Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1956 explained

Club:	Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
Season:	1956
Comp1:	County Championship
Comp1 Result:	12
Most Runs:	Charles Lee
Most Wickets:	Les Jackson
Prevseason:	1955
Nextseason:	1957

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1956 represents cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for eighty five years. It was their fifty-second season in the County Championship and they won seven matches and lost seven to finish twelfth in the County Championship.

1956 season

Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, and one match against Oxford University, and one against the touring Australians. They won seven matches altogether, but a large number of matches were drawn. Donald Carr was in his third season as captain. Charles Lee was top scorer and Les Jackson took most wickets with 114.

The club retained a virtually unchanged squad with only one newcomer – Gordon Beet who had played in the second XI in the previous year and made occasional first class appearances subsequently.

Matches

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes	-	1	5 May 1956^[1]	Surrey Kennington Oval	Drawn		C Gladwin 5–43 and 8–64
2	16 May 1956^[2]	Middlesex Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	Won	88 runs	JM Kelly 131; HL Jackson 5–68 and 7–48
3	19 May 1956^[3]	Warwickshire County Ground, Derby	Drawn
4	23 May 1956^[4]	Middlesex Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	Innings and 41 runs	Edrich 208; Moss 6–71 and 5–53
5	26 May 1956^[5]	Somerset Johnson Park, Yeovil	Lost	6 wickets	McMahon 5–45; McCool 5–43
6	30 May 1956^[6]	Kent Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend	Won	7 wickets	HL Jackson 6–54
7	2 Jun 1956^[7]	Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Won	6 runs	Appleyard 6–37 and 6–69; HL Jackson 5–26; HJ Rhodes 5–52
8	6 Jun 1956^[8]	Lancashire Park Road Ground, Buxton	Drawn		Pullar 104; Tattersall 6–57
9	9 Jun 1956^[9]	Glamorgan St Helen's, Swansea	Won	8 wickets	A Hamer 120; E Smith 7–58; Shepherd 7–111
10	13 Jun 1956^[10]	Oxford University The University Parks, Oxford	Drawn		Kentish 5–49
11	16 Jun 1956^[11]	Glamorgan Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Abandoned
12	23 Jun 1956^[12]	Yorkshire Headingley, Leeds	Drawn		JM Kelly 104; HL Jackson 7–55
13	27 Jun 1956^[13]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby	Drawn
14	30 Jun 1956^[14]	Leicestershire Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent	Won	Innings and 26 runs	C Lee 116
15	4 Jul 1956^[15]	Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester	Drawn		Greenhough 6–64; C Gladwin 5–25
16	7 Jul 1956^[16]	Leicestershire Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch	Won	145 runs	DB Carr 123; Palmer 104; HL Jackson 7–41
17	11 Jul 1956^[17]	Sussex County Ground, Derby	Drawn		HL Jackson 6–87
18	14 Jul 1956^[18]	Hampshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn
19	18 Jul 1956^[19]	Essex Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester	Drawn		HL Jackson 5–69
20	21 Jul 1956^[20]	Somerset County Ground, Derby	Won	111 runs	A Hamer 104; C Gladwin 7–57; E Smith 6–52
21	25 Jul 1956^[21]	Worcestershire Tipton Road, Dudley	Lost	10 wickets	Kenyon 147; Jenkins 5–62 and 6–50
22	28 Jul 1956^[22]	Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston	Drawn		A Hamer 119; Jepson 6–42
23	1 Aug 1956^[23]	Worcestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		8 overs played
24	4 Aug 1956^[24]	Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham	Lost	133 runs	Hollies 7–40
25	8 Aug 1956^[25]	Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Lost	4 wickets	Goonesena 5–52 and 6–49; DC Morgan 5–50
26	11 Aug 1956^[26]	Australians County Ground, Derby	Lost	57 runs	Lindwall 7–40; Miller 5–29
27	15 Aug 1956^[27]	Northamptonshire Wellingborough School Ground	Drawn		Tyson 7–46
28	18 Aug 1956^[28]	Sussex The Saffrons, Eastbourne	Lost	6 wickets	C Gladwin 6–74; Oakman 6–36
29	22 Aug 1956^[29]	Surrey County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Stewart 100; Loader 6–70
30	25 Aug 1956 County^[30]	Gloucestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		C Gladwin 5–42
Statistics County Championship batting averages Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s 27 47 1407 116 32.72 1 25 43 1271 120 31.77 3 27 40 857 81 26.78 0 25 40 1016 131 27.45 2 23 36 887 123 26.08 1 21 37 740 72 23.12 0 25 36 685 83 20.75 0 23 31 469 51 19.54 0 4 6 97 49 19.40 0 27 32 303 31 12.62 0 27 37 330 41 11.37 0 3 5 47 19 9.40 0 2 4 27 11 6.75 0 27 29 106 23* 5.04 0 2 1 4 4 4.00 0 2 3 7 6 2.33 0 7 8 3 3* 0.75 0^[31] County Championship bowling averages Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average 5188 2000 114 7–41 17.54 5299 1941 101 8–64 19.21 3431 1475 54 7–58 27.31 2556 1030 35 5–50 29.42 1243 681 21 3–28 32.42 449 165 10 5–52 16.50 680 323 8 3–61 40.37 162 102 4 3–52 25.50 222 80 1 1–5 80.00 96 58 1 1–58 58.00 6 5 0 6 4 0 18 9 0 12 4 0 48 47 0 10 6 0^[32] Wicket Keepers GO Dawkes Catches 41, Stumping 6 See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1956 English cricket season References

