Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1954 explained

Club:	Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
Season:	1954
Comp1:	County Championship
Comp1 Result:	3
Most Runs:	Arnold Hamer
Most Wickets:	Cliff Gladwin
Prevseason:	1953
Nextseason:	1955

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1954 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for eighty-four years. It was their fiftieth season in the County Championship and they won eleven matches in the County Championship to finish in third place.

1954 season

Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, one match against Scotland, and one against the touring Pakistanis. In a successful season, they won twelve first class matches altogether. Guy Willatt was in his fourth season as captain. Arnold Hamer was top scorer and Cliff Gladwin took most wickets.

Two players made their debut in the season. Gerald Wyatt played one game and then appeared intermittently over the next few years. Charles Lee went on to score over 12,000 runs and became captain ten years later.

Matches

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes	-	1	8 May 1954^[1]	Leicestershire County Ground, Derby	Won	7 wickets	Tompkin 112; Spencer 6-64; HL Jackson 6-43
2	12 May 1954^[2]	Kent Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend	Won	81 runs	Wright 7/62; GL Willatt 103; Evans 109; E Smith 6-60; C Gladwin 5-22
3	15 May 1954^[3]	Essex Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea	Won	5 wickets	Horsfall 117; A Hamer 104; C Gladwin 5-79
4	19 May 1954^[4]	Hampshire County Ground, Southampton	Lost	4 wickets	Dare 5-49; E Smith 5-44
5	22 May 1954^[5]	Essex Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	6 wickets	C Gladwin 8-50
6	29 May 1954^[6]	Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester	Drawn		Hilton 7-51
7	2 Jun 1954^[7]	Scotland Park Road Ground, Buxton	Won	5 wickets	Cosh 99; Youngson 6-84;
8	5 Jun 1954^[8]	Warwickshire County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Bannister 5-99
9	12 Jun 1954^[9]	Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		Lester 121; Appleyard 6-71; E Smith 5-37
10	16 Jun 1954^[10]	Surrey County Ground, Derby	Lost	10 wickets	C Gladwin 6-75; Bedser 5-22
11	19 Jun 1954^[11]	Glamorgan Cardiff Arms Park	Won	5 runs	Hedges 103; Jones 104; Shepherd 5-45; HL Jackson 6-24; C Gladwin 8-114
12	26 Jun 1954^[12]	Lancashire Park Road Ground, Buxton	Won	169 runs	HL Jackson 6-33
13	30 Jun 1954^[13]	Kent Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Won	7 wickets	HL Jackson 6-40
14	3 Jul 1954^[14]	Sussex Cricket Field Road Ground, Horsham	Won	76 runs	James 5-31; HL Jackson 5-30
15	7 Jul 1954^[15]	Pakistan County Ground, Derby	Drawn		AC Revill 101; Ahmed 5-53; DC Morgan 5-57
16	10 Jul 1954^[16]	Somerset Johnson Park, Yeovil	Won	10 wickets	Tremlett 5-31; HL Jackson 5-17
17	14 Jul 1954^[17]	Hampshire Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent	Drawn		Harrison 114; JM Kelly 116; GO Dawkes 143; HL Jackson 7-64; Cannings 7-132
18	17 Jul 1954^[18]	Worcestershire County Ground, New Road, Worcester	Lost	4 wickets
19	21 Jul 1954^[19]	Sussex County Ground, Derby	Drawn		A Hamer 118; GL Willatt 101
20	24 Jul 1954^[20]	Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston	Drawn		C Gladwin 6-114
21	28 Jul 1954^[21]	Yorkshire Headingley, Leeds	Won	6 wickets	A Hamer 147; Trueman 6-109; DC Morgan 5-23 and 5-55
22	31 Jul 1954^[22]	Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham	Drawn		HL Jackson 5-28
23	4 Aug 1954^[23]	Gloucestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	60 runs	Graveney 222; McHugh 5-82; E Smith 5-42
24	7 Aug 1954^[24]	Northamptonshire Wellingborough School Ground	Drawn
25	11 Aug 1954^[25]	Gloucestershire College Ground, Cheltenham	Won	Innings and 52 runs	C Gladwin 5-24
26	14 Aug 1954^[26]	Worcestershire County Ground, Derby	Won	9 wickets	Flavell 5-53
27	18 Aug 1954^[27]	Middlesex Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn
28	21 Aug 1954^[28]	Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Drawn
29	25 Aug 1954^[29]	Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester	Drawn		Walsh 5-65
30	28 Aug 1954^[30]	Glamorgan Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	10 wickets	Wooller 5-45; Watkins 7-28
Statistics County Championship batting averages Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s 28 46 1445 147* 34.40 3 28 43 1115 103 27.87 2 3 5 108 61 27.00 0 28 46 1086 116 24.68 1 3 3 72 46 24.00 0 28 43 971 90 22.58 0 28 44 832 86 22.48 0 28 41 788 143 21.88 1 25 34 630 75 20.32 0 28 35 368 40 16.00 0 2 2 25 21 12.50 0 5 7 55 23* 11.00 0 6 8 66 25 9.42 0 2 3 27 16 9.00 0 28 29 151 26* 7.94 0 28 31 155 22 7.75 0 1 2 6 3* 6.00 0 R Carter 9 12 49 12 4.90 0^[31] County Championship bowling averages Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average 6318 2175 131 8-50 16.60 5448 1786 120 7-64 14.88 3277 1294 64 6-60 20.21 3250 1191 56 5-23 21.26 474 158 12 4-18 13.16 400 211 10 3-27 21.10 552 282 9 2-27 31.33 445 239 3 1-17 79.66 37 36 1 1-2 36.00 114 56 0 60 36 0 12 1 0 12 4 0^[32] Wicket Keepers George Dawkes Catches 51, Stumping 9 See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1954 English cricket season References

