Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1961

Derbyshire County Cricket Club
1961 season
Captain Donald Carr
County Championship 7
Most runs Laurie Johnson
Most wickets Harold Rhodes
← 1960 1962 →

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1961 represents cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for ninety years. It was their fifty-seventh season in the County Championship and they won ten matches to finish seventh in the County Championship.

1961 season

Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, and one match against Oxford University, one against the touring Australians and an extra match against Nottinghamshire. They won ten matches altogether Donald Carr was in his seventh season as captain. Laurie Johnson was top scorer and Harold Rhodes took most wickets with 101.

The only new member of the team was Bob Taylor, a future captain and international, who had played in the second XI in the previous year. He was brought in to keep wicket after George Dawkes suffered from knee problems.

Matches

List of matches
No. Date V Result Margin Notes
1 26 Apr 1961 [1] Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham 		Drawn Not a county championship match
2 3 May 1961 [2] Australians
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Drawn Only 22 overs played
3 10 May 1961 [3] Kent
County Ground, Derby 		Drawn Sayer 5-48; HJ Rhodes 5-59
4 13 May 1961 [4] Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham 		Won 3 wickets Winfield 109; DB Carr 143
5 17 May 1961 [5] Somerset
Recreation Ground, Bath 		Won 3 wickets Wright 102; DC Morgan 5-40
6 20 May 1961 [6] Northamptonshire
County Ground, Northampton 		Lost 129 runs Allen 8-48 and 5-50; HJ Rhodes 5-48; E Smith 5-41
7 24 May 1961 [7] Worcestershire
County Ground, Derby 		Lost Innings and 15 runs Coldwell 5-44; Gifford 5-17
8 27 May 1961 [8] Glamorgan
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Lost 14 runs IR Buxton 6-80
9 3 Jun 1961 [9] Lancashire
Old Trafford, Manchester 		Lost 109 runs Grieves 139
10 7 Jun 1961[10] Sussex
County Ground, Derby 		Drawn IR Buxton 5-52; Thomson 5-54 and 6-46
11 10 Jun 1961 [11] Essex
Hoffman's Sports and Social Club Ground, Chelmsford 		Drawn G Smith 148; HL Johnson 119; TJP Eyre 5-75
12 17 Jun 1961 [12] Essex
Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent 		Lost 181 runs Knight 120; HL Jackson 5-30; Bailey 5-27
13 21 Jun 1961 [13] Lancashire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Won Innings and 141 runs HL Jackson 6-15; TJP Eyre 5-40
14 24 Jun 1961 [14] Oxford University
Park Road Ground, Buxton 		Drawn HJ Rhodes took a hattrick to finish Oxford's second innings
15 28 Jun 1961 [15] Yorkshire
Bramall Lane, Sheffield 		Drawn Trueman 6-60 and 5-63
16 1 Jul 1961 [16] Leicestershire
County Ground, Derby 		Won 9 wickets HL Jackson 5-53; Spencer 5-32
17 5 Jul 1961 [17] Gloucestershire
Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester 		Drawn HL Johnson 122; A'Court 6-50; Cook 5-41
18 8 Jul 1961 [18] Yorkshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Lost Innings and 18 runs Stott 114
19 12 Jul 1961 [19] Glamorgan
Cardiff Arms Park 		Drawn HJ Rhodes 5-80; Shepherd5-96
20 19 Jul 1961 [20] Warwickshire
County Ground, Derby 		Won 3 wickets IR Buxton 5-41 and 5-63; Thompson 5-46 and 5-75
21 22 Jul 1961 [21] Worcestershire
Chester Road North Ground, Kidderminster 		Lost 185 runs Headley 103; Coldwell 8-41
22 26 Jul 1961 [22] Middlesex
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood 		Won 7 wickets Parfitt 113; HJ Rhodes 7-74
23 29 Jul 1961 [23] Nottinghamshire
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston 		Drawn DB Carr 130
24 2 Aug 1961 [24] Somerset
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Won 6 wickets HL Jackson 5-33; Palmer 6-76
25 5 Aug 1961[25] Northamptonshire
County Ground, Derby 		Drawn
26 9 Aug 1961 [26] Leicestershire
Grace Road, Leicester 		Won 136 runs HL Johnson 116; Savage 5-81; HJ Rhodes 5-49
27 12 Aug 1961 [27] Hampshire
County Ground, Derby 		Lost 58 runs Horton 141; Shackleton 6-90
28 19 Aug 1961 [28] Surrey
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Won 4 wickets HL Jackson 6-40 and 5-68; Sydenham 5-102
29 23 Aug 1961 [29] Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham 		Drawn Stewart 135; Wright 5-68; Bannister 6-30
30 26 Aug 1961 [30] Sussex
Manor Sports Ground, Worthing 		Won 65 runs WF Oates 148; E Smith 5-76
31 30 Aug 1961 [31] Hampshire
Dean Park, Bournemouth 		Lost 140 runs HL Johnson 112; Wassell 5-132; Shackleton 6-39

