Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1951

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1951 season
Captain	Guy Willatt
County Championship	11
Most runs	Charlie Elliott
Most wickets	Cliff Gladwin
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Last updated October 18, 2025

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1951 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for eighty years. It was their forty-seventh season in the County Championship and they won five matches and lost seven to finish eleventh in the County Championship.

1951 season

Guy Willatt was in his first full year as captain. He had been appointed in the previous year but because of injury was substituted by Pat Vaulkhard for 1950. His appointment ended a period of uncertainty since the end of the Second World War, when apart from Edward Gothard, no one was available to captain for more than one year.^[1]

Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, and one match against the touring South Africans. They won five matches altogether, but a disproportionate number of matches were drawn. Charlie Elliott was top scorer and C Gladwin took most wickets with 123.

The club retained a virtually unchanged squad with only one newcomer – Edwin Smith who played on for 20 years.

Matches

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	5 May 1951^[2]	Worcestershire County Ground, New Road, Worcester	Drawn		Don Kenyon 100;
2	9 May 1951^[3]	Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester	Drawn		TA Hall 5–57
3	12 May 1951^[4]	Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham	Drawn
4	16 May 1951^[5]	Sussex County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Langridge 200; AEG Rhodes 5–23
5	19 May 1951^[6]	Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	7 wickets
6	26 May 1951^[7]	Gloucestershire County Ground, Derby	Lost	67 runs	DC Morgan 6–93
7	2 Jun 1951^[8]	Glamorgan Cardiff Arms Park	Lost	Innings and 120 runs	Davies 146; Parkhouse 107; Jim McConnon 7–69 and 7–84
8	6 Jun 1951^[9]	Hampshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		Rogers 151; C Gladwin 6–108
9	9 Jun 1951^[10]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton	Drawn		Oldfield 140
10	13 Jun 1951^[11]	Somerset Agricultural Showgrounds, Frome	Won	125 runs	J Redman 7–23
11	16 Jun 1951^[12]	Gloucestershire Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester	Drawn		Crapp 105; AC Revill 137
12	20 Jun 1951^[13]	Kent County Ground, Derby	Drawn		HL Jackson 5–90; Wright 5–90
13	23 Jun 1951^[14]	Lancashire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	15 runs	Washbrook 103;
14	27 Jun 1951^[15]	Essex Gidea Park Sports Ground, Romford	Drawn		CS Elliott 166; C Gladwin 5–65 and 5–44; Bailey 6–44;
15	4 Jul 1951^[16]	Middlesex Park Road Ground, Buxton	Drawn		A Hamer165;
16	7 Jul 1951^[17]	Hampshire United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth	Won	113 Runs	AC Revill 104; C Gladwin 7–74; HL Jackson 5–34
17	14 Jul 1951^[18]	Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester	Drawn		C Gladwin 5–42 and 5–76; Brian Statham 5–20
18	18 Jul 1951^[19]	Derbyshire v South Africans County Ground, Derby	Lost	8 wickets
19	21 Jul 1951^[20]	Glamorgan Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	Innings and 94 runs	Muncer 107, 5–34 and 5–23
20	25 Jul 1951^[21]	Kent Cheriton Road Sports Ground, Folkestone	Won	177 runs	DB Carr 103; Ridgway 6–44; C Gladwin 7–55; AEG Rhodes 6–57
21	28 Jul 1951^[22]	Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston	Won	Innings and 114 runs	Willatt 111; AC Revill 123; C Gladwin 8–40
22	1 Aug 1951^[23]	Yorkshire St George's Road, Harrogate	Drawn		Wilson 120; Watson 108; Fred Trueman 6–59; Bob Appleyard 5–42
23	4 Aug 1951^[24]	Warwickshire County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Eric Hollies 7–67
24	8 Aug 1951^[25]	Worcestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	139 runs	C Gladwin 6–108; Howorth 5–33 and 5–32; E Smith 8–21; Perks 5–33
25	11 Aug 1951^[26]	Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Drawn		Clay 108; Cox 6–30
26	15 Aug 1951^[27]	Surrey County Ground, Derby	Drawn		CS Elliott 121; C Gladwin 5–80
27	18 Aug 1951^[28]	Sussex The Saffrons, Eastbourne	Drawn		Hubert Doggart 126; David Sheppard 183; James Langridge 5–84
28	22 Aug 1951^[29]	Leicestershire Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent	Won	Innings and 23 runs	A Eato 5–14; Sperry 5–60; HL Jackson 5–34; AEG Rhodes 5–49
29	25 Aug 1951^[30]	Essex Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent	Drawn		T Smith 5–22; C Gladwin 7–55

