Derek Hawkins
Personal information
Full name
Derek Graham Hawkins
Born(1935-05-18)18 May 1935
Alveston, Gloucestershire, England
Died27 November 2010(2010-11-27) (aged 75)
Alveston, Gloucestershire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off-spin
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1952–1962Gloucestershire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 134
Runs scored 3755
Batting average 18.22
100s/50s 3/17
Top score 106
Balls bowled 2501
Wickets 38
Bowling average 30.34
5 wickets in innings 1
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 6/81
Catches/stumpings 78/–
Source: Cricinfo, 13 January 2023

Derek Graham Hawkins (18 May 1935 – 27 November 2010) was an English first-class cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler who played for Gloucestershire from 1952 to 1962.[1]

Hawkins was born at Alveston, Gloucestershire, and educated at the nearby Thornbury Grammar School.[1] He captained the England Schools team in 1950, and signed a contract with Gloucestershire aged 16.[2] After a two-year break for National Service he became a regular member of the Gloucestershire team, without ever fulfilling his potential.[2] The highest of his three centuries was 106, his maiden century, against Sussex in 1957, when he reached 100 in two and a half hours.[3] His most productive season was 1961, when he reached 1000 runs in a season for the first time and took his best bowling figures of 6 for 81 against Kent.[4][2] However, he retired at the end of that season, aged 26, to work in the family car dealership, Berkeley Vale Motors.[2][4]

Hawkins died at Alveston on 27 November 2010.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Derek Hawkins". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Wisden 2011, p. 189.
  3. ↑ Wisden 1958, p. 569.
  4. 1 2 "Derek Hawkins". Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 January 2023.


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