Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1956 represents cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for eighty five years. It was their fifty-second season in the County Championship and they won seven matches and lost seven to finish twelfth in the County Championship.
1956 season
Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, and one match against Oxford University, and one against the touring Australians. They won seven matches altogether, but a large number of matches were drawn. Donald Carr was in his third season as captain. Charles Lee was top scorer and Les Jackson took most wickets with 114.
The club retained a virtually unchanged squad with only one newcomer – Gordon Beet who had played in the second XI in the previous year and made occasional first class appearances subsequently.
Matches
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" ! colspan=6 | List of matches |- !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes
|1 |5 May 1956 Cricket Archive Surrey v Derbyshire 5 May 1956 | Surrey Kennington Oval |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | C Gladwin 5–43 and 8–64
|2 |16 May 1956 Cricket Archive Middlesex v Derbyshire 16 May 1956 |Middlesex Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won |88 runs | JM Kelly 131; HL Jackson 5–68 and 7–48
|3 |19 May 1956 Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Warwickshire 19 May 1956 | Warwickshire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|4 |23 May 1956 Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Middlesex 23 May 1956 |Middlesex Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |Innings and 41 runs | Edrich 208; Moss 6–71 and 5–53
|5 |26 May 1956 Cricket Archive Somerset v Derbyshire 26 May 1956 | Somerset Johnson Park, Yeovil |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |6 wickets | McMahon 5–45; McCool 5–43
|6 |30 May 1956 Cricket Archive Kent v Derbyshire 30 May 1956 | Kent Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won |7 wickets | HL Jackson 6–54
|7 |2 Jun 1956 Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Yorkshire 2 Jun 1956 | Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won |6 runs | Appleyard 6–37 and 6–69; HL Jackson 5–26; HJ Rhodes 5–52
|8 |6 Jun 1956 Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Lancashire 6 Jun 1956 | Lancashire Park Road Ground, Buxton |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Pullar 104; Tattersall 6–57
|9 |9 Jun 1956 Cricket Archive Glamorgan v Derbyshire 9 Jun 1956 | Glamorgan St Helen's, Swansea |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won |8 wickets | A Hamer 120; E Smith 7–58; Shepherd 7–111
|10 |13 Jun 1956 Cricket Archive Oxford University v Derbyshire 13 Jun 1956 |Oxford University The University Parks, Oxford |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Kentish 5–49
|11 |16 Jun 1956 Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Glamorgan 16 Jun 1956 | Glamorgan Queen's Park, Chesterfield |Abandoned
|12 |23 Jun 1956 Cricket Archive Yorkshire v Derbyshire 23 Jun 1956 | Yorkshire Headingley, Leeds |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | JM Kelly 104; HL Jackson 7–55
|13 |27 Jun 1956 Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 27 Jun 1956 | Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|14 |30 Jun 1956 Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Leicestershire 30 Jun 1956 | Leicestershire Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won |Innings and 26 runs | C Lee 116
|15 |4 Jul 1956 Cricket Archive Lancashire v Derbyshire 4 Jul 1956 | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Greenhough 6–64; C Gladwin 5–25
|16 |7 Jul 1956 Cricket Archive Leicestershire v Derbyshire 7 Jul 1956 | LeicestershireBath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won |145 runs | DB Carr 123; Palmer 104; HL Jackson 7–41
|17 |11 Jul 1956 Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Sussex 11 Jul 1956 | Sussex County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | HL Jackson 6–87
|18 |14 Jul 1956 Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Hampshire 14 Jul 1956 | Hampshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|19 |18 Jul 1956 Cricket Archive Essex v Derbyshire 18 Jul 1956 | Essex Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | HL Jackson 5–69
|20 |21 Jul 1956 Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Somerset 21 Jul 1956 | SomersetCounty Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won |111 runs | A Hamer 104; C Gladwin 7–57; E Smith 6–52
|21 |25 Jul 1956 Cricket Archive Worcestershire v Derbyshire 25 Jul 1956 | Worcestershire Tipton Road, Dudley |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |10 wickets | Kenyon 147; Jenkins 5–62 and 6–50
|22 |28 Jul 1956 Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 28 Jul 1956 | Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | A Hamer 119; Jepson 6–42
|23 |1 Aug 1956 Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Worcestershire 1 Aug 1956 | WorcestershireQueen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | 8 overs played
|24 |4 Aug 1956 Cricket Archive Warwickshire v Derbyshire 4 Aug 1956 | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |133 runs | Hollies 7–40
|25 |8 Aug 1956 Cricket Archive Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 8 Aug 1956 | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |4 wickets | Goonesena 5–52 and 6–49; DC Morgan 5–50
|26 |11 Aug 1956 Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Australians 11 Aug 1956 |Australians County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |57 runs | Lindwall 7–40; Miller 5–29
|27 |15 Aug 1956 Cricket ArchiveNorthamptonshire v Derbyshire 15 Aug 1956 | Northamptonshire Wellingborough School Ground |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Tyson 7–46
|28 |18 Aug 1956 Cricket Archive Sussex v Derbyshire 18 Aug 1956 | Sussex The Saffrons, Eastbourne |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |6 wickets | C Gladwin 6–74; Oakman 6–36
|29 |22 Aug 1956 Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Surrey 22 Aug 1956 | Surrey County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Stewart 100; Loader 6–70
|30 |25 Aug 1956 County Cricket ArchiveDerbyshire v Gloucestershire 25 Aug 1956 | Gloucestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | C Gladwin 5–42
Statistics
County Championship batting averages Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100sC Lee 27 47 1407 116 32.72 1 A Hamer 25 43 1271 120 31.77 3 GO Dawkes 27 40 857 81 26.78 0 JM Kelly 25 40 1016 131 27.45 2 DB Carr 23 36 887 123 26.08 1 AC Revill 21 37 740 72 23.12 0 HL Johnson 25 36 685 83 20.75 0 DC Morgan 23 31 469 51 19.54 0 GL Willatt 4 6 97 49 19.40 0 C Gladwin 27 32 303 31 12.62 0 E Smith 27 37 330 41 11.37 0 HJ Rhodes 3 5 47 19 9.40 0 DJ Green 2 4 27 11 6.75 0 HL Jackson 27 29 106 23* 5.04 0 GA Beet 2 1 4 4 4.00 0 JB Furniss 2 3 7 6 2.33 0 D Hall 7 8 3 3* 0.75 0Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1956
County Championship bowling averages Name Balls Runs Wickets BB AverageHL Jackson 5188 2000 114 7–41 17.54 C Gladwin 5299 1941 101 8–64 19.21 E Smith 3431 1475 54 7–58 27.31 DC Morgan 2556 1030 35 5–50 29.42 DB Carr 1243 681 21 3–28 32.42 HJ Rhodes 449 165 10 5–52 16.50 D Hall 680 323 8 3–61 40.37 JB Furniss 162 102 4 3–52 25.50 A Hamer 222 80 1 1–5 80.00 GA Beet 96 58 1 1–58 58.00 GL Willatt 6 5 0 HL Johnson 6 4 0 JM Kelly 18 9 0 C Lee 12 4 0 AC Revill 48 47 0 GO Dawkes 10 6 0Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1956
Wicket Keepers GO Dawkes Catches 41, Stumping 6
See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1956 English cricket season
References