Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1953 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for eighty two years. It was their fifty-ninth season in the County Championship and they won nine matches and lost seven to finish sixth in the County Championship.
1953 season
Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, one match against Oxford University and one match against the touring Australians. They won nine matches altogether. Guy Willatt was in his third year as captain. Charlie Elliott was top scorer and C Gladwin took most wickets with 121.
Reginald Carter made his debut and continued to play for three seasons. David Green also made his debut and played intermittently over several seasons.
Matches
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" ! colspan=6 | List of matches |- !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes
|1 |13 May 1953Cricket Archive - Middlesex v Derbyshire 13 May 1953 |Middlesex Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Sharp 107
|2 |16 May 1953Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Glamorgan 16 May 1953 | Glamorgan Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Jones 114; C Gladwin 5-75
|3 | 20 May 1953Cricket Archive - Somerset v Derbyshire 20 May 1953 | SomersetCounty Ground, Taunton |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | Innings and 21 runs | AC Revill 111; HL Jackson 5-51; Buse 5-61
|4 |23 May 1953Cricket Archive - Warwickshire v Derbyshire 23 May 1953 | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 200 runs | Hollies 5-23
|5 |27 May 1953Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Sussex 27 May 1953 | Sussex County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Langridge 127; AC Revill 107
|6 |30 May 1953Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Worcestershire 30 May 1953 | Worcestershire Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 3 wickets | Jenkins 5-64; HL Jackson 5-35
|7 |03 Jun 1953Cricket Archive - Surrey v Derbyshire 03 Jun 1953 | Surrey Kennington Oval |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 8 wickets | Bedser 5-42; C Gladwin 8-50
|8 |06 Jun 1953Cricket Archive - Glamorgan v Derbyshire 06 Jun 1953 | Glamorgan Ynysangharad Park, Pontypridd |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 13 runs | HL Jackson 5-51; Wooller 5-66; C Gladwin 5-67
|9 |10 Jun 1953Cricket Archive - Oxford University v Derbyshire 10 Jun 1953 | Oxford University The University Parks, Oxford |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|10 |13 Jun 1953Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire 13 Jun 1953 | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|11 |17 Jun 1953Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Australians 17 Jun 1953 | Australians Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | C Gladwin 5-84; E Smith 5-36
|12 | 20 Jun 1953Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Surrey 20 Jun 1953 | Surrey County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | Innings and 1 run | HL Jackson 5-34; C Gladwin 5-47
|13 | 27 Jun 1953Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 27 Jun 1953 | Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 7 wickets | A Hamer 115
|14 |01 Jul 1953Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 01 Jul 1953 | Northamptonshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Barrick 161; CS Elliott 132; Brookes 116
|15 |04 Jul 1953Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 04 Jul 1953 | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 10 wickets | Simpson 114; Stocks 140
|16 |08 Jul 1953Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Kent 08 Jul 1953 | Kent Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | AC Revill 128
|17 |11 Jul 1953Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire 11 Jul 1953 | Leicestershire Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 41 runs | C Gladwin 6-30; V Jackson 5-23 and 5-34
|18 |15 Jul 1953Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Middlesex 15 Jul 1953 |Middlesex County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Sharp 103; Robertson 127; HL Jackson 5-44
|19 |18 Jul 1953Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire 18 Jul 1953 | Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 10 wickets | A Hamer 153; C Gladwin 5-44
|20 |22 Jul 1953Cricket Archive - Worcestershire v Derbyshire 22 Jul 1953 | WorcestershireTipton Road, Dudley |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | DB Carr 111
|21 |25 Jul 1953Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire 25 Jul 1953 | Lancashire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 49 runs | Berry 6-58
|22 |01 Aug 1953Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Warwickshire 01 Aug 1953 | Warwickshire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Gardner 143
|23 |05 Aug 1953Cricket Archive - Sussex v Derbyshire 05 Aug 1953 | Sussex County Ground, Hove |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Suttle 103; Parks 124
|24 |08 Aug 1953Cricket Archive - Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 08 Aug 1953 | Northamptonshire Wellingborough School Ground |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 3 wickets
|25 |12 Aug 1953Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire 12 Aug 1953 | Yorkshire North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 109 runs | Wardle 5-52; Holdsworth 6-58
|26 |15 Aug 1953Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Leicestershire 15 Aug 1953 | Leicestershire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 10 wickets | Walsh 5-64; HL Jackson 5-36
|27 |19 Aug 1953Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Somerset 19 Aug 1953 | SomersetQueen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | Innings and 82 runs | R Carter 7-46
|28 |22 Aug 1953Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Essex 28 Aug 1953 | Essex Park Road Ground, Buxton |Abandoned
|29 |26 Aug 1953Cricket Archive - Hampshire v Derbyshire 26 Aug 1953 | HampshireCounty Ground, Southampton |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 158 runs | C Gladwin 5-40; Knott 5-36
|30 |29 Aug 1953Cricket Archive - Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 29 Aug 1953 | Gloucestershire Ashley Down Ground, Bristol |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | DC Morgan 5-35; Graveney 5-28
Statistics
County Championship batting averages Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s A Hamer 27 44 1486 153 35.38 2 AC Revill 27 41 1250 128 32.05 3 JM Kelly 27 43 1119 78 29.44 0 GL Willatt 26 40 1099 95 27.47 0 CS Elliott 23 35 685 132* 23.62 1 G Lowe 1 1 21 21 21.00 0 DC Morgan 25 37 633 83 20.41 0 DB Carr 27 42 759 111 19.97 1 C Gladwin 27 35 347 27* 16.52 0 R Sale 2 4 66 23 16.50 0 BH Richardson 2 4 58 29 14.50 0 R Carter 3 2 14 13 14.00 0 GO Dawkes 27 38 479 55 12.94 0 A Eato 8 8 75 22* 10.71 0 AEG Rhodes 3 5 48 40 9.60 0 E Smith 17 20 64 23* 6.40 0 DJ Green 3 3 18 8 6.00 0 HL Jackson 22 24 107 18* 5.94 0 Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire
County Championship bowling averages Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average C Gladwin 6162 2212 121 8-50 18.28 HL Jackson 4141 1466 96 5-34 15.27 DC Morgan 3422 1587 64 5-35 24.79 DB Carr 1429 780 23 4-28 33.91 E Smith 2497 921 22 3-15 41.86 A Eato 1054 520 16 4-62 32.50 R Carter 528 199 12 7-46 16.58 A Hamer 1134 530 11 2-18 48.18 AEG Rhodes 366 218 1 1-49 218.00 JM Kelly 18 3 0 AC Revill 66 25 0 BH Richardson 12 7 0 GL Willatt 12 11 0 Bowling for Derbyshire
Wicket Keepers GO Dawkes Catches 46, Stumping 7
See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1953 English cricket season
References