Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1920
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Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1920 was the English cricket
club Derbyshire
's fiftieth season. It was the club's twenty-second season in the County Championship
and the most disastrous season ever experienced by any side since the County Championship was established. Derbyshire lost 17 of the 18 matches played and the other was abandoned without a ball being bowled.
for all but the one match in which he took seven wickets and other players such as Thomas Forrester
and Arnold Warren
were drawing to the end of their career. Leonard Oliver was top scorer and Arthur Morton
with 89 wickets took most wickets. Oliver and Morton were the only players to score centuries.
Fifteen players made their debut in the season, half of them playing three or fewer matches. The most significant additions to the side were Harry Elliott
and wicket keeper Harry Storer
both of whom had long careers with the club and were members of the 1936 championship winning team
. Newcomers Wilfred Carter
, Jim Hutchinson
, William Tomlinson
, Anthony Jackson and Robert Bestwick
played in several subsequent seasons. Those who only appeared in 1920 were Henry Radford
, Kenneth Dobson
and Douglas Linathan
with three appearance, Albert Woodland
and Allen Turner
with two appearances and Geoffrey Brooke-Taylor, Timothy Boden
and John Davis
who only played one game each.
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
| 15 May 1920
| Yorkshire
Bramall Lane, Sheffield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings and 223 runs
| Kilner 206*
|-
|2
|19 May 1920
| Lancashire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings and 160 runs
| Makepeace 132; A Morton
6-73; Cook 7-8
|-
|3
| 22 May 1920
| Warwickshire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|8 wickets
| Howell 6-25 and 6-39; A Morton
5-44; SWA Cadman
5-36
|-
|4
|12 Jun 1920
| Essex
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|6 wickets
| Douglas 8-39; A Morton
5-94; Reeves 5-61
|-
|5
|19 Jun 1920
| Northamptonshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|114 runs
| A Morton
5-61 and 6-35; Murdin 5-29 and 6-39
|-
|6
|23 Jun 1920
| Lancashire
Old Trafford, Manchester
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings and 228 runs
| Tyldesley 169 and 5-40; Cook 5-50; Dean 5-26
|-
|7
|03 Jul 1920
| Nottinghamshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|Abandoned
|
|
|-
|8
|07 Jul 1920
| Leicestershire
Aylestone Road, Leicester
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|6 wickets
| King 8-61 and 5-41;W Bestwick
5-41; A Morton
5-33
|-
|9
|10 Jul 1920
| Yorkshire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings and 71 runs
| Holmes 104; Robinson 5-20; Rhodes 7-24
|-
|10
|14 Jul 1920
| Sussex
County Ground, Hove
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|134 runs
| A Morton
6-60; Cox 7-8
|-
|11
|17 Jul 1920
| Somerset
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|5 wickets
| A Morton
8-37; Robson 6-20
|-
|12
|24 Jul 1920
| Northamptonshire
County Ground, Northampton
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|80 runs
| SWA Cadman
6-34 and 8-70; Wells 6-54
|-
|13
|31 Jul 1920
| Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|220 runs
| SWA Cadman
5-55; Howell 7-45
|-
|14
|07 Aug 1920
| Sussex
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings and 108 runs
| WJV Tomlinson
5-53
|-
|15
|11 Aug 1920
| Leicestershire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings and 14 runs
| A Morton
105; Astill 5-24
