Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1956

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1956 season
CaptainDonald Carr
County Championship12
Most runsCharles Lee
Most wicketsLes Jackson
← 1955 1957 →

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1956 represents cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for eighty five years. It was their fifty-second season in the County Championship and they won seven matches and lost seven to finish twelfth in the County Championship.

1956 season

Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, and one match against Oxford University, and one against the touring Australians. They won seven matches altogether, but a large number of matches were drawn. Donald Carr was in his third season as captain. Charles Lee was top scorer and Les Jackson took most wickets with 114.

The club retained a virtually unchanged squad with only one newcomer – Gordon Beet who had played in the second XI in the previous year and made occasional first class appearances subsequently.

Matches

List of matches
No. Date V Result Margin Notes
1 5 May 1956[1] Surrey
Kennington Oval 		Drawn C Gladwin 5–43 and 8–64
2 16 May 1956[2] Middlesex
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood 		Won 88 runs JM Kelly 131; HL Jackson 5–68 and 7–48
3 19 May 1956[3] Warwickshire
County Ground, Derby 		Drawn
4 23 May 1956[4] Middlesex
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Lost Innings and 41 runs Edrich 208; Moss 6–71 and 5–53
5 26 May 1956[5] Somerset
Johnson Park, Yeovil 		Lost 6 wickets McMahon 5–45; McCool 5–43
6 30 May 1956[6] Kent
Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend 		Won 7 wickets HL Jackson 6–54
7 2 Jun 1956[7] Yorkshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Won 6 runs Appleyard 6–37 and 6–69; HL Jackson 5–26; HJ Rhodes 5–52
8 6 Jun 1956[8] Lancashire
Park Road Ground, Buxton 		Drawn Pullar 104; Tattersall 6–57
9 9 Jun 1956[9] Glamorgan
St Helen's, Swansea 		Won 8 wickets A Hamer 120; E Smith 7–58; Shepherd 7–111
10 13 Jun 1956[10] Oxford University
The University Parks, Oxford 		Drawn Kentish 5–49
11 16 Jun 1956[11] Glamorgan
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Abandoned
12 23 Jun 1956[12] Yorkshire
Headingley, Leeds 		Drawn JM Kelly 104; HL Jackson 7–55
13 27 Jun 1956[13] Northamptonshire
County Ground, Derby 		Drawn
14 30 Jun 1956[14] Leicestershire
Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent 		Won Innings and 26 runs C Lee 116
15 4 Jul 1956[15] Lancashire
Old Trafford, Manchester 		Drawn Greenhough 6–64; C Gladwin 5–25
16 7 Jul 1956[16] Leicestershire
Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch 		Won 145 runs DB Carr 123; Palmer 104; HL Jackson 7–41
17 11 Jul 1956[17] Sussex
County Ground, Derby 		Drawn HL Jackson 6–87
18 14 Jul 1956[18] Hampshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Drawn
19 18 Jul 1956[19] Essex
Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester 		Drawn HL Jackson 5–69
20 21 Jul 1956[20] Somerset
County Ground, Derby 		Won 111 runs A Hamer 104; C Gladwin 7–57; E Smith 6–52
21 25 Jul 1956[21] Worcestershire
Tipton Road, Dudley 		Lost 10 wickets Kenyon 147; Jenkins 5–62 and 6–50
22 28 Jul 1956[22] Nottinghamshire
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston 		Drawn A Hamer 119; Jepson 6–42
23 1 Aug 1956[23] Worcestershire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Drawn 8 overs played
24 4 Aug 1956[24] Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham 		Lost 133 runs Hollies 7–40
25 8 Aug 1956[25] Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham 		Lost 4 wickets Goonesena 5–52 and 6–49; DC Morgan 5–50
26 11 Aug 1956[26] Australians
County Ground, Derby 		Lost 57 runs Lindwall 7–40; Miller 5–29
27 15 Aug 1956[27] Northamptonshire
Wellingborough School Ground 		Drawn Tyson 7–46
28 18 Aug 1956[28] Sussex
The Saffrons, Eastbourne 		Lost 6 wickets C Gladwin 6–74; Oakman 6–36
29 22 Aug 1956[29] Surrey
County Ground, Derby 		Drawn Stewart 100; Loader 6–70
30 25 Aug 1956 County[30] Gloucestershire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Drawn C Gladwin 5–42

