Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1957
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Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1957 represents the cricket
season when the English club Derbyshire
had been playing for eighty six years. It was their fifty-third season in the County Championship
and they won eleven matches and lost nine to finish fourth in the County Championship.
was in his third season as captain. Arnold Hamer
was top scorer and Les Jackson
took most wickets with 129.
Newcomers in the season were Ian Gibson
, Keith Mohan
, and David Short
. Gibson played for four seasons, Mohan for two and Short in 1957 and again in 1960.
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
|04 May 1957
| Yorkshire
Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 9 wickets
| Close 108; Trueman 5-66
|-
|2
|11 May 1957
| Leicestershire
Aylestone Road, Leicester
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 132 runs
| E Smith
6-19
|-
|3
|18 May 1957
| Essex
Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 7 runs
| C Gladwin
5-24; Bailey 7-61; HL Jackson
7-38
|-
|4
|25 May 1957
| Yorkshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 84 runs
| JM Kelly 106; Close 120; HL Jackson
5-51 and 6-63
|-
|5
|29 May 1957
| Sussex
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 197 runs
| A Hamer
138
|-
|6
|01 Jun 1957
| Lancashire
Aigburth, Liverpool
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 66 runs
| A Hamer
104; HL Jackson
5-63; DC Morgan 6-65
|-
|7
|05 Jun 1957
|Middlesex
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 163 runs
| HL Jackson
6-37;
|-
|8
|08 Jun 1957
| Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 9 wickets
| Hollies 5-52 and 5-47
|-
|9
|12 Jun 1957
| Cambridge University
FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 6 wickets
| E Smith
6-66
|-
|10
|15 Jun 1957
| Worcestershire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Kenyon 175; Richardson 116; Berry 5-71
|-
|11
|19 Jun 1957
| Glamorgan
Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Parkhouse 118; JM Kelly 109
|-
|12
|22 Jun 1957
| Somerset
Recreation Ground, Bath
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 9 wickets
| C Gladwin
5-29 and 8-57; Lobb 5-36
|-
|13
|26 Jun 1957
| Worcestershire
Tipton Road, Dudley
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 2 wickets
| Richardson 169; A Hamer
134
|-
|14
|29 Jun 1957
| West Indies
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 173 runs
| O Smith 133; Gilchrist 5-41
|-
|15
|03 Jul 1957
| Surrey
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 8 wickets
| Bedser 5-55
|-
|16
| 06 Jul 1957
| Gloucestershire
Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 2 wickets
| JM Kelly 113; HL Jackson
7-27; D Smith 5-31
|-
|17
|10 Jul 1957
| Surrey
Kennington Oval
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| A Hamer
112
|-
|18
|13 Jul 1957
| Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Goonesena 7-75
|-
|19
|17 Jul 1957
| Middlesex
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 22 runs
| C Gladwin
6-23 and 5-18
|-
|20
|20 Jul 1957
| Lancashire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|21
| 27 Jul 1957
| Nottinghamshire
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|22
| 31 Jul 1957
| Leicestershire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 123 runs
| JM Kelly 127; DB Carr
141; HL Jackson
6-37
|-
|23
|03 Aug 1957
| Warwickshire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Horner 152; M Smith 104; Bannister 7-88
|-
|24
|07 Aug 1957
| Glamorgan
Ynysangharad Park, Pontypridd
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| C Gladwin
5-45; McConnon 7-37
|-
|25
|10 Aug 1957
| Hampshire
United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Gray 103
|-
|26
|14 Aug 1957
| Kent
