Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1958 represents the

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season when the English club

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had been playing eighty-seven years. It was their fifty-fourth season in the

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and they won nine matches in the County Championship to finish fifth.

1958 season

Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, one match against Oxford University, and one against the touring

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. They won ten matches altogether, and ended fifth in the County Championship.

Donald Carr Donald Bryce Carr OBE (28 December 1926 – 12 June 2016) was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the so ...

was in his fourth season as captain. Charles Lee was top scorer. Les Jackson took most wickets for Derbyshire and topped the national bowler list with 143 wickets. His bowling average of 10.99 has not been exceeded since. Hampshire's score of 23 in the match at the Ind Coope ground remains the record for lowest runs in a match against Derbyshire The only new player was Jim Brailsford who made his three first-class career appearances for Derbyshire during the season.

Matches

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Oxford University Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to th ...

The University Parks, Oxford , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 134 runs , HL Jackson 7-18; E Smith 6-70 , - , 2 , 14 May 1958 , Glamorgan
County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Watkins 5-19; HJ Rhodes 5-35; McConnon 6-20 , - , 3 , 17 May 1958 , Leicestershire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 5 wickets , DC Morgan 6-36; Boshier 6-39 , - , 4 , 24 May 1958 ,

Warwickshire Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, and the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Av ...

County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Gardner 122; HL Jackson 6-74 , - , 5 , 28 May 1958 ,

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Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , C Lee 150; HL Jackson 5-37 , - , 6 , 31 May 1958 ,

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County Ground, Northampton , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 48 runs , Manning 5-41 , - , 7 , 04 Jun 1958 ,

Ashley Down Ground, Bristol , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 158 runs , Young 141; C Gladwin 7-28; Cook 7-19; DC Morgan 5-52; Mortimore 7-26 , - , 8 , 07 Jun 1958 ,

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Park Road Ground, Buxton , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Preston 5-36 , - , 9 , 11 Jun 1958 ,

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County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , , - , 10 , 14 Jun 1958 ,

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Chester Road North Ground, Kidderminster , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 9 wickets , Outschoorn 113; HL Jackson 5-53; Flavell 7-43 , - , 11 , 21 Jun 1958 , Surrey
Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Laker 5-64 , - , 12 , 25 Jun 1958 , Sussex
Central Recreation Ground, Hastings , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , HL Jackson 5-28 , - , 13 , 28 Jun 1958 , Glamorgan
St Helen's, Swansea , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 5 wickets , C Gladwin 5-64 , - , 14 , 02 Jul 1958 ,

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Recreation Ground, Bath , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 4 runs , Tremlett 118; C Gladwin 7-59 , - , 15 , 05 Jul 1958 ,

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Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , DC Morgan 5-66 , - , 16 , 09 Jul 1958 ,

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County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 6 wickets , Statham 5-21 , - , 17 , 12 Jul 1958 , Leicestershire
Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , Innings and 42 runs , HL Jackson 7-30 and 5-37 , - , 18 , 16 Jul 1958 ,

Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 2 wickets , HL Jackson 7-34; Bailey 8-29 , - , 19 , 19 Jul 1958 ,

Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The trad ...

Trent Bridge, Nottingham , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , Innings and 88 runs , C Lee 147; HJ Rhodes 5-50; C Gladwin 5-35 , - , 20 , 26 Jul 1958 ,

Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , Innings and 2 runs , C Gladwin 6-34 and 5-49; DC Morgan 5-10 , - , 21 , 30 Jul 1958 ,

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Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Bennett 6-79 , - , 22 , 02 Aug 1958 ,

Edgbaston, Birmingham , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 7 wickets , C Gladwin 5-15 , - , 23 , 06 Aug 1958 ,

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St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , Innings and 8 runs , Leary 101; Sayer 5-28; HL Jackson 6-58 , - , 24 , 09 Aug 1958 , Sussex
County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , HL Jackson 6-61; Thomson 5-70 , - , 25 , 13 Aug 1958 ,

