Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1950

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Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1950 season
Captain Pat Vaulkhard
County Championship 5
Most runs Alan Revill
Most wickets Dusty Rhodes
Most catches George Dawkes

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1950 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for seventy-nine years. It was their forty-sixth season in the County Championship and they won eight matches in the County Championship to finish in fifth place.

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1950 season

Derbyshire played 28 matches in the County Championship, one against Oxford University and one against the touring West Indies. Pat Vaulkhard was captain. Alan Revill scored most runs, and Dusty Rhodes took most wickets with 125.

Guy Willatt joined Derbyshire as designated captain but was hampered by injury and did not fill the role until the following season. Derek Morgan who also joined was another future captain and played until 1969. A third key played making his debut was Arnold Hamer who scored over 15,000 runs over ten years. John Kelly joined Derbyshire from Lancashire and played for ten years and Alwyn Eato a former footballer played for five years. Bertram Richardson played for four years, and Mike Stevenson who was at Cambridge University played occasional games in two seasons.

Matches

List of matches
No.DateVResultMarginNotes
110 May 1950 [1] Surrey
Kennington Oval
Lost4 wickets HL Jackson 5-41; Laker 5-57
213 May 1950 [2] Northamptonshire
County Ground, Derby
Won6 wickets AC Revill 108
320 May 1950 [3] Somerset
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Drawn Hazell 6-76; AEG Rhodes 5-14
424 May 1950 [4] Middlesex
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
Drawn
527 May 1950 [5] Warwickshire
County Ground, Derby
Drawn Dollery 163; Pritchard 6-78
631 May 1950 [6] Leicestershire
Grace Road, Leicester
Lost4 wickets Tompkin 130; AC Revill 119; Lester 6-87
703 Jun 1950 [7] Yorkshire
Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford
Won79 runs D Smith 122; Len Hutton 107; AEG Rhodes 6-74
807 Jun 1950 [8] Worcestershire
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
Won65 runs HL Jackson 6-57
910 Jun 1950 [9] Oxford University
The University Parks, Oxford
Drawn PDS Blake 101; AEG Rhodes 7-68
1014 Jun 1950 [10] Glamorgan
The Gnoll, Neath
Lost92 runs HL Jackson 5-38 and 6-63; Trick 5-18
1117 Jun 1950 [11] Gloucestershire
Ashley Down Ground, Bristol
Lost81 runs Young 117; HL Jackson 6-37; Cook 6-82; Goddard 7-42
1221 Jun 1950 [12] Glamorgan
County Ground, Derby
Drawn
1324 Jun 1950 [13] Lancashire
Park Road Ground, Buxton
Drawn Ikin 103; Tattershall 6-46;
1428 Jun 1950 [14] Yorkshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Lost7 wickets Halliday 144; AEG Rhodes 5-82
1501 Jul 1950 [15] Nottinghamshire
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
Lost1 wicket CS Elliott 158; Jepson 5-68
1605 Jul 1950 [16] Worcestershire
County Ground, New Road, Worcester
Lost4 wickets Jenkins 7-31; P Jackson 7-107
1708 Jul 1950 [17] Lancashire
Old Trafford, Manchester
Won83 runs AC Revill 109; AEG Rhodes 5-79; Tattershall 5-72
1812 Jul 1950 [18] Hampshire
County Ground, Derby
Drawn TA Hall 5-60
1915 Jul 1950 [19] West Indies
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Drawn C Gladwin 6-40
2022 Jul 1950 [20] Essex
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Won6 wickets Bailey 5-54
2126 Jul 1950 [21] Sussex
Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent
Drawn Langridge 184; HL Jackson 5-27
2229 Jul 1950 [22] Hampshire
County Ground, Southampton
Lost49 runs Knott 5-83 and 7-93; C Gladwin 5-51
2305 Aug 1950 [23] Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Won8 wickets Grove 6-60; HL Jackson 5-22 and 5-76
2409 Aug 1950 [24] Gloucestershire
County Ground, Derby
Drawn DM Young 149
2512 Aug 1950 [25] Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Drawn AEG Rhodes 6-69; Butler 5-38
2616 Aug 1950 [26] Leicestershire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Drawn Berry 118
2719 Aug 1950 [27] Kent
County Ground, Derby
WonInnings and 98 runs C Gladwin 6-56
2823 Aug 1950 [28] Kent
Crabble Athletic Ground, Dover
Lost9 wickets C Gladwin 7-73; Wright 6-45
2926 Aug 1950 [29] Essex
Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea
Won10 wickets JM Kelly 130; Gladwin 7-80
3030 Aug 1950 [30] Sussex
County Ground, Hove
Drawn

