Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1937

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1937 season
Captain	Robin Buckston
County Championship	3
Most runs	Denis Smith
Most wickets	Tommy Mitchell
Most catches	Harry Elliott
← 1936	1938 →

Last updated October 18, 2025

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1937 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for sixty six years. It was their thirty-ninth season in the County Championship and they came third after winning the Championship in 1936.

1937 season

Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, and one match against the touring New Zealanders. They won 15 matches including the game against the New Zealanders and lost six to finish third in the County Championship.

Robin Buckston took over the captaincy having last played for the club in the 1928 season. Denis Smith was top scorer. Tommy Mitchell took most wickets but Bill Copson made a particular impression taking eight wickets for eleven runs against Warwickshire in the first innings at Derby which included four wickets with successive balls.^[1] Worthington also played for England in Test matches touring Australia.

Dusty Rhodes began his long and successful bowling career for Derbyshire during the season. The only other newcomer, Howard Sherwin played one career first class match for the club in 1937.

Matches

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	1 May 1937^[2]	Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester	Drawn		T S Worthington 103; Paynter 150; Pollard 6-76; T. B. Mitchell 6-73
2	8 May 1937^[3]	Worcestershire County Ground, New Road, Worcester	Lost	3 wickets	Martin 5-69
3	12 May 1937^[4]	Surrey Kennington Oval	Drawn
4	15 May 1937^[5]	Essex County Ground, Chelmsford	Won	74 runs	T Smith 5-86 and 6-35; L F Townsend 5-49
5	22 May 1937^[6]	Kent County Ground, Derby	Won	82 runs	Wright 6-73; Watt 6-34
6	26 May 1937^[7]	Somerset Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston	Won	7 wickets	T. B. Mitchell 6-34; Andrews 5-28
7	29 May 1937^[8]	Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	6 wickets	T. B. Mitchell 6-101
8	2 Jun 1937^[9]	Lancashire The Town Ground, Burton-on-Trent	Drawn		Phillipson 5-62; W H Copson 5-73; Sibbles 5-78
9	5 Jun 1937^[10]	New Zealand cricket team in England in 1937 County Ground, Derby	Won	202 runs	A E Alderman 112; T. B. Mitchell 5-101 and 5-75
10	9 Jun 1937^[11]	Hampshire County Ground, Southampton	Won	199 runs	Herman 5-56; G H Pope 5-34
11	12 Jun 1937^[12]	Sussex Cricket Field Road Ground, Horsham	Won	281 runs	T S Worthington 133; A E Alderman 103; Langridge 102; Hammond 5-86
12	19 Jun 1937^[13]	Yorkshire Bramall Lane, Sheffield	Lost	Innings and 99 runs	Hutton 271; D Smith 158; Turner 5-45;
13	23 Jun 1937^[14]	Hampshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		D Smith 140; Pothecary 115; Arnold 105; T. B. Mitchell 5-101;
14	26 Jun 1937^[15]	Gloucestershire Park Road Ground, Buxton	Won	Innings and 133 runs	T R Armstrong 7-36; Goddard 5-119
15	3 Jul 1937^[16]	Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham	Drawn		Wyatt 232; Dollery 128; Hollies 6-50
16	7 Jul 1937^[17]	Surrey County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Squires 139; G H Pope 122; Gover 5-70
17	10 Jul 1937^[18]	Leicestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Won	Innings and 199 runs	A E Alderman 175; D Smith 121; T. B. Mitchell 6-50
18	14 Jul 1937^[19]	Somerset County Ground, Taunton	Won	118 runs	L F Townsend 110 and 5-44; AEG Rhodes 6-38
19	17 Jul 1937^[20]	Warwickshire County Ground, Derby	Won	5 wickets	Hill 105; W H Copson 8-11; Mayer 5-83 and 5-39
20	24 Jul 1937^[21]	Nottinghamshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Won	Innings and 23 runs	T. B. Mitchell 6-74
21	31 Jul 1937^[22]	Essex Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston	Lost	6 wickets	G H Pope 151; W H Copson 5-99; Farnes 7-41; T Smith 6-130
22	4 Aug 1937^[23]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton	Drawn		Timms 116
23	7 Aug 1937^[24]	Northamptonshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Won	9 wickets	D Smith 104; G H Pope 101 and 6-43; T. B. Mitchell 6-63
24	11 Aug 1937^[25]	Gloucestershire College Ground, Cheltenham	Lost	Innings and 84 runs	Allen 128; L F Townsend 5-59; Goddard 7-104 and 5-41; Sinfield 5-36
25	14 Aug 1937^[26]	Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Drawn		D Smith 202; Keeton 101
26	18 Aug 1937^[27]	Sussex County Ground, Derby	Won	9 wickets	T S Worthington 238; Langridge 123; W H Copson 8-64; T. B. Mitchell 5-87
27	21 Aug 1937^[28]	Worcestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Won	45 runs	Kimpton 106
28	25 Aug 1937^[29]	Leicestershire Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch	Won	32 runs	Prentice 131; Flamson 6-50;
29	28 Aug 1937^[30]	Kent Cheriton Road Sports Ground, Folkestone	Lost	100 runs	Ames 108; A V Pope 5-85; G H Pope 5-35