Notes and References

1. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21934.html Cricket Archive Surrey v Derbyshire 5 May 1956
2. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21958.html Cricket Archive Middlesex v Derbyshire 16 May 1956
3. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21965.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Warwickshire 19 May 1956
4. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21975.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Middlesex 23 May 1956
5. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21989.html Cricket Archive Somerset v Derbyshire 26 May 1956
6. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21994.html Cricket Archive Kent v Derbyshire 30 May 1956
7. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21999.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Yorkshire 2 Jun 1956
8. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/22/22011.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Lancashire 6 Jun 1956
9. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/22/22020.html Cricket Archive Glamorgan v Derbyshire 9 Jun 1956
10. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/22/22033.html Cricket Archive Oxford University v Derbyshire 13 Jun 1956
11. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/22/22038.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Glamorgan 16 Jun 1956
12. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/22/22064.html Cricket Archive Yorkshire v Derbyshire 23 Jun 1956
13. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/22/22065.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 27 Jun 1956
14. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/22/22073.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Leicestershire 30 Jun 1956
15. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/22/22086.html Cricket Archive Lancashire v Derbyshire 4 Jul 1956
16. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/22/22095.html Cricket Archive Leicestershire v Derbyshire 7 Jul 1956
17. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/22/22102.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Sussex 11 Jul 1956
18. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/22/22109.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Hampshire 14 Jul 1956
19. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/22/22118.html Cricket Archive Essex v Derbyshire 18 Jul 1956
20. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/22/22126.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Somerset 21 Jul 1956
21. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/22/22141.html Cricket Archive Worcestershire v Derbyshire 25 Jul 1956
22. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/22/22144.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 28 Jul 1956
23. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/22/22152.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Worcestershire 1 Aug 1956
24. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/22/22167.html Cricket Archive Warwickshire v Derbyshire 4 Aug 1956
25. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/22/22174.html Cricket Archive Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 8 Aug 1956
26. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/22/22177.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Australians 11 Aug 1956
27. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/22/22190.html Cricket ArchiveNorthamptonshire v Derbyshire 15 Aug 1956
28. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/22/22201.html Cricket Archive Sussex v Derbyshire 18 Aug 1956
29. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/22/22205.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Surrey 22 Aug 1956
30. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/22/22215.html Cricket ArchiveDerbyshire v Gloucestershire 25 Aug 1956
31. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/County_Championship_1956/Derbyshire_Batting.html Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1956
32. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/County_Championship_1956/Derbyshire_Bowling.html Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1956