The 1957 season was the 86th season in which the English cricket club Derbyshire competed, and their 53rd season in the County Championship. They won eleven matches and lost nine to finish fourth in the Championship.
1957 season
Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, and one match against Cambridge University, and one against the touring West Indians. They won ten matches in the Championship and the match against Cambridge University. Donald Carr was in his third season as captain. Arnold Hamer was top scorer and Les Jackson took most wickets with 129.
Newcomers in the season were Ian Gibson, Keith Mohan, and David Short. Gibson played for four seasons, Mohan for two and Short in 1957 and again in 1960.
Matches
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" ! colspan=6 | List of matches |- !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes
|1 |4 May 1957Cricket Archive – Yorkshire v Derbyshire 4 May 1957 | Yorkshire Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 9 wickets | Close 108; Trueman 5-66
|2 |11 May 1957Cricket Archive – Leicestershire v Derbyshire 11 May 1957 | LeicestershireAylestone Road, Leicester |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | Innings and 132 runs | E Smith 6-19
|3 |18 May 1957Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Essex 18 May 1957 | Essex Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | Innings and 7 runs | C Gladwin 5-24; Bailey 7-61; HL Jackson 7-38
|4 |25 May 1957Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Yorkshire 25 May 1957 | Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 84 runs | JM Kelly 106; Close 120; HL Jackson 5-51 and 6-63
|5 |29 May 1957Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Sussex 29 May 1957 | Sussex County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 197 runs | A Hamer 138
|6 |1 Jun 1957Cricket Archive – Lancashire v Derbyshire 1 Jun 1957 | Lancashire Aigburth, Liverpool |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | Innings and 66 runs | A Hamer 104; HL Jackson 5-63; DC Morgan 6-65
|7 |5 Jun 1957Cricket Archive – Middlesex v Derbyshire 5 Jun 1957 |Middlesex Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 163 runs | HL Jackson 6-37;
|8 |8 Jun 1957Cricket Archive – Warwickshire v Derbyshire 8 Jun 1957 | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 9 wickets | Hollies 5-52 and 5-47
|9 |12 Jun 1957Cricket Archive – Cambridge University v Derbyshire 12 Jun 1957 | Cambridge University FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 6 wickets | E Smith 6-66
|10 |15 Jun 1957Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Worcestershire 15 Jun 1957 | WorcestershireCounty Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Kenyon 175; Richardson 116; Berry 5-71
|11 |19 Jun 1957Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Glamorgan 19 Jun 1957 | Glamorgan Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Parkhouse 118; JM Kelly 109
|12 |22 Jun 1957Cricket Archive – Somerset v Derbyshire 22 Jun 1957 | Somerset Recreation Ground, Bath |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 9 wickets | C Gladwin 5-29 and 8-57; Lobb 5-36
|13 |26 Jun 1957Cricket Archive – Worcestershire v Derbyshire 26 Jun 1957 | Worcestershire Tipton Road, Dudley |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 2 wickets | Richardson 169; A Hamer 134
|14 |29 Jun 1957Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v West Indians 29 Jun 1957 | West Indies Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 173 runs | O Smith 133; Gilchrist 5-41
|15 |3 Jul 1957Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Surrey 3 Jul 1957 | Surrey County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 8 wickets | Bedser 5-55
|16 | 6 Jul 1957Cricket Archive – Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 6 Jul 1957 | Gloucestershire Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 2 wickets | JM Kelly 113; HL Jackson 7-27; D Smith 5-31
|17 |10 Jul 1957Cricket Archive – Surrey v Derbyshire 10 Jul 1957 | Surrey Kennington Oval |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | A Hamer 112
|18 |13 Jul 1957Cricket Archive – Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 13 Jul 1957 | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Goonesena 7-75
|19 |17 Jul 1957Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Middlesex 17 Jul 1957 | Middlesex Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | Innings and 22 runs | C Gladwin 6-23 and 5-18
|20 |20 Jul 1957Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Lancashire 20 Jul 1957 | Lancashire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|21 | 27 Jul 1957Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 27 Jul 1957 | Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|22 | 31 Jul 1957Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Leicestershire 31 Jul 1957 | LeicestershireQueen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | Innings and 123 runs | JM Kelly 127; DB Carr 141; HL Jackson 6-37
|23 |3 Aug 1957Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Warwickshire 3 Aug 1957 | Warwickshire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Horner 152; M Smith 104; Bannister 7-88
|24 |7 Aug 1957Cricket Archive – Glamorgan v Derbyshire 7 Aug 1957 | Glamorgan Ynysangharad Park, Pontypridd |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | C Gladwin 5-45; McConnon 7-37
|25 |10 Aug 1957Cricket Archive – Hampshire v Derbyshire 10 Aug 1957 | Hampshire United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Gray 103
|26 |14 Aug 1957Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Kent 14 Aug 1957 | Kent County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | Innings and 50 runs | Ridgway 6-53
|27 |17 Aug 1957Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Somerset 17 Aug 1957 | Somerset Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | Innings and 21 runs | Wight 6-29
|28 |21 Aug 1957Cricket Archive – Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 21 Aug 1957 | Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 135 runs | DB Carr 5-31; Manning 7-65; E Smith 5-77; Tribe 6-16
|29 |24 Aug 1957Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 24 Aug 1957 | Northamptonshire Park Road Ground, Buxton |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|30 |31 Aug 1957Cricket Archive – Sussex v Derbyshire 31 Aug 1957 | Sussex County Ground, Hove |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 4 runs | Lenham 130; Marlar 6-65 and 5-79; E Smith 5-97
Statistics County Championship batting averages Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s A Hamer 28 50 1593 138 32.51 4 JM Kelly 28 50 1483 127 32.23 4 DC Morgan 28 44 917 64* 28.65 0 HL Johnson 19 32 670 88* 27.91 0 DB Carr 27 44 1132 141 27.60 1 C Lee 28 50 1103 83 22.97 0 I Gibson 6 10 150 66* 21.42 0 AC Revill 23 40 757 86 19.41 0 GO Dawkes 28 44 736 75 19.36 0 KF Mohan 4 6 66 24* 13.20 0 C Gladwin 25 30 206 21 12.87 0 DJ Green 4 6 73 50 12.16 0 JD Short 3 5 49 22 9.80 0 E Smith 25 35 233 31* 8.96 0 HJ Rhodes 3 5 32 12 6.40 0 HL Jackson 27 29 89 24 3.42 0 D Hall 2 1 0 0* 0 Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1957
County Championship bowling averages Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average HL Jackson 5668 2071 129 7-27 16.05 C Gladwin 50391793 99 8-57 18.11 DC Morgan 5106 2021 84 6-65 24.05 E Smith 4152 1806 68 6-19 26.55 DB Carr 1542 843 24 5-31 35.12 HJ Rhodes 437 211 8 3-11 26.37 AC Revill 442 248 6 2-43 41.33 D Hall 288 166 5 3-61 33.20 I Gibson 204 115 3 1-6 38.33 HL Johnson 55 41 1 1-1 41.00 C Lee 42 22 0 KF Mohan 30 14 0 A Hamer 12 13 0 JM Kelly 6 5 0 Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1957
Wicket Keepers GO Dawkes Catches 60, Stumping 4
See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1957 English cricket season
References