Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1956
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Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1956 represents cricket
season when the English club Derbyshire
had been playing for eighty five years. It was their fifty-second season in the County Championship
and they won seven matches and lost seven to finish twelfth in the County Championship.
was in his third season as captain. Charles Lee
was top scorer and Les Jackson
took most wickets with 114.
The club retained a virtually unchanged squad with only one newcomer - Gordon Beet
who had played in the second XI in the previous year and made occasional first class appearances subsequently.
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
|05 May 1956
| Surrey
Kennington Oval
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| C Gladwin
5-43 and 8-64
|-
|2
|16 May 1956
|Middlesex
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|88 runs
| JM Kelly 131; HL Jackson
5-68 and 7-48
|-
|3
|19 May 1956
| Warwickshire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|4
|23 May 1956
|Middlesex
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings and 41 runs
| Edrich 208; Moss 6-71 and 5-53
|-
|5
|26 May 1956
| Somerset
Johnson Park, Yeovil
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|6 wickets
| McMahon 5-45; McCool 5-43
|-
|6
|30 May 1956
| Kent
Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|7 wickets
| HL Jackson
6-54
|-
|7
|02 Jun 1956
| Yorkshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|6 runs
| Appleyard 6-37 and 6-69; HL Jackson
5-26; HJ Rhodes
5-52
|-
|8
|06 Jun 1956
| Lancashire
Park Road Ground, Buxton
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Pullar 104; Tattersall 6-57
|-
|9
|09 Jun 1956
| Glamorgan
St Helen's, Swansea
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|8 wickets
| A Hamer
120; E Smith
7-58; Shepherd 7-111
|-
|10
|13 Jun 1956
|Oxford University
The University Parks, Oxford
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Kentish 5-49
|-
|11
|16 Jun 1956
| Glamorgan
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|Abandoned
|
|
|-
|12
|23 Jun 1956
| Yorkshire
Headingley, Leeds
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| JM Kelly 104; HL Jackson
7-55
|-
|13
|27 Jun 1956
| Northamptonshire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|14
|30 Jun 1956
| Leicestershire
Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|Innings and 26 runs
| C Lee
116
|-
|15
|04 Jul 1956
| Lancashire
Old Trafford, Manchester
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Greenhough 6-64; C Gladwin
5-25
|-
|16
|07 Jul 1956
| Leicestershire
Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|145 runs
| DB Carr
123; Palmer 104; HL Jackson
7-41
|-
|17
|11 Jul 1956
| Sussex
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| HL Jackson
6-87
|-
|18
|14 Jul 1956
| Hampshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|19
|18 Jul 1956
| Essex
Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| HL Jackson
5-69
|-
|20
|21 Jul 1956
| Somerset
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|111 runs
| A Hamer
104; C Gladwin
7-57; E Smith
6-52
|-
|21
|25 Jul 1956
| Worcestershire
Tipton Road, Dudley
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|10 wickets
| Kenyon 147; Jenkins 5-62 and 6-50
|-
|22
|28 Jul 1956
| Nottinghamshire
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| A Hamer
119; Jepson 6-42
|-
|23
|01 Aug 1956
| Worcestershire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| 8 overs played
|-
|24
|04 Aug 1956
| Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|133 runs
| Hollies 7-40
|-
|25
|08 Aug 1956
| Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|4 wickets
| Goonesena 5-52 and 6-49; DC Morgan 5-50
|-
|26
|11 Aug 1956
|Australians
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|57 runs
| Lindwall 7-40; Miller 5-29
|-
|27
|15 Aug 1956
| Northamptonshire
Wellingborough School Ground
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Tyson 7-46
|-
|28
|18 Aug 1956
| Sussex
The Saffrons, Eastbourne
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|6 wickets
| C Gladwin
6-74; Oakman 6-36
|-
|29
|22 Aug 1956
| Surrey
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Stewart 100; Loader 6-70
|-
|30
|25 Aug 1956 County
| Gloucestershire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| C Gladwin
5-42
|-
|
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !! 100s
|-
|-
|C Lee
|| 27|| 47 || 1407 ||116 || 32.72 || 1
|-
|A Hamer
|| 25 ||43 || 1271 ||120 || 31.77 || 3
|-
|GO Dawkes
|| 27 ||40 || 857|| 81 || 26.78 || 0
|-
|JM Kelly || 25|| 40 || 1016 ||131 || 27.45 || 2
|-
|DB Carr
||23|| 36 || 887 ||123 || 26.08 || 1
|-
|AC Revill
||21 ||37 || 740|| 72 || 23.12 || 0
|-
|HL Johnson
|| 25 ||36 || 685 ||83 || 20.75 || 0
|-
|DC Morgan || 23 ||31 || 469|| 51 || 19.54 || 0
|-
|GL Willatt
|| 4 ||6 || 97 ||49 || 19.40 || 0
|-
|C Gladwin
|| 27 ||32 || 303 ||31 || 12.62 || 0
|-
|E Smith
||27 ||37 || 330|| 41 || 11.37 || 0
|-
|HJ Rhodes
|| 3|| 5 || 47 ||19 || 9.40 || 0
|-
|DJ Green
|| 2|| 4 || 27|| 11 || 6.75 || 0
|-
|HL Jackson
|| 27 ||29 || 106 ||23*|| 5.04 || 0
|-
|GA Beet
|| 2 ||1 || 4|| 4 || 4.00 || 0
|-
|JB Furniss
|| 2 ||3 || 7|| 6 || 2.33 || 0
|-
|D Hall || 7|| 8 || 3|| 3*|| 0.75 || 0
|-
|}
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average
|-
|HL Jackson
|| 5188 || 2000 ||114|| 7-41 ||17.54
|-
|C Gladwin
|| 5299|| 1941 ||101|| 8-64|| 19.21
|-
|E Smith
|| 3431 ||1475|| 54|| 7-58 ||27.31
|-
