| 1948 season | |||
| Captain | Edward Gothard | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| County Championship | 6 | ||
| Most runs | Charlie Elliott | ||
| Most wickets | Cliff Gladwin | ||
| Most catches | George Dawkes | ||
| |||
Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1948 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for seventy-seven years. It was their forty-fourth season in the County Championship and they won eleven matches to finish sixth in the County Championship.
Derbyshire played 26 matches in the County Championship and one against the touring Australians. They lost to the Australians and in the County Championship won eleven matches and lost six to finish sixth.
Edward Gothard was in his second season as captain and took the wicket of Sir Donald Bradman at Derby. Under his leadership, the club maintained the form of the previous season. Charlie Elliott was top scorer but George Pope who played fewer matches was a close second and achieved the best batting average. C Gladwin took most wickets and again in a powerful all-rounder performance Pope came close second, although the Australians declared that only two bowlers in England moved the ball away from the bat as much as Les Jackson [1]
There were no debut appearances for Derbyshire in 1948.
| List of matches | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | V | Result | Margin | Notes |
| 1 | 8 May 1948 [2] | Somerset County Ground, Taunton | Won | 4 wickets | D Smith 107; Lawrence 5-107 |
| 2 | 15 May 1948 [3] | Warwickshire County Ground, Derby | Lost | 7 wickets | Dollery 167; W H Copson 7-103; Pritchard 5-50; Hollies 6-64 |
| 3 | 19 May 1948 [4] | Hampshire United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth | Drawn | G H Pope 207; AEG Rhodes 105; Dawson 110 | |
| 4 | 22 May 1948 [5] | Kent Garrison Stadium, Gillingham | Won | 168 runs | Dovey 5-93; AEG Rhodes 6-58; Wright 6-48 |
| 5 | 26 May 1948 [6] | Northamptonshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Won | Innings and 47 runs | C Gladwin 6-30; Nutter 6-47; G H Pope 5-44 |
| 6 | 29 May 1948 [7] | Glamorgan County Ground, Derby | Won | 301 runs | C Gladwin 5-55; G H Pope 7-34 |
| 7 | 2 Jun 1948 [8] | Middlesex Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood | Drawn | C Gladwin 5-40; Gray 5-75 | |
| 8 | 5 Jun 1948 [9] | Somerset Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston | Won | 11 runs | Tremlett 5-55; C Gladwin 5-40; Hazell 7-35; G H Pope 5-40 |
| 9 | 12 Jun 1948 [10] | Leicestershire Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch | Won | 141 runs | A E Alderman 114; Sperry 6-42; G H Pope 5-54; C Gladwin 8-56 |
| 10 | 19 Jun 1948 [11] | Lancashire Park Road Ground, Buxton | Drawn | ||
| 11 | 26 Jun 1948 [12] | Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Drawn | G H Pope 6-12; Wardle 8-87 | |
| 12 | 30 Jun 1948 [13] | Sussex Manor Sports Ground, Worthing | Lost | 21 runs | Bartlett 141; A E Alderman 124; Comford 5-89 and 6-87; G H Pope 6-55 |
| 13 | 3 Jul 1948 [14] | Middlesex County Ground, Derby | Lost | 170 runs | Edrich 133; Compton 100*; Sims 6-58 |
| 14 | 7 Jul 1948 [15] | Gloucestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Won | 2 wickets | G H Pope 125; C Gladwin 5-57 |
