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

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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

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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

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County Championship batting averages

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Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s
H Storer 23 36 1179 167 33.68 2
L F Townsend 26 36 841 98 30.03 0
GR Jackson 23 34 941 106 29.40 1
T S Worthington 25 37 936 133 29.25 2
J Bowden 22 35 942 92 28.54 0
GM Lee 26 41 1038 155 27.31 3
A E Alderman 1 1 26 26 26.00 0
CKH Hill-Wood 7 8 123 57 24.60 0
JM Hutchinson 26 41 933 111 23.92 1
AG Slater 26 39 779 74 22.25 0
A W Richardson 20 29 531 70* 22.12 0
H Elliott 24 28 303 47* 20.20 0
DJCH Hill-Wood 3 5 76 36 19.00 0
NM Ford 7 10 167 64 16.70 0
CF Tate 4 4 48 21 16.00 0
D Smith 6 9 132 58 14.66 0
RHR Buckston 1 2 13 13* 13.00 0
W Shardlow 3 4 23 15* 7.66 0
T. B. Mitchell 12 12 50 12 7.14 0
GHC Beet 1 2 10 10 5.00 0[30]
Leading first-class batsmen for Derbyshire by runs scored
Name Mat Inns Runs HS Ave 100
H Storer 26 41 1254 167 30.59 2
GM Lee 29 46 1221 155 26.54 3
GR Jackson 26 39 1078 106 27.64 1
T S Worthington 28 42 1059 133 25.21 3
J Bowden 24 38 1011 92 26.61 0

(a) Figures adjusted for non CC matches

County Championship bowling averages

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Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average
L F Townsend 5882 2070 87 8–48 23.79
T S Worthington 4344 1657 62 8–41 26.72
GM Lee 3831 1534 59 6–44 26.00
AG Slater 4171 1451 50 7–40 29.02
CKH Hill-Wood 1329 673 21 5–76 32.04
T. B. Mitchell 1701 742 17 3–42 43.64
H Storer 1365 601 16 3–14 37.56
CF Tate 318 112 2 2–9 56.00
W Shardlow 348 132 3 2–12 44.00
D Smith 57 35 2 1–7 17.50
JM Hutchinson 105 76 2 1–0 38.00
DJCH Hill-Wood 48 23 1 1–22 23.00
NM Ford 36 43 1 1–19 43.00
GR Jackson 18 10 1 1–10 10.00
J Bowden 18 4 0 [31]
Leading first class bowlers for Derbyshire by wickets taken
Name Balls Runs Wkts BBI Ave
L F Townsend 6711 2313 103 8–48 22.46
GM Lee 4418 1699 67 6–44 25.35
AG Slater 4801 1630 64 8–24 25.47
T S Worthington 4804 1851 64 8–41 28.92

Wicket keeping

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See also

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References

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  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