Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1955 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for eighty four years. It was their fifty-first season in the County Championship and they won ten matches and lost ten to finish eighth in the County Championship.

1955 season

Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, one match against the touring South Africans and one match against Scotland. They won ten matches, lost ten matches and drew ten matches. Donald Carr took over the captaincy. Arnold Hamer was top scorer and Cliff Gladwin took most wickets for the club. Derek Hall was the only player to make his first class debut in the Derbyshire team.

Matches

{| class="wikitable" width="100%" ! colspan=6 | List of matches |- !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes |- |1 |7 May 1955Cricket Archive – Middlesex v Derbyshire 7 May 1955 | Middlesex Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn

| JA Young 5-43; HL Jackson 5-27; Moss 6-45

|2 |11 May 1955Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v South Africans 11 May 1955 | South Africans County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn

|3 |14 May 1955Cricket Archive – Essex v Derbyshire 14 May 1955 | Essex Valentine's Park, Ilford |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn

| C Gladwin 5-41; Bailey 5-56

|4 |18 May 1955Cricket Archive – Kent v Derbyshire 18 May 1955 | Kent Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | Innings and 51 runs | DC Morgan 109

|5 |21 May 1955Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Yorkshire 21 May 1955 | Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 139 runs | Appleyard 5-51 and 5-29

|6 |25 May 1955Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Kent 25 May 1955 | Kent County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | Innings and 21 runs | HL Jackson 6-40; Ridgway 5-109

|7 |28 May 1955Cricket Archive – Warwickshire v Derbyshire 28 May 1955 | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn

|8 |1 Jun 1955Cricket Archive – Worcestershire v Derbyshire 1 Jun 1955 | WorcestershireCounty Ground, New Road, Worcester |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 144 runs | Horton 5-123; E Smith 6-45

|9 |4 Jun 1955Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Leicestershire 4 Jun 1955 | Leicestershire Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn

| HL Jackson 5-59.; C Gladwin 5-59

|10 |8 Jun 1955Cricket Archive – Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 8 Jun 1955 | Gloucestershire Ashley Down Ground, Bristol |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn

| Wells 6-52 and 5-30; C Gladwin 5-28; E Smith 5-39

|11 |15 Jun 1955Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Essex 15 Jun 1955 | Essex Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn

| Insole 104; E Smith 6-69; Preston 5-61

|12 |18 Jun 1955Cricket Archive – Glamorgan v Derbyshire 18 Jun 1955 | Glamorgan Cardiff Arms Park |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 132 runs

|13 |25 Jun 1955Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Lancashire 25 Jun 1955 | Lancashire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 129 runs | Hilton 6-59; DB Carr 7-53; Collins 5-30

|14 |29 Jun 1955Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Glamorgan 29 Jun 1955 | Glamorgan County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn

| A Hamer 111; Wooller 5-64; HL Jackson 5-39

|15 |2 Jul 1955Cricket Archive – Lancashire v Derbyshire 2 Jul 1955 | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 8 wickets | Grieves 137; Statham 5-57

|16 |6 Jul 1955Cricket Archive – Hampshire v Derbyshire 6 Jul 1955 | Hampshire County Ground, Southampton |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 26 runs | Sainsbury 5-45; DC Morgan 5-41

|17 |9 Jul 1955Cricket Archive – Leicestershire v Derbyshire 9 Jul 1955 | Leicestershire Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn

| DB Carr 146; V Jackson 100

|18 |13 Jul 1955Cricket Archive – Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 13 Jul 1955 | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 11 runs | A Hamer 227; Dooland 5-95; Smales 7-44

|19 |16 Jul 1955Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Hampshire 16 Jul 1955 | Hampshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 58 runs | E Smith 5-22

|20 |23 Jul 1955Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 23 Jul 1955 | Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn

| Poole 122; Matthews 6-65; Smales 6-91

|21 |27 Jul 1955Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 27 Jul 1955 | Northamptonshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 6 wickets | Barrick 105

|22 |30 Jul 1955Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Warwickshire 30 Jul 1955 | Warwickshire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 164 runs | Hitchcock 110; HJ Rhodes 6-86

