Britain’s first Black County Cricketer, Charles Ollivierre, played 110 matches for Derbyshire scoring 4,670 runs with a highest score of 229. His match aggregate of 321 runs (229 and 92) against Essex, at Chesterfield in 1904, has only been exceeded once in the county’s history and was a Derbyshire record for over 100 years. Hear about him in the Establishing Community Oral History Station. 

Malcolm was born in Jamaica but Derbyshire discovered him bowling fast in the Yorkshire League for Sheffield United in the early 1980s. A bowler of raw pace, he was carefully managed by Derbyshire’s captain and coach throughout the 1980s, as he  
developed into a magnificent match-winner, not just for Derbyshire, but also for England, for whom he took 9-57 against South Africa at The Oval in 1994. In 289 matches for Derbyshire he took 753 wickets.  He played 40 Test matches for England. 

One of the greatest – and fastest – bowlers ever to play the game, Jamaican-born Michael Holding joined Derbyshire in 1983 as an overseas player, remaining with the club until 1989. He took 249 Test match wickets for the West Indies and in 178 matches for Derbyshire, took 378 wickets - including a then world one day record of 8-21 against Sussex at Hove in 1988. Hear from Michael in the Establishing Community Oral History Station.