Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1949
# Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1949

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1949 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for seventy-eight years. It was their forty-fifth season in the County Championship and they won six matches in the County Championship to finish in fifteenth place.

## 1949 season

Derbyshire played 26 matches in the County Championship and one against the touring New Zealanders. DA Skinner was captain. Charlie Elliott scored most runs, and Cliff Gladwin took most wickets with 110 in the Championship.

Laurie Johnson, who went on to become a major performer for the county, made his debut in 1949 while fellow West Indian Michael Frederick also made his debut, but only took part in two first class matches. Dick Sale and Tom Hall played in their first of several seasons for the club, as did George Lowe although he appeared intermittently. Joseph Rimmer and Maurice Snape made their only appearances for Derbyshire in two matches in the season, while Kenneth Shearwood appeared once as a stop-gap wicket-keeper.

### Matches

List of matches :

| No. | Date | V | Result | Margin | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 14 May 1949 | Somerset County Ground, Derby | Won | 10 wickets | AEG Rhodes 5-49; |
| 2 | 21 May 1949 | Leicestershire Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch | Won | 153 runs | AC Revill 156; Symington 5-45; C Gladwin 5-28; Walsh 5-105 |
| 3 | 25 May 1949 | Surrey Kennington Oval | Lost | Innings and 182 runs | Squires 210; Bedser 6-25 |
| 4 | 28 May 1949 | Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Lost | 114 runs | Coxon 6-36 |
| 5 | 01 Jun 1949 | Sussex Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston | Drawn | | John Langridge 234 |
| 6 | 04 Jun 1949 | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham | Lost | 1 wicket | Dollery 100 |
| 7 | 08 Jun 1949 | Leicestershire County Ground, Derby | Drawn | | Berry 149; Prentice 117; HL Jackson 7-51 |
| 8 | 11 Jun 1949 | Worcestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Lost | 100 runs | Howorth 6-57; C Gladwin 8-72 |
| 9 | 18 Jun 1949 | Gloucestershire Ashley Down Ground, Bristol | Lost | Innings and 1 run | Goddard 6-46 and 9-61; AEG Rhodes 7-114 |
| 10 | 22 Jun 1949 | Kent Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Lost | 116 runs | C Gladwin 5-41 |
| 11 | 25 Jun 1949 | Lancashire Park Road Ground, Buxton | Won | 110 runs | HL Jackson 6-52; Tattersall 6-39 |
| 12 | 29 Jun 1949 | Essex Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea | Won | 8 wickets | Pearce 111; C Gladwin 5-36 and 5-52; Price 5-47; W H Copson 5-43 |
| 13 | 02 Jul 1949 | Sussex Manor Sports Ground, Worthing | Drawn | | John Langridge 146 and 146 |
| 14 | 06 Jul 1949 | Hampshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Lost | 10 wickets | Carty 5-43; Shackleton 7-90 |
| 15 | 09 Jul 1949 | New Zealand | Lost | 7 wickets | AC Revill 145; Burke 6-23 |
| 16 | 16 Jul 1949 | Glamorgan Cardiff Arms Park | Lost | 6 wickets | Clift 125; HL Jackson 5-16; Muncer 5-68 |
| 17 | 20 Jul 1949 | Somerset County Ground, Taunton | Won | Innings and 146 runs | AEG Rhodes 127; Hazell 7-112; W H Copson 5-34; HL Jackson 6-43 |
| 18 | 23 Jul 1949 | Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston | Drawn | | Keeton 101; AEG Rhodes 126; Butler 5-56 |
| 19 | 30 Jul 1949 | Warwickshire County Ground, Derby | Drawn | | |
| 20 | 03 Aug 1949 | Gloucestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Lost | 184 runs | C Gladwin 5-53; Cook 5-40; DB Carr 6-111; Graveney 10-66 |
| 21 | 06 Aug 1949 | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester | Drawn | | R Sale 146; C Gladwin 5-105 |
| 22 | 10 Aug 1949 | Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton | Lost | Innings and 80 runs | Jakeman 160; HL Jackson 5-99 |
| 23 | 13 Aug 1949 | Yorkshire Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford | Lost | 6 wickets | Ted Lester 140; JD Eggar 219; Coxon 5-48 |
| 24 | 17 Aug 1949 | Middlesex County Ground, Derby | Lost | Innings and 95 runs | Sims 5-105 |
| 25 | 20 Aug 1949 | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham | Drawn | | C Gladwin 125; Poole 122; Harvey 7-105 |
| 126 | 24 Aug 1949 | Middlesex Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood | Lost | 3 wickets | Young 5-80; Warr 5-36 |
| 27 | 27 Aug 1949 | Essex Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent | Won | Innings and 149 runs | W H Copson 5-23; C Gladwin 5-28 |

