Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1952

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
	1952 season
Captain	Guy Willatt
County Championship	4
Most runs	Charlie Elliott
Most wickets	Cliff Gladwin
← 1951	1953 →

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

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	7 May 1952[1]	Middlesex Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	Lost	9 wickets	Moss 5-15
2	10 May 1952[2]	Essex County Ground, Chelmsford	Lost	9 wickets	R Smith 5-83 and 5-33; C Gladwin 5-41
3	17 May 1952[3]	Leicestershire County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Goodwin 5-44; C Gladwin 5-52
4	21 May 1952[4]	Worcestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Won	10 wickets	GL Willatt 146; Perks 5-98; C Gladwin 5-67
5	24 May 1952[5]	Yorkshire Bramall Lane, Sheffield	Lost	Innings and 26 runs	Wilson 230; Halliday 6-79
6	31 May 1952[6]	Warwickshire County Ground, Derby	Won	Innings and 42 runs	Pritchard 6-76; C Gladwin 5-24
7	4 Jun 1952[7]	Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester	Lost	83 runs	HL Jackson 9-60; C Gladwin 5-89; Hilton 6-34
8	7 Jun 1952[8]	Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Won	81 runs	AC Revill 101; GL Willatt 113; Wardle 5-72
9	11 Jun 1952[9]	Sussex Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston	Won	100 runs	Wood 5-73; Oakman 5-32
10	14 Jun 1952[10]	Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Drawn		Martin 122; Hardstaff 116; A Hamer 161; Stocks 5-64
11	18 Jun 1952[11]	Somerset County Ground, Derby	Drawn
12	21 Jun 1952[12]	Northamptonshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Won	8 wickets	Brookes 152
13	28 Jun 1952[13]	Glamorgan St Helen's, Swansea	Drawn		AEG Rhodes 5-56; C Gladwin 5-50
14	5 Jul 1952[14]	Lancashire Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent	Drawn		Edrich 117; AEG Rhodes 5-123; Tattershal 7-103; C Gladwin 5-68
15	9 Jul 1952[15]	Indians Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		Chowdhury 5-30; HL Jackson 6-39
16	12 Jul 1952[16]	Somerset County Ground, Taunton	Drawn		Gimblet 146 and 116; CS Elliott 168
17	16 Jul 1952[17]	Middlesex County Ground, Derby	Won	52 runs	A Hamer 110; HL Jackson 6-96; Compton 6-77; AEG Rhodes 5-58
18	19 Jul 1952[18]	Leicestershire Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch	Won	59 runs	Walsh 6-98; HL Jackson 5-18
19	23 Jul 1952[19]	Worcestershire Amblecote, Stourbridge	Won	Innings and 57 runs	CS Elliott 122; Lobban 6-52; C Gladwin 7-43 and 9-41
20	26 Jul 1952[20]	Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston	Won	Innings and 93 runs	Poole 219; A Hamer 165; DB Carr 116
21	30 Jul 1952[21]	Surrey Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	6 wickets	HL Jackson 5-63
22	2 Aug 1952[22]	Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham	Drawn		Dollery 100; HL Jackson 5-30; Grove 6-64
23	6 Aug 1952[23]	Kent St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury	Drawn		C Gladwin 6-81; Page 5-56
24	9 Aug 1952[24]	Northamptonshire Wellingborough School Ground	Won	5 wickets	Livingston 106; E Smith 5-49; Starkie 5-61
25	13 Aug 1952[25]	Glamorgan County Ground, Derby	Lost	2 wickets	DC Morgan 5-38
26	16 Aug 1952[26]	Hampshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		AC Revill 101; C Gladwin 5-30
27	20 Aug 1952[27]	Surrey Kennington Oval	Lost	212 runs	C Gladwin 5-44; Lock 6-16
28	23 Aug 1952[28]	Gloucestershire Park Road Ground, Buxton	Won	29 runs	Scott 6-45; Lambert 7-75
29	30 Aug 1952[29]	Sussex County Ground, Hove	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	0[30]

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	4888	1988	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	692	309	6	2-11	51.50
TA Hall	114	66	2	1-13	33.00
R Sale	2	4	1	1-4	4.00
CS Elliott	15	24	1	1-15	24.00
AC Revill	72	57	1	1-57	57.00
BH Richardson	18	15	0
GL Willatt	12	4	0		[31]

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

References

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[1] Cricket Archive - Middlesex v Derbyshire 7 May 1952

[2] Cricket Archive - Essex v Derbyshire 10 May 1952

[3] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Leicestershire 17 May 1952

[4] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Worcestershire 21 May 1952

[5] Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire 24 May 1952

[6] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Warwickshire 31 May 1952

[7] Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire 4 Jun 1952

[8] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire 7 Jun 1952

[9] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Sussex 11 Jun 1952

[10] Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 14 Jun 1952

[11] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Somerset 18 Jun 1952

[12] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 21 Jun 1952

[13] Cricket Archive - Glamorgan v Derbyshire 28 Jun 1952

[14] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire 5 Jul 1952

[15] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Indians 9 Jul 1952

[16] Cricket Archive - Somerset v Derbyshire 12 Jul 1952

[17] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Middlesex 16 Jul 1952

[18] Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire 19 Jul 1952

[19] Cricket Archive - Worcestershire v Derbyshire 23 Jul 1952

[20] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 26 Jul 1952

[21] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Surrey 30 Jul 1952

[22] Cricket Archive - Warwickshire v Derbyshire 2 Aug 1952

[23] Cricket Archive - Kent v Derbyshire 6 Aug 1952

[24] Cricket Archive - Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 9 Aug 1952

[25] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Glamorgan 13 Aug 1952

[26] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Hampshire 16 Aug 1952

[27] Cricket Archive - Surrey v Derbyshire 20 Aug 1952

[28] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 23 Aug 1952

[29] Cricket Archive - Sussex v Derbyshire 30 Aug 1952

[30] Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1952

[31] Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1952