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 Thomas Mitchell
Most catches Harry Elliott

Derbyshire Country 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

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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. Thomas 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 07 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 01 Jun 1932 [8] Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Lost Innings and 86 runs Keeton 108; Larwood 5-49
8 04 Jun 1932 [9] Hampshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Lost 2 wickets Kennedy 5-24; Bailey 5-42
9 08 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 02 Jul 1932 [17] Essex
County Ground, Leyton
Drawn D Smith 111; Crawley 138; T Smith 5-128; GM Lee 7-67
17 06 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 09 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 03 Aug 1932 [23] Worcestershire
County Ground, New Road, Worcester
Drawn
23 06 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

References

  1. ^ W.T. Taylor History of Derbyshire cricket Wisden 1953
  2. ^ Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire 07 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 01 Jun 1932
  9. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Hampshire 04 Jun 1932
  10. ^ Cricket Archive - Surrey v Derbyshire 08 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 02 Jul 1932
  18. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire 06 Jul 1932
  19. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Essex 09 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 03 Aug 1932
  24. ^ Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire 06 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