Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1962

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1962 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for ninety-one years. It was their fifty-eighth season in the County Championship and they won 9 championship matches and lost six to finish seventh in the County Championship.

1962 season
Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, one match against the touring Pakistinis and one match against Oxford University. They won nine matches, lost six matches and drew fifteen matches. Donald Carr was in his eighth year as captain. Laurie Johnson was top scorer and Les Jackson took most wickets for the club.

There were no new players in the Derbyshire team.

Matches
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" ! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes | Lancashire County Ground, Derby |  | Essex  Valentine's Park, Ilford |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 7 wickets |  |   |  Gloucestershire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 4 wickets | Kent Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend |  | Oxford University The University Parks, Oxford |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 10 wickets |  |   |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 165 runs | Innings and 31 runs | Glamorgan Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 6 wickets | Essex County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 5 wickets | Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |  |   |  5 wickets |  |  71 runs |  |   |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 7 wickets | 5 wickets | Warwickshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |  |   |  5 wickets |  |   | Glamorgan St Helen's, Swansea |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 204 runs | 41 runs | Middlesex  Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * - bgcolor="#efefef"
 * 1
 * 5 May 1962
 * 5 May 1962
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * C Lee 137; IR Buxton 108
 * 2
 * 12 May 1962
 * 12 May 1962
 * HL Jackson 6–25 and 5–65
 * 3
 * 16 May 1962
 * Sussex Queen's Park, Chesterfield
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * 4
 * 19 May 1962
 * Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Davison 7–28
 * 5
 * 23 May 1962
 * 23 May 1962
 * Nicholls 144;
 * 6
 * 26 May 1962
 * 26 May 1962
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * 7
 * 30 May 1962
 * 7
 * 30 May 1962
 * Baig 103; R Swallow 115; HJ Rhodes 5–41
 * 8
 * 2 Jun 1962
 * Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * DC Morgan 5–72
 * 9
 * 6 Jun 1962
 * Somerset Imperial Athletic Ground, Bristol
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * WF Oates 101; Atkinson 105 and 6–113; HL Johnson 108; HJ Rhodes 5–73
 * 10
 * 9 Jun 1962
 * Leicestershire County Ground, Derby
 * Leicestershire County Ground, Derby
 * DB Carr 110; Watson 142; HL Jackson 6–26 and 7–47
 * 11
 * 13 Jun 1962
 * Yorkshire The Circle, Hull
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * Stott 145
 * 12
 * 16 Jun 1962
 * 16 Jun 1962
 * Shepherd 5–41
 * 13
 * 20 Jun 1962
 * 20 Jun 1962
 * HL Jackson 7–35
 * 14
 * 23 Jun 1962
 * 23 Jun 1962
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * E Smith 5–39
 * 15
 * 27 Jun 1962
 * Sussex Manor Sports Ground, Worthing
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * HL Johnson 114; Bell 5–92
 * 16
 * 30 Jun 1962
 * Hampshire County Ground, Derby
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * Ingleby-Mackenzie 111
 * 17
 * 7 Jul 1962
 * Hampshire United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Gray 213; DC Morgan 112; Shackleton 5–112
 * 18
 * 11 Jul 1962
 * Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * E Smith 5–39; Allen 5–41
 * 19
 * 14 Jul 1962
 * Pakistan Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * 20
 * 21 Jul 1962
 * Northamptonshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Northamptonshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * 21
 * 25 Jul 1962
 * Northamptonshire Park Road Ground, Buxton
 * 25 Jul 1962
 * Northamptonshire Park Road Ground, Buxton
 * Milburn 102; DC Morgan 6–13; Larter 5–67
 * 22
 * 28 Jul 1962
 * Worcestershire Tipton Road, Dudley
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * Coldwell 8–64
 * 23
 * 1 Aug 1962
 * 1 Aug 1962
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Hitchcock 153; M Smith 105
 * 24
 * 4 Aug 1962
 * Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * HL Johnson 154
 * 25
 * 8 Aug 1962
 * Surrey Kennington Oval
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * Lock 6–41; DC Morgan 6–32
 * 26
 * 11 Aug 1962
 * Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * M Smith 148
 * 27
 * 15 Aug 1962
 * Worcestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Rumsey 7–50; HJ Rhodes 6–30
 * 28
 * 18 Aug 1962
 * 18 Aug 1962
 * Wheatley 5–52; Shepherd 5–60
 * 29
 * 22 Aug 1962
 * Somerset County Ground, Derby
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * HJ Rhodes 5–45 and 5–19; Alley 5–53; HL Jackson 5–20
 * 30
 * 25 Aug 1962
 * 25 Aug 1962
 * 8 wickets
 * HJ Rhodes 5–58; Titmus 6–86

Wicket Keeping

 * Bob Taylor	Catches 77, Stumping 3
 * Ian Hall	Catches 2