Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1932

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons

1932 season
Captain	A W Richardson
County Championship	10
Most runs	Denis Smith
Most wickets	Tommy Mitchell
Most catches	Harry Elliott
← 1931 1933 →

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1932 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for sixty one years. It was their thirty-fourth season in the County Championship and they won six matches to finish tenth

1932 season

Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, and one match against the touring Indians on their first visit to England. Derbyshire won seven matches including the one against the tourists, but the season was marked by a number of draws and two abandoned matches.

A. W. Richardson was in his second season as captain in 1932. Denis Smith was top scorer with three centuries. Tommy Mitchell took most wickets. In the match against Essex at Chesterfield Garnet Lee and Stan Worthington achieved a 6th wicket partnership of 212 which remains a Derbyshire record.

Samuel Cadman's efforts at team-building ^[1] brought two significant players into the club during the season – Charlie Elliott and Bill Copson. Elliott went on to play for around 20 years and made nearly 12,000 runs for the club. Copson stayed almost as long and took 1000 wickets. He marked his debut in the match against Surrey when he took the wicket of Andrew Sandham on his first ball. Thomas Higson who also joined in the season played three years before moving to Lancashire. William Wright playing two matches, and Stanley Walker playing one match made their only first class career appearances in the season.

Matches

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	7 May 1932 [2]	Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester	Lost	72 runs	Hopwood 5–35
2	14 May 1932 [3]	Warwickshire County Ground, Derby	Won	123 runs	T. B. Mitchell 7–48; T R Armstrong 5–27
3	18 May 1932 [4]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton	Won	115 runs	Bakewell 101; T. B. Mitchell 5–36 and 8–62
4	21 May 1932 [5]	Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Abandoned
5	25 May 1932 [6]	Kent Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston	Drawn		Hardinge 5–19; L F Townsend 6–49
6	28 May 1932 [7]	Sussex Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Abandoned
7	1 Jun 1932 [8]	Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Lost	Innings and 86 runs	Keeton 108; Larwood 5–49
8	4 Jun 1932 [9]	Hampshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	2 wickets	Kennedy 5–24; Bailey 5–42
9	8 Jun 1932 [10]	Surrey Kennington Oval	Lost	199 runs
10	11 Jun 1932 [11]	Hampshire County Ground, Southampton	Lost	6 wickets	D Smith 103; Arnold 100; Mead 104; W H Copson 5–48
11	15 Jun 1932 [12]	Kent Angel Ground, Tonbridge	Lost	23 runs	Freeman 6–128 and 6–85; W H Copson 5–40
12	18 Jun 1932 [13]	Leicestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		N Armstrong 113; Geary 6–40; T S Worthington 5–43
13	22 Jun 1932 [14]	Middlesex County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Hearne 106; Hendren 119; H Storer 170; D Smith 107
14	25 Jun 1932 [15]	Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston	Won	7 wickets	Keeton 118; A V Pope 6–54
15	29 Jun 1932 [16]	Surrey Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		Fender 5–71; Brown 6–45
16	2 Jul 1932 [17]	Essex County Ground, Leyton	Drawn		D Smith 111; Crawley 138; T Smith 5–128; GM Lee 7–67
17	6 Jul 1932 [18]	Lancashire Park Road Ground, Buxton	Lost	185 runs	Tyldesley 134; L F Townsend 7–80 and 5–68; Iddon 5–54 and 5–31; Sibbles 5–42
18	9 Jul 1932 [19]	Essex Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Won	Innings and 171 runs	GM Lee 130; L F Townsend 5–33 and 6–32
19	16 Jul 1932 [20]	Somerset County Ground, Derby	Drawn		J Lee 5–45
20	27 Jul 1932 [21]	Sussex County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Parks 172
21	30 Jul 1932 [22]	Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham	Drawn		T. B. Mitchell 6–79; Wyatt 5–24; Paine 5–49 and 5–79
22	3 Aug 1932 [23]	Worcestershire County Ground, New Road, Worcester	Drawn
23	6 Aug 1932 [24]	Yorkshire Headingley, Leeds	Lost	Innings and 89 runs	Sutcliffe 182; Leyland 113; T S Worthington 102; Verity 6–32 and 5–37; A V Pope 6–116
24	10 Aug 1932 [25]	Middlesex Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	Drawn		Killick 128; L F Townsend 153; T. B. Mitchell 5–162; Peebles 6–104
25	13 Aug 1932 [26]	Worcestershire County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Gibbons 109; T. B. Mitchell 6–94
26	17 Aug 1932 [27]	Indian cricket team in England in 1932 Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston	Won	9 runs	Jaoomal 101; T. B. Mitchell 5–77 and 5–71; L F Townsend 5–78
27	20 Aug 1932 [28]	Northamptonshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Won	Innings and 123 runs	Cox 7–91; L F Townsend 7–37
28	24 Aug 1932 [29]	Somerset County Ground, Taunton	Drawn		F Lee 145
29	27 Aug 1932 [30]	Leicestershire Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch	Won	36 runs	N Armstrong 117; Marlow 7–90; T. B. Mitchell 6–53 and 6–106

