# Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1955

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1955 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for eighty four years. It was their fifty-first season in the County Championship and they won ten matches and lost ten to finish eighth in the County Championship.

## 1955 season

Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, one match against the touring South Africans and one match against Scotland. They won ten matches, lost ten matches and drew ten matches. Donald Carr took over the captaincy. Arnold Hamer was top scorer and Cliff Gladwin took most wickets for the club. Derek Hall was the only player to make his first class debut in the Derbyshire team.

### Matches

List of matches :
| No. | Date | V | Result | Margin | Notes |
| 1 | 7 May 1955 | Middlesex Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood | Drawn | | JA Young 5-43; HL Jackson 5-27; Moss 6-45 |
| 2 | 11 May 1955 | South Africans County Ground, Derby | Drawn | | |
| 3 | 14 May 1955 | Essex Valentine's Park, Ilford | Drawn | | C Gladwin 5-41; Bailey 5-56 |
| 4 | 18 May 1955 | Kent Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend | Won | Innings and 51 runs | DC Morgan 109 |
| 5 | 21 May 1955 | Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Lost | 139 runs | Appleyard 5-51 and 5-29 |
| 6 | 25 May 1955 | Kent County Ground, Derby | Won | Innings and 21 runs | HL Jackson 6-40; Ridgway 5-109 |
| 7 | 28 May 1955 | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham | Drawn | | |
| 8 | 1 Jun 1955 | Worcestershire County Ground, New Road, Worcester | Won | 144 runs | Horton 5-123; E Smith 6-45 |
| 9 | 4 Jun 1955 | Leicestershire Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent | Drawn | | HL Jackson 5-59.; C Gladwin 5-59 |
| 10 | 8 Jun 1955 | Gloucestershire Ashley Down Ground, Bristol | Drawn | | Wells 6-52 and 5-30; C Gladwin 5-28; E Smith 5-39 |
| 11 | 15 Jun 1955 | Essex Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Drawn | | Insole 104; E Smith 6-69; Preston 5-61 |
| 12 | 18 Jun 1955 | Glamorgan Cardiff Arms Park | Won | 132 runs | |
| 13 | 25 Jun 1955 | Lancashire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Lost | 129 runs | Hilton 6-59; DB Carr 7-53; Collins 5-30 |
| 14 | 29 Jun 1955 | Glamorgan County Ground, Derby | Drawn | | A Hamer 111; Wooller 5-64; HL Jackson 5-39 |
| 15 | 2 Jul 1955 | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester | Lost | 8 wickets | Grieves 137; Statham 5-57 |
| 16 | 6 Jul 1955 | Hampshire County Ground, Southampton | Won | 26 runs | Sainsbury 5-45; DC Morgan 5-41 |
| 17 | 9 Jul 1955 | Leicestershire Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch | Drawn | | DB Carr 146; V Jackson 100 |
| 18 | 13 Jul 1955 | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham | Won | 11 runs | A Hamer 227; Dooland 5-95; Smales 7-44 |
| 19 | 16 Jul 1955 | Hampshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Lost | 58 runs | E Smith 5-22 |
| 20 | 23 Jul 1955 | Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston | Drawn | | Poole 122; Matthews 6-65; Smales 6-91 |
| 21 | 27 Jul 1955 | Northamptonshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Lost | 6 wickets | Barrick 105 |
| 22 | 30 Jul 1955 | Warwickshire County Ground, Derby | Lost | 164 runs | Hitchcock 110; HJ Rhodes 6-86 |
| 23 | 3 Aug 1955 | Scotland Grange Cricket Club Ground, Raeburn Place, Edinburgh | Won | 8 wickets | GL Willatt 133; E Smith 5-66 and 9-46; Kerrigan 6-87 |
| 24 | 6 Aug 1955 | Yorkshire Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford | Lost | Innings and 94 runs | Sutcliffe 133; Close 6-63 |
| 25 | 10 Aug 1955 | Sussex County Ground, Derby | Lost | 49 runs | James 6-56; C Gladwin 6-44; DV Smith 5-58 |
| 26 | 13 Aug 1955 | Worcestershire Park Road Ground, Buxton | Won | 7 wickets | C Gladwin 5-36 |
| 27 | 20 Aug 1955 | Gloucestershire County Ground, Derby | Won | Innings and 36 runs | DB Carr 139; C Gladwin 7-16 |
| 28 | 24 Aug 1955 | Somerset Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Won | 115 runs | Lobb 5-41; C Gladwin 5-22 |
| 29 | 27 Aug 1955 | Sussex County Ground, Hove | Lost | 94 runs | Oakman 102; Parks 101; E Smith 6-80; Marlar 5-58 and 7-98 |
| 30 | 31 Aug 1955 | Surrey Kennington Oval | Lost | 8 wickets | Lock 5-37; Surridge 6-56 |