## Statistics

### County Championship batting averages

| Name | Matches | Inns | Runs | High score | Average | 100s |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| JD Eggar | 7 | 14 | 501 | 219 | 41.75 | 1 |
| MC Frederick | 2 | 3 | 98 | 84 | 32.66 | 0 |
| AC Revill | 22 | 39 | 1114 | 156* | 31.82 | 1 |
| WEG Payton | 2 | 4 | 93 | 35* | 31.00 | 0 |
| CS Elliott | 26 | 48 | 1372 | 95 | 29.82 | 0 |
| C Gladwin | 24 | 41 | 903 | 124* | 29.12 | 1 |
| D Smith | 21 | 35 | 955 | 89 | 28.93 | 0 |
| AEG Rhodes | 26 | 44 | 1140 | 127 | 26.51 | 2 |
| HL Johnson | 11 | 18 | 444 | 77 | 26.11 | 0 |
| R Sale | 6 | 12 | 273 | 146 | 22.75 | 1 |
| DB Carr | 8 | 14 | 313 | 72 | 22.35 | 0 |
| GO Dawkes | 25 | 39 | 601 | 88 | 19.38 | 0 |
| FE Marsh | 14 | 24 | 430 | 71 | 18.69 | 0 |
| DA Skinner | 21 | 33 | 441 | 63 | 13.78 | 0 |
| A F Townsend | 10 | 20 | 233 | 41 | 12.26 | 0 |
| G Lowe | 1 | 2 | 22 | 22 | 11.00 | 0 |
| W H Copson | 25 | 38 | 207 | 28 | 6.67 | 0 |
| P Vaulkhard | 3 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 5.25 | 0 |
| HL Jackson | 23 | 37 | 120 | 24 | 4.80 | 0 |
| T R Armstrong | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4* | 4.00 | 0 |
| DC Brooke-Taylor | 2 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 3.66 | 0 |
| KA Shearwood | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3.00 | 0 |
| TA Hall | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| J Rimmer | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0* | 0 |
| MD Snape | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0* | 0.00 | 0 |

### County Championship bowling averages

| Name | Balls | Runs | Wickets | BB | Average |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| C Gladwin | 5496 | 2210 | 110 | 8-72 | 20.09 |
| HL Jackson | 4985 | 2017 | 98 | 7-51 | 20.58 |
| AEG Rhodes | 4681 | 2462 | 65 | 7-114 | 37.87 |
| W H Copson | 3650 | 1686 | 63 | 5-23 | 26.76 |
| DB Carr | 404 | 248 | 8 | 6-111 | 31.00 |
| HL Johnson | 498 | 297 | 4 | 3-63 | 74.25 |
| J Rimmer | 261 | 175 | 4 | 2-71 | 43.75 |
| FE Marsh | 732 | 320 | 3 | 1-7 | 106.66 |
| T R Armstrong | 108 | 34 | 3 | 2-15 | 11.33 |
| DA Skinner | 234 | 182 | 2 | 1-41 | 91.00 |
| TA Hall | 90 | 55 | 0 |
| D Smith | 25 | 12 | 0 |
| AC Revill | 24 | 11 | 0 |
| A F Townsend | 24 | 9 | 0 |
| CS Elliott | 6 | 0 | 0 |

## Wicket Keepers

* GO Dawkes Catches 60, Stumping 6
* KA Shearwood Catches 0, Stumping 1