|-
|16
|14 Aug 1920
| Essex
Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|104 runs
| A Morton
5-57; Louden 8-36
|-
|17
|26 Aug 1920
| Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|197 runs
| Whysall 142; L Oliver 170; Gunn 123
|-
|18
|01 Sep 1920
| Somerset
Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|10 wickets
| Daniell 102; White 7-33 and 5-46
|-
|
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !!100s
|-
| HW Smith
||1 ||2 || 34 ||24*|| 34.00 || 0
|-
| L Oliver || 12 ||24 || 546 ||170 || 22.75 || 1
|-
| GP Brooke-Taylor ||1 ||2 || 44 ||30 || 22.00 || 0
|-
| SWA Cadman
|| 17 ||34 || 528 ||47 || 16.00 || 0
|-
| H Elliott
||14 ||28 || 299 ||42* ||15.73 || 0
|-
| CJ Corbett
|| 4 ||8 || 109 ||61 || 15.57 || 0
|-
| A Morton
|| 17 ||34 || 481|| 105*|| 15.51 || 1
|-
| A Warren
||2 ||4 || 30 ||21* ||15.00 || 0
|-
| |W Carter
|| 9 ||18 || 229 ||35 || 12.72 || 0
|-
| FG Peach
||8 ||16 || 186 ||61*|| 12.40 || 0
|-
| WN Malthouse
||4 ||8 || 68 ||26* ||9.71 || 0
|-
|JM Hutchinson
|| 5 ||10 || 93|| 44 || 9.30 || 0
|-
| GF Bell
||3 ||6 || 50 ||20 || 8.33 || 0
|-
| AW Woodland
||2 ||4 || 27 ||19* ||9.00 || 0
|-
| H Wild
||8 ||16 || 135|| 26 || 8.43 || 0
|-
| J Chapman || 14 ||27 || 191 ||27 || 7.95 || 0
|-
| A Severn
|| 3 ||6 || 47 ||33 || 7.83 || 0
|-
| JD Southern
||2 ||4 || 30 ||20 || 7.50 || 0
|-
| TW Boden
||1 ||2 || 14|| 9 || 7.00 || 0
|-
| DV Linathan
||3 ||6 || 35 ||14*|| 7.00 || 0
|-
| H Storer
|| 12 ||24 || 147 ||32 || 6.68 || 0
|-
| WJV Tomlinson
||5|| 10 || 58|| 15 || 6.44 || 0
|-
| LE Flint
||1 ||2 || 12|| 6 || 6.00 || 0
|-
| SM Holden
||1 ||2 || 6 ||6*|| 6.00 || 0
|-
| G Beet
||6 ||12 || 69 ||19 || 5.75 || 0
|-
| HW Radford
||3 ||6 || 23 ||14 || 5.75 || 0
|-
| GR Jackson
||9 ||18 || 92 ||14 || 5.11 || 0
|-
| TF Revill
||1 ||2 || 10|| 5 || 5.00 || 0
|-
| FA Barber
||2 ||4 || 19 ||8 || 4.75 || 0
|-
| CF Root
|| 1 ||2 || 9|| 7 || 4.50 || 0
|-
| JW Davis
||1 ||2 || 9 ||8 || 4.50 || 0
|-
| T Forrester
|| 2 ||2 || 6|| 6 || 3.00 || 0
|-
| W Bestwick
|| 1 ||2 || 6|| 5* || 3.00 ||0
|-
| RS Bestwick
||2 ||4 || 9|| 6 || 2.25 || 0
|-
| AHM Jackson|| 2|| 4 || 7|| 5 || 1.75 || 0
|-
| KWC Dobson
||3 ||6 || 6 ||3 || 1.50 || 0
|-
| J Horsley
||1 ||2 || 2|| 2 || 1.00 || 0
|-
| |W Reader-Blackton
|| 2 ||4 || 4 ||1 || 1.00 || 0
|-
| A Turner
||2 ||4 || 4|| 2 || 1.00 || 0
|-
|}
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average
|-
| A Morton
|| 4611 || 1808 ||89 ||8-37 ||20.31
|-
| SWA Cadman
|| 3321 || 1211 ||58 ||8-70|| 20.87
|-
| WJV Tomlinson
|| 622 || 272 ||14 ||5-53 ||19.42
|-
| H Storer
|| 642 || 350 ||10|| 3-23 ||35.00
|-
| A Warren
|| 288 || 141 ||9 ||4-45 ||15.66
|-
| W Bestwick
|| 318 || 97 ||7|| 5-41 ||13.85
|-
| A Turner
||252 || 138|| 6 ||3-66|| 23.00
|-
| FA Barber
||318 ||117|| 5|| 2-30 ||23.40
|-
| FG Peach
||210 || 149 ||4 ||3-50 ||37.25
|-
| HW Radford
|| 186 || 86 ||4|| 2-18 ||21.50
|-
| SM Holden
||132 || 72|| 3|| 3-72 ||24.00
|-
| T Forrester
|| 306 || 161|| 2|| 2-116 ||80.50
|-
| KWC Dobson
|| 132 || 99|| 1|| 1-25|| 99.00
|-
| JM Hutchinson
|| 138 || 81|| 1|| 1-35 ||81.00
|-
| DV Linathan
||102 || 78 ||1 ||1-15|| 78.00
|-
| |W Reader-Blackton
|| 18|| 7 ||1 ||1-7 ||7.00
|-
| LE Flint
|| 102 || 74 ||1 ||1-74|| 74.00
|-
| RS Bestwick
|| 126|| 55|| 0
|-
| J Chapman ||18 || 12|| 0
|-
| J Horsley
|| 48 || 31 ||0
|-
| AHM Jackson|| 132 || 93|| 0
|-
| WN Malthouse
|| 114 || 69|| 0
|-
| L Oliver ||12 || 8|| 0
|-
| CF Root
|| 36 || 17|| 0
|-
| H Wild
||6 || 11|| 0
|-
| AW Woodland
||90 || 69|| 0
|-
|}
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
club Derbyshire
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...