## Statistics
### County Championship batting averages

| Name | Matches | Inns | Runs | High score | Average | 100s |
| A Hamer | 28 | 49 | 1509 | 227 | 31.43 | 2 |
| DB Carr | 28 | 48 | 1438 | 146 | 31.26 | 2 |
| GL Willatt | 5 | 9 | 228 | 68 | 25.33 | 0 |
| AC Revill | 28 | 49 | 1146 | 79 | 24.91 | 0 |
| JM Kelly | 28 | 49 | 974 | 72 | 20.29 | 0 |
| GO Dawkes | 28 | 46 | 806 | 86 | 20.15 | 0 |
| DJ Green | 6 | 11 | 185 | 49 | 18.50 | 0 |
| DC Morgan | 26 | 43 | 681 | 109* | 17.92 | 1 |
| HL Johnson | 25 | 42 | 654 | 52 | 15.95 | 0 |
| G Wyatt | 4 | 7 | 63 | 31* | 15.75 | 0 |
| C Gladwin | 27 | 39 | 435 | 67 | 15.00 | 0 |
| E Smith | 28 | 39 | 350 | 57 | 12.50 | 0 |
| C Lee | 16 | 27 | 303 | 63 | 11.65 | 0 |
| HJ Rhodes | 4 | 7 | 47 | 34 | 11.75 | 0 |
| HL Jackson | 15 | 16 | 123 | 20* | 11.18 | 0 |
| R Carter | 3 | 6 | 35 | 10 | 7.00 | 0 |
| D Hall | 7 | 14 | 29 | 6* | 4.14 | 0 |
| A Eato | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 |
Leading first-class batsmen for Derbyshire by runs scored :
| Name | Mat | Inns | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 |
| A Hamer | 30 | 53 | 1669 | 227 | 31.49 | 2 |
| DB Carr | 30 | 51 | 1462 | 146 | 28.67 | 2 |
| AC Revill | 30 | 52 | 1175 | 79 | 22.59 | |
| JM Kelly | 30 | 53 | 1110 | 72 | 20.94 | 0 |
| GO Dawkes | 30 | 48 | 833 | 86 | 17.35 | 0 |

### County Championship bowling averages

| Name | Balls | Runs | Wickets | BB | Average |
| C Gladwin | 6451 | 2155 | 139 | 7-16 | 15.50 |
| E Smith | 4850 | 1734 | 91 | 6-45 | 19.05 |
| HL Jackson | 2671 | 877 | 61 | 6-40 | 14.37 |
| DC Morgan | 3776 | 1727 | 58 | 5-41 | 29.77 |
| DB Carr | 1780 | 862 | 40 | 7-53 | 21.55 |
| D Hall | 1141 | 580 | 23 | 4-57 | 25.21 |
| AC Revill | 766 | 358 | 12 | 2-11 | 29.83 |
| HJ Rhodes | 631 | 322 | 9 | 6-86 | 35.77 |
| A Eato | 258 | 156 | 4 | 2-20 | 39.00 |
| R Carter | 132 | 79 | 3 | 2-24 | 26.33 |
| HL Johnson | 79 | 52 | 3 | 3-30 | 17.33 |
| JM Kelly | 66 | 25 | 1 | 1-21 | 25.00 |
| A Hamer | 132 | 66 | 0 | | |
| C Lee | 78 | 29 | 0 | | |
| GO Dawkes | 6 | 9 | 0 | | |
Leading first class bowlers for Derbyshire by wickets taken :
| Name | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave |
| C Gladwin | 6610 | 2181 | 142 | 7-16 | 15.36 |
| E Smith | 5270 | 1854 | 105 | 9-46 | 17.66 |
| HL Jackson | 2815 | 914 | 64 | 6-40 | 14.28 |
| DC Morgan | 3926 | 1774 | 61 | 5-41 | 29.08 |
| DB Carr | 1997 | 974 | 43 | 7-53 | 22.65 |

### Wicket Keeping

* George Dawkes Catches 52, Stumping 14