|23 |3 Aug 1955Cricket Archive – Scotland v Derbyshire 3 Aug 1955 | Scotland Grange Cricket Club Ground, Raeburn Place, Edinburgh |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 8 wickets | GL Willatt 133; E Smith 5-66 and 9-46; Kerrigan 6-87

|24 |6 Aug 1955Cricket Archive – Yorkshire v Derbyshire 6 Aug 1955 | YorkshirePark Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | Innings and 94 runs | Sutcliffe 133; Close 6-63

|25 |10 Aug 1955Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Sussex 10 Aug 1955 | Sussex County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 49 runs | James 6-56; C Gladwin 6-44; DV Smith 5-58

|26 |13 Aug 1955Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Worcestershire 13 Aug 1955 | Worcestershire Park Road Ground, Buxton |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 7 wickets | C Gladwin 5-36

|27 |20 Aug 1955Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 20 Aug 1955 |Gloucestershire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | Innings and 36 runs | DB Carr 139; C Gladwin 7-16

|28 |24 Aug 1955Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Somerset 24 Aug 1955 | Somerset Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 115 runs | Lobb 5-41; C Gladwin 5-22

|29 |27 Aug 1955Cricket Archive – Sussex v Derbyshire 27 Aug 1955 | Sussex County Ground, Hove |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 94 runs | Oakman 102; Parks 101; E Smith 6-80; Marlar 5-58 and 7-98

|30 |31 Aug 1955Cricket Archive – Surrey v Derbyshire 31 Aug 1955 | Surrey Kennington Oval |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 8 wickets | Lock 5-37; Surridge 6-56

Statistics

County Championship batting averages Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s A Hamer 28 49 1509 227 31.43 2 DB Carr 28 48 1438 146 31.26 2 GL Willatt 5 9228 68 25.33 0 AC Revill 28 49 1146 79 24.91 0 JM Kelly 28 49 974 72 20.29 0 GO Dawkes 28 46806 86 20.15 0 DJ Green 6 11 185 4918.50 0 DC Morgan 26 43681 109* 17.92 1 HL Johnson 25 42 654 52 15.95 0 G Wyatt 4 7 63 31* 15.75 0 C Gladwin 27 39 435 67 15.00 0 E Smith 28 39 350 57 12.50 0 C Lee 16 27303 63 11.65 0 HJ Rhodes 4 7 47 34 11.75 0 HL Jackson 15 16 123 20* 11.18 0 R Carter 3 6 35 10 7.00 0 D Hall 7 14 29 6* 4.14 0 A Eato 2 2 6 6 3.00 0Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1955

Leading first-class batsmen for Derbyshire by runs scored Name Mat Inns Runs HS Ave 100 A Hamer 30 53 1669 227 31.49 2 DB Carr 30 51 1462 146 28.67 2 AC Revill 30 52 1175 79 22.59 JM Kelly 30 53 1110 72 20.94 0 GO Dawkes 30 48 833 86 17.35 0

County Championship bowling averages Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average C Gladwin 6451 2155 139 7-16 15.50 E Smith 4850 1734 91 6-45 19.05 HL Jackson 2671 877 61 6-40 14.37 DC Morgan 3776 1727 58 5-41 29.77 DB Carr 1780 862 40 7-53 21.55 D Hall 1141580 23 4-57 25.21 AC Revill 766 358 12 2-11 29.83 HJ Rhodes 631322 9 6-86 35.77 A Eato 258 156 4 2-20 39.00 R Carter 13279 3 2-24 26.33 HL Johnson 79 52 3 3-30 17.33 JM Kelly 66 25 1 1-21 25.00 A Hamer 132 66 0 C Lee 7829 0 GO Dawkes 69 0 Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1955

Leading first class bowlers for Derbyshire by wickets taken Name Balls Runs Wkts BBI Ave C Gladwin 6610 2181 142 7-16 15.36 E Smith 5270 1854 105 9-46 17.66 HL Jackson 2815 914 64 6-40 14.28 DC Morgan 3926 1774 61 5-41 29.08 DB Carr 1997 974 43 7-53 22.65

Wicket Keeping George Dawkes Catches 52, Stumping 14

See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1955 English cricket season

References