Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1951
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Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1951 was the cricket
season when the English club Derbyshire
had been playing for eighty years. It was their forty-seventh season in the County Championship
and they won five matches and lost seven to finish eleventh in the County Championship.
was in his first full year as captain. He had been appointed in the previous year but because of injury was substituted by Pat Vaulkhard
for 1950. His appointment ended a period of uncertainty since the end of the Second World War, when apart from Edward Gothard
, no one was available to captain for more than one year.
Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, and one match against the touring South Africans. They won five matches altogether, but a disproportionate number of matches were drawn. Charlie Elliott
was top scorer and C Gladwin
took most wickets with 123.
The club retained a virtually unchanged squad with only one newcomer - Edwin Smith
who played on for 20 years.
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
| 05 May 1951
| Worcestershire
County Ground, New Road, Worcester
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Don Kenyon
100;
|-
|2
| 09 May 1951
| Leicestershire
Grace Road, Leicester
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| TA Hall 5-57
|-
|3
| 12 May 1951
| Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|4
|16 May 1951
| Sussex
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Langridge 200; AEG Rhodes
5-23
|-
|5
|19 May 1951
| Yorkshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|7 wickets
|
|-
|6
|26 May 1951
| Gloucestershire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|67 runs
| DC Morgan 6-93
|-
|7
|02 Jun 1951
| Glamorgan
Cardiff Arms Park
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings and 120 runs
| Davies 146; Parkhouse
107; Jim McConnon
7-69 and 7-84
|-
|8
|06 Jun 1951
| Hampshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Rogers 151; C Gladwin
6-108
|-
|9
|09 Jun 1951
| Northamptonshire
County Ground, Northampton
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Oldfield 140
|-
|10
|13 Jun 1951
| Somerset
Agricultural Showgrounds, Frome
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|125 runs
| J Redman
7-23
|-
|11
|16 Jun 1951
| Gloucestershire
Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Crapp 105; AC Revill
137
|-
|12
|20 Jun 1951
| Kent
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| HL Jackson
5-90; Wright 5-90
|-
|13
|23 Jun 1951
| Lancashire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|15 runs
| Washbrook 103;
|-
|14
|27 Jun 1951
| Essex
Gidea Park Sports Ground, Romford
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| CS Elliott
166; C Gladwin
5-65 and 5-44; Bailey 6-44;
|-
|15
|04 Jul 1951
|Middlesex
Park Road Ground, Buxton
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| A Hamer
165;
|-
|16
|07 Jul 1951
| Hampshire
United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|113 Runs
| AC Revill
104; C Gladwin
7-74; HL Jackson
5-34
|-
|17
|14 Jul 1951
| Lancashire
Old Trafford, Manchester
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| C Gladwin
5-42 and 5-76; Brian Statham
5-20
|-
|18
|18 Jul 1951
|Derbyshire v South Africans
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|8 wickets
|
|-
|19
|21 Jul 1951
| Glamorgan
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings and 94 runs
| Muncer 107, 5-34 and 5-23
|-
|20
|25 Jul 1951
| Kent
Cheriton Road Sports Ground, Folkestone
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|177 runs
| DB Carr
103; Ridgway 6-44; C Gladwin
7-55; AEG Rhodes
6-57
|-
|21
|28 Jul 1951
| Nottinghamshire
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 114 runs
| WIllatt 111; AC Revill
123; C Gladwin
8-40
|-
|22
|01 Aug 1951
| Yorkshire
