# Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1952

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1952 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for eighty one years. It was their forty-eighth season in the County Championship and they won eleven matches and lost eight to finish fourth in the County Championship.

## 1952 season

Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, and one match against the touring Indians. They won eleven matches altogether. Guy Willatt was in his second year as captain. Charlie Elliott was top scorer and C Gladwin took most wickets for the club and was fifth nationally. There were no new players in the Derbyshire team.

### Matches

List of matches :
| No. | Date | V | Result | Margin | Notes |
| 1 | 7 May 1952 | Middlesex Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood | Lost | 9 wickets | Moss 5–15 |
| 2 | 10 May 1952 | Essex County Ground, Chelmsford | Lost | 9 wickets | R Smith 5–83 and 5–33; C Gladwin 5–41 |
| 3 | 17 May 1952 | Leicestershire County Ground, Derby | Drawn | | Goodwin 5–44; C Gladwin 5–52 |
| 4 | 21 May 1952 | Worcestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Won | 10 wickets | GL Willatt 146; Perks 5–98; C Gladwin 5–67 |
| 5 | 24 May 1952 | Yorkshire Bramall Lane, Sheffield | Lost | Innings and 26 runs | Wilson 230; Halliday 6–79 |
| 6 | 31 May 1952 | Warwickshire County Ground, Derby | Won | Innings and 42 runs | Pritchard 6–76; C Gladwin 5–24 |
| 7 | 4 Jun 1952 | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester | Lost | 83 runs | HL Jackson 9–60; C Gladwin 5–89; Hilton 6–34 |
| 8 | 7 Jun 1952 | Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Won | 81 runs | AC Revill 101; GL Willatt 113; Wardle 5–72 |
| 9 | 11 Jun 1952 | Sussex Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston | Won | 100 runs | Wood 5–73; Oakman 5–32 |
| 10 | 14 Jun 1952 | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham | Drawn | | Martin 122; Hardstaff 116; A Hamer 161; Stocks 5–64 |
| 11 | 18 Jun 1952 | Somerset County Ground, Derby | Drawn | | |
| 12 | 21 Jun 1952 | Northamptonshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Won | 8 wickets | Brookes 152 |
| 13 | 28 Jun 1952 | Glamorgan St Helen's, Swansea | Drawn | | AEG Rhodes 5–56; C Gladwin 5–50 |
| 14 | 5 Jul 1952 | Lancashire Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent | Drawn | | Edrich 117; AEG Rhodes 5–123; Tattershal 7–103; C Gladwin 5–68 |
| 15 | 9 Jul 1952 | Indians Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Drawn | | Chowdhury 5–30; HL Jackson 6–39 |
| 16 | 12 Jul 1952 | Somerset County Ground, Taunton | Drawn | | Gimblet 146 and 116; CS Elliott 168 |
| 17 | 16 Jul 1952 | Middlesex County Ground, Derby | Won | 52 runs | A Hamer 110; HL Jackson 6–96; Compton 6–77; AEG Rhodes 5–58 |
| 18 | 19 Jul 1952 | Leicestershire Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch | Won | 59 runs | Walsh 6–98; HL Jackson 5–18 |
| 19 | 23 Jul 1952 | Worcestershire Amblecote, Stourbridge | Won | Innings and 57 runs | CS Elliott 122; Lobban 6–52; C Gladwin 7–43 and 9–41 |
| 20 | 26 Jul 1952 | Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston | Won | Innings and 93 runs | Poole 219; A Hamer 165; DB Carr 116 |
| 21 | 30 Jul 1952 | Surrey Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Lost | 6 wickets | HL Jackson 5–63 |
| 22 | 2 Aug 1952 | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham | Drawn | | Dollery 100; HL Jackson 5–30; Grove 6–64 |
| 23 | 6 Aug 1952 | Kent St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury | Drawn | | C Gladwin 6–81; Page 5-56 |
| 24 | 9 Aug 1952 | Northamptonshire Wellingborough School Ground | Won | 5 wickets | Livingston 106; E Smith 5–49; Starkie 5–61 |
| 25 | 13 Aug 1952 | Glamorgan County Ground, Derby | Lost | 2 wickets | DC Morgan 5–38 |
| 26 | 16 Aug 1952 | Hampshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Drawn | | AC Revill 101; C Gladwin 5–30 |
| 27 | 20 Aug 1952 | Surrey Kennington Oval | Lost | 212 runs | C Gladwin 5–44; Lock 6–16 |
| 28 | 23 Aug 1952 | Gloucestershire Park Road Ground, Buxton | Won | 29 runs | Scott 6–45; Lambert 7–75 |
| 29 | 30 Aug 1952 | Sussex County Ground, Hove | Lost | 130 runs | Marlar 5–20; Oakes 5–31 |

