Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1925
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Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1925 was the cricket
season when the English club Derbyshire
had been playing for fifty four years. It was their twenty seventh season in the County Championship
and they won five matches to finish fourteenth in the County Championship.
was in his fourth season as captain. All the club's twenty-four first class matches were in the County Championship. The team recovered from a poor season in the previous year with five wins, but with fewer draws the high number of losses left the team in fourteenth place. Garnet Lee
was top scorer in his first season as a first-class player for Derbyshire. Arthur Morton
took most wickets with 63.
The most significant addition to the side was Garnet Lee
who was to prove avaluable all-rounder over the next few years. Lee had previously played for Nottinghamshire but had taken two seasons at Derbyshire to work himself into the first team. Other players making their debut were Lionel Blaxland
who played intermittently over several years Escott Loney
and Wilfred Shardlow
who played regularly for three seasons, and Eric Sykes
who played three games in the season and re-appeared in 1932.
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
| 09 May 1925
| Northamptonshire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 35 runs
|
|-
|2
|16 May 1925
| Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 10 wickets
|
|-
|3
|20 May 1925
| Yorkshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 160 runs
| Holmes 125; Macaulay 7-13
|-
|4
|23 May 1925
| Somerset
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| W Bestwick
5-22
|-
|5
|30 May 1925
| Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Stephens 121; GM Lee
119
|-
|6
|03 Jun 1925
| Worcestershire
Amblecote, Stourbridge
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 212 runs
| Rogers 6-69; Root 5-54
|-
|7
|06 Jun 1925
| Gloucestershire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 3 wickets
| Hammond 5-57; J Horsley
6-94; Parker 8-56
|-
|8
|10 Jun 1925
| Essex
County Ground, Leyton
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 9 wickets
| A Morton
131; BSH Hill-Wood
6-74; J Horsley
6-66
|-
|9
|13 Jun 1925
| Kent
Angel Ground, Tonbridge
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 32 runs
|Seymour 106; Collins 105*; GR Jackson
127; Freeman 6-35 and 5-94
|-
|10
| 20 Jun 1925
| Worcestershire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 6 wickets
| Root 5-92
|-
|11
|27 Jun 1925
| Kent
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 5 wickets
| Hardinge 144; Seymour 119; Cornwallis 5-56; J Horsley
5-36
|-
|12
| 01 Jul 1925
| Yorkshire
Headingley, Leeds
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 159 runs
| Rhodes 157;
|-
|13
|04 Jul 1925
| Leicestershire
The Town Ground, Burton-on-Trent
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| GR Jackson
110; Skelding 5-54; W Bestwick
7-20
|-
|14
|11 Jul 1925
| Leicestershire
Aylestone Road, Leicester
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 248 runs
| Skelding 5-40; Astill 5-19
|-
|15
|15 Jul 1925
| Glamorgan
Cardiff Arms Park
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 200 runs
| Ryan 5-19 and 8-41
|-
|16
|18 Jul 1925
| Somerset
Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 3 wickets
| GM Lee
113; GR Jackson
105
|-
|17
|22 Jul 1925
| Gloucestershire
Fry's Ground, Bristol
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 32 runs