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 50 runs
| Ridgway 6-53
|-
|27
|17 Aug 1957
| Somerset
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 21 runs
| Wight 6-29
|-
|28
|21 Aug 1957
| Northamptonshire
County Ground, Northampton
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 135 runs
| DB Carr
5-31; Manning 7-65; E Smith
5-77; Tribe 6-16
|-
|29
|24 Aug 1957
| Northamptonshire
Park Road Ground, Buxton
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|30
|31 Aug 1957
| Sussex
County Ground, Hove
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 4 runs
| Lenham 130; Marlar 6-65 and 5-79; E Smith
5-97
|-
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !! 100s
|-
| A Hamer
|| 28 ||50 || 1593 ||138|| 32.51 || 4
|-
| JM Kelly || 28 ||50 || 1483 ||127 || 32.23 || 4
|-
| DC Morgan || 28 ||44 ||917 ||64* ||28.65 || 0
|-
| HL Johnson
|| 19 ||32 || 670 ||88*|| 27.91 || 0
|-
| DB Carr
|| 27 ||44 || 1132 ||141 || 27.60 || 1
|-
| C Lee
||28 ||50 || 1103 ||83 ||22.97 || 0
|-
| I Gibson
|| 6 ||10 || 150 ||66*|| 21.42 || 0
|-
| AC Revill
|| 23 ||40 || 757|| 86 ||19.41 || 0
|-
| GO Dawkes
|| 28 ||44 || 736 ||75|| 19.36 || 0
|-
| KF Mohan
|| 4 ||6 || 66 ||24* ||13.20 || 0
|-
| C Gladwin
|| 25 ||30 || 206 ||21|| 12.87 || 0
|-
| DJ Green
|| 4|| 6 || 73 ||50 ||12.16 || 0
|-
| JD Short
|| 3 ||5 || 49 ||22 || 9.80 || 0
|-
| E Smith
||25 ||35 || 233 ||31*|| 8.96 || 0
|-
| HJ Rhodes
|| 3|| 5 || 32 ||12 || 6.40 || 0
|-
| HL Jackson
|| 27 ||29 || 89|| 24 || 3.42 || 0
|-
| D Hall || 2 ||1 || 0|| 0*|| || 0
|-
|}
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average
|-
| HL Jackson
|| 5668 || 2071 ||129 ||7-27 ||16.05
|-
| C Gladwin
|| 5039||1793|| 99 ||8-57 ||18.11
|-
| DC Morgan || 5106 ||2021 ||84|| 6-65 ||24.05
|-
| E Smith
|| 4152 ||1806|| 68|| 6-19|| 26.55
|-
| DB Carr
|| 1542 || 843|| 24 ||5-31|| 35.12
|-
| HJ Rhodes
|| 437 ||211 ||8 ||3-11|| 26.37
|-
| AC Revill
|| 442 ||248|| 6|| 2-43 ||41.33
|-
| D Hall || 288 ||166 ||5 ||3-61 ||33.20
|-
| I Gibson
|| 204 || 115 ||3|| 1-6 ||38.33
|-
| HL Johnson
|| 55|| 41 ||1 ||1-1|| 41.00
|-
| C Lee
||42 ||22 ||0 || ||
|-
| KF Mohan
||30 ||14|| 0 || ||
|-
| A Hamer
||12 ||13 ||0 || ||
|-
| JM Kelly || 6 ||5 ||0 || ||
|}
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
season when the English club Derbyshire
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...
had been playing for eighty six years. It was their fifty-third season in the County Championship
County Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...
and they won eleven matches and lost nine to finish fourth in the County Championship.
1957 season
Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, and one match against Cambridge University, and one against the touring West Indians. They won ten matches in the Championship and the match against Cambridge University. Donald CarrDonald Carr
Donald Bryce Carr is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1946 to 1967, for Oxford University from 1948 to 1951, and twice for England in 1951/52. He captained Derbyshire between 1955 and 1962, and scored over 10,000 runs for the county...
was in his third season as captain. Arnold Hamer
Arnold Hamer
Arnold Hamer was a first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire in 1938, and for Derbyshire between 1950 and 1960, scoring over 15,000 runs in first-class cricket. He also played as a footballer, playing eight games for York City in 1938.-Early career:Hamer was born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire...
was top scorer and Les Jackson
Les Jackson
Les Jackson was an English cricketer. A fast or fast-medium bowler renowned for his accurate bowling and particular hostility on uncovered wickets, he played county cricket for Derbyshire from 1947 to 1963, and was regularly at, or near the top of, the English bowling averages...
took most wickets with 129.
