Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1948

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1948 season
Captain Edward Gothard
County Championship 6
Most runs Charlie Elliott
Most wickets Cliff Gladwin
Most catches George Dawkes

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1948 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for seventy-seven years. It was their forty-fourth season in the County Championship and they won eleven matches to finish sixth in the County Championship.

1948 season

Derbyshire played 26 matches in the County Championship and one against the touring Australians. They lost to the Australians and in the County Championship won eleven matches and lost six to finish sixth.

Edward Gothard was in his second season as captain and took the wicket of Sir Donald Bradman at Derby. Under his leadership, the club maintained the form of the previous season. Charlie Elliott was top scorer but George Pope who played fewer matches was a close second and achieved the best batting average. C Gladwin took most wickets and again in a powerful all-rounder performance Pope came close second, although the Australians declared that only two bowlers in England moved the ball away from the bat as much as Les Jackson[1]

There were no debut appearances for Derbyshire in 1948.

Matches

List of matches
No. Date V Result Margin Notes
1 8 May 1948[2] Somerset
County Ground, Taunton		 Won 4 wickets D Smith 107; Lawrence 5-107
2 15 May 1948[3] Warwickshire
County Ground, Derby		 Lost 7 wickets Dollery 167; W H Copson 7-103; Pritchard 5-50; Hollies 6-64
3 19 May 1948[4] Hampshire
United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth		 Drawn G H Pope 207; AEG Rhodes 105; Dawson 110
4 22 May 1948[5] Kent
Garrison Stadium, Gillingham		 Won 168 runs Dovey 5-93; AEG Rhodes 6-58; Wright 6-48
5 26 May 1948[6] Northamptonshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield		 Won Innings and 47 runs C Gladwin 6-30; Nutter 6-47; G H Pope 5-44
6 29 May 1948[7] Glamorgan
County Ground, Derby		 Won 301 runs C Gladwin 5-55; G H Pope 7-34
7 2 Jun 1948[8] Middlesex
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood		 Drawn C Gladwin 5-40; Gray 5-75
8 5 Jun 1948[9] Somerset
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston		 Won 11 runs Tremlett 5-55; C Gladwin 5-40; Hazell 7-35; G H Pope 5-40
9 12 Jun 1948[10] Leicestershire
Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch		 Won 141 runs A E Alderman 114; Sperry 6-42; G H Pope 5-54; C Gladwin 8-56
10 19 Jun 1948[11] Lancashire
Park Road Ground, Buxton		 Drawn
11 26 Jun 1948[12] Yorkshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield		 Drawn G H Pope 6-12; Wardle 8-87
12 30 Jun 1948[13] Sussex
Manor Sports Ground, Worthing		 Lost 21 runs Bartlett 141; A E Alderman 124; Comford 5-89 and 6-87; G H Pope 6-55
13 3 Jul 1948[14] Middlesex
County Ground, Derby		 Lost 170 runs Edrich 133; Compton 100*; Sims 6-58
14 7 Jul 1948[15] Gloucestershire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield		 Won 2 wickets G H Pope 125; C Gladwin 5-57
15 10 Jul 1948[16] Worcestershire
Chester Road North Ground, Kidderminster		 Drawn Outschoorn 100*
16 14 Jul 1948[17] Gloucestershire
Ashley Down Ground, Bristol		 Won 87 runs
17 17 Jul 1948[18] Sussex
Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent		 Won 10 wickets Landridge 107*; Oakes 5-69; G H Pope 8-38
18 21 Jul 1948[19] Essex
Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester		 Lost Innings and 44 runs Avery 118; R Smith 112; T Smith 6-80
19 24 Jul 1948[20] Nottinghamshire
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston		 Won Innings and 33 runs G H Pope 129; Butler 6-115; HL Jackson 6-70
20 28 Jul 1948[21] Australians
County Ground, Derby		 Lost Innings and 34 runs Brown 140; McCool 6-77
21 31 Jul 1948[22] Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham		 Drawn
22 4 Aug 1948[23] Surrey
Queen's Park, Chesterfield		 Lost 167 runs Bedser 5-35 and 6-56
23 7 Aug 1948[24] Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham		 Lost Innings and 45 runs Simpson 129; D Smith 5-37; Winrow 5-18
24 11 Aug 1948[25] Yorkshire
North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough		 Drawn Watson 172; Wilson 140
25 14 Aug 1948[26] Leicestershire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield		 Won 153 runs Munden 5-48; AEG Rhodes 5-69; V Jackson 6-24; C Gladwin 6-34
26 18 Aug 1948[27] Essex
County Ground, Derby		 Drawn Dods 124; Avery 103; HL Jackson 5-88
27 21 Aug 1948[28] Lancashire
Old Trafford, Manchester		 Drawn Howard 145; A F Townsend 102

