Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1959

Derbyshire County Cricket Club
	1959 season
Captain	Donald Carr
County Championship	7
Most runs	Donald Carr
Most wickets	Les Jackson
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Last updated March 24, 2019

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1959 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing eighty-eight years. It was their fifty-fifth season in the County Championship and they won thirteen matches to finish seventh in the County Championship.

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a 20-metre (22-yard) pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striking the ball bowled at the wicket with the bat, while the bowling and fielding side tries to prevent this and dismiss each player. Means of dismissal include being bowled, when the ball hits the stumps and dislodges the bails, and by the fielding side catching the ball after it is hit by the bat, but before it hits the ground. When ten players have been dismissed, the innings ends and the teams swap roles. The game is adjudicated by two umpires, aided by a third umpire and match referee in international matches. They communicate with two off-field scorers who record the match's statistical information.

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.

The County Championship, currently known as the Specsavers County Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales and is organised by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). It became an official title in 1890. The competition consists of eighteen clubs named after, and originally representing, historic counties, seventeen from England and one from Wales. From 2016, the Championship has been sponsored by Specsavers, who replaced Liverpool Victoria after 14 years.

1959 season

Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, one match against Cambridge University, and one against the touring Indians . Despite winning thirteen matches altogether, they ended seventh in the County Championship. Donald Carr was in his fifth season as captain and was top scorer. His 2165 runs was a record for most runs in a season for Derbyshire and he scored two centuries in a match against Kent. He was also Wisden Cricketer of the Year. Les Jackson took most wickets with 117 and achieved 9 for 17 against Cambridge University. Harold Rhodes played for England during the season.

The Indian cricket team toured England in the 1959 season. The team played five Test matches against England and lost them all: the first time that England had won all the matches in a five-match series. Only one of the Tests, the game at Manchester, went into the fifth day.

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.

Herbert Leslie Jackson, known as Les Jackson, was an English professional cricketer. A fast or fast-medium bowler renowned for his accurate bowling and particular hostility on uncovered wickets, he played county cricket for Derbyshire from 1947 to 1963, and was regularly at, or near the top of, the English bowling averages. He played in only two Test matches for England, one in 1949 and a second in 1961. Jackson’s absence from Test cricket was largely because his batting was so underdeveloped: his highest first-class score was 39 not out, and he reached 30 on only two other occasions. Between July 1949 and August 1950, Jackson indeed played fifty-one innings without reaching double figures, a number known to be exceeded only by Jem Shaw, Nobby Clark, Eric Hollies (twice), Brian Boshier and Mark Robinson. His leading competitors like Trueman, Tyson, and even teammate Gladwin were far better batsmen.

The team included a considerable amount of fresh blood with Bob Berry Ian Buxton, Peter Eyre, Ian Hall, William Oates and William Richardson, all of whom had sustained careers with Derbyshire.

Robert Berry was an English cricketer. He played in two Tests in 1950. He played county cricket for Lancashire from 1948 to 1954, for Worcestershire from 1955 to 1958, and for Derbyshire from 1959 to 1962. He was the first cricketer to be capped by three different counties.

Ian Ray Buxton was an English footballer and cricketer. He played football as an inside forward for Derby County between 1959 and 1967, before brief spells with Luton Town, Notts County, Port Vale, and non-league Ilkeston Town. He played a total of 215 league games in the English Football League, helping Luton Town to the Fourth Division title in 1967–68, also helping Port Vale to win promotion out of the Fourth Division in 1969–70. He also played cricket for Derbyshire from 1959 to 1973, serving the county as captain between 1970 and 1972.

Thomas John Peter Eyre is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1959 and 1972.

Matches

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	29 Apr 1959 ^[1]	Cambridge University FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge	Won	Innings and 92 runs	Douglas-Pennant 5-76; HL Jackson 9-17
2	9 May 1959 ^[2]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby	Won	4 wickets	Subba Row 127; HJ Rhodes 5-65; HL Jackson 5-41
3	13 May 1959 ^[3]	Warwickshire Courtaulds Ground, Coventry	Won	167 runs	DB Carr 143; Wheatley 5-93; HL Jackson 6-53
4	16 May 1959 ^[4]	Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester	Drawn		Hallam 200; Watson 101*; Spencer 5-69; R Smith 5-81
5	20 May 1959 ^[5]	Gloucestershire County Ground, Derby	Lost	48 runs	Young 142
6	23 May 1959 ^[6]	Worcestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Won	9 wickets	Outschoon 112; HL Jackson 5-38;
7	27 May 1959 ^[7]	Glamorgan St Helen's, Swansea	Lost	3 wickets	Parkhouse 154
8	30 May 1959 ^[8]	Middlesex Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	Won	6 wickets	HL Jackson 5-42
9	6 Jun 1959 ^[9]	Yorkshire Bramall Lane, Sheffield	Drawn		HL Jackson 5-70; Platt 6-72
10	10 Jun 1959 ^[10]	Kent > Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Won	Innings and 21 runs	GW Richardson 8-64; Halfyard 7-89; HL Jackson 5-38
11	13 Jun 1959 ^[11]	Lancashire County Ground, Derby	Won	7 wickets	HL Jackson 6-36
12	17 Jun 1959 ^[12]	Surrey Kennington Oval	Drawn		DC Morgan 5-67
13	20 Jun 1959 ^[13]	Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Won	4 wickets	JM Kelly 113; DC Morgan 5-45
14	24 Jun 1959 ^[14]	Gloucestershire Ashley Down Ground, Bristol	Lost	Innings and 45 runs	E Smith 5-70
15	27 Jun 1959 ^[15]	Indians Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		Apte 165
16	4 Jul 1959 ^[16]	Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	6 wickets	K Taylor 144
17	11 Jul 1959 ^[17]	Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester	Drawn		Marner 137; C Lee 109; DB Carr 119
18	15 Jul 1959 ^[18]	Somerset Park Road Ground, Buxton	Drawn		Wright 112; Greetham 104
19	18 Jul 1959 ^[19]	Warwickshire Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent	Lost	26 runs	M Smith 142; HL Jackson 7-35 and 5-80
20	25 Jul 1959 ^[20]	Sussex Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston	Drawn		Parks 130; Marlar 6-57
21	29 Jul 1959 ^[21]	Glamorgan Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		Wooler 7-41; IR Buxton 5-62
22	1 Aug 1959 ^[22]	Leicestershire County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Watson 150; DB Carr 109
23	5 Aug 1959 ^[23]	Kent St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury	Won	99 runs	DB Carr 156* and 109; Pettiford 5-33; GW Richardson 7-31
24	8 Aug 1959 ^[24]	Hampshire County Ground, Derby	Won	6 wickets	IW Hall 113; Shaekleton 7-86; E Smith 5-32
25	12 Aug 1959 ^[25]	Essex Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		Insole 155; Knight 5-44
26	15 Aug 1959 ^[26]	Worcestershire County Ground, New Road, Worcester	Won	137 runs	Aldridge 5-55; HL Jackson 5-34 and 5-26
27	19 Aug 1959 ^[27]	Essex Vista Road Recreation Ground, Clacton-on-Sea	Lost	7 wickets	Barker 128*; HL Jackson 6-47
28	22 Aug 1959 ^[28]	Sussex Manor Sports Ground, Worthing	Won	5 wickets	Lenham 104; Parks 113; A Hamer 118;E Smith6-44
29	26 Aug 1959^[29]	Nottinghamshire County Ground, Derby	Won	119 runs	Hill 122; Cotton 5-55
30	29 Aug 1959 ^[30]	Hampshire Dean Park, Bournemouth	Drawn		Horton 119