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

Name	Matches	Inns	Runs	High score	Average	100s
DB Carr	9	14	425	103*	38.63	1
AC Revill	27	45	1435	137	36.79	3
CS Elliott	26	46	1456	166	35.51	2
R Sale	6	7	196	64	32.66	0
A Hamer	28	49	1421	165	30.23	1
D Smith	11	16	303	56	21.64	0
JM Kelly	26	43	833	97*	21.35	0
DC Morgan	15	19	311	63	19.43	0
GL Willatt	28	44	747	111	17.78	1
AEG Rhodes	28	42	658	77	17.78	0
C Gladwin	23	30	417	62	17.37	0
GO Dawkes	28	39	541	61	15.45	0
P Vaulkhard	3	5	75	43	15.00	0
BH Richardson	8	12	101	19	12.62	0
HL Jackson	20	19	126	39*	12.60	0
TA Hall	12	18	81	20*	6.23	0
A Eato	7	8	31	10	5.16	0
E Smith	3	4	2	2	2.00	0^[31]

Additionally John Eggar appeared in the match against the South Africans.

County Championship bowling averages

Name	Balls	Runs	Wickets	BB	Average
C Gladwin	5786	2192	123	8–40	17.82
HL Jackson	3580	1379	72	5–29	19.15
AEG Rhodes	4918	2212	68	7–56	32.52
DC Morgan	2311	1044	41	6–93	25.46
TA Hall	1778	773	35	5–57	22.08
A Eato	840	394	13	5–14	30.30
A Hamer	1526	626	13	2–7	48.15
E Smith	301	167	10	8–21	16.70
DB Carr	314	200	8	3–22	25.00
BH Richardson	528	229	6	1–7	38.16
AC Revill	219	134	3	1–10	44.66
JM Kelly	26	2	0
GL Willatt	18	20	0^[32]

Wicket Keepers

GO Dawkes Catches 51, Stumping 9

References

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[1] W.T. Taylor History of Derbyshire cricket Wisden 1953

[2] Cricket Archive Worcestershire v Derbyshire 5 May 1951

[3] Cricket Archive Leicestershire v Derbyshire 9 May 1951

[4] Cricket Archive Warwickshire v Derbyshire 12 May 1951

[5] Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Sussex 16 May 1951

[6] Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Yorkshire 19 May 1951

[7] Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 26 May 1951

[8] Cricket Archive Glamorgan v Derbyshire 2 Jun 1951

[9] Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Hampshire 6 Jun 1951

[10] Cricket Archive Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 9 Jun 1951

[11] Cricket Archive Somerset v Derbyshire 13 Jun 1951

[12] Cricket Archive Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 16 Jun 1951

[13] Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Kent 20 Jun 1951

[14] Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Lancashire 23 Jun 1951

[15] Cricket Archive Essex v Derbyshire 27 Jun 1951

[16] Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Middlesex 4 Jul 1951

[17] Cricket Archive Hampshire v Derbyshire 7 Jul 1951

[18] Cricket Archive Lancashire v Derbyshire 14 Jul 1951

[19] Derbyshire v South Africans 18 Jul 1951

[20] Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Glamorgan 21 Jul 1951

[21] Cricket Archive Kent v Derbyshire 25 Jul 1951

[22] Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 28 Jul 1951

[23] Cricket Archive Yorkshire v Derbyshire 1 Aug 1951

[24] Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Warwickshire 4 Aug 1951

[25] Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Worcestershire 8 Aug 1951

[26] Cricket Archive Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 11 Aug 1951

[27] Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Surrey 15 Aug 1951

[28] Cricket Archive Sussex v Derbyshire 18 Aug 1951

[29] Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Leicestershire 22 Aug 1951

[30] Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Essex 25 Aug 1951

[31] Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1951

[32] Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1951

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