| 1957 season | |||
| Captain | Donald Carr | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| County Championship | 4 | ||
| Most runs | Arnold Hamer | ||
| Most wickets | Les Jackson | ||
| Most catches | George Dawkes | ||
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The 1957 season was the 86th season in which the English cricket club Derbyshire competed, and their 53rd season in the County Championship. They won eleven matches and lost nine to finish fourth in the Championship.
Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, and one match against Cambridge University, and one against the touring West Indians. They won ten matches in the Championship and the match against Cambridge University. Donald Carr was in his third season as captain. Arnold Hamer was top scorer and Les Jackson took most wickets with 129.
Newcomers in the season were Ian Gibson, Keith Mohan, and David Short. Gibson played for four seasons, Mohan for two and Short in 1957 and again in 1960.
| List of matches | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | V | Result | Margin | Notes |
| 1 | 4 May 1957 [1] | Yorkshire Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford | Lost | 9 wickets | Close 108; Trueman 5-66 |
| 2 | 11 May 1957 [2] | Leicestershire Aylestone Road, Leicester | Won | Innings and 132 runs | E Smith 6-19 |
| 3 | 18 May 1957 [3] | Essex Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent | Won | Innings and 7 runs | C Gladwin 5-24; Bailey 7-61; HL Jackson 7-38 |
| 4 | 25 May 1957 [4] | Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Won | 84 runs | JM Kelly 106; Close 120; HL Jackson 5-51 and 6-63 |
| 5 | 29 May 1957 [5] | Sussex County Ground, Derby | Won | 197 runs | A Hamer 138 |
| 6 | 1 Jun 1957 [6] | Lancashire Aigburth, Liverpool | Won | Innings and 66 runs | A Hamer 104; HL Jackson 5-63; DC Morgan 6-65 |
| 7 | 5 Jun 1957 [7] | Middlesex Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood | Won | 163 runs | HL Jackson 6-37; |
| 8 | 8 Jun 1957 [8] | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham | Lost | 9 wickets | Hollies 5-52 and 5-47 |
| 9 | 12 Jun 1957 [9] | Cambridge University FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge | Won | 6 wickets | E Smith 6-66 |
| 10 | 15 Jun 1957 [10] | Worcestershire County Ground, Derby | Drawn | Kenyon 175; Richardson 116; Berry 5-71 | |
| 11 | 19 Jun 1957 [11] | Glamorgan Queen's Park, Chesterfield </small | Drawn | Parkhouse 118; JM Kelly 109 | |
| 12 | 22 Jun 1957 [12] | Somerset Recreation Ground, Bath | Won | 9 wickets | C Gladwin 5-29 and 8-57; Lobb 5-36 |
| 13 | 26 Jun 1957 [13] | Worcestershire Tipton Road, Dudley | Lost | 2 wickets | Richardson 169; A Hamer 134 |
| 14 | 29 Jun 1957 [14] | West Indies Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Lost | 173 runs | O Smith 133; Gilchrist 5-41 |
| 15 | 3 Jul 1957 [15] | Surrey County Ground, Derby | Lost | 8 wickets | Bedser 5-55 |
| 16 | 6 Jul 1957 [16] | Gloucestershire Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester | Won | 2 wickets | JM Kelly 113; HL Jackson 7-27; D Smith 5-31 |
| 17 | 10 Jul 1957 [17] | Surrey Kennington Oval | Drawn | A Hamer 112 | |
