Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1952 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for eighty one years. It was their forty-eighth season in the County Championship and they won eleven matches and lost eight to finish fourth in the County Championship.

1952 season

Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, and one match against the touring Indians. They won eleven matches altogether. Guy Willatt was in his second year as captain. Charlie Elliott was top scorer and C Gladwin took most wickets for the club and was fifth nationally. There were no new players in the Derbyshire team.

Matches

{| class="wikitable" width="100%" ! colspan=6 | List of matches |- !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes

|1 |7 May 1952Cricket Archive – Middlesex v Derbyshire 7 May 1952 |Middlesex Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 9 wickets | Moss 5–15

|2 | 10 May 1952Cricket Archive – Essex v Derbyshire 10 May 1952 | Essex County Ground, Chelmsford |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 9 wickets | R Smith 5–83 and 5–33; C Gladwin 5–41

|3 | 17 May 1952Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Leicestershire 17 May 1952 | Leicestershire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Goodwin 5–44; C Gladwin 5–52

|4 | 21 May 1952Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Worcestershire 21 May 1952 | WorcestershireQueen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 10 wickets | GL Willatt 146; Perks 5–98; C Gladwin 5–67

|5 | 24 May 1952Cricket Archive – Yorkshire v Derbyshire 24 May 1952 | Yorkshire Bramall Lane, Sheffield |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | Innings and 26 runs | Wilson 230; Halliday 6–79

|6 | 31 May 1952Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Warwickshire 31 May 1952 | Warwickshire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | Innings and 42 runs | Pritchard 6–76; C Gladwin 5–24

|7 | 4 Jun 1952Cricket Archive – Lancashire v Derbyshire 4 June 1952 | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 83 runs | HL Jackson 9–60; C Gladwin 5–89; Hilton 6–34

|8 | 7 Jun 1952Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Yorkshire 7 Jun 1952 | Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 81 runs | AC Revill 101; GL Willatt 113; Wardle 5–72

|9 | 11 Jun 1952Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Sussex 11 Jun 1952 | Sussex Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 100 runs | Wood 5–73; Oakman 5–32

|10 | 14 Jun 1952Cricket Archive – Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 14 Jun 1952 | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Martin 122; Hardstaff 116; A Hamer 161; Stocks 5–64

|11 | 18 Jun 1952Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Somerset 18 Jun 1952 | Somerset County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn

|12 | 21 Jun 1952Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 21 Jun 1952 | Northamptonshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 8 wickets | Brookes 152

|13 | 28 Jun 1952Cricket Archive – Glamorgan v Derbyshire 28 Jun 1952 | Glamorgan St Helen's, Swansea |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | AEG Rhodes 5–56; C Gladwin 5–50

|14 | 5 Jul 1952Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Lancashire 5 Jul 1952 | Lancashire Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Edrich 117; AEG Rhodes 5–123; Tattershal 7–103; C Gladwin 5–68

|15 | 9 Jul 1952Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Indians 9 Jul 1952 | Indians Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Chowdhury 5–30; HL Jackson 6–39

|16 | 12 Jul 1952Cricket Archive – Somerset v Derbyshire 12 Jul 1952 | Somerset County Ground, Taunton |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Gimblet 146 and 116; CS Elliott 168

|17 | 16 Jul 1952Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Middlesex 16 Jul 1952 |Middlesex County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 52 runs | A Hamer 110; HL Jackson 6–96; Compton 6–77; AEG Rhodes 5–58

|18 | 19 Jul 1952Cricket Archive – Leicestershire v Derbyshire 19 Jul 1952 | Leicestershire Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 59 runs | Walsh 6–98; HL Jackson 5–18

|19 | 23 Jul 1952Cricket Archive – Worcestershire v Derbyshire 23 Jul 1952 | WorcestershireAmblecote, Stourbridge |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | Innings and 57 runs | CS Elliott 122; Lobban 6–52; C Gladwin 7–43 and 9–41

|20 | 26 Jul 1952Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 26 Jul 1952 | Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | Innings and 93 runs | Poole 219; A Hamer 165; DB Carr 116