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s
HL Johnson 25 46 1594 122 37.95 4
DB Carr 26 47 1559 143 36.25 2
WF Oates 23 41 1259 148* 34.02 1
C Lee 28 53 1415 91 27.74 0
I Gibson 1 2 49 46 24.50 0
DC Morgan 26 45 888 83 22.76 0
GO Dawkes 11 18 342 50 21.37 0
IW Hall 24 45 899 71 20.43 0
IR Buxton 24 41 643 50* 17.86 0
TJP Eyre 8 12 97 33* 16.16 0
E Smith 20 34 432 48 14.89 0
HJ Rhodes 24 37 321 34 14.59 0
GA Beet 2 3 28 17 14.00 0
D Millner 12 24 334 80 13.91 0
R Swallow 6 11 132 34 12.00 0
RW Taylor 17 24 205 48 11.38 0
R Berry 8 10 42 17 7.00 0
GW Richardson 4 6 35 18 5.83 0
HL Jackson 19 21 46 11 3.06 0 [32]

County Championship bowling averages

Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average
HJ Rhodes 5582 2024 101 7-74 20.03
IR Buxton 4350 1691 79 6-80 21.40
HL Jackson 4696 1481 78 6-15 18.98
DC Morgan 4203 1744 62 5-40 28.12
E Smith 3543 1412 44 5-41 32.09
TJP Eyre 1358 682 29 5-40 23.51
DB Carr 1088 615 18 3-37 34.16
R Berry 1344 462 14 3-45 33.00
C Lee 684 262 11 2-9 23.81
GW Richardson 384 211 4 2-55 52.75
WF Oates 138 63 2 1-0 31.50
HL Johnson 24 24 1 1-0 24.00
GA Beet 48 42 1 1-42 42.00
D Millner 24 15 0
R Swallow 6 0 0
I Gibson 12 13 0
IW Hall 18 5 0 [33]


Wicket Keepers

See also

References

  1. ↑ Cricket ArchiveNottinghamshire v Derbyshire 26 Apr 1961
  2. ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Australians 3 May 1961
  3. ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Kent 10 May 1961
  4. ↑ Cricket Archive Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 13 May 1961
  5. ↑ Cricket Archive Somerset v Derbyshire 17 May 1961
  6. ↑ Cricket Archive Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 20 May 1961
  7. ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Worcestershire 24 May 1961
  8. ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Glamorgan 27 May 1961
  9. ↑ Cricket Archive Lancashire v Derbyshire 3 Jun 1961
  10. ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Sussex 7 Jun 1961
  11. ↑ Cricket Archive Essex v Derbyshire 10 Jun 1961
  12. ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Essex 17 Jun 1961
  13. ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Lancashire 21 Jun 1961
  14. ↑ Cricket ArchiveDerbyshire v Oxford University 24 Jun 1961
  15. ↑ Cricket Archive Yorkshire v Derbyshire 28 Jun 1961
  16. ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Leicestershire 1 Jul 1961
  17. ↑ Cricket Archive Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 5 Jul 1961
  18. ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Yorkshire 8 Jul 1961
  19. ↑ Cricket Archive Glamorgan v Derbyshire 12 Jul 1961
  20. ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Warwickshire 19 Jul 1961
  21. ↑ Cricket Archive Worcestershire v Derbyshire 22 Jul 1961
  22. ↑ Cricket Archive Middlesex v Derbyshire 26 Jul 1961
  23. ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 29 Jul 1961
  24. ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Somerset 2 Aug 1961
  25. ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 5 Aug 1961
  26. ↑ Cricket Archive Leicestershire v Derbyshire 9 Aug 1961
  27. ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Hampshire 12 Aug 1961
  28. ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Surrey 19 Aug 1961
  29. ↑ Cricket Archive Warwickshire v Derbyshire 23 Aug 1961
  30. ↑ Cricket Archive Sussex v Derbyshire 26 Aug 1961
  31. ↑ Cricket Archive Hampshire v Derbyshire 30 Aug 1961
  32. ↑ Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1961
  33. ↑ Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1961
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