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Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1954 season Captain Guy Willatt County Championship 3 Most runs Arnold Hamer Most wickets Cliff Gladwin Most catches George Dawkes ← 1953 1955 → Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1954 represents cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for eighty-four years. It was their fiftieth season in the County Championship and they won eleven matches in the County Championship to finish in third place.
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1954 season
Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, one match against Scotland, and one against the touring Pakistanis. In a successful season, they won twelve first class matches altogether. Guy Willatt was in his fourth season as captain. Arnold Hamer was top scorer and Cliff Gladwin took most wickets.
Two players made their debut in the season. Gerald Wyatt played one game and then appeared intermittently over the next few years. Charles Lee went on to score over 12,000 runs and became captain ten years later.
Matches
List of matches No. Date V Result Margin Notes 1 08 May 1954 [1] Leicestershire
County Ground, DerbyWon 7 wickets Tompkin 112; Spencer 6-64; HL Jackson 6-43 2 12 May 1954 [2] Kent
Bat and Ball Ground, GravesendWon 81 runs Wright 7/62; GL Willatt 103; Evans 109; E Smith 6-60; C Gladwin 5-22 3 15 May 1954 [3] Essex
Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-SeaWon 5 wickets Horsfall 117; A Hamer 104; C Gladwin 5-79 4 19 May 1954 [4] Hampshire
County Ground, SouthamptonLost 4 wickets Dare 5-49; E Smith 5-44 5 22 May 1954 [5] Essex
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldLost 6 wickets C Gladwin 8-50 6 29 May 1954 [6] Lancashire
Old Trafford, ManchesterDrawn Hilton 7-51 7 02 Jun 1954 [7] Scotland
Park Road Ground, BuxtonWon 5 wickets Cosh 99; Youngson 6-84; 8 05 Jun 1954 [8] Warwickshire
County Ground, DerbyDrawn Bannister 5-99 9 12 Jun 1954 [9] Yorkshire
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldDrawn Lester 121; Appleyard 6-71; E Smith 5-37 10 16 Jun 1954 [10] Surrey
County Ground, DerbyLost 10 wickets C Gladwin 6-75; Bedser 5-22 11 19 Jun 1954 [11] Glamorgan
Cardiff Arms ParkWon 5 runs Hedges 103; Jones 104; Shepherd 5-45; HL Jackson 6-24; C Gladwin 8-114 12 26 Jun 1954 [12] Lancashire
Park Road Ground, BuxtonWon 169 runs HL Jackson 6-33 13 30 Jun 1954 [13] Kent
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldWon 7 wickets HL Jackson 6-40 14 03 Jul 1954 [14] Sussex
Cricket Field Road Ground, HorshamWon 76 runs James 5-31; HL Jackson 5-30 15 07 Jul 1954 [15] Pakistan
County Ground, DerbyDrawn AC Revill 101; Ahmed 5-53; DC Morgan 5-57 16 10 Jul 1954 [16] Somerset
Johnson Park, YeovilWon 10 wickets Tremlett 5-31; HL Jackson 5-17 17 14 Jul 1954 [17] Hampshire
Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-TrentDrawn Harrison 114; JM Kelly 116; GO Dawkes 143; HL Jackson 7-64; Cannings 7-132 18 17 Jul 1954 [18] Worcestershire
County Ground, New Road, WorcesterLost 4 wickets 19 21 Jul 1954 [19] Sussex
County Ground, DerbyDrawn A Hamer 118; GL Willatt 101 20 24 Jul 1954 [20] Nottinghamshire
Rutland Recreation Ground, IlkestonDrawn C Gladwin 6-114 21 28 Jul 1954 [21] Yorkshire
Headingley, LeedsWon 6 wickets A Hamer 147; Trueman 6-109; DC Morgan 5-23 and 5-55 22 31 Jul 1954 [22] Warwickshire
Edgbaston, BirminghamDrawn HL Jackson 5-28 23 04 Aug 1954 [23] Gloucestershire
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldLost 60 runs Graveney 222; McHugh 5-82; E Smith 5-42 24 07 Aug 1954 [24] Northamptonshire
Wellingborough School GroundDrawn 25 11 Aug 1954 [25] Gloucestershire
College Ground, CheltenhamWon Innings and 52 runs C Gladwin 5-24 26 14 Aug 1954 [26] Worcestershire
County Ground, DerbyWon 9 wickets Flavell 5-53 27 18 Aug 1954 [27] Middlesex
