Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1949 explained

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1949 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for seventy-eight years. It was their forty-fifth season in the County Championship and they won six matches in the County Championship to finish in fifteenth place.

1949 season

Derbyshire played 26 matches in the County Championship and one against the touring New Zealanders. DA Skinner was captain. Charlie Elliott scored most runs, and Cliff Gladwin took most wickets with 110 in the Championship.

Laurie Johnson, who went on to become a major performer for the county, made his debut in 1949 while fellow West Indian Michael Frederick also made his debut, but only took part in two first class matches. Dick Sale and Tom Hall played in their first of several seasons for the club, as did George Lowe although he appeared intermittently. Joseph Rimmer and Maurice Snape made their only appearances for Derbyshire in two matches in the season, while Kenneth Shearwood appeared once as a stop-gap wicket-keeper.

Matches

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes	-	1	14 May 1949 [1]	Somerset County Ground, Derby	Won	10 wickets	AEG Rhodes 5-49;
2	21 May 1949 [2]	Leicestershire Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch	Won	153 runs	AC Revill 156; Symington 5-45; C Gladwin 5-28; Walsh 5-105
3	25 May 1949 [3]	Surrey Kennington Oval	Lost	Innings and 182 runs	Squires 210; Bedser 6-25
4	28 May 1949 [4]	Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	114 runs	Coxon 6-36
5	01 Jun 1949 [5]	Sussex Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston	Drawn		John Langridge 234
6	04 Jun 1949 [6]	Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham	Lost	1 wicket	Dollery 100
7	08 Jun 1949 [7]	Leicestershire County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Berry 149; Prentice 117; HL Jackson 7-51
8	11 Jun 1949 [8]	Worcestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	100 runs	Howorth 6-57; C Gladwin 8-72
9	18 Jun 1949 [9]	Gloucestershire Ashley Down Ground, Bristol	Lost	Innings and 1 run	Goddard 6-46 and 9-61; AEG Rhodes 7-114
10	22 Jun 1949 [10]	Kent Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	116 runs	C Gladwin 5-41
11	25 Jun 1949 [11]	Lancashire Park Road Ground, Buxton	Won	110 runs	HL Jackson 6-52; Tattersall 6-39
12	29 Jun 1949 [12]	Essex Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea	Won	8 wickets	Pearce 111; C Gladwin 5-36 and 5-52; Price 5-47; W H Copson 5-43
13	02 Jul 1949 [13]	Sussex Manor Sports Ground, Worthing	Drawn		John Langridge 146 and 146
14	06 Jul 1949 [14]	Hampshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	10 wickets	Carty 5-43; Shackleton 7-90
15	09 Jul 1949 [15]		Lost	7 wickets	AC Revill 145; Burke 6-23
16	16 Jul 1949 [16]	Glamorgan Cardiff Arms Park	Lost	6 wickets	Clift 125; HL Jackson ; Muncer 5-68
17	20 Jul 1949 [17]	Somerset County Ground, Taunton	Won	Innings and 146 runs	AEG Rhodes 127; Hazell ; W H Copson 5-34; HL Jackson 6-43
18	23 Jul 1949 [18]	Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston	Drawn		Keeton 101; AEG Rhodes 126; Butler 5-56
19	30 Jul 1949 [19]	Warwickshire County Ground, Derby	Drawn
20	03 Aug 1949 [20]	Gloucestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	184 runs	C Gladwin 5-53; Cook 5-40; DB Carr ; Graveney 10-66
21	06 Aug 1949 [21]	Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester	Drawn		R Sale 146; C Gladwin 5-105
22	10 Aug 1949 [22]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton	Lost	Innings and 80 runs	Jakeman 160; HL Jackson 5-99
23	13 Aug 1949 [23]	Yorkshire Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford	Lost	6 wickets	Ted Lester 140; JD Eggar 219; Coxon 5-48
24	17 Aug 1949 [24]	Middlesex County Ground, Derby	Lost	Innings and 95 runs	Sims 5-105
25	20 Aug 1949 [25]	Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Drawn		C Gladwin 125; Poole 122; Harvey 7-105
126	24 Aug 1949 [26]	Middlesex Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	Lost	3 wickets	Young 5-80; Warr 5-36
27	27 Aug 1949 [27]	Essex Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent	Won	Innings and 149 runs	W H Copson 5-23; C Gladwin 5-28
Statistics County Championship batting averages Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s 7 14 501 219 41.75 1 2 3 98 84 32.66 0 22 39 1114 156* 31.82 1 2 4 93 35* 31.00 0 26 48 1372 95 29.82 0 24 41 903 124* 29.12 1 21 35 955 89 28.93 0 26 44 1140 127 26.51 2 11 18 444 77 26.11 0 6 12 273 146 22.75 1 8 14 313 72 22.35 0 25 39 601 88 19.38 0 14 24 430 71 18.69 0 21 33 441 63 13.78 0 10 20 233 41 12.26 0 1 2 22 22 11.00 0 25 38 207 28 6.67 0 3 4 21 13 5.25 0 23 37 120 24 4.80 0 1 2 4 4* 4.00 0 2 3 11 4 3.66 0 1 2 6 4 3.00 0 1 1 0 0 0.00 0 2 1 0 0* 0 2 3 0 0* 0.00 0 [28] County Championship bowling averages Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average 5496 2210 110 8-72 20.09 4985 2017 98 7-51 20.58 4681 2462 65 7-114 37.87 3650 1686 63 5-23 26.76 404 248 8 6-111 31.00 498 297 4 3-63 74.25 261 175 4 2-71 43.75 732 320 3 1-7 106.66 108 34 3 2-15 11.33 234 182 2 1-41 91.00 90 55 0 25 12 0 24 11 0 24 9 0 6 0 0 [29] Wicket Keepers GO Dawkes Catches 60, Stumping 6 KA Shearwood Catches 0, Stumping 1 See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1949 English cricket season References

