Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1923

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1923 season
Captain Guy Jackson
County Championship 10
Most runs Wilfred Hill-Wood
Most wickets Billy Bestwick
Most catches Harry Elliott

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1923 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for fifty-two years. It was their twenty-fifth season in the County Championship and they won four matches to finish tenth.

1923 season

Derbyshire played twenty two games in the County Championship and one against the touring West Indies. They won four games altogether and finished tenth in the Championship table.

Guy Jackson was in his second year as captain. Wilfred Hill-Wood was top scorer and Billy Bestwick took most wickets.

New players in the season were James Cresswell who played 21 matches over four seasons, and Richard Pratt who played five matches in two seasons.

Matches

List of matches
No. Date V Result Margin Notes
1 12 May 1923[1] Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham 		Drawn Gunn 220; Richmond 5-101; W Bestwick 5-53
2 19 May 1923[2] Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham 		Won 4 wickets J Horsley 7-48; Partridge 7-66; Howell 5-68
3 23 May 1923[3] Worcestershire
Tipton Road, Dudley 		Drawn
4 26 May 1923[4] Essex
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Drawn A Morton 7-48
5 30 May 1923[5] Yorkshire
County Ground, Derby 		Lost Innings and 126 runs Kilner 5-32
6 06 Jun 1923[6] Gloucestershire
Fry's Ground, Bristol 		Lost Innings and 72 runs Mills 6-72
7 09 Jun 1923[7] Glamorgan
Cardiff Arms Park 		Drawn GR Jackson 102; W Bestwick 7-39 and 5-55
8 13 Jun 1923[8] Somerset
Recreation Ground, Bath 		Drawn Lyon 134; WWH Hill-Wood 107; J Bowden 114; Bridges 5-117
9 16 Jun 1923[9] Leicestershire
Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch 		Won 62 runs Geary 6-70; W Bestwick 7-61 and 6-37
10 20 Jun 1923[10] West Indies
Park Road Ground, Buxton 		Drawn SWA Cadman 5-41
11 23 Jun 1923[11] Lancashire
County Ground, Derby 		Drawn W Bestwick 6-60
12 30 Jun 1923[12] Northamptonshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Won Innings and 211 runs W Carter 100*; W Bestwick 5-45; J Horsley 6-29
13 04 Jul 1923[13] Essex
County Ground, Leyton 		Drawn Douglas 110; A Morton 100
14 07 Jul 1923[14] Gloucestershire
The Town Ground, Burton-on-Trent 		Lost 8 wickets Parker 7-37 and 5-76; Dennett 5-93
15 14 Jul 1923[15] Somerset
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Lost 61 runs J Horsley 5-40 and 5-45; White 5-35
16 21 Jul 1923[16] Northamptonshire
County Ground, Northampton 		Lost 1 wicket W Bestwick 5-61
17 25 Jul 1923[17] Glamorgan
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Won 5 wickets J Horsley 5-58
18 28 Jul 1923[18] Worcestershire
County Ground, Derby 		Drawn
19 04 Aug 1923[19] Warwickshire
County Ground, Derby 		Drawn GR Jackson 109; WWH Hill-Wood 5-62
20 11 Aug 1923[20] Yorkshire
Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford 		Lost 8 wickets Rhodes 7-60; J Horsley 5-69
21 18 Aug 1923[21] Nottinghamshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Drawn Staples 5-101
22 22 Aug 1923[22] Leicestershire
County Ground, Derby 		Drawn J Horsley 6-49
23 25 Aug 1923[23] Lancashire
Old Trafford, Manchester 		Lost Innings and 32 runs Parkin 6-68 and 5-12; A Morton 6-45; Ellis 5-21


Statistics

County Championship batting averages

Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s
WWH Hill-Wood 17 28 961 107 34.32 1
W Carter 18 29 710 100* 27.30 1
GR Jackson 21 35 893 109* 27.06 2
A Morton 15 22 491 100 24.55 1
H Storer 21 35 760 94 21.71 0
J Bowden 18 30 612 114 21.10 1
SWA Cadman 19 33 611 8819.70 0
JM Hutchinson 22 35 550 63 17.74 0
BSH Hill-Wood 11 18 237 49 14.81 0
J Horsley 17 22 183 33 12.20 0
H Elliott 22 32 279 2612.13 0
L F Townsend 11 18 178 44 11.86 0
W Bestwick 18 24 88 19 5.86 0
R Pratt 2 4 22 13 5.50 0
AHM Jackson 6 9 34 12 4.25 0
JA Cresswell 1 1 3 3 3.00 0
L Oliver 1 2 5 4 2.50 0
WJV Tomlinson 1 2 4 4 2.00 0
ST McMillan 1 2 0 0 0.00 0 [24]

County Championship bowling averages

Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average
W Bestwick 3938 1482 91 7-39 16.28
J Horsley 2706 1019 63 7-48 16.17
A Morton 1990 782 34 7-48 23.00
WWH Hill-Wood 1496 787 30 5-62 26.23
SWA Cadman 1878 561 29 3-10 19.34
BSH Hill-Wood 1335 630 22 4-36 28.63
H Storer 1098 501 18 3-19 27.83
AHM Jackson 210 156 5 2-58 31.20
W Carter 186 124 5 3-12 24.80
L F Townsend 342 161 3 2-43 53.66
JA Cresswell 84 32 2 2-32 16.00
JM Hutchinson 150 73 2 1-21 36.50
GR Jackson 24 13 0
WJV Tomlinson 24 16 0
J Bowden 18 15 0 [25]

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