Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1954

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1954 represents 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-four years. It was their fiftieth 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 in the County Championship to finish in third place.

1954 season

Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, one match against Scotland, and one against the touring Pakistanis

Pakistani cricket team in England in 1954

The Pakistani cricket team toured England in the 1954 season. The team played four Test matches against England, winning one, losing one and drawing two. These were the first Test matches played between the two sides...

. In a successful season, they won twelve first class 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 fourth season as captain. Arnold Hamer

Arnold Hamer

Arnold Hamer was a first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire in 1938, and for Derbyshire between 1950 and 1960, scoring over 15,000 runs in first-class cricket. He also played as a footballer, playing eight games for York City in 1938.-Early career:Hamer was born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire...

was top scorer and Cliff 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.

Two players made their debut in the season. Gerald Wyatt

Gerald Wyatt

Gerald Wyatt was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire on various occasions between 1954 and 1960.Wyatt was born in New Mills, Derbyshire. He joined Derbyshire and began playing in the Second XI in 1950...

played one game and then appeared intermittently over the next few years. Charles 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...

went on to score over 12,000 runs and became captain ten years later.

Matches

{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
|08 May 1954
| 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
| 7 wickets
| Tompkin

Maurice Tompkin

Maurice Tompkin was an English sportsman who played first-class cricket with Leicestershire and professional football for Bury, Leicester City, Huddersfield Town and Kettering Town. He was born in Countesthorpe, Leicestershire.-References:*99 Years & Counting - Stats & Stories - Huddersfield Town...

112; Spencer

Terry Spencer

Charles Terence Spencer is a former English first class cricketer who played for Leicestershire. Only Ewart Astill and George Geary have taken more wickets for Leicestershire...

6-64; HL Jackson

Les Jackson

Les Jackson was an English cricketer. A fast or fast-medium bowler renowned for his accurate bowling and particular hostility on uncovered wickets, he played county cricket for Derbyshire from 1947 to 1963, and was regularly at, or near the top of, the English bowling averages...

6-43
|-
|2
|12 May 1954
| 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="#00FF00"|Won
| 81 runs
| Wright

Doug Wright (cricketer)

Douglas Vivian Parson Wright, better known as Doug Wright was an English cricketer. A leg-spinner for Kent and England from 1932 to 1957 he took a record seven hat-tricks in first class cricket. He played for Kent for 25 years and was their first professional captain from late 1953 to 1956...

7/62; GL Willatt

Guy Willatt

103; Evans

Godfrey Evans

Thomas Godfrey Evans CBE was an English cricketer who played for Kent and England.Described by Wisden as 'arguably the best wicket-keeper the game has ever seen', Evans collected 219 dismissals in 91 Test match appearances between 1946 and 1959 and a total of 1066 in all first-class matches...

109; E Smith

Edwin Smith (cricketer)

Edwin Smith is a former county cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1951 and 1971 and took over 1200 wickets.Smith was born in Grassmoor, Derbyshire...

6-60; 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...

5-22
|-
|3
|15 May 1954
| 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...

Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 5 wickets
| Horsfall 117; A Hamer

Arnold Hamer

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...

5-79
|-
|4
|19 May 1954
| 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="#FF0000"|Lost
| 4 wickets
| Dare 5-49; 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...

5-44
|-
|5
|22 May 1954
| Essex

Essex County Cricket Club

Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 6 wickets
| C Gladwin

Cliff Gladwin

Clifford Gladwin was an English cricketer, who played for Derbyshire from 1939 to 1958, and in eight Tests for England from 1947 to 1949...

8-50
|-
|6
|29 May 1954
| 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
|
| Hilton 7-51
|-
|7
|02 Jun 1954
| Scotland
Park Road Ground, Buxton
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 5 wickets
| Cosh 99; Youngson 6-84;
|-
|8
|05 Jun 1954
| 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...

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
|
| Lester 121; Appleyard 6-71; 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...

5-37
|-
|10
|16 Jun 1954
| Surrey

Surrey County Cricket Club

Surrey County Cricket Club is one of the 18 professional county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Surrey. Its limited overs team is called the Surrey Lions...

County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 10 wickets
| C Gladwin

Cliff Gladwin

Clifford Gladwin was an English cricketer, who played for Derbyshire from 1939 to 1958, and in eight Tests for England from 1947 to 1949...

6-75; Bedser 5-22
|-
|11
|19 Jun 1954
| 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="#00FF00"|Won
| 5 runs
| Hedges 103; Jones 104; Shepherd 5-45; HL Jackson

Les Jackson

6-24; 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...

8-114
|-
|12
|26 Jun 1954
| Lancashire

Lancashire County Cricket Club

Park Road Ground, Buxton
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 169 runs
| HL Jackson

Les Jackson

6-33
|-
|13
|30 Jun 1954
| 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...

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

Les Jackson

6-40
|-
|14
|03 Jul 1954
| 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...

Cricket Field Road Ground, Horsham
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 76 runs
| James 5-31; HL Jackson

Les Jackson

5-30
|-
|15
|07 Jul 1954
| Pakistan

Pakistani cricket team in England in 1954

County Ground, Derby
|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; Ahmed 5-53; DC Morgan 5-57
|-
|16
|10 Jul 1954
| 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...

