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 Thomas Mitchell
Most catches Harry Elliott

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. Thomas 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.

Albert 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
T S Worthington 25 43 1520 238* 40.00 3
D Smith 28 48 1799 202* 39.97 5
G H Pope 28 42 1242 151 34.50 3
A E Alderman 28 48 1397 175 32.48 2
L F Townsend 28 44 1194 110 27.76 1
A F Skinner 12 19 465 82 27.35 0
A V 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
C S Elliott 11 17 309 54 18.17 0
G R 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
W H Copson 16 21 131 30* 11.90 0
H Elliott 26 35 376 40 11.75 0
T B Mitchell 25 29 209 57 8.70 0
A F Townsend 3 2 17 17 8.50 0
H Sherwin 1 2 12 9* 0
T R Armstrong 2 2 18 18* 0 [31]

County Championship bowling averages

Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average
T B Mitchell 4232 2661 119 6-34 22.36
G H Pope 4191 1851 87 6-43 21.27
W H Copson 2822 1343 72 8-11 18.65
A V Pope 4900 1862 67 5-85 27.79
L F Townsend 1990 806 34 5-44 23.70
AEG Rhodes 1339 693 25 6-38 27.72
T S Worthington 726 345 10 3-17 34.50
T R Armstrong 312 153 9 7-36 17.00
G R Langdale 72 46 2 2-29 23.00
H Sherwin 66 32 0
D Smith 66 43 0
A F Skinner 36 34 0
C S Elliott 24 14 0
A E Alderman 17 24 0
E Carrington 6 11 0

[32]

Wicket Keeper

See also

References

  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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