Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1949 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for seventy-eight years. It was their forty-fifth season in the County Championship and they won six matches in the County Championship to finish in fifteenth place.
1949 season
Derbyshire played 26 matches in the County Championship and one against the touring New Zealanders. DA Skinner was captain. Charlie Elliott scored most runs, and Cliff Gladwin took most wickets with 110 in the Championship.
Laurie Johnson, who went on to become a major performer for the county, made his debut in 1949 while fellow West Indian Michael Frederick also made his debut, but only took part in two first class matches. Dick Sale and Tom Hall played in their first of several seasons for the club, as did George Lowe although he appeared intermittently. Joseph Rimmer and Maurice Snape made their only appearances for Derbyshire in two matches in the season, while Kenneth Shearwood appeared once as a stop-gap wicket-keeper.
Matches
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" ! colspan=6 | List of matches |- !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes
|1 |14 May 1949 Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Somerset 14 May 1949 | SomersetCounty Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 10 wickets | AEG Rhodes 5–49;
|2 |21 May 1949 Cricket Archive – Leicestershire v Derbyshire 21 May 1949 | LeicestershireBath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 153 runs | AC Revill 156; Symington 5–45; C Gladwin 5–28; Walsh 5–105
|3 | 25 May 1949 Cricket Archive – Surrey v Derbyshire 25 May 1949 | Surrey Kennington Oval |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |Innings and 182 runs | Squires 210; Bedser 6–25
|4 |28 May 1949 Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Yorkshire 28 May 1949 | Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |114 runs | Coxon 6–36
|5 |01 Jun 1949 Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Sussex 01 Jun 1949 | Sussex Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | John Langridge 234
|6 |04 Jun 1949 Cricket Archive – Warwickshire v Derbyshire 04 Jun 1949 04 Jun 1949 | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 1 wicket | Dollery 100
|7 |08 Jun 1949 Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Leicestershire 08 Jun 1949 | Leicestershire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Berry 149; Prentice 117; HL Jackson 7–51
|8 |11 Jun 1949 Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Worcestershire 11 Jun 1949 | WorcestershireQueen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 100 runs | Howorth 6–57; C Gladwin 8–72
|9 |18 Jun 1949 Cricket Archive – Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 18 Jun 1949 | Gloucestershire Ashley Down Ground, Bristol |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | Innings and 1 run | Goddard 6–46 and 9–61; AEG Rhodes 7–114
|10 |22 Jun 1949 Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Kent 22 Jun 1949 | Kent Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 116 runs | C Gladwin 5–41
|11 |25 Jun 1949 Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Lancashire 25 Jun 1949 | Lancashire Park Road Ground, Buxton |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 110 runs | HL Jackson 6–52; Tattersall 6–39
|12 |29 Jun 1949 Cricket Archive – Essex v Derbyshire 29 Jun 1949 | Essex Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 8 wickets | Pearce 111; C Gladwin 5–36 and 5–52; Price 5–47; W H Copson 5–43
|13 |02 Jul 1949 Cricket Archive – Sussex v Derbyshire 02 Jul 1949 | Sussex Manor Sports Ground, Worthing |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | John Langridge 146 and 146
|14 |06 Jul 1949 Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Hampshire 06 Jul 1949 | Hampshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 10 wickets | Carty 5–43; Shackleton 7–90
|15 |09 Jul 1949 Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v New Zealanders 09 Jul 1949 | New Zealand |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 7 wickets | AC Revill 145; Burke 6–23