Notes and References

1. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/18/18829.html Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Somerset 14 May 1949
2. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/18/18849.html Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire 21 May 1949
3. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/18/18860.html Cricket Archive - Surrey v Derbyshire 25 May 1949
4. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/18/18863.html Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire 28 May 1949
5. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/18/18874.html Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Sussex 01 Jun 1949
6. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/18/18889.html Cricket Archive - Warwickshire v Derbyshire 04 Jun 1949 04 Jun 1949
7. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/18/18891.html Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Leicestershire 08 Jun 1949
8. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/18/18900.html Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Worcestershire 11 Jun 1949
9. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/18/18917.html Cricket Archive - Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 18 Jun 1949
10. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/18/18929.html Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Kent 22 Jun 1949
11. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/18/18936.html Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire 25 Jun 1949
12. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/18/18947.html Cricket Archive - Essex v Derbyshire 29 Jun 1949
13. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/18/18960.html Cricket Archive - Sussex v Derbyshire 02 Jul 1949
14. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/18/18964.html Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Hampshire 06 Jul 1949
15. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/18/18971.html Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v New Zealanders 09 Jul 1949
16. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/18/18988.html Cricket Archive - Glamorgan v Derbyshire 16 Jul 1949
17. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19000.html Cricket Archive - Somerset v Derbyshire 20 Jul 1949
18. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19001.html Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 23 Jul 1949
19. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19016.html Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Warwickshire 30 Jul 1949
20. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19025.html Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 03 Aug 1949
21. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19036.html Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire 06 Aug 1949
22. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19047.html Cricket Archive - Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 10 Aug 1949
23. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19062.html Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire 13 Aug 1949
24. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19063.html Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Middlesex 17 Aug 1949
25. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19075.html Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 20 Aug 1949
26. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19082.html Cricket Archive - Middlesex v Derbyshire 24 Aug 1949
27. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19087.html Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Essex 27 Aug 1949
28. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/County_Championship_1951/Derbyshire_Batting.html Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1951
29. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/County_Championship_1951/Derbyshire_Bowling.html Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1951