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 1902 Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1902 Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1902 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for thirty-one years. It was their eighth season in the County Championship and they won five matches to finish tenth in the Championship table. Derbyshire played sixteen games in the County Championship in 1902, two matches against London County, one match against MCC and one against the touring Australians. Derbyshire won four matches in the County Championship which brought them up to tenth in the table. The captain for the year was Albert Lawton in his