| Parker 5-19 and 6-61
|-
|18
|25 Jul 1925
| Nottinghamshire
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Whysall 140
|-
|19
|29 Jul 1925
| Essex
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Hipkin 5-44
|-
|20
|01 Aug 1925
| Warwickshire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|21
| 05 Aug 1925
| Northamptonshire
County Ground, Northampton
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| A Morton
5-89
|-
|22
|12 Aug 1925
| Glamorgan
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 6 wickets
| Ryan 7-70
|-
|23
|15 Aug 1925
| Lancashire
Seed Hill Ground, Nelson
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 97 runs
| A Morton
7-51
|-
|24
|22 Aug 1925
| Lancashire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 132 runs
| R Tyldesley 8-40; Sibbles 5-30
|-
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !!100s
|-
| GR Jackson
||23 ||42 || 1199|| 127|| 29.97 || 3
|-
| GM Lee
|| 24 ||46 || 1238 ||119 || 28.13 || 2
|-
| JL Crommelin-Brown
|| 4|| 7 || 144|| 68 || 24.00|| 0
|-
| J Bowden
|| 23 ||43 || 742|| 62|| 19.02 || 0
|-
| L F Townsend
|| 24 ||45 || 808|| 59 ||18.79 || 0
|-
| A Morton
|| 18|| 27 || 433 ||131|| 17.32 || 1
|-
| BSH Hill-Wood
|| 6|| 11 || 187|| 61 ||17.00 || 0
|-
| WWH Hill-Wood
|| 5 ||10 || 167|| 35|| 16.70 || 0
|-
| H Storer
||2 ||3 || 31 ||23|| 15.50 || 0
|-
| J Horsley
|| 17 ||28 || 365 ||47*|| 15.20 || 0
|-
| G Beet
|| 1|| 2 || 30 ||17 || 15.00 || 0
|-
| JM Hutchinson
||24 ||41 || 543|| 79 ||14.67 || 0
|-
| SWA Cadman
|| 23 ||40 || 513 ||60|| 14.65 || 0
|-
| E Sykes
|| 3 ||6 || 65|| 50 ||13.00 || 0
|-
| FR Heath
||1 ||2 || 13 ||13*|| 13.00 || 0
|-
| H Elliott
|| 24 ||38 || 228|| 33|| 11.40 || 0
|-
| EF Loney
|| 6 ||9 || 89|| 36 ||11.12 || 0
|-
| T S Worthington
||3 ||6 || 49 ||20|| 9.80 || 0
|-
| LB Blaxland
|| 3 ||4 || 39 ||25|| 9.75 || 0
|-
| AHM Jackson || 5|| 7 || 63 ||17 || 9.00 || 0
|-
| W Shardlow
|| 3 ||3 || 18 ||11 || 9.00 || 0
|-
| JA Cresswell
|| 5 ||10 || 28 ||9 || 4.66 || 0
|-
| W Bestwick
|| 7 ||10 || 26|| 7*|| 3.25 || 0
|-
| FG Peach
|| 1 ||2 || 6 ||5 ||3.00 || 0
|-
| A Ackroyd
||7 ||12 || 32 ||9 ||2.66 || 0
|-
| JS Heath
||2 ||4 || 10|| 8 || 2.50 || 0
|-
|}
All Derbyshire's first class matches were in the County Championship, and so the above table represents first-class statistics as well.
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average
|-
| A Morton
|| 3597 || 1262 ||63 ||7-51|| 20.03
|-
| J Horsley
|| 3158 ||1235|| 54|| 6-66 ||22.87
|-
| GM Lee
|| 2408 || 1084 ||44|| 4-36 ||24.63
|-
| SWA Cadman
|| 3517 ||1043 ||40|| 4-29 ||26.07
|-
| W Bestwick
|| 1561 || 525 ||35|| 7-20 ||15.00
|-
| L F Townsend
|| 2075 ||778|| 28|| 4-57 ||27.78
|-
| BSH Hill-Wood
|| 972 || 573 ||18|| 6-74 ||31.83
|-
| A Ackroyd
|| 835 || 390|| 11 ||4-63 ||35.45
|-
| H Storer
||546 ||157 ||10|| 4-31 ||15.70
|-
| JA Cresswell
|| 624 ||323 ||9 ||4-65 ||35.88
|-
| EF Loney
|| 864 || 269 ||9 ||4-35 ||29.88
|-
| WWH Hill-Wood
|| 410 || 252|| 8 ||3-20 ||31.50
|-
| JM Hutchinson
|| 300 ||122 ||7 ||2-11 ||17.42
|-
| AHM Jackson || 354 || 159 ||6 ||2-19 ||26.50
|-
| T S Worthington
|| 258 || 99|| 5 ||2-21 ||19.80
|-
| JS Heath
|| 120 || 85 ||1 ||1-45 ||85.00
|-
| GR Jackson
|| 60 ||41 ||1 ||1-23 ||41.00
|-
| W Shardlow
|| 354 || 208 ||0 || ||
|-
| G Beet
|| 24 ||9 ||0 || ||
|-
| LB Blaxland
|| 48 ||17|| 0 || ||
|-
| E Sykes
|| 6 || 2|| 0 || ||
|-
| J Bowden
|| 12 || 3|| 0 || ||
|-
|}
All Derbyshire's first class matches were in the County Championship, and so the above table represents first-class statistics as well.
