Lives in Cricket No 40 - Edwin Smith

79 Mick Allen played in half of the Championship matches but finished the season with only 28 wickets. Importantly he conceded around three runs per over, Edwin only two, while the latter’s batting saw him regularly at seven or eight in the order. There was only one half century, but sufficient cameos of value to justify and confirm the work that he had put in with Trevor Bailey over the winter. There was definitely something to build on in 1965. Bottom Derbyshire staff 1964. Back: John Harvey, Chris Marks, Phil Russell, John Eyre, Mike Page, David Smith, Mick Allen. Centre: Brian Jackson, Alan Ward, Denis Smith (coach), Peter Eyre, Maurice Hill, Ian Buxton, Sam Weaver (physio). Front: Bob Taylor, Harold Rhodes, Edwin Smith, Derek Morgan, Major Douglas Carr (secretary), Laurie Johnson, Ian Hall.