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

Name	Matches	Inns	Runs	High score	Average	100s
TS Worthington	25	43	1520	238*	40.00	3
D Smith	28	48	1799	202*	39.97	5
GH Pope	28	42	1242	151	34.50	3
AE Alderman	28	48	1397	175	32.48	2
LF Townsend	28	44	1194	110	27.76	1
AF Skinner	12	19	465	82	27.35	0
AV Pope	27	36	719	86	23.96	0
AEG Rhodes	15	19	363	83	21.35	0
GF Hodgkinson	1	2	37	24	18.50	0
CS Elliott	11	17	309	54	18.17	0
GR Langdale	1	2	13	9*	13.00	0
RHR Buckston	25	33	303	38	12.62	0
E Carrington	6	9	109	49	12.11	0
WH Copson	16	21	131	30*	11.90	0
H Elliott	26	35	376	40	11.75	0
TB Mitchell	25	29	209	57	8.70	0
AF Townsend	3	2	17	17	8.50	0
H Sherwin	1	2	12	9*		0
TR Armstrong	2	2	18	18*		0^[31]

County Championship bowling averages

Name	Balls	Runs	Wickets	BB	Average
TB Mitchell	4232	2661	119	6-34	22.36
GH Pope	4191	1851	87	6-43	21.27
WH Copson	2822	1343	72	8-11	18.65
AV Pope	4900	1862	67	5-85	27.79
LF Townsend	1990	806	34	5-44	23.70
AEG Rhodes	1339	693	25	6-38	27.72
TS Worthington	726	345	10	3-17	34.50
TR Armstrong	312	153	9	7-36	17.00
GR Langdale	72	46	2	2-29	23.00
H Sherwin	66	32	0
D Smith	66	43	0
AF Skinner	36	34	0
CS Elliott	24	14	0
AE Alderman	17	24	0
E Carrington	6	11	0		^[32]

Wicket-keepers

H Elliott 44 catches, 9 stumpings
AE Alderman 17 catches, 1 stumping

References

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[1] W.T. Taylor History of Derbyshire cricket Wisden 1953

[2] Cricket Archive – Lancashire v Derbyshire 1 May 1937

[3] Cricket Archive – Worcestershire v Derbyshire 8 May 1937

[4] Cricket Archive – Surrey v Derbyshire 12 May 1937

[5] Cricket Archive – Essex v Derbyshire 15 May 1937

[6] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Kent 22 May 1937

[7] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Somerset 26 May 1937

[8] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Yorkshire 29 May 1937

[9] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Lancashire 2 Jun 1937

[10] Derbyshire v New Zealanders 5 Jun 1937

[11] Cricket Archive – Hampshire v Derbyshire 9 Jun 1937

[12] Cricket Archive – Sussex v Derbyshire 12 Jun 1937

[13] Cricket Archive – Yorkshire v Derbyshire 19 Jun 1937

[14] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Hampshire 23 Jun 1937

[15] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 26 Jun 1937

[16] Cricket Archive – Warwickshire v Derbyshire 3 Jul 1937

[17] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Surrey 7 Jul 1937

[18] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Leicestershire 10 Jul 1937

[19] Cricket Archive – Somerset v Derbyshire 14 Jul 1937

[20] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Warwickshire 17 Jul 1937

[21] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 24 Jul 1937

[22] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Essex 31 Jul 1937

[23] Cricket Archive – Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 4 Aug 1937

[24] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 7 Aug 1937

[25] Cricket Archive – Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 11 Aug 1937

[26] Cricket Archive – Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 14 Aug 1937

[27] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Sussex 18 Aug 1937

[28] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Worcestershire 21 Aug 1937

[29] Cricket Archive – Leicestershire v Derbyshire 25 Aug 1937

[30] Cricket Archive – Kent v Derbyshire 28 Aug 1937

[31] Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire

[32] Bowling for Derbyshire

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