Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1953

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1953 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for eighty two years. It was their fifty-ninth season in the County Championship and they won nine matches and lost seven to  finish sixth in the County Championship.

1953 season
Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, one match against Oxford University and one match against the touring Australians. They won nine matches altogether. Guy Willatt was in his third year as captain. Charlie Elliott was top scorer and C Gladwin took most wickets with 121.

Reginald Carter made his debut and continued to play for three seasons. David Green also made his debut and played intermittently over several seasons.

Matches
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" ! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes |- Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood Queen's Park, Chesterfield County Ground, Taunton Edgbaston, Birmingham County Ground, Derby Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent Kennington Oval Ynysangharad Park, Pontypridd The University Parks, Oxford Old Trafford, Manchester Queen's Park, Chesterfield County Ground, Derby Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston Queen's Park, Chesterfield Trent Bridge, Nottingham Queen's Park, Chesterfield Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch County Ground, Derby Queen's Park, Chesterfield Tipton Road, Dudley Queen's Park, Chesterfield County Ground, Derby County Ground, Hove Wellingborough School Ground North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough County Ground, Derby Queen's Park, Chesterfield Park Road Ground, Buxton County Ground, Southampton Ashley Down Ground, Bristol
 * - bgcolor="#efefef"
 * 1
 * 13 May 1953
 * Middlesex
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Sharp 107
 * 2
 * 16 May 1953
 * Glamorgan
 * 16 May 1953
 * Glamorgan
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Jones 114; C Gladwin 5-75
 * 3
 * 20 May 1953
 * Somerset
 * 20 May 1953
 * Somerset
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * Innings and 21 runs
 * AC Revill 111; HL Jackson 5-51; Buse 5-61
 * 4
 * 23 May 1953
 * Warwickshire
 * Warwickshire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 200 runs
 * Hollies 5-23
 * 5
 * 27 May 1953
 * Sussex
 * Sussex
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Langridge 127; AC Revill 107
 * 6
 * 30 May 1953
 * Worcestershire
 * 30 May 1953
 * Worcestershire
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 3 wickets
 * Jenkins 5-64; HL Jackson 5-35
 * 7
 * 03 Jun 1953
 * Surrey
 * Surrey
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 8 wickets
 * Bedser 5-42; C Gladwin 8-50
 * 8
 * 06 Jun 1953
 * Glamorgan
 * Glamorgan
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 13 runs
 * HL Jackson 5-51; Wooller 5-66; C Gladwin 5-67
 * 9
 * 10 Jun 1953
 * Oxford University
 * Oxford University
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * 10
 * 13 Jun 1953
 * Lancashire
 * 10
 * 13 Jun 1953
 * Lancashire
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * 11
 * 17 Jun 1953
 * Australians
 * 11
 * 17 Jun 1953
 * Australians
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * C Gladwin 5-84; E Smith 5-36
 * 12
 * 20 Jun 1953
 * Surrey
 * 20 Jun 1953
 * Surrey
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * Innings and 1 run
 * HL Jackson 5-34; C Gladwin 5-47
 * 13
 * 27 Jun 1953
 * Nottinghamshire
 * Nottinghamshire
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 7 wickets
 * A Hamer 115
 * 14
 * 01 Jul 1953
 * Northamptonshire
 * Northamptonshire
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Barrick 161; CS Elliott 132; Brookes 116
 * 15
 * 04 Jul 1953
 * Nottinghamshire
 * 04 Jul 1953
 * Nottinghamshire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 10 wickets
 * Simpson 114; Stocks 140
 * 16
 * 08 Jul 1953
 * Kent
 * Kent
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * AC Revill 128
 * 17
 * 11 Jul 1953
 * Leicestershire
 * 11 Jul 1953
 * Leicestershire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 41 runs
 * C Gladwin 6-30; V Jackson 5-23 and 5-34
 * 18
 * 15 Jul 1953
 * Middlesex
 * Middlesex
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Sharp 103; Robertson 127; HL Jackson 5-44
 * 19
 * 18 Jul 1953
 * Yorkshire
 * 18 Jul 1953
 * Yorkshire
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 10 wickets
 * A Hamer 153; C Gladwin 5-44
 * 20
 * 22 Jul 1953
 * Worcestershire
 * Worcestershire
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * DB Carr 111
 * 21
 * 25 Jul 1953
 * Lancashire
 * 25 Jul 1953
 * Lancashire
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 49 runs
 * Berry 6-58
 * 22
 * 01 Aug 1953
 * Warwickshire
 * Warwickshire
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Gardner 143
 * 23
 * 05 Aug 1953
 * Sussex
 * 05 Aug 1953
 * Sussex
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Suttle 103; Parks 124
 * 24
 * 08 Aug 1953
 * Northamptonshire
 * 08 Aug 1953
 * Northamptonshire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 3 wickets
 * 25
 * 12 Aug 1953
 * Yorkshire
 * 12 Aug 1953
 * Yorkshire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 109 runs
 * Wardle 5-52; Holdsworth 6-58
 * 26
 * 15 Aug 1953
 * Leicestershire
 * Leicestershire
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 10 wickets
 * Walsh 5-64; HL Jackson 5-36
 * 27
 * 19 Aug 1953
 * Somerset
 * Somerset
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * Innings and 82 runs
 * R Carter 7-46
 * 28
 * 22 Aug 1953
 * Essex
 * Essex
 * Abandoned
 * 29
 * 26 Aug 1953
 * Hampshire
 * 29
 * 26 Aug 1953
 * Hampshire
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 158 runs
 * C Gladwin 5-40; Knott 5-36
 * 30
 * 29 Aug 1953
 * Gloucestershire
 * Gloucestershire
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * DC Morgan 5-35; Graveney 5-28
 * DC Morgan 5-35; Graveney 5-28

Wicket Keepers

 * GO Dawkes 	Catches 46, Stumping 7