tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46846306391908034.post3531614976359402209..comments2024-03-29T08:20:35.668+00:00Comments on Derbyshire Cricket - Peakfan's blog: Recognition required for the heroes of 1965Peakfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328174919897893268noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46846306391908034.post-42865739465134983772021-06-30T15:38:21.534+01:002021-06-30T15:38:21.534+01:00I have always been struck by how Rhodes and Brian ...I have always been struck by how Rhodes and Brian Jackson managed to do so well for a team that was mediocre overall and extremely weak in batting even taking into account the bad pitches. In fact, Derbyshire had the lowest number of runs per wicket both with the bat and in the field that summer, and actually lost <i>nine</i> county matches, not seven. Moreover, their team batting average of 15.90 runs per wicket is the lowest by any county team since Glamorgan in 1925 averaged only 14.94 runs per wicket and finished with one win, twenty losses and five draws.<br /><br />Another remarkable fact is that Derbyshire bowlers have achieved the two lowest averages for a bowler taking 100 wickets – in fact for a non-touring bowler taking over 40 wickets – since 1895. Leslie Jackson in 1958 averaged 10.99 runs per wicket, Rhodes in 1965 averaged 11.04, and no other bowler since 1895 has averaged better than 11.50 in all first-class matches, although Tony Lock in 1956 and Brian Statham in 1960 averaged under 11 runs a wicket in purely county matches. Yet, although their bowlers averaged the fewest runs per wicket in both seasons, Derbyshire’s 1958 and 1965 combined record is 16 wins and 18 losses (plus 22 draws) – which reflects the county’s persistent batting weaknesses throughout its history, a weakness <b>The Times</b> noted as early as 1909 when Derbyshire averaged only 14.97 runs per wicket for a full season.jpbenneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02664829103165280260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46846306391908034.post-73599612101693214212015-07-18T16:17:33.202+01:002015-07-18T16:17:33.202+01:00Nudger said:
Can't quite believe its fifty ye...Nudger said:<br /><br />Can't quite believe its fifty years! I loved nothing better than to watch those two bowling in tandem at Queens Park in 1965. The sight of Harold bowling from the pavilion end with hostile pace still lives in the memory. l hope the county will recognize their outstanding achievement. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com