Derek Brooke Pearson (born 29 March 1937) is an English former first-class cricketer who played from the mid-1950s until the early 1960s, taking over 200 wickets.
[2] Pearson made his first-class debut for Worcestershire at Worcester against Cambridge University in June 1954, taking four wickets; his first victim was Colin Smith.
That year too he achieved his career-best bowling performance, claiming 6–70 against Leicestershire,[5] picking up three more five-wicket hauls in the course of the season.
Pearson began 1960 as a first-team regular, and early in the year produced his best match figures, 11–145 against Glamorgan;[6] he also took nine wickets in the game against Oxford University.
His career came to a quiet end against Sussex at Hove in early September, a game in which Pearson bowled just four overs.