Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1955

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.

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.

Matches
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" ! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes | Middlesex  Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood |  | South Africans County Ground, Derby |  | Essex  Valentine's Park, Ilford |  | Kent Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | 139 runs | Kent County Ground, Derby | Innings and 21 runs | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham |  |  Worcestershire County Ground, New Road, Worcester |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | Leicestershire Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent |  |  Gloucestershire Ashley Down Ground, Bristol |  | Essex  Queen's Park, Chesterfield |  | Glamorgan Cardiff Arms Park |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | Lancashire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | 129 runs | Glamorgan County Ground, Derby |  |  8 wickets | 26 runs |  |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 58 runs |  |  6 wickets | 164 runs | Scotland Grange Cricket Club Ground, Raeburn Place, Edinburgh | 8 wickets | Innings and 94 runs | 49 runs | 7 wickets |Gloucestershire County Ground, Derby | Innings and 36 runs | 115 runs | 94 runs | 8 wickets
 * - bgcolor="#efefef"
 * 1
 * 7 May 1955
 * 7 May 1955
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * JA Young 5-43; HL Jackson 5-27; Moss 6-45
 * 2
 * 11 May 1955
 * 11 May 1955
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * 3
 * 14 May 1955
 * 3
 * 14 May 1955
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * C Gladwin 5-41; Bailey 5-56
 * 4
 * 18 May 1955
 * 18 May 1955
 * Innings and 51 runs
 * DC Morgan 109
 * 5
 * 21 May 1955
 * 21 May 1955
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * Appleyard 5-51 and 5-29
 * 6
 * 25 May 1955
 * 25 May 1955
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * HL Jackson 6-40; Ridgway 5-109
 * 7
 * 28 May 1955
 * 28 May 1955
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * 8
 * 1 Jun 1955
 * 8
 * 1 Jun 1955
 * 144 runs
 * Horton 5-123; E Smith 6-45
 * 9
 * 4 Jun 1955
 * 4 Jun 1955
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * HL Jackson 5-59.; C Gladwin 5-59
 * 10
 * 8 Jun 1955
 * 8 Jun 1955
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Wells 6-52 and 5-30; C Gladwin 5-28; E Smith 5-39
 * 11
 * 15 Jun 1955
 * 15 Jun 1955
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Insole 104; E Smith 6-69; Preston 5-61
 * 12
 * 18 Jun 1955
 * 18 Jun 1955
 * 132 runs
 * 13
 * 25 Jun 1955
 * 13
 * 25 Jun 1955
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * Hilton 6-59; DB Carr 7-53; Collins 5-30
 * 14
 * 29 Jun 1955
 * 29 Jun 1955
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * A Hamer 111; Wooller 5-64; HL Jackson 5-39
 * 15
 * 2 Jul 1955
 * Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * Grieves 137; Statham 5-57
 * 16
 * 6 Jul 1955
 * Hampshire County Ground, Southampton
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * Sainsbury 5-45; DC Morgan 5-41
 * 17
 * 9 Jul 1955
 * Leicestershire Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * DB Carr 146; V Jackson 100
 * 18
 * 13 Jul 1955
 * Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham
 * Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham
 * 11 runs
 * A Hamer 227; Dooland 5-95; Smales 7-44
 * 19
 * 16 Jul 1955
 * Hampshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * E Smith 5-22
 * 20
 * 23 Jul 1955
 * Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Poole 122; Matthews 6-65; Smales 6-91
 * 21
 * 27 Jul 1955
 * Northamptonshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * Barrick 105
 * 22
 * 30 Jul 1955
 * Warwickshire County Ground, Derby
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * Hitchcock 110; HJ Rhodes 6-86
 * 23
 * 3 Aug 1955
 * 3 Aug 1955
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * GL Willatt 133; E Smith 5-66 and 9-46; Kerrigan 6-87
 * 24
 * 6 Aug 1955
 * Yorkshire Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * Sutcliffe 133; Close 6-63
 * 25
 * 10 Aug 1955
 * Sussex County Ground, Derby
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * James 6-56; C Gladwin 6-44; DV Smith 5-58
 * 26
 * 13 Aug 1955
 * Worcestershire Park Road Ground, Buxton
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * C Gladwin 5-36
 * 27
 * 20 Aug 1955
 * 20 Aug 1955
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * DB Carr 139; C Gladwin 7-16
 * 28
 * 24 Aug 1955
 * Somerset Queen's Park, Chesterfield
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * Lobb 5-41; C Gladwin 5-22
 * 29
 * 27 Aug 1955
 * Sussex County Ground, Hove
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * Oakman 102; Parks 101; E Smith 6-80; Marlar 5-58 and 7-98
 * 30
 * 31 Aug 1955
 * Surrey Kennington Oval
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * Lock 5-37; Surridge 6-56

Wicket Keeping

 * George Dawkes 	Catches 52, Stumping 14