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

Name	Matches	Inns	Runs	High score	Average	100s
DB Carr	27	49	2092	156*	49.80	5
A Hamer	28	53	1842	118	36.84	1
HL Johnson	28	50	1360	97	34.00	0
IW Hall	12	19	572	113	30.10	1
C Lee	26	49	1316	109	27.41	1
JM Kelly	14	26	620	113*	25.83	1
DC Morgan	28	52	1101	75	24.46	0
IR Buxton	8	11	216	79	21.60	0
GW Richardson	19	31	512	91	20.48	0
GO Dawkes	28	45	804	68	20.10	0
WF Oates	5	9	134	56	16.75	0
HJ Rhodes	18	21	208	44*	13.86	0
E Smith	28	39	349	43	12.46	0
HL Jackson	26	29	178	32	9.36	0
R Berry	12	14	35	11*	5.00	0
TJP Eyre	1	1	0	0	0.00	0 ^[31]

Additionally Ray Swallow played in the match against the touring Indians.

Raymond Swallow is an English former cricketer and footballer. He played football for Arsenal between 1955 and 1957 and cricket for Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 1957. He then played football for Derby County between 1958 and 1963 and cricket for Derbyshire between 1959 and 1963.

County Championship bowling averages

Name	Balls	Runs	Wickets	BB	Average
HL Jackson	6056	2114	117	7-35	18.06
E Smith	4224	2023	71	6-44	28.49
HJ Rhodes	3294	1484	60	5-65	24.73
DC Morgan	4223	1990	55	5-45	36.18
GW Richardson	2609	1373	54	8-54	25.42
IR Buxton	954	468	20	5-62	23.40
DB Carr	1237	734	18	3-58	40.77
R Berry	1492	645	15	3-12	43.00
TJP Eyre	150	96	1	1-75	96.00
C Lee	95	56	1	1-4	56.00
A Hamer	18	12	1	1-0	12.00
HL Johnson	18	10	0
IW Hall	6	0	0
GO Dawkes	1	0	0^[32]

Wicket Keepers

GO Dawkes Catches 57, Stumping 5

References

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[1] Cricket Archive - Cambridge University v Derbyshire 29 Apr 1959

[2] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 9 May 1959

[3] Cricket Archive - Warwickshire v Derbyshire 13 May 1959

[4] Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire 16 May 1959

[5] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 20 May 1959

[6] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Worcestershire 23 May 1959

[7] Cricket Archive - Glamorgan v Derbyshire 27 May 1959

[8] Cricket Archive - Middlesex v Derbyshire 30 May 1959

[9] Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire 6 Jun 1959

[10] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Kent 10 Jun 1959

[11] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire 13 Jun 1959

[12] Cricket Archive - Surrey v Derbyshire 17 Jun 1959

[13] Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 20 Jun 1959

[14] Cricket Archive - Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 24 Jun 1959

[15] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Indians 27 Jun 1959

[16] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire 4 Jul 1959

[17] Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire 11 Jul 1959

[18] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Somerset 15 Jul 1959

[19] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Warwickshire 18 Jul 1959

[20] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Sussex 25 Jul 1959

[21] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Glamorgan 29 Jul 1959

[22] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Leicestershire 1 Aug 1959

[23] Cricket Archive - Kent v Derbyshire 5 Aug 1959

[24] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Hampshire 8 Aug 1959

[25] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Essex 12 Aug 1959

[26] Cricket Archive - Worcestershire v Derbyshire 15 Aug 1959

[27] Cricket Archive - Essex v Derbyshire 19 Aug 1959

[28] Cricket Archive - Sussex v Derbyshire 22 Aug 1959

[29] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 26 Aug 1959

[30] Cricket Archive - Hampshire v Derbyshire 29 Aug 1959

[31] Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1959

[32] Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1959