Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1950 was the

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season when the English club

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had been playing for seventy-nine years. It was their forty-sixth season in the

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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.

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scored most runs, and Albert Rhodes took most wickets with 125.

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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

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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

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Kennington Oval , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 4 wickets , HL Jackson 5-41; Laker 5-57 , - , 2 , 13 May 1950 ,

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Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Hazell 6-76; AEG Rhodes 5-14 , - , 4 , 24 May 1950 ,

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Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , , - , 5 , 27 May 1950 ,

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County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Dollery 163; Pritchard 6-78 , - , 6 , 31 May 1950 ,

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Grace Road, Leicester , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 4 wickets , Tompkin 130; AC Revill 119; Lester 6-87 , - , 7 , 03 Jun 1950 ,

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Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 79 runs , D Smith 122;

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107; AEG Rhodes 6-74 , - , 8 , 07 Jun 1950 ,

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Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 65 runs , HL Jackson 6-57 , - , 9 , 10 Jun 1950 ,

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The Gnoll, Neath , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 92 runs , HL Jackson 5-38 and 6-63; Trick 5-18 , - , 11 , 17 Jun 1950 ,

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Ashley Down Ground, Bristol , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 81 runs , Young 117; HL Jackson 6-37; Cook 6-82; Goddard 7-42 , - , 12 , 21 Jun 1950 ,

County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , , - , 13 , 24 Jun 1950 ,

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Park Road Ground, Buxton , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Ikin 103; Tattershall 6-46; , - , 14 , 28 Jun 1950 ,

Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 7 wickets , Halliday 144; AEG Rhodes 5-82 , - , 15 , 01 Jul 1950 ,

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Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 1 wicket , CS Elliott 158; Jepson 5-68 , - , 16 , 05 Jul 1950 ,

County Ground, New Road, Worcester , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 4 wickets , Jenkins 7-31; P Jackson 7-107 , - , 17 , 08 Jul 1950 ,

Old Trafford, Manchester , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 83 runs , AC Revill 109; AEG Rhodes 5-79; Tattershall 5-72 , - , 18 , 12 Jul 1950 ,

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County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , TA Hall 5-60 , - , 19 , 15 Jul 1950 ,

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Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , C Gladwin 6-40 , - , 20 , 22 Jul 1950 ,

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Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 6 wickets , Bailey 5-54 , - , 21 , 26 Jul 1950 ,

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Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Langridge 184; HL Jackson 5-27 , - , 22 , 29 Jul 1950 ,

County Ground, Southampton , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 49 runs , Knott 5-83 and 7-93; C Gladwin 5-51 , - , 23 , 05 Aug 1950 ,

Edgbaston, Birmingham , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 8 wickets , Grove 6-60; HL Jackson 5-22 and 5-76 , - , 24 , 09 Aug 1950 ,

County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , DM Young 149 , - , 25 , 12 Aug 1950 ,

Trent Bridge, Nottingham , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , AEG Rhodes 6-69; Butler 5-38 , - , 26 , 16 Aug 1950 ,

Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Berry 118 , - , 27 , 19 Aug 1950 ,

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County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , Innings and 98 runs , C Gladwin 6-56 , - , 28 , 23 Aug 1950 ,

Crabble Athletic Ground, Dover , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 9 wickets , C Gladwin 7-73; Wright 6-45 , - , 29 , 26 Aug 1950 ,

Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 10 wickets , JM Kelly 130; Gladwin 7-80 , - , 30 , 30 Aug 1950 ,

County Ground, Hove , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , , -

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

{, class="wikitable sortable" width="90%" , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! 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 , - {, class="wikitable" width="80%" , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! colspan=7, Leading first-class batsmen for Derbyshire by runs scored , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! Name ! Mat ! Inns ! Runs ! HS !

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! 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

{, class="wikitable sortable" width="90%" , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! 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 , , , , Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1951
/ref> , - {, class="wikitable" width="80%" , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! colspan=6, Leading first class bowlers for Derbyshire by wickets taken , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! Name ! Balls ! Runs ! Wkts ! BBI !

, - , 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

References

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