Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1960

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
	1960 season
Captain	Donald Carr
County Championship	5
Most runs	Laurie Johnson
Most wickets	Les Jackson
Most catches	George Dawkes
← 1959	1961 →

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1960 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for eighty nine years. It was their fifty-sixth season in the County Championship and they won ten matches and lost ten to finish eighth in the County Championship.

1960 season

Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, one match against the touring South Africans, one match against Oxford University, and an extra match against Northamptonshire. They won ten matches, lost ten matches and drew eleven matches. Donald Carr was in his sixth year as captain. Laurie Johnson was top scorer and Les Jackson took most wickets for the club.

David Millner was the only player to make his first class debut in the Derbyshire team.

Matches

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	30 Apr 1960[1]	Northamptonshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston	Lost	5 wickets	Not County Championship match
2	7 May 1960[2]	South Africans County Ground, Derby	Lost	Innings and 24 runs	Adcock 6-44
3	11 May 1960[3]	Middlesex Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent	Drawn		HL Jackson 8-44; Moss 7-42
4	14 May 1960[4]	Somerset County Ground, Taunton	Won	Innings and 68 runs	HL Jackson 6-23
5	18 May 1960[5]	Glamorgan Stradey Park, Llanelli	Lost	119 runs	HL Jackson 6-52; McConnon 5-50 and 6-51
6	21 May 1960[6]	Warwickshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Won	Innings and 109 runs	C Lee 107; GW Richardson 6-46 and 5-35; Hitchcock 6-75
7	25 May 1960[7]	Oxford University The University Parks, Oxford	Lost	82 runs	Corran 6-27
8	28 May 1960[8]	Warwickshire Griff and Coton Ground, Nuneaton	Lost	13 runs	C Lee 126;DB Carr137; E Smith 5-126; Hitchcock 6-75
9	1 Jun 1960[9]	Gloucestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	Innings and 51 runs	Pugh 137; Graveney 135
10	4 Jun 1960[10]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby	Drawn		HL Jackson 5-30
11	8 Jun 1960[11]	Yorkshire The Circle, Hull	Lost	241 runs	DC Morgan 7-38; D Wilson 6-34
12	11 Jun 1960[12]	Sussex County Ground, Hove	Drawn
13	15 Jun 1960[13]	Lancashire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	222 runs	HL Jackson 6-36; Statham 5-29; R Berry 5-56; Barber 7-35
14	18 Jun 1960[14]	Worcestershire County Ground, Derby	Won	8 wickets
15	25 Jun 1960[15]	Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	58 runs	Close 6-59; Wilson 5-30
16	29 Jun 1960[16]	Essex County Ground, Derby	Drawn		HL Johnson 130
17	2 Jul 1960[17]	Leicestershire Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch	Drawn		DB Carr 162; DC Morgan 5-43
18	9 Jul 1960[18]	Hampshire County Ground, Southampton	Drawn		Sainsbury 6-54; HJ Rhodes 5-61
19	13 Jul 1960[19]	Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester	Won	60 runs	HL Johnson 113; Grieves 102; Higgs 5-48; HJ Rhodes 5-18
20	16 Jul 1960[20]	Leicestershire County Ground, Derby	Won	Innings and 41 runs	HL Johnson 109; HJ Rhodes 5-35; HL Jackson 5-34
21	20 Jul 1960[21]	Surrey Kennington Oval	Drawn		Gibson 7-26; HL Jackson 7-33
22	23 Jul 1960[22]	Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston	Won	116 runs	Atkinson 6-61; HL Jackson 7-45
23	27 Jul 1960[23]	Somerset Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		Langford 6-79
24	30 Jul 1960[24]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton	Lost		Atkinson 6-61; R Berry 6-100
25	3 Aug 1960[25]	Kent St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury	Lost	190 runs	Halfyard 6-36; Dixon 6-36
26	6 Aug 1960[26]	Essex County Ground, Leyton	Won	46 runs	Bailey 5-72; Ralph 5-59; HL Jackson 5-36; Greensmith 5-47
27	13 Aug 1960[27]	Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Won	9 wickets	R Berry 5-68; HL Jackson 6-51
28	17 Aug 1960[28]	Hampshire County Ground, Derby	Won	6 wickets	HL Jackson 5-16 and 5-32
29	20 Aug 1960[29]	Glamorgan Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		HL Johnson 140; Shepherd 7-33
30	24 Aug 1960[30]	Worcestershire County Ground, New Road, Worcester	Drawn		Flavell 5-37
31	27 Aug 1960[31]	Sussex Park Road Ground, Buxton	Drawn