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...
season when the English 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...
had been playing for fifty four years. It was their twenty seventh season in the County Championship
County Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...
and they won five matches to finish fourteenth in the County Championship.
1925 season
Guy JacksonGuy Jackson
Guy Rolf Jackson was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1919 and 1936, being captain for nine years....
was in his fourth season as captain. All the club's twenty-four first class matches were in the County Championship. The team recovered from a poor season in the previous year with five wins, but with fewer draws the high number of losses left the team in fourteenth place. Garnet Lee
Garnet Lee
Garnet Morley Lee was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Nottinghamshire between 1910 and 1922 and for Derbyshire between 1925 and 1933. He scored nearly 15,000 runs in his first class career....
was top scorer in his first season as a first-class player for Derbyshire. 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...
took most wickets with 63.
The most significant addition to the side was Garnet Lee
Garnet Lee
Garnet Morley Lee was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Nottinghamshire between 1910 and 1922 and for Derbyshire between 1925 and 1933. He scored nearly 15,000 runs in his first class career....
who was to prove avaluable all-rounder over the next few years. Lee had previously played for Nottinghamshire but had taken two seasons at Derbyshire to work himself into the first team. Other players making their debut were Lionel Blaxland
Lionel Blaxland
Lionel Bruce Blaxland was an English First World War flying ace, cricketer, schoolmaster and clergyman. He played first-class cricket intermittently for Derbyshire between 1925 and 1947....
who played intermittently over several years Escott Loney
Escott Loney
Escott Frith Loney was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1925 and 1927....
and Wilfred Shardlow
Wilfred Shardlow
Wilfred Shardlow was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1925 and 1928.Shardlow was born at Clowne, Derbyshire. He made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1925 season in July against Yorkshire where he made 11 in his first innings. He played two more matches that year and played...
who played regularly for three seasons, and Eric Sykes
Eric Sykes (cricketer)
Eric Sykes was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1925 and 1932.Sykes was born in Bolsover, the son of Ernest Sykes who had played cricket for Hampshire. Sykes made his first class debut for Derbyshire in the 1925 season in June 1925 against Gloucestershire and made 50 in his first...
who played three games in the season and re-appeared in 1932.
Matches
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
| 09 May 1925
| 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, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 35 runs
|
|-
|2
|16 May 1925
| 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
| 10 wickets
|
|-
|3
|20 May 1925
| 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....
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 160 runs
| Holmes 125; Macaulay 7-13
|-
|4
|23 May 1925
| 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="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| 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...
5-22
|-
|5
|30 May 1925
| 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="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Stephens 121; GM Lee
Garnet Lee
Garnet Morley Lee was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Nottinghamshire between 1910 and 1922 and for Derbyshire between 1925 and 1933. He scored nearly 15,000 runs in his first class career....
119
|-
|6
|03 Jun 1925
| Worcestershire
Worcestershire County Cricket Club
Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire...
Amblecote, Stourbridge
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 212 runs
| Rogers 6-69; Root 5-54
|-
|7
|06 Jun 1925
| Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club
Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators....
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 3 wickets
| Hammond 5-57; 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...
6-94; Parker 8-56
|-
|8
|10 Jun 1925
| 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, Leyton
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 9 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...
131; BSH Hill-Wood
Sir Basil Hill-Wood, 2nd Baronet
Sir Basil Samuel Hill Hill-Wood, 2nd Baronet was an English solicitor, baronet and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1919 and 1925....
6-74; 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...
6-66
|-
|9
|13 Jun 1925
| Kent
Kent County Cricket Club
Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...
Angel Ground, Tonbridge
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 32 runs
|Seymour 106; Collins 105*; 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....