's fiftieth season. It was the club's twenty-second season in the County Championship
County Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...
and the most disastrous season ever experienced by any side since the County Championship was established. Derbyshire lost 17 of the 18 matches played and the other was abandoned without a ball being bowled.
1920 season
John Chapman was captain for the season, having held the post twice before World War I. The team was very unstable. Thirty eight players played for Derbyshire in the season, but only six played in more than half the matches. The club suffered from the absence of devastating bowler Billy BestwickBilly Bestwick
William Bestwick was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1898 and 1926. He was a demon medium-fast bowler who took over 1400 wickets for the county, including 10 in one innings...
for all but the one match in which he took seven wickets and other players such as Thomas Forrester
Thomas Forrester (cricketer)
Thomas Forrester was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Warwickshire from1896 to 1899 and for Derbyshire from 1902 to 1920...
and Arnold Warren
Arnold Warren
Arnold Warren was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1897 and 1920 and played for England in 1905. He was the first bowler from Derbyshire to take 100 wickets in a season, a feat he performed three times.Warren was born in Codnor Park, Derbyshire, the son of...
were drawing to the end of their career. Leonard Oliver was top scorer and Arthur Morton
Arthur Morton (cricketer, born 1883)
Arthur Morton was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire and MCC between 1903 and 1926. He made over 10,000 runs and took nearly 1000 wickets.Morton was born at Mellor, Derbyshire...
with 89 wickets took most wickets. Oliver and Morton were the only players to score centuries.
Fifteen players made their debut in the season, half of them playing three or fewer matches. The most significant additions to the side were Harry Elliott
Harry Elliott
Harry Elliott was an English cricketer who kept wicket for Derbyshire from 1920 to 1947 and for England between 1927 and 1934 and was an international Test umpire....
and wicket keeper Harry Storer
Harry Storer, Jr.
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both of whom had long careers with the club and were members of the 1936 championship winning team
Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1936
Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1936 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire won the County Championship for the first and only time. They had been playing for sixty five years and it was their thirty-eighth season in the County Championship....
. Newcomers Wilfred Carter
Wilfred Carter
Wilfred Carter was an English football player and cricketer. He simultaneously played for Watford Football Club and Derbyshire County Cricket Club between 1920 and 1926.Carter was born in Annesley, Nottinghamshire...
, Jim Hutchinson
Jim Hutchinson
James Metcalf Hutchinson was an English cricketer who played more than 250 first-class games for Derbyshire between 1920 and 1931...
, William Tomlinson
William Tomlinson
William James Vincent Tomlinson was an English schoolmaster and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire and Cambridge University from 1920 to 1924....
, Anthony Jackson and Robert Bestwick
Robert Bestwick
Robert Saxton Bestwick was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1920 and 1922....
played in several subsequent seasons. Those who only appeared in 1920 were Henry Radford
Henry Radford
Henry William Radford was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1920.Radford was born in Derby. He played three games for Derbyshire during the 1920 season, all during July. His debut was against Yorkshire when he took 2 wickets for 18 runs...
, Kenneth Dobson
Kenneth Dobson
Kenneth William Cecil Dobson was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Derbyshire and Warwickshire....
and Douglas Linathan
Douglas Linathan
Douglas Valentine Linathan was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1920.Linathan was born in Sheffield. He played three matches for Derbyshire during the 1920 season making his debut against Yorkshire in July, a game in which he made one catch but little progress with the bat or...
with three appearance, Albert Woodland
Albert Woodland
Albert Woodland was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1920.Woodland was born in Conisbrough, Yorkshire. He joined Derbyshire in the 1920 season and began in a game for the county against Dublin University...
and Allen Turner
Allen Turner
Allen Turner was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1920.Turner was born in Heath, Derbyshire. Turner made just two appearances for Derbyshire in the 1920 season, both in August. In his first match against Leicestershire, he took a wicket and a catch and scored...
with two appearances and Geoffrey Brooke-Taylor, Timothy Boden
Timothy Boden
Timothy Walter Boden was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1920.Boden was born at Sherborne, Dorset. His grandfather, Henry, and great-uncle Walter were present at the inaugural meeting of Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1870 and both played first-class cricket in the latter half...
and John Davis
John Davis (cricketer, born 1882)
John William Davis was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1920.Davis was born at Ironville, Derbyshire. He is recorded as having performed prodigiously for Quorn Cricket Club He played one match for Derbyshire during the 1920 season...
who only played one game each.
