Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1959 represents the

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season when the English club

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had been playing eighty-eight years. It was their fifty-fifth season in the

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and they won thirteen matches to finish seventh in the County Championship.

1959 season

Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, one match against Cambridge University, and one against the touring Indians . Despite winning thirteen matches altogether, they ended seventh in the County Championship.

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was in his fifth season as captain and was top scorer. His 2165 runs was a record for most runs in a season for Derbyshire and he scored two centuries in a match against Kent. He was also

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. Les Jackson took most wickets with 117 and achieved 9 for 17 against Cambridge University. Harold Rhodes played for

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during the season. The team included a considerable amount of fresh blood with Bob Berry

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, William Oates and William Richardson, all of whom had sustained careers with Derbyshire.

Matches

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Cambridge University The University of Cambridge is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209 and granted a royal charter by Henry III of England, Henry III in 1231, Cambridge is the world' ...

FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , Innings and 92 runs , Douglas-Pennant 5-76; HL Jackson 9-17 , - , 2 , 9 May 1959 ,

Northamptonshire Northamptonshire (; abbreviated Northants.) is a county in the East Midlands of England. In 2015, it had a population of 723,000. The county is administered by two unitary authorities: North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire. It is ...

County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 4 wickets , Subba Row 127; HJ Rhodes 5-65; HL Jackson 5-41 , - , 3 , 13 May 1959 ,

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 ...

Courtaulds Ground, Coventry , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 167 runs , DB Carr 143; Wheatley 5-93; HL Jackson 6-53 , - , 4 , 16 May 1959 , Leicestershire
Grace Road, Leicester , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Hallam 200; Watson 101*; Spencer 5-69; R Smith 5-81 , - , 5 , 20 May 1959 ,

Gloucestershire Gloucestershire ( abbreviated Glos) is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn and the entire Forest of Dean. The county town is the city of Gl ...

County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 48 runs , Young 142 , - , 6 , 23 May 1959 ,

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Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 9 wickets , Outschoon 112; HL Jackson 5-38; , - , 7 , 27 May 1959 , Glamorgan
St Helen's, Swansea , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 3 wickets , Parkhouse 154 , - , 8 , 30 May 1959 ,

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Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 6 wickets , HL Jackson 5-42 , - , 9 , 6 Jun 1959 ,

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Bramall Lane, Sheffield , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , HL Jackson 5-70; Platt 6-72 , - , 10 , 10 Jun 1959 ,

Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...

> Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , Innings and 21 runs , GW Richardson 8-64; Halfyard 7-89; HL Jackson 5-38 , - , 11 , 13 Jun 1959 ,

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County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 7 wickets , HL Jackson 6-36 , - , 12 , 17 Jun 1959 , Surrey
Kennington Oval , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , DC Morgan 5-67 , - , 13 , 20 Jun 1959 ,

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Trent Bridge, Nottingham , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 4 wickets , JM Kelly 113; DC Morgan 5-45 , - , 14 , 24 Jun 1959 ,

Ashley Down Ground, Bristol , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , Innings and 45 runs , E Smith 5-70 , - , 15 , 27 Jun 1959 , Indians Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Apte 165 , - , 16 , 4 Jul 1959 ,

Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 6 wickets , K Taylor 144 , - , 17 , 11 Jul 1959 ,

Old Trafford, Manchester , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Marner 137; C Lee 109; DB Carr 119 , - , 18 , 15 Jul 1959 ,

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Park Road Ground, Buxton , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Wright 112; Greetham 104 , - , 19 , 18 Jul 1959 ,

Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 26 runs , M Smith 142; HL Jackson 7-35 and 5-80 , - , 20 , 25 Jul 1959 , Sussex
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Parks 130; Marlar 6-57 , - , 21 , 29 Jul 1959 , Glamorgan
Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Wooler 7-41; IR Buxton 5-62 , - , 22 , 1 Aug 1959 , Leicestershire
County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Watson 150; DB Carr 109 , - , 23 , 5 Aug 1959 ,

St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 99 runs , DB Carr 156* and 109; Pettiford 5-33; GW Richardson 7-31 , - , 24 , 8 Aug 1959 ,

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County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 6 wickets , IW Hall 113; Shaekleton 7-86; E Smith 5-32 , - , 25 , 12 Aug 1959 ,

Essex Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and Grea ...

Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Insole 155; Knight 5-44 , - , 26 , 15 Aug 1959 ,

County Ground, New Road, Worcester , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 137 runs , Aldridge 5-55; HL Jackson 5-34 and 5-26 , - , 27 , 19 Aug 1959 ,

Vista Road Recreation Ground, Clacton-on-Sea , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 7 wickets , Barker 128*; HL Jackson 6-47 , - , 28 , 22 Aug 1959 , Sussex
Manor Sports Ground, Worthing , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 5 wickets , Lenham 104; Parks 113; A Hamer 118; E Smith6-44 , - , 29 , 26 Aug 1959 ,

County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 119 runs , Hill 122; Cotton 5-55 , - , 30 , 29 Aug 1959 ,

Dean Park, Bournemouth , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Horton 119 , - ,

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

{, class="wikitable sortable" width="70%" , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !! 100s , - , DB Carr , , 27 , , 49 , , 2092 , , 156*, , 49.80 , , 5 , - , A Hamer , , 28 , , 53 , , 1842 , , 118 , , 36.84 , , 1 , - , HL Johnson , , 28 , , 50 , , 1360, , 97 , , 34.00 , , 0 , - , IW Hall , , 12 , , 19 , , 572 , , 113 , , 30.10 , , 1 , - , C Lee , , 26 , , 49 , , 1316 , , 109 , , 27.41 , , 1 , - , JM Kelly , , 14 , , 26 , , 620 , , 113*, , 25.83 , , 1 , - , DC Morgan , , 28 , , 52 , , 1101 , , 75 , , 24.46 , , 0 , - , IR Buxton , , 8 , , 11 , , 216 , , 79 , , 21.60 , , 0 , - , GW Richardson , , 19 , , 31 , , 512, , 91 , , 20.48 , , 0 , - , GO Dawkes , , 28 , , 45 , , 804 , , 68 , , 20.10 , , 0 , - , WF Oates , , 5 , , 9 , , 134 , , 56 , , 16.75 , , 0 , - , HJ Rhodes , , 18 , , 21 , , 208 , , 44* , , 13.86 , , 0 , - , E Smith , , 28, , 39 , , 349 , , 43 , , 12.46 , , 0 , - , HL Jackson , , 26 , , 29, , 178, , 32 , , 9.36 , , 0 , - , R Berry , , 12 , , 14 , , 35 , , 11*, , 5.00, , 0 , - , TJP Eyre , , 1 , , 1 , , 0, , 0 , , 0.00 , , 0 , - Additionally Ray Swallow played in the match against the touring Indians.

County Championship bowling averages

{, class="wikitable sortable" width="70%" , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! Name !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average , - , HL Jackson , , 6056 , , 2114 , , 117 , , 7-35 , , 18.06 , - , E Smith , , 4224 , , 2023 , , 71, , 6-44, , 28.49 , - , HJ Rhodes , , 3294 , , 1484 , , 60 , , 5-65, , 24.73 , - , DC Morgan , , 4223 , , 1990, , 55, , 5-45 , , 36.18 , - , GW Richardson , , 2609 , , 1373, , 54, , 8-54, , 25.42 , - , IR Buxton , , 954 , , 468 , , 20, , 5-62, , 23.40 , - , DB Carr , , 1237, , 734 , , 18, , 3-58 , , 40.77 , - , R Berry , , 1492 , , 645 , , 15 , , 3-12, , 43.00 , - , TJP Eyre , , 150 , , 96 , , 1 , , 1-75 , , 96.00 , - , C Lee , , 95 , , 56 , , 1 , , 1-4 , , 56.00 , - , A Hamer , , 18 , , 12 , , 1 , , 1-0 , , 12.00 , - , HL Johnson , , 18 , , 10, , 0 , - , IW Hall , , 6 , , 0, , 0 , - , GO Dawkes , , 1 , , 0 , , 0Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1959
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Wicket Keepers

* GO Dawkes Catches 57, Stumping 5

References

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