127; Freeman 6-35 and 5-94
|-
|10
| 20 Jun 1925
| Worcestershire
Worcestershire County Cricket Club
Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire...
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 6 wickets
| Root 5-92
|-
|11
|27 Jun 1925
| Kent
Kent County Cricket Club
Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 5 wickets
| Hardinge 144; Seymour 119; Cornwallis 5-56; 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...
5-36
|-
|12
| 01 Jul 1925
| 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....
Headingley, Leeds
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 159 runs
| Rhodes 157;
|-
|13
|04 Jul 1925
| 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....
The Town Ground, Burton-on-Trent
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| 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....
110; Skelding 5-54; 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...
7-20
|-
|14
|11 Jul 1925
| 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
| 248 runs
| Skelding 5-40; Astill 5-19
|-
|15
|15 Jul 1925
| Glamorgan
Glamorgan County Cricket Club
Glamorgan 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 Glamorgan aka Glamorganshire . Glamorgan CCC is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. Glamorgan CCC have won the English County...
Cardiff Arms Park
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 200 runs
| Ryan 5-19 and 8-41
|-
|16
|18 Jul 1925
| 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="#00FF00"|Won
| 3 wickets
| GM Lee
Garnet Lee
Garnet Morley Lee was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Nottinghamshire between 1910 and 1922 and for Derbyshire between 1925 and 1933. He scored nearly 15,000 runs in his first class career....
113; 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....
105
|-
|17
|22 Jul 1925
| Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club
Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators....
Fry's Ground, Bristol
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 32 runs
| Parker 5-19 and 6-61
|-
|18
|25 Jul 1925
| 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...
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Whysall 140
|-
|19
|29 Jul 1925
| 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="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Hipkin 5-44
|-
|20
|01 Aug 1925
| 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="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|21
| 05 Aug 1925
| 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="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| 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...
5-89
|-
|22
|12 Aug 1925
| Glamorgan
Glamorgan County Cricket Club
Glamorgan 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 Glamorgan aka Glamorganshire . Glamorgan CCC is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. Glamorgan CCC have won the English County...
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 6 wickets
| Ryan 7-70
|-
|23
|15 Aug 1925
| 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...
Seed Hill Ground, Nelson
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 97 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...
7-51
|-
|24
|22 Aug 1925
| 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 132 runs
| R Tyldesley 8-40; Sibbles 5-30
|-
County Championship batting averages
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="70%"|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !!100s
|-
| 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....
||23 ||42 || 1199|| 127|| 29.97 || 3
|-
| GM Lee
Garnet Lee
Garnet Morley Lee was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Nottinghamshire between 1910 and 1922 and for Derbyshire between 1925 and 1933. He scored nearly 15,000 runs in his first class career....
|| 24 ||46 || 1238 ||119 || 28.13 || 2
|-
| JL Crommelin-Brown
John Crommelin-Brown
John Louis Crommelin-Brown was an English schoolmaster, poet and cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1922 and 1926.Crommelin-Brown was born in Delhi, India, and educated in England at Winchester College...
|| 4|| 7 || 144|| 68 || 24.00|| 0
|-
| J Bowden
Joseph Bowden
Joseph Bowden was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire from 1909 to 1930.Bowden was born at Glossop, Derbyshire. He made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1909 season against Sussex in May when he made 6 and 14...
|| 23 ||43 || 742|| 62|| 19.02 || 0
|-
| L F Townsend
Leslie Townsend
Leslie Fletcher Townsend was an English cricketer who played for England between 1929 and 1934, for Derbyshire between 1922 and 1939 and also for Auckland New Zealand between 1934 and 1936....
|| 24 ||45 || 808|| 59 ||18.79 || 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...
|| 18|| 27 || 433 ||131|| 17.32 || 1
|-
| BSH Hill-Wood
Sir Basil Hill-Wood, 2nd Baronet
Sir Basil Samuel Hill Hill-Wood, 2nd Baronet was an English solicitor, baronet and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1919 and 1925....
|| 6|| 11 || 187|| 61 ||17.00 || 0
|-
| WWH Hill-Wood
Wilfred Hill-Wood
Wilfred William Hill Hill-Wood was an English financier and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1919 and 1936 as well as for Cambridge University and MCC....