| 18 | 13 Jul 1957 [18] | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham | Drawn | Goonesena 7-75 | |
| 19 | 17 Jul 1957 [19] | Middlesex Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Won | Innings and 22 runs | C Gladwin 6-23 and 5-18 |
| 20 | 20 Jul 1957 [20] | Lancashire County Ground, Derby | Drawn | ||
| 21 | 27 Jul 1957 [21] | Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston | Drawn | ||
| 22 | 31 Jul 1957 [22] | Leicestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Won | Innings and 123 runs | JM Kelly 127; DB Carr 141; HL Jackson 6-37 |
| 23 | 3 Aug 1957 [23] | Warwickshire County Ground, Derby | Drawn | Horner 152; M Smith 104; Bannister 7-88 | |
| 24 | 7 Aug 1957 [24] | Glamorgan Ynysangharad Park, Pontypridd | Drawn | C Gladwin 5-45; McConnon 7-37 | |
| 25 | 10 Aug 1957 [25] | Hampshire United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth | Drawn | Gray 103 | |
| 26 | 14 Aug 1957 [26] | Kent County Ground, Derby | Lost | Innings and 50 runs | Ridgway 6-53 |
| 27 | 17 Aug 1957 [27] | Somerset Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Lost | Innings and 21 runs | Wight 6-29 |
| 28 | 21 Aug 1957 [28] | Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton | Lost | 135 runs | DB Carr 5-31; Manning 7-65; E Smith 5-77; Tribe 6-16 |
| 29 | 24 Aug 1957 [29] | Northamptonshire Park Road Ground, Buxton | Drawn | ||
| 30 | 31 Aug 1957 [30] | Sussex County Ground, Hove | Lost | 4 runs | Lenham 130; Marlar 6-65 and 5-79; E Smith 5-97 |
| Name | Matches | Inns | Runs | High score | Average | 100s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Hamer | 28 | 50 | 1593 | 138 | 32.51 | 4 |
| JM Kelly | 28 | 50 | 1483 | 127 | 32.23 | 4 |
| DC Morgan | 28 | 44 | 917 | 64* | 28.65 | 0 |
| HL Johnson | 19 | 32 | 670 | 88* | 27.91 | 0 |
| DB Carr | 27 | 44 | 1132 | 141 | 27.60 | 1 |
| C Lee | 28 | 50 | 1103 | 83 | 22.97 | 0 |
| I Gibson | 6 | 10 | 150 | 66* | 21.42 | 0 |
| AC Revill | 23 | 40 | 757 | 86 | 19.41 | 0 |
| GO Dawkes | 28 | 44 | 736 | 75 | 19.36 | 0 |
| KF Mohan | 4 | 6 | 66 | 24* | 13.20 | 0 |
| C Gladwin | 25 | 30 | 206 | 21 | 12.87 | 0 |
| DJ Green | 4 | 6 | 73 | 50 | 12.16 | 0 |
| JD Short | 3 | 5 | 49 | 22 | 9.80 | 0 |
| E Smith | 25 | 35 | 233 | 31* | 8.96 | 0 |
| HJ Rhodes | 3 | 5 | 32 | 12 | 6.40 | 0 |
| HL Jackson | 27 | 29 | 89 | 24 | 3.42 | 0 |
| D Hall | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0* | 0 [31] | |
| Name | Balls | Runs | Wickets | BB | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HL Jackson | 5668 | 2071 | 129 | 7-27 | 16.05 |
| C Gladwin | 5039 | 1793 | 99 | 8-57 | 18.11 |
| DC Morgan | 5106 | 2021 | 84 | 6-65 | 24.05 |
| E Smith | 4152 | 1806 | 68 | 6-19 | 26.55 |
| DB Carr | 1542 | 843 | 24 | 5-31 | 35.12 |
| HJ Rhodes | 437 | 211 | 8 | 3-11 | 26.37 |
| AC Revill | 442 | 248 | 6 | 2-43 | 41.33 |
| D Hall | 288 | 166 | 5 | 3-61 | 33.20 |
| I Gibson | 204 | 115 | 3 | 1-6 | 38.33 |
| HL Johnson | 55 | 41 | 1 | 1-1 | 41.00 |
| C Lee | 42 | 22 | 0 | ||
| KF Mohan | 30 | 14 | 0 | ||
| A Hamer | 12 | 13 | 0 | ||
| JM Kelly | 6 | 5 | 0 | [32] |
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