Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1949

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1949 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for seventy-eight years. It was their forty-fifth season in the County Championship and they  won six matches in the County Championship to finish in fifteenth place.

1949 season
Derbyshire played 26 matches in the County Championship and one against the touring New Zealanders. DA Skinner was captain. Charlie Elliott scored most runs, and Cliff Gladwin took most wickets with 110 in the Championship.

Laurie Johnson, who went on to become a major performer for the county, made his debut in 1949 while fellow West Indian Michael Frederick also made his debut, but only took part in two first class matches. Dick Sale and Tom Hall played in their first of several seasons for the club, as did George Lowe although he appeared intermittently. Joseph Rimmer and Maurice Snape made their only appearances for Derbyshire in two matches in the season, while Kenneth Shearwood appeared once as a stop-gap wicket-keeper.

Matches
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" ! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes |- | Somerset County Ground, Derby Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch Kennington Oval Queen's Park, Chesterfield Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn Edgbaston, Birmingham County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Gloucestershire Ashley Down Ground, Bristol Queen's Park, Chesterfield Park Road Ground, Buxton Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea Manor Sports Ground, Worthing |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn Queen's Park, Chesterfield Cardiff Arms Park County Ground, Taunton Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn Queen's Park, Chesterfield Old Trafford, Manchester |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn County Ground, Northampton Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford County Ground, Derby Trent Bridge, Nottingham |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent
 * - bgcolor="#efefef"
 * 1
 * 14 May 1949
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 10 wickets
 * AEG Rhodes 5-49;
 * 2
 * 21 May 1949
 * Leicestershire
 * Leicestershire
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 153 runs
 * AC Revill 156; Symington 5-45; C Gladwin 5-28; Walsh 5-105
 * 3
 * 25 May 1949
 * Surrey
 * Surrey
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * Innings and 182 runs
 * Squires 210; Bedser 6-25
 * 4
 * 28 May 1949
 * Yorkshire
 * Yorkshire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 114 runs
 * Coxon 6-36
 * 5
 * 01 Jun 1949
 * Sussex
 * Sussex
 * John Langridge 234
 * 6
 * 04 Jun 1949
 * Warwickshire
 * 04 Jun 1949
 * Warwickshire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 1 wicket
 * Dollery 100
 * 7
 * 08 Jun 1949
 * Leicestershire
 * Leicestershire
 * Berry 149; Prentice 117; HL Jackson 7-51
 * 8
 * 11 Jun 1949
 * Worcestershire
 * 11 Jun 1949
 * Worcestershire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 100 runs
 * Howorth 6-57; C Gladwin 8-72
 * 9
 * 18 Jun 1949
 * 18 Jun 1949
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * Innings and 1 run
 * Goddard 6-46 and 9-61; AEG Rhodes 7-114
 * 10
 * 22 Jun 1949
 * Kent
 * Kent
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 116 runs
 * C Gladwin 5-41
 * 11
 * 25 Jun 1949
 * Lancashire
 * Lancashire
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 110 runs
 * HL Jackson 6-52; Tattersall 6-39
 * 12
 * 29 Jun 1949
 * Essex
 * Essex
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 8 wickets
 * Pearce 111; C Gladwin 5-36 and 5-52; Price 5-47; W H Copson 5-43
 * 13
 * 02 Jul 1949
 * Sussex
 * Sussex
 * John Langridge 146 and 146
 * 14
 * 06 Jul 1949
 * Hampshire
 * 06 Jul 1949
 * Hampshire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 10 wickets
 * Carty 5-43; Shackleton 7-90
 * 15
 * 09 Jul 1949
 * New Zealand
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 7 wickets
 * AC Revill 145; Burke 6-23
 * 16
 * 16 Jul 1949
 * Glamorgan
 * 16 Jul 1949
 * Glamorgan
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 6 wickets
 * Clift 125; HL Jackson 5-16; Muncer 5-68
 * 17
 * 20 Jul 1949
 * Somerset
 * Somerset
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * Innings and 146 runs
 * AEG Rhodes 127; Hazell 7-112; W H Copson 5-34; HL Jackson 6-43
 * 18
 * 23 Jul 1949
 * Nottinghamshire
 * Nottinghamshire
 * Keeton 101; AEG Rhodes 126; Butler 5-56
 * 19
 * 30 Jul 1949
 * Warwickshire
 * 30 Jul 1949
 * Warwickshire
 * 20
 * 03 Aug 1949
 * Gloucestershire
 * 20
 * 03 Aug 1949
 * Gloucestershire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 184 runs
 * C Gladwin 5-53; Cook 5-40; DB Carr 6-111; Graveney 10-66
 * 21
 * 06 Aug 1949
 * Lancashire
 * Lancashire
 * R Sale 146; C Gladwin 5-105
 * 22
 * 10 Aug 1949
 * Northamptonshire
 * 10 Aug 1949
 * Northamptonshire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * Innings and 80 runs
 * Jakeman 160; HL Jackson 5-99
 * 23
 * 13 Aug 1949
 * Yorkshire
 * Yorkshire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 6 wickets
 * Ted Lester 140; JD Eggar 219; Coxon 5-48
 * 24
 * 17 Aug 1949
 * Middlesex
 * Middlesex
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * Innings and 95 runs
 * Sims 5-105
 * 25
 * 20 Aug 1949
 * Nottinghamshire
 * Nottinghamshire
 * C Gladwin 125; Poole 122; Harvey 7-105
 * 126
 * 24 Aug 1949
 * Middlesex
 * 24 Aug 1949
 * Middlesex
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 3 wickets
 * Young 5-80; Warr 5-36
 * 27
 * 27 Aug 1949
 * Essex
 * Essex
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * Innings and 149 runs
 * W H Copson 5-23; C Gladwin 5-28

Wicket Keepers

 * GO Dawkes 	Catches 60, Stumping 6
 * KA Shearwood Catches 0, Stumping 1