St George's Road, Harrogate
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Wilson 120; Watson 108; Fred Trueman
6-59; Bob Appleyard
5-42
|-
|23
|04 Aug 1951
| Warwickshire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Eric Hollies
7-67
|-
|24
|08 Aug 1951
| Worcestershire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|139 runs
| C Gladwin
6-108; Howorth 5-33 and 5-32; E Smith
8-21; Perks 5-33
|-
|25
|11 Aug 1951
| Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Clay 108; Cox 6-30
|-
|26
|15 Aug 1951
| Surrey
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| CS Elliott
121; C Gladwin
5-80
|-
|27
|18 Aug 1951
| Sussex
The Saffrons, Eastbourne
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Hubert Doggart
126; David Sheppard
183; James Langridge 5-84
|-
|28
|22 Aug 1951
| Leicestershire
Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|Innings and 23 runs
| A Eato
5-14; Sperry 5-60; HL Jackson
5-34; AEG Rhodes
5-49
|-
|29
|25 Aug 1951
| Essex
Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| T Smith 5-22; C Gladwin
7-55
|-
|
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !! 100s
|-
|DB Carr
|| 9 ||14 || 425 ||103*|| 38.63 || 1
|-
|AC Revill
||27|| 45 || 1435 ||137 || 36.79 || 3
|-
|CS Elliott
|| 26|| 46 || 1456 ||166 || 35.51 || 2
|-
|R Sale
|| 6 ||7 || 196 ||64 || 32.66 || 0
|-
|A Hamer
|| 28|| 49 ||1421 ||165 || 30.23 || 1
|-
|D Smith
|| 11 ||16 || 303 ||56 || 21.64 || 0
|-
|JM Kelly || 26 ||43 || 833 ||97*|| 21.35|| 0
|-
|DC Morgan || 15 ||19 || 311 ||63 || 19.43 || 0
|-
|GL Willatt
|| 28 ||44 || 747 ||111 || 17.78 || 1
|-
|AEG Rhodes
|| 28 ||42 || 658 ||77 || 17.78 || 0
|-
|C Gladwin
|| 23 ||30 || 417|| 62 || 17.37 || 0
|-
|GO Dawkes
|| 28 ||39 || 541 ||61 || 15.45 || 0
|-
|P Vaulkhard
||3 ||5 || 75 ||43 || 15.00 || 0
|-
|BH Richardson
|| 8 ||12 ||101 ||19 || 12.62 || 0
|-
|HL Jackson
|| 20 ||19 || 126 ||39* ||12.60 || 0
|-
|TA Hall || 12 ||18 ||81 ||20*|| 6.23 || 0
|-
|A Eato
|| 7|| 8 || 31 ||10 || 5.16 || 0
|-
|E Smith
|| 3 ||4 || 2|| 2 || 2.00 || 0
|-
|}
Additionally John Eggar
appeared in the match against the South Africans.
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average
|-
|C Gladwin
|| 5786 ||2192 ||123|| 8-40 ||17.82
|-
| HL Jackson
|| 3580 || 1379 ||72|| 5-29 ||19.15
|-
|AEG Rhodes
|| 4918 || 2212 ||68|| 7-56 ||32.52
|-
| DC Morgan || 2311 || 1044 ||41|| 6-93 ||25.46
|-
| TA Hall || 1778 || 773 ||35|| 5-57|| 22.08
|-
| A Eato
|| 840 || 394|| 13|| 5-14 ||30.30
|-
| A Hamer
|| 1526 ||626 ||13 ||2-7|| 48.15
|-
| E Smith
|| 301 || 167 ||10 ||8-21 ||16.70
|-
|DB Carr
||314|| 200 ||8 ||3-22 ||25.00
|-
| BH Richardson
|| 528 || 229|| 6 ||1-7|| 38.16
|-
|AC Revill
||219 ||134 ||3 ||1-10 ||44.66
|-
| JM Kelly || 26 || 2|| 0
|-
| GL Willatt
|| 18 || 20|| 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 years. It was their forty-seventh season in the County Championship
County Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...
and they won five matches and lost seven to finish eleventh in the County Championship.
1951 season
Guy WillattGuy Willatt
Guy Longfield Willatt was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University from 1938 to 1947, for Nottinghamshire from 1939 to 1948, for Scotland from 1948 to 1950 and for Derbyshire from 1950 to 1956. He was captain of Derbyshire from 1951 to 1954 and also played for...
was in his first full year as captain. He had been appointed in the previous year but because of injury was substituted by Pat Vaulkhard
Pat Vaulkhard
Patrick Vaulkhard was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Nottinghamshire in 1934 and for Derbyshire between 1946 and 1952, being captain in 1950....
for 1950. His appointment ended a period of uncertainty since the end of the Second World War, when apart from Edward Gothard
Edward Gothard
Edward James Gothard was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1947 and 1948 and captained the side in both years....
