Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1931

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1931 season
Captain A W Richardson
County Championship 7
Most runs Denis Smith
Most wickets Archibald Slater
Most catches Harry Elliott

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1931 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for sixty years. It was their thirty-third season in the County Championship and they won seven matches to finish seventh.

1931 season

Derbyshire were fortunate in persuading A. W. Richardson to become captain in 1931. Building on the efforts of Guy Jackson and with the help of the coach, Sam Cadman, Richardson set about building the team that became a match-winning combination and took the championship in 1936. [1]

Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, and one match against the touring New Zealanders. Denis Smith was top scorer with two centuries. Veteran Archibald Slater, in his last season, took 106 wickets closely followed by Thomas Mitchell on 105.

The only new arrival in the Derbyshire side in 1931 was Alan Skinner who was to see many years service with the club.

Matches

List of matches
No. Date V Result Margin Notes
1 2 May 1931 [2] Leicestershire
County Ground, Derby 		Drawn
2 6 May 1931 [3] Gloucestershire
The Victoria Ground, Cheltenham 		Lost 4 wickets Parker 6-41 and 8-50
3 9 May 1931 [4] Surrey
Kennington Oval 		Drawn A E Alderman 113; Fender 100
4 16 May 1931 [5] Kent
County Ground, Derby 		Lost 9 wickets Freeman 5-63; AG Slater 8-63
5 20 May 1931 [6] Essex
County Ground, Leyton 		Drawn D Smith 131; GM Lee 147
6 23 May 1931 [7] Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham 		Drawn Croom 103; Paine 6-80
7 27 May 1931 [8] Worcestershire
County Ground, New Road, Worcester 		Drawn
8 30 May 1931 [9] Sussex
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Won Innings and 188 runs T B Mitchell 6-11 and 6-19
9 6 Jun 1931 [10] Nottinghamshire
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston 		Drawn L F Townsend 6-59
10 13 Jun 1931 [11] New Zealand County Ground, Derby Drawn Not a County Championship match
T B Mitchell 5-97
11 17 Jun 1931 [12] Essex
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston 		Drawn AG Slater 8-51
12 20 Jun 1931 [13] Hampshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Won 8 wickets D Smith 108; T B Mitchell 5-47
13 24 Jun 1931 [14] Glamorgan
Cardiff Arms Park 		Drawn
14 27 Jun 1931 [15] Worcestershire
County Ground, Derby 		Won 7 wickets Gibbons 109; Root 5-113; H Storer 5-32
15 1 Jul 1931 [16] Surrey
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Drawn T B Mitchell 6-157; Fender 6-102
16 4 Jul 1931 [17] Leicestershire
Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch 		Drawn AG Slater 5-28
17 8 Jul 1931 [18] Sussex
County Ground, Hove 		Lost Innings and 14 runs Wensley 6-47 and 6-48; T S Worthington 5-80
18 11 Jul 1931 [19] Hampshire
County Ground, Southampton 		Won 145 runs Baring 5-85; L F Townsend 6-23;
19 18 Jul 1931 [20] Gloucestershire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Lost 18 runs T B Mitchell 6-79; Goddard 8-79; Parker 6-64
20 22 Jul 1931 [21] Northamptonshire
County Ground, Derby 		Won 6 wickets GM Lee 173; Timms 147; T B Mitchell 5-39
21 25 Jul 1931 [22] Middlesex
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston 		Drawn Peebles 5-58; AG Slater 5-32
22 29 Jul 1931 [23] Lancashire
Park Road Ground, Buxton 		Drawn L F Townsend 6-49; Hopwood 5-52
23 1 Aug 1931 [24] Warwickshire
County Ground, Derby 		Lost 9 wickets Partridge 5-47; Paine 5-67
24 5 Aug 1931 [25] Kent
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury 		Drawn L F Townsend 5-78; Freeman 5-77; Marriott 5-42
25 8 Aug 1931 [26] Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham 		Drawn
26 15 Aug 1931 [27] Northamptonshire
County Ground, Northampton 		Won Innings and 71 runs GM Lee 141; L F Townsend 8-45;
27 19 Aug 1931 [28] Middlesex
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood 		No play Match abandoned
28 22 Aug 1931 [29] Glamorgan
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Won 184 runs Ryan 7-105; AG Slater 5-27; Mercer 5-37;
29 26 Aug 1931 [30] Lancashire
Stanley Park, Blackpool 		Lost 3 wickets AG Slater 5-22; Tyldesley 6-21


