Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1950 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for seventy-nine years. It was their forty-sixth season in the County Championship and they won eight matches in the County Championship to finish in fifth place.
1950 season
Derbyshire played 28 matches in the County Championship, one against Oxford University and one against the touring West Indies. Pat Vaulkhard was captain. Alan Revill scored most runs, and Dusty Rhodes took most wickets with 125.
Guy Willatt joined Derbyshire as designated captain but was hampered by injury and did not fill the role until the following season. Derek Morgan who also joined was another future captain and played until 1969. A third key played making his debut was Arnold Hamer who scored over 15,000 runs over ten years. John Kelly joined Derbyshire from Lancashire and played for ten years and Alwyn Eato a former footballer played for five years. Bertram Richardson played for four years, and Mike Stevenson who was at Cambridge University played occasional games in two seasons.
Matches
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" ! colspan=6 | List of matches |- !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes
|1 | 10 May 1950Cricket Archive - Surrey v Derbyshire 10 May 1950 | SurreyKennington Oval |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 4 wickets | HL Jackson 5-41; Laker 5-57
|2 |13 May 1950Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 13 May 1950 | Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 6 wickets | AC Revill 108
|3 | 20 May 1950Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Somerset 20 May 1950 | SomersetQueen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Hazell 6-76; AEG Rhodes 5-14
|4 | 24 May 1950Cricket Archive - Middlesex v Derbyshire 24 May 1950 | Middlesex Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|5 | 27 May 1950Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Warwickshire 27 May 1950 | Warwickshire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Dollery 163; Pritchard 6-78
|6 | 31 May 1950Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire 31 May 1950 | LeicestershireGrace Road, Leicester |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 4 wickets | Tompkin 130; AC Revill 119; Lester 6-87
|7 | 03 Jun 1950Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire 03 Jun 1950 | Yorkshire Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 79 runs | D Smith 122; Len Hutton 107; AEG Rhodes 6-74
| 8 | 07 Jun 1950Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Worcestershire 07 Jun 1950 | WorcestershireRutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 65 runs | HL Jackson 6-57
|9 | 10 Jun 1950Cricket Archive - Oxford University v Derbyshire 10 Jun 1950 | Oxford University The University Parks, Oxford |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | PDS Blake 101; AEG Rhodes 7-68
|10 | 14 Jun 1950Cricket Archive - Glamorgan v Derbyshire 14 Jun 1950 | Glamorgan The Gnoll, Neath |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 92 runs | HL Jackson 5-38 and 6-63; Trick 5-18
|11 | 17 Jun 1950Cricket Archive - Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 17 Jun 1950 | Gloucestershire Ashley Down Ground, Bristol |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 81 runs | Young 117; HL Jackson 6-37; Cook 6-82; Goddard 7-42
| 12 | 21 Jun 1950Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Glamorgan 21 Jun 1950 | Glamorgan County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
| 13 | 24 Jun 1950Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire 24 Jun 1950 | Lancashire Park Road Ground, Buxton |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Ikin 103; Tattershall 6-46;
| 14 | 28 Jun 1950Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire 28 Jun 1950 | Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 7 wickets | Halliday 144; AEG Rhodes 5-82
|15 | 01 Jul 1950Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 01 Jul 1950 | Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 1 wicket | CS Elliott 158; Jepson 5-68
|16 | 05 Jul 1950Cricket Archive - Worcestershire v Derbyshire 05 Jul 1950 | WorcestershireCounty Ground, New Road, Worcester |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 4 wickets | Jenkins 7-31; P Jackson 7-107
|17 | 08 Jul 1950Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire 08 Jul 1950 | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 83 runs | AC Revill 109; AEG Rhodes 5-79; Tattershall 5-72