Newcomers in the season were Ian Gibson
Ian Gibson (cricketer)
Ian Gibson was an English doctor and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Oxford University between 1955 and 1958, for Derbyshire between 1957 and 1961 and for MCC in 1961....
, Keith Mohan
Keith Mohan
Keith Frederick Mohan was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in the County Championship in 1957 and 1958.Mohan joined the staff of Derbyshire in 1952 and represented the club in the Minor Counties Championship. He made his debut first-class appearance in the 1957 season, which saw the...
, and David Short
David Short
David Short was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler who played for Derbyshire....
. Gibson played for four seasons, Mohan for two and Short in 1957 and again in 1960.
Matches
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
|04 May 1957
| Yorkshire
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 9 wickets
| Close 108; Trueman 5-66
|-
|2
|11 May 1957
| Leicestershire
Leicestershire County Cricket Club
Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Leicestershire. It has also been representative of the county of Rutland....
Aylestone Road, Leicester
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 132 runs
| E Smith
Edwin Smith (cricketer)
Edwin Smith is a former county cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1951 and 1971 and took over 1200 wickets.Smith was born in Grassmoor, Derbyshire...
6-19
|-
|3
|18 May 1957
| Essex
Essex County Cricket Club
Essex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Essex. Its limited overs team is called the Essex Eagles, their team colours this season are blue.The club plays most of its home games...
Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 7 runs
| C Gladwin
Cliff Gladwin
Clifford Gladwin was an English cricketer, who played for Derbyshire from 1939 to 1958, and in eight Tests for England from 1947 to 1949...
5-24; Bailey 7-61; HL Jackson
Les Jackson
Les Jackson was an English cricketer. A fast or fast-medium bowler renowned for his accurate bowling and particular hostility on uncovered wickets, he played county cricket for Derbyshire from 1947 to 1963, and was regularly at, or near the top of, the English bowling averages...
7-38
|-
|4
|25 May 1957
| Yorkshire
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 84 runs
| JM Kelly 106; Close 120; HL Jackson
Les Jackson
Les Jackson was an English cricketer. A fast or fast-medium bowler renowned for his accurate bowling and particular hostility on uncovered wickets, he played county cricket for Derbyshire from 1947 to 1963, and was regularly at, or near the top of, the English bowling averages...
5-51 and 6-63
|-
|5
|29 May 1957
| Sussex
Sussex County Cricket Club
Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Sussex. The club was founded as a successor to Brighton Cricket Club which was a representative of the county of Sussex as a...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 197 runs
| A Hamer
Arnold Hamer
Arnold Hamer was a first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire in 1938, and for Derbyshire between 1950 and 1960, scoring over 15,000 runs in first-class cricket. He also played as a footballer, playing eight games for York City in 1938.-Early career:Hamer was born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire...
138
|-
|6
|01 Jun 1957
| Lancashire
Lancashire County Cricket Club
Lancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1864 as a successor to Manchester Cricket Club and has played at Old Trafford since then...
Aigburth, Liverpool
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 66 runs
| A Hamer
Arnold Hamer
Arnold Hamer was a first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire in 1938, and for Derbyshire between 1950 and 1960, scoring over 15,000 runs in first-class cricket. He also played as a footballer, playing eight games for York City in 1938.-Early career:Hamer was born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire...
104; HL Jackson
Les Jackson
Les Jackson was an English cricketer. A fast or fast-medium bowler renowned for his accurate bowling and particular hostility on uncovered wickets, he played county cricket for Derbyshire from 1947 to 1963, and was regularly at, or near the top of, the English bowling averages...
5-63; DC Morgan 6-65
|-
|7
|05 Jun 1957
|Middlesex
Middlesex County Cricket Club
Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Middlesex. It was announced in February 2009 that Middlesex changed their limited overs name from the Middlesex Crusaders, to the...