|DC Morgan || 2556 ||1030|| 35|| 5-50|| 29.42
|-
|DB Carr
|| 1243 || 681|| 21|| 3-28|| 32.42
|-
|HJ Rhodes
|| 449 ||165 ||10|| 5-52 ||16.50
|-
|D Hall || 680 || 323 ||8|| 3-61 ||40.37
|-
|JB Furniss
||162 || 102 ||4 ||3-52 ||25.50
|-
|A Hamer
|| 222 ||80|| 1 ||1-5 ||80.00
|-
|GA Beet
||96 || 58 ||1 ||1-58|| 58.00
|-
|GL Willatt
|| 6 ||5 ||0
|-
|HL Johnson
|| 6 || 4 ||0
|-
|JM Kelly || 18 || 9|| 0
|-
|C Lee
||12 || 4|| 0
|-
|AC Revill
||48 || 47|| 0
|-
|GO Dawkes
|| 10 || 6 ||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 five years. It was their fifty-second season in the County Championship
County Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...
and they won seven matches and lost seven to finish twelfth in the County Championship.
1956 season
Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, and one match against Oxford University, and one against the touring Australians. They won seven matches altogether, but a large number of matches were drawn. Donald CarrDonald Carr
Donald Bryce Carr is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1946 to 1967, for Oxford University from 1948 to 1951, and twice for England in 1951/52. He captained Derbyshire between 1955 and 1962, and scored over 10,000 runs for the county...
was in his third season as captain. 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...
was top scorer and Les Jackson
Les Jackson
Les Jackson was an English cricketer. A fast or fast-medium bowler renowned for his accurate bowling and particular hostility on uncovered wickets, he played county cricket for Derbyshire from 1947 to 1963, and was regularly at, or near the top of, the English bowling averages...
took most wickets with 114.
The club retained a virtually unchanged squad with only one newcomer - Gordon Beet
Gordon Beet
Gordon Albert Beet was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1956 and 1961....
who had played in the second XI in the previous year and made occasional first class appearances subsequently.
Matches
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
|05 May 1956
| 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="#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...
5-43 and 8-64
|-
|2
|16 May 1956
|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...
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|88 runs
| JM Kelly 131; 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...
5-68 and 7-48
|-
|3
|19 May 1956
| 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
|
|
|-
|4
|23 May 1956
|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="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings and 41 runs
| Edrich 208; Moss 6-71 and 5-53
|-
|5
|26 May 1956
| 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, 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="#FF0000"|Lost
|6 wickets
| McMahon 5-45; McCool 5-43
|-
|6
|30 May 1956
| 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
|7 wickets
| 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...
6-54
|-
|7
|02 Jun 1956
| 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
|6 runs
| Appleyard 6-37 and 6-69; 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...
5-26; HJ Rhodes
Harold Rhodes (cricketer)
Harold James Rhodes, sometimes called Dusty Rhodes is an English former cricketer, who played for England in 1959, for Derbyshire between 1953 and 1975, and for the MCC between 1959 and 1963...
5-52
|-
|8
|06 Jun 1956
| 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...
Park Road Ground, Buxton
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Pullar 104; Tattersall 6-57
|-
|9
|09 Jun 1956
| 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="#00FF00"|Won
|8 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...
120; 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...
7-58; Shepherd 7-111
|-
|10
|13 Jun 1956
|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
|
| Kentish 5-49
|-
|11
|16 Jun 1956
| 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
|Abandoned
|
|
|-
|12
|23 Jun 1956
| 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="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| JM Kelly 104; 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...
7-55
|-
|13
|27 Jun 1956
| 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, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|14
|30 Jun 1956
| 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 26 runs
| 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...
116
|-
|15
|04 Jul 1956
| 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
|
| Greenhough 6-64; 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...
5-25
|-
|16
|07 Jul 1956
| 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="#00FF00"|Won
|145 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...
123; Palmer 104; 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...
7-41
|-
|17
|11 Jul 1956
| 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
|
| 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...
6-87
|-
|18
|14 Jul 1956
| 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
|
|
|-
|19
|18 Jul 1956
| 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...
Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester
|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...
5-69
|-
|20
|21 Jul 1956
| 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="#00FF00"|Won
|111 runs
| 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...
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...
7-57; 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...