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

Name	Matches	Inns	Runs	High score	Average	100s
HL Johnson	28	50	1719	140	39.06	4
DB Carr	22	38	1111	162*	30.02	2
C Lee	26	44	1194	126	27.76	2
IW Hall	26	46	1090	65	24.77	0
R Swallow	9	17	412	68	24.23	0
GO Dawkes	28	47	860	68*	21.50	0
A Hamer	7	12	248	71	20.66	0
JM Kelly	1	2	41	28	20.50	0
DC Morgan	24	40	573	75	16.85	0
E Smith	9	14	180	52	15.00	0
JD Short	6	10	146	86	14.60	0
DJ Green	5	8	109	37	13.62	0
IR Buxton	10	16	176	49*	12.57	0
TJP Eyre	12	18	199	56	12.43	0
D Millner	7	13	150	63	11.53	0
GW Richardson	11	20	193	51	11.35	0
WF Oates	7	10	97	22	9.70	0
R Berry	25	33	186	40	9.30	0
HJ Rhodes	18	22	134	25*	7.88	0
HL Jackson	27	32	147	27	7.00	0 [32]

G Wyatt kept wicket against Oxford University

Leading first-class batsmen for Derbyshire by runs scored
Name	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Ave	100
HL Johnson	31	56	1872	140	33.42	4
C Lee	31	50	1304	126	26.08	2
DB Carr	25	44	1187	162*	26.97	2
IW Hall	28	50	1177	65	23.54	0
GO Dawkes	30	51	964	68*	18.90	0

County Championship bowling averages

Name	Balls	Runs	Wickets	BB	Average
HL Jackson	5885	1965	146	8-44	13.45
DC Morgan	3477	1278	66	7-38	19.36
HJ Rhodes	3272	1166	63	5-18	18.50
R Berry	3751	1343	49	6-100	27.40
TJP Eyre	1415	671	35	4-14	19.17
GW Richardson	1554	699	32	6-46	21.84
E Smith	1435	614	18	5-126	34.11
DB Carr	723	324	11	3-32	29.45
IR Buxton	701	249	8	2-9	31.12
C Lee	264	106	4	2-25	26.50
WF Oates	48	27	0
HL Johnson	24	26	0
JD Short	18	11	0
GO Dawkes	6	5	0		[33]

Leading first class bowlers for Derbyshire by wickets taken
Name	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave
HL Jackson	6113	2034	150	8-44	13.56
HJ Rhodes	3832	1349	78	5-18	17.29
DC Morgan	3477	1278	66	7-38	19.36
R Berry	4441	1557	60	6-100	25.95
TJP Eyre	1415	671	35	4-14	19.17

Wicket Keeping

George Dawkes Catches 69, Stumping 4
G Wyatt Catches 2

References

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[1] Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 30 Apr 1960

[2] Cricket Archive Derbyshire v South Africans 7 May 1960

[3] Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Middlesex 11 May 1960

[4] Cricket Archive -Somerset v Derbyshire 14 May 1960

[5] Cricket Archive -Glamorgan v Derbyshire 18 May 1960

[6] Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Warwickshire 21 May 1960

[7] Cricket Archive Oxford University v Derbyshire 25 May 1960

[8] Cricket Archive -Warwickshire v Derbyshire 28 May 1960

[9] Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 1 Jun 1960

[10] Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 4 Jun 1960

[11] Cricket Archive -Yorkshire v Derbyshire 8 Jun 1960

[12] Cricket Archive -Sussex v Derbyshire 11 Jun 1960

[13] Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Lancashire 15 Jun 1960

[14] Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Worcestershire 18 Jun 1960

[15] Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Yorkshire 25 Jun 1960

[16] Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Essex 29 Jun 1960

[17] Cricket Archive -Leicestershire v Derbyshire 2 Jul 1960

[18] Cricket Archive -Hampshire v Derbyshire 9 Jul 1960

[19] Cricket Archive -Lancashire v Derbyshire 13 Jul 1960

[20] Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Leicestershire 16 Jul 1960

[21] Cricket Archive -Surrey v Derbyshire 20 Jul 1960

[22] Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 23 Jul 1960

[23] Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Somerset 27 Jul 1960

[24] Cricket Archive -Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 30 Jul 1960

[25] Cricket Archive -Kent v Derbyshire 3 Aug 1960

[26] Cricket Archive -Essex v Derbyshire 6 Aug 1960

[27] Cricket Archive -Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 13 Aug 1960

[28] Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Hampshire 17 Aug 1960

[29] Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Glamorgan 20 Aug 1960

[30] Cricket Archive -Worcestershire v Derbyshire 24 Aug 1960

[31] Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Sussex 27 Aug 1960

[32] Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1960

[33] Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1960