Matches
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
| 15 May 1920
| Yorkshire
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
Bramall Lane, Sheffield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings and 223 runs
| Kilner 206*
|-
|2
|19 May 1920
| Lancashire
Lancashire County Cricket Club
Lancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1864 as a successor to Manchester Cricket Club and has played at Old Trafford since then...
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings and 160 runs
| Makepeace 132; A Morton
Arthur Morton (cricketer, born 1883)
Arthur Morton was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire and MCC between 1903 and 1926. He made over 10,000 runs and took nearly 1000 wickets.Morton was born at Mellor, Derbyshire...
6-73; Cook 7-8
|-
|3
| 22 May 1920
| Warwickshire
Warwickshire County Cricket Club
Warwickshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Warwickshire. Its limited overs team is called the Warwickshire Bears. Their kit colours are black and gold and the shirt sponsor...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|8 wickets
| Howell 6-25 and 6-39; A Morton
Arthur Morton (cricketer, born 1883)
Arthur Morton was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire and MCC between 1903 and 1926. He made over 10,000 runs and took nearly 1000 wickets.Morton was born at Mellor, Derbyshire...
5-44; SWA Cadman
Samuel Cadman
Samuel William Anthony Cadman was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire for over quarter of a century between 1900 and 1926...
5-36
|-
|4
|12 Jun 1920
| Essex
Essex County Cricket Club
Essex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Essex. Its limited overs team is called the Essex Eagles, their team colours this season are blue.The club plays most of its home games...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|6 wickets
| Douglas 8-39; A Morton
Arthur Morton (cricketer, born 1883)
Arthur Morton was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire and MCC between 1903 and 1926. He made over 10,000 runs and took nearly 1000 wickets.Morton was born at Mellor, Derbyshire...
5-94; Reeves 5-61
|-
|5
|19 Jun 1920
| Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks. The traditional club colour is Maroon. During the...
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|114 runs
| A Morton
Arthur Morton (cricketer, born 1883)
Arthur Morton was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire and MCC between 1903 and 1926. He made over 10,000 runs and took nearly 1000 wickets.Morton was born at Mellor, Derbyshire...
5-61 and 6-35; Murdin 5-29 and 6-39
|-
|6
|23 Jun 1920
| Lancashire
Lancashire County Cricket Club
Lancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1864 as a successor to Manchester Cricket Club and has played at Old Trafford since then...
Old Trafford, Manchester
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings and 228 runs
| Tyldesley 169 and 5-40; Cook 5-50; Dean 5-26
|-
|7
|03 Jul 1920
| Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Nottinghamshire, and the current county champions. Its limited overs team is called the Nottinghamshire Outlaws...
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|Abandoned
|
|
|-
|8
|07 Jul 1920
| Leicestershire
Leicestershire County Cricket Club
Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Leicestershire. It has also been representative of the county of Rutland....
Aylestone Road, Leicester
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|6 wickets
| King 8-61 and 5-41;W Bestwick
Billy Bestwick
William Bestwick was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1898 and 1926. He was a demon medium-fast bowler who took over 1400 wickets for the county, including 10 in one innings...
5-41; A Morton
Arthur Morton (cricketer, born 1883)
Arthur Morton was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire and MCC between 1903 and 1926. He made over 10,000 runs and took nearly 1000 wickets.Morton was born at Mellor, Derbyshire...
5-33
|-
|9
|10 Jul 1920
| Yorkshire
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings and 71 runs
| Holmes 104; Robinson 5-20; Rhodes 7-24
|-
|10
|14 Jul 1920
| Sussex
Sussex County Cricket Club
Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Sussex. The club was founded as a successor to Brighton Cricket Club which was a representative of the county of Sussex as a...
County Ground, Hove
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|134 runs
| A Morton
Arthur Morton (cricketer, born 1883)
Arthur Morton was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire and MCC between 1903 and 1926. He made over 10,000 runs and took nearly 1000 wickets.Morton was born at Mellor, Derbyshire...
6-60; Cox 7-8
|-
|11
|17 Jul 1920
| Somerset
Somerset County Cricket Club
Somerset County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Somerset...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|5 wickets
| A Morton
Arthur Morton (cricketer, born 1883)
Arthur Morton was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire and MCC between 1903 and 1926. He made over 10,000 runs and took nearly 1000 wickets.Morton was born at Mellor, Derbyshire...
