Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1951 season
CaptainGuy Willatt
County Championship11
Most runsCharlie Elliott
Most wicketsCliff Gladwin
← 1950 1952 →

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1951 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for eighty years. It was their forty-seventh season in the County Championship and they won five matches and lost seven to finish eleventh in the County Championship.

1951 season

Guy Willatt was in his first full year as captain. He had been appointed in the previous year but because of injury was substituted by Pat Vaulkhard for 1950. His appointment ended a period of uncertainty since the end of the Second World War, when apart from Edward Gothard, no one was available to captain for more than one year.[1]

Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, and one match against the touring South Africans. They won five matches altogether, but a disproportionate number of matches were drawn. Charlie Elliott was top scorer and C Gladwin took most wickets with 123.

The club retained a virtually unchanged squad with only one newcomer – Edwin Smith who played on for 20 years.

Matches

List of matches
No. Date V Result Margin Notes
1 5 May 1951[2] Worcestershire
County Ground, New Road, Worcester 		Drawn Don Kenyon 100;
2 9 May 1951[3] Leicestershire
Grace Road, Leicester 		Drawn TA Hall 5–57
3 12 May 1951[4] Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham 		Drawn
4 16 May 1951[5] Sussex
County Ground, Derby 		Drawn Langridge 200; AEG Rhodes 5–23
5 19 May 1951[6] Yorkshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Lost 7 wickets
6 26 May 1951[7] Gloucestershire
County Ground, Derby 		Lost 67 runs DC Morgan 6–93
7 2 Jun 1951[8] Glamorgan
Cardiff Arms Park 		Lost Innings and 120 runs Davies 146; Parkhouse 107; Jim McConnon 7–69 and 7–84
8 6 Jun 1951[9] Hampshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Drawn Rogers 151; C Gladwin 6–108
9 9 Jun 1951[10] Northamptonshire
County Ground, Northampton 		Drawn Oldfield 140
10 13 Jun 1951[11] Somerset
Agricultural Showgrounds, Frome 		Won 125 runs J Redman 7–23
11 16 Jun 1951[12] Gloucestershire
Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester 		Drawn Crapp 105; AC Revill 137
12 20 Jun 1951[13] Kent
County Ground, Derby 		Drawn HL Jackson 5–90; Wright 5–90
13 23 Jun 1951[14] Lancashire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Lost 15 runs Washbrook 103;
14 27 Jun 1951[15] Essex
Gidea Park Sports Ground, Romford 		Drawn CS Elliott 166; C Gladwin 5–65 and 5–44; Bailey 6–44;
15 4 Jul 1951[16] Middlesex
Park Road Ground, Buxton 		Drawn A Hamer165;
16 7 Jul 1951[17] Hampshire
United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth 		Won 113 Runs AC Revill 104; C Gladwin 7–74; HL Jackson 5–34
17 14 Jul 1951[18] Lancashire
Old Trafford, Manchester 		Drawn C Gladwin 5–42 and 5–76; Brian Statham 5–20
18 18 Jul 1951[19] Derbyshire v South Africans
County Ground, Derby 		Lost 8 wickets
19 21 Jul 1951[20] Glamorgan
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Lost Innings and 94 runs Muncer 107, 5–34 and 5–23
20 25 Jul 1951[21] Kent
Cheriton Road Sports Ground, Folkestone 		Won 177 runs DB Carr 103; Ridgway 6–44; C Gladwin 7–55; AEG Rhodes 6–57
21 28 Jul 1951[22] Nottinghamshire
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston 		Won Innings and 114 runs Willatt 111; AC Revill 123; C Gladwin 8–40
22 1 Aug 1951[23] Yorkshire
St George's Road, Harrogate 		Drawn Wilson 120; Watson 108; Fred Trueman 6–59; Bob Appleyard 5–42
23 4 Aug 1951[24] Warwickshire
County Ground, Derby 		Drawn Eric Hollies 7–67
24 8 Aug 1951[25] Worcestershire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Lost 139 runs C Gladwin 6–108; Howorth 5–33 and 5–32; E Smith 8–21; Perks 5–33
25 11 Aug 1951[26] Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham 		Drawn Clay 108; Cox 6–30
26 15 Aug 1951[27] Surrey
County Ground, Derby 		Drawn CS Elliott 121; C Gladwin 5–80
27 18 Aug 1951[28] Sussex
The Saffrons, Eastbourne 		Drawn Hubert Doggart 126; David Sheppard 183; James Langridge 5–84
28 22 Aug 1951[29] Leicestershire
Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent 		Won Innings and 23 runs A Eato 5–14; Sperry 5–60; HL Jackson 5–34; AEG Rhodes 5–49
29 25 Aug 1951[30] Essex
Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent 		Drawn T Smith 5–22; C Gladwin 7–55

