Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1950
# Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1950

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1950 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for seventy-nine years. It was their forty-sixth season in the County Championship and they won eight matches in the County Championship to finish in fifth place.

## 1950 season

Derbyshire played 28 matches in the County Championship, one against Oxford University and one against the touring West Indies. Pat Vaulkhard was captain. Alan Revill scored most runs, and Albert Rhodes took most wickets with 125.

Guy Willatt joined Derbyshire as designated captain but was hampered by injury and did not fill the role until the following season. Derek Morgan who also joined was another future captain and played until 1969. A third key played making his debut was Arnold Hamer who scored over 15,000 runs over ten years. John Kelly joined Derbyshire from Lancashire and played for ten years and Alwyn Eato a former footballer played for five years. Bertram Richardson played for four years, and Mike Stevenson who was at Cambridge University played occasional games in two seasons.

### Matches

List of matches :

| No. | Date | V | Result | Margin | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 10 May 1950 | Surrey Kennington Oval | Lost | 4 wickets | HL Jackson 5-41; Laker 5-57 |
| 2 | 13 May 1950 | Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby | Won | 6 wickets | AC Revill 108 |
| 3 | 20 May 1950 | Somerset Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Drawn | | Hazell 6-76; AEG Rhodes 5-14 |
| 4 | 24 May 1950 | Middlesex Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood | Drawn | | |
| 5 | 27 May 1950 | Warwickshire County Ground, Derby | Drawn | | Dollery 163; Pritchard 6-78 |
| 6 | 31 May 1950 | Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester | Lost | 4 wickets | Tompkin 130; AC Revill 119; Lester 6-87 |
| 7 | 03 Jun 1950 | Yorkshire Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford | Won | 79 runs | D Smith 122; Len Hutton 107; AEG Rhodes 6-74 |
| 8 | 07 Jun 1950 | Worcestershire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston | Won | 65 runs | HL Jackson 6-57 |
| 9 | 10 Jun 1950 | Oxford University The University Parks, Oxford | Drawn | | PDS Blake 101; AEG Rhodes 7-68 |
| 10 | 14 Jun 1950 | Glamorgan The Gnoll, Neath | Lost | 92 runs | HL Jackson 5-38 and 6-63; Trick 5-18 |
| 11 | 17 Jun 1950 | Gloucestershire Ashley Down Ground, Bristol | Lost | 81 runs | Young 117; HL Jackson 6-37; Cook 6-82; Goddard 7-42 |
| 12 | 21 Jun 1950 | Glamorgan County Ground, Derby | Drawn | | |
| 13 | 24 Jun 1950 | Lancashire Park Road Ground, Buxton | Drawn | | Ikin 103; Tattershall 6-46; |
| 14 | 28 Jun 1950 | Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Lost | 7 wickets | Halliday 144; AEG Rhodes 5-82 |
| 15 | 01 Jul 1950 | Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston | Lost | 1 wicket | CS Elliott 158; Jepson 5-68 |
| 16 | 05 Jul 1950 | Worcestershire County Ground, New Road, Worcester | Lost | 4 wickets | Jenkins 7-31; P Jackson 7-107 |
| 17 | 08 Jul 1950 | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester | Won | 83 runs | AC Revill 109; AEG Rhodes 5-79; Tattershall 5-72 |
| 18 | 12 Jul 1950 | Hampshire County Ground, Derby | Drawn | | TA Hall 5-60 |
| 19 | 15 Jul 1950 | West Indies Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Drawn | | C Gladwin 6-40 |
| 20 | 22 Jul 1950 | Essex Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Won | 6 wickets | Bailey 5-54 |
| 21 | 26 Jul 1950 | Sussex Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent | Drawn | | Langridge 184; HL Jackson 5-27 |
| 22 | 29 Jul 1950 | Hampshire County Ground, Southampton | Lost | 49 runs | Knott 5-83 and 7-93; C Gladwin 5-51 |
| 23 | 05 Aug 1950 | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham | Won | 8 wickets | Grove 6-60; HL Jackson 5-22 and 5-76 |
| 24 | 09 Aug 1950 | Gloucestershire County Ground, Derby | Drawn | | DM Young 149 |
| 25 | 12 Aug 1950 | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham | Drawn | | AEG Rhodes 6-69; Butler 5-38 |
| 26 | 16 Aug 1950 | Leicestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Drawn | | Berry 118 |
| 27 | 19 Aug 1950 | Kent County Ground, Derby | Won | Innings and 98 runs | C Gladwin 6-56 |
| 28 | 23 Aug 1950 | Kent Crabble Athletic Ground, Dover | Lost | 9 wickets | C Gladwin 7-73; Wright 6-45 |
| 29 | 26 Aug 1950 | Essex Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea | Won | 10 wickets | JM Kelly 130; Gladwin 7-80 |
| 30 | 30 Aug 1950 | Sussex County Ground, Hove | Drawn | | |