8-37; Robson 6-20
|-
|12
|24 Jul 1920
| Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks. The traditional club colour is Maroon. During the...
County Ground, Northampton
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|80 runs
| SWA Cadman
Samuel Cadman
Samuel William Anthony Cadman was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire for over quarter of a century between 1900 and 1926...
6-34 and 8-70; Wells 6-54
|-
|13
|31 Jul 1920
| Warwickshire
Warwickshire County Cricket Club
Warwickshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Warwickshire. Its limited overs team is called the Warwickshire Bears. Their kit colours are black and gold and the shirt sponsor...
Edgbaston, Birmingham
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|220 runs
| SWA Cadman
Samuel Cadman
Samuel William Anthony Cadman was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire for over quarter of a century between 1900 and 1926...
5-55; Howell 7-45
|-
|14
|07 Aug 1920
| Sussex
Sussex County Cricket Club
Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Sussex. The club was founded as a successor to Brighton Cricket Club which was a representative of the county of Sussex as a...
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings and 108 runs
| WJV Tomlinson
William Tomlinson
William James Vincent Tomlinson was an English schoolmaster and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire and Cambridge University from 1920 to 1924....
5-53
|-
|15
|11 Aug 1920
| Leicestershire
Leicestershire County Cricket Club
Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Leicestershire. It has also been representative of the county of Rutland....
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings and 14 runs
| A Morton
Arthur Morton (cricketer, born 1883)
Arthur Morton was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire and MCC between 1903 and 1926. He made over 10,000 runs and took nearly 1000 wickets.Morton was born at Mellor, Derbyshire...
105; Astill 5-24
|-
|16
|14 Aug 1920
| Essex
Essex County Cricket Club
Essex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Essex. Its limited overs team is called the Essex Eagles, their team colours this season are blue.The club plays most of its home games...
Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|104 runs
| A Morton
Arthur Morton (cricketer, born 1883)
Arthur Morton was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire and MCC between 1903 and 1926. He made over 10,000 runs and took nearly 1000 wickets.Morton was born at Mellor, Derbyshire...
5-57; Louden 8-36
|-
|17
|26 Aug 1920
| Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Nottinghamshire, and the current county champions. Its limited overs team is called the Nottinghamshire Outlaws...
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|197 runs
| Whysall 142; L Oliver 170; Gunn 123
|-
|18
|01 Sep 1920
| Somerset
Somerset County Cricket Club
Somerset County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Somerset...
Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|10 wickets
| Daniell 102; White 7-33 and 5-46
|-
|
County Championship batting averages
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="70%"|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !!100s
|-
| HW Smith
Harry Smith (cricketer, born 1886)
Harry Watson Smith was an English colliery manager and cricketer who played for Warwickshire in 1912 and for Derbyshire in 1920....
||1 ||2 || 34 ||24*|| 34.00 || 0
|-
| L Oliver || 12 ||24 || 546 ||170 || 22.75 || 1
|-
| GP Brooke-Taylor ||1 ||2 || 44 ||30 || 22.00 || 0
|-
| SWA Cadman
Samuel Cadman
Samuel William Anthony Cadman was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire for over quarter of a century between 1900 and 1926...
|| 17 ||34 || 528 ||47 || 16.00 || 0
|-
| H Elliott
Harry Elliott
Harry Elliott was an English cricketer who kept wicket for Derbyshire from 1920 to 1947 and for England between 1927 and 1934 and was an international Test umpire....
||14 ||28 || 299 ||42* ||15.73 || 0
|-
| CJ Corbett
John Corbett (cricketer)
Cornelius John Corbett was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire from 1911 to 1924...
|| 4 ||8 || 109 ||61 || 15.57 || 0
|-
| A Morton
Arthur Morton (cricketer, born 1883)
Arthur Morton was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire and MCC between 1903 and 1926. He made over 10,000 runs and took nearly 1000 wickets.Morton was born at Mellor, Derbyshire...
|| 17 ||34 || 481|| 105*|| 15.51 || 1
|-
| A Warren
Arnold Warren
Arnold Warren was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1897 and 1920 and played for England in 1905. He was the first bowler from Derbyshire to take 100 wickets in a season, a feat he performed three times.Warren was born in Codnor Park, Derbyshire, the son of...
||2 ||4 || 30 ||21* ||15.00 || 0
|-
| |W Carter
Wilfred Carter
Wilfred Carter was an English football player and cricketer. He simultaneously played for Watford Football Club and Derbyshire County Cricket Club between 1920 and 1926.Carter was born in Annesley, Nottinghamshire...