|21 | 30 Jul 1952Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Surrey 30 Jul 1952 | Surrey Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 6 wickets | HL Jackson 5–63

|22 | 2 Aug 1952Cricket Archive – Warwickshire v Derbyshire 2 Aug 1952 | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Dollery 100; HL Jackson 5–30; Grove 6–64

|23 | 6 Aug 1952Cricket Archive – Kent v Derbyshire 6 Aug 1952 | Kent St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | C Gladwin 6–81; Page 5-56

|24 | 9 Aug 1952Cricket Archive – Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 9 Aug 1952 | Northamptonshire Wellingborough School Ground |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 5 wickets | Livingston 106; E Smith 5–49; Starkie 5–61

|25 | 13 Aug 1952Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Glamorgan 13 Aug 1952 | Glamorgan County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 2 wickets | DC Morgan 5–38

|26 | 16 Aug 1952Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Hampshire 16 Aug 1952 | Hampshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | AC Revill 101; C Gladwin 5–30

|27 | 20 Aug 1952Cricket Archive – Surrey v Derbyshire 20 Aug 1952 | Surrey Kennington Oval |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 212 runs | C Gladwin 5–44; Lock 6–16

|28 | 23 Aug 1952Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 23 Aug 1952 | Gloucestershire Park Road Ground, Buxton |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 29 runs | Scott 6–45; Lambert 7–75

|29 | 30 Aug 1952Cricket Archive – Sussex v Derbyshire 30 Aug 1952 | Sussex County Ground, Hove |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 130 runs | Marlar 5–20; Oakes 5–31

Statistics

County Championship batting averages Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s CS Elliott 26 46 1569 168 35.65 2 GL Willatt 25 42 1354 146 33.85 2 AC Revill 28 50 1431 101 31.10 2 P Vaulkhard 2 2 62 62 31.00 0 A Hamer 28 50 1377 165 27.54 3 DC Morgan 28 47 854 73 22.47 0 DB Carr 22 39 792 116 22.00 1 R Sale 6 11 196 47 19.60 0 JM Kelly 19 31 557 93 18.56 0 GO Dawkes 28 48 551 55* 16.69 0 AEG Rhodes 26 42 646 60 16.15 0 C Gladwin 28 41 446 53* 14.38 0 D Smith 1 2 26 16 13.00 0 BH Richardson 2 3 21 9 10.50 0 TA Hall 2 3 17 9* 8.50 0 HL Jackson 25 33 168 32 6.00 0 E Smith 11 13 23 11 4.60 0 MH Stevenson 1 1 0 0 0.00 0Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1952

Leading first-class batsmen for Derbyshire by runs scored Name Mat Inns Runs HS Ave 100 CS Elliott 27 48 1599 168 33.31 2 AC Revill 29 52 1433 101 27.56 2 A Hamer 29 52 1478 165 28.42 3 GL Willatt 26 44 1438 146 32.68 2 DC Morgan 29 49 921 73 18.80 0

County Championship bowling averages Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average C Gladwin 7322 2802 151 9–41 18.55 HL Jackson 48881988 108 9–60 18.40 AEG Rhodes 4595 2025 81 5–56 25.00 DC Morgan 3500 1608 67 5–38 24.00 E Smith 1710 747 26 5–49 28.73 DB Carr 571 321 8 3–41 40.12 A Hamer 692309 6 2–11 51.50 TA Hall 11466 2 1–13 33.00 R Sale 24 1 1–4 4.00 CS Elliott 15 24 1 1–15 24.00 AC Revill 7257 1 1–57 57.00 BH Richardson 18 15 0 GL Willatt 12 4 0 Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1952

Leading first class bowlers for Derbyshire by wickets taken Name Balls Runs Wkts BBI Ave C Gladwin 7322 2802 151 9–41 18.55 HL Jackson 5051 2056 114 9–60 18.03 AEG Rhodes 4679 2071 83 5–56 24.95 DC Morgan 3630 1662 71 5–38 23.41 E Smith 1728 758 26 5–49 29.15

Wicket keeping GO Dawkes Catches 51, Stumping 12

See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1952 English cricket season

References