Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1947
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Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1947 represents the cricket
season when the English club Derbyshire
had been playing for seventy-six years. It was their forty-third season in the County Championship and they won twelve matches and lost ten to finish fifth in the County Championship.
Edward Gothard
was brought into the side as captain in 1947 and the club saw a marked improvement in rating. Charlie Elliott
was top scorer and Cliff Gladwin
and George Pope equalled on wickets taken in the County Championship at 102, but Gladwin took most overall with 117. Derbyshire struggled with the wicket-keeping. Denis Smith
was wicket-keeper for much of the season, but Harry Elliott
was brought back for a four match spell before George Dawkes joined for the last few matches of the season. Charlie Elliott and Alderman also took spells behing the stumps.
Apart from Gothard, debuting as captain three important players to join the club were HL Jackson
, George Dawkes
and David Skinner
. Jackson had a long career and was one of the club's leading bowlers. Dawkes came in as wicket-keeper for the last four matches of the season and remained as Derbyshire's wicket-keeper for many seasons. Skinner had a shorter career but was captain after Gothard. DC Brooke-Taylor
also joined the side as stand-in captain in his first game and played for three seasons. Richard Watson
played just 6 matches for Derbyshire which were all in the 1947 season.
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
| 10 May 1947
| Kent
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 100 runs
| Ames 104; C Gladwin
5-60; Wright 6-67
|-
|2
| 17 May 1947
| Worcestershire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 2 wickets
| C Gladwin
5-82 and 5-33; Perks 5-84, P Jackson 5-72
|-
|3
| 24 May 1947
| Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 100 runs
| W H Copson
5-39; Grove 6-44
|-
|4
| 31 May 1947
| Northamptonshire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 25 runs
|T S Worthington
104; Clarke 5-51
|-
|5
| 04 Jun 1947
| Glamorgan
St Helen's, Swansea
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Muncer 5-41
|-
|6
|07 Jun 1947
|Hampshire
United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 7 wickets
| McCorkell 103; Heath 7-49 and 6-103; G H Pope 6-61
|-
|7
| 11 Jun 1947
| Somerset
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| Inningsand 125 runs
| G H Pope 6-34 and 7-16; Hazell 5-64
|-
|8
| 14 Jun 1947
| Sussex
Cricket Field Road Ground, Horsham
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 99 runs
| G H Pope 5-63
|-
|9
|18 Jun 1947
| Leicestershire
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 105 runs
| T S Worthington
130; G H Pope 6-30; W H Copson
5-21
|-
|10
|21 Jun 1947
| Lancashire
Park Road Ground, Buxton
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 3 runs
| AC Revill
102; C Gladwin
9-119 and 5-40; W H Copson
5-25
|-
|11
| 25 Jun 1947
| Ireland
Park Road Ground, Buxton
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 8 runs
| AEG Rhodes
5-55
|-
|12
|28 Jun 1947
| Glamorgan
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 4 wickets
| C Gladwin
5-57; Wooller 5-60
|-
|13
| 02 Jul 1947
| Gloucestershire
Ashley Down Ground, Bristol
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 2 wickets
| Cook 5-60
|-
|14
| 05 Jul 1947
| Kent
Abbeydale Park, Sheffield
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| AEG Rhodes
5-83
|-
|15
| 09 Jul 1947
| Surrey
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
| Abandoned
|
|
|-
|16
| 12 Jul 1947
|Lancashire
Old Trafford, Manchester
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 93 runs
| Price 6-63; Cranston 5-47
|-
|17
| 16 Jul 1947
| South Africa
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 3 wickets
| Smith 7-65 and 6-1; G H Pope 5-60 and 5-36
|-
|18
| 19 Jul 1947
| Nottinghamshire
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 15 runs
| Butler 6-38 and 5-79; G H Pope 6-20 and 6-81
|-
|19
| 23 Jul 1947
| Surrey
Kennington Oval >
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 193 runs
| Parker 204; A F Townsend
103; Bedser 6-66 and 5-36
|-
|20
| 26 Jul 1947
| Northamptonshire
Town Ground, Rushden
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 7 wickets
| FE Marsh
6-37; Broderick 8-16; C Gladwin
8-26
|-
|21
| 30 Jul 1947
| Leicestershire
Grace Road, Leicester
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 3 wickets
|JD Eggar
105; G H Pope 115; V Jackson 120; AEG Rhodes
6-73
|-
|22
| 02 Aug 1947
| Warwickshire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Ord 111; G H Pope 6-82
|-
|23
| 06 Aug 1947
