| 1962 season | |||
| Captain | Donald Carr | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| County Championship | 7 | ||
| Most runs | Laurie Johnson | ||
| Most wickets | Les Jackson | ||
| Most catches | Bob Taylor | ||
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Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1962 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for ninety-one years. It was their fifty-eighth season in the County Championship and they won 9 championship matches and lost six to finish seventh in the County Championship.
Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, one match against the touring Pakistinis and one match against Oxford University. They won nine matches, lost six matches and drew fifteen matches. Donald Carr was in his eighth year as captain. Laurie Johnson was top scorer and Les Jackson took most wickets for the club.
There were no new players in the Derbyshire team.
| List of matches | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | V | Result | Margin | Notes |
| 1 | 5 May 1962 [1] | Lancashire County Ground, Derby | Drawn | C Lee 137; IR Buxton 108 | |
| 2 | 12 May 1962 [2] | Essex Valentine's Park, Ilford | Won | 7 wickets | HL Jackson 6-25 and 5-65 |
| 3 | 16 May 1962 [3] | Sussex Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Drawn | ||
| 4 | 19 May 1962 [4] | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham | Drawn | Davison 7-28 | |
| 5 | 23 May 1962 [5] | Gloucestershire County Ground, Derby | Won | 4 wickets | Nicholls 144; |
| 6 | 26 May 1962 [6] | Kent Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend | Drawn | ||
| 7 | 30 May 1962 [7] | Oxford University The University Parks, Oxford | Won | 10 wickets | Baig 103; R Swallow 115; HJ Rhodes 5-41 |
| 8 | 2 Jun 1962 [8] | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester | Drawn | DC Morgan 5-72 | |
| 9 | 6 Jun 1962 [9] | Somerset Imperial Athletic Ground, Bristol | Drawn | WF Oates 101; Atkinson 105 and 6-113; HL Johnson 108; HJ Rhodes 5-73 | |
| 10 | 9 Jun 1962 [10] | Leicestershire County Ground, Derby | Won | 165 runs | DB Carr 110; Watson 142; HL Jackson 6-26 and 7-47 |
| 11 | 13 Jun 1962 [11] | Yorkshire The Circle, Hull | Lost | Innings and 31 runs | Stott 145 |
| 12 | 16 Jun 1962 [12] | Glamorgan Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Won | 6 wickets | Shepherd 5-41 |
| 13 | 20 Jun 1962 [13] | Essex County Ground, Derby | Won | 5 wickets | HL Jackson 7-35 |
| 14 | 23 Jun 1962 [14] | Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Drawn | E Smith 5-39 | |
| 15 | 27 Jun 1962 [15] | Sussex Manor Sports Ground, Worthing | Drawn | HL Johnson 114; Bell 5-92 | |
| 16 | 30 Jun 1962 [16] | Hampshire County Ground, Derby | Lost | 5 wickets | Ingleby-Mackenzie 111 |
| 17 | 7 Jul 1962 [17] | Hampshire United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth | Drawn | Gray 213; DC Morgan 112; Shackleton 5-112 | |
| 18 | 11 Jul 1962 [18] | Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton | Lost | 71 runs | E Smith 5-39; Allen 5-41 |
| 19 | 14 Jul 1962 [19] | Pakistan Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent | Drawn | ||
| 20 | 21 Jul 1962 [20] | Northamptonshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston | Drawn | ||
| 21 | 25 Jul 1962 [21] | Northamptonshire Park Road Ground, Buxton | Won | 7 wickets | Milburn 102; DC Morgan 6-13; Larter 5-67 |
