Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1920

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1920 season
Captain John Chapman
County Championship 16
Most runs Leonard Oliver
Most wickets Arthur Morton
Most catches Harry Elliott

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1920 was the English cricket club Derbyshire's fiftieth season. It was the club's twenty-second season in the County Championship and the most disastrous season ever experienced by any side since the County Championship was established.[1] Derbyshire lost 17 of the 18 matches played and the other was abandoned without a ball being bowled.

1920 season

John Chapman was captain for the season, having held the post twice before World War I. The team was very unstable. Thirty eight players played for Derbyshire in the season, but only six played in more than half the matches. The club suffered from the absence of devastating bowler Billy Bestwick for all but one match, in which he took seven wickets, while other players such as Thomas Forrester and Arnold Warren were drawing to the end of their career. Leonard Oliver was top scorer and Arthur Morton with 89 wickets did the bulk of the bowling with Samuel Cadman. Oliver and Morton were the only players to score centuries.

Fifteen players made their debut in the season, half of them playing three or fewer matches. The most significant additions to the side were Harry Storer and wicket keeper Harry Elliott both of whom had long careers with the club and were members of the 1936 championship winning team. Newcomers Wilfred Carter, Jim Hutchinson, William Tomlinson, Anthony Jackson and Robert Bestwick played in several subsequent seasons. Those who only appeared in 1920 were Henry Radford, Kenneth Dobson and Douglas Linathan with three appearance, Albert Woodland and Allen Turner with two appearances and Geoffrey Brooke-Taylor, Timothy Boden and John Davis who only played one game each.

Matches

List of matches
No. Date V Result Margin Notes
1 15 May 1920 [2] Yorkshire
Bramall Lane, Sheffield 		Lost Innings and 223 runs Kilner 206*
2 19 May 1920 [3] Lancashire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Lost Innings and 160 runs Makepeace 132; A Morton 6-73; Cook 7-8
3 22 May 1920 [4] Warwickshire
County Ground, Derby 		Lost 8 wickets Howell 6-25 and 6-39; A Morton 5-44; SWA Cadman 5-36
4 12 Jun 1920 [5] Essex
County Ground, Derby 		Lost 6 wickets Douglas 8-39; A Morton 5-94; Reeves 5-61
5 19 Jun 1920 [6] Northamptonshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Lost 114 runs A Morton 5-61 and 6-35; Murdin 5-29 and 6-39
6 23 Jun 1920 [7] Lancashire
Old Trafford, Manchester 		Lost Innings and 228 runs Tyldesley 169 and 5-40; Cook 5-50; Dean 5-26
7 03 Jul 1920 [8] Nottinghamshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Abandoned
8 07 Jul 1920 [9] Leicestershire
Aylestone Road, Leicester 		Lost 6 wickets King 8-61 and 5-41;W Bestwick 5-41; A Morton 5-33
9 10 Jul 1920 [10] Yorkshire
County Ground, Derby 		Lost Innings and 71 runs Holmes 104; Robinson 5-20; Rhodes 7-24
10 14 Jul 1920 [11] Sussex
County Ground, Hove 		Lost 134 runs A Morton 6-60; Cox 7-8
11 17 Jul 1920 [12] Somerset
County Ground, Derby 		Lost 5 wickets A Morton 8-37; Robson 6-20
12 24 Jul 1920 [13] Northamptonshire
County Ground, Northampton 		Lost 80 runs SWA Cadman 6-34 and 8-70; Wells 6-54
13 31 Jul 1920 [14] Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham 		Lost 220 runs SWA Cadman 5-55; Howell 7-45
14 07 Aug 1920 [15] Sussex
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Lost Innings and 108 runs WJV Tomlinson 5-53
15 11 Aug 1920 [16] Leicestershire
County Ground, Derby 		Lost Innings and 14 runs A Morton 105; Astill 5-24
16 14 Aug 1920 [17] Essex
Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea 		Lost 104 runs A Morton 5-57; Louden 8-36
17 26 Aug 1920 [18] Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham 		Lost 197 runs Whysall 142; L Oliver 170; Gunn 123
18 01 Sep 1920 [19] Somerset
Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare 		Lost 10 wickets Daniell 102; White 7-33 and 5-46

