Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1961

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Derbyshire County Cricket Club
1961 season
Captain Donald Carr
County Championship 7
Most runs Laurie Johnson
Most wickets Harold Rhodes

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1961 represents cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for ninety years. It was their fifty-seventh season in the County Championship and they won ten matches to finish seventh in the County Championship.

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1961 season

Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, and one match against Oxford University, one against the touring Australians and an extra match against Nottinghamshire. They won ten matches altogether Donald Carr was in his seventh season as captain. Laurie Johnson was top scorer and Harold Rhodes took most wickets with 101.

The only new member of the team was Bob Taylor, a future captain and international, who had played in the second XI in the previous year. He was brought in to keep wicket after George Dawkes suffered from knee problems.

Matches

List of matches
No.DateVResultMarginNotes
126 Apr 1961 [1] Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Drawn Not a county championship match
23 May 1961 [2] Australians
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Drawn Only 22 overs played
310 May 1961 [3] Kent
County Ground, Derby
DrawnSayer 5–48; HJ Rhodes 5–59
413 May 1961 [4] Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Won3 wickets Winfield 109; DB Carr 143
517 May 1961 [5] Somerset
Recreation Ground, Bath
Won3 wickets Wright 102; DC Morgan 5–40
620 May 1961 [6] Northamptonshire
County Ground, Northampton
Lost129 runs Allen 8–48 and 5–50; HJ Rhodes 5–48; E Smith 5–41
724 May 1961 [7] Worcestershire
County Ground, Derby
LostInnings and 15 runs Coldwell 5–44; Gifford 5–17
827 May 1961 [8] Glamorgan
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Lost14 runs IR Buxton 6–80
93 Jun 1961 [9] Lancashire
Old Trafford, Manchester
Lost109 runs Grieves 139
107 Jun 1961 [10] Sussex
County Ground, Derby
Drawn IR Buxton 5–52; Thomson 5–54 and 6–46
1110 Jun 1961 [11] Essex
Hoffman's Sports and Social Club Ground, Chelmsford
Drawn G Smith 148; HL Johnson 119; TJP Eyre 5–75
1217 Jun 1961 [12] Essex
Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent
Lost181 runs Knight 120; HL Jackson 5–30; Bailey 5–27
1321 Jun 1961 [13] Lancashire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
WonInnings and 141 runs HL Jackson 6–15; TJP Eyre 5–40
1424 Jun 1961 [14] Oxford University
Park Road Ground, Buxton
Drawn HJ Rhodes took a hattrick to finish Oxford's second innings
1528 Jun 1961 [15] Yorkshire
Bramall Lane, Sheffield
Drawn Trueman 6–60 and 5–63
161 Jul 1961 [16] Leicestershire
County Ground, Derby
Won9 wickets HL Jackson 5–53; Spencer 5–32
175 Jul 1961 [17] Gloucestershire
Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester
Drawn HL Johnson 122; A'Court 6–50; Cook 5–41
188 Jul 1961 [18] Yorkshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
LostInnings and 18 runs Stott 114
1912 Jul 1961 [19] Glamorgan
Cardiff Arms Park
Drawn HJ Rhodes 5–80; Shepherd5-96
2019 Jul 1961 [20] Warwickshire
County Ground, Derby
Won3 wickets IR Buxton 5–41 and 5–63; Thompson 5–46 and 5–75
2122 Jul 1961 [21] Worcestershire
Chester Road North Ground, Kidderminster
Lost185 runs Headley 103; Coldwell 8–41
2226 Jul 1961 [22] Middlesex
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
Won7 wickets Parfitt 113; HJ Rhodes 7–74
2329 Jul 1961 [23] Nottinghamshire
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
Drawn DB Carr 130
242 Aug 1961 [24] Somerset
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Won6 wickets HL Jackson 5–33; Palmer 6–76
255 Aug 1961 [25] Northamptonshire
County Ground, Derby
Drawn
269 Aug 1961 [26] Leicestershire
Grace Road, Leicester
Won136 runs HL Johnson 116; Savage 5–81; HJ Rhodes 5–49
2712 Aug 1961 [27] Hampshire
County Ground, Derby
Lost58 runs Horton 141; Shackleton 6–90
2819 Aug 1961 [28] Surrey
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Won4 wickets HL Jackson 6–40 and 5–68; Sydenham 5–102
2923 Aug 1961 [29] Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Drawn Stewart 135; Wright 5–68; Bannister 6–30
3026 Aug 1961 [30] Sussex
Manor Sports Ground, Worthing
Won65 runs WF Oates 148; E Smith 5–76
3130 Aug 1961 [31] Hampshire
Dean Park, Bournemouth
Lost140 runs HL Johnson 112; Wassell 5–132; Shackleton 6–39