## Statistics
### County Championship batting averages

| Name | Matches | Inns | Runs | High score | Average | 100s |
| CS Elliott | 26 | 46 | 1569 | 168 | 35.65 | 2 |
| GL Willatt | 25 | 42 | 1354 | 146 | 33.85 | 2 |
| AC Revill | 28 | 50 | 1431 | 101 | 31.10 | 2 |
| P Vaulkhard | 2 | 2 | 62 | 62 | 31.00 | 0 |
| A Hamer | 28 | 50 | 1377 | 165 | 27.54 | 3 |
| DC Morgan | 28 | 47 | 854 | 73 | 22.47 | 0 |
| DB Carr | 22 | 39 | 792 | 116 | 22.00 | 1 |
| R Sale | 6 | 11 | 196 | 47 | 19.60 | 0 |
| JM Kelly | 19 | 31 | 557 | 93 | 18.56 | 0 |
| GO Dawkes | 28 | 48 | 551 | 55* | 16.69 | 0 |
| AEG Rhodes | 26 | 42 | 646 | 60 | 16.15 | 0 |
| C Gladwin | 28 | 41 | 446 | 53* | 14.38 | 0 |
| D Smith | 1 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 13.00 | 0 |
| BH Richardson | 2 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 10.50 | 0 |
| TA Hall | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9* | 8.50 | 0 |
| HL Jackson | 25 | 33 | 168 | 32 | 6.00 | 0 |
| E Smith | 11 | 13 | 23 | 11 | 4.60 | 0 |
| MH Stevenson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Leading first-class batsmen for Derbyshire by runs scored :
| Name | Mat | Inns | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 |
| CS Elliott | 27 | 48 | 1599 | 168 | 33.31 | 2 |
| AC Revill | 29 | 52 | 1433 | 101 | 27.56 | 2 |
| A Hamer | 29 | 52 | 1478 | 165 | 28.42 | 3 |
| GL Willatt | 26 | 44 | 1438 | 146 | 32.68 | 2 |
| DC Morgan | 29 | 49 | 921 | 73 | 18.80 | 0 |

### County Championship bowling averages

| Name | Balls | Runs | Wickets | BB | Average |
| C Gladwin | 7322 | 2802 | 151 | 9–41 | 18.55 |
| HL Jackson | 4888 | 1988 | 108 | 9–60 | 18.40 |
| AEG Rhodes | 4595 | 2025 | 81 | 5–56 | 25.00 |
| DC Morgan | 3500 | 1608 | 67 | 5–38 | 24.00 |
| E Smith | 1710 | 747 | 26 | 5–49 | 28.73 |
| DB Carr | 571 | 321 | 8 | 3–41 | 40.12 |
| A Hamer | 692 | 309 | 6 | 2–11 | 51.50 |
| TA Hall | 114 | 66 | 2 | 1–13 | 33.00 |
| R Sale | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1–4 | 4.00 |
| CS Elliott | 15 | 24 | 1 | 1–15 | 24.00 |
| AC Revill | 72 | 57 | 1 | 1–57 | 57.00 |
| BH Richardson | 18 | 15 | 0 | | |
| GL Willatt | 12 | 4 | 0 | | |
Leading first class bowlers for Derbyshire by wickets taken :
| Name | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave |
| C Gladwin | 7322 | 2802 | 151 | 9–41 | 18.55 |
| HL Jackson | 5051 | 2056 | 114 | 9–60 | 18.03 |
| AEG Rhodes | 4679 | 2071 | 83 | 5–56 | 24.95 |
| DC Morgan | 3630 | 1662 | 71 | 5–38 | 23.41 |
| E Smith | 1728 | 758 | 26 | 5–49 | 29.15 |

### Wicket keeping

* GO Dawkes Catches 51, Stumping 12