## Statistics

### County Championship batting averages

| Name | Matches | Inns | Runs | High score | Average | 100s |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R Sale | 2 | 2 | 77 | 73 | 77.00 | 0 |
| DB Carr | 3 | 6 | 215 | 84 | 43.00 | 0 |
| JD Eggar | 5 | 5 | 151 | 90* | 37.75 | 0 |
| AC Revill | 28 | 48 | 1542 | 119 | 35.86 | 3 |
| D Smith | 22 | 39 | 1117 | 122* | 33.84 | 1 |
| A Hamer | 21 | 37 | 1029 | 80 | 28.58 | 0 |
| CS Elliott | 28 | 49 | 1336 | 158 | 27.83 | 1 |
| JM Kelly | 18 | 32 | 742 | 130 | 23.93 | 1 |
| P Vaulkhard | 27 | 45 | 894 | 98 | 21.28 | 0 |
| C Gladwin | 16 | 19 | 283 | 77* | 20.21 | 0 |
| AEG Rhodes | 28 | 45 | 684 | 75 | 16.68 | 0 |
| DC Morgan | 27 | 39 | 469 | 57 | 16.17 | 0 |
| GO Dawkes | 23 | 37 | 406 | 56 | 13.53 | 0 |
| TA Hall | 11 | 18 | 186 | 52 | 10.94 | 0 |
| A F Townsend | 2 | 3 | 28 | 24 | 9.33 | 0 |
| A Eato | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9.00 | 0 |
| BH Richardson | 13 | 15 | 78 | 22 | 8.66 | 0 |
| HL Johnson | 5 | 8 | 67 | 33 | 8.37 | 0 |
| MH Stevenson | 2 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 7.66 | 0 |
| HL Jackson | 23 | 28 | 64 | 19* | 3.76 | 0 |
| T R Armstrong | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 |
| W H Copson | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 |
| GL Willatt | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2* | | 0 |

Leading first-class batsmen for Derbyshire by runs scored :

| Name | Mat | Inns | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| AC Revill | 30 | 51 | 1643 | 119 | 32.21 | 3 |
| CS Elliott | 30 | 52 | 1454 | 158 | 27.96 | 1 |
| D Smith | 22 | 39 | 1117 | 122* | 33.84 | 1 |
| A Hamer | 22 | 39 | 1133 | 80 | 29.05 | 0 |
| P Vaulkhard | 29 | 48 | 940 | 98 | 19.58 | 0 |

### County Championship bowling averages

| Name | Balls | Runs | Wickets | BB | Average |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| AEG Rhodes | 6206 | 2576 | 114 | 6-69 | 22.59 |
| HL Jackson | 4213 | 1726 | 89 | 6-37 | 19.39 |
| C Gladwin | 3967 | 1406 | 77 | 7-73 | 18.25 |
| DC Morgan | 3583 | 1751 | 63 | 4-52 | 27.79 |
| TA Hall | 1593 | 884 | 32 | 5-60 | 27.62 |
| BH Richardson | 1264 | 562 | 21 | 4-39 | 26.76 |
| A Hamer | 473 | 209 | 15 | 4-27 | 13.93 |
| DB Carr | 224 | 110 | 4 | 4-54 | 27.50 |
| W H Copson | 264 | 97 | 2 | 2-55 | 48.50 |
| HL Johnson | 36 | 26 | 1 | 1-11 | 26.00 |
| T R Armstrong | 126 | 56 | 0 | | |
| A Eato | 84 | 60 | 0 | | |
| AC Revill | 48 | 24 | 0 | | |
| P Vaulkhard | 42 | 36 | 0 | | |
| D Smith | 34 | 17 | 0 | | |
| CS Elliott | 12 | 21 | 0 | | |

Leading first class bowlers for Derbyshire by wickets taken :

| Name | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| AEG Rhodes | 6710 | 2760 | 125 | 7-68 | 22.08 |
| HL Jackson | 4577 | 1882 | 92 | 6-37 | 20.45 |
| C Gladwin | 4231 | 1473 | 85 | 7-73 | 17.32 |
| DC Morgan | 3583 | 1751 | 63 | 4-52 | 27.79 |
| TA Hall | 1641 | 908 | 32 | 5-60 | 28.37 |

### Wicket Keeping

* GO Dawkes First Class Catches 49, Stumping 10
* D Smith First Class Catches 20, Stumping 1