| 18 | 12 Jul 1950Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Hampshire 12 Jul 1950 | Hampshire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | TA Hall 5-60
| 19 | 15 Jul 1950Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v West Indians 15 Jul 1950 | West Indies Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | C Gladwin 6-40
| 20 | 22 Jul 1950Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Essex 22 Jul 1950 | Essex Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 6 wickets | Bailey 5-54
| 21 | 26 Jul 1950Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Sussex 26 Jul 1950 | Sussex Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Langridge 184; HL Jackson 5-27
| 22 | 29 Jul 1950Cricket Archive - Hampshire v Derbyshire 29 Jul 1950 | Hampshire County Ground, Southampton |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 49 runs | Knott 5-83 and 7-93; C Gladwin 5-51
|23 | 05 Aug 1950Cricket Archive - Warwickshire v Derbyshire 05 Aug 1950 | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 8 wickets | Grove 6-60; HL Jackson 5-22 and 5-76
|24 | 09 Aug 1950Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 09 Aug 1950 | Gloucestershire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | DM Young 149
| 25 | 12 Aug 1950Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 12 Aug 1950 | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | AEG Rhodes 6-69; Butler 5-38
|26 | 16 Aug 1950Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Leicestershire 16 Aug 1950 | LeicestershireQueen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Berry 118
| 27 | 19 Aug 1950Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Kent 19 Aug 1950 | Kent County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | Innings and 98 runs | C Gladwin 6-56
| 28 | 23 Aug 1950Cricket Archive - Kent v Derbyshire 23 Aug 1950 | Kent Crabble Athletic Ground, Dover |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 9 wickets | C Gladwin 7-73; Wright 6-45
| 29 | 26 Aug 1950Cricket Archive - Essex v Derbyshire 26 Aug 1950 | Essex Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 10 wickets | JM Kelly 130; Gladwin 7-80
|30 | 30 Aug 1950Cricket Archive - Sussex v Derbyshire 30 Aug 1950 | Sussex County Ground, Hove |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
Statistics
County Championship batting averages Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s R Sale 2 2 77 73 77.00 0 DB Carr 3 6 215 84 43.00 0 JD Eggar 5 5 151 90* 37.75 0 AC Revill 28 48 1542 119 35.86 3 D Smith 22 39 1117 122* 33.84 1 A Hamer 21 37 1029 80 28.58 0 CS Elliott 28 49 1336 158 27.83 1 JM Kelly 18 32 742 130 23.93 1 P Vaulkhard 27 45 894 98 21.28 0 C Gladwin 16 19 283 77* 20.21 0 AEG Rhodes 28 45 684 75 16.68 0 DC Morgan 27 39 469 57 16.17 0 GO Dawkes 23 37 406 56 13.53 0 TA Hall 11 18 186 52 10.94 0 A F Townsend 2 3 28 24 9.33 0 A Eato 1 1 9 9 9.00 0 BH Richardson 13 15 78 22 8.66 0 HL Johnson 5 8 67 33 8.37 0 MH Stevenson 2 3 23 15 7.66 0 HL Jackson 23 28 64 19* 3.76 0 T R Armstrong 1 1 3 3 3.00 0 W H Copson 1 2 1 1 1.00 0 GL Willatt 1 1 2 2* 0 Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1951
Leading first-class batsmen for Derbyshire by runs scored Name Mat Inns Runs HS Ave 100 AC Revill 30 51 1643 119 32.21 3 CS Elliott 30 52 1454 158 27.96 1 D Smith 22 39 1117 122* 33.84 1 A Hamer 22 39 1133 80 29.05 0 P Vaulkhard 29 48 940 98 19.58 0
County Championship bowling averages Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average AEG Rhodes 6206 2576 114 6-69 22.59 HL Jackson 4213 1726 89 6-37 19.39 C Gladwin 39671406 77 7-73 18.25 DC Morgan 35831751 63 4-52 27.79 TA Hall 1593 884 32 5-60 27.62 BH Richardson 1264 562 21 4-39 26.76 A Hamer 473 209 15 4-27 13.93 DB Carr 224110 4 4-54 27.50 W H Copson 26497 2 2-55 48.50 HL Johnson 36 26 1 1-11 26.00 T R Armstrong 12656 0 A Eato 84 60 0 AC Revill 48 24 0 P Vaulkhard 42 36 0 D Smith 3417 0 CS Elliott 12 21 0 Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1951
Leading first class bowlers for Derbyshire by wickets taken Name Balls Runs Wkts BBI Ave AEG Rhodes 6710 2760 125 7-68 22.08 HL Jackson 4577 1882 92 6-37 20.45 C Gladwin 4231 1473 85 7-73 17.32 DC Morgan 35831751 63 4-52 27.79 TA Hall 1641 908 32 5-60 28.37
Wicket Keeping GO Dawkes First Class Catches 49, Stumping 10 D Smith First Class Catches 20, Stumping 1
See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1950 English cricket season
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