Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1948

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1948 season
Captain	Edward Gothard
County Championship	6
Most runs	Charlie Elliott
Most wickets	Cliff Gladwin
Most catches	George Dawkes
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Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1948 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for seventy-seven years. It was their forty-fourth season in the County Championship and they won eleven matches to finish sixth in the County Championship.

1948 season

Derbyshire played 26 matches in the County Championship and one against the touring Australians. They lost to the Australians and in the County Championship won eleven matches and lost six to finish sixth.

Edward Gothard was in his second season as captain and took the wicket of Sir Donald Bradman at Derby. Under his leadership, the club maintained the form of the previous season. Charlie Elliott was top scorer but George Pope who played fewer matches was a close second and achieved the best batting average. C Gladwin took most wickets and again in a powerful all-rounder performance Pope came close second, although the Australians declared that only two bowlers in England moved the ball away from the bat as much as Les Jackson^[1]

There were no debut appearances for Derbyshire in 1948.

Matches

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	8 May 1948^[2]	Somerset County Ground, Taunton	Won	4 wickets	D Smith 107; Lawrence 5-107
2	15 May 1948^[3]	Warwickshire County Ground, Derby	Lost	7 wickets	Dollery 167; W H Copson 7-103; Pritchard 5-50; Hollies 6-64
3	19 May 1948^[4]	Hampshire United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth	Drawn		G H Pope 207; AEG Rhodes 105; Dawson 110
4	22 May 1948^[5]	Kent Garrison Stadium, Gillingham	Won	168 runs	Dovey 5-93; AEG Rhodes 6-58; Wright 6-48
5	26 May 1948^[6]	Northamptonshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Won	Innings and 47 runs	C Gladwin 6-30; Nutter 6-47; G H Pope 5-44
6	29 May 1948^[7]	Glamorgan County Ground, Derby	Won	301 runs	C Gladwin 5-55; G H Pope 7-34
7	2 Jun 1948^[8]	Middlesex Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	Drawn		C Gladwin 5-40; Gray 5-75
8	5 Jun 1948^[9]	Somerset Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston	Won	11 runs	Tremlett 5-55; C Gladwin 5-40; Hazell 7-35; G H Pope 5-40
9	12 Jun 1948^[10]	Leicestershire Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch	Won	141 runs	A E Alderman 114; Sperry 6-42; G H Pope 5-54; C Gladwin 8-56
10	19 Jun 1948^[11]	Lancashire Park Road Ground, Buxton	Drawn
11	26 Jun 1948^[12]	Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		G H Pope 6-12; Wardle 8-87
12	30 Jun 1948^[13]	Sussex Manor Sports Ground, Worthing	Lost	21 runs	Bartlett 141; A E Alderman 124; Comford 5-89 and 6-87; G H Pope 6-55
13	3 Jul 1948^[14]	Middlesex County Ground, Derby	Lost	170 runs	Edrich 133; Compton 100*; Sims 6-58
14	7 Jul 1948^[15]	Gloucestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Won	2 wickets	G H Pope 125; C Gladwin 5-57
15	10 Jul 1948^[16]	Worcestershire Chester Road North Ground, Kidderminster	Drawn		Outschoorn 100*
16	14 Jul 1948^[17]	Gloucestershire Ashley Down Ground, Bristol	Won	87 runs
17	17 Jul 1948^[18]	Sussex Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent	Won	10 wickets	Landridge 107*; Oakes 5-69; G H Pope 8-38
18	21 Jul 1948^[19]	Essex Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester	Lost	Innings and 44 runs	Avery 118; R Smith 112; T Smith 6-80
19	24 Jul 1948^[20]	Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston	Won	Innings and 33 runs	G H Pope 129; Butler 6-115; HL Jackson 6-70
20	28 Jul 1948^[21]	Australians County Ground, Derby	Lost	Innings and 34 runs	Brown 140; McCool 6-77
21	31 Jul 1948^[22]	Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham	Drawn
22	4 Aug 1948^[23]	Surrey Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	167 runs	Bedser 5-35 and 6-56
23	7 Aug 1948^[24]	Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Lost	Innings and 45 runs	Simpson 129; D Smith 5-37; Winrow 5-18
24	11 Aug 1948^[25]	Yorkshire North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough	Drawn		Watson 172; Wilson 140
25	14 Aug 1948^[26]	Leicestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Won	153 runs	Munden 5-48; AEG Rhodes 5-69; V Jackson 6-24; C Gladwin 6-34
26	18 Aug 1948^[27]	Essex County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Dods 124; Avery 103; HL Jackson 5-88
27	21 Aug 1948^[28]	Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester	Drawn		Howard 145; A F Townsend 102

