Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1949

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1949 season
Captain David Skinner
County Championship 15
Most runs Charlie Elliott
Most wickets Cliff Gladwin
Most catches George Dawkes

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1949 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for seventy-eight years. It was their forty-fifth season in the County Championship and they won six matches in the County Championship to finish in fifteenth place.

1949 season

Derbyshire played 26 matches in the County Championship and one against the touring New Zealanders. DA Skinner was captain. Charlie Elliott scored most runs, and Cliff Gladwin took most wickets with 110 in the Championship.

Laurie Johnson, who went on to become a major performer for the county, made his debut in 1949 while fellow West Indian Michael Frederick also made his debut, but only took part in two first class matches. Dick Sale and Tom Hall played in their first of several seasons for the club, as did George Lowe although he appeared intermittently. Joseph Rimmer and Maurice Snape made their only appearances for Derbyshire in two matches in the season, while Kenneth Shearwood appeared once as a stop-gap wicket-keeper.

Matches

List of matches
No. Date V Result Margin Notes
1 14 May 1949 [1] Somerset
County Ground, Derby
Won 10 wickets AEG Rhodes 5-49;
2 21 May 1949 [2] Leicestershire
Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Won 153 runs AC Revill 156; Symington 5-45; C Gladwin 5-28; Walsh 5-105
3 25 May 1949 [3] Surrey
Kennington Oval
Lost Innings and 182 runs Squires 210; Bedser 6-25
4 28 May 1949 [4] Yorkshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Lost 114 runs Coxon 6-36
5 01 Jun 1949 [5] Sussex
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
Drawn John Langridge 234
6 04 Jun 1949 [6] Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Lost 1 wicket Dollery 100
7 08 Jun 1949 [7] Leicestershire
County Ground, Derby
Drawn Berry 149; Prentice 117; HL Jackson 7-51
8 11 Jun 1949 [8] Worcestershire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Lost 100 runs Howorth 6-57; C Gladwin 8-72
9 18 Jun 1949 [9] Gloucestershire
Ashley Down Ground, Bristol
Lost Innings and 1 run Goddard 6-46 and 9-61; AEG Rhodes 7-114
10 22 Jun 1949 [10] Kent
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Lost 116 runs C Gladwin 5-41
11 25 Jun 1949 [11] Lancashire
Park Road Ground, Buxton
Won 110 runs HL Jackson 6-52; Tattersall 6-39
12 29 Jun 1949 [12] Essex
Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea
Won 8 wickets Pearce 111; C Gladwin 5-36 and 5-52; Price 5-47; W H Copson 5-43
13 02 Jul 1949 [13] Sussex
Manor Sports Ground, Worthing
Drawn John Langridge 146 and 146
14 06 Jul 1949 [14] Hampshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Lost 10 wickets Carty 5-43; Shackleton 7-90
15 09 Jul 1949 [15] New Zealand Lost 7 wickets AC Revill 145; Burke 6-23
16 16 Jul 1949 [16] Glamorgan
Cardiff Arms Park
Lost 6 wickets Clift 125; HL Jackson 5-16; Muncer 5-68
17 20 Jul 1949 [17] Somerset
County Ground, Taunton
Won Innings and 146 runs AEG Rhodes 127; Hazell 7-112; W H Copson 5-34; HL Jackson 6-43
18 23 Jul 1949 [18] Nottinghamshire
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
Drawn Keeton 101; AEG Rhodes 126; Butler 5-56
19 30 Jul 1949 [19] Warwickshire
County Ground, Derby
Drawn
20 03 Aug 1949 [20] Gloucestershire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Lost 184 runs C Gladwin 5-53; Cook 5-40; DB Carr 6-111; Graveney 10-66
21 06 Aug 1949 [21] Lancashire
Old Trafford, Manchester
Drawn R Sale 146; C Gladwin 5-105
22 10 Aug 1949 [22] Northamptonshire
County Ground, Northampton
Lost Innings and 80 runs Jakeman 160; HL Jackson 5-99
23 13 Aug 1949 [23] Yorkshire
Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford
Lost 6 wickets Ted Lester 140; JD Eggar 219; Coxon 5-48
24 17 Aug 1949 [24] Middlesex
County Ground, Derby
Lost Innings and 95 runs Sims 5-105
25 20 Aug 1949 [25] Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Drawn C Gladwin 125; Poole 122; Harvey 7-105
126 24 Aug 1949 [26] Middlesex
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
Lost 3 wickets Young 5-80; Warr 5-36
27 27 Aug 1949 [27] Essex
Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent
Won Innings and 149 runs W H Copson 5-23; C Gladwin 5-28