|| 5 ||10 || 167|| 35|| 16.70 || 0
|-
| 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...
||2 ||3 || 31 ||23|| 15.50 || 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...
|| 17 ||28 || 365 ||47*|| 15.20 || 0
|-
| 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....
|| 1|| 2 || 30 ||17 || 15.00 || 0
|-
| 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...
||24 ||41 || 543|| 79 ||14.67 || 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...
|| 23 ||40 || 513 ||60|| 14.65 || 0
|-
| E Sykes
Eric Sykes (cricketer)
Eric Sykes was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1925 and 1932.Sykes was born in Bolsover, the son of Ernest Sykes who had played cricket for Hampshire. Sykes made his first class debut for Derbyshire in the 1925 season in June 1925 against Gloucestershire and made 50 in his first...
|| 3 ||6 || 65|| 50 ||13.00 || 0
|-
| FR Heath
Frederick Heath (cricketer)
Frederick Rhead Heath was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1924 and 1925....
||1 ||2 || 13 ||13*|| 13.00 || 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....
|| 24 ||38 || 228|| 33|| 11.40 || 0
|-
| EF Loney
Escott Loney
Escott Frith Loney was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1925 and 1927....
|| 6 ||9 || 89|| 36 ||11.12 || 0
|-
| T S Worthington
Stan Worthington
Thomas Stanley "Stan" Worthington, , was a cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1923 and 1947 and for England between 1930 and 1937. He was an all-rounder scoring over 19000 runs and taking over 600 first class wickets....
||3 ||6 || 49 ||20|| 9.80 || 0
|-
| LB Blaxland
Lionel Blaxland
Lionel Bruce Blaxland was an English First World War flying ace, cricketer, schoolmaster and clergyman. He played first-class cricket intermittently for Derbyshire between 1925 and 1947....
|| 3 ||4 || 39 ||25|| 9.75 || 0
|-
| AHM Jackson || 5|| 7 || 63 ||17 || 9.00 || 0
|-
| W Shardlow
Wilfred Shardlow
Wilfred Shardlow was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1925 and 1928.Shardlow was born at Clowne, Derbyshire. He made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1925 season in July against Yorkshire where he made 11 in his first innings. He played two more matches that year and played...
|| 3 ||3 || 18 ||11 || 9.00 || 0
|-
| JA Cresswell
James Cresswell
James Arthur Cresswell was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire from 1923 to 1927....
|| 5 ||10 || 28 ||9 || 4.66 || 0
|-
| 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...
|| 7 ||10 || 26|| 7*|| 3.25 || 0
|-
| FG Peach
Frederick Peach
Frederick George Peach was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1907 and 1925....
|| 1 ||2 || 6 ||5 ||3.00 || 0
|-
| A Ackroyd
Archibald Ackroyd
Archibald Ackroyd was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1924 and 1925 and for Scotland in 1937.Ackroyd was born in Heanor, Derbyshire. He made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1924 season. In his opening match against Northamptonshire he took three wickets and a catch and scored 13...
||7 ||12 || 32 ||9 ||2.66 || 0
|-
| JS Heath
John Heath (cricketer)
John Stanley Heath was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Europeans in India in 1918/19 and for Derbyshire in 1924 and 1925....
||2 ||4 || 10|| 8 || 2.50 || 0
|-
|}
All Derbyshire's first class matches were in the County Championship, and so the above table represents first-class statistics as well.