Statistics

County Championship batting averages

Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s
GM Lee 26 39 1152 173 32.91 3
H Storer 22 35 1028 115* 32.12 1
D Smith 27 43 1214 131 31.12 2
A E Alderman 27 40 895 113* 27.96 1
GR Jackson 7 11 270 81 24.54 0
L F Townsend 25 33 673 80* 21.70 0
T S Worthington 27 37 589 45 19.00 0
A V Pope 2 3 36 16 18.00 0
JM Hutchinson 9 14 218 71 16.76 0
AG Slater 27 35 483 52 15.58 0
A W Richardson 26 32 374 49 13.35 0
T B Mitchell 27 28 182 29 10.70 0
H Elliott 27 32 264 37 9.77 0
NM Ford 2 4 26 24 6.50 0
CC Clarke 4 6 36 21 6.00 0
JDH Gilbert 5 3 12 6 4.00 0
A F Skinner 1 1 4 4 4.00 0
T R Armstrong 6 8 18 15 3.00 0 [31]

County Championship bowling averages

Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average
AG Slater 5526 1714 106 8-51 16.16
T B Mitchell 5525 2218 105 6-11 21.12
L F Townsend 3072 1098 72 8-45 15.25
T S Worthington 3882 1362 57 5-80 23.89
H Storer 958 408 16 5-32 25.50
GM Lee 922 347 14 4-34 24.78
T R Armstrong 335 85 7 2-9 12.14
A V Pope 342 114 6 4-54 19.00
D Smith 156 42 0
A E Alderman 24 10 0
GR Jackson 17 20 0
A W Richardson 12 6 0 [32]

Wicket Keeper

H Elliott Catches 43 Stumping 28


See also

References

  1. ↑ W.T. Taylor History of Derbyshire cricket Wisden 1953
  2. ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Leicestershire 2 May 1931
  3. ↑ Cricket Archive Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 6 May 1931
  4. ↑ Cricket Archive Surrey v Derbyshire 9 May 1931
  5. ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Kent 16 May 1931
  6. ↑ Cricket Archive Essex v Derbyshire 20 May 1931
  7. ↑ Cricket Archive Warwickshire v Derbyshire 23 May 1931
  8. ↑ Cricket Archive Worcestershire v Derbyshire 27 May 1931
  9. ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Sussex 30 May 1931
  10. ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 6 Jun 1931
  11. ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v New Zealand 13 Jun 1931
  12. ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Essex 17 Jun 1931
  13. ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Hampshire 20 Jun 1931
  14. ↑ Cricket Archive Glamorgan v Derbyshire 24 Jun 1931
  15. ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Worcestershire 27 Jun 1931
  16. ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Surrey 1 Jul 1931
  17. ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Leicestershire 4 Jul 1931
  18. ↑ Cricket Archive Sussex v Derbyshire 8 Jul 1931
  19. ↑ Cricket Archive Hampshire v Derbyshire 11 Jul 1931
  20. ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 18 Jul 1931
  21. ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 22 Jul 1931
  22. ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Middlesex 25 Jul 1931
  23. ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Lancashire 29 Jul 1931
  24. ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Warwickshire 1 Aug 1931
  25. ↑ Cricket Archive Kent v Derbyshire 5 Aug 1931
  26. ↑ Cricket Archive Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 8 Aug 1931
  27. ↑ Cricket Archive Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 15 Aug 1931
  28. ↑ Cricket Archive Middlesex v Derbyshire 19 Aug 1931
  29. ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Glamorgan 22 Aug 1931
  30. ↑ Cricket Archive Lancashire v Derbyshire 26 Aug 1931
  31. ↑ Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1931
  32. ↑ Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1931

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