, no one was available to captain for more than one year.
Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, and one match against the touring South Africans. They won five matches altogether, but a disproportionate number of matches were drawn. Charlie Elliott
Charlie Elliott
Charles Standish 'Charlie' Elliott MBE was an English footballer, a first-class cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1932 and 1953 and an international cricket umpire.Elliott was born in Bolsover, Derbyshire...
was top scorer and 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...
took most wickets with 123.
The club retained a virtually unchanged squad with only one newcomer - Edwin 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...
who played on for 20 years.
Matches
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
| 05 May 1951
| 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, New Road, Worcester
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Don Kenyon
Don Kenyon
Donald Kenyon was an English cricketer, who played in eight Tests for England from 1951 to 1955. He captained Worcestershire between 1959 and 1967....
100;
|-
|2
| 09 May 1951
| 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....
Grace Road, Leicester
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| TA Hall 5-57
|-
|3
| 12 May 1951
| 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="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|4
|16 May 1951
| 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="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Langridge 200; AEG Rhodes
Albert Rhodes
Albert Ennion Groucott "Dusty" Rhodes was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire and MCC between 1937 and 1954 and was also a Test match umpire.Rhodes was born at Tintwistle, Cheshire...
5-23
|-
|5
|19 May 1951
| 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="#FF0000"|Lost
|7 wickets
|
|-
|6
|26 May 1951
| 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....
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|67 runs
| DC Morgan 6-93
|-
|7
|02 Jun 1951
| 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...
Cardiff Arms Park
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings and 120 runs
| Davies 146; Parkhouse
Gilbert Parkhouse
William Gilbert Anthony Parkhouse was a Welsh cricketer who played in seven Tests for England in 1950, 1950-51 and 1959....
107; Jim McConnon
Jim McConnon
Jim McConnon was an English cricketer, who played in two Tests in 1954 as an off-spin bowler. He played for Glamorgan from 1950 to 1961, albeit missing the 1956 season when he decided to play in the Lancashire League...
7-69 and 7-84
|-
|8
|06 Jun 1951
| 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...
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Rogers 151; 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...
6-108
|-
|9
|09 Jun 1951
| 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="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Oldfield 140
|-
|10
|13 Jun 1951
| 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...
Agricultural Showgrounds, Frome
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|125 runs
| J Redman
Jim Redman (cricketer)
James Redman, born at Bath, Somerset on 1 March 1926 and died at Salisbury, Wiltshire, on 24 September 1981, played first-class cricket for Somerset as a fast-medium bowler between 1948 and 1953.-First-class cricket career:...
7-23
|-
|11
|16 Jun 1951
| 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="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Crapp 105; 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....
137
|-
|12
|20 Jun 1951
| 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="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| 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...
5-90; Wright 5-90
|-
|13
|23 Jun 1951
| 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...
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|15 runs
| Washbrook 103;
|-
|14
|27 Jun 1951
| 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...
Gidea Park Sports Ground, Romford
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| CS Elliott
Charlie Elliott
Charles Standish 'Charlie' Elliott MBE was an English footballer, a first-class cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1932 and 1953 and an international cricket umpire.Elliott was born in Bolsover, Derbyshire...
166; 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...
5-65 and 5-44; Bailey 6-44;
|-
|15
|04 Jul 1951
|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...
Park Road Ground, Buxton
|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...
165;
|-
|16
|07 Jul 1951
| 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="#00FF00"|Won
|113 Runs
| 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....
104; 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...
7-74; 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...
5-34
|-
|17
|14 Jul 1951
| 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...
Old Trafford, Manchester
|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...
5-42 and 5-76; Brian Statham
Brian Statham
John Brian "George" Statham, CBE was one of the leading English fast bowlers in 20th-century English cricket. Initially a bowler of a brisk fast-medium pace, Statham was able to remodel his action to generate enough speed to become genuinely fast...
5-20
|-
|18
|18 Jul 1951
|Derbyshire v South Africans
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|8 wickets
|
|-
|19
|21 Jul 1951
| 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="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings and 94 runs
| Muncer 107, 5-34 and 5-23
|-
|20
|25 Jul 1951
| 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...
