Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1958
# Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1958

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1958 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing eighty-seven years. It was their fifty-fourth season in the County Championship and they won nine matches in the County Championship to finish fifth.

## 1958 season

Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, one match against Oxford University, and one against the touring New Zealanders. They won ten matches altogether, and ended fifth in the County Championship. Donald Carr was in his fourth season as captain. Charles Lee was top scorer. Les Jackson took most wickets for Derbyshire and topped the national bowler list with 143 wickets. His bowling average of 10.99 has not been exceeded since. Hampshire's score of 23 in the match at the Ind Coope ground remains the record for lowest runs in a match against Derbyshire

The only new player was Jim Brailsford who made his three first-class career appearances for Derbyshire during the season.

### Matches

List of matches :

| No. | Date | V | Result | Margin | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 10 May 1958 | Oxford University The University Parks, Oxford | Won | 134 runs | HL Jackson 7-18; E Smith 6-70 |
| 2 | 14 May 1958 | Glamorgan County Ground, Derby | Drawn | | Watkins 5-19; HJ Rhodes 5-35; McConnon 6-20 |
| 3 | 17 May 1958 | Leicestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Lost | 5 wickets | DC Morgan 6-36; Boshier 6-39 |
| 4 | 24 May 1958 | Warwickshire County Ground, Derby | Drawn | | Gardner 122; HL Jackson 6-74 |
| 5 | 28 May 1958 | Gloucestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Drawn | | C Lee 150; HL Jackson 5-37 |
| 6 | 31 May 1958 | Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton | Lost | 48 runs | Manning 5-41 |
| 7 | 04 Jun 1958 | Gloucestershire Ashley Down Ground, Bristol | Lost | 158 runs | Young 141; C Gladwin 7-28; Cook 7-19; DC Morgan 5-52; Mortimore 7-26 |
| 8 | 07 Jun 1958 | Essex Park Road Ground, Buxton | Drawn | | Preston 5-36 |
| 9 | 11 Jun 1958 | New Zealand cricket team in England in 1958 County Ground, Derby | Drawn | | |
| 10 | 14 Jun 1958 | Worcestershire Chester Road North Ground, Kidderminster | Lost | 9 wickets | Outschoorn 113; HL Jackson 5-53; Flavell 7-43 |
| 11 | 21 Jun 1958 | Surrey Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Drawn | | Laker 5-64 |
| 12 | 25 Jun 1958 | Sussex Central Recreation Ground, Hastings | Drawn | | HL Jackson 5-28 |
| 13 | 28 Jun 1958 | Glamorgan St Helen's, Swansea | Won | 5 wickets | C Gladwin 5-64 |
| 14 | 02 Jul 1958 | Somerset Recreation Ground, Bath | Lost | 4 runs | Tremlett 118; C Gladwin 7-59 |
| 15 | 05 Jul 1958 | Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Drawn | | DC Morgan 5-66 |
| 16 | 09 Jul 1958 | Lancashire County Ground, Derby | Lost | 6 wickets | Statham 5-21 |
| 17 | 12 Jul 1958 | Leicestershire Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch | Won | Innings and 42 runs | HL Jackson 7-30 and 5-37 |
| 18 | 16 Jul 1958 | Essex Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea | Won | 2 wickets | HL Jackson 7-34; Bailey 8-29 |
| 19 | 19 Jul 1958 | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham | Won | Innings and 88 runs | C Lee 147; HJ Rhodes 5-50; C Gladwin 5-35 |
| 20 | 26 Jul 1958 | Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston | Won | Innings and 2 runs | C Gladwin 6-34 and 5-49; DC Morgan 5-10 |
| 21 | 30 Jul 1958 | Middlesex Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Drawn | | Bennett 6-79 |
| 22 | 02 Aug 1958 | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham | Won | 7 wickets | C Gladwin 5-15 |
| 23 | 06 Aug 1958 | Kent St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury | Lost | Innings and 8 runs | Leary 101; Sayer 5-28; HL Jackson 6-58 |
| 24 | 09 Aug 1958 | Sussex County Ground, Derby | Drawn | | HL Jackson 6-61; Thomson 5-70 |
| 25 | 13 Aug 1958 | Hampshire Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent | Won | 103 runs | Heath 6-25 and 7-52; HL Jackson 5-10 |
| 26 | 16 Aug 1958 | Yorkshire Headingley, Leeds | Lost | 86 runs | E Smith 5-38; HL Jackson 7-53; Illingworth 5-51 |
| 27 | 20 Aug 1958 | Worcestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Drawn | | DB Carr 5-48 |
| 28 | 23 Aug 1958 | Kent County Ground, Derby | Won | 132 runs | HL Jackson 5-33; C Gladwin 5-31 |
| 29 | 27 Aug 1958 | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester | Lost | 6 wickets | HL Jackson 5-32; Statham 5-31 |
| 30 | 30 Aug 1958 | Hampshire Dean Park, Bournemouth | Won | 5 wickets | HL Jackson 6-51 and 5-14 |

## Statistics

### County Championship batting averages

| Name | Matches | Inns | Runs | High score | Average | 100s |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| C Lee | 27 | 45 | 1307 | 150 | 29.04 | 2 |
| A Hamer | 27 | 46 | 1248 | 86 | 27.73 | 0 |
| DC Morgan | 28 | 47 | 1070 | 99 | 24.88 | 0 |
| DB Carr | 28 | 47 | 943 | 71 | 23.57 | 0 |
| DJ Green | 9 | 17 | 335 | 69* | 20.93 | 0 |
| HL Johnson | 28 | 46 | 658 | 49 | 18.27 | 0 |
| GO Dawkes | 28 | 40 | 550 | 79 | 15.27 | 0 |
| JM Kelly | 22 | 35 | 495 | 63 | 14.14 | 0 |
| E Smith | 28 | 35 | 302 | 32* | 10.41 | 0 |
| C Gladwin | 24 | 28 | 162 | 22 | 10.12 | 0 |
| KF Mohan | 6 | 11 | 97 | 49 | 9.70 | 0 |
| FC Brailsford | 3 | 5 | 41 | 14 | 8.20 | 0 |
| G Wyatt | 4 | 7 | 56 | 31 | 8.00 | 0 |
| HJ Rhodes | 23 | 30 | 195 | 48 | 7.50 | 0 |
| HL Jackson | 22 | 22 | 71 | 16 | 5.91 | 0 |
| GA Beet | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0* | 0 | 0 |

### County Championship bowling averages

| Name | Balls | Runs | Wickets | BB | Average |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| HL Jackson | 4328 | 1311 | 126 | 7-30 | 10.40 |
| C Gladwin | 4690 | 1720 | 110 | 7-28 | 15.63 |
| HJ Rhodes | 3172 | 1259 | 67 | 5-35 | 18.79 |
| DC Morgan | 3377 | 1180 | 64 | 6-36 | 18.43 |
| E Smith | 3483 | 1402 | 46 | 5-38 | 30.47 |
| DB Carr | 875 | 466 | 20 | 5-48 | 23.30 |
| A Hamer | 30 | 16 | 2 | 2-13 | 8.00 |
| FC Brailsford | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1-2 | 2.00 |
| C Lee | 80 | 45 | 1 | 1-22 | 45.00 |
| HL Johnson | 55 | 38 | 0 |
| JM Kelly | 18 | 9 | 0 |
| KF Mohan | 12 | 9 | 0 |
| DJ Green | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| G Wyatt | 6 | 2 | 0 |

## Wicket Keepers

* GO Dawkes Catches 60, Stumpings 4