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s
C Lee 27 47 1407 116 32.72 1
A Hamer 25 43 1271 120 31.77 3
GO Dawkes 27 40 857 81 26.78 0
JM Kelly 25 40 1016 131 27.45 2
DB Carr 23 36 887 123 26.08 1
AC Revill 21 37 740 72 23.12 0
HL Johnson 25 36 685 83 20.75 0
DC Morgan 23 31 469 51 19.54 0
GL Willatt 4 6 97 49 19.40 0
C Gladwin 27 32 303 31 12.62 0
E Smith 27 37 330 41 11.37 0
HJ Rhodes 3 5 47 19 9.40 0
DJ Green 2 4 27 11 6.75 0
HL Jackson 27 29 106 23* 5.04 0
GA Beet 2 1 4 4 4.00 0
JB Furniss 2 3 7 6 2.33 0
D Hall 7 8 3 3* 0.75 0[31]

County Championship bowling averages

Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average
HL Jackson 5188 2000 114 7–41 17.54
C Gladwin 5299 1941 101 8–64 19.21
E Smith 3431 1475 54 7–58 27.31
DC Morgan 2556 1030 35 5–50 29.42
DB Carr 1243 681 21 3–28 32.42
HJ Rhodes 449 165 10 5–52 16.50
D Hall 680 323 8 3–61 40.37
JB Furniss 162 102 4 3–52 25.50
A Hamer 222 80 1 1–5 80.00
GA Beet 96 58 1 1–58 58.00
GL Willatt 6 5 0
HL Johnson 6 4 0
JM Kelly 18 9 0
C Lee 12 4 0
AC Revill 48 47 0
GO Dawkes 10 6 0[32]

Wicket Keepers

See also

References

  1. ^ Cricket Archive Surrey v Derbyshire 5 May 1956
  2. ^ Cricket Archive Middlesex v Derbyshire 16 May 1956
  3. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Warwickshire 19 May 1956
  4. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Middlesex 23 May 1956
  5. ^ Cricket Archive Somerset v Derbyshire 26 May 1956
  6. ^ Cricket Archive Kent v Derbyshire 30 May 1956
  7. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Yorkshire 2 Jun 1956
  8. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Lancashire 6 Jun 1956
  9. ^ Cricket Archive Glamorgan v Derbyshire 9 Jun 1956
  10. ^ Cricket Archive Oxford University v Derbyshire 13 Jun 1956
  11. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Glamorgan 16 Jun 1956
  12. ^ Cricket Archive Yorkshire v Derbyshire 23 Jun 1956
  13. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 27 Jun 1956
  14. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Leicestershire 30 Jun 1956
  15. ^ Cricket Archive Lancashire v Derbyshire 4 Jul 1956
  16. ^ Cricket Archive Leicestershire v Derbyshire 7 Jul 1956
  17. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Sussex 11 Jul 1956
  18. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Hampshire 14 Jul 1956
  19. ^ Cricket Archive Essex v Derbyshire 18 Jul 1956
  20. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Somerset 21 Jul 1956
  21. ^ Cricket Archive Worcestershire v Derbyshire 25 Jul 1956
  22. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 28 Jul 1956
  23. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Worcestershire 1 Aug 1956
  24. ^ Cricket Archive Warwickshire v Derbyshire 4 Aug 1956
  25. ^ Cricket Archive Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 8 Aug 1956
  26. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Australians 11 Aug 1956
  27. ^ Cricket ArchiveNorthamptonshire v Derbyshire 15 Aug 1956
  28. ^ Cricket Archive Sussex v Derbyshire 18 Aug 1956
  29. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Surrey 22 Aug 1956
  30. ^ Cricket ArchiveDerbyshire v Gloucestershire 25 Aug 1956
  31. ^ Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1956
  32. ^ Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1956