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 163 runs
| HL Jackson
Les Jackson
Les Jackson was an English cricketer. A fast or fast-medium bowler renowned for his accurate bowling and particular hostility on uncovered wickets, he played county cricket for Derbyshire from 1947 to 1963, and was regularly at, or near the top of, the English bowling averages...
6-37;
|-
|8
|08 Jun 1957
| Warwickshire
Warwickshire County Cricket Club
Warwickshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Warwickshire. Its limited overs team is called the Warwickshire Bears. Their kit colours are black and gold and the shirt sponsor...
Edgbaston, Birmingham
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 9 wickets
| Hollies 5-52 and 5-47
|-
|9
|12 Jun 1957
| Cambridge University
Cambridge University Cricket Club
Cambridge University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team. It now plays all but one of its first-class cricket matches as part of the Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence , which includes Anglia Ruskin University...
FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 6 wickets
| E Smith
Edwin Smith (cricketer)
Edwin Smith is a former county cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1951 and 1971 and took over 1200 wickets.Smith was born in Grassmoor, Derbyshire...
6-66
|-
|10
|15 Jun 1957
| Worcestershire
Worcestershire County Cricket Club
Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Kenyon 175; Richardson 116; Berry 5-71
|-
|11
|19 Jun 1957
| Glamorgan
Glamorgan County Cricket Club
Glamorgan County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Glamorgan aka Glamorganshire . Glamorgan CCC is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. Glamorgan CCC have won the English County...
Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Parkhouse 118; JM Kelly 109
|-
|12
|22 Jun 1957
| Somerset
Somerset County Cricket Club
Somerset County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Somerset...
Recreation Ground, Bath
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 9 wickets
| C Gladwin
Cliff Gladwin
Clifford Gladwin was an English cricketer, who played for Derbyshire from 1939 to 1958, and in eight Tests for England from 1947 to 1949...
5-29 and 8-57; Lobb 5-36
|-
|13
|26 Jun 1957
| Worcestershire
Worcestershire County Cricket Club
Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire...
Tipton Road, Dudley
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 2 wickets
| Richardson 169; A Hamer
Arnold Hamer
Arnold Hamer was a first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire in 1938, and for Derbyshire between 1950 and 1960, scoring over 15,000 runs in first-class cricket. He also played as a footballer, playing eight games for York City in 1938.-Early career:Hamer was born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire...
134
|-
|14
|29 Jun 1957
| West Indies
West Indian cricket team in England in 1957
The West Indies cricket team toured England in the 1957 season to play a five-match Test series against England.England won the series 3-0 with two matches drawn...
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 173 runs
| O Smith 133; Gilchrist 5-41
|-
|15
|03 Jul 1957
| Surrey
Surrey County Cricket Club
Surrey County Cricket Club is one of the 18 professional county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Surrey. Its limited overs team is called the Surrey Lions...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 8 wickets
| Bedser 5-55
|-
|16
| 06 Jul 1957
| Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Gloucestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators....
Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 2 wickets
| JM Kelly 113; HL Jackson
Les Jackson
Les Jackson was an English cricketer. A fast or fast-medium bowler renowned for his accurate bowling and particular hostility on uncovered wickets, he played county cricket for Derbyshire from 1947 to 1963, and was regularly at, or near the top of, the English bowling averages...
7-27; D Smith 5-31
|-
|17
|10 Jul 1957
| Surrey
Surrey County Cricket Club
Surrey County Cricket Club is one of the 18 professional county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Surrey. Its limited overs team is called the Surrey Lions...
Kennington Oval
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| A Hamer
Arnold Hamer
Arnold Hamer was a first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire in 1938, and for Derbyshire between 1950 and 1960, scoring over 15,000 runs in first-class cricket. He also played as a footballer, playing eight games for York City in 1938.-Early career:Hamer was born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire...
112
|-
|18
|13 Jul 1957
| Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Nottinghamshire, and the current county champions. Its limited overs team is called the Nottinghamshire Outlaws...
