1968 English cricket season 1968 English cricket season 1968 was the 69th season of County Championship cricket in England and it was something of a watershed for it was the last in which the County Championship predominated. From 1969, a new limited overs league began and the number of Championship matches was therefore reduced. A system of batting and bowling bonus points was introduced into the County Championship, replacing the long- established "first innings points". The season was a watershed for Yorkshire too as, although they won their third successive championship title, the team broke up at the end of the season. The great
Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1922 seasons. Colin Leech made his only career appearance in the first class game for Derbyshire during the season. Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1922 Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1922 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for fifty-one years. It was their twenty-fourth season in the County Championship and they won six matches to finish eleventh. Derbyshire played all their twenty two first-class games in the County Championship in 1922 and won six, to finish eleventh in the table. Guy Jackson took over as captain and led Derbyshire for nine seasons "with masterly judgment".