# Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1960

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1960 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for eighty nine years. It was their fifty-sixth season in the County Championship and they won ten matches and lost ten to finish eighth in the County Championship.

## 1960 season

Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, one match against the touring South Africans, one match against Oxford University, and an extra match against Northamptonshire. They won ten matches, lost ten matches and drew eleven matches. Donald Carr was in his sixth year as captain. Laurie Johnson was top scorer and Les Jackson took most wickets for the club.
David Millner 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 | 30 April 1960 | Northamptonshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston | Lost | 5 wickets | Not County Championship match |
| 2 | 7 May 1960 | South Africans County Ground, Derby | Lost | Innings and 24 runs | Adcock 6-44 |
| 3 | 11 May 1960 | Middlesex Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent | Drawn | | HL Jackson 8-44; Moss 7-42 |
| 4 | 14 May 1960 | Somerset County Ground, Taunton | Won | Innings and 68 runs | HL Jackson 6-23 |
| 5 | 18 May 1960 | Glamorgan Stradey Park, Llanelli | Lost | 119 runs | HL Jackson 6-52; McConnon 5-50 and 6-51 |
| 6 | 21 May 1960 | Warwickshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Won | Innings and 109 runs | C Lee 107; GW Richardson 6-46 and 5-35; Hitchcock 6-75 |
| 7 | 25 May 1960 | Oxford University The University Parks, Oxford | Lost | 82 runs | Corran 6-27 |
| 8 | 28 May 1960 | Warwickshire Griff and Coton Ground, Nuneaton | Lost | 13 runs | C Lee 126;DB Carr137; E Smith 5-126; Hitchcock 6-75 |
| 9 | 1 June 1960 | Gloucestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Lost | Innings and 51 runs | Pugh 137; Graveney 135 |
| 10 | 4 June 1960 | Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby | Drawn | | HL Jackson 5-30 |
| 11 | 8 June 1960 | Yorkshire The Circle, Hull | Lost | 241 runs | DC Morgan 7-38; D Wilson 6-34 |
| 12 | 11 June 1960 | Sussex County Ground, Hove | Drawn | | |
| 13 | 15 June 1960 | Lancashire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Lost | 222 runs | HL Jackson 6-36; Statham 5-29; R Berry 5-56; Barber 7-35 |
| 14 | 18 June 1960 | Worcestershire County Ground, Derby | Won | 8 wickets | |
| 15 | 25 June 1960 | Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Lost | 58 runs | Close 6-59; Wilson 5-30 |
| 16 | 29 June 1960 | Essex County Ground, Derby | Drawn | | HL Johnson 130 |
| 17 | 2 July 1960 | Leicestershire Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch | Drawn | | DB Carr 162; DC Morgan 5-43 |
| 18 | 9 July 1960 | Hampshire County Ground, Southampton | Drawn | | Sainsbury 6-54; HJ Rhodes 5-61 |
| 19 | 13 July 1960 | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester | Won | 60 runs | HL Johnson 113; Grieves 102; Higgs 5-48; HJ Rhodes 5-18 |
| 20 | 16 July 1960 | Leicestershire County Ground, Derby | Won | Innings and 41 runs | HL Johnson 109; HJ Rhodes 5-35; HL Jackson 5-34 |
| 21 | 20 July 1960 | Surrey Kennington Oval | Drawn | | Gibson 7-26; HL Jackson 7-33 |
| 22 | 23 July 1960 | Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston | Won | 116 runs | Atkinson 6-61; HL Jackson 7-45 |
| 23 | 27 July 1960 | Somerset Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Drawn | | Langford 6-79 |
| 24 | 30 July 1960 | Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton | Lost | | Atkinson 6-61; R Berry 6-100 |
| 25 | 3 August 1960 | Kent St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury | Lost | 190 runs | Halfyard 6-36; Dixon 6-36 |
| 26 | 6 August 1960 | Essex County Ground, Leyton | Won | 46 runs | Bailey 5-72; Ralph 5-59; HL Jackson 5-36; Greensmith 5-47 |
| 27 | 13 August 1960 | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham | Won | 9 wickets | R Berry 5-68; HL Jackson 6-51 |
| 28 | 17 August 1960 | Hampshire County Ground, Derby | Won | 6 wickets | HL Jackson 5-16 and 5-32 |
| 29 | 20 August 1960 | Glamorgan Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Drawn | | HL Johnson 140; Shepherd 7-33 |
| 30 | 24 August 1960 | Worcestershire County Ground, New Road, Worcester | Drawn | | Flavell 5-37 |
| 31 | 27 August 1960 | Sussex Park Road Ground, Buxton | Drawn | | |

