Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1934

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Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1934 season
Captain A W Richardson
County Championship 3
Most runs Denis Smith
Most wickets Tommy Mitchell
Most catches Harry Elliott

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1934 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for sixty-three years. It was their thirty-sixth season in the County Championship and they won ten matches in the County Championship, to finish third.

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1934 season

Derbyshire played 28 matches in Championship, and one against the touring Australians. They won eleven matches altogether, ten in the County Championship to finish third in the table, on course to win the championship two years later in 1936. A W Richardson was in his fourth season as captain. Denis Smith scored most runs and Tommy Mitchell took most wickets.

Two players made their debut during the season. Elijah Carrington had been brought into the club in the previous year and played first team matches for three more years. Arnold Townsend played one game in 1934, but went on to become a significant player for the club.

Matches

List of matches
No.DateVResultMarginNotes
1 5 May 1934 [1] Lancashire
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
Drawn Watson 128; Iddon 121; Sibbles 6–44
212 May 1934 [2] Sussex
County Ground, Hove
Lost2 wickets
319 May 1934 [3] Warwickshire
County Ground, Derby
Won2 wickets
423 May 1934 [4] Northamptonshire
County Ground, Northampton
WonInnings and 147 runs T S Worthington 147
526 May 1934 [5] Yorkshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Lost102 runs T. B. Mitchell 5–26 and 6–96; Bowes 5–60
62 Jun 1934 [6] Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Won28 runs T R Armstrong 5–72; Voce 7–53; L F Townsend 7–47
76 Jun 1934 [7] Surrey
Kennington Oval
Lost7 wickets Gregory 124; D Smith 126; Gover 6–37; T S Worthington 6–90
89 Jun 1934 [8] Hampshire
United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth
LostInnings and 82 runs Arnold 144; Mead 138; A E Alderman 124
913 Jun 1934 [9] Gloucestershire
County Ground, Derby
Drawn Hammond 134; T. B. Mitchell 5–119;
1016 Jun 1934 [10] Leicestershire
Aylestone Road, Leicester
Won124 runs T. B. Mitchell 7–55
1120 Jun 1934 [11] Kent
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Drawn Freeman 6–105; T. B. Mitchell 5–114
1223 Jun 1934 [12] Northamptonshire
County Ground, Derby
Drawn A E Alderman 115; Timms 100; T. B. Mitchell 6–73
1327 Jun 1934 [13] Sussex
Park Road Ground, Buxton
Drawn Parks 138; D Smith 120
1430 Jun 1934 [14] Somerset
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Won10 wickets H Storer 113
154 Jul 1934 [15] Kent
Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells
Won4 wickets W H Copson 5–36; Freeman 5–29
167 Jul 1934 [16] Worcestershire
Amblecote, Stourbridge
WonInings and 115 runs T. B. Mitchell 8–22 and 5–66; L F Townsend 5–48
1711 Jul 1934 [17] Australian cricket team in England in 1934
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Lost9 wickets Ebeling 5–28; T. B. Mitchell 7–105; Fleetwood-Smith 5–38
1814 Jul 1934 [18] Middlesex
County Ground, Derby
Won278 runs T. B. Mitchell 6–56 and 7–57
1918 Jul 1934 [19] Gloucestershire
Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester
Drawn Dacre 117; D Smith 131; A F Skinner 102; Goddard 5–90; Sinfield 5–54
2021 Jul 1934 [20] Worcestershire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Drawn Gibbons 105
2125 Jul 1934 [21] Surrey
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
Drawn D Smith 125
2228 Jul 1934 [22] Hampshire
County Ground, Derby
Won10 wickets T S Worthington 154; T. B. Mitchell 6–90
231 Aug 1934 [23] Yorkshire
Bramall Lane, Sheffield
Drawn T. B. Mitchell 5–81
244 Aug 1934 [24] Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Drawn Paine 6–88
258 Aug 1934 [25] Lancashire
Old Trafford, Manchester
Lost135 runs Hopwood 5–32 and 8–58
2611 Aug 1934 [26] Somerset
Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare
WonInnings and 69 runs L F Townsend 106 and 6–66 and 5–64
2715 Aug 1934 [27] Middlesex
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
Lost84 runs C Smith 5–51; W H Copson 5–63; SIms 6–85
2818 Aug 1934 [28] Nottinghamshire
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
Won201 runs A V Pope 6–21; Voce 6–52; W H Copson 5–40
2929 Aug 1934 [29] Leicestershire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Won42 runs

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

NameMatchesInnsRunsHigh scoreAverage100s
H Storer 152588111338.301
D Smith 2847156513135.564
A E Alderman 26441290124*33.942
GR Jackson 241259331.250
A F Skinner 203392110229.701
L F Townsend 28461149106*27.351
T S Worthington 2844118515426.932
LB Blaxland 23673122.330
H Elliott 284266172*21.320
E Carrington 11163118020.730
A V Pope 26406034017.730
NM Ford 581296016.120
A W Richardson 15253195813.860
G H Pope 10151682512.920
C S Elliott 8131654512.690
T R Armstrong 121610028*11.110
A F Townsend 1277*7.000
W H Copson 2127104185.770
T. B. Mitchell 2129131285.240
JD Southern 12110.500 [30]

County Championship bowling averages

NameBallsRunsWicketsBBAverage
T. B. Mitchell 482724001388–2217.39
W H Copson 40881603915–3617.61
L F Townsend 41901624757–4721.65
T S Worthington 40951641596–9027.81
A V Pope 29191022516–2120.03
T R Armstrong 1636701185–7238.94
G H Pope 876391174–10723.00
C S Elliott 84400
A F Skinner 72620
H Storer 70510
D Smith 42320
A E Alderman 12120
NM Ford 610 [31]

Wicket-keeper

Harry Elliott Catches 58, Stumping 18

See also

References

  1. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Lancashire 5 May 1934
  2. Cricket Archive – Sussex v Derbyshire 12 May 1934
  3. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Warwickshire 19 May 1934
  4. Cricket Archive – Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 23 May 1934
  5. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Yorkshire 26 May 1934
  6. Cricket Archive – Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 2 Jun 1934
  7. Cricket Archive – Surrey v Derbyshire 6 Jun 1934
  8. Cricket Archive – Hampshire v Derbyshire 9 Jun 1934
  9. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 13 Jun 1934
  10. Cricket Archive – Leicestershire v Derbyshire 16 Jun 1934
  11. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Kent 20 Jun 1934
  12. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 23 Jun 1934
  13. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Sussex 27 Jun 1934
  14. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Somerset 30 Jun 1934
  15. Cricket Archive – Kent v Derbyshire 4 Jul 1934
  16. Cricket Archive – Worcestershire v Derbyshire 7 Jul 1934
  17. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Australians 11 Jul 1934
  18. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Middlesex 14 Jul 1934
  19. Cricket Archive – Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 18 Jul 1934
  20. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Worcestershire 21 Jul 1934
  21. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Surrey 25 Jul 1934
  22. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Hampshire 28 Jul 1934
  23. Cricket Archive – Yorkshire v Derbyshire 1 Aug 1934
  24. Cricket Archive – Warwickshire v Derbyshire 4 Aug 1934
  25. Cricket Archive – Lancashire v Derbyshire 8 Aug 1934
  26. Cricket Archive – Somerset v Derbyshire 11 Aug 1934
  27. Cricket Archive – Middlesex v Derbyshire 15 Aug 1934
  28. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 18 Aug 1934
  29. Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Leicestershire 29 Aug 1934
  30. Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1934
  31. Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1934