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Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 103 runs , Heath 6-25 and 7-52; HL Jackson 5-10 , - , 26 , 16 Aug 1958 ,

Headingley, Leeds , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 86 runs , E Smith 5-38; HL Jackson 7-53; Illingworth 5-51 , - , 27 , 20 Aug 1958 ,

Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , DB Carr 5-48 , - , 28 , 23 Aug 1958 ,

County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 132 runs , HL Jackson 5-33; C Gladwin 5-31 , - , 29 , 27 Aug 1958 ,

Old Trafford, Manchester , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 6 wickets , HL Jackson 5-32; Statham 5-31 , - , 30 , 30 Aug 1958 ,

Dean Park, Bournemouth , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 5 wickets , HL Jackson 6-51 and 5-14 , -

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

{, class="wikitable sortable" width="90%" , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !! 100s , - , C Lee , , 27 , , 45 , , 1307 , , 150 , , 29.04 , , 2 , - , A Hamer , , 27 , , 46 , , 1248 , , 86 , , 27.73 , , 0 , - , DC Morgan , , 28, , 47 , , 1070 , , 99 , , 24.88 , , 0 , - , DB Carr , , 28 , , 47 , , 943, , 71 , , 23.57 , , 0 , - , DJ Green , , 9 , , 17 , , 335 , , 69*, , 20.93 , , 0 , - , HL Johnson , , 28, , 46 , , 658, , 49 , , 18.27 , , 0 , - , GO Dawkes , , 28 , , 40 , , 550 , , 79 , , 15.27 , , 0 , - , JM Kelly , , 22 , , 35 , , 495 , , 63 , , 14.14 , , 0 , - , E Smith , , 28 , , 35 , , 302 , , 32* , , 10.41 , , 0 , - , C Gladwin , , 24 , , 28 , , 162 , , 22 , , 10.12 , , 0 , - , KF Mohan , , 6 , , 11 , , 97, , 49 , , 9.70 , , 0 , - , FC Brailsford , , 3 , , 5 , , 41, , 14 , , 8.20 , , 0 , - , G Wyatt , , 4 , , 7 , , 56 , , 31 , , 8.00 , , 0 , - , HJ Rhodes , , 23, , 30 , , 195 , , 48 , , 7.50 , , 0 , - , HL Jackson , , 22 , , 22 , , 71 , , 16 , , 5.91, , 0 , - , GA Beet , , 1 , , 1 , , 0, , 0* , , 0, , 0 , -

County Championship bowling averages

{, class="wikitable sortable" width="90%" , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! Name !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average , - , HL Jackson , , 4328 , , 1311 , , 126 , , 7-30 , , 10.40 , - , C Gladwin , , 4690 , , 1720 , , 110 , , 7-28, , 15.63 , - , HJ Rhodes , , 3172 , , 1259 , , 67 , , 5-35 , , 18.79 , - , DC Morgan , , 3377 , , 1180, , 64, , 6-36 , , 18.43 , - , E Smith , , 3483 , , 1402, , 46, , 5-38 , , 30.47 , - , DB Carr , , 875 , , 466, , 20, , 5-48, , 23.30 , - , A Hamer , , 30 , , 16, , 2 , , 2-13, , 8.00 , - , FC Brailsford , , 12 , , 2, , 1, , 1-2 , , 2.00 , - , C Lee , , 80 , , 45, , 1, , 1-22 , , 45.00 , - , HL Johnson , , 55 , , 38 , , 0 , - , JM Kelly , , 18 , , 9, , 0 , - , KF Mohan , , 12 , , 9, , 0 , - , DJ Green , , 6 , , 0 , , 0 , - , G Wyatt , , 6 , , 2 , , 0 Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1958
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Wicket Keepers

* GO Dawkes Catches 60, Stumpings 4

References

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