Notes and References

1. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21018.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Leicestershire 8 May 1954
2. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21035.html Cricket Archive – Kent v Derbyshire 12 May 1954
3. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21041.html Cricket Archive – Essex v Derbyshire 15 May 1954
4. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21052.html Cricket Archive – Hampshire v Derbyshire 19 May 1954
5. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21059.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Essex 22 May 1954
6. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21081.html Cricket Archive – Lancashire v Derbyshire 29 May 1954
7. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21088.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Scotland 2 Jun 1954
8. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21095.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Warwickshire 5 Jun 1954
9. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21116.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Yorkshire 12 Jun 1954
10. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21125.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Surrey 16 Jun 1954
11. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21137.html Cricket Archive – Glamorgan v Derbyshire 19 Jun 1954
12. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21155.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Lancashire 26 Jun 1954
13. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21166.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Kent 30 Jun 1954
14. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21181.html Cricket Archive – Sussex v Derbyshire 3 Jul 1954
15. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21186.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Pakistan 7 Jul 1954
16. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21200.html Cricket Archive – Somerset v Derbyshire 10 Jul 1954
17. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21204.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Hampshire 14 Jul 1954
18. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21222.html Cricket Archive – Worcestershire v Derbyshire 17 Jul 1954
19. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21223.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Sussex 21 Jul 1954
20. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21234.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 24 Jul 1954
21. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21251.html Cricket Archive – Yorkshire v Derbyshire 28 Jul 1954
22. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21259.html Cricket Archive – Warwickshire v Derbyshire 31 Jul 1954
23. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21261.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 4 Aug 1954
24. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21273.html Cricket Archive – Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 7 Aug 1954
25. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21279.html Cricket Archive – Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 11 Aug 1954
26. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21288.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Worcestershire 14 Aug 1954
27. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21298.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Middlesex 18 Aug 1954
28. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21312.html Cricket Archive – Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 21 Aug 1954
29. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21318.html Cricket Archive – Leicestershire v Derbyshire 25 Aug 1954
30. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21322.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Glamorgan 28 Aug 1954
31. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/County_Championship_1954/Derbyshire_Batting.html Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1954
32. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/County_Championship_1954/Derbyshire_Bowling.html Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1954