Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1923

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1923 season
Captain	Guy Jackson
County Championship	10
Most runs	Wilfred Hill-Wood
Most wickets	Billy Bestwick
Most catches	Harry Elliott
← 1922	1924 →

Last updated June 02, 2025

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1923 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for fifty-two years. It was their twenty-fifth season in the County Championship and they won four matches to finish tenth.

1923 season

Derbyshire played twenty two games in the County Championship and one against the touring West Indies. They won four games altogether and finished tenth in the Championship table.

Guy Jackson was in his second year as captain. Wilfred Hill-Wood was top scorer and Billy Bestwick took most wickets.

New players in the season were James Cresswell who played 21 matches over four seasons, and Richard Pratt who played five matches in two seasons.

Matches

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	12 May 1923^[1]	Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Drawn		Gunn 220; Richmond 5-101; W Bestwick 5-53
2	19 May 1923^[2]	Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham	Won	4 wickets	J Horsley 7-48; Partridge 7-66; Howell 5-68
3	23 May 1923^[3]	Worcestershire Tipton Road, Dudley	Drawn
4	26 May 1923^[4]	Essex Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		A Morton 7-48
5	30 May 1923^[5]	Yorkshire County Ground, Derby	Lost	Innings and 126 runs	Kilner 5-32
6	06 Jun 1923^[6]	Gloucestershire Fry's Ground, Bristol	Lost	Innings and 72 runs	Mills 6-72
7	09 Jun 1923^[7]	Glamorgan Cardiff Arms Park	Drawn		GR Jackson 102; W Bestwick 7-39 and 5-55
8	13 Jun 1923^[8]	Somerset Recreation Ground, Bath	Drawn		Lyon 134; WWH Hill-Wood 107; J Bowden 114; Bridges 5-117
9	16 Jun 1923^[9]	Leicestershire Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch	Won	62 runs	Geary 6-70; W Bestwick 7-61 and 6-37
10	20 Jun 1923^[10]	West Indies Park Road Ground, Buxton	Drawn		SWA Cadman 5-41
11	23 Jun 1923^[11]	Lancashire County Ground, Derby	Drawn		W Bestwick 6-60
12	30 Jun 1923^[12]	Northamptonshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Won	Innings and 211 runs	W Carter 100*; W Bestwick 5-45; J Horsley 6-29
13	04 Jul 1923^[13]	Essex County Ground, Leyton	Drawn		Douglas 110; A Morton 100
14	07 Jul 1923^[14]	Gloucestershire The Town Ground, Burton-on-Trent	Lost	8 wickets	Parker 7-37 and 5-76; Dennett 5-93
15	14 Jul 1923^[15]	Somerset Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	61 runs	J Horsley 5-40 and 5-45; White 5-35
16	21 Jul 1923^[16]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton	Lost	1 wicket	W Bestwick 5-61
17	25 Jul 1923^[17]	Glamorgan Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Won	5 wickets	J Horsley 5-58
18	28 Jul 1923^[18]	Worcestershire County Ground, Derby	Drawn
19	04 Aug 1923^[19]	Warwickshire County Ground, Derby	Drawn		GR Jackson 109; WWH Hill-Wood 5-62
20	11 Aug 1923^[20]	Yorkshire Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford	Lost	8 wickets	Rhodes 7-60; J Horsley 5-69
21	18 Aug 1923^[21]	Nottinghamshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		Staples 5-101
22	22 Aug 1923^[22]	Leicestershire County Ground, Derby	Drawn		J Horsley 6-49
23	25 Aug 1923^[23]	Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester	Lost	Innings and 32 runs	Parkin 6-68 and 5-12; A Morton 6-45; Ellis 5-21

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

Name	Matches	Inns	Runs	High score	Average	100s
WWH Hill-Wood	17	28	961	107	34.32	1
W Carter	18	29	710	100*	27.30	1
GR Jackson	21	35	893	109*	27.06	2
A Morton	15	22	491	100	24.55	1
H Storer	21	35	760	94	21.71	0
J Bowden	18	30	612	114	21.10	1
SWA Cadman	19	33	611	88	19.70	0
JM Hutchinson	22	35	550	63	17.74	0
BSH Hill-Wood	11	18	237	49	14.81	0
J Horsley	17	22	183	33	12.20	0
H Elliott	22	32	279	26	12.13	0
L F Townsend	11	18	178	44	11.86	0
W Bestwick	18	24	88	19	5.86	0
R Pratt	2	4	22	13	5.50	0
AHM Jackson	6	9	34	12	4.25	0
JA Cresswell	1	1	3	3	3.00	0
L Oliver	1	2	5	4	2.50	0
WJV Tomlinson	1	2	4	4	2.00	0
ST McMillan	1	2	0	0	0.00	0 ^[24]

County Championship bowling averages

Name	Balls	Runs	Wickets	BB	Average
W Bestwick	3938	1482	91	7-39	16.28
J Horsley	2706	1019	63	7-48	16.17
A Morton	1990	782	34	7-48	23.00
WWH Hill-Wood	1496	787	30	5-62	26.23
SWA Cadman	1878	561	29	3-10	19.34
BSH Hill-Wood	1335	630	22	4-36	28.63
H Storer	1098	501	18	3-19	27.83
AHM Jackson	210	156	5	2-58	31.20
W Carter	186	124	5	3-12	24.80
L F Townsend	342	161	3	2-43	53.66
JA Cresswell	84	32	2	2-32	16.00
JM Hutchinson	150	73	2	1-21	36.50
GR Jackson	24	13	0
WJV Tomlinson	24	16	0
J Bowden	18	15	0		^[25]

Wicket Keeper

H Elliott - Catches 25, Stumping 7

References

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[1] Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 12 May 1923

[2] Cricket Archive - Warwickshire v Derbyshire 19 May 1923

[3] Cricket Archive - Worcestershire v Derbyshire 23 May 1923

[4] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Essex 26 May 1923

[5] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire 30 May 1923

[6] Cricket Archive - Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 06 Jun 1923

[7] Cricket Archive - Glamorgan v Derbyshire 09 Jun 1923

[8] Cricket Archive - Somerset v Derbyshire 13 Jun 1923

[9] Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire 16 Jun 1923

[10] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v West Indians 20 Jun 1923

[11] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire 23 Jun 1923

[12] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 30 Jun 1923

[13] Cricket Archive - Essex v Derbyshire 04 Jul 1923

[14] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 07 Jul 1923

[15] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Somerset 14 Jul 1923

[16] Cricket Archive - Northamptonshire v Derbyshire County 21 Jul 1923

[17] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Glamorgan 25 Jul 1923

[18] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Worcestershire 28 Jul 1923

[19] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Warwickshire 04 Aug 1923

[20] Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire 11 Aug 1923

[21] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 18 Aug 1923

[22] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Leicestershire 22 Aug 1923

[23] Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire 25 Aug 1923

[24] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire batting 1923

[25] Cricket Archive - Derbyshire bowling in 1923

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