Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1931

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Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1931 season
Captain A W Richardson
County Championship 7
Most runs Denis Smith
Most wickets Archibald Slater
Most catches Harry Elliott

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1931 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for sixty years. It was their thirty-third season in the County Championship and they won seven matches to finish seventh.

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1931 season

Derbyshire were fortunate in persuading A. W. Richardson to become captain in 1931. Building on the efforts of Guy Jackson and with the help of the coach, Sam Cadman, Richardson set about building the team that became a match-winning combination and took the championship in 1936. [1]

Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, and one match against the touring New Zealanders. Denis Smith was top scorer with two centuries. Veteran Archibald Slater, in his last season, took 106 wickets closely followed by Tommy Mitchell on 105.

The only new arrival in the Derbyshire side in 1931 was Alan Skinner who was to see many years service with the club.

Matches

List of matches
No.DateVResultMarginNotes
12 May 1931 [2] Leicestershire
County Ground, Derby
Drawn
26 May 1931 [3] Gloucestershire
The Victoria Ground, Cheltenham
Lost4 wicketsParker 6–41 and 8–50
39 May 1931 [4] Surrey
Kennington Oval
Drawn A E Alderman 113; Fender 100
416 May 1931 [5] Kent
County Ground, Derby
Lost9 wickets Freeman 5–63; AG Slater 8–63
520 May 1931 [6] Essex
County Ground, Leyton
Drawn D Smith 131; GM Lee 147
623 May 1931 [7] Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Drawn Croom 103; Paine 6–80
727 May 1931 [8] Worcestershire
County Ground, New Road, Worcester
Drawn
830 May 1931 [9] Sussex
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
WonInnings and 188 runs T. B. Mitchell 6–11 and 6–19
96 Jun 1931 [10] Nottinghamshire
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
Drawn L F Townsend 6–59
1013 Jun 1931 [11] New Zealand County Ground, Derby DrawnNot a County Championship match
T. B. Mitchell 5–97
1117 Jun 1931 [12] Essex
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
Drawn AG Slater 8–51
1220 Jun 1931 [13] Hampshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Won8 wickets D Smith 108; T. B. Mitchell 5–47
1324 Jun 1931 [14] Glamorgan
Cardiff Arms Park
Drawn
1427 Jun 1931 [15] Worcestershire
County Ground, Derby
Won7 wicketsGibbons 109; Root 5–113; H Storer 5–32
151 Jul 1931 [16] Surrey
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Drawn T. B. Mitchell 6–157; Fender 6–102
164 Jul 1931 [17] Leicestershire
Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Drawn AG Slater 5–28
178 Jul 1931 [18] Sussex
County Ground, Hove
LostInnings and 14 runs Wensley 6–47 and 6–48; T S Worthington 5–80
1811 Jul 1931 [19] Hampshire
County Ground, Southampton
Won145 runs Baring 5–85; L F Townsend 6–23;
1918 Jul 1931 [20] Gloucestershire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Lost18 runs T. B. Mitchell 6–79; Goddard 8–79; Parker 6–64
2022 Jul 1931 [21] Northamptonshire
County Ground, Derby
Won6 wickets GM Lee 173; Timms 147; T. B. Mitchell 5–39
2125 Jul 1931 [22] Middlesex
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
Drawn Peebles 5–58; AG Slater 5–32
2229 Jul 1931 [23] Lancashire
Park Road Ground, Buxton
Drawn L F Townsend 6–49; Hopwood 5–52
231 Aug 1931 [24] Warwickshire
County Ground, Derby
Lost9 wickets Partridge 5–47; Paine 5–67
245 Aug 1931 [25] Kent
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Drawn L F Townsend 5–78; Freeman 5–77; Marriott 5–42
258 Aug 1931 [26] Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Drawn
2615 Aug 1931 [27] Northamptonshire
County Ground, Northampton
WonInnings and 71 runs GM Lee 141; L F Townsend 8–45;
2719 Aug 1931 [28] Middlesex
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
No playMatch abandoned
2822 Aug 1931 [29] Glamorgan
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Won184 runs Ryan 7–105; AG Slater 5–27; Mercer 5–37;
2926 Aug 1931 [30] Lancashire
Stanley Park, Blackpool
Lost3 wickets AG Slater 5–22; Tyldesley 6–21

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

NameMatchesInnsRunsHigh scoreAverage100s
GM Lee 2639115217332.913
H Storer 22351028115*32.121
D Smith 2743121413131.122
A E Alderman 2740895113*27.961
GR Jackson 7112708124.540
L F Townsend 253367380*21.700
T S Worthington 27375894519.000
A V Pope 23361618.000
JM Hutchinson 9142187116.760
AG Slater 27354835215.580
A W Richardson 26323744913.350
T. B. Mitchell 27281822910.700
H Elliott 2732264379.770
NM Ford 2426246.500
CC Clarke 4636216.000
JDH Gilbert 531264.000
A F Skinner 11444.000
T R Armstrong 6818153.000 [31]

County Championship bowling averages

NameBallsRunsWicketsBBAverage
AG Slater 552617141068–5116.16
T. B. Mitchell 552522181056–1121.12
L F Townsend 30721098728–4515.25
T S Worthington 38821362575–8023.89
H Storer 958408165–3225.50
GM Lee 922347144–3424.78
T R Armstrong 3358572–912.14
A V Pope 34211464–5419.00
D Smith 156420
A E Alderman 24100
GR Jackson 17200
A W Richardson 1260 [32]

Wicket-keeper

H Elliott Catches 43 Stumping 28

See also

References

  1. W.T. Taylor History of Derbyshire cricket Wisden 1953
  2. Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Leicestershire 2 May 1931
  3. Cricket Archive Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 6 May 1931
  4. Cricket Archive Surrey v Derbyshire 9 May 1931
  5. Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Kent 16 May 1931
  6. Cricket Archive Essex v Derbyshire 20 May 1931
  7. Cricket Archive Warwickshire v Derbyshire 23 May 1931
  8. Cricket Archive Worcestershire v Derbyshire 27 May 1931
  9. Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Sussex 30 May 1931
  10. Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 6 Jun 1931
  11. Cricket Archive Derbyshire v New Zealand 13 Jun 1931
  12. Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Essex 17 Jun 1931
  13. Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Hampshire 20 Jun 1931
  14. Cricket Archive Glamorgan v Derbyshire 24 Jun 1931
  15. Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Worcestershire 27 Jun 1931
  16. Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Surrey 1 Jul 1931
  17. Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Leicestershire 4 Jul 1931
  18. Cricket Archive Sussex v Derbyshire 8 Jul 1931
  19. Cricket Archive Hampshire v Derbyshire 11 Jul 1931
  20. Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 18 Jul 1931
  21. Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 22 Jul 1931
  22. Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Middlesex 25 Jul 1931
  23. Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Lancashire 29 Jul 1931
  24. Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Warwickshire 1 Aug 1931
  25. Cricket Archive Kent v Derbyshire 5 Aug 1931
  26. Cricket Archive Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 8 Aug 1931
  27. Cricket Archive Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 15 Aug 1931
  28. Cricket Archive Middlesex v Derbyshire 19 Aug 1931
  29. Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Glamorgan 22 Aug 1931
  30. Cricket Archive Lancashire v Derbyshire 26 Aug 1931
  31. Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1931
  32. Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1931