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

NameMatchesInnsRunsHigh scoreAverage100s
R Sale 22777377.000
DB Carr 362158443.000
JD Eggar 5515190*37.750
AC Revill 2848154211935.863
D Smith 22391117122*33.841
A Hamer 213710298028.580
CS Elliott 2849133615827.831
JM Kelly 183274213023.931
P Vaulkhard 27458949821.280
C Gladwin 161928377*20.210
AEG Rhodes 28456847516.680
DC Morgan 27394695716.170
GO Dawkes 23374065613.530
TA Hall 11181865210.940
A F Townsend 2328249.330
A Eato 11999.000
BH Richardson 131578228.660
HL Johnson 5867338.370
MH Stevenson 2323157.660
HL Jackson 23286419*3.760
T R Armstrong 11333.000
W H Copson 12111.000
GL Willatt 1122*0 [31]
Leading first-class batsmen for Derbyshire by runs scored
NameMatInnsRunsHS Ave 100
AC Revill 3051164311932.213
CS Elliott 3052145415827.961
D Smith 22391117122*33.841
A Hamer 223911338029.050
P Vaulkhard 29489409819.580

County Championship bowling averages

NameBallsRunsWicketsBBAverage
AEG Rhodes 620625761146-6922.59
HL Jackson 42131726896-3719.39
C Gladwin 39671406777-7318.25
DC Morgan 35831751634-5227.79
TA Hall 1593884325-6027.62
BH Richardson 1264562214-3926.76
A Hamer 473209154-2713.93
DB Carr 22411044-5427.50
W H Copson 2649722-5548.50
HL Johnson 362611-1126.00
T R Armstrong 126560
A Eato 84600
AC Revill 48240
P Vaulkhard 42360
D Smith 34170
CS Elliott 12210 [32]
Leading first class bowlers for Derbyshire by wickets taken
NameBallsRunsWktsBBI Ave
AEG Rhodes 671027601257-6822.08
HL Jackson 45771882926-3720.45
C Gladwin 42311473857-7317.32
DC Morgan 35831751634-5227.79
TA Hall 1641908325-6028.37

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References

  1. Cricket Archive - Surrey v Derbyshire 10 May 1950
  2. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 13 May 1950
  3. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Somerset 20 May 1950
  4. Cricket Archive - Middlesex v Derbyshire 24 May 1950
  5. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Warwickshire 27 May 1950
  6. Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire 31 May 1950
  7. Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire 03 Jun 1950
  8. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Worcestershire 07 Jun 1950
  9. Cricket Archive - Oxford University v Derbyshire 10 Jun 1950
  10. Cricket Archive - Glamorgan v Derbyshire 14 Jun 1950
  11. Cricket Archive - Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 17 Jun 1950
  12. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Glamorgan 21 Jun 1950
  13. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire 24 Jun 1950
  14. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire 28 Jun 1950
  15. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 01 Jul 1950
  16. Cricket Archive - Worcestershire v Derbyshire 05 Jul 1950
  17. Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire 08 Jul 1950
  18. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Hampshire 12 Jul 1950
  19. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v West Indians 15 Jul 1950
  20. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Essex 22 Jul 1950
  21. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Sussex 26 Jul 1950
  22. Cricket Archive - Hampshire v Derbyshire 29 Jul 1950
  23. Cricket Archive - Warwickshire v Derbyshire 05 Aug 1950
  24. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 09 Aug 1950
  25. Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 12 Aug 1950
  26. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Leicestershire 16 Aug 1950
  27. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Kent 19 Aug 1950
  28. Cricket Archive - Kent v Derbyshire 23 Aug 1950
  29. Cricket Archive - Essex v Derbyshire 26 Aug 1950
  30. Cricket Archive - Sussex v Derbyshire 30 Aug 1950
  31. Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1951
  32. Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1951