Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1958

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1958 season
CaptainDonald Carr
County Championship5
Most runsCharles Lee
Most wicketsLes Jackson
Most catchesGeorge Dawkes
← 1957 1959 →

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

See also

References

  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