Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1962 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for ninety-one years. It was their fifty-eighth season in the County Championship and they won 9 championship matches and lost six to finish seventh in the County Championship.

1962 season

Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, one match against the touring Pakistinis and one match against Oxford University. They won nine matches, lost six matches and drew fifteen matches. Donald Carr was in his eighth year as captain. Laurie Johnson was top scorer and Les Jackson took most wickets for the club.

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 |5 May 1962Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Lancashire 5 May 1962 | Lancashire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn

| C Lee 137; IR Buxton 108

|2 |12 May 1962Cricket Archive – Essex v Derbyshire 12 May 1962 | Essex Valentine's Park, Ilford |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 7 wickets | HL Jackson 6–25 and 5–65

|3 |16 May 1962Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Sussex 16 May 1962 | Sussex Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn

|4 |19 May 1962Cricket Archive – Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 19 May 1962 | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn

| Davison 7–28

|5 |23 May 1962Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 23 May 1962 | Gloucestershire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 4 wickets | Nicholls 144;

|6 |26 May 1962Cricket Archive – Kent v Derbyshire 26 May 1962 | Kent Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn

|7 |30 May 1962Cricket Archive – Oxford University v Derbyshire 30 May 1962 | Oxford University The University Parks, Oxford |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 10 wickets | Baig 103; R Swallow 115; HJ Rhodes 5–41

|8 |2 Jun 1962Cricket Archive – Lancashire v Derbyshire 2 Jun 1962 | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn

| DC Morgan 5–72

|9 |6 Jun 1962Cricket Archive – Somerset v Derbyshire 6 Jun 1962 | SomersetImperial Athletic Ground, Bristol |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn

| WF Oates 101; Atkinson 105 and 6–113; HL Johnson 108; HJ Rhodes 5–73

|10 |9 Jun 1962Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Leicestershire 9 Jun 1962 | LeicestershireCounty Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 165 runs | DB Carr 110; Watson 142; HL Jackson 6–26 and 7–47

|11 |13 Jun 1962Cricket Archive – Yorkshire v Derbyshire 13 Jun 1962 | YorkshireThe Circle, Hull |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | Innings and 31 runs | Stott 145

|12 |16 Jun 1962Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Glamorgan 13 Jun 1962 | Glamorgan Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 6 wickets | Shepherd 5–41

|13 |20 Jun 1962Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Essex 20 Jun 1962 | Essex County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 5 wickets | HL Jackson 7–35

|14 |23 Jun 1962Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Yorkshire 23 Jun 1962 | Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn

| E Smith 5–39

|15 |27 Jun 1962Cricket Archive – Sussex v Derbyshire 27 Jun 1962 | Sussex Manor Sports Ground, Worthing |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn

| HL Johnson 114; Bell 5–92

|16 |30 Jun 1962Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Hampshire 30 Jun 1962 | Hampshire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 5 wickets | Ingleby-Mackenzie 111

|17 |7 Jul 1962Cricket Archive – Hampshire v Derbyshire 7 Jul 1962 | HampshireUnited Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn

| Gray 213; DC Morgan 112; Shackleton 5–112

|18 |11 Jul 1962Cricket Archive – Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 11 Jul 1962 | Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 71 runs | E Smith 5–39; Allen 5–41

|19 |14 Jul 1962 Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Pakistanis 14 Jul 1962 | Pakistan Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn

|20 |21 Jul 1962Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 21 Jul 1962 | Northamptonshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn

|21 |25 Jul 1962Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 25 Jul 1962 | Northamptonshire Park Road Ground, Buxton |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 7 wickets | Milburn 102; DC Morgan 6–13; Larter 5–67

|22 |28 Jul 1962Cricket Archive – Worcestershire v Derbyshire 28 Jul 1962 | WorcestershireTipton Road, Dudley |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 5 wickets | Coldwell 8–64

|23 |1 Aug 1962Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Warwickshire 1 Aug 1962 | Warwickshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn

| Hitchcock 153; M Smith 105

|24 |4 Aug 1962Cricket Archive – Leicestershire v Derbyshire 4 Aug 1962 | LeicestershireGrace Road, Leicester |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn

| HL Johnson 154

|25 |8 Aug 1962Cricket Archive – Surrey v Derbyshire 8 Aug 1962 | Surrey Kennington Oval |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 5 wickets | Lock 6–41; DC Morgan 6–32

|26 |11 Aug 1962Cricket Archive – Warwickshire v Derbyshire 11 Aug 1962 | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn

| M Smith 148

|27 |15 Aug 1962Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Worcestershire 15 Aug 1962 | Worcestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn

| Rumsey 7–50; HJ Rhodes 6–30

|28 |18 Aug 1962Cricket Archive – Glamorgan v Derbyshire 18 Aug 1962 | Glamorgan St Helen's, Swansea |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 204 runs | Wheatley 5–52; Shepherd 5–60

|29 |22 Aug 1962Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Somerset 22 Aug 1962 | SomersetCounty Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 41 runs | HJ Rhodes 5–45 and 5–19; Alley 5–53; HL Jackson 5–20

|30 |25 Aug 1962Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Middlesex 25 Aug 1962 | Middlesex Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 8 wickets | HJ Rhodes 5–58; Titmus 6–86

Statistics

County Championship batting averages Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s DC Morgan 27 44 1468 124 45.87 3 C Lee 23 41 1481 137 38.97 1 IR Buxton 28 441092 108* 34.12 1 HL Johnson 28 50 1581 154 32.93 3 WF Oates 24 42 1121 101 27.34 1 IW Hall 27 47 1094 87 26.68 0 E Smith 23 31573 90 23.87 0 DB Carr 23 43 923 110 23.07 1 R Swallow 11 19 391 64 20.57 0 GW Richardson 12 14 199 42 18.09 0 TJP Eyre 7 7 66 19* 16.50 0 HJ Rhodes 18 17 89 18* 14.83 0 RW Taylor 28 35 290 44 10.74 0 HL Jackson 27 2397 13 5.10 0 R Berry 2 3 7 43.500 Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1962

Leading first-class batsmen for Derbyshire by runs scored Name Mat Inns Runs HS Ave 100 HL Johnson 30 53 1757 154 33.15 3 DC Morgan 29 47 1517 124 32.28 3 C Lee 25 43 1503 137 34.95 1 IW Hall 29 50 1226 87 24.52 0 WF Oates 26 46 1175 101 25.54 1

County Championship bowling averages Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average HL Jackson 5915 1944 99 7–35 19.63 DC Morgan 4712 1876 73 6–13 25.69 HJ Rhodes 3620 1244 62 6–30 20.06 E Smith 3494 1258 55 5–39 22.87 IR Buxton 3092 1355 42 4–57 32.26 GW Richardson 1325 726 18 3–41 40.33 TJP Eyre 1047571 15 3–53 38.06 DB Carr 690 416 5 2–14 83.20 R Berry 252 115 3 2–18 38.33 C Lee 216 116 3 2–28 38.66 WF Oates 372 219 1 1–20 219.00 HL Johnson 27 26 0 IW Hall 23 14 0 R Swallow 18 8 0 Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1962

Leading first class bowlers for Derbyshire by wickets taken Name Balls Runs Wkts BBI Ave HL Jackson 6107 2012 105 7–35 19.16 DC Morgan 5030 1987 76 6–13 26.14 HJ Rhodes 3926 1321 68 6–30 19.43 E Smith 4015 1405 62 5–39 22.66 IR Buxton 3318 1446 46 4–57 31.43

Wicket Keeping Bob Taylor Catches 77, Stumping 3 Ian Hall Catches 2

See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1962 English cricket season

References