Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1954 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for eighty-four years. It was their fiftieth season in the County Championship and they won eleven matches in the County Championship to finish in third place.
1954 season
Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, one match against Scotland, and one against the touring Pakistanis. In a successful season, they won twelve first class matches altogether. Guy Willatt was in his fourth season as captain. Arnold Hamer was top scorer and Cliff Gladwin took most wickets.
Two players made their debut in the season. Gerald Wyatt played one game and then appeared intermittently over the next few years. Charles Lee went on to score over 12,000 runs and became captain ten years later.
Matches
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" ! colspan=6 | List of matches |- !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes
|1 |8 May 1954Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Leicestershire 8 May 1954 | Leicestershire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 7 wickets | Tompkin 112; Spencer 6-64; HL Jackson 6-43
|2 |12 May 1954Cricket Archive – Kent v Derbyshire 12 May 1954 | Kent Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 81 runs | Wright 7/62; GL Willatt 103; Evans 109; E Smith 6-60; C Gladwin 5-22
|3 |15 May 1954Cricket Archive – Essex v Derbyshire 15 May 1954 | Essex Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 5 wickets | Horsfall 117; A Hamer 104; C Gladwin 5-79
|4 |19 May 1954Cricket Archive – Hampshire v Derbyshire 19 May 1954 | Hampshire County Ground, Southampton |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 4 wickets | Dare 5-49; E Smith 5-44
|5 |22 May 1954Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Essex 22 May 1954 | Essex Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 6 wickets | C Gladwin 8-50
|6 |29 May 1954Cricket Archive – Lancashire v Derbyshire 29 May 1954 | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Hilton 7-51
|7 |2 Jun 1954Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Scotland 2 Jun 1954 | Scotland Park Road Ground, Buxton |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 5 wickets | Cosh 99; Youngson 6-84;
|8 |5 Jun 1954Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Warwickshire 5 Jun 1954 | Warwickshire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Bannister 5-99
|9 |12 Jun 1954Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Yorkshire 12 Jun 1954 | Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Lester 121; Appleyard 6-71; E Smith 5-37
|10 |16 Jun 1954Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Surrey 16 Jun 1954 | Surrey County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 10 wickets | C Gladwin 6-75; Bedser 5-22
|11 |19 Jun 1954Cricket Archive – Glamorgan v Derbyshire 19 Jun 1954 | Glamorgan Cardiff Arms Park |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 5 runs | Hedges 103; Jones 104; Shepherd 5-45; HL Jackson 6-24; C Gladwin 8-114
|12 |26 Jun 1954Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Lancashire 26 Jun 1954 | Lancashire Park Road Ground, Buxton |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 169 runs | HL Jackson 6-33
|13 |30 Jun 1954Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Kent 30 Jun 1954 | Kent Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 7 wickets | HL Jackson 6-40
|14 |3 Jul 1954Cricket Archive – Sussex v Derbyshire 3 Jul 1954 | Sussex Cricket Field Road Ground, Horsham |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 76 runs | James 5-31; HL Jackson 5-30
|15 |7 Jul 1954 Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Pakistan 7 Jul 1954 | Pakistan County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | AC Revill 101; Ahmed 5-53; DC Morgan 5-57
|16 |10 Jul 1954Cricket Archive – Somerset v Derbyshire 10 Jul 1954 | Somerset Johnson Park, Yeovil |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 10 wickets | Tremlett 5-31; HL Jackson 5-17
|17 |14 Jul 1954Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Hampshire 14 Jul 1954 | Hampshire Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Harrison 114; JM Kelly 116; GO Dawkes 143; HL Jackson 7-64; Cannings 7-132
|18 |17 Jul 1954Cricket Archive – Worcestershire v Derbyshire 17 Jul 1954 | WorcestershireCounty Ground, New Road, Worcester |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 4 wickets
|19 |21 Jul 1954Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Sussex 21 Jul 1954 | Sussex County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | A Hamer 118; GL Willatt 101
|20 |24 Jul 1954Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 24 Jul 1954 | Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | C Gladwin 6-114
|21 |28 Jul 1954Cricket Archive – Yorkshire v Derbyshire 28 Jul 1954 | Yorkshire Headingley, Leeds |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 6 wickets | A Hamer 147; Trueman 6-109; DC Morgan 5-23 and 5-55
|22 |31 Jul 1954Cricket Archive – Warwickshire v Derbyshire 31 Jul 1954 | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | HL Jackson 5-28
|23 |4 Aug 1954Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 4 Aug 1954 | Gloucestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 60 runs | Graveney 222; McHugh 5-82; E Smith 5-42
|24 |7 Aug 1954Cricket Archive – Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 7 Aug 1954 | Northamptonshire Wellingborough School Ground |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|25 |11 Aug 1954Cricket Archive – Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 11 Aug 1954 | Gloucestershire College Ground, Cheltenham |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | Innings and 52 runs | C Gladwin 5-24
|26 |14 Aug 1954Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Worcestershire 14 Aug 1954 | Worcestershire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 9 wickets | Flavell 5-53
|27 |18 Aug 1954Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Middlesex 18 Aug 1954 | Middlesex Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|28 |21 Aug 1954Cricket Archive – Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 21 Aug 1954 | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|29 |25 Aug 1954Cricket Archive – Leicestershire v Derbyshire 25 Aug 1954 | Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Walsh 5-65
|30 |28 Aug 1954Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Glamorgan 28 Aug 1954 | Glamorgan Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 10 wickets | Wooller 5-45; Watkins 7-28
Statistics
County Championship batting averages Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s A Hamer 28 46 1445 147* 34.40 3 GL Willatt 28 43 1115 103 27.87 2 C Lee 3 5 108 61 27.00 0 JM Kelly 28 46 1086 116 24.68 1 AEG Rhodes 3 3 72 46 24.00 0 AC Revill 28 43 971 90 22.58 0 DB Carr 28 44 832 86 22.48 0 GO Dawkes 28 41 788 143 21.88 1 DC Morgan 25 34 630 75 20.32 0 C Gladwin 28 35 368 40 16.00 0 JD Eggar 2 2 25 21 12.50 0 A Eato 5 7 55 23* 11.00 0 DJ Green 6 8 66 25 9.42 0 R Sale 2 3 27 16 9.00 0 HL Jackson 28 29 151 26* 7.94 0 E Smith 28 31 155 22 7.75 0 G Wyatt 1 2 6 3* 6.00 0 R Carter 9 12 49 12 4.90 0Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1954
County Championship bowling averages Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average C Gladwin 6318 2175 131 8-50 16.60 HL Jackson 5448 1786 120 7-64 14.88 E Smith 3277 1294 64 6-60 20.21 DC Morgan 3250 1191 56 5-23 21.26 A Eato 474 158 12 4-18 13.16 A Hamer 400 211 10 3-27 21.10 R Carter 552 282 9 2-27 31.33 DB Carr 445 2393 1-17 79.66 GL Willatt 37 36 1 1-2 36.00 AC Revill 114 56 0 JM Kelly 60 36 0 DJ Green 12 1 0 JD Eggar 12 4 0Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1954
Wicket Keepers George Dawkes Catches 51, Stumping 9
See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1954 English cricket season
References