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

Name	Matches	Inns	Runs	High score	Average	100s
H Storer	7	13	538	170	41.38	1
D Smith	26	46	1451	111	34.54	3
T S Worthington	24	40	1232	102	33.29	1
L F Townsend	26	46	1350	153*	30.68	1
A W Richardson	24	42	1193	90	29.82	0
WJ Wright	1	1	28	28	28.00	0
LB Blaxland	2	3	83	54	27.66	0
GM Lee	25	44	938	130	21.81	1
CC Clarke	5	8	118	31	16.85	0
A V Pope	12	19	267	53	15.70	0
A E Alderman	19	35	513	62	15.54	0
GHC Beet	4	7	92	35*	15.33	0
H Elliott	26	40	440	56*	14.19	0
A F Skinner	6	9	124	34	13.77	0
C S Elliott	19	32	397	39	13.68	0
JDH Gilbert	1	1	13	13	13.00	0
GR Jackson	5	9	113	61	12.55	0
T. B. Mitchell	23	36	256	29*	11.13	0
E Sykes	2	4	40	27	10.00	0
W H Copson	17	20	63	15	5.25	0
T R Armstrong	10	13	34	10	4.85	0
SG Walker	1	2	8	7	4.00	0
TA Higson	1	2	7	7	3.50	0 [31]

County Championship bowling averages

Name	Balls	Runs	Wickets	BB	Average
T. B. Mitchell	6017	2414	111	8–62	21.74
L F Townsend	6155	1938	104	7–37	18.63
T S Worthington	4121	1522	53	5–83	28.71
W H Copson	3329	1231	46	5–40	26.76
A V Pope	1610	610	25	6–54	24.40
GM Lee	1952	879	24	7–67	36.62
T R Armstrong	1201	397	18	5–27	22.05
SG Walker	18	6	1	1–6	6.00
D Smith	54	18	1	1–2	18.00
C S Elliott	132	66	1	1–10	66.00
H Storer	180	80	0
A F Skinner	24	3	0
A W Richardson	12	9	0 [32]

Wicket-keeper

H Elliott Catches 59 Stumping 14

See also

• Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
• 1932 English cricket season

References

1. W.T. Taylor History of Derbyshire cricket Wisden 1953
2. Cricket Archive – Lancashire v Derbyshire 7 May 1932
3. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Warwickshire 14 May 1932
4. Cricket Archive – Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 18 May 1932
5. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Yorkshire 21 May 1932
6. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Kent 25 May 1932
7. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Sussex 28 May 1932
8. Cricket Archive – Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 1 Jun 1932
9. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Hampshire 4 Jun 1932
10. Cricket Archive – Surrey v Derbyshire 8 Jun 1932
11. Cricket Archive – Hampshire v Derbyshire 11 Jun 1932
12. Cricket Archive – Kent v Derbyshire 15 Jun 1932
13. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Leicestershire 18 Jun 1932
14. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Middlesex 22 Jun 1932
15. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 25 Jun 1932
16. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Surrey 29 Jun 1932
17. Cricket Archive – Essex v Derbyshire 2 Jul 1932
18. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Lancashire 6 Jul 1932
19. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Essex 9 Jul 1932
20. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Somerset 16 Jul 1932
21. Cricket Archive – Sussex v Derbyshire 27 Jul 1932
22. Cricket Archive – Warwickshire v Derbyshire 30 Jul 1932
23. Cricket Archive – Worcestershire v Derbyshire 3 Aug 1932
24. Cricket Archive – Yorkshire v Derbyshire 6 Aug 1932
25. Cricket Archive – Middlesex v Derbyshire 10 Aug 1932
26. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Worcestershire 13 Aug 1932
27. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Indians 17 Aug 1932
28. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 20 Aug 1932
29. Cricket Archive – Somerset v Derbyshire 24 Aug 1932
30. Cricket Archive – Leicestershire v Derbyshire 27 Aug 1932
31. Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1932
32. Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1932