Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1958

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1958 season
Captain	Donald Carr
County Championship	5
Most runs	Charles Lee
Most wickets	Les Jackson
Most catches	George Dawkes
← 1957	1959 →

Last updated October 18, 2025

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1958 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing eighty-seven years. It was their fifty-fourth season in the County Championship and they won nine matches in the County Championship to finish fifth.

1958 season

Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, one match against Oxford University, and one against the touring New Zealanders. They won ten matches altogether, and ended fifth in the County Championship. Donald Carr was in his fourth season as captain. Charles Lee was top scorer. Les Jackson took most wickets for Derbyshire and topped the national bowler list with 143 wickets. His bowling average of 10.99 has not been exceeded since. Hampshire's score of 23 in the match at the Ind Coope ground remains the record for lowest runs in a match against Derbyshire

The only new player was Jim Brailsford who made his three first-class career appearances for Derbyshire during the season.

Matches

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	10 May 1958^[1]	Oxford University The University Parks, Oxford	Won	134 runs	HL Jackson 7-18; E Smith 6-70
2	14 May 1958^[2]	Glamorgan County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Watkins 5-19; HJ Rhodes 5-35; McConnon 6-20
3	17 May 1958^[3]	Leicestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	5 wickets	DC Morgan 6-36; Boshier 6-39
4	24 May 1958^[4]	Warwickshire County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Gardner 122; HL Jackson 6-74
5	28 May 1958^[5]	Gloucestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		C Lee 150; HL Jackson 5-37
6	31 May 1958^[6]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton	Lost	48 runs	Manning 5-41
7	04 Jun 1958^[7]	Gloucestershire Ashley Down Ground, Bristol	Lost	158 runs	Young 141; C Gladwin 7-28; Cook 7-19; DC Morgan 5-52; Mortimore 7-26
8	07 Jun 1958^[8]	Essex Park Road Ground, Buxton	Drawn		Preston 5-36
9	11 Jun 1958^[9]	New Zealand cricket team in England in 1958 County Ground, Derby	Drawn
10	14 Jun 1958^[10]	Worcestershire Chester Road North Ground, Kidderminster	Lost	9 wickets	Outschoorn 113; HL Jackson 5-53; Flavell 7-43
11	21 Jun 1958^[11]	Surrey Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		Laker 5-64
12	25 Jun 1958^[12]	Sussex Central Recreation Ground, Hastings	Drawn		HL Jackson 5-28
13	28 Jun 1958^[13]	Glamorgan St Helen's, Swansea	Won	5 wickets	C Gladwin 5-64
14	02 Jul 1958^[14]	Somerset Recreation Ground, Bath	Lost	4 runs	Tremlett 118; C Gladwin 7-59
15	05 Jul 1958^[15]	Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		DC Morgan 5-66
16	09 Jul 1958^[16]	Lancashire County Ground, Derby	Lost	6 wickets	Statham 5-21
17	12 Jul 1958^[17]	Leicestershire Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch	Won	Innings and 42 runs	HL Jackson 7-30 and 5-37
18	16 Jul 1958^[18]	Essex Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea	Won	2 wickets	HL Jackson 7-34; Bailey 8-29
19	19 Jul 1958^[19]	Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Won	Innings and 88 runs	C Lee 147; HJ Rhodes 5-50; C Gladwin 5-35
20	26 Jul 1958^[20]	Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston	Won	Innings and 2 runs	C Gladwin 6-34 and 5-49; DC Morgan 5-10
21	30 Jul 1958^[21]	Middlesex Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		Bennett 6-79
22	02 Aug 1958^[22]	Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham	Won	7 wickets	C Gladwin 5-15
23	06 Aug 1958^[23]	Kent St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury	Lost	Innings and 8 runs	Leary 101; Sayer 5-28; HL Jackson 6-58
24	09 Aug 1958^[24]	Sussex County Ground, Derby	Drawn		HL Jackson 6-61; Thomson 5-70
25	13 Aug 1958^[25]	Hampshire Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent	Won	103 runs	Heath 6-25 and 7-52; HL Jackson 5-10
26	16 Aug 1958^[26]	Yorkshire Headingley, Leeds	Lost	86 runs	E Smith 5-38; HL Jackson 7-53; Illingworth 5-51
27	20 Aug 1958^[27]	Worcestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		DB Carr 5-48
28	23 Aug 1958^[28]	Kent County Ground, Derby	Won	132 runs	HL Jackson 5-33; C Gladwin 5-31
29	27 Aug 1958^[29]	Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester	Lost	6 wickets	HL Jackson 5-32; Statham 5-31
30	30 Aug 1958^[30]	Hampshire Dean Park, Bournemouth	Won	5 wickets	HL Jackson 6-51 and 5-14