| Essex
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 5 wickets
| Vigar 114; T Smith 163; Bailey 5-83 and 5-92
|-
|24
|09 Aug 1947
| Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| CS Elliott
215; JD Eggar
173; Winrow 204; Harvey 125
|-
|25
| 13 Aug 1947
| Yorkshire
North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| A F Townsend
137; Lester 127; Yardley 177 AEG Rhodes
8-162
|-
|26
| 16 Aug 1947
| Hampshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 68 runs
| Bailey 7-82; Hill 5-62; G H Pope 6-49
|-
|27
| 20 Aug 1947
| Middlesex
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 212 runs
| Brown 150; Compton 107; Young 6-28 Gothard scored hat-trick
|-
|28
| 23 Aug 1947
| Worcestershire
County Ground, New Road, Worcester
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 10 wickets
| W H Copson
5-15; Howorth 5-88
|-
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !! 100s
|-
| JD Eggar
||6 ||9 ||444 ||173 ||49.33 || 2
|-
| D Smith
||19 ||31 || 952 ||79 || 36.61 || 0
|-
| CS Elliott
||23 ||40 || 1337|| 215|| 33.42 || 1
|-
| T S Worthington
||15 ||25 || 705|| 130 || 32.04 || 2
|-
| DC Brooke-Taylor
|| 3 ||6 ||155 ||61*|| 31.00 || 0
|-
| A F Townsend
|| 24 ||43 || 1249 ||137 ||30.46 || 2
|-
| G H Pope || 19 ||29 || 684|| 115*|| 24.42 || 1
|-
| P Vaulkhard
||6 ||8 ||184 ||84 ||23.00 || 0
|-
| GO Dawkes
|| 4|| 6 || 105|| 49 ||21.00 || 0
|-
| A E Alderman
||22 ||38 || 721 ||71|| 20.02 || 0
|-
| FE Marsh
|| 19 ||32 || 476|| 63|| 19.04 || 0
|-
| AEG Rhodes
||25 ||39 || 627|| 61 ||18.44 || 0
|-
| AC Revill
|| 23 ||38 || 655 ||102 ||18.19 || 1
|-
| C Gladwin
||20 ||30 || 433|| 52 ||18.04 || 0
|-
| EJ Gothard
||20|| 28 || 216 ||40 ||11.36 || 0
|-
| W H Copson
|| 17 ||25 ||191|| 38* ||9.09 || 0
|-
| H Elliott
||4 ||6 || 32 ||13 ||8.00 || 0
|-
| RM Watson
|| 4 ||8 ||34 ||18* ||5.66|| 0
|-
| David Skinner
|| 1|| 1 || 1|| 1|| 1.00|| 0
|-
| HL Jackson
|| 1 ||2 || 0|| 0 ||0.00 || 0
|-
|}
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average
|-
| G H Pope || 4191 ||1904 ||102 ||7-16 ||18.66
|-
| C Gladwin
||4293 ||1807 ||102|| 9-119 ||17.71
|-
| W H Copson
|| 3741 ||1617|| 81 ||5-15 ||19.96
|-
| AEG Rhodes
|| 3528 ||1943|| 73 ||8-162 ||26.61
|-
| FE Marsh
||1156 || 536 ||22 ||6-37 ||24.36
|-
| T S Worthington
|| 1261 || 717 ||14 ||3-23|| 51.21
|-
| AC Revill
|| 602 ||374 ||10 ||2-9 ||37.40
|-
| EJ Gothard
|| 408 || 244 ||6 ||3-84 ||40.66
|-
| HL Jackson
||78 || 46 ||1 ||1-40 ||46.00
|-
| JD Eggar
|| 96 ||57 ||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...
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 seventy-six years. It was their forty-third season in the County Championship and they won twelve matches and lost ten to finish fifth in the County Championship.
1947 season
Derbyshire played 26 matches in the County Championship and two against touring sides from Ireland and South Africa. They won eleven matches in the Championship and won the game against Ireland.Edward Gothard
Edward Gothard
Edward James Gothard was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1947 and 1948 and captained the side in both years....
was brought into the side as captain in 1947 and the club saw a marked improvement in rating. Charlie Elliott
Charlie Elliott
Charles Standish 'Charlie' Elliott MBE was an English footballer, a first-class cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1932 and 1953 and an international cricket umpire.Elliott was born in Bolsover, Derbyshire...
was top scorer and Cliff Gladwin
Cliff Gladwin
Clifford Gladwin was an English cricketer, who played for Derbyshire from 1939 to 1958, and in eight Tests for England from 1947 to 1949...
and George Pope equalled on wickets taken in the County Championship at 102, but Gladwin took most overall with 117. Derbyshire struggled with the wicket-keeping. Denis Smith
Denis Smith (cricketer)
Denis Smith was a cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1927 and 1952 and in two Test matchs for England in 1935. He scored over 21,000 runs in first class cricket.Smith was born in Somercotes, Derbyshire...
was wicket-keeper for much of the season, but 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....
was brought back for a four match spell before George Dawkes joined for the last few matches of the season. Charlie Elliott and Alderman also took spells behing the stumps.
Apart from Gothard, debuting as captain three important players to join the club were HL Jackson
Les Jackson
Les Jackson was an English cricketer. A fast or fast-medium bowler renowned for his accurate bowling and particular hostility on uncovered wickets, he played county cricket for Derbyshire from 1947 to 1963, and was regularly at, or near the top of, the English bowling averages...