|| 9 ||18 || 229 ||35 || 12.72 || 0
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| FG Peach
Frederick Peach
Frederick George Peach was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1907 and 1925....
||8 ||16 || 186 ||61*|| 12.40 || 0
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| WN Malthouse
William Malthouse
William Norman Malthouse was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1919 and 1920.Malthouse was born at Whitwell, Derbyshire, the son of Samuel Malthouse who had also played for Derbyshire...
||4 ||8 || 68 ||26* ||9.71 || 0
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|JM Hutchinson
Jim Hutchinson
James Metcalf Hutchinson was an English cricketer who played more than 250 first-class games for Derbyshire between 1920 and 1931...
|| 5 ||10 || 93|| 44 || 9.30 || 0
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| GF Bell
Geoffrey Bell (cricketer)
Geoffrey Foxall Bell, MC was an English cricketer and educationalist. He was a right-handed batsman who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire and Oxford University. He won the Military Cross during World War I and became headmaster of two schools.Bell was born in Stapenhill, Derbyshire and was...
||3 ||6 || 50 ||20 || 8.33 || 0
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| AW Woodland
Albert Woodland
Albert Woodland was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1920.Woodland was born in Conisbrough, Yorkshire. He joined Derbyshire in the 1920 season and began in a game for the county against Dublin University...
||2 ||4 || 27 ||19* ||9.00 || 0
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| H Wild
Harold Wild
Harold Wild was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1913 and 1920.Wild was born at Hadfield, Derbyshire. He made his debut for Derbyshire in June 1913 against Leicestershire when he took a wicket and scored 8 and 9. He played two more games in 1913 and a...
||8 ||16 || 135|| 26 || 8.43 || 0
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| J Chapman || 14 ||27 || 191 ||27 || 7.95 || 0
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| A Severn
Arthur Severn
Arthur Severn was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1919 and 1920.Severn was born at Alfreton, Derbyshire. He joined the nursery staff at Derby in 1914, but in the First World War served with the Coldstream Guards. He made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1919...
|| 3 ||6 || 47 ||33 || 7.83 || 0
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| JD Southern
John Dunlop Southern
John Dunlop Southern was a Royal Navy officer and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in occasional games between 1919 and 1934....
||2 ||4 || 30 ||20 || 7.50 || 0
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| TW Boden
Timothy Boden
Timothy Walter Boden was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1920.Boden was born at Sherborne, Dorset. His grandfather, Henry, and great-uncle Walter were present at the inaugural meeting of Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1870 and both played first-class cricket in the latter half...
||1 ||2 || 14|| 9 || 7.00 || 0
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| DV Linathan
Douglas Linathan
Douglas Valentine Linathan was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1920.Linathan was born in Sheffield. He played three matches for Derbyshire during the 1920 season making his debut against Yorkshire in July, a game in which he made one catch but little progress with the bat or...
||3 ||6 || 35 ||14*|| 7.00 || 0
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| H Storer
Harry Storer, Jr.
Harry Storer was an English professional footballer, cricketer and football manager.-Early life:Storer was born in West Derby, Liverpool, the son of Harry Storer...
|| 12 ||24 || 147 ||32 || 6.68 || 0
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| WJV Tomlinson
William Tomlinson
William James Vincent Tomlinson was an English schoolmaster and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire and Cambridge University from 1920 to 1924....
||5|| 10 || 58|| 15 || 6.44 || 0
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| LE Flint
Louis Flint
Louis Edward Flint was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1919 and 1920.Flint was born in Ripley, Derbyshire. During World War I he served in the Sherwood Foresters....
||1 ||2 || 12|| 6 || 6.00 || 0
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| SM Holden
Stanley Holden (cricketer)
Stanley Mitton Holden was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1910 and 1920....
||1 ||2 || 6 ||6*|| 6.00 || 0
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| G Beet
George Beet, Sr.
George Beet was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1910 and 1925 and for MCC in 1920. He was later an umpire....
||6 ||12 || 69 ||19 || 5.75 || 0
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| HW Radford
Henry Radford
Henry William Radford was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1920.Radford was born in Derby. He played three games for Derbyshire during the 1920 season, all during July. His debut was against Yorkshire when he took 2 wickets for 18 runs...
||3 ||6 || 23 ||14 || 5.75 || 0
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| GR Jackson
Guy Jackson
Guy Rolf Jackson was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1919 and 1936, being captain for nine years....
||9 ||18 || 92 ||14 || 5.11 || 0
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| TF Revill
Thomas Revill
Thomas Frederick Revill was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1913 and 1920....
