Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1922

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Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1922 season
Captain Guy Jackson
County Championship 11
Most runs Samuel Cadman
Most wickets Arthur Morton
Most catches Harry Elliott

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1922 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for fifty-one years. It was their twenty-fourth season in the County Championship and they won six matches to finish eleventh.

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1922 season

Derbyshire played all their twenty two first-class games in the County Championship in 1922 and won six, to finish eleventh in the table.

Guy Jackson took over as captain and led Derbyshire for nine seasons "with masterly judgment". Although he was a stern disciplinarian, he earned the respect and affection of his players. By the time he retired at the end of the 1930 summer, he had laid the foundations of the team that won the Championship six years later. Wisden noted "For his work in leading and inspiring the team, Jackson deserves immense thanks. He took over control when the fortunes of the county were at a very low ebb, steadily raised the standard of the cricket, and now retires with Derbyshire well established amongst the leading teams of the day." [1]

There was an occurrence considered unique in county cricket during the season. When Billy Bestwick and Robert Bestwick shared the bowling against Willie Quaife and Bernard Quaife of Warwickshire, father and son were bowling against father and son. Gilbert Curgenven was noted for his fast scoring rate and at Gloucester, he scored 65 in the first innings at little more than one run a minute and in the second innings his 68 out of 119 took less than twenty-five minutes.

The most significant newcomer for Derbyshire was Leslie Townsend, a gifted all-rounder who played for seventeen years. Others who made their debut were Repton schoolmaster John Crommelin-Brown who went on to play several matches over four seasons and footballer Stuart McMillan who appeared intermittently over three seasons. Colin Leech made his only career appearance in the first class game for Derbyshire during the season.

Matches

List of matches
No.DateVResultMarginNotes
113 May 1922 [2] Northamptonshire
County Ground, Northampton
Won 2 wickets Woolley 111; A Morton 7-38 and 5-65; Wells 6-25
217 May 1922 [3] Yorkshire
County Ground, Derby
Lost 251 runs A Morton 5-55; Waddington 7-31
320 May 1922 [4] Nottinghamshire
Town Ground, Worksop
Lost Innings and 130 runs W Bestwick 7-189; Richmond 6-54
427 May 1922 [5] Essex
County Ground, Leyton
Lost 9 wickets Freeman 141; A Morton 100
531 May 1922 [6] Lancashire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Lost Innings and 140 runs Makepeace 134; Parkin 7-15 and 7-58
603 Jun 1922 [7] Warwickshire
County Ground, Derby
Lost 10 wickets Willie Quaife 107, Howell 5-60
707 Jun 1922 [8] Somerset
County Ground, Taunton
Lost 55 runs A Morton 5-69 and 7-39; Bridges 5-76; White 6-42
810 Jun 1922 [9] Gloucestershire
Spa Ground, Gloucester
Won 158 runs Parker 5-66 and 9-87; W Bestwick 5-59
914 Jun 1922 [10] Glamorgan
St Helen's, Swansea
Won 283 runs Clay 7-94; A Morton 5-64
1017 Jun 1922 [11] Leicestershire
The Town Ground, Burton-on-Trent
Lost 226 runs W Bestwick 5-65; Benskin 7-68 and 6-76
1124 Jun 1922 [12] Glamorgan
County Ground, Derby
Won 137 runs Clay 7-96
1201 Jul 1922 [13] Somerset
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Drawn
1305 Jul 1922 [14] Yorkshire
Bramall Lane, Sheffield
Drawn
1415 Jul 1922 [15] Leicestershire
Aylestone Road, Leicester
Drawn W Carter 145; Benskin 5-87; W Bestwick 7-63
1519 Jul 1922 [16] Gloucestershire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Lost 4 wickets Parker 6-72; W Bestwick 5-55SWA Cadman 5-50; Mills 7-30
1622 Jul 1922 [17] Worcestershire
County Ground, Derby
Won Innings and 77 runs H Storer 99; Pearson 5-57; W Bestwick 8-19
1729 Jul 1922 [18] Nottinghamshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Lost 7 wickets Matthews 5-29
1805 Aug 1922 [19] Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Drawn
1909 Aug 1922 [20] Essex
County Ground, Derby
Drawn Perrin 100
2012 Aug 1922 [21] Lancashire
Aigburth, Liverpool
Lost 9 wickets Hallows 102; Parkin 6-45
2119 Aug 1922 [22] Northamptonshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Won 53 runs W Bestwick 7-37; Murdin 5-45; H Storer 7-26
2226 Aug 1922 [23] Worcestershire
County Ground, New Road, Worcester
Drawn A Morton 5-112

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

NameMatchesInnsRunsHigh scoreAverage100s
JL Crommelin-Brown 12575628.500
W Carter 142341914523.271
G Curgenven 8163436821.430
SWA Cadman 22407457820.130
GR Jackson 19366316919.120
C Leech 12382619.000
WWH Hill-Wood 461114318.500
WJV Tomlinson 12172946618.370
A Morton 2137583100*18.211
AHM Jackson 21365807518.120
J Bowden 21386546817.670
G Beet 12342117.000
JM Hutchinson 22396346716.680
H Storer 21385719915.430
H Elliott 22372374110.300
AG Slater 12202010.000
JD Southern 1214107.000
L Oliver 3635135.830
L F Townsend 4841135.120
RS Bestwick 3520105.000
W Bestwick 182980133.630
J Fisher 12743.500
ST McMillan 1100*0 [24]

County Championship bowling averages

NameBallsRunsWicketsBBAverage
A Morton 497418591007-3818.59
W Bestwick 43261577928-1917.14
H Storer 1553706307-2623.53
SWA Cadman 2161725305-5024.16
AHM Jackson 684387103-1638.70
WWH Hill-Wood 29013884-5117.25
WJV Tomlinson 49124042-1060.00
L F Townsend 904932-2416.33
W Carter 19811931-139.66
RS Bestwick 2329622-4748.00
AG Slater 16211922-6559.50
JL Crommelin-Brown 302911-2929.00
J Fisher 30150
JM Hutchinson 20270
GR Jackson 620
ST McMillan 6140 [25]

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