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s
G H Pope 21 33 1152 207* 38.40 3
CS Elliott 26 43 1277 91 32.74 0
A E Alderman 7 11 320 124 29.09 2
D Smith 23 36 977 107 27.13 1
A F Townsend 19 32 690 102* 23.79 1
FE Marsh 13 19 352 63 23.46 0
AC Revill 26 38 840 68 22.70 0
AEG Rhodes 26 39 732 105* 21.52 1
GO Dawkes 26 39 770 95 20.81 0
C Gladwin 24 34 475 54* 19.79 0
P Vaulkhard 7 12 178 58 16.18 0
DC Brooke-Taylor 10 17 209 42 12.29 0
EJ Gothard 23 32 282 50 11.28 0
W H Copson 9 9 82 19 10.25 0
JD Eggar 6 8 62 28 7.75 0
DB Carr 4 4 27 19 6.75 0
HL Jackson 16 22 35 7 2.69 0[29]

County Championship bowling averages

Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average
C Gladwin 5423 1953 124 8-56 15.75
G H Pope 4189 1724 100 8-38 17.24
AEG Rhodes 3646 1889 66 6-58 28.62
HL Jackson 3153 1540 61 6-70 25.24
W H Copson 1401 551 28 7-103 19.67
EJ Gothard 596 378 9 2-24 42.00
D Smith 184 93 5 5-37 18.60
AC Revill 316 202 4 3-27 50.50
CS Elliott 42 16 1 1-4 16.00
FE Marsh 162 102 0
DB Carr 132 99 0 [30]

Wicket Keepers

See also

References

  1. ↑ W.T. Taylor History of Derbyshire cricket Wisden 1953
  2. ↑ Cricket Archive - Somerset v Derbyshire 8 May 1948
  3. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Warwickshire 15 May 1948
  4. ↑ Cricket Archive - Hampshire v Derbyshire 19 May 1948
  5. ↑ Cricket Archive - Kent v Derbyshire 22 May 1948
  6. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 26 May 1948
  7. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Glamorgan County 29 May 1948
  8. ↑ Cricket Archive - Middlesex v Derbyshire 2 Jun 1948
  9. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Somerset 5 Jun 1948
  10. ↑ Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire 12 Jun 1948
  11. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire 19 Jun 1948
  12. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire 26 Jun 1948
  13. ↑ Cricket Archive - Sussex v Derbyshire 30 Jun 1948
  14. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Middlesex 3 Jul 1948
  15. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 7 Jul 1948
  16. ↑ Cricket Archive - Worcestershire v Derbyshire 10 Jul 1948
  17. ↑ Cricket Archive - Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 14 Jul 1948
  18. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Sussex 17 Jul 1948
  19. ↑ Cricket Archive - Essex v Derbyshire 21 Jul 1948
  20. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 24 Jul 1948
  21. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Australians 28 Jul 1948
  22. ↑ Cricket Archive - Warwickshire v Derbyshire 31 Jul 1948
  23. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Surrey 4 Aug 1948
  24. ↑ Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 7 Aug 1948
  25. ↑ Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire 11 Aug 1948
  26. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Leicestershire 14 Aug 1948
  27. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Essex 18 Aug 1948
  28. ↑ Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire 21 Aug 1948
  29. ↑ Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1948
  30. ↑ Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1948