Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1962

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1962 was the cricket

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 ninety-one years. It was their fifty-eighth season in the County Championship

County Championship

The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...

and they won 9 championship matches and lost six to finish seventh in the County Championship.

1962 season

Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, one match against the touring Pakistinis

Pakistani cricket team in England in 1962

The Pakistan cricket team toured England in the 1962 season to play a five-match Test series against England.England won the series 4-0 with 1 match drawn.-Test series summary:* at Edgbaston – England won by an innings and 24 runs...

and one match against Oxford University. They won nine matches, lost six matches and drew fifteen matches. Donald 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...

was in his eighth year as captain. Laurie 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...

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 for the club.

There were no new players in the Derbyshire team.

Matches

{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
|05 May 1962
| 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
|
| 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...

137; IR Buxton

Ian Buxton

Ian Ray Buxton was an English footballer and cricketer. He played football for four English League clubs between 1959 and 1970, and cricket for Derbyshire from 1959 to 1973, being captain between 1970 and 1972....

108
|-
|2
|12 May 1962
| 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...

Valentine's Park, Ilford
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 7 wickets
| HL Jackson

Les Jackson

6-25 and 5-65
|-
|3
|16 May 1962
| 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...

Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|4
|19 May 1962
| 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...

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....

County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 4 wickets
| Nicholls 144;
|-
|6
|26 May 1962
| 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...

Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|7
|30 May 1962
| Oxford University

Oxford University Cricket Club

Oxford University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team, representing the University of Oxford. It plays its home games at the University Parks in Oxford, England...

The University Parks, Oxford
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 10 wickets
| Baig 103; R Swallow

Ray Swallow

Raymond Swallow is a former English cricketer and footballer. He played football for Arsenal between 1955 and 1957 and cricket for MCC in 1957...

115; 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...

5-41
|-
|8
|02 Jun 1962
| Lancashire

Lancashire County Cricket Club

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...

Imperial Athletic Ground, Bristol
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| WF Oates

William Oates

William Farrand Oates was an English first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire in 1956, and for Derbyshire from 1959 to 1965....

101; Atkinson 105 and 6-113; HL Johnson

Laurie Johnson (cricketer)

108; 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...

5-73
|-
|10
|09 Jun 1962
| 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....

County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 165 runs
| DB Carr

Donald Carr

110; Watson 142; HL Jackson

Les Jackson

6-26 and 7-47
|-
|11
|13 Jun 1962
| 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....

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="#00FF00"|Won
| 6 wickets
| Shepherd 5-41
|-
|13
|20 Jun 1962
| Essex

Essex County Cricket Club

County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 5 wwickets
| HL Jackson

Les Jackson

7-35
|-
|14
|23 Jun 1962
| 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="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| 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...

5-39
|-
|15
|27 Jun 1962
| Sussex

Sussex County Cricket Club

Manor Sports Ground, Worthing
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| HL Johnson

Laurie Johnson (cricketer)

114; Bell 5-92
|-
|16
|30 Jun 1962
| 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...

Hampshire County Cricket Club

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
| 71 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...

5-39; Allen 5-41
|-
|19
|14 Jul 1962
| Pakistan

Pakistani cricket team in England in 1962

Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|20
|21 Jul 1962
| Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire County Cricket Club

Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|21
|25 Jul 1962
| Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire County Cricket Club

Park Road Ground, Buxton
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 7 wickets
| Milburn 102; DC Morgan 6-13; Larter 5-67
|-
|22
|28 Jul 1962
| 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...

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...

Leicestershire County Cricket Club

Grace Road, Leicester
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| HL Johnson

Laurie Johnson (cricketer)

154
|-
|25
|08 Aug 1962
| 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...

Warwickshire County Cricket Club

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...

Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Rumsey 7-50; 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...

6-30
|-
|28
|18 Aug 1962
| Glamorgan

Glamorgan County Cricket Club

St Helen's, Swansea
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 204 runs
| Wheatley 5-52; Shepherd 5-60
|-
|29
|22 Aug 1962
| 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...

County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 41 runs
| 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...

5-45 and 5-19; Alley 5-53; HL Jackson

Les Jackson

5-20
|-
|30
|25 Aug 1962
| 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
| 8 wickets
| 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...

5-58; Titmus 6-86
|-

County Championship batting averages

{| class="wikitable sortable" width="80%"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !! 100s
|-
| DC Morgan || 27 ||44 || 1468 ||124|| 45.87 || 3
|-
| 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...

|| 23 ||41 ||1481 ||137 ||38.97 || 1
|-
| IR Buxton

Ian Buxton

|| 28|| 44||1092 ||108*|| 34.12 || 1
|-
| HL Johnson

Laurie Johnson (cricketer)

|| 28 ||50 || 1581 ||154 || 32.93 || 3
|-
| WF Oates

William Oates

William Farrand Oates was an English first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire in 1956, and for Derbyshire from 1959 to 1965....

|| 24 ||42 || 1121 ||101 || 27.34 ||1
|-
| IW Hall

Ian Hall (cricketer)

Ian William Hall is a former English cricketer and professional footballer. He played cricket for Derbyshire between 1959 and 1972, and played football for Derby County F.C. from 1959 to 1962 and for Mansfield Town F.C. from 1962 to 1968.Hall was born at Sutton Scarsdale, Derbyshire...

|| 27|| 47 || 1094 ||87|| 26.68 || 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...

|| 23 ||31||573|| 90 ||23.87 || 0
|-
| DB Carr

Donald Carr

|| 23 ||43 || 923 ||110 || 23.07 || 1
|-
| R Swallow

Ray Swallow

Raymond Swallow is a former English cricketer and footballer. He played football for Arsenal between 1955 and 1957 and cricket for MCC in 1957...

