Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1956 represents

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season when the English club

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had been playing for eighty five years. It was their fifty-second season in the

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and they won seven matches and lost seven to finish twelfth in the County Championship.

1956 season

Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, and one match against Oxford University, and one against the touring Australians. They won seven matches altogether, but a large number of matches were drawn.

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was in his third season as captain. Charles Lee was top scorer and Les Jackson took most wickets with 114. The club retained a virtually unchanged squad with only one newcomer – Gordon Beet who had played in the second XI in the previous year and made occasional first class appearances subsequently.

Matches

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Kennington Oval , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , C Gladwin 5–43 and 8–64 , - , 2 , 16 May 1956 ,

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Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 88 runs , JM Kelly 131; HL Jackson 5–68 and 7–48 , - , 3 , 19 May 1956 ,

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County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , , - , 4 , 23 May 1956 ,

Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , Innings and 41 runs , Edrich 208; Moss 6–71 and 5–53 , - , 5 , 26 May 1956 ,

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, bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 6 wickets , McMahon 5–45; McCool 5–43 , - , 6 , 30 May 1956 ,

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Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 7 wickets , HL Jackson 6–54 , - , 7 , 2 Jun 1956 ,

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Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 6 runs , Appleyard 6–37 and 6–69; HL Jackson 5–26; HJ Rhodes 5–52 , - , 8 , 6 Jun 1956 ,

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Park Road Ground, Buxton , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Pullar 104; Tattersall 6–57 , - , 9 , 9 Jun 1956 , Glamorgan
St Helen's, Swansea , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 8 wickets , A Hamer 120; E Smith 7–58; Shepherd 7–111 , - , 10 , 13 Jun 1956 ,

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The University Parks, Oxford , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Kentish 5–49 , - , 11 , 16 Jun 1956 , Glamorgan
Queen's Park, Chesterfield , Abandoned , , , - , 12 , 23 Jun 1956 ,

Headingley, Leeds , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , JM Kelly 104; HL Jackson 7–55 , - , 13 , 27 Jun 1956 ,

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County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , , - , 14 , 30 Jun 1956 , Leicestershire
Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , Innings and 26 runs , C Lee 116 , - , 15 , 4 Jul 1956 ,

Old Trafford, Manchester , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Greenhough 6–64; C Gladwin 5–25 , - , 16 , 7 Jul 1956 , Leicestershire
Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 145 runs , DB Carr 123; Palmer 104; HL Jackson 7–41 , - , 17 , 11 Jul 1956 , Sussex
County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , HL Jackson 6–87 , - , 18 , 14 Jul 1956 ,

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Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , , - , 19 , 18 Jul 1956 ,

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Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , HL Jackson 5–69 , - , 20 , 21 Jul 1956 ,

County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 111 runs , A Hamer 104; C Gladwin 7–57; E Smith 6–52 , - , 21 , 25 Jul 1956 ,

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Tipton Road, Dudley , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 10 wickets , Kenyon 147; Jenkins 5–62 and 6–50 , - , 22 , 28 Jul 1956 ,

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Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , A Hamer 119; Jepson 6–42 , - , 23 , 1 Aug 1956 ,

Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , 8 overs played , - , 24 , 4 Aug 1956 ,

Edgbaston, Birmingham , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 133 runs , Hollies 7–40 , - , 25 , 8 Aug 1956 ,

Trent Bridge, Nottingham , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 4 wickets , Goonesena 5–52 and 6–49; DC Morgan 5–50 , - , 26 , 11 Aug 1956 ,

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County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 57 runs , Lindwall 7–40; Miller 5–29 , - , 27 , 15 Aug 1956 ,

Wellingborough School Ground , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Tyson 7–46 , - , 28 , 18 Aug 1956 , Sussex
The Saffrons, Eastbourne , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 6 wickets , C Gladwin 6–74; Oakman 6–36 , - , 29 , 22 Aug 1956 , Surrey
County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Stewart 100; Loader 6–70 , - , 30 , 25 Aug 1956 County ,

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Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , C Gladwin 5–42 , - ,

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

{, class="wikitable sortable" width="90%" , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !! 100s , - , - , C Lee , , 27, , 47 , , 1407 , , 116 , , 32.72 , , 1 , - , A Hamer , , 25 , , 43 , , 1271 , , 120 , , 31.77 , , 3 , - , GO Dawkes , , 27 , , 40 , , 857, , 81 , , 26.78 , , 0 , - , JM Kelly , , 25, , 40 , , 1016 , , 131 , , 27.45 , , 2 , - , DB Carr , , 23, , 36 , , 887 , , 123 , , 26.08 , , 1 , - , AC Revill , , 21 , , 37 , , 740, , 72 , , 23.12 , , 0 , - , HL Johnson , , 25 , , 36 , , 685 , , 83 , , 20.75 , , 0 , - , DC Morgan , , 23 , , 31 , , 469, , 51 , , 19.54 , , 0 , - , GL Willatt , , 4 , , 6 , , 97 , , 49 , , 19.40 , , 0 , - , C Gladwin , , 27 , , 32 , , 303 , , 31 , , 12.62 , , 0 , - , E Smith , , 27 , , 37 , , 330, , 41 , , 11.37 , , 0 , - , HJ Rhodes , , 3, , 5 , , 47 , , 19 , , 9.40 , , 0 , - , DJ Green , , 2, , 4 , , 27, , 11 , , 6.75 , , 0 , - , HL Jackson , , 27 , , 29 , , 106 , , 23*, , 5.04 , , 0 , - , GA Beet , , 2 , , 1 , , 4, , 4 , , 4.00 , , 0 , - , JB Furniss , , 2 , , 3 , , 7, , 6 , , 2.33 , , 0 , - , D Hall , , 7, , 8 , , 3, , 3*, , 0.75 , , 0 , -

County Championship bowling averages

{, class="wikitable sortable" width="90%" , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! Name !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average , - , HL Jackson , , 5188 , , 2000 , , 114, , 7–41 , , 17.54 , - , C Gladwin , , 5299, , 1941 , , 101, , 8–64, , 19.21 , - , E Smith , , 3431 , , 1475, , 54, , 7–58 , , 27.31 , - , DC Morgan , , 2556 , , 1030, , 35, , 5–50, , 29.42 , - , DB Carr , , 1243 , , 681, , 21, , 3–28, , 32.42 , - , HJ Rhodes , , 449 , , 165 , , 10, , 5–52 , , 16.50 , - , D Hall , , 680 , , 323 , , 8, , 3–61 , , 40.37 , - , JB Furniss , , 162 , , 102 , , 4 , , 3–52 , , 25.50 , - , A Hamer , , 222 , , 80, , 1 , , 1–5 , , 80.00 , - , GA Beet , , 96 , , 58 , , 1 , , 1–58, , 58.00 , - , GL Willatt , , 6 , , 5 , , 0 , - , HL Johnson , , 6 , , 4 , , 0 , - , JM Kelly , , 18 , , 9, , 0 , - , C Lee , , 12 , , 4, , 0 , - , AC Revill , , 48 , , 47, , 0 , - , GO Dawkes , , 10 , , 6 , , 0Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1956
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Wicket Keepers

* GO Dawkes Catches 41, Stumping 6

References

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