Johnson Park, Yeovil

Johnson Park is a multi-purpose sports ground on the northern outskirts of Yeovil, Somerset and is home to the Yeovil Sports and Social Club . Between 1951 and 1967, Somerset County Cricket Club played 12 first-class cricket matches on the ground, and Somerset also played two List A matches there,...

|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 10 wickets
| Tremlett 5-31; HL Jackson

Les Jackson

5-17
|-
|17
|14 Jul 1954
| Hampshire

Hampshire County Cricket Club

Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Harrison 114; JM Kelly 116; 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...

143; HL Jackson

Les Jackson

7-64; Cannings 7-132
|-
|18
|17 Jul 1954
| 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...

Sussex County Cricket Club

County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| A Hamer

Arnold Hamer

118; GL Willatt

Guy Willatt

101
|-
|20
|24 Jul 1954
| Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club

Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Nottinghamshire, and the current county champions. Its limited overs team is called the Nottinghamshire Outlaws...

Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| 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...

6-114
|-
|21
|28 Jul 1954
| 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....

Headingley, Leeds
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 6 wickets
| A Hamer

Arnold Hamer

147; Trueman 6-109; DC Morgan 5-23 and 5-55
|-
|22
|31 Jul 1954
| Warwickshire

Warwickshire County Cricket Club

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

Les Jackson

5-28
|-
|23
|04 Aug 1954
| 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....

Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 60 runs
| Graveney 222; McHugh 5-82; 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...

5-42
|-
|24
|07 Aug 1954
| 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...

Wellingborough School Ground
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|25
|11 Aug 1954
| Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire County Cricket Club

College Ground, Cheltenham
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 52 runs
| C Gladwin

Cliff Gladwin

Clifford Gladwin was an English cricketer, who played for Derbyshire from 1939 to 1958, and in eight Tests for England from 1947 to 1949...

5-24
|-
|26
|14 Aug 1954
| Worcestershire

Worcestershire County Cricket Club

Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire...

County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 9 wickets
| Flavell 5-53
|-
|27
|18 Aug 1954
| 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="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|28
|21 Aug 1954
| Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club

Trent Bridge, Nottingham
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|29
|25 Aug 1954
| Leicestershire

Leicestershire County Cricket Club

Glamorgan County Cricket Club

County Championship batting averages

{| class="wikitable sortable" width="70%"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !! 100s
|-
| A Hamer

Arnold Hamer

||28 ||46 || 1445 ||147* ||34.40 || 3
|-
| GL Willatt

Guy Willatt

|| 28 ||43 || 1115 ||103 || 27.87 || 2
|-
| 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...

|| 3 ||5 || 108|| 61 || 27.00 || 0
|-
| JM Kelly || 28|| 46 ||1086 ||116 || 24.68 || 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...

|| 3 ||3 || 72 ||46 || 24.00 || 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....

||28|| 43 || 971 ||90 || 22.58 || 0
|-
| DB Carr

Donald Carr

Donald Bryce Carr is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1946 to 1967, for Oxford University from 1948 to 1951, and twice for England in 1951/52. He captained Derbyshire between 1955 and 1962, and scored over 10,000 runs for the county...

|| 28 ||44 || 832 ||86 || 22.48 || 0
|-
| GO Dawkes

George Dawkes

|| 28 ||41 || 788 ||143 || 21.88 || 1
|-
| DC Morgan || 25 ||34 || 630 ||75 || 20.32 || 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 ||35 || 368|| 40 || 16.00 || 0
|-
| JD 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....

||2 ||2 || 25|| 21 ||12.50 || 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....

|| 5 ||7 || 55 ||23* ||11.00 || 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....

|| 6 ||8 ||66 ||25 || 9.42 || 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 ||3 || 27 ||16 || 9.00 || 0
|-
| HL Jackson

Les Jackson

||28 ||29 ||151 ||26*|| 7.94 || 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...

|| 28 ||31 || 155|| 22 || 7.75 || 0
|-
| G Wyatt

Gerald Wyatt

||1 ||2 || 6|| 3*|| 6.00 || 0
|-
| R 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...

|| 9 ||12 || 49 ||12 || 4.90 || 0
|-
|}

County Championship bowling averages

{| class="wikitable sortable" width="70%"
|- 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...

|| 6318 ||2175 ||131 ||8-50 ||16.60
|-
| HL Jackson

Les Jackson

|| 5448 ||1786 ||120|| 7-64 ||14.88
|-
| 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...

|| 3277 ||1294 ||64|| 6-60|| 20.21
|-
| DC Morgan || 3250 || 1191 ||56|| 5-23 ||21.26
|-
| A Eato

Alwyn Eato

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

|| 474 || 158 ||12|| 4-18 ||13.16
|-
| A Hamer

Arnold Hamer

|| 400 || 211 ||10 ||3-27|| 21.10
|-
| R Carter

Reginald Carter

|| 552 || 282|| 9 ||2-27 ||31.33
|-
| DB Carr

Donald Carr

|| 445 || 239||3 ||1-17 ||79.66
|-
| GL Willatt

Guy Willatt

||37 || 36 ||1 ||1-2 ||36.00
|-
| 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....

||114 || 56 ||0
|-
| JM Kelly || 60 || 36|| 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....

|| 12 ||1 ||0
|-
| JD 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....

|| 12 || 4 ||0
|}

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