Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1950

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
	1950 season
Captain	Pat Vaulkhard
County Championship	5
Most runs	Alan Revill
Most wickets	Albert Rhodes
Most catches	George Dawkes
← 1949 season	1951 season →

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1950 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for seventy-nine years. It was their forty-sixth season in the County Championship and they won eight matches in the County Championship to finish in fifth place.

1950 season

Derbyshire played 28 matches in the County Championship, one against Oxford University and one against the touring West Indies. Pat Vaulkhard was captain. Alan Revill scored most runs, and Albert Rhodes took most wickets with 125.

Guy Willatt joined Derbyshire as designated captain but was hampered by injury and did not fill the role until the following season. Derek Morgan who also joined was another future captain and played until 1969. A third key played making his debut was Arnold Hamer who scored over 15,000 runs over ten years. John Kelly joined Derbyshire from Lancashire and played for ten years and Alwyn Eato a former footballer played for five years. Bertram Richardson played for four years, and Mike Stevenson who was at Cambridge University played occasional games in two seasons.

Matches

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	10 May 1950[1]	Surrey Kennington Oval	Lost	4 wickets	HL Jackson 5-41; Laker 5-57
2	13 May 1950[2]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby	Won	6 wickets	AC Revill 108
3	20 May 1950[3]	Somerset Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		Hazell 6-76; AEG Rhodes 5-14
4	24 May 1950[4]	Middlesex Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	Drawn
5	27 May 1950[5]	Warwickshire County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Dollery 163; Pritchard 6-78
6	31 May 1950[6]	Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester	Lost	4 wickets	Tompkin 130; AC Revill 119; Lester 6-87
7	03 Jun 1950[7]	Yorkshire Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford	Won	79 runs	D Smith 122; Len Hutton 107; AEG Rhodes 6-74
8	07 Jun 1950[8]	Worcestershire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston	Won	65 runs	HL Jackson 6-57
9	10 Jun 1950[9]	Oxford University The University Parks, Oxford	Drawn		PDS Blake 101; AEG Rhodes 7-68
10	14 Jun 1950[10]	Glamorgan The Gnoll, Neath	Lost	92 runs	HL Jackson 5-38 and 6-63; Trick 5-18
11	17 Jun 1950[11]	Gloucestershire Ashley Down Ground, Bristol	Lost	81 runs	Young 117; HL Jackson 6-37; Cook 6-82; Goddard 7-42
12	21 Jun 1950[12]	Glamorgan County Ground, Derby	Drawn
13	24 Jun 1950[13]	Lancashire Park Road Ground, Buxton	Drawn		Ikin 103; Tattershall 6-46;
14	28 Jun 1950[14]	Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	7 wickets	Halliday 144; AEG Rhodes 5-82
15	01 Jul 1950[15]	Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston	Lost	1 wicket	CS Elliott 158; Jepson 5-68
16	05 Jul 1950[16]	Worcestershire County Ground, New Road, Worcester	Lost	4 wickets	Jenkins 7-31; P Jackson 7-107
17	08 Jul 1950[17]	Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester	Won	83 runs	AC Revill 109; AEG Rhodes 5-79; Tattershall 5-72
18	12 Jul 1950[18]	Hampshire County Ground, Derby	Drawn		TA Hall 5-60
19	15 Jul 1950[19]	West Indies Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		C Gladwin 6-40
20	22 Jul 1950[20]	Essex Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Won	6 wickets	Bailey 5-54
21	26 Jul 1950[21]	Sussex Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent	Drawn		Langridge 184; HL Jackson 5-27
22	29 Jul 1950[22]	Hampshire County Ground, Southampton	Lost	49 runs	Knott 5-83 and 7-93; C Gladwin 5-51
23	05 Aug 1950[23]	Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham	Won	8 wickets	Grove 6-60; HL Jackson 5-22 and 5-76
24	09 Aug 1950[24]	Gloucestershire County Ground, Derby	Drawn		DM Young 149
25	12 Aug 1950[25]	Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Drawn		AEG Rhodes 6-69; Butler 5-38
26	16 Aug 1950[26]	Leicestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		Berry 118
27	19 Aug 1950[27]	Kent County Ground, Derby	Won	Innings and 98 runs	C Gladwin 6-56
28	23 Aug 1950[28]	Kent Crabble Athletic Ground, Dover	Lost	9 wickets	C Gladwin 7-73; Wright 6-45
29	26 Aug 1950[29]	Essex Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea	Won	10 wickets	JM Kelly 130; Gladwin 7-80
30	30 Aug 1950[30]	Sussex County Ground, Hove	Drawn