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

Name	Matches	Inns	Runs	High score	Average	100s
C Lee	27	45	1307	150	29.04	2
A Hamer	27	46	1248	86	27.73	0
DC Morgan	28	47	1070	99	24.88	0
DB Carr	28	47	943	71	23.57	0
DJ Green	9	17	335	69*	20.93	0
HL Johnson	28	46	658	49	18.27	0
GO Dawkes	28	40	550	79	15.27	0
JM Kelly	22	35	495	63	14.14	0
E Smith	28	35	302	32*	10.41	0
C Gladwin	24	28	162	22	10.12	0
KF Mohan	6	11	97	49	9.70	0
FC Brailsford	3	5	41	14	8.20	0
G Wyatt	4	7	56	31	8.00	0
HJ Rhodes	23	30	195	48	7.50	0
HL Jackson	22	22	71	16	5.91	0
GA Beet	1	1	0	0*	0	0 ^[31]

County Championship bowling averages

Name	Balls	Runs	Wickets	BB	Average
HL Jackson	4328	1311	126	7-30	10.40
C Gladwin	4690	1720	110	7-28	15.63
HJ Rhodes	3172	1259	67	5-35	18.79
DC Morgan	3377	1180	64	6-36	18.43
E Smith	3483	1402	46	5-38	30.47
DB Carr	875	466	20	5-48	23.30
A Hamer	30	16	2	2-13	8.00
FC Brailsford	12	2	1	1-2	2.00
C Lee	80	45	1	1-22	45.00
HL Johnson	55	38	0
JM Kelly	18	9	0
KF Mohan	12	9	0
DJ Green	6	0	0
G Wyatt	6	2	0 ^[32]

Wicket Keepers

GO Dawkes Catches 60, Stumpings 4

References

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[1] Cricket Archive - Oxford University v Derbyshire 10 May 1958

[2] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Glamorgan 14 May 1958

[3] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Leicestershire 17 May 1958

[4] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Warwickshire 24 May 1958

[5] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 28 May 1958

[6] Cricket Archive - Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 31 May 1958

[7] Cricket Archive - Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 04 Jun 1958

[8] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Essex 07 Jun 1958

[9] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v New Zealanders 11 Jun 1958

[10] Cricket Archive - Worcestershire v Derbyshire 14 Jun 1958

[11] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Surrey 21 Jun 1958

[12] Cricket Archive - Sussex v Derbyshire 25 Jun 1958

[13] Cricket Archive - Glamorgan v Derbyshire 28 Jun 1958

[14] Cricket Archive - Somerset v Derbyshire 02 Jul 1958

[15] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire 05 Jul 1958

[16] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire 09 Jul 1958

[17] Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire 12 Jul 1958

[18] Cricket Archive - Essex v Derbyshire 16 Jul 1958

[19] Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 19 Jul 1958

[20] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 26 Jul 1958

[21] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Middlesex 30 Jul 1958

[22] Cricket Archive - Warwickshire v Derbyshire 02 Aug 1958

[23] Cricket Archive - Kent v Derbyshire 06 Aug 1958

[24] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Sussex 09 Aug 1958

[25] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Hampshire 13 Aug 1958

[26] Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire 16 Aug 1958

[27] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Worcestershire 20 Aug 1958

[28] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Kent 23 Aug 1958

[29] Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire 27 Aug 1958

[30] Cricket Archive - Hampshire v Derbyshire 30 Aug 1958

[31] Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1958

[32] Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1958

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