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

NameMatchesInnsRunsHigh scoreAverage100s
HL Johnson 2546159412237.954
DB Carr 2647155914336.252
WF Oates 23411259148*34.021
C Lee 285314159127.740
I Gibson 12494624.500
DC Morgan 26458888322.760
GO Dawkes 11183425021.370
IW Hall 24458997120.430
IR Buxton 244164350*17.860
TJP Eyre 8129733*16.160
E Smith 20344324814.890
HJ Rhodes 24373213414.590
GA Beet 23281714.000
D Millner 12243348013.910
R Swallow 6111323412.000
RW Taylor 17242054811.380
R Berry 81042177.000
GW Richardson 4635185.830
HL Jackson 192146113.060 [32]

County Championship bowling averages

NameBallsRunsWicketsBBAverage
HJ Rhodes 558220241017–7420.03
IR Buxton 43501691796–8021.40
HL Jackson 46961481786–1518.98
DC Morgan 42031744625–4028.12
E Smith 35431412445–4132.09
TJP Eyre 1358682295–4023.51
DB Carr 1088615183–3734.16
R Berry 1344462143–4533.00
C Lee 684262112–923.81
GW Richardson 38421142–5552.75
WF Oates 1386321–031.50
HL Johnson 242411–024.00
GA Beet 484211–4242.00
D Millner 24150
R Swallow 600
I Gibson 12130
IW Hall 1850 [33]

Wicket Keepers

See also

References

  1. Cricket ArchiveNottinghamshire v Derbyshire 26 Apr 1961
  2. Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Australians 3 May 1961
  3. Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Kent 10 May 1961
  4. Cricket Archive Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 13 May 1961
  5. Cricket Archive Somerset v Derbyshire 17 May 1961
  6. Cricket Archive Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 20 May 1961
  7. Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Worcestershire 24 May 1961
  8. Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Glamorgan 27 May 1961
  9. Cricket Archive Lancashire v Derbyshire 3 Jun 1961
  10. Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Sussex 7 Jun 1961
  11. Cricket Archive Essex v Derbyshire 10 Jun 1961
  12. Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Essex 17 Jun 1961
  13. Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Lancashire 21 Jun 1961
  14. Cricket ArchiveDerbyshire v Oxford University 24 Jun 1961
  15. Cricket Archive Yorkshire v Derbyshire 28 Jun 1961
  16. Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Leicestershire 1 Jul 1961
  17. Cricket Archive Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 5 Jul 1961
  18. Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Yorkshire 8 Jul 1961
  19. Cricket Archive Glamorgan v Derbyshire 12 Jul 1961
  20. Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Warwickshire 19 Jul 1961
  21. Cricket Archive Worcestershire v Derbyshire 22 Jul 1961
  22. Cricket Archive Middlesex v Derbyshire 26 Jul 1961
  23. Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 29 Jul 1961
  24. Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Somerset 2 Aug 1961
  25. Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 5 Aug 1961
  26. Cricket Archive Leicestershire v Derbyshire 9 Aug 1961
  27. Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Hampshire 12 Aug 1961
  28. Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Surrey 19 Aug 1961
  29. Cricket Archive Warwickshire v Derbyshire 23 Aug 1961
  30. Cricket Archive Sussex v Derbyshire 26 Aug 1961
  31. Cricket Archive Hampshire v Derbyshire 30 Aug 1961
  32. Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1961
  33. Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1961