Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1959

Derbyshire County Cricket Club
1959 season
Captain	Donald Carr
County Championship	7
Most runs	Donald Carr
Most wickets	Les Jackson
← 1958	1960 →

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1959 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing eighty-eight years. It was their fifty-fifth season in the County Championship and they won thirteen matches to finish seventh in the County Championship.

1959 season

Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, one match against Cambridge University, and one against the touring Indians . Despite winning thirteen matches altogether, they ended seventh in the County Championship. Donald Carr was in his fifth season as captain and was top scorer. His 2165 runs was a record for most runs in a season for Derbyshire and he scored two centuries in a match against Kent. He was also Wisden Cricketer of the Year. Les Jackson took most wickets with 117 and achieved 9 for 17 against Cambridge University. Harold Rhodes played for England during the season.

The team included a considerable amount of fresh blood with Bob Berry Ian Buxton, Peter Eyre, Ian Hall, William Oates and William Richardson, all of whom had sustained careers with Derbyshire.

Matches

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	29 Apr 1959^[1]	Cambridge University FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge	Won	Innings and 92 runs	Douglas-Pennant 5-76; HL Jackson 9-17
2	9 May 1959^[2]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby	Won	4 wickets	Subba Row 127; HJ Rhodes 5-65; HL Jackson 5-41
3	13 May 1959^[3]	Warwickshire Courtaulds Ground, Coventry	Won	167 runs	DB Carr 143; Wheatley 5-93; HL Jackson 6-53
4	16 May 1959^[4]	Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester	Drawn		Hallam 200; Watson 101*; Spencer 5-69; R Smith 5-81
5	20 May 1959^[5]	Gloucestershire County Ground, Derby	Lost	48 runs	Young 142
6	23 May 1959^[6]	Worcestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Won	9 wickets	Outschoon 112; HL Jackson 5-38;
7	27 May 1959^[7]	Glamorgan St Helen's, Swansea	Lost	3 wickets	Parkhouse 154
8	30 May 1959^[8]	Middlesex Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	Won	6 wickets	HL Jackson 5-42
9	6 Jun 1959^[9]	Yorkshire Bramall Lane, Sheffield	Drawn		HL Jackson 5-70; Platt 6-72
10	10 Jun 1959^[10]	Kent > Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Won	Innings and 21 runs	GW Richardson 8-64; Halfyard 7-89; HL Jackson 5-38
11	13 Jun 1959^[11]	Lancashire County Ground, Derby	Won	7 wickets	HL Jackson 6-36
12	17 Jun 1959^[12]	Surrey Kennington Oval	Drawn		DC Morgan 5-67
13	20 Jun 1959^[13]	Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Won	4 wickets	JM Kelly 113; DC Morgan 5-45
14	24 Jun 1959^[14]	Gloucestershire Ashley Down Ground, Bristol	Lost	Innings and 45 runs	E Smith 5-70
15	27 Jun 1959^[15]	Indians Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		Apte 165
16	4 Jul 1959^[16]	Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	6 wickets	K Taylor 144
17	11 Jul 1959^[17]	Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester	Drawn		Marner 137; C Lee 109; DB Carr 119
18	15 Jul 1959^[18]	Somerset Park Road Ground, Buxton	Drawn		Wright 112; Greetham 104
19	18 Jul 1959^[19]	Warwickshire Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent	Lost	26 runs	M Smith 142; HL Jackson 7-35 and 5-80
20	25 Jul 1959^[20]	Sussex Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston	Drawn		Parks 130; Marlar 6-57
21	29 Jul 1959^[21]	Glamorgan Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		Wooler 7-41; IR Buxton 5-62
22	1 Aug 1959^[22]	Leicestershire County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Watson 150; DB Carr 109
23	5 Aug 1959^[23]	Kent St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury	Won	99 runs	DB Carr 156* and 109; Pettiford 5-33; GW Richardson 7-31
24	8 Aug 1959^[24]	Hampshire County Ground, Derby	Won	6 wickets	IW Hall 113; Shaekleton 7-86; E Smith 5-32
25	12 Aug 1959^[25]	Essex Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		Insole 155; Knight 5-44
26	15 Aug 1959^[26]	Worcestershire County Ground, New Road, Worcester	Won	137 runs	Aldridge 5-55; HL Jackson 5-34 and 5-26
27	19 Aug 1959^[27]	Essex Vista Road Recreation Ground, Clacton-on-Sea	Lost	7 wickets	Barker 128*; HL Jackson 6-47
28	22 Aug 1959^[28]	Sussex Manor Sports Ground, Worthing	Won	5 wickets	Lenham 104; Parks 113; A Hamer 118;E Smith6-44
29	26 Aug 1959^[29]	Nottinghamshire County Ground, Derby	Won	119 runs	Hill 122; Cotton 5-55
30	29 Aug 1959^[30]	Hampshire Dean Park, Bournemouth	Drawn		Horton 119

