Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1953

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
	1953 season
Captain	Guy Willatt
County Championship	6
Most runs	Arnold Hamer
Most wickets	Cliff Gladwin
Most catches	George Dawkes
← 1952	1954 →

Last updated March 24, 2019

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1953 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for eighty two years. It was their fifty-ninth season in the County Championship and they won nine matches and lost seven to finish sixth in the County Championship.

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a 20-metre (22-yard) pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striking the ball bowled at the wicket with the bat, while the bowling and fielding side tries to prevent this and dismiss each player. Means of dismissal include being bowled, when the ball hits the stumps and dislodges the bails, and by the fielding side catching the ball after it is hit by the bat, but before it hits the ground. When ten players have been dismissed, the innings ends and the teams swap roles. The game is adjudicated by two umpires, aided by a third umpire and match referee in international matches. They communicate with two off-field scorers who record the match's statistical information.

Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Derbyshire. Its limited overs team is called the Derbyshire Falcons in reference to the famous peregrine falcon which nests on the Derby Cathedral. Founded in 1870, the club held first-class status from its first match in 1871 until 1887. Because of poor performances and lack of fixtures in some seasons, Derbyshire then lost its status for seven seasons until it was invited into the County Championship in 1895. Derbyshire is also classified as a List A team since the beginning of limited overs cricket in 1963; and classified as a senior Twenty20 team since 2003. In recent years the club has enjoyed record attendances with over 24,000 people watching their home Twenty20 fixtures in 2017 – a record for a single campaign. The local derby versus Yorkshire at Chesterfield now regularly sells out in advance.

The County Championship, currently known as the Specsavers County Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales and is organised by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). It became an official title in 1890. The competition consists of eighteen clubs named after, and originally representing, historic counties, seventeen from England and one from Wales. From 2016, the Championship has been sponsored by Specsavers, who replaced Liverpool Victoria after 14 years.

1953 season

Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, one match against Oxford University and one match against the touring Australians. They won nine matches altogether. Guy Willatt was in his third year as captain. Charlie Elliott was top scorer and C Gladwin took most wickets with 121.

The Australian cricket team toured England in the 1953 season to play a five-match Test series against England for The Ashes.

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 Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).

Charles Standish "Charlie" Elliott MBE was an English first-class cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1932 and 1953, an international umpire and a part-time footballer.

Reginald Carter made his debut and continued to play for three seasons. David Green also made his debut and played intermittently over several seasons.

Reginald Carter was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1953 to 1955.

Matches

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	13 May 1953^[1]	Middlesex Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	Drawn		Sharp 107
2	16 May 1953^[2]	Glamorgan Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		Jones 114; C Gladwin 5-75
3	20 May 1953^[3]	Somerset County Ground, Taunton	Won	Innings and 21 runs	AC Revill 111; HL Jackson 5-51; Buse 5-61
4	23 May 1953^[4]	Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham	Lost	200 runs	Hollies 5-23
5	27 May 1953^[5]	Sussex County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Langridge 127; AC Revill 107
6	30 May 1953^[6]	Worcestershire Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent	Won	3 wickets	Jenkins 5-64; HL Jackson 5-35
7	03 Jun 1953^[7]	Surrey Kennington Oval	Lost	8 wickets	Bedser 5-42; C Gladwin 8-50
8	06 Jun 1953^[8]	Glamorgan Ynysangharad Park, Pontypridd	Lost	13 runs	HL Jackson 5-51; Wooller 5-66; C Gladwin 5-67
9	10 Jun 1953^[9]	Oxford University The University Parks, Oxford	Drawn
10	13 Jun 1953^[10]	Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester	Drawn
11	17 Jun 1953^[11]	Australians Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		C Gladwin 5-84; E Smith 5-36
12	20 Jun 1953^[12]	Surrey County Ground, Derby	Won	Innings and 1 run	HL Jackson 5-34; C Gladwin 5-47
13	27 Jun 1953^[13]	Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston	Won	7 wickets	A Hamer 115
14	01 Jul 1953^[14]	Northamptonshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		Barrick 161; CS Elliott 132; Brookes 116
15	04 Jul 1953^[15]	Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Lost	10 wickets	Simpson 114; Stocks 140
16	08 Jul 1953^[16]	Kent Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		AC Revill 128
17	11 Jul 1953^[17]	Leicestershire Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch	Lost	41 runs	C Gladwin 6-30; V Jackson 5-23 and 5-34
18	15 Jul 1953^[18]	Middlesex County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Sharp 103; Robertson 127; HL Jackson 5-44
19	18 Jul 1953^[19]	Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Won	10 wickets	A Hamer 153; C Gladwin 5-44
20	22 Jul 1953^[20]	Worcestershire Tipton Road, Dudley	Drawn		DB Carr 111
21	25 Jul 1953^[21]	Lancashire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Won	49 runs	Berry 6-58
22	01 Aug 1953^[22]	Warwickshire County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Gardner 143
23	05 Aug 1953^[23]	Sussex County Ground, Hove	Drawn		Suttle 103; Parks 124
24	08 Aug 1953^[24]	Northamptonshire Wellingborough School Ground	Lost	3 wickets
25	12 Aug 1953^[25]	Yorkshire North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough	Lost	109 runs	Wardle 5-52; Holdsworth 6-58
26	15 Aug 1953^[26]	Leicestershire County Ground, Derby	Won	10 wickets	Walsh 5-64; HL Jackson 5-36
27	19 Aug 1953^[27]	Somerset Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Won	Innings and 82 runs	R Carter 7-46
28	22 Aug 1953^[28]	Essex Park Road Ground, Buxton	Abandoned
29	26 Aug 1953^[29]	Hampshire County Ground, Southampton	Won	158 runs	C Gladwin 5-40; Knott 5-36
30	29 Aug 1953^[30]	Gloucestershire Ashley Down Ground, Bristol	Drawn		DC Morgan 5-35; Graveney 5-28

