Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1959 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing eighty-eight years. It was their fifty-fifth season in the County Championship and they won thirteen matches to finish seventh in the County Championship.

1959 season Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, one match against Cambridge University, and one against the touring Indians . Despite winning thirteen matches altogether, they ended seventh in the County Championship. Donald Carr was in his fifth season as captain and was top scorer. His 2165 runs was a record for most runs in a season for Derbyshire and he scored two centuries in a match against Kent. He was also Wisden Cricketer of the Year. Les Jackson took most wickets with 117 and achieved 9 for 17 against Cambridge University. Harold Rhodes played for England during the season.

The team included a considerable amount of fresh blood with Bob Berry Ian Buxton, Peter Eyre, Ian Hall, William Oates and William Richardson, all of whom had sustained careers with Derbyshire.

Matches

{| class="wikitable" width="100%" ! colspan=6 | List of matches |- !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes

|1 | 29 Apr 1959Cricket Archive – Cambridge University v Derbyshire 29 Apr 1959 | Cambridge University FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won |Innings and 92 runs | Douglas-Pennant 5-76; HL Jackson 9-17

|2 |9 May 1959Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 9 May 1959 | Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won |4 wickets | Subba Row 127; HJ Rhodes 5-65; HL Jackson 5-41

|3 |13 May 1959Cricket Archive – Warwickshire v Derbyshire 13 May 1959 | Warwickshire Courtaulds Ground, Coventry |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won |167 runs | DB Carr 143; Wheatley 5-93; HL Jackson 6-53

|4 |16 May 1959Cricket Archive – Leicestershire v Derbyshire 16 May 1959 | Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Hallam 200; Watson 101*; Spencer 5-69; R Smith 5-81

|5 |20 May 1959Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 20 May 1959 |Gloucestershire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |48 runs | Young 142

|6 |23 May 1959Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Worcestershire 23 May 1959 | WorcestershireQueen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won |9 wickets | Outschoon 112; HL Jackson 5-38;

|7 |27 May 1959Cricket Archive – Glamorgan v Derbyshire 27 May 1959 | Glamorgan St Helen's, Swansea |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |3 wickets | Parkhouse 154

|8 |30 May 1959Cricket Archive – Middlesex v Derbyshire 30 May 1959 |Middlesex Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won |6 wickets | HL Jackson 5-42

|9 |6 Jun 1959Cricket Archive – Yorkshire v Derbyshire 6 Jun 1959 | Yorkshire Bramall Lane, Sheffield |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | HL Jackson 5-70; Platt 6-72

|10 |10 Jun 1959Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Kent 10 Jun 1959 | Kent > Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won |Innings and 21 runs | GW Richardson 8-64; Halfyard 7-89; HL Jackson 5-38

|11 |13 Jun 1959Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Lancashire 13 Jun 1959 | Lancashire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won |7 wickets | HL Jackson 6-36

|12 |17 Jun 1959Cricket Archive – Surrey v Derbyshire 17 Jun 1959 | Surrey Kennington Oval |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | DC Morgan 5-67

|13 |20 Jun 1959Cricket Archive – Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 20 Jun 1959 | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won |4 wickets | JM Kelly 113; DC Morgan 5-45

|14 |24 Jun 1959Cricket Archive – Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 24 Jun 1959 | Gloucestershire Ashley Down Ground, Bristol |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |Innings and 45 runs | E Smith 5-70

|15 |27 Jun 1959Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Indians 27 Jun 1959 |Indians Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Apte 165

|16 |4 Jul 1959Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Yorkshire 4 Jul 1959 | Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |6 wickets | K Taylor 144

|17 |11 Jul 1959Cricket Archive – Lancashire v Derbyshire 11 Jul 1959 | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Marner 137; C Lee 109; DB Carr 119

|18 |15 Jul 1959Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Somerset 15 Jul 1959 | Somerset Park Road Ground, Buxton |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Wright 112; Greetham 104