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

Name	Matches	Inns	Runs	High score	Average	100s
DB Carr	27	49	2092	156*	49.80	5
A Hamer	28	53	1842	118	36.84	1
HL Johnson	28	50	1360	97	34.00	0
IW Hall	12	19	572	113	30.10	1
C Lee	26	49	1316	109	27.41	1
JM Kelly	14	26	620	113*	25.83	1
DC Morgan	28	52	1101	75	24.46	0
IR Buxton	8	11	216	79	21.60	0
GW Richardson	19	31	512	91	20.48	0
GO Dawkes	28	45	804	68	20.10	0
WF Oates	5	9	134	56	16.75	0
HJ Rhodes	18	21	208	44*	13.86	0
E Smith	28	39	349	43	12.46	0
HL Jackson	26	29	178	32	9.36	0
R Berry	12	14	35	11*	5.00	0
TJP Eyre	1	1	0	0	0.00	0^[31]

Additionally Ray Swallow played in the match against the touring Indians.

County Championship bowling averages

Name	Balls	Runs	Wickets	BB	Average
HL Jackson	6056	2114	117	7-35	18.06
E Smith	4224	2023	71	6-44	28.49
HJ Rhodes	3294	1484	60	5-65	24.73
DC Morgan	4223	1990	55	5-45	36.18
GW Richardson	2609	1373	54	8-54	25.42
IR Buxton	954	468	20	5-62	23.40
DB Carr	1237	734	18	3-58	40.77
R Berry	1492	645	15	3-12	43.00
TJP Eyre	150	96	1	1-75	96.00
C Lee	95	56	1	1-4	56.00
A Hamer	18	12	1	1-0	12.00
HL Johnson	18	10	0
IW Hall	6	0	0
GO Dawkes	1	0	0^[32]

Wicket Keepers

GO Dawkes Catches 57, Stumping 5

References

[1] Cricket Archive – Cambridge University v Derbyshire 29 Apr 1959

[2] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 9 May 1959

[3] Cricket Archive – Warwickshire v Derbyshire 13 May 1959

[4] Cricket Archive – Leicestershire v Derbyshire 16 May 1959

[5] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 20 May 1959

[6] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Worcestershire 23 May 1959

[7] Cricket Archive – Glamorgan v Derbyshire 27 May 1959

[8] Cricket Archive – Middlesex v Derbyshire 30 May 1959

[9] Cricket Archive – Yorkshire v Derbyshire 6 Jun 1959

[10] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Kent 10 Jun 1959

[11] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Lancashire 13 Jun 1959

[12] Cricket Archive – Surrey v Derbyshire 17 Jun 1959

[13] Cricket Archive – Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 20 Jun 1959

[14] Cricket Archive – Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 24 Jun 1959

[15] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Indians 27 Jun 1959

[16] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Yorkshire 4 Jul 1959

[17] Cricket Archive – Lancashire v Derbyshire 11 Jul 1959

[18] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Somerset 15 Jul 1959

[19] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Warwickshire 18 Jul 1959

[20] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Sussex 25 Jul 1959

[21] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Glamorgan 29 Jul 1959

[22] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Leicestershire 1 Aug 1959

[23] Cricket Archive – Kent v Derbyshire 5 Aug 1959

[24] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Hampshire 8 Aug 1959

[25] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Essex 12 Aug 1959

[26] Cricket Archive – Worcestershire v Derbyshire 15 Aug 1959

[27] Cricket Archive – Essex v Derbyshire 19 Aug 1959

[28] Cricket Archive – Sussex v Derbyshire 22 Aug 1959

[29] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 26 Aug 1959

[30] Cricket Archive – Hampshire v Derbyshire 29 Aug 1959

[31] Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1959

[32] Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1959

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