||1 ||2 || 10|| 5 || 5.00 || 0
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| FA Barber
Frederick Barber (cricketer)
Frederick Arthur Barber was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1907 and 1920....
||2 ||4 || 19 ||8 || 4.75 || 0
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| CF Root
Fred Root
Charles Frederick Root was an English cricketer who played for England in 1926 and for Derbyshire between 1910 to 1920 and for Worcestershire between 1921 and 1932.- Early career :...
|| 1 ||2 || 9|| 7 || 4.50 || 0
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| JW Davis
John Davis (cricketer, born 1882)
John William Davis was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1920.Davis was born at Ironville, Derbyshire. He is recorded as having performed prodigiously for Quorn Cricket Club He played one match for Derbyshire during the 1920 season...
||1 ||2 || 9 ||8 || 4.50 || 0
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| T Forrester
Thomas Forrester (cricketer)
Thomas Forrester was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Warwickshire from1896 to 1899 and for Derbyshire from 1902 to 1920...
|| 2 ||2 || 6|| 6 || 3.00 || 0
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| W Bestwick
Billy Bestwick
William Bestwick was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1898 and 1926. He was a demon medium-fast bowler who took over 1400 wickets for the county, including 10 in one innings...
|| 1 ||2 || 6|| 5* || 3.00 ||0
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| RS Bestwick
Robert Bestwick
Robert Saxton Bestwick was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1920 and 1922....
||2 ||4 || 9|| 6 || 2.25 || 0
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| AHM Jackson|| 2|| 4 || 7|| 5 || 1.75 || 0
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| KWC Dobson
Kenneth Dobson
Kenneth William Cecil Dobson was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Derbyshire and Warwickshire....
||3 ||6 || 6 ||3 || 1.50 || 0
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| J Horsley
James Horsley
James Horsley was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Nottinghamshire in 1913 and for Derbyshire from 1914 to 1925...
||1 ||2 || 2|| 2 || 1.00 || 0
|-
| |W Reader-Blackton
Walter Reader-Blackton
Walter Reader-Blackton was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1914 and 1921.Reader-Blackton was born at Shirland, Derbyshire as Walter Blackton...
|| 2 ||4 || 4 ||1 || 1.00 || 0
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| A Turner
Allen Turner
Allen Turner was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1920.Turner was born in Heath, Derbyshire. Turner made just two appearances for Derbyshire in the 1920 season, both in August. In his first match against Leicestershire, he took a wicket and a catch and scored...
||2 ||4 || 4|| 2 || 1.00 || 0
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County Championship bowling averages
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! Name !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average
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| A Morton
Arthur Morton (cricketer, born 1883)
Arthur Morton was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire and MCC between 1903 and 1926. He made over 10,000 runs and took nearly 1000 wickets.Morton was born at Mellor, Derbyshire...
|| 4611 || 1808 ||89 ||8-37 ||20.31
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| SWA Cadman
Samuel Cadman
Samuel William Anthony Cadman was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire for over quarter of a century between 1900 and 1926...
|| 3321 || 1211 ||58 ||8-70|| 20.87
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| WJV Tomlinson
William Tomlinson
William James Vincent Tomlinson was an English schoolmaster and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire and Cambridge University from 1920 to 1924....
|| 622 || 272 ||14 ||5-53 ||19.42
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| H Storer
Harry Storer, Jr.
Harry Storer was an English professional footballer, cricketer and football manager.-Early life:Storer was born in West Derby, Liverpool, the son of Harry Storer...
|| 642 || 350 ||10|| 3-23 ||35.00
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| A Warren
Arnold Warren
Arnold Warren was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1897 and 1920 and played for England in 1905. He was the first bowler from Derbyshire to take 100 wickets in a season, a feat he performed three times.Warren was born in Codnor Park, Derbyshire, the son of...
|| 288 || 141 ||9 ||4-45 ||15.66
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| W Bestwick
Billy Bestwick
William Bestwick was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1898 and 1926. He was a demon medium-fast bowler who took over 1400 wickets for the county, including 10 in one innings...
|| 318 || 97 ||7|| 5-41 ||13.85
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| A Turner
Allen Turner
Allen Turner was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1920.Turner was born in Heath, Derbyshire. Turner made just two appearances for Derbyshire in the 1920 season, both in August. In his first match against Leicestershire, he took a wicket and a catch and scored...
||252 || 138|| 6 ||3-66|| 23.00
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| FA Barber
Frederick Barber (cricketer)
Frederick Arthur Barber was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1907 and 1920....
||318 ||117|| 5|| 2-30 ||23.40
|-
| FG Peach
Frederick Peach
Frederick George Peach was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1907 and 1925....
