Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1958
| 1958 season | |||
| Captain | Donald Carr | ||
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| County Championship | 5 | ||
| Most runs | Charles Lee | ||
| Most wickets | Les Jackson | ||
| Most catches | George Dawkes | ||
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Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1958 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing eighty-seven years. It was their fifty-fourth season in the County Championship and they won nine matches in the County Championship to finish fifth.
Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, one match against Oxford University, and one against the touring New Zealanders. They won ten matches altogether, and ended fifth in the County Championship. Donald Carr was in his fourth season as captain. Charles Lee was top scorer. Les Jackson took most wickets for Derbyshire and topped the national bowler list with 143 wickets. His bowling average of 10.99 has not been exceeded since. Hampshire's score of 23 in the match at the Ind Coope ground remains the record for lowest runs in a match against Derbyshire
The only new player was Jim Brailsford who made his three first-class career appearances for Derbyshire during the season.
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