## Statistics
### County Championship batting averages

| Name | Matches | Inns | Runs | High score | Average | 100s |
| HL Johnson | 28 | 50 | 1719 | 140 | 39.06 | 4 |
| DB Carr | 22 | 38 | 1111 | 162* | 30.02 | 2 |
| C Lee | 26 | 44 | 1194 | 126 | 27.76 | 2 |
| IW Hall | 26 | 46 | 1090 | 65 | 24.77 | 0 |
| R Swallow | 9 | 17 | 412 | 68 | 24.23 | 0 |
| GO Dawkes | 28 | 47 | 860 | 68* | 21.50 | 0 |
| A Hamer | 7 | 12 | 248 | 71 | 20.66 | 0 |
| JM Kelly | 1 | 2 | 41 | 28 | 20.50 | 0 |
| DC Morgan | 24 | 40 | 573 | 75 | 16.85 | 0 |
| E Smith | 9 | 14 | 180 | 52 | 15.00 | 0 |
| JD Short | 6 | 10 | 146 | 86 | 14.60 | 0 |
| DJ Green | 5 | 8 | 109 | 37 | 13.62 | 0 |
| IR Buxton | 10 | 16 | 176 | 49* | 12.57 | 0 |
| TJP Eyre | 12 | 18 | 199 | 56 | 12.43 | 0 |
| D Millner | 7 | 13 | 150 | 63 | 11.53 | 0 |
| GW Richardson | 11 | 20 | 193 | 51 | 11.35 | 0 |
| WF Oates | 7 | 10 | 97 | 22 | 9.70 | 0 |
| R Berry | 25 | 33 | 186 | 40 | 9.30 | 0 |
| HJ Rhodes | 18 | 22 | 134 | 25* | 7.88 | 0 |
| HL Jackson | 27 | 32 | 147 | 27 | 7.00 | 0 |
G Wyatt kept wicket against Oxford University
Leading first-class batsmen for Derbyshire by runs scored :
| Name | Mat | Inns | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 |
| HL Johnson | 31 | 56 | 1872 | 140 | 33.42 | 4 |
| C Lee | 31 | 50 | 1304 | 126 | 26.08 | 2 |
| DB Carr | 25 | 44 | 1187 | 162* | 26.97 | 2 |
| IW Hall | 28 | 50 | 1177 | 65 | 23.54 | 0 |
| GO Dawkes | 30 | 51 | 964 | 68* | 18.90 | 0 |

### County Championship bowling averages

| Name | Balls | Runs | Wickets | BB | Average |
| HL Jackson | 5885 | 1965 | 146 | 8-44 | 13.45 |
| DC Morgan | 3477 | 1278 | 66 | 7-38 | 19.36 |
| HJ Rhodes | 3272 | 1166 | 63 | 5-18 | 18.50 |
| R Berry | 3751 | 1343 | 49 | 6-100 | 27.40 |
| TJP Eyre | 1415 | 671 | 35 | 4-14 | 19.17 |
| GW Richardson | 1554 | 699 | 32 | 6-46 | 21.84 |
| E Smith | 1435 | 614 | 18 | 5-126 | 34.11 |
| DB Carr | 723 | 324 | 11 | 3-32 | 29.45 |
| IR Buxton | 701 | 249 | 8 | 2-9 | 31.12 |
| C Lee | 264 | 106 | 4 | 2-25 | 26.50 |
| WF Oates | 48 | 27 | 0 | | |
| HL Johnson | 24 | 26 | 0 | | |
| JD Short | 18 | 11 | 0 | | |
| GO Dawkes | 6 | 5 | 0 | | |
Leading first class bowlers for Derbyshire by wickets taken :
| Name | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave |
| HL Jackson | 6113 | 2034 | 150 | 8-44 | 13.56 |
| HJ Rhodes | 3832 | 1349 | 78 | 5-18 | 17.29 |
| DC Morgan | 3477 | 1278 | 66 | 7-38 | 19.36 |
| R Berry | 4441 | 1557 | 60 | 6-100 | 25.95 |
| TJP Eyre | 1415 | 671 | 35 | 4-14 | 19.17 |

### Wicket Keeping

* George Dawkes Catches 69, Stumping 4
* G Wyatt Catches 2