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Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1955

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Captain
  
Donald Carr

Most runs
  
Arnold Hamer

Most catches
  
George Dawkes

County Championship
  
8

Most wickets
  
Cliff Gladwin

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1955 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for eighty four years. It was their fifty-first season in the County Championship and they won ten matches and lost ten to finish eighth in the County Championship.

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1955 season

Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, one match against the touring South Africans and one match against Scotland. They won ten matches, lost ten matches and drew ten matches. Donald Carr took over the captaincy. Arnold Hamer was top scorer and Cliff Gladwin took most wickets for the club. Derek Hall was the only player to make his first class debut in the Derbyshire team.

Wicket Keeping

  • George Dawkes Catches 52, Stumping 14
  • References

    Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1955 Wikipedia