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Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1956 season Captain Donald Carr County Championship 12 Most runs Charles Lee Most wickets Les Jackson ← 1955 1957 → Derbyshire Country 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.
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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 05 May 1956 [1] Surrey
Kennington OvalDrawn C Gladwin 5-43 and 8-64 2 16 May 1956 [2] Middlesex
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's WoodWon 88 runs JM Kelly 131; HL Jackson 5-68 and 7-48 3 19 May 1956 [3] Warwickshire
County Ground, DerbyDrawn 4 23 May 1956 [4] Middlesex
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldLost Innings and 41 runs Edrich 208; Moss 6-71 and 5-53 5 26 May 1956 [5] Somerset
Johnson Park, YeovilLost 6 wickets McMahon 5-45; McCool 5-43 6 30 May 1956 [6] Kent
Bat and Ball Ground, GravesendWon 7 wickets HL Jackson 6-54 7 02 Jun 1956 [7] Yorkshire
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldWon 6 runs Appleyard 6-37 and 6-69; HL Jackson 5-26; HJ Rhodes 5-52 8 06 Jun 1956 [8] Lancashire
Park Road Ground, BuxtonDrawn Pullar 104; Tattersall 6-57 9 09 Jun 1956 [9] Glamorgan
St Helen's, SwanseaWon 8 wickets A Hamer 120; E Smith 7-58; Shepherd 7-111 10 13 Jun 1956 [10] Oxford University
The University Parks, OxfordDrawn Kentish 5-49 11 16 Jun 1956 [11] Glamorgan
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldAbandoned 12 23 Jun 1956 [12] Yorkshire
Headingley, LeedsDrawn JM Kelly 104; HL Jackson 7-55 13 27 Jun 1956 [13] Northamptonshire
County Ground, DerbyDrawn 14 30 Jun 1956 [14] Leicestershire
Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-TrentWon Innings and 26 runs C Lee 116 15 04 Jul 1956 [15] Lancashire
Old Trafford, ManchesterDrawn Greenhough 6-64; C Gladwin 5-25 16 07 Jul 1956 [16] Leicestershire
Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-ZouchWon 145 runs DB Carr 123; Palmer 104; HL Jackson 7-41 17 11 Jul 1956 [17] Sussex
County Ground, DerbyDrawn HL Jackson 6-87 18 14 Jul 1956 [18] Hampshire
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldDrawn 19 18 Jul 1956 [19] Essex
Castle Park Cricket Ground, ColchesterDrawn HL Jackson 5-69 20 21 Jul 1956 [20] Somerset
County Ground, DerbyWon 111 runs A Hamer 104; C Gladwin 7-57; E Smith 6-52 21 25 Jul 1956 [21] Worcestershire
Tipton Road, DudleyLost 10 wickets Kenyon 147; Jenkins 5-62 and 6-50 22 28 Jul 1956 [22] Nottinghamshire
Rutland Recreation Ground, IlkestonDrawn A Hamer 119; Jepson 6-42 23 01 Aug 1956 [23] Worcestershire
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldDrawn 8 overs played 24 04 Aug 1956 [24] Warwickshire
Edgbaston, BirminghamLost 133 runs Hollies 7-40 25 08 Aug 1956 [25] Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, NottinghamLost 4 wickets Goonesena 5-52 and 6-49; DC Morgan 5-50 26 11 Aug 1956 [26] Australians
County Ground, DerbyLost 57 runs Lindwall 7-40; Miller 5-29 27 15 Aug 1956 [27] Northamptonshire
Wellingborough School GroundDrawn Tyson 7-46 28 18 Aug 1956 [28] Sussex
The Saffrons, EastbourneLost 6 wickets C Gladwin 6-74; Oakman 6-36 29 22 Aug 1956 [29] Surrey
County Ground, DerbyDrawn Stewart 100; Loader 6-70 30 25 Aug 1956 County [30] Gloucestershire
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldDrawn 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
- GO Dawkes Catches 41, Stumping 6
See also
- Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
- 1956 English cricket season
References
- ^ Cricket Archive Surrey v Derbyshire 05 May 1956
- ^ Cricket Archive Middlesex v Derbyshire 16 May 1956
- ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Warwickshire 19 May 1956
- ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Middlesex 23 May 1956
- ^ Cricket Archive Somerset v Derbyshire 26 May 1956
- ^ Cricket Archive Kent v Derbyshire 30 May 1956
- ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Yorkshire 02 Jun 1956
- ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Lancashire 06 Jun 1956
- ^ Cricket Archive Glamorgan v Derbyshire 09 Jun 1956
- ^ Cricket Archive Oxford University v Derbyshire 13 Jun 1956
- ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Glamorgan 16 Jun 1956
- ^ Cricket Archive Yorkshire v Derbyshire 23 Jun 1956
- ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 27 Jun 1956
- ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Leicestershire 30 Jun 1956
- ^ Cricket Archive Lancashire v Derbyshire 04 Jul 1956
- ^ Cricket Archive Leicestershire v Derbyshire 07 Jul 1956
- ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Sussex 11 Jul 1956
- ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Hampshire 14 Jul 1956
- ^ Cricket Archive Essex v Derbyshire 18 Jul 1956
- ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Somerset 21 Jul 1956
- ^ Cricket Archive Worcestershire v Derbyshire 25 Jul 1956
- ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 28 Jul 1956
- ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Worcestershire 01 Aug 1956
- ^ Cricket Archive Warwickshire v Derbyshire 04 Aug 1956
- ^ Cricket Archive Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 08 Aug 1956
- ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Australians 11 Aug 1956
- ^ Cricket ArchiveNorthamptonshire v Derbyshire 15 Aug 1956
- ^ Cricket Archive Sussex v Derbyshire 18 Aug 1956
- ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Surrey 22 Aug 1956
- ^ Cricket ArchiveDerbyshire v Gloucestershire 25 Aug 1956
- ^ Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1956
- ^ Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1956
Categories:- 1956 in cricket
- 1956 in England
- Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
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