County Championship bowling averages
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="70%"|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average
|-
| 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...
|| 3597 || 1262 ||63 ||7-51|| 20.03
|-
| 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...
|| 3158 ||1235|| 54|| 6-66 ||22.87
|-
| GM Lee
Garnet Lee
Garnet Morley Lee was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Nottinghamshire between 1910 and 1922 and for Derbyshire between 1925 and 1933. He scored nearly 15,000 runs in his first class career....
|| 2408 || 1084 ||44|| 4-36 ||24.63
|-
| 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...
|| 3517 ||1043 ||40|| 4-29 ||26.07
|-
| 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...
|| 1561 || 525 ||35|| 7-20 ||15.00
|-
| L F Townsend
Leslie Townsend
Leslie Fletcher Townsend was an English cricketer who played for England between 1929 and 1934, for Derbyshire between 1922 and 1939 and also for Auckland New Zealand between 1934 and 1936....
|| 2075 ||778|| 28|| 4-57 ||27.78
|-
| BSH Hill-Wood
Sir Basil Hill-Wood, 2nd Baronet
Sir Basil Samuel Hill Hill-Wood, 2nd Baronet was an English solicitor, baronet and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1919 and 1925....
|| 972 || 573 ||18|| 6-74 ||31.83
|-
| A Ackroyd
Archibald Ackroyd
Archibald Ackroyd was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1924 and 1925 and for Scotland in 1937.Ackroyd was born in Heanor, Derbyshire. He made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1924 season. In his opening match against Northamptonshire he took three wickets and a catch and scored 13...
|| 835 || 390|| 11 ||4-63 ||35.45
|-
| 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...
||546 ||157 ||10|| 4-31 ||15.70
|-
| JA Cresswell
James Cresswell
James Arthur Cresswell was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire from 1923 to 1927....
|| 624 ||323 ||9 ||4-65 ||35.88
|-
| EF Loney
Escott Loney
Escott Frith Loney was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1925 and 1927....
|| 864 || 269 ||9 ||4-35 ||29.88
|-
| WWH Hill-Wood
Wilfred Hill-Wood
Wilfred William Hill Hill-Wood was an English financier and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1919 and 1936 as well as for Cambridge University and MCC....
|| 410 || 252|| 8 ||3-20 ||31.50
|-
| 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...
|| 300 ||122 ||7 ||2-11 ||17.42
|-
| AHM Jackson || 354 || 159 ||6 ||2-19 ||26.50
|-
| T S Worthington
Stan Worthington
Thomas Stanley "Stan" Worthington, , was a cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1923 and 1947 and for England between 1930 and 1937. He was an all-rounder scoring over 19000 runs and taking over 600 first class wickets....
|| 258 || 99|| 5 ||2-21 ||19.80
|-
| JS Heath
John Heath (cricketer)
John Stanley Heath was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Europeans in India in 1918/19 and for Derbyshire in 1924 and 1925....
|| 120 || 85 ||1 ||1-45 ||85.00
|-
| 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....
|| 60 ||41 ||1 ||1-23 ||41.00
|-
| W Shardlow
Wilfred Shardlow
Wilfred Shardlow was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1925 and 1928.Shardlow was born at Clowne, Derbyshire. He made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1925 season in July against Yorkshire where he made 11 in his first innings. He played two more matches that year and played...
|| 354 || 208 ||0 || ||
|-
| 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....
|| 24 ||9 ||0 || ||
|-
| LB Blaxland
Lionel Blaxland
Lionel Bruce Blaxland was an English First World War flying ace, cricketer, schoolmaster and clergyman. He played first-class cricket intermittently for Derbyshire between 1925 and 1947....
|| 48 ||17|| 0 || ||
|-
| E Sykes
Eric Sykes (cricketer)
Eric Sykes was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1925 and 1932.Sykes was born in Bolsover, the son of Ernest Sykes who had played cricket for Hampshire. Sykes made his first class debut for Derbyshire in the 1925 season in June 1925 against Gloucestershire and made 50 in his first...
|| 6 || 2|| 0 || ||
|-
| J Bowden
Joseph Bowden
Joseph Bowden was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire from 1909 to 1930.Bowden was born at Glossop, Derbyshire. He made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1909 season against Sussex in May when he made 6 and 14...
|| 12 || 3|| 0 || ||
|-
|}
All Derbyshire's first class matches were in the County Championship, and so the above table represents first-class statistics as well.
Wicket Keeper
- Harry 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 41, Stumping 17 - Jim HutchinsonJim HutchinsonJames Metcalf Hutchinson was an English cricketer who played more than 250 first-class games for Derbyshire between 1920 and 1931...
Catches 12, Stumping 1