|19 |18 Jul 1959Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Warwickshire 18 Jul 1959 | Warwickshire Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |26 runs | M Smith 142; HL Jackson 7-35 and 5-80

|20 |25 Jul 1959Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Sussex 25 Jul 1959 | Sussex Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Parks 130; Marlar 6-57

|21 | 29 Jul 1959Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Glamorgan 29 Jul 1959 | Glamorgan Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Wooler 7-41; IR Buxton 5-62

|22 |1 Aug 1959Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Leicestershire 1 Aug 1959 | Leicestershire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Watson 150; DB Carr 109

|23 |5 Aug 1959Cricket Archive – Kent v Derbyshire 5 Aug 1959 | Kent St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won |99 runs | DB Carr 156* and 109; Pettiford 5-33; GW Richardson 7-31

|24 |8 Aug 1959Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Hampshire 8 Aug 1959 | Hampshire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won |6 wickets | IW Hall 113; Shaekleton 7-86; E Smith 5-32

|25 |12 Aug 1959Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Essex 12 Aug 1959 | Essex Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Insole 155; Knight 5-44

|26 |15 Aug 1959Cricket Archive – Worcestershire v Derbyshire 15 Aug 1959 | WorcestershireCounty Ground, New Road, Worcester |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won |137 runs | Aldridge 5-55; HL Jackson 5-34 and 5-26

|27 |19 Aug 1959Cricket Archive – Essex v Derbyshire 19 Aug 1959 | Essex Vista Road Recreation Ground, Clacton-on-Sea |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |7 wickets | Barker 128*; HL Jackson 6-47

|28 |22 Aug 1959Cricket Archive – Sussex v Derbyshire 22 Aug 1959 | Sussex Manor Sports Ground, Worthing |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won |5 wickets | Lenham 104; Parks 113; A Hamer 118;E Smith6-44

|29 |26 Aug 1959Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 26 Aug 1959 | Nottinghamshire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won |119 runs | Hill 122; Cotton 5-55

|30 |29 Aug 1959Cricket Archive – Hampshire v Derbyshire 29 Aug 1959 | Hampshire Dean Park, Bournemouth |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Horton 119

Statistics

County Championship batting averages Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100sDB Carr 27 49 2092 156* 49.80 5 A Hamer 28 53 1842 118 36.84 1 HL Johnson 28 50 1360 97 34.00 0 IW Hall 12 19 572 113 30.10 1 C Lee 26 49 1316 109 27.41 1 JM Kelly 14 26 620 113* 25.83 1 DC Morgan 28 52 1101 75 24.46 0 IR Buxton 8 11 216 79 21.60 0 GW Richardson 19 31 512 91 20.48 0 GO Dawkes 28 45 804 68 20.10 0 WF Oates 5 9 134 56 16.75 0 HJ Rhodes 18 21 208 44* 13.86 0 E Smith 28 39 349 43 12.46 0 HL Jackson 26 29 178 32 9.36 0 R Berry 12 14 35 11* 5.00 0 TJP Eyre 1 1 0 0 0.00 0Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1959

Additionally Ray Swallow played in the match against the touring Indians.

County Championship bowling averages Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average HL Jackson 6056 2114 117 7-35 18.06 E Smith 4224 2023 71 6-44 28.49 HJ Rhodes 3294 1484 60 5-65 24.73 DC Morgan 4223 1990 55 5-45 36.18 GW Richardson 2609 1373 54 8-54 25.42 IR Buxton 954 468 20 5-62 23.40 DB Carr 1237 734 18 3-58 40.77 R Berry 1492 645 15 3-12 43.00 TJP Eyre 150 96 1 1-75 96.00 C Lee 95 56 1 1-4 56.00 A Hamer 18 12 1 1-0 12.00 HL Johnson 18 10 0 IW Hall 6 0 0 GO Dawkes 1 0 0Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1959

Wicket Keepers GO Dawkes Catches 57, Stumping 5

See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1959 English cricket season

References