Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1954
Introduction '''Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1954''' was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for eighty-four years. It was their fiftieth season in the County Championship and they won eleven matches in the County Championship to finish in third place.
1954 season Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, one match against Scotland, and one against the touring Pakistanis. In a successful season, they won twelve first class matches altogether. Guy Willatt was in his fourth season as captain. Arnold Hamer was top scorer and Cliff Gladwin took most wickets.Two players made their debut in the season. Gerald Wyatt played one game and then appeared intermittently over the next few years. Charles Lee went on to score over 12,000 runs and became captain ten years later.===Matches=== List of matchesNo.DateVResult MarginNotes 18 May 1954 Leicestershire County Ground, Derby Won  7 wickets    Tompkin 112; Spencer 6-64; HL Jackson 6-43 212 May 1954 Kent  Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend Won  81 runs    Wright 7/62; GL Willatt 103; Evans 109; E Smith 6-60; C Gladwin 5-22315 May 1954 Essex   Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea  Won  5 wickets    Horsfall 117; A Hamer 104; C Gladwin 5-79 419 May 1954 Hampshire County Ground, Southampton Lost  4 wickets    Dare 5-49; E Smith 5-44 522 May 1954 Essex   Queen's Park, Chesterfield Lost  6 wickets    C Gladwin 8-50 629 May 1954 Lancashire  Old Trafford, Manchester  Drawn     Hilton 7-51 72 Jun 1954 Scotland  Park Road Ground, Buxton  Won  5 wickets    Cosh 99; Youngson 6-84; 85 Jun 1954 Warwickshire  County Ground, Derby  Drawn     Bannister 5-99  912 Jun 1954 Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield  Drawn     Lester 121; Appleyard 6-71; E Smith 5-37 1016 Jun 1954  Surrey County Ground, Derby Lost  10 wickets    C Gladwin 6-75; Bedser 5-22 1119 Jun 1954 Glamorgan   Cardiff Arms Park Won  5 runs    Hedges 103; Jones 104; Shepherd 5-45; HL Jackson 6-24; C Gladwin 8-1141226 Jun 1954 Lancashire  Park Road Ground, Buxton Won  169 runs    HL Jackson 6-33 1330 Jun 1954 Kent Queen's Park, Chesterfield Won  7 wickets    HL Jackson 6-40 143 Jul 1954  Sussex   Cricket Field Road Ground, Horsham Won  76 runs    James 5-31; HL Jackson 5-30 157 Jul 1954 Pakistan  County Ground, Derby   Drawn     AC Revill 101; Ahmed 5-53; DC Morgan 5-57 1610 Jul 1954 Somerset Johnson Park, Yeovil Won  10 wickets    Tremlett 5-31; HL Jackson 5-17 1714 Jul 1954 Hampshire Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent  Drawn     Harrison 114; JM Kelly 116; GO Dawkes 143; HL Jackson 7-64; Cannings 7-132 1817 Jul 1954  WorcestershireCounty Ground, New Road, Worcester Lost  4 wickets     1921 Jul 1954  Sussex   County Ground, Derby  Drawn     A Hamer 118; GL Willatt 101 2024 Jul 1954 Nottinghamshire  Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston  Drawn     C Gladwin 6-114 2128 Jul 1954 Yorkshire Headingley, Leeds Won  6 wickets    A Hamer 147; Trueman 6-109; DC Morgan 5-23 and 5-55 2231 Jul 1954 Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham  Drawn     HL Jackson 5-28 234 Aug 1954  Gloucestershire  Queen's Park, Chesterfield Lost  60 runs    Graveney 222; McHugh 5-82; E Smith 5-42 247 Aug 1954 Northamptonshire Wellingborough School Ground  Drawn      2511 Aug 1954  Gloucestershire  College Ground, Cheltenham Won  Innings and 52 runs   C Gladwin 5-24 2614 Aug 1954  Worcestershire County Ground, Derby Won  9 wickets    Flavell 5-53 2718 Aug 1954 Middlesex    Queen's Park, Chesterfield  Drawn      2821 Aug 1954 Nottinghamshire  Trent Bridge, Nottingham  Drawn      2925 Aug 1954 Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester  Drawn     Walsh 5-65 3028 Aug 1954 Glamorgan   Queen's Park, Chesterfield Lost  10 wickets    Wooller 5-45; Watkins 7-28
Statistics ===County Championship batting averages=== Name  Matches  Inns  Runs  High score  Average  100s A Hamer 28 46  1445 147* 34.40  3    GL Willatt  28 43  1115 103  27.87  2   C Lee  3 5  108 61  27.00  0    JM Kelly  28 46 1086 116   24.68  1    AEG Rhodes  3 3  72 46  24.00  0   AC Revill 28 43  971 90  22.58  0    DB Carr  28 44  832 86  22.48  0    GO Dawkes  28 41  788 143  21.88  1  DC Morgan  25 34  630 75  20.32  0    C Gladwin  28 35  368 40  16.00  0   JD Eggar 2 2  25 21 12.50  0     A Eato  5 7  55 23* 11.00  0    DJ Green  6 8 66 25  9.42  0     R Sale  2 3  27 16  9.00  0     HL Jackson 28 29 151 26* 7.94  0    E Smith  28 31  155 22  7.75  0    G Wyatt 1 2  6 3* 6.00  0    R Carter 9 12  49 12   4.90  0===County Championship bowling averages=== Name  Balls  Runs  Wickets  BB  Average C Gladwin   6318 2175 131 8-50 16.60    HL Jackson  5448 1786 120 7-64 14.88    E Smith  3277 1294 64 6-60 20.21   DC Morgan  3250  1191 56 5-23 21.26   A Eato   474  158 12 4-18 13.16   A Hamer  400  211 10 3-27 21.10   R Carter  552  282 9 2-27 31.33   DB Carr  445  2393 1-17 79.66   GL Willatt 37  36 1 1-2 36.00    AC Revill 114  56 0          JM Kelly  60  36 0          DJ Green  12 1 0          JD Eggar  12  4 0
Wicket Keepers *George Dawkes 	Catches 51, Stumping 9
See also *Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons*1954 English cricket season
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