Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1960 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for eighty nine years. It was their fifty-sixth season in the County Championship and they won ten matches and lost ten to finish eighth in the County Championship.
1960 season
Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, one match against the touring South Africans, one match against Oxford University, and an extra match against Northamptonshire. They won ten matches, lost ten matches and drew eleven matches. Donald Carr was in his sixth year as captain. Laurie Johnson was top scorer and Les Jackson took most wickets for the club.
David Millner was the only player to make his first class debut in the Derbyshire team.
Matches
List of matchesNo.DateVResult MarginNotes130 April 1960Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 30 Apr 1960 Northamptonshire Lost 5 wickets 27 May 1960Cricket Archive Derbyshire v South Africans 7 May 1960 South Africans Lost Innings and 24 runs 311 May 1960Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Middlesex 11 May 1960 Middlesex Drawn 414 May 1960Cricket Archive -Somerset v Derbyshire 14 May 1960 SomersetWon Innings and 68 runs 518 May 1960Cricket Archive -Glamorgan v Derbyshire 18 May 1960 Glamorgan Lost 119 runs 621 May 1960Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Warwickshire 21 May 1960 Warwickshire Won Innings and 109 runs 725 May 1960Cricket Archive Oxford University v Derbyshire 25 May 1960 Oxford University Lost 82 runs 828 May 1960Cricket Archive -Warwickshire v Derbyshire 28 May 1960 Warwickshire Lost 13 runs 91 June 1960Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 1 Jun 1960 Gloucestershire Lost Innings and 51 runs 104 June 1960Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 4 Jun 1960 Northamptonshire Drawn 118 June 1960Cricket Archive -Yorkshire v Derbyshire 8 Jun 1960 YorkshireLost 241 runs 1211 June 1960Cricket Archive -Sussex v Derbyshire 11 Jun 1960 Sussex Drawn 1315 June 1960Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Lancashire 15 Jun 1960 Lancashire Lost 222 runs 1418 June 1960Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Worcestershire 18 Jun 1960 WorcestershireWon 8 wickets1525 June 1960Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Yorkshire 25 Jun 1960 Yorkshire Lost 58 runs 1629 June 1960Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Essex 29 Jun 1960 Essex Drawn 172 July 1960Cricket Archive -Leicestershire v Derbyshire 2 Jul 1960 LeicestershireDrawn 189 July 1960Cricket Archive -Hampshire v Derbyshire 9 Jul 1960 Hampshire Drawn 1913 July 1960Cricket Archive -Lancashire v Derbyshire 13 Jul 1960 Lancashire Won 60 runs 2016 July 1960Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Leicestershire 16 Jul 1960 LeicestershireWon Innings and 41 runs 2120 July 1960Cricket Archive -Surrey v Derbyshire 20 Jul 1960 Surrey Drawn 2223 July 1960Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 23 Jul 1960 Nottinghamshire Won 116 runs 2327 July 1960Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Somerset 27 Jul 1960 SomersetDrawn 2430 July 1960Cricket Archive -Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 30 Jul 1960 Northamptonshire Lost 253 August 1960Cricket Archive -Kent v Derbyshire 3 Aug 1960 Kent Lost 190 runs 266 August 1960Cricket Archive -Essex v Derbyshire 6 Aug 1960 Essex Won 46 runs 2713 August 1960Cricket Archive -Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 13 Aug 1960 Nottinghamshire Won 9 wickets 2817 August 1960Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Hampshire 17 Aug 1960 Hampshire Won 6 wickets 2920 August 1960Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Glamorgan 20 Aug 1960 Glamorgan Drawn 3024 August 1960Cricket Archive -Worcestershire v Derbyshire 24 Aug 1960 Worcestershire Drawn 3127 August 1960Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Sussex 27 Aug 1960 Sussex Drawn
Statistics
County Championship batting averages Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s HL Johnson 28 50 1719 140 39.06 4 DB Carr 22 38 1111 162* 30.02 2 C Lee 26 44 1194 126 27.76 2 IW Hall 26 46 1090 65 24.77 0 R Swallow 9 17 412 68 24.23 0 GO Dawkes 28 47 860 68* 21.50 0 A Hamer 7 12 248 71 20.66 0 JM Kelly 1 2 41 28 20.50 0 DC Morgan 24 40 573 75 16.85 0 E Smith 9 14 180 52 15.00 0 JD Short 6 10 146 86 14.60 0 DJ Green 5 8 109 37 13.62 0 IR Buxton 10 16 176 49* 12.57 0 TJP Eyre 12 18 199 56 12.43 0 D Millner 7 13 150 63 11.53 0 GW Richardson 11 20 193 51 11.35 0 WF Oates 7 10 97 22 9.70 0 R Berry 25 33 186 40 9.30 0 HJ Rhodes 18 22 134 25* 7.88 0 HL Jackson 27 32 147 27 7.00 0 Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1960
G Wyatt kept wicket against Oxford University
Leading first-class batsmen for Derbyshire by runs scored Name Mat Inns Runs HS Ave 100 HL Johnson 31 56 1872 140 33.42 4 C Lee 31 50 1304 126 26.08 2 DB Carr 25 44 1187 162* 26.97 2 IW Hall 28 50 1177 65 23.54 0 GO Dawkes 30 51 964 68* 18.90 0
County Championship bowling averages Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average HL Jackson 5885 1965 146 8-44 13.45 DC Morgan 3477 1278 66 7-38 19.36 HJ Rhodes 3272 1166 63 5-18 18.50 R Berry 3751 1343 49 6-100 27.40 TJP Eyre 1415 671 35 4-14 19.17 GW Richardson 1554 699 32 6-46 21.84 E Smith 1435 614 18 5-126 34.11 DB Carr 723 324 11 3-32 29.45 IR Buxton 701 249 8 2-9 31.12 C Lee 264 106 4 2-25 26.50 WF Oates 48 27 0 HL Johnson 24 26 0 JD Short 18 11 0 GO Dawkes 6 5 0 Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1960
Leading first class bowlers for Derbyshire by wickets taken Name Balls Runs Wkts BBI Ave HL Jackson 6113 2034 150 8-44 13.56 HJ Rhodes 3832 1349 78 5-18 17.29 DC Morgan 3477 1278 66 7-38 19.36 R Berry 4441 1557 60 6-100 25.95 TJP Eyre 1415 671 35 4-14 19.17
Wicket Keeping George Dawkes Catches 69, Stumping 4 G Wyatt Catches 2
See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1960 English cricket season
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