Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1951 explained

Club:	Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
Season:	1951
Comp1:	County Championship
Comp1 Result:	11
Most Runs:	Charlie Elliott
Most Wickets:	Cliff Gladwin
Prevseason:	1950
Nextseason:	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 9 14 425 103* 38.63 1 27 45 1435 137 36.79 3 26 46 1456 166 35.51 2 6 7 196 64 32.66 0 28 49 1421 165 30.23 1 11 16 303 56 21.64 0 26 43 833 97* 21.35 0 15 19 311 63 19.43 0 28 44 747 111 17.78 1 28 42 658 77 17.78 0 23 30 417 62 17.37 0 28 39 541 61 15.45 0 3 5 75 43 15.00 0 8 12 101 19 12.62 0 20 19 126 39* 12.60 0 12 18 81 20* 6.23 0 7 8 31 10 5.16 0 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 5786 2192 123 8–40 17.82 3580 1379 72 5–29 19.15 4918 2212 68 7–56 32.52 2311 1044 41 6–93 25.46 1778 773 35 5–57 22.08 840 394 13 5–14 30.30 1526 626 13 2–7 48.15 301 167 10 8–21 16.70 314 200 8 3–22 25.00 528 229 6 1–7 38.16 219 134 3 1–10 44.66 26 2 0 18 20 0^[32] Wicket Keepers GO Dawkes Catches 51, Stumping 9 See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1951 English cricket season References

Notes and References

1. http://www.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/152965.html W.T. Taylor History of Derbyshire cricket Wisden 1953
2. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19671.html Cricket Archive Worcestershire v Derbyshire 5 May 1951
3. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19675.html Cricket Archive Leicestershire v Derbyshire 9 May 1951
4. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19687.html Cricket Archive Warwickshire v Derbyshire 12 May 1951
5. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19690.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Sussex 16 May 1951
6. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19699.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Yorkshire 19 May 1951
7. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19716.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 26 May 1951
8. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19737.html Cricket Archive Glamorgan v Derbyshire 2 Jun 1951
9. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19746.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Hampshire 6 Jun 1951
10. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19758.html Cricket Archive Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 9 Jun 1951
11. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19770.html Cricket Archive Somerset v Derbyshire 13 Jun 1951
12. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19773.html Cricket Archive Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 16 Jun 1951
13. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19786.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Kent 20 Jun 1951
14. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19794.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Lancashire 23 Jun 1951
15. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19805.html Cricket Archive Essex v Derbyshire 27 Jun 1951
16. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19827.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Middlesex 4 Jul 1951
17. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19838.html Cricket Archive Hampshire v Derbyshire 7 Jul 1951
18. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19857.html Cricket Archive Lancashire v Derbyshire 14 Jul 1951
19. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19862.html Derbyshire v South Africans 18 Jul 1951
20. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19872.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Glamorgan 21 Jul 1951
21. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19882.html Cricket Archive Kent v Derbyshire 25 Jul 1951
22. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19890.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 28 Jul 1951
23. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19907.html Cricket Archive Yorkshire v Derbyshire 1 Aug 1951
24. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19908.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Warwickshire 4 Aug 1951
25. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19917.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Worcestershire 8 Aug 1951
26. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19929.html Cricket Archive Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 11 Aug 1951
27. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19935.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Surrey 15 Aug 1951
28. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19950.html Cricket Archive Sussex v Derbyshire 18 Aug 1951
29. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19954.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Leicestershire 22 Aug 1951
30. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19964.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Essex 25 Aug 1951
31. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/County_Championship_1951/Derbyshire_Batting.html Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1951
32. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/County_Championship_1951/Derbyshire_Bowling.html Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1951