| 1933 season | |||
| Captain | A W Richardson | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| County Championship | 6 | ||
| Most runs | Leslie Townsend | ||
| Most wickets | Tommy Mitchell | ||
| Most catches | Harry Elliott | ||
| |||
Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1933 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for sixty two years. It was their thirty-fifth season in the County Championship and they won eleven matches to finish sixth.
Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, and one match against the touring West Indians. They won eleven of their games in the County Championship and lost eleven to come sixth. This was an advance on tenth place in the previous year and a further step on the road towards winning the championship in 1936. They drew with the West Indians.
A. W. Richardson was in his third season as captain in 1933. Leslie Townsend was top scorer. Tommy Mitchell took most wickets.
George Pope, the second of the three Pope brothers to play for the county, made his debut in the season. He was a useful all-rounder who added strength to the Derbyshire side for many years. [1]
| List of matches | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | V | Result | Margin | Notes |
| 1 | 13 May 1933 [2] | Yorkshire The Circle, Hull | Lost | 6 wickets | Verity 6-12 and 6-41; L F Townsend 6-38 |
| 2 | 17 May 1933 [3] | Somerset Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston | Won | 7 wickets | T. B. Mitchell 5-46; MacDonald-Watson 5-27; L F Townsend 5-59 |
| 3 | 20 May 1933 [4] | Kent County Ground, Derby | Won | 8 wickets | Ames 143; W H Copson 5-38; T. B. Mitchell 8-92 |
| 4 | 24 May 1933 [5] | Leicestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Won | Innings and 86 runs | GM Lee 107; T. B. Mitchell 6-40 |
| 5 | 27 May 1933 [6] | Hampshire United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth | Drawn | Boyes 6-5; L F Townsend 7-35 | |
| 6 | 31 May 1933 [7] | Essex County Ground, Derby | Won | 8 wickets | H Storer 232; Taylor 134; T. B. Mitchell 5-80 |
| 7 | 03 Jun 1933 [8] | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham | Lost | 8 wickets | Wyatt 166; Paine 5-38 |
| 8 | 07 Jun 1933 [9] | Worcestershire County Ground, New Road, Worcester | Drawn | Walters 124; Perks 5-50 | |
| 9 | 10 Jun 1933 [10] | Leicestershire Park Road Ground, Loughborough | Won | Innings and 77 runs | Berry 111; L F Townsend 233; T. B. Mitchell 6-36 |
| 10 | 14 Jun 1933 [11] | West Indies County Ground, Derby | Drawn | Headley 200 | |
| 11 | 17 Jun 1933 [12] | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham | Lost | Innings and 121 runs | Carr 137; Staples 7-20 |
| 12 | 21 Jun 1933 [13] | Gloucestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Won | 71 runs | Goddard 5-49 and 6-52; L F Townsend 6-64 and 8-26 |
| 13 | 24 Jun 1933 [14] | Somerset Agricultural Showgrounds, Frome | Lost | 89 runs | Ingle 103; T R Armstrong 7-57; Young 6-30 |
| 14 | 28 Jun 1933 [15] | Lancashire Park Road Ground, Buxton | Lost | 3 wickets | Sibbles 5-49; T. B. Mitchell 6-69 |
| 15 | 01 Jul 1933 [16] | Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston | Lost | 57 runs | A Staples 113; T S Worthington 108; S Staples 6-103 |
| 16 | 05 Jul 1933 [17] | Essex County Ground, Leyton | Drawn | L F Townsend 151; Nichols 135; T Smith 6-112 | |
| 17 | 08 Jul 1933 [18] | Worcestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Won | Innings and 234 runs | T S Worthington 200*; T. B. Mitchell 5-20 and 6-44 |