||210 || 149 ||4 ||3-50 ||37.25
|-
| HW Radford
Henry Radford
Henry William Radford was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1920.Radford was born in Derby. He played three games for Derbyshire during the 1920 season, all during July. His debut was against Yorkshire when he took 2 wickets for 18 runs...
|| 186 || 86 ||4|| 2-18 ||21.50
|-
| SM Holden
Stanley Holden (cricketer)
Stanley Mitton Holden was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1910 and 1920....
||132 || 72|| 3|| 3-72 ||24.00
|-
| T Forrester
Thomas Forrester (cricketer)
Thomas Forrester was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Warwickshire from1896 to 1899 and for Derbyshire from 1902 to 1920...
|| 306 || 161|| 2|| 2-116 ||80.50
|-
| KWC Dobson
Kenneth Dobson
Kenneth William Cecil Dobson was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Derbyshire and Warwickshire....
|| 132 || 99|| 1|| 1-25|| 99.00
|-
| JM Hutchinson
Jim Hutchinson
James Metcalf Hutchinson was an English cricketer who played more than 250 first-class games for Derbyshire between 1920 and 1931...
|| 138 || 81|| 1|| 1-35 ||81.00
|-
| DV Linathan
Douglas Linathan
Douglas Valentine Linathan was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1920.Linathan was born in Sheffield. He played three matches for Derbyshire during the 1920 season making his debut against Yorkshire in July, a game in which he made one catch but little progress with the bat or...
||102 || 78 ||1 ||1-15|| 78.00
|-
| |W Reader-Blackton
Walter Reader-Blackton
Walter Reader-Blackton was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1914 and 1921.Reader-Blackton was born at Shirland, Derbyshire as Walter Blackton...
|| 18|| 7 ||1 ||1-7 ||7.00
|-
| LE Flint
Louis Flint
Louis Edward Flint was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1919 and 1920.Flint was born in Ripley, Derbyshire. During World War I he served in the Sherwood Foresters....
|| 102 || 74 ||1 ||1-74|| 74.00
|-
| RS Bestwick
Robert Bestwick
Robert Saxton Bestwick was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1920 and 1922....
|| 126|| 55|| 0
|-
| J Chapman ||18 || 12|| 0
|-
| J Horsley
James Horsley
James Horsley was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Nottinghamshire in 1913 and for Derbyshire from 1914 to 1925...
|| 48 || 31 ||0
|-
| AHM Jackson|| 132 || 93|| 0
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| WN Malthouse
William Malthouse
William Norman Malthouse was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1919 and 1920.Malthouse was born at Whitwell, Derbyshire, the son of Samuel Malthouse who had also played for Derbyshire...
|| 114 || 69|| 0
|-
| L Oliver ||12 || 8|| 0
|-
| CF Root
Fred Root
Charles Frederick Root was an English cricketer who played for England in 1926 and for Derbyshire between 1910 to 1920 and for Worcestershire between 1921 and 1932.- Early career :...
|| 36 || 17|| 0
|-
| H Wild
Harold Wild
Harold Wild was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1913 and 1920.Wild was born at Hadfield, Derbyshire. He made his debut for Derbyshire in June 1913 against Leicestershire when he took a wicket and scored 8 and 9. He played two more games in 1913 and a...
||6 || 11|| 0
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| AW Woodland
Albert Woodland
Albert Woodland was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1920.Woodland was born in Conisbrough, Yorkshire. He joined Derbyshire in the 1920 season and began in a game for the county against Dublin University...
||90 || 69|| 0
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Wicket Keeping
- George BeetGeorge Beet, Sr.George Beet was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1910 and 1925 and for MCC in 1920. He was later an umpire....
- Catches 6, Stumping 2 - H ElliottHarry ElliottHarry Elliott was an English cricketer who kept wicket for Derbyshire from 1920 to 1947 and for England between 1927 and 1934 and was an international Test umpire....
- Catches 17, Stumping 9
See also
- Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasonsDerbyshire County Cricket Club seasonsThis is a list of seasons played by Derbyshire County Cricket Club in English cricket, from the club's formation in 1870.-Early years 1871–1887:...
- 1920 English cricket season1920 English cricket seasonThe 1920 English cricket season had no Test cricket as the post-war recovery continued. Middlesex rose from 13th in 1919 to take the first of two back-to-back titles...
- Imperfect seasonImperfect seasonAn imperfect season is defined as a team losing all of their games. It is the antithesis of a perfect season, and is often referred to as such in a tongue-in-cheek manner...