Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1954

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Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1954 season
Captain Guy Willatt
County Championship 3
Most runs Arnold Hamer
Most wickets Cliff Gladwin
Most catches George Dawkes

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1954 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for eighty-four years. It was their fiftieth season in the County Championship and they won eleven matches in the County Championship to finish in third place.

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1954 season

Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, one match against Scotland, and one against the touring Pakistanis. In a successful season, they won twelve first class matches altogether. Guy Willatt was in his fourth season as captain. Arnold Hamer was top scorer and Cliff Gladwin took most wickets.

Two players made their debut in the season. Gerald Wyatt played one game and then appeared intermittently over the next few years. Charles Lee went on to score over 12,000 runs and became captain ten years later.

Matches

List of matches
No.DateVResultMarginNotes
18 May 1954 [1] Leicestershire
County Ground, Derby
Won7 wickets Tompkin 112; Spencer 6-64; HL Jackson 6-43
212 May 1954 [2] Kent
Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend
Won81 runs Wright 7/62; GL Willatt 103; Evans 109; E Smith 6-60; C Gladwin 5-22
315 May 1954 [3] Essex
Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea
Won5 wickets Horsfall 117; A Hamer 104; C Gladwin 5-79
419 May 1954 [4] Hampshire
County Ground, Southampton
Lost4 wickets Dare 5-49; E Smith 5-44
522 May 1954 [5] Essex
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Lost6 wickets C Gladwin 8-50
629 May 1954 [6] Lancashire
Old Trafford, Manchester
Drawn Hilton 7-51
72 Jun 1954 [7] Scotland
Park Road Ground, Buxton
Won5 wickets Cosh 99; Youngson 6-84;
85 Jun 1954 [8] Warwickshire
County Ground, Derby
Drawn Bannister 5-99
912 Jun 1954 [9] Yorkshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Drawn Lester 121; Appleyard 6-71; E Smith 5-37
1016 Jun 1954 [10] Surrey
County Ground, Derby
Lost10 wickets C Gladwin 6-75; Bedser 5-22
1119 Jun 1954 [11] Glamorgan
Cardiff Arms Park
Won5 runs Hedges 103; Jones 104; Shepherd 5-45; HL Jackson 6-24; C Gladwin 8-114
1226 Jun 1954 [12] Lancashire
Park Road Ground, Buxton
Won169 runs HL Jackson 6-33
1330 Jun 1954 [13] Kent
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Won7 wickets HL Jackson 6-40
143 Jul 1954 [14] Sussex
Cricket Field Road Ground, Horsham
Won76 runs James 5-31; HL Jackson 5-30
157 Jul 1954 [15] Pakistan
County Ground, Derby
Drawn AC Revill 101; Ahmed 5-53; DC Morgan 5-57
1610 Jul 1954 [16] Somerset
Johnson Park, Yeovil
Won10 wickets Tremlett 5-31; HL Jackson 5-17
1714 Jul 1954 [17] Hampshire
Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent
Drawn Harrison 114; JM Kelly 116; GO Dawkes 143; HL Jackson 7-64; Cannings 7-132
1817 Jul 1954 [18] Worcestershire
County Ground, New Road, Worcester
Lost4 wickets
1921 Jul 1954 [19] Sussex
County Ground, Derby
Drawn A Hamer 118; GL Willatt 101
2024 Jul 1954 [20] Nottinghamshire
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
Drawn C Gladwin 6-114
2128 Jul 1954 [21] Yorkshire
Headingley, Leeds
Won6 wickets A Hamer 147; Trueman 6-109; DC Morgan 5-23 and 5-55
2231 Jul 1954 [22] Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Drawn HL Jackson 5-28
234 Aug 1954 [23] Gloucestershire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Lost60 runs Graveney 222; McHugh 5-82; E Smith 5-42
247 Aug 1954 [24] Northamptonshire
Wellingborough School Ground
Drawn
2511 Aug 1954 [25] Gloucestershire
College Ground, Cheltenham
WonInnings and 52 runs C Gladwin 5-24
2614 Aug 1954 [26] Worcestershire
County Ground, Derby
Won9 wickets Flavell 5-53
2718 Aug 1954 [27] Middlesex
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Drawn
2821 Aug 1954 [28] Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Drawn
2925 Aug 1954 [29] Leicestershire
Grace Road, Leicester
Drawn Walsh 5-65
3028 Aug 1954 [30] Glamorgan
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Lost10 wickets Wooller 5-45; Watkins 7-28

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

NameMatchesInnsRunsHigh scoreAverage100s
A Hamer 28461445147*34.403
GL Willatt 2843111510327.872
C Lee 351086127.000
JM Kelly 2846108611624.681
AEG Rhodes 33724624.000
AC Revill 28439719022.580
DB Carr 28448328622.480
GO Dawkes 284178814321.881
DC Morgan 25346307520.320
C Gladwin 28353684016.000
JD Eggar 22252112.500
A Eato 575523*11.000
DJ Green 6866259.420
R Sale 2327169.000
HL Jackson 282915126*7.940
E Smith 2831155227.750
G Wyatt 1263*6.000
R Carter 91249124.900 [31]

County Championship bowling averages

NameBallsRunsWicketsBBAverage
C Gladwin 631821751318-5016.60
HL Jackson 544817861207-6414.88
E Smith 32771294646-6020.21
DC Morgan 32501191565-2321.26
A Eato 474158124-1813.16
A Hamer 400211103-2721.10
R Carter 55228292-2731.33
DB Carr 44523931-1779.66
GL Willatt 373611-236.00
AC Revill 114560
JM Kelly 60360
DJ Green 1210
JD Eggar 1240 [32]

Wicket Keepers

See also

References

  1. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Leicestershire 8 May 1954
  2. Cricket Archive – Kent v Derbyshire 12 May 1954
  3. Cricket Archive – Essex v Derbyshire 15 May 1954
  4. Cricket Archive – Hampshire v Derbyshire 19 May 1954
  5. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Essex 22 May 1954
  6. Cricket Archive – Lancashire v Derbyshire 29 May 1954
  7. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Scotland 2 Jun 1954
  8. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Warwickshire 5 Jun 1954
  9. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Yorkshire 12 Jun 1954
  10. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Surrey 16 Jun 1954
  11. Cricket Archive – Glamorgan v Derbyshire 19 Jun 1954
  12. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Lancashire 26 Jun 1954
  13. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Kent 30 Jun 1954
  14. Cricket Archive – Sussex v Derbyshire 3 Jul 1954
  15. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Pakistan 7 Jul 1954
  16. Cricket Archive – Somerset v Derbyshire 10 Jul 1954
  17. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Hampshire 14 Jul 1954
  18. Cricket Archive – Worcestershire v Derbyshire 17 Jul 1954
  19. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Sussex 21 Jul 1954
  20. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 24 Jul 1954
  21. Cricket Archive – Yorkshire v Derbyshire 28 Jul 1954
  22. Cricket Archive – Warwickshire v Derbyshire 31 Jul 1954
  23. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 4 Aug 1954
  24. Cricket Archive – Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 7 Aug 1954
  25. Cricket Archive – Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 11 Aug 1954
  26. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Worcestershire 14 Aug 1954
  27. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Middlesex 18 Aug 1954
  28. Cricket Archive – Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 21 Aug 1954
  29. Cricket Archive – Leicestershire v Derbyshire 25 Aug 1954
  30. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Glamorgan 28 Aug 1954
  31. Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1954
  32. Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1954