| 15 | 10 Jul 1948 [16] | Worcestershire Chester Road North Ground, Kidderminster | Drawn | Outschoorn 100* | |
| 16 | 14 Jul 1948 [17] | Gloucestershire Ashley Down Ground, Bristol | Won | 87 runs | |
| 17 | 17 Jul 1948 [18] | Sussex Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent | Won | 10 wickets | Landridge 107*; Oakes 5-69; G H Pope 8-38 |
| 18 | 21 Jul 1948 [19] | Essex Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester | Lost | Innings and 44 runs | Avery 118; R Smith 112; T Smith 6-80 |
| 19 | 24 Jul 1948 [20] | Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston | Won | Innings and 33 runs | G H Pope 129; Butler 6-115; HL Jackson 6-70 |
| 20 | 28 Jul 1948 [21] | Australians County Ground, Derby | Lost | Innings and 34 runs | Brown 140; McCool 6-77 |
| 21 | 31 Jul 1948 [22] | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham | Drawn | ||
| 22 | 4 Aug 1948 [23] | Surrey Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Lost | 167 runs | Bedser 5-35 and 6-56 |
| 23 | 7 Aug 1948 [24] | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham | Lost | Innings and 45 runs | Simpson 129; D Smith 5-37; Winrow 5-18 |
| 24 | 11 Aug 1948 [25] | Yorkshire North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough | Drawn | Watson 172; Wilson 140 | |
| 25 | 14 Aug 1948 [26] | Leicestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Won | 153 runs | Munden 5-48; AEG Rhodes 5-69; V Jackson 6-24; C Gladwin 6-34 |
| 26 | 18 Aug 1948 [27] | Essex County Ground, Derby | Drawn | Dods 124; Avery 103; HL Jackson 5-88 | |
| 27 | 21 Aug 1948 [28] | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester | Drawn | Howard 145; A F Townsend 102 | |
| Name | Matches | Inns | Runs | High score | Average | 100s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G H Pope | 21 | 33 | 1152 | 207* | 38.40 | 3 |
| CS Elliott | 26 | 43 | 1277 | 91 | 32.74 | 0 |
| A E Alderman | 7 | 11 | 320 | 124 | 29.09 | 2 |
| D Smith | 23 | 36 | 977 | 107 | 27.13 | 1 |
| A F Townsend | 19 | 32 | 690 | 102* | 23.79 | 1 |
| FE Marsh | 13 | 19 | 352 | 63 | 23.46 | 0 |
| AC Revill | 26 | 38 | 840 | 68 | 22.70 | 0 |
| AEG Rhodes | 26 | 39 | 732 | 105* | 21.52 | 1 |
| GO Dawkes | 26 | 39 | 770 | 95 | 20.81 | 0 |
| C Gladwin | 24 | 34 | 475 | 54* | 19.79 | 0 |
| P Vaulkhard | 7 | 12 | 178 | 58 | 16.18 | 0 |
| DC Brooke-Taylor | 10 | 17 | 209 | 42 | 12.29 | 0 |
| EJ Gothard | 23 | 32 | 282 | 50 | 11.28 | 0 |
| W H Copson | 9 | 9 | 82 | 19 | 10.25 | 0 |
| JD Eggar | 6 | 8 | 62 | 28 | 7.75 | 0 |
| DB Carr | 4 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 6.75 | 0 |
| HL Jackson | 16 | 22 | 35 | 7 | 2.69 | 0 [29] |
| Name | Balls | Runs | Wickets | BB | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C Gladwin | 5423 | 1953 | 124 | 8–56 | 15.75 |
| G H Pope | 4189 | 1724 | 100 | 8–38 | 17.24 |
| AEG Rhodes | 3646 | 1889 | 66 | 6–58 | 28.62 |
| HL Jackson | 3153 | 1540 | 61 | 6–70 | 25.24 |
| W H Copson | 1401 | 551 | 28 | 7–103 | 19.67 |
| EJ Gothard | 596 | 378 | 9 | 2–24 | 42.00 |
| D Smith | 184 | 93 | 5 | 5–37 | 18.60 |
| AC Revill | 316 | 202 | 4 | 3–27 | 50.50 |
| CS Elliott | 42 | 16 | 1 | 1–4 | 16.00 |
| FE Marsh | 162 | 102 | 0 | ||
| DB Carr | 132 | 99 | 0 | [30] |
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