Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1958 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing eighty-seven years. It was their fifty-fourth season in the County Championship and they won nine matches in the County Championship to finish fifth.
1958 season Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, one match against Oxford University, and one against the touring New Zealanders. They won ten matches altogether, and ended fifth in the County Championship. Donald Carr was in his fourth season as captain. Charles Lee was top scorer. Les Jackson took most wickets for Derbyshire and topped the national bowler list with 143 wickets. His bowling average of 10.99 has not been exceeded since. Hampshire's score of 23 in the match at the Ind Coope ground remains the record for lowest runs in a match against Derbyshire
The only new player was Jim Brailsford who made his three first-class career appearances for Derbyshire during the season.
Matches
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" ! colspan=6 | List of matches |- !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes
|1 | 10 May 1958Cricket Archive - Oxford University v Derbyshire 10 May 1958 | |Oxford University The University Parks, Oxford |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 134 runs | HL Jackson 7-18; E Smith 6-70
|2 | 14 May 1958Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Glamorgan 14 May 1958 | Glamorgan County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Watkins 5-19; HJ Rhodes 5-35; McConnon 6-20
|3 | 17 May 1958Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Leicestershire 17 May 1958 | Leicestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 5 wickets | DC Morgan 6-36; Boshier 6-39
|4 | 24 May 1958Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Warwickshire 24 May 1958 | Warwickshire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Gardner 122; HL Jackson 6-74
|5 | 28 May 1958Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 28 May 1958 | Gloucestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | C Lee 150; HL Jackson 5-37
|6 | 31 May 1958Cricket Archive - Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 31 May 1958 | Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 48 runs | Manning 5-41
|7 | 04 Jun 1958Cricket Archive - Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 04 Jun 1958 | Gloucestershire Ashley Down Ground, Bristol |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 158 runs | Young 141; C Gladwin 7-28; Cook 7-19; DC Morgan 5-52; Mortimore 7-26
|8 | 07 Jun 1958Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Essex 07 Jun 1958 | Essex Park Road Ground, Buxton |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Preston 5-36
|9 | 11 Jun 1958Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v New Zealanders 11 Jun 1958 | New Zealand cricket team in England in 1958 County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|10 | 14 Jun 1958Cricket Archive - Worcestershire v Derbyshire 14 Jun 1958 | Worcestershire Chester Road North Ground, Kidderminster |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 9 wickets | Outschoorn 113; HL Jackson 5-53; Flavell 7-43
|11 | 21 Jun 1958Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Surrey 21 Jun 1958 | Surrey Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Laker 5-64
|12 | 25 Jun 1958Cricket Archive - Sussex v Derbyshire 25 Jun 1958 | Sussex Central Recreation Ground, Hastings |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | HL Jackson 5-28
|13 | 28 Jun 1958Cricket Archive - Glamorgan v Derbyshire 28 Jun 1958 | Glamorgan St Helen's, Swansea |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 5 wickets | C Gladwin 5-64
|14 | 02 Jul 1958Cricket Archive - Somerset v Derbyshire 02 Jul 1958 | Somerset Recreation Ground, Bath |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 4 runs | Tremlett 118; C Gladwin 7-59
|15 | 05 Jul 1958Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire 05 Jul 1958 | Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | DC Morgan 5-66
|16 |09 Jul 1958Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire 09 Jul 1958 | Lancashire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 6 wickets | Statham 5-21
|17 |12 Jul 1958Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire 12 Jul 1958 | Leicestershire Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | Innings and 42 runs | HL Jackson 7-30 and 5-37
|18 |16 Jul 1958Cricket Archive - Essex v Derbyshire 16 Jul 1958 | Essex Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 2 wickets | HL Jackson 7-34; Bailey 8-29
|19 |19 Jul 1958Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 19 Jul 1958 | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | Innings and 88 runs | C Lee 147; HJ Rhodes 5-50; C Gladwin 5-35
|20 |26 Jul 1958Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 26 Jul 1958 | Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | Innings and 2 runs | C Gladwin 6-34 and 5-49; DC Morgan 5-10
|21 |30 Jul 1958Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Middlesex 30 Jul 1958 | Middlesex Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Bennett 6-79
|22 |02 Aug 1958Cricket Archive - Warwickshire v Derbyshire 02 Aug 1958 | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 7 wickets | C Gladwin 5-15
|23 |06 Aug 1958Cricket Archive - Kent v Derbyshire 06 Aug 1958 | Kent St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | Innings and 8 runs | Leary 101; Sayer 5-28; HL Jackson 6-58
|24 |09 Aug 1958Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Sussex 09 Aug 1958 | Sussex County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | HL Jackson 6-61; Thomson 5-70
|25 |13 Aug 1958Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Hampshire 13 Aug 1958 | Hampshire Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 103 runs | Heath 6-25 and 7-52; HL Jackson 5-10
|26 |16 Aug 1958Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire 16 Aug 1958 | Yorkshire Headingley, Leeds |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 86 runs | E Smith 5-38; HL Jackson 7-53; Illingworth 5-51
|27 |20 Aug 1958Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Worcestershire 20 Aug 1958 | WorcestershireQueen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | DB Carr 5-48
|28 |23 Aug 1958Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Kent 23 Aug 1958 | Kent County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 132 runs | HL Jackson 5-33; C Gladwin 5-31
|29 |27 Aug 1958Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire 27 Aug 1958 | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 6 wickets | HL Jackson 5-32; Statham 5-31
|30 |30 Aug 1958Cricket Archive - Hampshire v Derbyshire 30 Aug 1958 | Hampshire Dean Park, Bournemouth |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 5 wickets | HL Jackson 6-51 and 5-14
Statistics
County Championship batting averages Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s C Lee 27 45 1307 150 29.04 2 A Hamer 27 46 1248 86 27.73 0 DC Morgan 28 47 1070 99 24.88 0 DB Carr 28 47 943 71 23.57 0 DJ Green 9 17 335 69* 20.93 0 HL Johnson 28 46 658 49 18.27 0 GO Dawkes 28 40 550 79 15.27 0 JM Kelly 22 35 495 63 14.14 0 E Smith 28 35 302 32* 10.41 0 C Gladwin 24 28 162 22 10.12 0 KF Mohan 6 11 97 49 9.70 0 FC Brailsford 3 5 41 14 8.20 0 G Wyatt 4 7 56 31 8.00 0 HJ Rhodes 23 30 195 48 7.50 0 HL Jackson 22 22 71 16 5.91 0 GA Beet 1 1 0 0* 0 0 Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1958
County Championship bowling averages Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average HL Jackson 4328 1311 126 7-30 10.40 C Gladwin 4690 1720 110 7-28 15.63 HJ Rhodes 3172 1259 67 5-35 18.79 DC Morgan 3377 1180 64 6-36 18.43 E Smith 3483 1402 46 5-38 30.47 DB Carr 875 466 20 5-48 23.30 A Hamer 30 16 2 2-13 8.00 FC Brailsford 12 2 1 1-2 2.00 C Lee 80 45 1 1-22 45.00 HL Johnson 55 38 0 JM Kelly 18 9 0 KF Mohan 12 9 0 DJ Green 6 0 0 G Wyatt 6 2 0 Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1958
Wicket Keepers GO Dawkes Catches 60, Stumpings 4
See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1958 English cricket season
References