Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1955

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1955 season
Captain Donald Carr
County Championship 8
Most runs Arnold Hamer
Most wickets Cliff Gladwin
Most catches George Dawkes
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Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1955 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for eighty four years. It was their fifty-first season in the County Championship and they won ten matches and lost ten to finish eighth in the County Championship.

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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.

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1955 season

Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, one match against the touring South Africans and one match against Scotland. They won ten matches, lost ten matches and drew ten matches. Donald Carr took over the captaincy. Arnold Hamer was top scorer and Cliff Gladwin took most wickets for the club. Derek Hall was the only player to make his first class debut in the Derbyshire team.

The South African cricket team toured England in the 1955 season to play a five-match Test series against England.

Donald Bryce Carr OBE was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1946 to 1967, for Oxford University from 1948 to 1951, and twice for England in 1951/52. He captained Derbyshire between 1955 and 1962, and scored over 10,000 runs for the county.

Arnold Hamer was a first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire in 1938, and for Derbyshire between 1950 and 1960, scoring over 15,000 runs in first-class cricket. He also played as a footballer, playing eight games for York City in 1938.

Matches

List of matches
No.DateVResultMarginNotes
17 May 1955 [1] Middlesex
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood 		Drawn JA Young 5-43; HL Jackson 5-27; Moss 6-45
211 May 1955 [2] South Africans
County Ground, Derby 		Drawn
314 May 1955 [3] Essex
Valentine's Park, Ilford 		Drawn C Gladwin 5-41; Bailey 5-56
418 May 1955 [4] Kent
Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend 		WonInnings and 51 runs DC Morgan 109
521 May 1955 [5] Yorkshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Lost139 runs Appleyard 5-51 and 5-29
625 May 1955 [6] Kent
County Ground, Derby 		WonInnings and 21 runs HL Jackson 6-40; Ridgway 5-109
728 May 1955 [7] Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham 		Drawn
81 Jun 1955 [8] Worcestershire
County Ground, New Road, Worcester 		Won144 runs Horton 5-123; E Smith 6-45
94 Jun 1955 [9] Leicestershire
Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent 		Drawn HL Jackson 5-59.; C Gladwin 5-59
108 Jun 1955 [10] Gloucestershire
Ashley Down Ground, Bristol 		Drawn Wells 6-52 and 5-30; C Gladwin 5-28; E Smith 5-39
1115 Jun 1955 [11] Essex
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Drawn Insole 104; E Smith 6-69; Preston 5-61
1218 Jun 1955 [12] Glamorgan
Cardiff Arms Park 		Won132 runs
1325 Jun 1955 [13] Lancashire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Lost129 runs Hilton 6-59; DB Carr 7-53; Collins 5-30
1429 Jun 1955 [14] Glamorgan
County Ground, Derby 		Drawn A Hamer 111; Wooller 5-64; HL Jackson 5-39
152 Jul 1955 [15] Lancashire
Old Trafford, Manchester 		Lost8 wickets Grieves 137; Statham 5-57
166 Jul 1955 [16] Hampshire
County Ground, Southampton 		Won26 runs Sainsbury 5-45; DC Morgan 5-41
179 Jul 1955 [17] Leicestershire
Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch 		Drawn DB Carr 146; V Jackson 100
1813 Jul 1955 [18] Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham 		Won11 runs A Hamer 227; Dooland 5-95; Smales 7-44
1916 Jul 1955 [19] Hampshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Lost58 runs E Smith 5-22
2023 Jul 1955 [20] Nottinghamshire
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston 		Drawn Poole 122; Matthews 6-65; Smales 6-91
2127 Jul 1955 [21] Northamptonshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Lost6 wickets Barrick 105
2230 Jul 1955 [22] Warwickshire
County Ground, Derby 		Lost164 runs Hitchcock 110; HJ Rhodes 6-86
233 Aug 1955 [23] Scotland
Grange Cricket Club Ground, Raeburn Place, Edinburgh 		Won8 wickets GL Willatt 133; E Smith 5-66 and 9-46; Kerrigan 6-87
246 Aug 1955 [24] Yorkshire
Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford 		LostInnings and 94 runs Sutcliffe 133; Close 6-63
2510 Aug 1955 [25] Sussex
County Ground, Derby 		Lost49 runs James 6-56; C Gladwin 6-44; DV Smith 5-58
2613 Aug 1955 [26] Worcestershire
Park Road Ground, Buxton 		Won7 wickets C Gladwin 5-36
2720 Aug 1955 [27] Gloucestershire
County Ground, Derby 		WonInnings and 36 runs DB Carr 139; C Gladwin 7-16
2824 Aug 1955 [28] Somerset
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Won115 runs Lobb 5-41; C Gladwin 5-22
2927 Aug 1955 [29] Sussex
County Ground, Hove 		Lost94 runs Oakman 102; Parks 101; E Smith 6-80; Marlar 5-58 and 7-98
3031 Aug 1955 [30] Surrey
Kennington Oval 		Lost8 wickets Lock 5-37; Surridge 6-56