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

Name	Matches	Inns	Runs	High score	Average	100s
R Sale	2	2	77	73	77.00	0
DB Carr	3	6	215	84	43.00	0
JD Eggar	5	5	151	90*	37.75	0
AC Revill	28	48	1542	119	35.86	3
D Smith	22	39	1117	122*	33.84	1
A Hamer	21	37	1029	80	28.58	0
CS Elliott	28	49	1336	158	27.83	1
JM Kelly	18	32	742	130	23.93	1
P Vaulkhard	27	45	894	98	21.28	0
C Gladwin	16	19	283	77*	20.21	0
AEG Rhodes	28	45	684	75	16.68	0
DC Morgan	27	39	469	57	16.17	0
GO Dawkes	23	37	406	56	13.53	0
TA Hall	11	18	186	52	10.94	0
A F Townsend	2	3	28	24	9.33	0
A Eato	1	1	9	9	9.00	0
BH Richardson	13	15	78	22	8.66	0
HL Johnson	5	8	67	33	8.37	0
MH Stevenson	2	3	23	15	7.66	0
HL Jackson	23	28	64	19*	3.76	0
T R Armstrong	1	1	3	3	3.00	0
W H Copson	1	2	1	1	1.00	0
GL Willatt	1	1	2	2*		0 [31]

Leading first-class batsmen for Derbyshire by runs scored
Name	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Ave	100
AC Revill	30	51	1643	119	32.21	3
CS Elliott	30	52	1454	158	27.96	1
D Smith	22	39	1117	122*	33.84	1
A Hamer	22	39	1133	80	29.05	0
P Vaulkhard	29	48	940	98	19.58	0

County Championship bowling averages

Name	Balls	Runs	Wickets	BB	Average
AEG Rhodes	6206	2576	114	6-69	22.59
HL Jackson	4213	1726	89	6-37	19.39
C Gladwin	3967	1406	77	7-73	18.25
DC Morgan	3583	1751	63	4-52	27.79
TA Hall	1593	884	32	5-60	27.62
BH Richardson	1264	562	21	4-39	26.76
A Hamer	473	209	15	4-27	13.93
DB Carr	224	110	4	4-54	27.50
W H Copson	264	97	2	2-55	48.50
HL Johnson	36	26	1	1-11	26.00
T R Armstrong	126	56	0
A Eato	84	60	0
AC Revill	48	24	0
P Vaulkhard	42	36	0
D Smith	34	17	0
CS Elliott	12	21	0		[32]

Leading first class bowlers for Derbyshire by wickets taken
Name	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave
AEG Rhodes	6710	2760	125	7-68	22.08
HL Jackson	4577	1882	92	6-37	20.45
C Gladwin	4231	1473	85	7-73	17.32
DC Morgan	3583	1751	63	4-52	27.79
TA Hall	1641	908	32	5-60	28.37

Wicket Keeping

GO Dawkes First Class Catches 49, Stumping 10
D Smith First Class Catches 20, Stumping 1

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References

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[1] Cricket Archive - Surrey v Derbyshire 10 May 1950

[2] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 13 May 1950

[3] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Somerset 20 May 1950

[4] Cricket Archive - Middlesex v Derbyshire 24 May 1950

[5] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Warwickshire 27 May 1950

[6] Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire 31 May 1950

[7] Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire 03 Jun 1950

[8] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Worcestershire 07 Jun 1950

[9] Cricket Archive - Oxford University v Derbyshire 10 Jun 1950

[10] Cricket Archive - Glamorgan v Derbyshire 14 Jun 1950

[11] Cricket Archive - Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 17 Jun 1950

[12] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Glamorgan 21 Jun 1950

[13] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire 24 Jun 1950

[14] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire 28 Jun 1950

[15] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 01 Jul 1950

[16] Cricket Archive - Worcestershire v Derbyshire 05 Jul 1950

[17] Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire 08 Jul 1950

[18] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Hampshire 12 Jul 1950

[19] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v West Indians 15 Jul 1950

[20] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Essex 22 Jul 1950

[21] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Sussex 26 Jul 1950

[22] Cricket Archive - Hampshire v Derbyshire 29 Jul 1950

[23] Cricket Archive - Warwickshire v Derbyshire 05 Aug 1950

[24] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 09 Aug 1950

[25] Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 12 Aug 1950

[26] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Leicestershire 16 Aug 1950

[27] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Kent 19 Aug 1950

[28] Cricket Archive - Kent v Derbyshire 23 Aug 1950

[29] Cricket Archive - Essex v Derbyshire 26 Aug 1950

[30] Cricket Archive - Sussex v Derbyshire 30 Aug 1950

[31] Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1951

[32] Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1951