| 18 | 15 Jul 1933 [19] | Sussex County Ground, Derby | Lost | 6 wickets | Parks 122; T. B. Mitchell 5-74; Langridge 5-63 |
| 19 | 22 Jul 1933 [20] | Northamptonshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Won | 157 runs | L F Townsend 99 and 106; Jupp 6–104; T R Armstrong 7-87 |
| 20 | 26 Jul 1933 [21] | Sussex County Ground, Hove | Lost | 169 runs | W H Copson 5-59; Cornford 5-26; A V Pope 7-84 |
| 21 | 29 Jul 1933 [22] | Middlesex Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Lost | 8 wickets | Sims 8-47; T. B. Mitchell 7-86; Hearne 9-61 |
| 22 | 05 Aug 1933 [23] | Warwickshire County Ground, Derby | Won | 317 runs | L F Townsend 172; Wyatt 102; Paine 5-115 |
| 23 | 09 Aug 1933 [24] | Kent St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury | Lost | 160 runs | Woolley 161; W H Copson 5-62; Freeman 6-30 and 6-82 |
| 24 | 12 Aug 1933 [25] | Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Drawn | L F Townsend 100; T. B. Mitchell 6-66 | |
| 25 | 16 Aug 1933 [26] | Gloucestershire College Ground, Cheltenham | Lost | Innings and 85 runs | Hammond 231; W H Copson 7-62; Parker 7-93; |
| 26 | 19 Aug 1933 [27] | Hampshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston | Drawn | Mead 227; Hill 5-23 | |
| 27 | 23 Aug 1933 [28] | Middlesex Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood | Won | 141 runs | Judge 5-27; W H Copson 5-28; T. B. Mitchell 5-62 and 6-53 |
| 28 | 26 Aug 1933 [29] | Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton | Won | Innings and 184 runs | GM Lee 128; L F Townsend 142; D Smith 129* |
| 29 | 30 Aug 1933 [30] | Lancashire Stanley Park, Blackpool | Drawn | Sibbles 5-62; T. B. Mitchell 8-38 | |
| Name | Matches | Inns | Runs | High score | Average | 100s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L F Townsend | 27 | 49 | 1954 | 233 | 44.40 | 6 |
| H Storer | 15 | 26 | 1109 | 232 | 44.36 | 1 |
| T S Worthington | 27 | 47 | 1221 | 200* | 29.78 | 2 |
| A W Richardson | 9 | 15 | 304 | 65* | 27.63 | 0 |
| A F Skinner | 15 | 26 | 696 | 85 | 26.76 | 0 |
| A E Alderman | 21 | 38 | 930 | 83* | 25.83 | 0 |
| GR Jackson | 5 | 8 | 206 | 96 | 25.75 | 0 |
| GM Lee | 25 | 44 | 979 | 128 | 23.30 | 2 |
| D Smith | 26 | 46 | 859 | 129* | 20.45 | 1 |
| A V Pope | 24 | 38 | 697 | 72 | 19.36 | 0 |
| H Elliott | 28 | 44 | 651 | 94 | 19.14 | 0 |
| TA Higson | 4 | 8 | 146 | 51 | 18.25 | 0 |
| GH Pope | 2 | 3 | 44 | 32 | 14.66 | 0 |
| LB Blaxland | 8 | 14 | 193 | 64 | 13.78 | 0 |
| C S Elliott | 2 | 3 | 38 | 38 | 12.66 | 0 |
| CC Clarke | 7 | 11 | 137 | 31 | 12.45 | 0 |
| T. B. Mitchell | 25 | 35 | 245 | 37 | 11.13 | 0 |
| W H Copson | 26 | 33 | 172 | 43 | 6.61 | 0 |
| T R Armstrong | 12 | 20 | 62 | 18* | 4.42 | 0 [31] |
| Name | Balls | Runs | Wickets | BB | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. B. Mitchell | 6711 | 2568 | 136 | 8-38 | 18.88 |
| W H Copson | 4908 | 1921 | 90 | 7-62 | 21.34 |
| L F Townsend | 4615 | 1472 | 87 | 8-26 | 16.91 |
| T S Worthington | 3076 | 1351 | 50 | 4-48 | 27.02 |
| T R Armstrong | 2106 | 832 | 32 | 7-57 | 26.00 |
| A V Pope | 2323 | 886 | 23 | 7-84 | 38.52 |
| GM Lee | 1158 | 527 | 13 | 2-30 | 40.53 |
| A F Skinner | 203 | 136 | 6 | 2-12 | 22.66 |
| H Storer | 420 | 232 | 4 | 1-14 | 58.00 |
| C S Elliott | 84 | 45 | 1 | 1-45 | 45.00 |
| D Smith | 31 | 24 | 0 | ||
| A E Alderman | 6 | 7 0 | [32] |
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