Famous Cricketers No 99 - Bob Taylor

1983 New Zealand were the visitors for the Test match series playing four matches in which Bob played winning his 50th cap. Derbyshire had seven victories in the championship finishing in ninth place. Own Team Victim Opp Byes Ct St Total 589. Derbyshire v Gloucestershire, Derby, April 30, May (1), (2) (Match drawn) did not bat - - 343-4 3 - - 590. Derbyshire v Leicestershire, Leicester, May 4, 5, (6) (Match drawn) not out 6 265-8d c D.I.Gower [P.G.Newman] 302-3d 10 1 - 54-1 0 - - 591. Derbyshire v Lancashire, Chesterfield, May 11, (12), (13) (Match drawn) did not bat - 51-2 592. Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, May (28), (30), 31 (Derbyshire won by six wickets) did not bat - 235-4 232-4d 8 - - 593. Derbyshire v Hampshire, Derby, June 4, 6, 7 (Match drawn) lbw b N.G.Cowley 3 170 c T.M.Tremlett [O.H.Mortensen] 454-7d 10 1 1 st N.G.Cowley [D.G.Moir] not out 41 299-6 594. Derbyshire v Middlesex, Uxbridge, June 8, 9, 10 (Middlesex won by nine wickets) b N.F.Williams 20 238 c J.E.Emburey [C.J.Tunnicliffe] 419-8d 8 1 - c W.N.Slack b N.F.Williams 5 256 79-1 2 - - 595. Derbyshire v Essex, Derby, June 15, 16 (Essex won by an innings and 25 runs) c G.A.Gooch b D.R.Pringle 5 92 360-9d 0 - - lbw b D.L.Acfield 31 243 596. Derbyshire v Somerset, Bath, June 18, 20, 21 (Derbyshire won by 123 runs) c P.M.Roebuck b J.W.Lloyds 17 289 c P.W.Denning [C.J.Tunnicliffe] 141 1 2 - c C.H.Dredge [O.H.Mortensen] not out 0 166 c P.M.Roebuck [O.H.Mortensen] 191 0 1 - 597. Derbyshire v Yorkshire, Sheffield, June 22, 23, 24 (Derbyshire won by 22 runs) not out 13 225 c C.W.J.Athey [D.G.Moir] 118 2 6 - c J.D.Love [D.G.Moir] c S.J.Dennis [O.H.Mortensen] c D.L.Bairstow [D.G.Moir] c G.B.Stevenson [O.H.Mortensen] c A.Sidebottom [O.H.Mortensen] not out 33 148 st C.W.J.Athey [D.G.Moir] 233 0 - 1 598. Derbyshire v Middlesex, Chesterfield, June 25, 27 (Middlesex won by nine wickets) c M.W.Gatting b J.E.Emburey 0 151 241 0 - - st P.R.Downton b P.H.Edmonds 22 137 48-1 0 - - 599. Derbyshire v Worcestershire, Derby, July 2, 4, 5 (Derbyshire won by eight wickets) b R.M.Ellcock 21 344-8d c P.A.Neale [S.Oldham] 136 0 2 - c D.B.D’Oliveira [S.Oldham] did not bat - 203-2 c A.P.Pridgeon [R.J.Finney] 407 2 5 - c D.N.Patel [C.J.Tunnicliffe] c D.B.D’Oliveira [G.Miller] c P.Moores [S.Oldham] c A.E.Warner [C.J.Tunnicliffe] 600. Derbyshire v Gloucestershire, Bristol, July 9, 11, 12 (Match drawn) c R.C.Russell b J.N.Shepherd 25 178 c A.J.Wright [O.H.Mortensen] 236 2 1 - c and b J.H.Childs 5 192-9 c P.Bainbridge [C.J.Tunnicliffe] 240-7d 0 3 - c Zaheer Abbas [D.G.Moir] c A.J.Hignell [D.G.Moir] 601. ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND, Kennington Oval, July 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 (England won by 189 runs) lbw b R.J.Hadlee 0 209 c B.A.Edgar [R.G.D.Willis] 196 0 1 - did not bat - 446-6d c G.P.Howarth [P.H.Edmonds] 270 3 4 - c B.A.Edgar [R.G.D.Willis] c M.D.Crowe [P.H.Edmonds] c R.J.Hadlee [V.J.Marks] 63