Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1948 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for seventy-seven years. It was their forty-fourth season in the County Championship and they won eleven matches to finish sixth in the County Championship.
1948 season
Derbyshire played 26 matches in the County Championship and one against the touring Australians. They lost to the Australians and in the County Championship won eleven matches and lost six to finish sixth.
Edward Gothard was in his second season as captain and took the wicket of Sir Donald Bradman at Derby. Under his leadership, the club maintained the form of the previous season. Charlie Elliott was top scorer but George Pope who played fewer matches was a close second and achieved the best batting average. C Gladwin took most wickets and again in a powerful all-rounder performance Pope came close second, although the Australians declared that only two bowlers in England moved the ball away from the bat as much as Les JacksonW.T. Taylor History of Derbyshire cricket Wisden 1953
There were no debut appearances for Derbyshire in 1948.
Matches
List of matchesNo.DateVResult MarginNotes18 May 1948Cricket Archive – Somerset v Derbyshire 8 May 1948 SomersetWon 4 wickets 2 15 May 1948Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Warwickshire 15 May 1948 Warwickshire Lost 7 wickets 319 May 1948Cricket Archive – Hampshire v Derbyshire 19 May 1948 HampshireDrawn 4 22 May 1948Cricket Archive – Kent v Derbyshire 22 May 1948 Kent Won 168 runs 5 26 May 1948Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 26 May 1948 Northamptonshire Won Innings and 47 runs 629 May 1948Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Glamorgan County 29 May 1948 Glamorgan Won 301 runs 72 Jun 1948Cricket Archive – Middlesex v Derbyshire 2 Jun 1948 Middlesex Drawn 8 5 Jun 1948Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Somerset 5 Jun 1948 SomersetWon 11 runs 912 Jun 1948Cricket Archive – Leicestershire v Derbyshire 12 Jun 1948 LeicestershireWon 141 runs 1019 Jun 1948Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Lancashire 19 Jun 1948 Lancashire Drawn11 26 Jun 1948Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Yorkshire 26 Jun 1948 Yorkshire Drawn 1230 Jun 1948Cricket Archive – Sussex v Derbyshire 30 Jun 1948 Sussex Lost 21 runs 13 3 Jul 1948Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Middlesex 3 Jul 1948 Middlesex Lost 170 runs 14 7 Jul 1948Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 7 Jul 1948 Gloucestershire Won 2 wickets 15 10 Jul 1948Cricket Archive – Worcestershire v Derbyshire 10 Jul 1948 Worcestershire Drawn 16 14 Jul 1948Cricket Archive – Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 14 Jul 1948 Gloucestershire Won 87 runs17 17 Jul 1948Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Sussex 17 Jul 1948 Sussex Won 10 wickets 1821 Jul 1948Cricket Archive – Essex v Derbyshire 21 Jul 1948 Essex Lost Innings and 44 runs 19 24 Jul 1948Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 24 Jul 1948 Nottinghamshire Won Innings and 33 runs 20 28 Jul 1948Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Australians 28 Jul 1948 AustraliansLost Innings and 34 runs 21 31 Jul 1948Cricket Archive – Warwickshire v Derbyshire 31 Jul 1948 Warwickshire Drawn224 Aug 1948Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Surrey 4 Aug 1948 Surrey Lost 167 runs 237 Aug 1948Cricket Archive – Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 7 Aug 1948 Nottinghamshire Lost Innings and 45 runs 2411 Aug 1948Cricket Archive – Yorkshire v Derbyshire 11 Aug 1948 Yorkshire Drawn 25 14 Aug 1948Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Leicestershire 14 Aug 1948 Leicestershire Won 153 runs 26 18 Aug 1948Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Essex 18 Aug 1948 Essex Drawn 27 21 Aug 1948Cricket Archive – Lancashire v Derbyshire 21 Aug 1948 Lancashire Drawn
Statistics
County Championship batting averages Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s G H Pope 21 33 1152 207* 38.40 3 CS Elliott 26 43 1277 91 32.74 0 A E Alderman 7 11 320 124 29.09 2 D Smith 23 36 977 107 27.13 1 A F Townsend 19 32 690 102* 23.79 1 FE Marsh 13 19 352 63 23.46 0 AC Revill 26 38 840 68 22.70 0 AEG Rhodes 26 39 732 105* 21.52 1 GO Dawkes 26 39 770 95 20.81 0 C Gladwin 24 34 475 54* 19.79 0 P Vaulkhard 7 12 178 58 16.18 0 DC Brooke-Taylor 10 17 209 42 12.29 0 EJ Gothard 23 32 282 50 11.28 0 W H Copson 9 9 82 19 10.25 0 JD Eggar 6 8 62 28 7.75 0 DB Carr 4 4 27 19 6.75 0 HL Jackson 16 22 35 7 2.69 0Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1948
County Championship bowling averages Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average C Gladwin 5423 1953 124 8–56 15.75 G H Pope 4189 1724 100 8–38 17.24 AEG Rhodes 3646 1889 66 6–58 28.62 HL Jackson 3153 1540 61 6–70 25.24 W H Copson 1401 551 28 7–103 19.67 EJ Gothard 596 378 9 2–24 42.00 D Smith 184 93 5 5–37 18.60 AC Revill 316 202 4 3–27 50.50 CS Elliott 42 16 1 1–4 16.00 FE Marsh 162 102 0 DB Carr 132 99 0 Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1948
Wicket Keepers George Dawkes Catches 61, Stumping 4
See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1948 English cricket season
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