Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1961 represents

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season when the English club

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had been playing for ninety years. It was their fifty-seventh season in the

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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 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 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 George Owen Dawkes (19 July 1920 – 10 August 2006) was a first-class cricketer who played for Leicestershire between 1937 and 1939 and for Derbyshire between 1947 and 1961 as a wicket keeper and a lower-order right-handed batsman. During the ...

suffered from knee problems.

Matches

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Trent Bridge, Nottingham , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Not a county championship match , - , 2 , 3 May 1961 ,

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Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Only 22 overs played , - , 3 , 10 May 1961 ,

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County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Sayer 5–48; HJ Rhodes 5–59 , - , 4 , 13 May 1961 ,

Trent Bridge, Nottingham , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 3 wickets , Winfield 109; DB Carr 143 , - , 5 , 17 May 1961 ,

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Recreation Ground, Bath , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 3 wickets , Wright 102; DC Morgan 5–40 , - , 6 , 20 May 1961 ,

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County Ground, Northampton , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 129 runs , Allen 8–48 and 5–50; HJ Rhodes 5–48; E Smith 5–41 , - , 7 , 24 May 1961 ,

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County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , Innings and 15 runs , Coldwell 5–44; Gifford 5–17 , - , 8 , 27 May 1961 , Glamorgan
Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 14 runs , IR Buxton 6–80 , - , 9 , 3 Jun 1961 ,

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Old Trafford, Manchester , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 109 runs , Grieves 139 , - , 10 , 7 Jun 1961 , Sussex
County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , IR Buxton 5–52; Thomson 5–54 and 6–46 , - , 11 , 10 Jun 1961 ,

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Hoffman's Sports and Social Club Ground, Chelmsford , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , G Smith 148; HL Johnson 119; TJP Eyre 5–75 , - , 12 , 17 Jun 1961 ,

Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 181 runs , Knight 120; HL Jackson 5–30; Bailey 5–27 , - , 13 , 21 Jun 1961 ,

Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , Innings and 141 runs , HL Jackson 6–15; TJP Eyre 5–40 , - , 14 , 24 Jun 1961 ,

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Park Road Ground, Buxton , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , HJ Rhodes took a hattrick to finish Oxford's second innings , - , 15 , 28 Jun 1961 ,

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Bramall Lane, Sheffield , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Trueman 6–60 and 5–63 , - , 16 , 1 Jul 1961 , Leicestershire
County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 9 wickets , HL Jackson 5–53; Spencer 5–32 , - , 17 , 5 Jul 1961 ,

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Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , HL Johnson 122; A'Court 6–50; Cook 5–41 , - , 18 , 8 Jul 1961 ,

Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , Innings and 18 runs , Stott 114 , - , 19 , 12 Jul 1961 , Glamorgan
Cardiff Arms Park , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , HJ Rhodes 5–80; Shepherd5-96 , - , 20 , 19 Jul 1961 ,

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County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 3 wickets , IR Buxton 5–41 and 5–63; Thompson 5–46 and 5–75 , - , 21 , 22 Jul 1961 ,

Chester Road North Ground, Kidderminster , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 185 runs , Headley 103; Coldwell 8–41 , - , 22 , 26 Jul 1961 ,

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Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 7 wickets , Parfitt 113; HJ Rhodes 7–74 , - , 23 , 29 Jul 1961 ,

Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , DB Carr 130 , - , 24 , 2 Aug 1961 ,

Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 6 wickets , HL Jackson 5–33; Palmer 6–76 , - , 25 , 5 Aug 1961 ,

County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , , - , 26 , 9 Aug 1961 , Leicestershire
Grace Road, Leicester , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 136 runs , HL Johnson 116; Savage 5–81; HJ Rhodes 5–49 , - , 27 , 12 Aug 1961 ,

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County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 58 runs , Horton 141; Shackleton 6–90 , - , 28 , 19 Aug 1961 , Surrey
Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 4 wickets , HL Jackson 6–40 and 5–68; Sydenham 5–102 , - , 29 , 23 Aug 1961 ,

Edgbaston, Birmingham , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Stewart 135; Wright 5–68; Bannister 6–30 , - , 30 , 26 Aug 1961 , Sussex
Manor Sports Ground, Worthing , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 65 runs , WF Oates 148; E Smith 5–76 , - , 31 , 30 Aug 1961 ,

Dean Park, Bournemouth , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 140 runs , HL Johnson 112; Wassell 5–132; Shackleton 6–39 , - ,

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

{, class="wikitable sortable" width="90%" , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! 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 , -

County Championship bowling averages

{, class="wikitable sortable" width="90%" , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! 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, , 0Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1961
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Wicket Keepers

* GO Dawkes Catches 33, Stumping 1 (not in championship) * Bob Taylor Catches 47, Stumping 6

References

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