1958 English cricket season 63.74. Les Jackson topped the bowling averages with 143 wickets taken at a bowling average of 10.99 runs per wicket. 1958 English cricket season 1958 was the 59th season of County Championship cricket in England. Surrey captain Peter May topped the batting averages for the third time and his team won a record seventh successive title. England defeated the touring New Zealand side 4–0 in a Test match series. England defeated New Zealand 4–0 with one match drawn in a five match Test series. The County Championship was won by Surrey County Cricket Club, the last of seven consecutive Championships
Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1947 Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1947 Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1947 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for seventy-six years. It was their forty-third season in the County Championship and they won twelve matches and lost ten to finish fifth in the County Championship. Derbyshire played 26 matches in the County Championship and two against touring sides from Ireland and South Africa. They won eleven matches in the Championship and won the game against Ireland. Edward Gothard was brought into the side as captain in 1947 and the club saw a marked improvement