| 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.
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.
| List of matches | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | V | Result | Margin | Notes |
| 1 | 8 May 1954 [1] | Leicestershire County Ground, Derby | Won | 7 wickets | Tompkin 112; Spencer 6-64; HL Jackson 6-43 |
| 2 | 12 May 1954 [2] | Kent Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend | Won | 81 runs | Wright 7/62; GL Willatt 103; Evans 109; E Smith 6-60; C Gladwin 5-22 |
| 3 | 15 May 1954 [3] | Essex Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea | Won | 5 wickets | Horsfall 117; A Hamer 104; C Gladwin 5-79 |
| 4 | 19 May 1954 [4] | Hampshire County Ground, Southampton | Lost | 4 wickets | Dare 5-49; E Smith 5-44 |
| 5 | 22 May 1954 [5] | Essex Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Lost | 6 wickets | C Gladwin 8-50 |
| 6 | 29 May 1954 [6] | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester | Drawn | Hilton 7-51 | |
| 7 | 2 Jun 1954 [7] | Scotland Park Road Ground, Buxton | Won | 5 wickets | Cosh 99; Youngson 6-84; |
| 8 | 5 Jun 1954 [8] | Warwickshire County Ground, Derby | Drawn | Bannister 5-99 | |
| 9 | 12 Jun 1954 [9] | Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Drawn | Lester 121; Appleyard 6-71; E Smith 5-37 | |
| 10 | 16 Jun 1954 [10] | Surrey County Ground, Derby | Lost | 10 wickets | C Gladwin 6-75; Bedser 5-22 |
| 11 | 19 Jun 1954 [11] | Glamorgan Cardiff Arms Park | Won | 5 runs | Hedges 103; Jones 104; Shepherd 5-45; HL Jackson 6-24; C Gladwin 8-114 |
| 12 | 26 Jun 1954 [12] | Lancashire Park Road Ground, Buxton | Won | 169 runs | HL Jackson 6-33 |
| 13 | 30 Jun 1954 [13] | Kent Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Won | 7 wickets | HL Jackson 6-40 |
| 14 | 3 Jul 1954 [14] | Sussex Cricket Field Road Ground, Horsham | Won | 76 runs | James 5-31; HL Jackson 5-30 |
| 15 | 7 Jul 1954 [15] | Pakistan County Ground, Derby | Drawn | AC Revill 101; Ahmed 5-53; DC Morgan 5-57 | |
| 16 | 10 Jul 1954 [16] | Somerset Johnson Park, Yeovil | Won | 10 wickets | Tremlett 5-31; HL Jackson 5-17 |
| 17 | 14 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 | |
| 18 | 17 Jul 1954 [18] | Worcestershire County Ground, New Road, Worcester | Lost | 4 wickets | |
| 19 | 21 Jul 1954 [19] | Sussex County Ground, Derby | Drawn | A Hamer 118; GL Willatt 101 | |
| 20 | 24 Jul 1954 [20] | Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston | Drawn | C Gladwin 6-114 | |
| 21 | 28 Jul 1954 [21] | Yorkshire Headingley, Leeds | Won | 6 wickets | A Hamer 147; Trueman 6-109; DC Morgan 5-23 and 5-55 |
| 22 | 31 Jul 1954 [22] | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham | Drawn | HL Jackson 5-28 | |
| 23 | 4 Aug 1954 [23] | Gloucestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Lost | 60 runs | Graveney 222; McHugh 5-82; E Smith 5-42 |
| 24 | 7 Aug 1954 [24] | Northamptonshire Wellingborough School Ground | Drawn | ||
| 25 | 11 Aug 1954 [25] | Gloucestershire College Ground, Cheltenham | Won | Innings and 52 runs | C Gladwin 5-24 |
| 26 | 14 Aug 1954 [26] | Worcestershire County Ground, Derby | Won | 9 wickets | Flavell 5-53 |
| 27 | 18 Aug 1954 [27] | Middlesex Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Drawn | ||
| 28 | 21 Aug 1954 [28] | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham | Drawn | ||
| 29 | 25 Aug 1954 [29] | Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester | Drawn | Walsh 5-65 | |
| 30 | 28 Aug 1954 [30] | Glamorgan Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Lost | 10 wickets | Wooller 5-45; Watkins 7-28 |
| Name | Matches | Inns | Runs | High score | Average | 100s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Hamer | 28 | 46 | 1445 | 147* | 34.40 | 3 |
| GL Willatt | 28 | 43 | 1115 | 103 | 27.87 | 2 |
| C Lee | 3 | 5 | 108 | 61 | 27.00 | 0 |
| JM Kelly | 28 | 46 | 1086 | 116 | 24.68 | 1 |
| AEG Rhodes | 3 | 3 | 72 | 46 | 24.00 | 0 |
| AC Revill | 28 | 43 | 971 | 90 | 22.58 | 0 |
| DB Carr | 28 | 44 | 832 | 86 | 22.48 | 0 |
| GO Dawkes | 28 | 41 | 788 | 143 | 21.88 | 1 |
| DC Morgan | 25 | 34 | 630 | 75 | 20.32 | 0 |
| C Gladwin | 28 | 35 | 368 | 40 | 16.00 | 0 |
| JD Eggar | 2 | 2 | 25 | 21 | 12.50 | 0 |
| A Eato | 5 | 7 | 55 | 23* | 11.00 | 0 |
| DJ Green | 6 | 8 | 66 | 25 | 9.42 | 0 |
| R Sale | 2 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 9.00 | 0 |
| HL Jackson | 28 | 29 | 151 | 26* | 7.94 | 0 |
| E Smith | 28 | 31 | 155 | 22 | 7.75 | 0 |
| G Wyatt | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3* | 6.00 | 0 |
| R Carter | 9 | 12 | 49 | 12 | 4.90 | 0 [31] |
| Name | Balls | Runs | Wickets | BB | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C Gladwin | 6318 | 2175 | 131 | 8-50 | 16.60 |
| HL Jackson | 5448 | 1786 | 120 | 7-64 | 14.88 |
| E Smith | 3277 | 1294 | 64 | 6-60 | 20.21 |
| DC Morgan | 3250 | 1191 | 56 | 5-23 | 21.26 |
| A Eato | 474 | 158 | 12 | 4-18 | 13.16 |
| A Hamer | 400 | 211 | 10 | 3-27 | 21.10 |
| R Carter | 552 | 282 | 9 | 2-27 | 31.33 |
| DB Carr | 445 | 239 | 3 | 1-17 | 79.66 |
| GL Willatt | 37 | 36 | 1 | 1-2 | 36.00 |
| AC Revill | 114 | 56 | 0 | ||
| JM Kelly | 60 | 36 | 0 | ||
| DJ Green | 12 | 1 | 0 | ||
| JD Eggar | 12 | 4 | 0 [32] |
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