Cheriton Road Sports Ground, Folkestone
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|177 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...
103; Ridgway 6-44; 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...
7-55; AEG Rhodes
Albert Rhodes
Albert Ennion Groucott "Dusty" Rhodes was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire and MCC between 1937 and 1954 and was also a Test match umpire.Rhodes was born at Tintwistle, Cheshire...
6-57
|-
|21
|28 Jul 1951
| 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="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 114 runs
| WIllatt 111; 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....
123; 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...
8-40
|-
|22
|01 Aug 1951
| 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....
St George's Road, Harrogate
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Wilson 120; Watson 108; Fred Trueman
Fred Trueman
Frederick Sewards Trueman OBE was an English cricketer, generally acknowledged as one of the greatest fast bowlers in history. A bowler of genuinely fast pace who was widely known as Fiery Fred, Trueman played first-class cricket for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1949 until he retired in 1968...
6-59; Bob Appleyard
Bob Appleyard
Bob Appleyard is a former Yorkshire and England cricketer.He was one of the best English bowlers of the 1950s, a decade which saw England develop its strongest bowling attack of the twentieth century...
5-42
|-
|23
|04 Aug 1951
| 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
|
| Eric Hollies
Eric Hollies
William Eric Hollies was an English cricketer, who is mainly remembered for taking the wicket of Donald Bradman for a duck in Bradman's final Test match innings, in which only four was needed for a Test average of 100...
7-67
|-
|24
|08 Aug 1951
| 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...
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|139 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...
6-108; Howorth 5-33 and 5-32; 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...
8-21; Perks 5-33
|-
|25
|11 Aug 1951
| 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
|
| Clay 108; Cox 6-30
|-
|26
|15 Aug 1951
| 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="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| CS Elliott
Charlie Elliott
Charles Standish 'Charlie' Elliott MBE was an English footballer, a first-class cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1932 and 1953 and an international cricket umpire.Elliott was born in Bolsover, Derbyshire...
121; 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...
5-80
|-
|27
|18 Aug 1951
| 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...
The Saffrons, Eastbourne
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Hubert Doggart
Hubert Doggart
Hubert Doggart, O.B.E., MA was an English administrator, cricketer and schoolmaster...
126; David Sheppard
David Sheppard
David Stuart Sheppard, Baron Sheppard of Liverpool was the high-profile Bishop of Liverpool in the Church of England who played cricket for Sussex and England in his youth...
183; James Langridge 5-84
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|28
|22 Aug 1951
| 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....
Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|Innings and 23 runs
| A Eato
Alwyn Eato
Alwyn Eato born Alwyne Eato was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1950 and 1955....
5-14; Sperry 5-60; 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...
5-34; AEG Rhodes
Albert Rhodes
Albert Ennion Groucott "Dusty" Rhodes was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire and MCC between 1937 and 1954 and was also a Test match umpire.Rhodes was born at Tintwistle, Cheshire...
5-49
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|29
|25 Aug 1951
| 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="#FFCC00"|Drawn
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| T Smith 5-22; 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...
7-55
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County Championship batting averages
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="90%"|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !! 100s
|-
|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...
|| 9 ||14 || 425 ||103*|| 38.63 || 1
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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....
||27|| 45 || 1435 ||137 || 36.79 || 3
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|CS Elliott
Charlie Elliott
Charles Standish 'Charlie' Elliott MBE was an English footballer, a first-class cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1932 and 1953 and an international cricket umpire.Elliott was born in Bolsover, Derbyshire...
|| 26|| 46 || 1456 ||166 || 35.51 || 2
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|R Sale
Dick Sale
Richard Sale was an English schoolmaster and cricketer who played for Warwickshire between 1939 and 1947 and for Derbyshire between 1949 and 1954....
|| 6 ||7 || 196 ||64 || 32.66 || 0
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|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|| 49 ||1421 ||165 || 30.23 || 1
|-
|D Smith
Denis Smith (cricketer)
Denis Smith was a cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1927 and 1952 and in two Test matchs for England in 1935. He scored over 21,000 runs in first class cricket.Smith was born in Somercotes, Derbyshire...
|| 11 ||16 || 303 ||56 || 21.64 || 0
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|JM Kelly || 26 ||43 || 833 ||97*|| 21.35|| 0
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|DC Morgan || 15 ||19 || 311 ||63 || 19.43 || 0
|-
|GL Willatt
Guy Willatt
Guy Longfield Willatt was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University from 1938 to 1947, for Nottinghamshire from 1939 to 1948, for Scotland from 1948 to 1950 and for Derbyshire from 1950 to 1956. He was captain of Derbyshire from 1951 to 1954 and also played for...
|| 28 ||44 || 747 ||111 || 17.78 || 1
|-
|AEG Rhodes
Albert Rhodes
Albert Ennion Groucott "Dusty" Rhodes was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire and MCC between 1937 and 1954 and was also a Test match umpire.Rhodes was born at Tintwistle, Cheshire...
|| 28 ||42 || 658 ||77 || 17.78 || 0
|-
|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...
|| 23 ||30 || 417|| 62 || 17.37 || 0
|-
|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 ||39 || 541 ||61 || 15.45 || 0
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|P Vaulkhard
Pat Vaulkhard
Patrick Vaulkhard was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Nottinghamshire in 1934 and for Derbyshire between 1946 and 1952, being captain in 1950....
||3 ||5 || 75 ||43 || 15.00 || 0
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|BH Richardson
Bertram Richardson
Bertram Harold Richardson is a former English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire from 1950 to 1953Richardson was born at Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire. He joined Derbyshire at the start of the 1950 season and went on to play in the first and second XI...
|| 8 ||12 ||101 ||19 || 12.62 || 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...
|| 20 ||19 || 126 ||39* ||12.60 || 0
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|TA Hall || 12 ||18 ||81 ||20*|| 6.23 || 0
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|A Eato
Alwyn Eato
Alwyn Eato born Alwyne Eato was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1950 and 1955....
|| 7|| 8 || 31 ||10 || 5.16 || 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...
|| 3 ||4 || 2|| 2 || 2.00 || 0
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|}
Additionally John Eggar
John Eggar
John Drennan Eggar was an English schoolmaster and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Oxford University and Hampshire in 1938 and for Derbyshire from 1946 to 1954....
appeared in the match against the South Africans.
County Championship bowling averages
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="90%"|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average
|-
|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...
|| 5786 ||2192 ||123|| 8-40 ||17.82
|-
| 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...
|| 3580 || 1379 ||72|| 5-29 ||19.15
|-
|AEG Rhodes
Albert Rhodes
Albert Ennion Groucott "Dusty" Rhodes was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire and MCC between 1937 and 1954 and was also a Test match umpire.Rhodes was born at Tintwistle, Cheshire...
|| 4918 || 2212 ||68|| 7-56 ||32.52
|-
| DC Morgan || 2311 || 1044 ||41|| 6-93 ||25.46
|-
| TA Hall || 1778 || 773 ||35|| 5-57|| 22.08
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| A Eato
Alwyn Eato
Alwyn Eato born Alwyne Eato was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1950 and 1955....
|| 840 || 394|| 13|| 5-14 ||30.30
|-
| 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...
|| 1526 ||626 ||13 ||2-7|| 48.15
|-
| 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...
|| 301 || 167 ||10 ||8-21 ||16.70
|-
|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...
||314|| 200 ||8 ||3-22 ||25.00
|-
| BH Richardson
Bertram Richardson
Bertram Harold Richardson is a former English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire from 1950 to 1953Richardson was born at Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire. He joined Derbyshire at the start of the 1950 season and went on to play in the first and second XI...
|| 528 || 229|| 6 ||1-7|| 38.16
|-
|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....
||219 ||134 ||3 ||1-10 ||44.66
|-
| JM Kelly || 26 || 2|| 0
|-
| GL Willatt
Guy Willatt
Guy Longfield Willatt was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University from 1938 to 1947, for Nottinghamshire from 1939 to 1948, for Scotland from 1948 to 1950 and for Derbyshire from 1950 to 1956. He was captain of Derbyshire from 1951 to 1954 and also played for...
|| 18 || 20|| 0
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