Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1928

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1928 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for 57 years. It was their thirtieth season in the County Championship, and they won six matches to finish tenth in the County Championship..

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1928 season
CaptainGuy Jackson
County Championship10
Most runsHarry Storer
Most wicketsLeslie Townsend
Most catchesHarry Elliott

1928 season

Derbyshire played 26 games in the County Championship, and one match each against the touring West Indies, Oxford University and MCC. Their six wins were all in the County Championship, while they drew with Oxford University and lost to the West Indies.

Guy Jackson was in his seventh season as captain. The season saw the arrival of three players who were significant in the club's victory in the County Championship in the 1936 season, including the captain of the team Arthur Walker Richardson. Tommy Mitchell was a miner who changed to cricket as a result of the General Strike and in the next 10 years took over 1200 wickets for Derbyshire. Albert Alderman came through Sam Cadman's coaching scheme and scored over 12,000 runs for Derbyshire in the next 20 years. Two of the Hill Wood brothers Charles and Denis made their debuts and went on the play a couple of seasons for Derbyshire. Charles was at Oxford where he also played. Cecil Tate son of Fred Tate the coach played four matches but only in the 1928 season, and subsequently went to Warwickshire. Robin Buckston son of former captain George Buckston and George Beet son of former wicket-keeper George Beet both made single appearances as stand-in wicket-keepers in the season although Buckston returned in the 1937 season as captain.

Harry Storer was top scorer and Leslie Townsend took most wickets.

Matches

List of matches
No. Date V Result Margin Notes
1 5 May 1928[1] West Indies
County Ground, Derby
Lost 2 wickets AG Slater 8-24
2 12 May 1928[2] Glamorgan
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
Drawn Hills 111; Mercer 6-76; L F Townsend 6-72; Ryan 6-88
3 16 May 1928[3] Sussex
County Ground, Hove
Drawn
4 19 May 1928[4] Somerset
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Drawn Greswell 5-74
5 23 May 1928[5] Oxford University
The University Parks, Oxford
Drawn GM Lee 5-42
6 26 May 1928[6] Warwickshire
County Ground, Derby
Lost 6 wickets JM Hutchinson 111; Wyatt 104
7 30 May 1928[7] Northamptonshire
County Ground, Northampton
Lost 8 wickets GM Lee 155 and 5-57
8 2 Jun 1928[8] Essex
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Drawn T S Worthington 133
9 6 Jun 1928[9] MCC
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
Lost 7 wickets T S Worthington 101; Hearne 110; Jupp 7–89
10 9 Jun 1928[10] Essex
Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea
Drawn
11 13 Jun 1928[11] Leicestershire
College Ground, Loughborough
Drawn T S Worthington 121; AG Slater 5-29
12 16 Jun 1928[12] Northamptonshire
County Ground, Derby
Won Innings and 50 runs GR Jackson 106;
13 20 Jun 1928[13] Glamorgan
Cardiff Arms Park
Won 10 wickets AG Slater 5-53; GM Lee 6-44
14 23 Jun 1928[14] Worcestershire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Won Innings and 10 runs AG Slater 7-40
15 27 Jun 1928[15] Gloucestershire
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
Drawn H Storer 167
16 7 Jul 1928[16] Kent
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Lost 6 wickets H Storer 113; GM Lee 100; Hardinge 152; Freeman 6-71 and 6-125; T S Worthington 8-41
17 11 Jul 1928[17] Yorkshire
County Ground, Derby
Lost Innings and 52 runs Sutcliffe 111; Leyland 149; Macaulay 5-76
18 21 Jul 1928[18] Kent
Mote Park, Maidstone
Drawn Crawley 109; Woolley 198
19 25 Jul 1928[19] Somerset
County Ground, Taunton
Won 4 wickets CKH Hill-Wood 5-76
20 28 Jul 1928[20] Gloucestershire
Greenbank, Bristol
Drawn Hammond 134; Sinfield 5-78
21 1 Aug 1928[21] Sussex
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Drawn Bowley 104 and 6-106; L F Townsend 8-48 and 5-63
22 4 Aug 1928[22] Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Drawn Quaife 115; Parsons 114; Durnell 5-63
23 8 Aug 1928[23] Worcestershire
Chester Road North Ground, Kidderminster
Won 2 wickets L F Townsend 6-84; Root 6-107 and 5-61; GM Lee 5-99
24 11 Aug 1928[24] Leicestershire
County Ground, Derby
Won 242 runs GM Lee 107 and 5-31; T S Worthington 5-39
25 15 Aug 1928[25] Yorkshire
Dewsbury and Savile Ground
Lost Innings and 22 runs Sutcliffe 138; Rhodes 7-55; Bedford 6-91
26 18 Aug 1928[26] Nottinghamshire
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
Drawn Whysall 157; Barratt 5-62
27 25 Aug 1928[27] Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Drawn Larwood 5-26
28 29 Aug 1928[28] Lancashire
Stanley Park, Blackpool
Drawn Watson 122; Hallows 117; Hopwood 5-71
29 1 Sep 1928[29] Lancashire
The Town Ground, Burton-on-Trent
Lost Innings and 49 runs T S Worthington 6-83

