Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1953

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1953 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 two years. It was their fifty-ninth season in the County Championship

County Championship

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

and they won nine matches and lost seven to finish sixth in the County Championship.

1953 season

Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, one match against Oxford University and one match against the touring Australians

Australian cricket team in England in 1953

The Australian cricket team toured England in the 1953 season to play a five-match Test series against England for The Ashes.England won the final Test to take the series 1-0 after the first four Tests were all drawn. England therefore recovered the Ashes for the first time since losing them in...

. They won nine 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 third 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 with 121.

Reginald Carter

Reginald Carter

Reginald Carter was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1953 to 1955.Carter was born at Whitwell, Derbyshire. He made his debut cricketing appearance for L. Lewin's XI in 1950, and for Derbyshire Second XI in the following year's Minor Counties Championship...

made his debut and continued to play for three seasons. David 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....

also made his debut and played intermittently over several seasons.

Matches

{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
|13 May 1953
|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...

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
|
| Jones 114; 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...

5-75
|-
|3
| 20 May 1953
| 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="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 21 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....

111; 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; Buse 5-61
|-
|4
|23 May 1953
| 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...

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 127; 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....

107
|-
|6
|30 May 1953
| 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...

Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 3 wickets
| Jenkins 5-64; HL Jackson

Les Jackson

5-35
|-
|7
|03 Jun 1953
| 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="#FF0000"|Lost
| 8 wickets
| Bedser 5-42; 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...

8-50
|-
|8
|06 Jun 1953
| Glamorgan

Glamorgan County Cricket Club

Ynysangharad Park, Pontypridd
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 13 runs
| HL Jackson

Les Jackson

5-51; Wooller 5-66; 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
|-
|9
|10 Jun 1953
| 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="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|10
|13 Jun 1953
| 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
|
|
|-
|11
|17 Jun 1953
| Australians

Australian cricket team in England in 1953

Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|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...

5-84; 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...

5-36
|-
|12
| 20 Jun 1953
| Surrey

Surrey County Cricket Club

County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 1 run
| HL Jackson

Les Jackson

5-34; 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...

5-47
|-
|13
| 27 Jun 1953
| 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
| 7 wickets
| 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...

115
|-
|14
|01 Jul 1953
| 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="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Barrick 161; CS Elliott

Charlie Elliott

132; Brookes 116
|-
|15
|04 Jul 1953
| Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club

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...

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....

128
|-
|17
|11 Jul 1953
| 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....

Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 41 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...

6-30; V Jackson 5-23 and 5-34
|-
|18
|15 Jul 1953
|Middlesex

Middlesex County Cricket Club

County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Sharp 103; Robertson 127; HL Jackson

Les Jackson

5-44
|-
|19
|18 Jul 1953
| 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
| 10 wickets
| A Hamer

Arnold Hamer

153; 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
|-
|20
|22 Jul 1953
| 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="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| 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...

111
|-
|21
|25 Jul 1953
| Lancashire

Lancashire County Cricket Club

Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 49 runs
| Berry 6-58
|-
|22
|01 Aug 1953
| Warwickshire

Warwickshire County Cricket Club

Sussex County Cricket Club

Northamptonshire County Cricket Club

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....

Leicestershire County Cricket Club

County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 10 wickets
| Walsh 5-64; HL Jackson

Les Jackson

5-36
|-
|27
|19 Aug 1953
| 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="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 82 runs
| R Carter

Reginald Carter

7-46
|-
|28
|22 Aug 1953
| 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...

Park Road Ground, Buxton
|Abandoned
|
|
|-
|29
|26 Aug 1953
| 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...

County Ground, Southampton
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 158 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...

5-40; Knott 5-36
|-
|30
|29 Aug 1953
| 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 Championship batting averages

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

Arnold Hamer

||27 ||44 || 1486 ||153|| 35.38 || 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....

|| 27 ||41 || 1250|| 128|| 32.05 || 3
|-
| JM Kelly || 27 ||43 || 1119 ||78 || 29.44 || 0
|-
| GL Willatt

Guy Willatt

|| 26|| 40 || 1099|| 95 || 27.47 || 0
|-
| CS Elliott

Charlie Elliott

|| 23 ||35 || 685 ||132* ||23.62 || 1
|-
| G Lowe

George Lowe (cricketer)

George William Lowe was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1949 and 1953.Lowe was born in the village of Mastin Moor, near Staveley, Derbyshire. He started playing for Derbyshire in the second XI in 1948. He made his debut for the Derbyshire team in the 1949...

|| 1 ||1 || 21|| 21 || 21.00 || 0
|-
| DC Morgan || 25 ||37 || 633 ||83 || 20.41 || 0
|-
| DB Carr

Donald Carr

||27 ||42 || 759 ||111|| 19.97 || 1
|-
| 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...

|| 27|| 35 || 347|| 27* ||16.52 || 0
|-
| 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 || 66 ||23 || 16.50 || 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 ||4 || 58 ||29 || 14.50 || 0
|-
| R Carter

Reginald Carter

|| 3|| 2 || 14 ||13|| 14.00 || 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...

|| 27 ||38 || 479|| 55|| 12.94 || 0
|-
| A Eato

Alwyn Eato

Alwyn Eato born Alwyne Eato was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1950 and 1955....

|| 8|| 8 || 75 ||22*|| 10.71 || 0
|-
| 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...

|| 3 ||5 || 48 ||40|| 9.60 || 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...

|| 17 ||20 || 64 ||23*|| 6.40 || 0
|-
| 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....

|| 3 ||3 || 18|| 8 || 6.00 || 0
|-
| HL Jackson

Les Jackson

|| 22 ||24 || 107 ||18*|| 5.94 || 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...

|| 6162 || 2212 ||121|| 8-50 ||18.28
|-
| HL Jackson

Les Jackson

|| 4141 || 1466 ||96 ||5-34 ||15.27
|-
| DC Morgan ||3422 ||1587 ||64 ||5-35 ||24.79
|-
| DB Carr

Donald Carr

||1429 || 780 ||23|| 4-28 ||33.91
|-
| 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...

||2497 || 921 ||22 ||3-15 ||41.86
|-
| A Eato

Alwyn Eato

Alwyn Eato born Alwyne Eato was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1950 and 1955....

|| 1054 || 520 ||16 ||4-62 ||32.50
|-
| R Carter

Reginald Carter

|| 528 ||199 ||12|| 7-46 ||16.58
|-
| A Hamer

Arnold Hamer

|| 1134 || 530 ||11|| 2-18 ||48.18
|-
| AEG Rhodes

Albert Rhodes

|| 366 ||218 ||1|| 1-49 ||218.00
|-
| JM Kelly || 18 ||3 ||0 || ||
|-
| 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....

||66 || 25 ||0 || ||
|-
| BH Richardson

Bertram Richardson

|| 12 || 7|| 0 || ||
|-
| GL Willatt

Guy Willatt

|| 12 ||11|| 0 || ||
|-
|}

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