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldDrawn 28 21 Aug 1954 [28] Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, NottinghamDrawn 29 25 Aug 1954 [29] Leicestershire
Grace Road, LeicesterDrawn Walsh 5-65 30 28 Aug 1954 [30] Glamorgan
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldLost 10 wickets Wooller 5-45; Watkins 7-28 Statistics
County Championship batting averages
Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s A Hamer 28 46 1445 147* 34.40 3 GL Willatt 28 43 1115 103 27.87 2 C Lee 3 5 108 61 27.00 0 JM Kelly 28 46 1086 116 24.68 1 AEG Rhodes 3 3 72 46 24.00 0 AC Revill 28 43 971 90 22.58 0 DB Carr 28 44 832 86 22.48 0 GO Dawkes 28 41 788 143 21.88 1 DC Morgan 25 34 630 75 20.32 0 C Gladwin 28 35 368 40 16.00 0 JD Eggar 2 2 25 21 12.50 0 A Eato 5 7 55 23* 11.00 0 DJ Green 6 8 66 25 9.42 0 R Sale 2 3 27 16 9.00 0 HL Jackson 28 29 151 26* 7.94 0 E Smith 28 31 155 22 7.75 0 G Wyatt 1 2 6 3* 6.00 0 R Carter 9 12 49 12 4.90 0 [31] County Championship bowling averages
Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average C Gladwin 6318 2175 131 8-50 16.60 HL Jackson 5448 1786 120 7-64 14.88 E Smith 3277 1294 64 6-60 20.21 DC Morgan 3250 1191 56 5-23 21.26 A Eato 474 158 12 4-18 13.16 A Hamer 400 211 10 3-27 21.10 R Carter 552 282 9 2-27 31.33 DB Carr 445 239 3 1-17 79.66 GL Willatt 37 36 1 1-2 36.00 AC Revill 114 56 0 JM Kelly 60 36 0 DJ Green 12 1 0 JD Eggar 12 4 0 [32] Wicket Keepers
- George Dawkes Catches 51, Stumping 9
See also
- Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
- 1954 English cricket season
References
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Leicestershire 08 May 1954
- ^ Cricket Archive - Kent v Derbyshire 12 May 1954
- ^ Cricket Archive - Essex v Derbyshire 15 May 1954
- ^ Cricket Archive - Hampshire v Derbyshire 19 May 1954
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Essex 22 May 1954
- ^ Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire 29 May 1954
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Scotland 02 Jun 1954
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Warwickshire 05 Jun 1954
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire 12 Jun 1954
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Surrey 16 Jun 1954
- ^ Cricket Archive - Glamorgan v Derbyshire 19 Jun 1954
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire 26 Jun 1954
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Kent 30 Jun 1954
- ^ Cricket Archive - Sussex v Derbyshire 03 Jul 1954
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Pakistan 07 Jul 1954
- ^ Cricket Archive - Somerset v Derbyshire 10 Jul 1954
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Hampshire 14 Jul 1954
- ^ Cricket Archive - Worcestershire v Derbyshire 17 Jul 1954
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Sussex 21 Jul 1954
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 24 Jul 1954
- ^ Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire 28 Jul 1954
- ^ Cricket Archive - Warwickshire v Derbyshire 31 Jul 1954
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 04 Aug 1954
- ^ Cricket Archive - Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 07 Aug 1954
- ^ Cricket Archive - Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 11 Aug 1954
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Worcestershire 14 Aug 1954
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Middlesex 18 Aug 1954
- ^ Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 21 Aug 1954
- ^ Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire 25 Aug 1954
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Glamorgan 28 Aug 1954
- ^ Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1954
- ^ Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1954
Categories:- 1954 in cricket
- 1954 in England
- Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
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