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

NameMatchesInnsRunsHigh scoreAverage100s
H Storer2336117916733.682
L F Townsend26368419830.030
GR Jackson233494110629.401
T S Worthington253793613329.252
J Bowden22359429228.540
GM Lee2641103815527.313
A E Alderman11262626.000
CKH Hill-Wood781235724.600
JM Hutchinson264193311123.921
AG Slater26397797422.250
A W Richardson202953170*22.120
H Elliott242830347*20.200
DJCH Hill-Wood35763619.000
NM Ford7101676416.700
CF Tate44482116.000
D Smith691325814.660
RHR Buckston121313*13.000
W Shardlow342315*7.660
T. B. Mitchell121250127.140
GHC Beet1210105.000 [30]
Leading first-class batsmen for Derbyshire by runs scored
Name Mat Inns Runs HS Ave 100
H Storer2641125416730.592
GM Lee2946122115526.543
GR Jackson2639107810627.641
T S Worthington2842105913325.213
J Bowden243810119226.610

(a) Figures adjusted for non CC matches

County Championship bowling averages

NameBallsRunsWicketsBBAverage
L F Townsend58822070878-4823.79
T S Worthington43441657628-4126.72
GM Lee38311534596-4426.00
AG Slater41711451507-4029.02
CKH Hill-Wood1329673215-7632.04
T. B. Mitchell1701742173-4243.64
H Storer1365601163-1437.56
CF Tate31811222-956.00
W Shardlow34813232-1244.00
D Smith573521-717.50
JM Hutchinson1057621-038.00
DJCH Hill-Wood482311-2223.00
NM Ford364311-1943.00
GR Jackson181011-1010.00
J Bowden1840[31]
Leading first class bowlers for Derbyshire by wickets taken
Name Balls Runs Wkts BBI Ave
L F Townsend671123131038-4822.46
GM Lee44181699676-4425.35
AG Slater48011630648-2425.47
T S Worthington48041851648-4128.92

Wicket keeping

  • Harry Elliott Catches 43 Stumping 19 (Elliott retired hurt in the MCC match and was absent from two other matches)
  • George Beet, Jr. (Kent 21 July) Catches 3, Stumping 1
  • Harry Storer (MCC ) Catches 2, Stumping 1
  • Robin Buckston (Lancs 1 Sept) Catches 1, Stumping 1
  • Jim Hutchinson (Lancs 29 Aug) Catches 12 Stumping 1

See also

References

  1. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v West Indians 5 May 1928
  2. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Glamorgan 12 May 1928
  3. Cricket Archive - Sussex v Derbyshire 16 May 1928
  4. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Somerset 19 May 1928
  5. Cricket Archive - Oxford University v Derbyshire 23 May 1928
  6. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Warwickshire 26 May 1928
  7. Cricket Archive - Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 30 May 1928
  8. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Essex 2 Jun 1928
  9. Cricket Archive - Marylebone Cricket Club v Derbyshire 6 Jun 1928
  10. Cricket Archive - Essex v Derbyshire 9 Jun 1928
  11. Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire 13 Jun 1928
  12. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 16 Jun 1928
  13. Cricket Archive - Glamorgan v Derbyshire 20 Jun 1928
  14. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Worcestershire 23 Jun 1928
  15. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 27 Jun 1928
  16. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Kent 7 Jul 1928
  17. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire 11 Jul 1928
  18. Cricket Archive - Kent v Derbyshire 21 Jul 1928
  19. Cricket Archive - Somerset v Derbyshire 25 Jul 1928
  20. Cricket Archive - Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 28 Jul 1928
  21. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Sussex 1 Aug 1928
  22. Cricket Archive - Warwickshire v Derbyshire 4 Aug 1928
  23. Cricket Archive - Worcestershire v Derbyshire 8 Aug 1928
  24. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Leicestershire 11 Aug 1928
  25. Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire 15 Aug 1928
  26. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 18 Aug 1928
  27. Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 25 Aug 1928
  28. Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire 29 Aug 1928
  29. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire 1 Sep 1928
  30. Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1928
  31. Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1928
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