 
 |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
| 
|     
|- 
|4
| 26 May 1973
| Northamptonshire  County Ground, Northampton 
 |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
| 
|    Cottam 6-45 
|- 
|5
| 6 Jun 1973
|  WorcestershireCounty Ground, Derby 
 |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost 
| 5 wickets
|    Holder 5-29; M Hendrick 5-64 
|- 
|6
|  9 Jun 1973
| Lancashire  Old Trafford, Manchester 
 |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
| 
|    Lee 6-53 
|- 
|7
|16 Jun 1973
| Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield 
 |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
| 
|    Sharpe 110 
|- 
|8
| 20 Jun 1973
| |Oxford University    The University Parks, Oxford 
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won 
| 4 wickets
|     
|- 
|9
|  23 Jun 1973
| Middlesex   Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent  
 |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
| 
|    Titmus 6-40 
|- 
|10
| 30 Jun 1973
| Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester 
 |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost 
| 2 wickets
|    S Venkataraghavan 7-100 
|- 
|11
|4 Jul 1973
| Glamorgan   Sophia Gardens, Cardiff 
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won 
| 56 runs
|    Nash 6-99; RS Swindell 5-52; S Venkataraghavan 6-67 
|- 
|12
 | 7 Jul 1973
| Kent County Ground, Derby 
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
| 
|    Luckhurst 215; Johnson 130 
|- 
|13
|   14 Jul 1973
| Lancashire  Park Road Ground, Buxton 
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
| 
|     
|- 
|14
| 25 Jul 1973
|  Surrey Queen's Park, Chesterfield
 |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost 
| 57 runs
|    Ahmed 117; Pocock 5-67 
|- 
|15
| 28 Jul 1973
| Yorkshire Bramall Lane, Sheffield
 |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost 
| 4 wickets
|    JB Bolus 138; M Hendrick 5-69 
|- 
|16
|4 Aug 1973
| Nottinghamshire  Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston 
 |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
| 
|    Sobers 100; 
|- 
|17
| 8 Aug 1973
| Hampshire United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth 
 |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost 
| 10 wickets
|    Gilliat 103; RS Swindell 6-97; Sainsbury 5-41 
|- 
|18
| 11 Aug 1973
| SomersetClarence Park, Weston-super-Mare 
 |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost 
| 48 runs
|    FW Swarbrook 6-57; Cartwright 7-37 and 6-52 
|- 
|19
| 18 Aug 1973
|  Sussex   The Saffrons, Eastbourne
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won 
| 95 runs
|    FW Swarbrook 6-53; S Venkataraghavan 6-78 
|- 
|20
|  22 Aug 1973
|  Gloucestershire  County Ground, Derby
 |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost 
| 150 runs
|     
|- 
|21
|  25 Aug 1973
| Leicestershire County Ground, Derby
 |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost 
| 2 wickets
|     
|- 
|22
|29 Aug 1973
 | West Indians  Queen's Park, Chesterfield 
 |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost 
| 163 runs
|    Lloyd 174; Ali 6-55 
|- 
|23
|8 Sep 1973
| Nottinghamshire  Trent Bridge, Nottingham 
 |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
| 
|    Sobers 128; Harris 125; Edwards 5-44 
|-

John Player League
{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result 
!Margin
!Notes
 |- 
|1
| 6 May 1973
| Hampshire County Ground, Derby
|Abandoned 
| 
|     
|- 
|2
| 13 May 1973
| Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham 
|Abandoned 
| 
|     
|- 
|3
|20 May 1973
| Essex   County Ground, Chelmsford 
 |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost 
| 14 runs
|     
|- 
|4
|27 May 1973
|  WorcestershireTipton Road, Dudley 
 |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost 
| 39 runs
|     
|- 
|5
| 3 Jun 1973
| Leicestershire Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent 
 |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost 
| 8 wickets
|     
|- 
|6
| 24 Jun 1973
| Middlesex   Queen's Park, Chesterfield 
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won 
| 1 run
|     
|- 
|7
|1 Jul 1973
| Glamorgan   Park Road Ground, Buxton 
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won 
| 1 run
|    Nash 5-14 
|- 
|8
|8 Jul 1973
| Kent Queen's Park, Chesterfield 
 |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost 
| 5 wickets
|     
|- 
|9
|15 Jul 1973
| Northamptonshire  County Ground, Northampton 
 |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|No result
| 
|     
|- 
|10
|22 Jul 1973
| Yorkshire North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough 
 |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost 
| 87 runs
|     
|- 
|11
|29 Jul 1973
|  Surrey County Ground, Derby 
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won 
| 68 runs
|     
|- 
|12
|5 Aug 1973
| Lancashire  Old Trafford, Manchester  
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost 
| Faster rate
|     
|- 
|13
| 12 Aug 1973
| SomersetClarence Park, Weston-super-Mare 
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost 
| 8 wickets
|     
|- 
|14
|19 Aug 1973
|  Sussex   The Saffrons, Eastbourne 
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost 
| 4 wickets
|    Buss 5-36 
|- 
|15
| 2 Sep 1973
|  Gloucestershire  Queen's Park, Chesterfield 
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won 
| 11 runs
|     
|- 
|16
|9 Sep 1973
| Nottinghamshire  County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won 
| 16 runs
|     
|- 
|

Gillette Cup 
{| class="wikitable" width="60%"
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result 
!Margin
!Notes
 |- 
|1st Round
|   11 Jul 1973
|  Sussex   Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost 
| 111 runs
|     
|-

Benson and Hedges Cup
{| class="wikitable" width="60%"
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result 
!Margin
!Notes
|-
| Group A 1
|28 Apr 1973
| Nottinghamshire  Queen's Park, Chesterfield 
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost 
| 33 runs
|     
|- 
 | Group A 2
|7 May 1973
| Yorkshire Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford 
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost 
| 5 wickets
|     
|- 
| Group A 3
| 19 May 1973
| Lancashire  Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston 
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost 
| 4 wickets
|     
|- 
 | Group A 4
|2 Jun 1973
| Minor Counties North Tean Road Sports Ground, Cheadle  
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won 
| 5 wickets
|     
|-

Statistics

Competition batting averages

Competition bowling averages

Wicket Keeping
Bob Taylor
County Championship Catches 33, Stumping 9
John Player League Catches 7, Stumping 5
Gillette Cup Catches 3, Stumping 0 
Benson and Hedges Cup Catches 1, Stumping 0

See also
Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1973 English cricket season

References

1973 in English cricket
Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons