Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1952

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1952 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 eighty one years. It was their forty-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 eleven matches and lost eight to finish fourth in the County Championship.

1952 season

Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, and one match against the touring Indians. They won eleven matches altogether. Guy 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...

was in his second year as captain. 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 for the club and was fifth nationally. 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
|07 May 1952
|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...

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...

County Ground, Chelmsford
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 9 wickets
| R Smith 5-83 and 5-33; 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...

5-41
|-
|3
| 17 May 1952
| 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="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Goodwin 5-44; 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...

5-52
|-
|4
| 21 May 1952
| 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="#00FF00"|Won
| 10 wickets
| GL Willatt

Guy Willatt

146; Perks 5-98; 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...

5-67
|-
|5
| 24 May 1952
| 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....

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="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 42 runs
| Pritchard 6-76; 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
|-
|7
| 04 Jun 1952
| 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="#FF0000"|Lost
| 83 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...

9-60; 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...

5-89; Hilton 6-34
|-
|8
| 07 Jun 1952
| 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
| 81 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....

101; GL Willatt

Guy Willatt

113; Wardle 5-72
|-
|9
| 11 Jun 1952
| 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...

Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 100 runs
| Wood 5-73; Oakman 5-32
|-
|10
| 14 Jun 1952
| 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
|
| Martin 122; Hardstaff 116; 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...

161; Stocks 5-64
|-
|11
| 18 Jun 1952
| 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="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|12
| 21 Jun 1952
| 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...

Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 8 wickets
| Brookes 152
|-
|13
| 28 Jun 1952
| 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...

St Helen's, Swansea
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| 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...

5-56; 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...

5-50
|-
|14
| 05 Jul 1952
| Lancashire

Lancashire County Cricket Club

Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Edrich 117; AEG Rhodes

Albert Rhodes

5-123; Tattershal 7-103; 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...

5-68
|-
|15
| 09 Jul 1952
| Indians

Indian cricket team in England in 1952

The Indian cricket team toured England in the 1952 season. The team played four Test matches, losing three of them and drawing the other one. In all first-class matches, they played 29, winning four and losing five, with the rest drawn.-The Indian team:...

Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Chowdhury 5-30; HL Jackson

Les Jackson

6-39
|-
|16
| 12 Jul 1952
| 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, Taunton
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Gimblet 146 and 116; CS Elliott

Charlie Elliott

168
|-
|17
| 16 Jul 1952
|Middlesex

Middlesex County Cricket Club

County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 52 runs
| A Hamer

Arnold Hamer

110; HL Jackson

Les Jackson

6-96; Compton 6-77; AEG Rhodes

Albert Rhodes

5-58
|-
|18
| 19 Jul 1952
| Leicestershire

Leicestershire County Cricket Club

Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 59 runs
| Walsh 6-98; HL Jackson

Les Jackson

5-18
|-
|19
| 23 Jul 1952
| 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...

Amblecote, Stourbridge
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 57 runs
| CS Elliott

Charlie Elliott

122; Lobban 6-52; 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...

7-43 and 9-41
|-
|20
| 26 Jul 1952
| Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club

Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 93 runs
| Poole 219; A Hamer

Arnold Hamer

165; 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...

116
|-
|21
| 30 Jul 1952
| 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...

Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 6 wickets
| HL Jackson

Les Jackson

5-63
|-
|22
| 02 Aug 1952
| Warwickshire

Warwickshire County Cricket Club

Edgbaston, Birmingham
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Dollery 100; HL Jackson

Les Jackson

5-30; Grove 6-64
|-
|23
| 06 Aug 1952
| 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...

St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
|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...

6-81; Page 5-56
|-
|24
| 09 Aug 1952
| Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire County Cricket Club

Wellingborough School Ground
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 5 wickets
| Livingston 106; 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...

5-49; Starkie 5-61
|-
|25
| 13 Aug 1952
| Glamorgan

Glamorgan County Cricket Club

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
|
| 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....

101; 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...

5-30
|-
|27
| 20 Aug 1952
| Surrey

Surrey County Cricket Club

Kennington Oval
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 212 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...

5-44; Lock 6-16
|-
|28
| 23 Aug 1952
| 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....

Park Road Ground, Buxton
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 29 runs
| Scott 6-45; Lambert 7-75
|-
|29
| 30 Aug 1952
| Sussex

Sussex County Cricket Club

County Championship batting averages

{| class="wikitable sortable" width="90%"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !! 100s
|-
| CS Elliott

Charlie Elliott

|| 26 ||46 || 1569 ||168 || 35.65 || 2
|-
| GL Willatt

Guy Willatt

|| 25 ||42 || 1354|| 146 ||33.85 || 2
|-
| 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....

|| 28 ||50 || 1431 ||101 || 31.10 || 2
|-
| 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....

|| 2 ||2 || 62 ||62|| 31.00 || 0
|-
| A Hamer

Arnold Hamer

||28 ||50 || 1377 ||165 ||27.54 || 3
|-
| DC Morgan || 28|| 47 || 854 ||73 ||22.47 || 0
|-
| DB Carr

Donald Carr

|| 22 ||39 || 792 ||116 || 22.00 || 1
|-
| 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 ||11 ||196 ||47 ||19.60 || 0
|-
| JM Kelly || 19 ||31 || 557|| 93 || 18.56 || 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 ||48 || 551|| 55* ||16.69 || 0
|-
| AEG Rhodes

Albert Rhodes

|| 26 ||42 || 646 ||60 ||16.15 || 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...

|| 28 ||41 || 446 ||53* ||14.38 || 0
|-
| 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...

|| 1 ||2 || 26 ||16 ||13.00|| 0
|-
| 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...

|| 2 ||3 || 21|| 9|| 10.50 || 0
|-
| TA Hall || 2 ||3 || 17 ||9*|| 8.50|| 0
|-
| HL Jackson

Les Jackson

|| 25 ||33 ||168 ||32 || 6.00 || 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...

|| 11|| 13 || 23 ||11|| 4.60 || 0
|-
| MH Stevenson

Mike Stevenson

Michael Hamilton Stevenson was a schoolmaster, journalist and cricketer who played for Cambridge University, Derbyshire, Ireland and MCC between 1949 and 1969....

|| 1|| 1|| 0|| 0 || 0.00 || 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
|-
| CS Elliott

Charlie Elliott

|| 27 ||48 || 1599 ||168 || 33.31 || 2
|-
| 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....

|| 29 ||52 || 1433 ||101 || 27.56 || 2
|-
| A Hamer

Arnold Hamer

||29 ||52 || 1478 ||165 || 28.42 || 3
|-
| GL Willatt

Guy Willatt

|| 26 ||44 || 1438|| 146 || 32.68 || 2
|-
| DC Morgan || 29|| 49 || 921 ||73 ||18.80|| 0
|-
|}

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...

|| 7322 ||2802 ||151 ||9-41|| 18.55
|-
| HL Jackson

Les Jackson

|| 4888||1988 ||108|| 9-60 ||18.40
|-
| AEG Rhodes

Albert Rhodes

|| 4595 || 2025|| 81|| 5-56 ||25.00
|-
| DC Morgan ||3500 ||1608|| 67|| 5-38 ||24.00
|-
| 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...

|| 1710 || 747 ||26|| 5-49 ||28.73
|-
| DB Carr

Donald Carr

||571 ||321|| 8 ||3-41|| 40.12
|-
| A Hamer

Arnold Hamer

|| 692||309|| 6 ||2-11 ||51.50
|-
| TA Hall ||114||66|| 2|| 1-13|| 33.00
|-
| 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....

|| 2||4 ||1|| 1-4 ||4.00
|-
| CS Elliott

Charlie Elliott

|| 15 || 24|| 1|| 1-15 ||24.00
|-
| 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....

|| 72||57 ||1 ||1-57|| 57.00
|-
| BH Richardson

Bertram Richardson

|| 18 || 15|| 0 || ||
|-
| GL Willatt

Guy Willatt

|| 12 || 4|| 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...

|-
| 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...

|| 7322 ||2802 ||151 ||9-41|| 18.55
|-
| HL Jackson

Les Jackson

|| 5051 ||2056 ||114|| 9-60 ||18.03
|-
| AEG Rhodes

Albert Rhodes

|| 4679 || 2071|| 83|| 5-56 ||24.95
|-
| DC Morgan ||3630 ||1662|| 71 || 5-38 ||23.41
|-
| 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...

|| 1728 || 758 || 26|| 5-49 || 29.15
|-
|}

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