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

Name	Matches	Inns	Runs	High score	Average	100s
G H Pope	21	33	1152	207*	38.40	3
CS Elliott	26	43	1277	91	32.74	0
A E Alderman	7	11	320	124	29.09	2
D Smith	23	36	977	107	27.13	1
A F Townsend	19	32	690	102*	23.79	1
FE Marsh	13	19	352	63	23.46	0
AC Revill	26	38	840	68	22.70	0
AEG Rhodes	26	39	732	105*	21.52	1
GO Dawkes	26	39	770	95	20.81	0
C Gladwin	24	34	475	54*	19.79	0
P Vaulkhard	7	12	178	58	16.18	0
DC Brooke-Taylor	10	17	209	42	12.29	0
EJ Gothard	23	32	282	50	11.28	0
W H Copson	9	9	82	19	10.25	0
JD Eggar	6	8	62	28	7.75	0
DB Carr	4	4	27	19	6.75	0
HL Jackson	16	22	35	7	2.69	0^[29]

County Championship bowling averages

Name	Balls	Runs	Wickets	BB	Average
C Gladwin	5423	1953	124	8–56	15.75
G H Pope	4189	1724	100	8–38	17.24
AEG Rhodes	3646	1889	66	6–58	28.62
HL Jackson	3153	1540	61	6–70	25.24
W H Copson	1401	551	28	7–103	19.67
EJ Gothard	596	378	9	2–24	42.00
D Smith	184	93	5	5–37	18.60
AC Revill	316	202	4	3–27	50.50
CS Elliott	42	16	1	1–4	16.00
FE Marsh	162	102	0
DB Carr	132	99	0		^[30]

Wicket Keepers

George Dawkes Catches 61, Stumping 4

References

[1] W.T. Taylor History of Derbyshire cricket Wisden 1953

[2] Cricket Archive – Somerset v Derbyshire 8 May 1948

[3] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Warwickshire 15 May 1948

[4] Cricket Archive – Hampshire v Derbyshire 19 May 1948

[5] Cricket Archive – Kent v Derbyshire 22 May 1948

[6] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 26 May 1948

[7] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Glamorgan County 29 May 1948

[8] Cricket Archive – Middlesex v Derbyshire 2 Jun 1948

[9] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Somerset 5 Jun 1948

[10] Cricket Archive – Leicestershire v Derbyshire 12 Jun 1948

[11] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Lancashire 19 Jun 1948

[12] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Yorkshire 26 Jun 1948

[13] Cricket Archive – Sussex v Derbyshire 30 Jun 1948

[14] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Middlesex 3 Jul 1948

[15] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 7 Jul 1948

[16] Cricket Archive – Worcestershire v Derbyshire 10 Jul 1948

[17] Cricket Archive – Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 14 Jul 1948

[18] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Sussex 17 Jul 1948

[19] Cricket Archive – Essex v Derbyshire 21 Jul 1948

[20] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 24 Jul 1948

[21] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Australians 28 Jul 1948

[22] Cricket Archive – Warwickshire v Derbyshire 31 Jul 1948

[23] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Surrey 4 Aug 1948

[24] Cricket Archive – Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 7 Aug 1948

[25] Cricket Archive – Yorkshire v Derbyshire 11 Aug 1948

[26] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Leicestershire 14 Aug 1948

[27] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Essex 18 Aug 1948

[28] Cricket Archive – Lancashire v Derbyshire 21 Aug 1948

[29] Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1948

[30] Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1948

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