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

NameMatchesInnsRunsHigh scoreAverage100s
A Hamer 2849150922731.432
DB Carr 2848143814631.262
GL Willatt 592286825.330
AC Revill 284911467924.910
JM Kelly 28499747220.290
GO Dawkes 28468068620.150
DJ Green 6111854918.500
DC Morgan 2643681109*17.921
HL Johnson 25426545215.950
G Wyatt 476331*15.750
C Gladwin 27394356715.000
E Smith 28393505712.500
C Lee 16273036311.650
HJ Rhodes 47473411.750
HL Jackson 151612320*11.180
R Carter 3635107.000
D Hall 714296*4.140
A Eato 22663.000 [31]
Leading first-class batsmen for Derbyshire by runs scored
NameMatInnsRunsHS Ave 100
A Hamer 3053166922731.492
DB Carr 3051146214628.672
AC Revill 305211757922.59
JM Kelly 305311107220.940
GO Dawkes 30488338617.350


County Championship bowling averages

NameBallsRunsWicketsBBAverage
C Gladwin 645121551397-1615.50
E Smith 48501734916-4519.05
HL Jackson 2671877616-4014.37
DC Morgan 37761727585-4129.77
DB Carr 1780862407-5321.55
D Hall 1141580234-5725.21
AC Revill 766358122-1129.83
HJ Rhodes 63132296-8635.77
A Eato 25815642-2039.00
R Carter 1327932-2426.33
HL Johnson 795233-3017.33
JM Kelly 662511-2125.00
A Hamer 132660
C Lee 78290
GO Dawkes 690 [32]
Leading first class bowlers for Derbyshire by wickets taken
NameBallsRunsWktsBBI Ave
C Gladwin 661021811427-1615.36
E Smith 527018541059-4617.66
HL Jackson 2815914646-4014.28
DC Morgan 39261774615-4129.08
DB Carr 1997974437-5322.65


Wicket Keeping


See also

1955 was the 56th season of County Championship cricket in England and there was a continuation of Surrey's complete dominance as they won a fourth successive championship title and a second consecutive Minor Counties title. England defeated South Africa 3–2.

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References

  1. ↑ Cricket Archive - Middlesex v Derbyshire 7 May 1955
  2. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v South Africans 11 May 1955
  3. ↑ Cricket Archive - Essex v Derbyshire 14 May 1955
  4. ↑ Cricket Archive - Kent v Derbyshire 18 May 1955
  5. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire 21 May 1955
  6. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Kent 25 May 1955
  7. ↑ Cricket Archive - Warwickshire v Derbyshire 28 May 1955
  8. ↑ Cricket Archive - Worcestershire v Derbyshire 1 Jun 1955
  9. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Leicestershire 4 Jun 1955
  10. ↑ Cricket Archive - Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 8 Jun 1955
  11. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Essex 15 Jun 1955
  12. ↑ Cricket Archive - Glamorgan v Derbyshire 18 Jun 1955
  13. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire 25 Jun 1955
  14. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Glamorgan 29 Jun 1955
  15. ↑ Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire 2 Jul 1955
  16. ↑ Cricket Archive - Hampshire v Derbyshire 6 Jul 1955
  17. ↑ Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire 9 Jul 1955
  18. ↑ Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 13 Jul 1955
  19. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Hampshire 16 Jul 1955
  20. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 23 Jul 1955
  21. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 27 Jul 1955
  22. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Warwickshire 30 Jul 1955
  23. ↑ Cricket Archive - Scotland v Derbyshire 3 Aug 1955
  24. ↑ Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire 6 Aug 1955
  25. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Sussex 10 Aug 1955
  26. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Worcestershire 13 Aug 1955
  27. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 20 Aug 1955
  28. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Somerset 24 Aug 1955
  29. ↑ Cricket Archive - Sussex v Derbyshire 27 Aug 1955
  30. ↑ Cricket Archive - Surrey v Derbyshire 31 Aug 1955
  31. ↑ Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1955
  32. ↑ Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1955
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