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s
DB Carr 9 14 425 103* 38.63 1
AC Revill 27 45 1435 137 36.79 3
CS Elliott 26 46 1456 166 35.51 2
R Sale 6 7 196 64 32.66 0
A Hamer 28 49 1421 165 30.23 1
D Smith 11 16 303 56 21.64 0
JM Kelly 26 43 833 97* 21.35 0
DC Morgan 15 19 311 63 19.43 0
GL Willatt 28 44 747 111 17.78 1
AEG Rhodes 28 42 658 77 17.78 0
C Gladwin 23 30 417 62 17.37 0
GO Dawkes 28 39 541 61 15.45 0
P Vaulkhard 3 5 75 43 15.00 0
BH Richardson 8 12 101 19 12.62 0
HL Jackson 20 19 126 39* 12.60 0
TA Hall 12 18 81 20* 6.23 0
A Eato 7 8 31 10 5.16 0
E Smith 3 4 2 2 2.00 0[31]

Additionally John Eggar appeared in the match against the South Africans.

County Championship bowling averages

Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average
C Gladwin 5786 2192 123 8–40 17.82
HL Jackson 3580 1379 72 5–29 19.15
AEG Rhodes 4918 2212 68 7–56 32.52
DC Morgan 2311 1044 41 6–93 25.46
TA Hall 1778 773 35 5–57 22.08
A Eato 840 394 13 5–14 30.30
A Hamer 1526 626 13 2–7 48.15
E Smith 301 167 10 8–21 16.70
DB Carr 314 200 8 3–22 25.00
BH Richardson 528 229 6 1–7 38.16
AC Revill 219 134 3 1–10 44.66
JM Kelly 26 2 0
GL Willatt 18 20 0[32]

Wicket Keepers

See also

References

  1. ^ W.T. Taylor History of Derbyshire cricket Wisden 1953
  2. ^ Cricket Archive Worcestershire v Derbyshire 5 May 1951
  3. ^ Cricket Archive Leicestershire v Derbyshire 9 May 1951
  4. ^ Cricket Archive Warwickshire v Derbyshire 12 May 1951
  5. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Sussex 16 May 1951
  6. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Yorkshire 19 May 1951
  7. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 26 May 1951
  8. ^ Cricket Archive Glamorgan v Derbyshire 2 Jun 1951
  9. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Hampshire 6 Jun 1951
  10. ^ Cricket Archive Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 9 Jun 1951
  11. ^ Cricket Archive Somerset v Derbyshire 13 Jun 1951
  12. ^ Cricket Archive Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 16 Jun 1951
  13. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Kent 20 Jun 1951
  14. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Lancashire 23 Jun 1951
  15. ^ Cricket Archive Essex v Derbyshire 27 Jun 1951
  16. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Middlesex 4 Jul 1951
  17. ^ Cricket Archive Hampshire v Derbyshire 7 Jul 1951
  18. ^ Cricket Archive Lancashire v Derbyshire 14 Jul 1951
  19. ^ Derbyshire v South Africans 18 Jul 1951
  20. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Glamorgan 21 Jul 1951
  21. ^ Cricket Archive Kent v Derbyshire 25 Jul 1951
  22. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 28 Jul 1951
  23. ^ Cricket Archive Yorkshire v Derbyshire 1 Aug 1951
  24. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Warwickshire 4 Aug 1951
  25. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Worcestershire 8 Aug 1951
  26. ^ Cricket Archive Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 11 Aug 1951
  27. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Surrey 15 Aug 1951
  28. ^ Cricket Archive Sussex v Derbyshire 18 Aug 1951
  29. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Leicestershire 22 Aug 1951
  30. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Essex 25 Aug 1951
  31. ^ Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1951
  32. ^ Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1951
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