Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1957

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1957 season
Captain	Donald Carr
County Championship	4
Most runs	Arnold Hamer
Most wickets	Les Jackson
Most catches	George Dawkes
← 1956	1958 →

Last updated October 18, 2025

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.

1957 season

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.

Matches

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	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

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

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]

County Championship bowling averages

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]

Wicket Keepers

GO Dawkes Catches 60, Stumping 4

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[1] Cricket Archive – Yorkshire v Derbyshire 4 May 1957

[2] Cricket Archive – Leicestershire v Derbyshire 11 May 1957

[3] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Essex 18 May 1957

[4] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Yorkshire 25 May 1957

[5] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Sussex 29 May 1957

[6] Cricket Archive – Lancashire v Derbyshire 1 Jun 1957

[7] Cricket Archive – Middlesex v Derbyshire 5 Jun 1957

[8] Cricket Archive – Warwickshire v Derbyshire 8 Jun 1957

[9] Cricket Archive – Cambridge University v Derbyshire 12 Jun 1957

[10] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Worcestershire 15 Jun 1957

[11] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Glamorgan 19 Jun 1957

[12] Cricket Archive – Somerset v Derbyshire 22 Jun 1957

[13] Cricket Archive – Worcestershire v Derbyshire 26 Jun 1957

[14] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v West Indians 29 Jun 1957

[15] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Surrey 3 Jul 1957

[16] Cricket Archive – Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 6 Jul 1957

[17] Cricket Archive – Surrey v Derbyshire 10 Jul 1957

[18] Cricket Archive – Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 13 Jul 1957

[19] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Middlesex 17 Jul 1957

[20] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Lancashire 20 Jul 1957

[21] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 27 Jul 1957

[22] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Leicestershire 31 Jul 1957

[23] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Warwickshire 3 Aug 1957

[24] Cricket Archive – Glamorgan v Derbyshire 7 Aug 1957

[25] Cricket Archive – Hampshire v Derbyshire 10 Aug 1957

[26] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Kent 14 Aug 1957

[27] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Somerset 17 Aug 1957

[28] Cricket Archive – Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 21 Aug 1957

[29] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 24 Aug 1957

[30] Cricket Archive – Sussex v Derbyshire 31 Aug 1957

[31] Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1957

[32] Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1957

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