6-52
|-
|21
|25 Jul 1956
| 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="#FF0000"|Lost
|10 wickets
| Kenyon 147; Jenkins 5-62 and 6-50
|-
|22
|28 Jul 1956
| 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
|
| 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...
119; Jepson 6-42
|-
|23
|01 Aug 1956
| 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="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| 8 overs played
|-
|24
|04 Aug 1956
| 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="#FF0000"|Lost
|133 runs
| Hollies 7-40
|-
|25
|08 Aug 1956
| 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="#FF0000"|Lost
|4 wickets
| Goonesena 5-52 and 6-49; DC Morgan 5-50
|-
|26
|11 Aug 1956
|Australians
Australian cricket team in England in 1956
The Australian cricket team toured England in the 1956 season to play a five-match Test series against England for The Ashes.England won the series 2-1 with 2 matches drawn and therefore retained The Ashes....
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|57 runs
| Lindwall 7-40; Miller 5-29
|-
|27
|15 Aug 1956
| 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
|
| Tyson 7-46
|-
|28
|18 Aug 1956
| 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="#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...
6-74; Oakman 6-36
|-
|29
|22 Aug 1956
| 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
|
| Stewart 100; Loader 6-70
|-
|30
|25 Aug 1956 County
| 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="#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
|-
|
County Championship batting averages
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="90%"|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !! 100s
|-
|-
|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...
|| 27|| 47 || 1407 ||116 || 32.72 || 1
|-
|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...
|| 25 ||43 || 1271 ||120 || 31.77 || 3
|-
|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 ||40 || 857|| 81 || 26.78 || 0
|-
|JM Kelly || 25|| 40 || 1016 ||131 || 27.45 || 2
|-
|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...
||23|| 36 || 887 ||123 || 26.08 || 1
|-
|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....
||21 ||37 || 740|| 72 || 23.12 || 0
|-
|HL Johnson
Laurie Johnson (cricketer)
Hubert Laurence Johnson is a West Indies born cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1949 and 1966. He scored over 14,000 runs for the club in the first-class game.Johnson was born at Pine Hill, St Michael, Barbados...
|| 25 ||36 || 685 ||83 || 20.75 || 0
|-
|DC Morgan || 23 ||31 || 469|| 51 || 19.54 || 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...
|| 4 ||6 || 97 ||49 || 19.40 || 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...
|| 27 ||32 || 303 ||31 || 12.62 || 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...
||27 ||37 || 330|| 41 || 11.37 || 0
|-
|HJ Rhodes
Harold Rhodes (cricketer)
Harold James Rhodes, sometimes called Dusty Rhodes is an English former cricketer, who played for England in 1959, for Derbyshire between 1953 and 1975, and for the MCC between 1959 and 1963...
|| 3|| 5 || 47 ||19 || 9.40 || 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....
|| 2|| 4 || 27|| 11 || 6.75 || 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...
|| 27 ||29 || 106 ||23*|| 5.04 || 0
|-
|GA Beet
Gordon Beet
Gordon Albert Beet was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1956 and 1961....
|| 2 ||1 || 4|| 4 || 4.00 || 0
|-
|JB Furniss
Brian Furniss
John Brian Furniss is a former English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1955 and 1956....
|| 2 ||3 || 7|| 6 || 2.33 || 0
|-
|D Hall || 7|| 8 || 3|| 3*|| 0.75 || 0
|-
|}
County Championship bowling averages
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="90%"|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average
|-
|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...
|| 5188 || 2000 ||114|| 7-41 ||17.54
|-
|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...
|| 5299|| 1941 ||101|| 8-64|| 19.21
|-
|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...
|| 3431 ||1475|| 54|| 7-58 ||27.31
|-
|DC Morgan || 2556 ||1030|| 35|| 5-50|| 29.42
|-
|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...
|| 1243 || 681|| 21|| 3-28|| 32.42
|-
|HJ Rhodes
Harold Rhodes (cricketer)
Harold James Rhodes, sometimes called Dusty Rhodes is an English former cricketer, who played for England in 1959, for Derbyshire between 1953 and 1975, and for the MCC between 1959 and 1963...
|| 449 ||165 ||10|| 5-52 ||16.50
|-
|D Hall || 680 || 323 ||8|| 3-61 ||40.37
|-
|JB Furniss
Brian Furniss
John Brian Furniss is a former English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1955 and 1956....
||162 || 102 ||4 ||3-52 ||25.50
|-
|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...
|| 222 ||80|| 1 ||1-5 ||80.00
|-
|GA Beet
Gordon Beet
Gordon Albert Beet was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1956 and 1961....
||96 || 58 ||1 ||1-58|| 58.00
|-
|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...
|| 6 ||5 ||0
|-
|HL Johnson
Laurie Johnson (cricketer)
Hubert Laurence Johnson is a West Indies born cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1949 and 1966. He scored over 14,000 runs for the club in the first-class game.Johnson was born at Pine Hill, St Michael, Barbados...
|| 6 || 4 ||0
|-
|JM Kelly || 18 || 9|| 0
|-
|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...
||12 || 4|| 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....
||48 || 47|| 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...
|| 10 || 6 ||0
|}