|16 |16 Jul 1949 Cricket Archive – Glamorgan v Derbyshire 16 Jul 1949 | Glamorgan Cardiff Arms Park |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 6 wickets | Clift 125; HL Jackson ; Muncer 5–68
|17 |20 Jul 1949 Cricket Archive – Somerset v Derbyshire 20 Jul 1949 | SomersetCounty Ground, Taunton |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | Innings and 146 runs | AEG Rhodes 127; Hazell ; W H Copson 5–34; HL Jackson 6–43
|18 |23 Jul 1949 Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 23 Jul 1949 | Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Keeton 101; AEG Rhodes 126; Butler 5–56
|19 |30 Jul 1949 Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Warwickshire 30 Jul 1949 | Warwickshire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|20 |03 Aug 1949 Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 03 Aug 1949 | Gloucestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 184 runs | C Gladwin 5–53; Cook 5–40; DB Carr ; Graveney 10–66
|21 |06 Aug 1949 Cricket Archive – Lancashire v Derbyshire 06 Aug 1949 | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | R Sale 146; C Gladwin 5–105
|22 |10 Aug 1949 Cricket Archive – Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 10 Aug 1949 | Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | Innings and 80 runs | Jakeman 160; HL Jackson 5–99
|23 |13 Aug 1949 Cricket Archive – Yorkshire v Derbyshire 13 Aug 1949 | YorkshirePark Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 6 wickets | Ted Lester 140; JD Eggar 219; Coxon 5–48
|24 |17 Aug 1949 Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Middlesex 17 Aug 1949 | Middlesex County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | Innings and 95 runs | Sims 5–105
|25 |20 Aug 1949 Cricket Archive – Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 20 Aug 1949 | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | C Gladwin 125; Poole 122; Harvey 7–105
|126 |24 Aug 1949 Cricket Archive – Middlesex v Derbyshire 24 Aug 1949 | Middlesex Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 3 wickets | Young 5–80; Warr 5–36
|27 |27 Aug 1949 Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Essex 27 Aug 1949 | Essex Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | Innings and 149 runs | W H Copson 5–23; C Gladwin 5–28
Statistics
County Championship batting averages Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s JD Eggar 7 14 501 219 41.75 1 MC Frederick 2 3 98 84 32.66 0 AC Revill 22 39 1114 156* 31.82 1 WEG Payton 2 4 93 35* 31.00 0 CS Elliott 26 48 1372 95 29.82 0 C Gladwin 24 41 903 124* 29.12 1 D Smith 21 35 955 89 28.93 0 AEG Rhodes 26 44 1140 127 26.51 2 HL Johnson 11 18 444 77 26.11 0 R Sale 6 12 273 146 22.75 1 DB Carr 8 14 313 72 22.35 0 GO Dawkes 25 39 601 88 19.38 0 FE Marsh 14 24 430 71 18.69 0 DA Skinner 21 33 441 63 13.78 0 A F Townsend 10 20 233 41 12.26 0 G Lowe 1 2 22 22 11.00 0 W H Copson 25 38 207 28 6.67 0 P Vaulkhard 3 4 21 13 5.25 0 HL Jackson 23 37 120 24 4.80 0 T R Armstrong 1 2 4 4* 4.00 0 DC Brooke-Taylor 2 3 11 4 3.66 0 KA Shearwood 1 2 6 4 3.00 0 TA Hall 1 1 0 0 0.00 0 J Rimmer 2 1 0 0* 0 MD Snape 2 3 0 0* 0.00 0 Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1951
County Championship bowling averages Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average C Gladwin 5496 2210 110 8–72 20.09 HL Jackson 4985 2017 98 7–51 20.58 AEG Rhodes 4681 2462 65 7–114 37.87 W H Copson 3650 1686 63 5–23 26.76 DB Carr 404 248 8 6–111 31.00 HL Johnson 498 297 4 3–63 74.25 J Rimmer 261 175 4 2–71 43.75 FE Marsh 732 320 3 1–7 106.66 T R Armstrong 108 34 3 2–15 11.33 DA Skinner 234 182 2 1–41 91.00 TA Hall 90 55 0 D Smith 25 12 0 AC Revill 24 11 0 A F Townsend 24 9 0 CS Elliott 6 0 0 Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1951
Wicket Keepers GO Dawkes Catches 60, Stumping 6 KA Shearwood Catches 0, Stumping 1
See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1949 English cricket season
References