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s
JD Eggar 7 14 501 219 41.75 1
MC Frederick 2 3 98 84 32.66 0
AC Revill 22 39 1114 156* 31.82 1
WEG Payton 2 4 93 35* 31.00 0
CS Elliott 26 48 1372 95 29.82 0
C Gladwin 24 41 903 124* 29.12 1
D Smith 21 35 955 89 28.93 0
AEG Rhodes 26 44 1140 127 26.51 2
HL Johnson 11 18 444 77 26.11 0
R Sale 6 12 273 146 22.75 1
DB Carr 8 14 313 72 22.35 0
GO Dawkes 25 39 601 88 19.38 0
FE Marsh 14 24 430 71 18.69 0
DA Skinner 21 33 441 63 13.78 0
A F Townsend 10 20 233 41 12.26 0
G Lowe 1 2 22 22 11.00 0
W H Copson 25 38 207 28 6.67 0
P Vaulkhard 3 4 21 13 5.25 0
HL Jackson 23 37 120 24 4.80 0
T R Armstrong 1 2 4 4* 4.00 0
DC Brooke-Taylor 2 3 11 4 3.66 0
KA Shearwood 1 2 6 4 3.00 0
TA Hall 1 1 0 0 0.00 0
J Rimmer 2 1 0 0* 0
MD Snape 2 3 0 0* 0.00 0 [28]

County Championship bowling averages

Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average
Name Balls Mdns Runs Wkts BB Ave 5wI 10wM
C Gladwin 5496 2210 110 8-72 20.09
HL Jackson 4985 2017 98 7-51 20.58
AEG Rhodes 4681 2462 65 7-114 37.87
W H Copson 3650 1686 63 5-23 26.76
DB Carr 404 248 8 6-111 31.00
HL Johnson 498 297 4 3-63 74.25
J Rimmer 261 175 4 2-71 43.75
FE Marsh 732 320 3 1-7 106.66
T R Armstrong 108 34 3 2-15 11.33
DA Skinner 234 182 2 1-41 91.00
TA Hall 90 55 0
D Smith 25 12 0
AC Revill 24 11 0
A F Townsend 24 9 0
CS Elliott 6 0 0 [29]

Wicket Keepers

See also

References

  1. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Somerset 14 May 1949
  2. Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire 21 May 1949
  3. Cricket Archive - Surrey v Derbyshire 25 May 1949
  4. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire 28 May 1949
  5. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Sussex 01 Jun 1949
  6. Cricket Archive - Warwickshire v Derbyshire 04 Jun 1949 04 Jun 1949
  7. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Leicestershire 08 Jun 1949
  8. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Worcestershire 11 Jun 1949
  9. Cricket Archive - Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 18 Jun 1949
  10. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Kent 22 Jun 1949
  11. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire 25 Jun 1949
  12. Cricket Archive - Essex v Derbyshire 29 Jun 1949
  13. Cricket Archive - Sussex v Derbyshire 02 Jul 1949
  14. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Hampshire 06 Jul 1949
  15. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v New Zealanders 09 Jul 1949
  16. Cricket Archive - Glamorgan v Derbyshire 16 Jul 1949
  17. Cricket Archive - Somerset v Derbyshire 20 Jul 1949
  18. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 23 Jul 1949
  19. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Warwickshire 30 Jul 1949
  20. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 03 Aug 1949
  21. Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire 06 Aug 1949
  22. Cricket Archive - Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 10 Aug 1949
  23. Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire 13 Aug 1949
  24. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Middlesex 17 Aug 1949
  25. Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 20 Aug 1949
  26. Cricket Archive - Middlesex v Derbyshire 24 Aug 1949
  27. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Essex 27 Aug 1949
  28. Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1951
  29. Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1951