Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1950

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1950 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for seventy-nine years. It was their forty-sixth season in the County Championship and they  won eight matches in the County Championship to finish in fifth place.

1950 season
Derbyshire played 28 matches in the County Championship, one against Oxford University and one against the touring West Indies. Pat Vaulkhard was captain. Alan Revill scored most runs, and Albert Rhodes took most wickets with 125.

Guy Willatt joined Derbyshire as designated captain but was hampered by injury and did not fill the role until the following season. Derek Morgan who also joined was another future captain and played until 1969. A third key played making his debut was Arnold Hamer who scored over 15,000 runs over ten years. John Kelly joined Derbyshire from Lancashire and played for ten years and Alwyn Eato a former footballer played for five years. Bertram Richardson played for four years, and Mike Stevenson who was at Cambridge University played occasional games in two seasons.

Matches
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" ! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes |- Kennington Oval County Ground, Derby | Somerset Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn Grace Road, Leicester Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston The University Parks, Oxford |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn The Gnoll, Neath | Gloucestershire Ashley Down Ground, Bristol County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn Park Road Ground, Buxton |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn Queen's Park, Chesterfield Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston County Ground, New Road, Worcester Old Trafford, Manchester County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn Queen's Park, Chesterfield Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn County Ground, Southampton Edgbaston, Birmingham | Gloucestershire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn Trent Bridge, Nottingham |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn County Ground, Derby Crabble Athletic Ground, Dover Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea County Ground, Hove |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
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 * 1
 * 10 May 1950
 * Surrey
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 4 wickets
 * HL Jackson 5-41; Laker 5-57
 * 2
 * 13 May 1950
 * Northamptonshire
 * Northamptonshire
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 6 wickets
 * AC Revill 108
 * 3
 * 20 May 1950
 * 20 May 1950
 * Hazell 6-76; AEG Rhodes 5-14
 * 4
 * 24 May 1950
 * Middlesex
 * 24 May 1950
 * Middlesex
 * 5
 * 27 May 1950
 * Warwickshire
 * 5
 * 27 May 1950
 * Warwickshire
 * Dollery 163; Pritchard 6-78
 * 6
 * 31 May 1950
 * Leicestershire
 * 31 May 1950
 * Leicestershire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 4 wickets
 * Tompkin 130; AC Revill 119; Lester 6-87
 * 7
 * 03 Jun 1950
 * Yorkshire
 * Yorkshire
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 79 runs
 * D Smith 122; Len Hutton 107; AEG Rhodes 6-74
 * 8
 * 07 Jun 1950
 * Worcestershire
 * Worcestershire
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 65 runs
 * HL Jackson 6-57
 * 9
 * 10 Jun 1950
 * Oxford University
 * Oxford University
 * PDS Blake 101; AEG Rhodes 7-68
 * 10
 * 14 Jun 1950
 * Glamorgan
 * 14 Jun 1950
 * Glamorgan
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 92 runs
 * HL Jackson 5-38 and 6-63; Trick 5-18
 * 11
 * 17 Jun 1950
 * 17 Jun 1950
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 81 runs
 * Young 117; HL Jackson 6-37; Cook 6-82; Goddard 7-42
 * 12
 * 21 Jun 1950
 * Glamorgan
 * Glamorgan
 * 13
 * 24 Jun 1950
 * Lancashire
 * 13
 * 24 Jun 1950
 * Lancashire
 * Ikin 103; Tattershall 6-46;
 * 14
 * 28 Jun 1950
 * Yorkshire
 * 28 Jun 1950
 * Yorkshire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 7 wickets
 * Halliday 144; AEG Rhodes 5-82
 * 15
 * 01 Jul 1950
 * Nottinghamshire
 * Nottinghamshire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 1 wicket
 * CS Elliott 158; Jepson 5-68
 * 16
 * 05 Jul 1950
 * Worcestershire
 * Worcestershire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 4 wickets
 * Jenkins 7-31; P Jackson 7-107
 * 17
 * 08 Jul 1950
 * Lancashire
 * Lancashire
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 83 runs
 * AC Revill 109; AEG Rhodes 5-79; Tattershall 5-72
 * 18
 * 12 Jul 1950
 * Hampshire
 * Hampshire
 * TA Hall 5-60
 * 19
 * 15 Jul 1950
 * West Indies
 * 15 Jul 1950
 * West Indies
 * C Gladwin 6-40
 * 20
 * 22 Jul 1950
 * Essex
 * 22 Jul 1950
 * Essex
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 6 wickets
 * Bailey 5-54
 * 21
 * 26 Jul 1950
 * Sussex
 * Sussex
 * Langridge 184; HL Jackson 5-27
 * 22
 * 29 Jul 1950
 * Hampshire
 * 29 Jul 1950
 * Hampshire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 49 runs
 * Knott 5-83 and 7-93; C Gladwin 5-51
 * 23
 * 05 Aug 1950
 * Warwickshire
 * Warwickshire
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 8 wickets
 * Grove 6-60; HL Jackson 5-22 and 5-76
 * 24
 * 09 Aug 1950
 * 09 Aug 1950
 * DM Young 149
 * 25
 * 12 Aug 1950
 * Nottinghamshire
 * 12 Aug 1950
 * Nottinghamshire
 * AEG Rhodes 6-69; Butler 5-38
 * 26
 * 16 Aug 1950
 * Leicestershire
 * 16 Aug 1950
 * Leicestershire
 * Berry 118
 * 27
 * 19 Aug 1950
 * Kent
 * 19 Aug 1950
 * Kent
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * Innings and 98 runs
 * C Gladwin 6-56
 * 28
 * 23 Aug 1950
 * Kent
 * Kent
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 9 wickets
 * C Gladwin 7-73; Wright 6-45
 * 29
 * 26 Aug 1950
 * Essex
 * Essex
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 10 wickets
 * JM Kelly 130; Gladwin 7-80
 * 30
 * 30 Aug 1950
 * Sussex
 * Sussex

Wicket Keeping

 * GO Dawkes 	First Class Catches 49, Stumping 10
 * D Smith First Class Catches 20, Stumping 1