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s
HW Smith 1 2 34 24* 34.00 0
L Oliver 12 24 546 170 22.75 1
GP Brooke-Taylor 1 2 44 30 22.00 0
SWA Cadman 17 34 528 47 16.00 0
H Elliott 14 28 299 42* 15.73 0
CJ Corbett 4 8 109 61 15.57 0
A Morton 17 34 481 105* 15.51 1
A Warren 2 4 30 21* 15.00 0
W Carter 9 18 229 35 12.72 0
FG Peach 8 16 186 61* 12.40 0
WN Malthouse 4 8 68 26* 9.71 0
JM Hutchinson 5 10 93 44 9.30 0
GF Bell 3 6 50 20 8.33 0
AW Woodland 2 4 27 19* 9.00 0
H Wild 8 16 135 26 8.43 0
J Chapman 14 27 191 27 7.95 0
A Severn 3 6 47 33 7.83 0
JD Southern 2 4 30 20 7.50 0
TW Boden 1 2 14 9 7.00 0
DV Linathan 3 6 35 14* 7.00 0
H Storer 12 24 147 32 6.68 0
WJV Tomlinson 5 10 58 15 6.44 0
LE Flint 1 2 12 6 6.00 0
SM Holden 1 2 6 6* 6.00 0
G Beet 6 12 69 19 5.75 0
HW Radford 3 6 23 14 5.75 0
GR Jackson 9 18 92 14 5.11 0
TF Revill 1 2 10 5 5.00 0
FA Barber 2 4 19 8 4.75 0
CF Root 1 2 9 7 4.50 0
JW Davis 1 2 9 8 4.50 0
T Forrester 2 2 6 6 3.00 0
W Bestwick 1 2 6 5* 3.00 0
RS Bestwick 2 4 9 6 2.25 0
AHM Jackson 2 4 7 5 1.75 0
KWC Dobson 3 6 6 3 1.50 0
J Horsley 1 2 2 2 1.00 0
W Reader-Blackton 2 4 4 1 1.00 0
A Turner 2 4 4 2 1.00 0[20]

County Championship bowling averages

Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average
A Morton 4611 1808 89 8-37 20.31
SWA Cadman 3321 1211 58 8-70 20.87
WJV Tomlinson 622 272 14 5-53 19.42
H Storer 642 350 10 3-23 35.00
A Warren 288 141 9 4-45 15.66
W Bestwick 318 97 7 5-41 13.85
A Turner 252 138 6 3-66 23.00
FA Barber 318 117 5 2-30 23.40
FG Peach 210 149 4 3-50 37.25
HW Radford 186 86 4 2-18 21.50
SM Holden 132 72 3 3-72 24.00
T Forrester 306 161 2 2-116 80.50
KWC Dobson 132 99 1 1-25 99.00
JM Hutchinson 138 81 1 1-35 81.00
DV Linathan 102 78 1 1-15 78.00
W Reader-Blackton 18 7 1 1-7 7.00
LE Flint 102 74 1 1-74 74.00
RS Bestwick 126 55 0
J Chapman 18 12 0
J Horsley 48 31 0
AHM Jackson 132 93 0
WN Malthouse 114 69 0
L Oliver 12 8 0
CF Root 36 17 0
H Wild 6 11 0
AW Woodland 90 69 0 [21]

Wicket Keeping

See also

References

  1. ↑ W.T. Taylor History of Derbyshire cricket Wisden 1953
  2. ↑ Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire 15 May 1920
  3. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire 19 May 1920
  4. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Warwickshire 22 May 1920
  5. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Essex 12 Jun 1920
  6. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 19 Jun 1920
  7. ↑ Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire 23 Jun 1920
  8. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 03 Jul 1920
  9. ↑ Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire 07 Jul 1920
  10. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire 10 Jul 1920
  11. ↑ Cricket Archive - Sussex v Derbyshire 14 Jul 1920
  12. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Somerset 17 Jul 1920
  13. ↑ Cricket Archive - Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 24 Jul 1920
  14. ↑ Cricket Archive - Warwickshire v Derbyshire 31 Jul 1920
  15. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Sussex 07 Aug 1920
  16. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Leicestershire 11 Aug 1920
  17. ↑ Cricket Archive - Essex v Derbyshire 14 Aug 1920
  18. ↑ Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 26 Aug 1920
  19. ↑ Cricket Archive - Somerset v Derbyshire 01 Sep 1920
  20. ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire batting 1920
  21. ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire bowling in 1920

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