| 22 | 28 Jul 1962 [22] | Worcestershire Tipton Road, Dudley | Lost | 5 wickets | Coldwell 8-64 |
| 23 | 1 Aug 1962 [23] | Warwickshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Drawn | Hitchcock 153; M Smith 105 | |
| 24 | 4 Aug 1962 [24] | Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester | Drawn | HL Johnson 154 | |
| 25 | 8 Aug 1962 [25] | Surrey Kennington Oval | Lost | 5 wickets | Lock 6-41; DC Morgan 6-32 |
| 26 | 11 Aug 1962 [26] | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham | Drawn | M Smith 148 | |
| 27 | 15 Aug 1962 [27] | Worcestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Drawn | Rumsey 7-50; HJ Rhodes 6-30 | |
| 28 | 18 Aug 1962 [28] | Glamorgan St Helen's, Swansea | Won | 204 runs | Wheatley 5-52; Shepherd 5-60 |
| 29 | 22 Aug 1962 [29] | Somerset County Ground, Derby | Lost | 41 runs | HJ Rhodes 5-45 and 5-19; Alley 5-53; HL Jackson 5-20 |
| 30 | 25 Aug 1962 [30] | Middlesex Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Won | 8 wickets | HJ Rhodes 5-58; Titmus 6-86 |
| Name | Matches | Inns | Runs | High score | Average | 100s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DC Morgan | 27 | 44 | 1468 | 124 | 45.87 | 3 |
| C Lee | 23 | 41 | 1481 | 137 | 38.97 | 1 |
| IR Buxton | 28 | 44 | 1092 | 108* | 34.12 | 1 |
| HL Johnson | 28 | 50 | 1581 | 154 | 32.93 | 3 |
| WF Oates | 24 | 42 | 1121 | 101 | 27.34 | 1 |
| IW Hall | 27 | 47 | 1094 | 87 | 26.68 | 0 |
| E Smith | 23 | 31 | 573 | 90 | 23.87 | 0 |
| DB Carr | 23 | 43 | 923 | 110 | 23.07 | 1 |
| R Swallow | 11 | 19 | 391 | 64 | 20.57 | 0 |
| GW Richardson | 12 | 14 | 199 | 42 | 18.09 | 0 |
| TJP Eyre | 7 | 7 | 66 | 19* | 16.50 | 0 |
| HJ Rhodes | 18 | 17 | 89 | 18* | 14.83 | 0 |
| RW Taylor | 28 | 35 | 290 | 44 | 10.74 | 0 |
| HL Jackson | 27 | 23 | 97 | 13 | 5.10 | 0 |
| R Berry | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3.50 | 0 |
| Leading first-class batsmen for Derbyshire by runs scored | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Mat | Inns | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 |
| HL Johnson | 30 | 53 | 1757 | 154 | 33.15 | 3 |
| DC Morgan | 29 | 47 | 1517 | 124 | 32.28 | 3 |
| C Lee | 25 | 43 | 1503 | 137 | 34.95 | 1 |
| IW Hall | 29 | 50 | 1226 | 87 | 24.52 | 0 |
| WF Oates | 26 | 46 | 1175 | 101 | 25.54 | 1 |
| Name | Balls | Runs | Wickets | BB | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HL Jackson | 5915 | 1944 | 99 | 7-35 | 19.63 |
| DC Morgan | 4712 | 1876 | 73 | 6-13 | 25.69 |
| HJ Rhodes | 3620 | 1244 | 62 | 6-30 | 20.06 |
| E Smith | 3494 | 1258 | 55 | 5-39 | 22.87 |
| IR Buxton | 3092 | 1355 | 42 | 4-57 | 32.26 |
| GW Richardson | 1325 | 726 | 18 | 3-41 | 40.33 |
| TJP Eyre | 1047 | 571 | 15 | 3-53 | 38.06 |
| DB Carr | 690 | 416 | 5 | 2-14 | 83.20 |
| R Berry | 252 | 115 | 3 | 2-18 | 38.33 |
| C Lee | 216 | 116 | 3 | 2-28 | 38.66 |
| WF Oates | 372 | 219 | 1 | 1-20 | 219.00 |
| HL Johnson | 27 | 26 | 0 | ||
| IW Hall | 23 | 14 | 0 | ||
| R Swallow | 18 | 8 | 0 | [32] | |
| Leading first class bowlers for Derbyshire by wickets taken | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave |
| HL Jackson | 6107 | 2012 | 105 | 7-35 | 19.16 |
| DC Morgan | 5030 | 1987 | 76 | 6-13 | 26.14 |
| HJ Rhodes | 3926 | 1321 | 68 | 6-30 | 19.43 |
| E Smith | 4015 | 1405 | 62 | 5-39 | 22.66 |
| IR Buxton | 3318 | 1446 | 46 | 4-57 | 31.43 |
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