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Goonesena 7-75
|-
|19
|17 Jul 1957
| Middlesex
Middlesex County Cricket Club
Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Middlesex. It was announced in February 2009 that Middlesex changed their limited overs name from the Middlesex Crusaders, to the...
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 22 runs
| C Gladwin
Cliff Gladwin
Clifford Gladwin was an English cricketer, who played for Derbyshire from 1939 to 1958, and in eight Tests for England from 1947 to 1949...
6-23 and 5-18
|-
|20
|20 Jul 1957
| Lancashire
Lancashire County Cricket Club
Lancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1864 as a successor to Manchester Cricket Club and has played at Old Trafford since then...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|21
| 27 Jul 1957
| Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Nottinghamshire, and the current county champions. Its limited overs team is called the Nottinghamshire Outlaws...
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|22
| 31 Jul 1957
| Leicestershire
Leicestershire County Cricket Club
Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Leicestershire. It has also been representative of the county of Rutland....
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 123 runs
| JM Kelly 127; DB Carr
Donald Carr
Donald Bryce Carr is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1946 to 1967, for Oxford University from 1948 to 1951, and twice for England in 1951/52. He captained Derbyshire between 1955 and 1962, and scored over 10,000 runs for the county...
141; HL Jackson
Les Jackson
Les Jackson was an English cricketer. A fast or fast-medium bowler renowned for his accurate bowling and particular hostility on uncovered wickets, he played county cricket for Derbyshire from 1947 to 1963, and was regularly at, or near the top of, the English bowling averages...
6-37
|-
|23
|03 Aug 1957
| Warwickshire
Warwickshire County Cricket Club
Warwickshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Warwickshire. Its limited overs team is called the Warwickshire Bears. Their kit colours are black and gold and the shirt sponsor...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Horner 152; M Smith 104; Bannister 7-88
|-
|24
|07 Aug 1957
| Glamorgan
Glamorgan County Cricket Club
Glamorgan County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Glamorgan aka Glamorganshire . Glamorgan CCC is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. Glamorgan CCC have won the English County...
Ynysangharad Park, Pontypridd
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| C Gladwin
Cliff Gladwin
Clifford Gladwin was an English cricketer, who played for Derbyshire from 1939 to 1958, and in eight Tests for England from 1947 to 1949...
5-45; McConnon 7-37
|-
|25
|10 Aug 1957
| Hampshire
Hampshire County Cricket Club
Hampshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Hampshire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1863 as a successor to the Hampshire county cricket teams and has played at the Antelope Ground from then until 1885, before moving to the County Ground where it...
United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Gray 103
|-
|26
|14 Aug 1957
| Kent
Kent County Cricket Club
Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 50 runs
| Ridgway 6-53
|-
|27
|17 Aug 1957
| Somerset
Somerset County Cricket Club
Somerset County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Somerset...
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 21 runs
| Wight 6-29
|-
|28
|21 Aug 1957
| Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks. The traditional club colour is Maroon. During the...
County Ground, Northampton
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 135 runs
| DB Carr
Donald Carr
Donald Bryce Carr is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1946 to 1967, for Oxford University from 1948 to 1951, and twice for England in 1951/52. He captained Derbyshire between 1955 and 1962, and scored over 10,000 runs for the county...
5-31; Manning 7-65; E Smith
Edwin Smith (cricketer)
Edwin Smith is a former county cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1951 and 1971 and took over 1200 wickets.Smith was born in Grassmoor, Derbyshire...
5-77; Tribe 6-16
|-
|29
|24 Aug 1957
| Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks. The traditional club colour is Maroon. During the...
Park Road Ground, Buxton
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|30
|31 Aug 1957
| Sussex
Sussex County Cricket Club
Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Sussex. The club was founded as a successor to Brighton Cricket Club which was a representative of the county of Sussex as a...
County Ground, Hove
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 4 runs
| Lenham 130; Marlar 6-65 and 5-79; E Smith
Edwin Smith (cricketer)
Edwin Smith is a former county cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1951 and 1971 and took over 1200 wickets.Smith was born in Grassmoor, Derbyshire...