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

Name	Matches	Inns	Runs	High score	Average	100s
A Hamer	27	44	1486	153	35.38	2
AC Revill	27	41	1250	128	32.05	3
JM Kelly	27	43	1119	78	29.44	0
GL Willatt	26	40	1099	95	27.47	0
CS Elliott	23	35	685	132*	23.62	1
G Lowe	1	1	21	21	21.00	0
DC Morgan	25	37	633	83	20.41	0
DB Carr	27	42	759	111	19.97	1
C Gladwin	27	35	347	27*	16.52	0
R Sale	2	4	66	23	16.50	0
BH Richardson	2	4	58	29	14.50	0
R Carter	3	2	14	13	14.00	0
GO Dawkes	27	38	479	55	12.94	0
A Eato	8	8	75	22*	10.71	0
AEG Rhodes	3	5	48	40	9.60	0
E Smith	17	20	64	23*	6.40	0
DJ Green	3	3	18	8	6.00	0
HL Jackson	22	24	107	18*	5.94	0 ^[31]

County Championship bowling averages

Name	Balls	Runs	Wickets	BB	Average
C Gladwin	6162	2212	121	8-50	18.28
HL Jackson	4141	1466	96	5-34	15.27
DC Morgan	3422	1587	64	5-35	24.79
DB Carr	1429	780	23	4-28	33.91
E Smith	2497	921	22	3-15	41.86
A Eato	1054	520	16	4-62	32.50
R Carter	528	199	12	7-46	16.58
A Hamer	1134	530	11	2-18	48.18
AEG Rhodes	366	218	1	1-49	218.00
JM Kelly	18	3	0
AC Revill	66	25	0
BH Richardson	12	7	0
GL Willatt	12	11	0		^[32]

Wicket Keepers

GO Dawkes Catches 46, Stumping 7

References

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[1] Cricket Archive - Middlesex v Derbyshire 13 May 1953

[2] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Glamorgan 16 May 1953

[3] Cricket Archive - Somerset v Derbyshire 20 May 1953

[4] Cricket Archive - Warwickshire v Derbyshire 23 May 1953

[5] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Sussex 27 May 1953

[6] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Worcestershire 30 May 1953

[7] Cricket Archive - Surrey v Derbyshire 03 Jun 1953

[8] Cricket Archive - Glamorgan v Derbyshire 06 Jun 1953

[9] Cricket Archive - Oxford University v Derbyshire 10 Jun 1953

[10] Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire 13 Jun 1953

[11] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Australians 17 Jun 1953

[12] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Surrey 20 Jun 1953

[13] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 27 Jun 1953

[14] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 01 Jul 1953

[15] Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 04 Jul 1953

[16] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Kent 08 Jul 1953

[17] Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire 11 Jul 1953

[18] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Middlesex 15 Jul 1953

[19] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire 18 Jul 1953

[20] Cricket Archive - Worcestershire v Derbyshire 22 Jul 1953

[21] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire 25 Jul 1953

[22] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Warwickshire 01 Aug 1953

[23] Cricket Archive - Sussex v Derbyshire 05 Aug 1953

[24] Cricket Archive - Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 08 Aug 1953

[25] Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire 12 Aug 1953

[26] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Leicestershire 15 Aug 1953

[27] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Somerset 19 Aug 1953

[28] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Essex 28 Aug 1953

[29] Cricket Archive - Hampshire v Derbyshire 26 Aug 1953

[30] Cricket Archive - Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 29 Aug 1953

[31] Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire

[32] Bowling for Derbyshire