|| 11|| 19 || 391 ||64 || 20.57 || 0
|-
| GW Richardson || 12 ||14 ||199|| 42 ||18.09 || 0
|-
| TJP Eyre

Peter Eyre (cricketer)

Thomas John Peter Eyre is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1959 and 1972.Eyre was born at Brough, Derbyshire. He started playing for the Derbyshire second XI in 1955 and made his first-class debut against Cambridge University in the 1959 season, before his County...

|| 7 ||7 ||66 ||19* ||16.50 || 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...

|| 18 ||17 || 89 ||18*|| 14.83 || 0
|-
| RW Taylor

Bob Taylor (cricketer)

Robert William Taylor , known as Bob Taylor, is a former English cricketer who played as wicket-keeper for Derbyshire between 1961 and 1984 and for England between 1971 and 1984. He made 57 Test, and 639 first class cricket appearances in total, taking 1,473 catches. The 2,069 victims across his...

|| 28 ||35 ||290|| 44|| 10.74 || 0
|-
| HL Jackson

Les Jackson

|| 27|| 23||97 ||13|| 5.10 || 0
|-
| R Berry

Bob Berry (cricketer)

Robert Berry was an English cricketer. He played in two Tests in 1950. He played county cricket for Lancashire from 1948 to 1954, for Worcestershire from 1955 to 1958, and for Derbyshire from 1959 to 1962...

|| 2|| 3 ||7 ||4||3.50||0

|-
|}
{| class="wikitable" width="80%"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! colspan=7| Leading first-class batsmen for Derbyshire by runs scored
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name
! Mat
! Inns
! Runs
! HS
! Ave

Batting average

Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...

! 100
|-
| HL Johnson

Laurie Johnson (cricketer)

|| 30 ||53 || 1757 ||154 || 33.15 || 3
|-
| DC Morgan || 29 ||47 || 1517 ||124|| 32.28 || 3
|-
| 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...

|| 25 ||43 ||1503 ||137 ||34.95 || 1
|-
| IW Hall

Ian Hall (cricketer)

|| 29|| 50 || 1226 ||87|| 24.52 || 0
|-
| WF Oates

William Oates

William Farrand Oates was an English first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire in 1956, and for Derbyshire from 1959 to 1965....

|| 26 ||46 || 1175 ||101 || 25.54 ||1
|-
|}

County Championship bowling averages

{| class="wikitable sortable" width="80%"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average
|-
| HL Jackson

Les Jackson

|| 5915 || 1944|| 99 ||7-35 ||19.63
|-
| DC Morgan || 4712 || 1876|| 73 ||6-13|| 25.69
|-
| 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...

|| 3620 ||1244|| 62|| 6-30 ||20.06
|-
| 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...

|| 3494 || 1258 ||55 ||5-39|| 22.87
|-
| IR Buxton

Ian Buxton

|| 3092 || 1355 ||42 ||4-57 ||32.26
|-
| GW Richardson || 1325 || 726|| 18 ||3-41 ||40.33
|-
| TJP Eyre

Peter Eyre (cricketer)

|| 1047||571 ||15 ||3-53 ||38.06
|-
| DB Carr

Donald Carr

|| 690 || 416 ||5 ||2-14 ||83.20
|-
| R Berry

Bob Berry (cricketer)

|| 252 ||115|| 3 ||2-18|| 38.33
|-
| 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...

|| 216 ||116|| 3|| 2-28|| 38.66
|-
|| WF Oates

William Oates

William Farrand Oates was an English first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire in 1956, and for Derbyshire from 1959 to 1965....

|| 372 || 219 ||1|| 1-20 ||219.00
|-
| HL Johnson

Laurie Johnson (cricketer)

|| 27 ||26|| 0 || ||
|-
| IW Hall

Ian Hall (cricketer)

||23 || 14|| 0 || ||
|-
| R Swallow

Ray Swallow

Raymond Swallow is a former English cricketer and footballer. He played football for Arsenal between 1955 and 1957 and cricket for MCC in 1957...

|| 18 ||8 ||0|| ||
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable" width="80%"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! colspan=6| Leading first class bowlers for Derbyshire by wickets taken
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name
! Balls
! Runs
! Wkts
! BBI
! Ave

Bowling average

Bowling average is a statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the sport of cricket.A bowler's bowling average is defined as the total number of runs conceded by the bowlers divided by the number of wickets taken by the bowler, so the lower the average the better. It is similar to earned...

|-
| HL Jackson

Les Jackson

|| 6107 || 2012|| 105 ||7-35 ||19.16
|-
| DC Morgan || 5030 || 1987|| 76 ||6-13|| 26.14
|-
| 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...

|| 3926 || 1321 || 68|| 6-30 ||19.43
|-
| 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...

|| 4015 || 1405 ||62 ||5-39|| 22.66
|-
| IR Buxton

Ian Buxton

|| 3318 || 1446 ||46 ||4-57 ||31.43
|-
|}

Wicket Keeping

Bob Taylor
Bob Taylor (cricketer)
Robert William Taylor , known as Bob Taylor, is a former English cricketer who played as wicket-keeper for Derbyshire between 1961 and 1984 and for England between 1971 and 1984. He made 57 Test, and 639 first class cricket appearances in total, taking 1,473 catches. The 2,069 victims across his...

Catches 77, Stumping 3
Ian Hall
Ian Hall (cricketer)
Ian William Hall is a former English cricketer and professional footballer. He played cricket for Derbyshire between 1959 and 1972, and played football for Derby County F.C. from 1959 to 1962 and for Mansfield Town F.C. from 1962 to 1968.Hall was born at Sutton Scarsdale, Derbyshire...

Catches 2

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