5-97
|-
County Championship batting averages
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="70%"|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !! 100s
|-
| A Hamer
Arnold Hamer
Arnold Hamer was a first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire in 1938, and for Derbyshire between 1950 and 1960, scoring over 15,000 runs in first-class cricket. He also played as a footballer, playing eight games for York City in 1938.-Early career:Hamer was born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire...
|| 28 ||50 || 1593 ||138|| 32.51 || 4
|-
| JM Kelly || 28 ||50 || 1483 ||127 || 32.23 || 4
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| DC Morgan || 28 ||44 ||917 ||64* ||28.65 || 0
|-
| HL Johnson
Laurie Johnson (cricketer)
Hubert Laurence Johnson is a West Indies born cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1949 and 1966. He scored over 14,000 runs for the club in the first-class game.Johnson was born at Pine Hill, St Michael, Barbados...
|| 19 ||32 || 670 ||88*|| 27.91 || 0
|-
| DB Carr
Donald Carr
Donald Bryce Carr is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1946 to 1967, for Oxford University from 1948 to 1951, and twice for England in 1951/52. He captained Derbyshire between 1955 and 1962, and scored over 10,000 runs for the county...
|| 27 ||44 || 1132 ||141 || 27.60 || 1
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| C Lee
Charles Lee (cricketer)
Charles Lee was an English first-class cricketer, who played two matches for Yorkshire in 1952, one for the Minor Counties in 1953, and 268 matches for Derbyshire between 1954 and 1964...
||28 ||50 || 1103 ||83 ||22.97 || 0
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| I Gibson
Ian Gibson (cricketer)
Ian Gibson was an English doctor and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Oxford University between 1955 and 1958, for Derbyshire between 1957 and 1961 and for MCC in 1961....
|| 6 ||10 || 150 ||66*|| 21.42 || 0
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| AC Revill
Alan Revill
Alan Revill was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1946 and 1957 and for Leicestershire from 1958 to 1960. He scored over 15,000 first-class runs....
|| 23 ||40 || 757|| 86 ||19.41 || 0
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| GO Dawkes
George Dawkes
George Owen Dawkes was a first-class cricketer who played for Leicestershire between 1937 and 1939 and for Derbyshire between 1947 and 1961 as a wicket keeper and a lower-order right-handed batsman...
|| 28 ||44 || 736 ||75|| 19.36 || 0
|-
| KF Mohan
Keith Mohan
Keith Frederick Mohan was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in the County Championship in 1957 and 1958.Mohan joined the staff of Derbyshire in 1952 and represented the club in the Minor Counties Championship. He made his debut first-class appearance in the 1957 season, which saw the...
|| 4 ||6 || 66 ||24* ||13.20 || 0
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| C Gladwin
Cliff Gladwin
Clifford Gladwin was an English cricketer, who played for Derbyshire from 1939 to 1958, and in eight Tests for England from 1947 to 1949...
|| 25 ||30 || 206 ||21|| 12.87 || 0
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| DJ Green
David Green (Derbyshire cricketer)
David John Green is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1953 and 1960 and for Cambridge University from 1957 to 1959....
|| 4|| 6 || 73 ||50 ||12.16 || 0
|-
| JD Short
David Short
David Short was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler who played for Derbyshire....
|| 3 ||5 || 49 ||22 || 9.80 || 0
|-
| E Smith
Edwin Smith (cricketer)
Edwin Smith is a former county cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1951 and 1971 and took over 1200 wickets.Smith was born in Grassmoor, Derbyshire...
||25 ||35 || 233 ||31*|| 8.96 || 0
|-
| HJ Rhodes
Harold Rhodes (cricketer)
Harold James Rhodes, sometimes called Dusty Rhodes is an English former cricketer, who played for England in 1959, for Derbyshire between 1953 and 1975, and for the MCC between 1959 and 1963...
|| 3|| 5 || 32 ||12 || 6.40 || 0
|-
| HL Jackson
Les Jackson
Les Jackson was an English cricketer. A fast or fast-medium bowler renowned for his accurate bowling and particular hostility on uncovered wickets, he played county cricket for Derbyshire from 1947 to 1963, and was regularly at, or near the top of, the English bowling averages...
|| 27 ||29 || 89|| 24 || 3.42 || 0
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| D Hall || 2 ||1 || 0|| 0*|| || 0
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|}
County Championship bowling averages
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="70%"|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average
|-
| HL Jackson
Les Jackson
Les Jackson was an English cricketer. A fast or fast-medium bowler renowned for his accurate bowling and particular hostility on uncovered wickets, he played county cricket for Derbyshire from 1947 to 1963, and was regularly at, or near the top of, the English bowling averages...
|| 5668 || 2071 ||129 ||7-27 ||16.05
|-
| C Gladwin
Cliff Gladwin
Clifford Gladwin was an English cricketer, who played for Derbyshire from 1939 to 1958, and in eight Tests for England from 1947 to 1949...
|| 5039||1793|| 99 ||8-57 ||18.11
|-
| DC Morgan || 5106 ||2021 ||84|| 6-65 ||24.05
|-
| E Smith
Edwin Smith (cricketer)
Edwin Smith is a former county cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1951 and 1971 and took over 1200 wickets.Smith was born in Grassmoor, Derbyshire...
|| 4152 ||1806|| 68|| 6-19|| 26.55
|-
| DB Carr
Donald Carr
Donald Bryce Carr is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1946 to 1967, for Oxford University from 1948 to 1951, and twice for England in 1951/52. He captained Derbyshire between 1955 and 1962, and scored over 10,000 runs for the county...
|| 1542 || 843|| 24 ||5-31|| 35.12
|-
| HJ Rhodes
Harold Rhodes (cricketer)
Harold James Rhodes, sometimes called Dusty Rhodes is an English former cricketer, who played for England in 1959, for Derbyshire between 1953 and 1975, and for the MCC between 1959 and 1963...
|| 437 ||211 ||8 ||3-11|| 26.37
|-
| AC Revill
Alan Revill
Alan Revill was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1946 and 1957 and for Leicestershire from 1958 to 1960. He scored over 15,000 first-class runs....
|| 442 ||248|| 6|| 2-43 ||41.33
|-
| D Hall || 288 ||166 ||5 ||3-61 ||33.20
|-
| I Gibson
Ian Gibson (cricketer)
Ian Gibson was an English doctor and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Oxford University between 1955 and 1958, for Derbyshire between 1957 and 1961 and for MCC in 1961....
|| 204 || 115 ||3|| 1-6 ||38.33
|-
| HL Johnson
Laurie Johnson (cricketer)
Hubert Laurence Johnson is a West Indies born cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1949 and 1966. He scored over 14,000 runs for the club in the first-class game.Johnson was born at Pine Hill, St Michael, Barbados...
|| 55|| 41 ||1 ||1-1|| 41.00
|-
| C Lee
Charles Lee (cricketer)
Charles Lee was an English first-class cricketer, who played two matches for Yorkshire in 1952, one for the Minor Counties in 1953, and 268 matches for Derbyshire between 1954 and 1964...
||42 ||22 ||0 || ||
|-
| KF Mohan
Keith Mohan
Keith Frederick Mohan was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in the County Championship in 1957 and 1958.Mohan joined the staff of Derbyshire in 1952 and represented the club in the Minor Counties Championship. He made his debut first-class appearance in the 1957 season, which saw the...
||30 ||14|| 0 || ||
|-
| A Hamer
Arnold Hamer
Arnold Hamer was a first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire in 1938, and for Derbyshire between 1950 and 1960, scoring over 15,000 runs in first-class cricket. He also played as a footballer, playing eight games for York City in 1938.-Early career:Hamer was born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire...
||12 ||13 ||0 || ||
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| JM Kelly || 6 ||5 ||0 || ||
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