, George Dawkes
George Dawkes
George Owen Dawkes was a first-class cricketer who played for Leicestershire between 1937 and 1939 and for Derbyshire between 1947 and 1961 as a wicket keeper and a lower-order right-handed batsman...
and David Skinner
David Skinner (cricketer)
David Anthony Skinner was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1947 and captained the side in 1949....
. Jackson had a long career and was one of the club's leading bowlers. Dawkes came in as wicket-keeper for the last four matches of the season and remained as Derbyshire's wicket-keeper for many seasons. Skinner had a shorter career but was captain after Gothard. DC Brooke-Taylor
David Brooke-Taylor
David Charles Brooke-Taylor was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire from 1947 to 1949....
also joined the side as stand-in captain in his first game and played for three seasons. Richard Watson
Richard Watson (cricketer)
Richard Martin Watson was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1947.Watson was born at Bakewell, Derbyshire. He was educated at Denstone College where he was in the cricket team from 1936 to 1939...
played just 6 matches for Derbyshire which were all in the 1947 season.
Matches
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
| 10 May 1947
| 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...
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 100 runs
| Ames 104; C Gladwin
Cliff Gladwin
Clifford Gladwin was an English cricketer, who played for Derbyshire from 1939 to 1958, and in eight Tests for England from 1947 to 1949...
5-60; Wright 6-67
|-
|2
| 17 May 1947
| 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
| 2 wickets
| C Gladwin
Cliff Gladwin
Clifford Gladwin was an English cricketer, who played for Derbyshire from 1939 to 1958, and in eight Tests for England from 1947 to 1949...
5-82 and 5-33; Perks 5-84, P Jackson 5-72
|-
|3
| 24 May 1947
| 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="#00FF00"|Won
| 100 runs
| W H Copson
Bill Copson
Bill Copson was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1932 and 1950, and for England between 1939 and 1947. He took over 1,000 wickets for Derbyshire, and was prominent in their 1936 Championship season...
5-39; Grove 6-44
|-
|4
| 31 May 1947
| 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="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 25 runs
|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....
104; Clarke 5-51
|-
|5
| 04 Jun 1947
| 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...
St Helen's, Swansea
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Muncer 5-41
|-
|6
|07 Jun 1947
|Hampshire
Hampshire County Cricket Club
Hampshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Hampshire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1863 as a successor to the Hampshire county cricket teams and has played at the Antelope Ground from then until 1885, before moving to the County Ground where it...
United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 7 wickets
| McCorkell 103; Heath 7-49 and 6-103; G H Pope 6-61
|-
|7
| 11 Jun 1947
| 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...
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| Inningsand 125 runs
| G H Pope 6-34 and 7-16; Hazell 5-64
|-
|8
| 14 Jun 1947
| 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...
Cricket Field Road Ground, Horsham
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 99 runs
| G H Pope 5-63
|-
|9
|18 Jun 1947
| 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....
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 105 runs
| 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....
130; G H Pope 6-30; W H Copson
Bill Copson
Bill Copson was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1932 and 1950, and for England between 1939 and 1947. He took over 1,000 wickets for Derbyshire, and was prominent in their 1936 Championship season...
5-21
|-
|10
|21 Jun 1947
| 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...
Park Road Ground, Buxton
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 3 runs
| AC Revill
Alan Revill
Alan Revill was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1946 and 1957 and for Leicestershire from 1958 to 1960. He scored over 15,000 first-class runs....
102; C Gladwin
Cliff Gladwin
Clifford Gladwin was an English cricketer, who played for Derbyshire from 1939 to 1958, and in eight Tests for England from 1947 to 1949...
9-119 and 5-40; W H Copson
Bill Copson
Bill Copson was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1932 and 1950, and for England between 1939 and 1947. He took over 1,000 wickets for Derbyshire, and was prominent in their 1936 Championship season...
5-25
|-
|11
| 25 Jun 1947
| Ireland
Park Road Ground, Buxton
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 8 runs
| AEG Rhodes
Albert Rhodes
Albert Ennion Groucott "Dusty" Rhodes was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire and MCC between 1937 and 1954 and was also a Test match umpire.Rhodes was born at Tintwistle, Cheshire...
5-55
|-
|12
|28 Jun 1947
| 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...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 4 wickets
| C Gladwin
Cliff Gladwin
Clifford Gladwin was an English cricketer, who played for Derbyshire from 1939 to 1958, and in eight Tests for England from 1947 to 1949...
5-57; Wooller 5-60
|-
|13
| 02 Jul 1947
| 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....
Ashley Down Ground, Bristol
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 2 wickets
| Cook 5-60
|-
|14
| 05 Jul 1947
| 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...
Abbeydale Park, Sheffield
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| AEG Rhodes
Albert Rhodes
Albert Ennion Groucott "Dusty" Rhodes was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire and MCC between 1937 and 1954 and was also a Test match umpire.Rhodes was born at Tintwistle, Cheshire...
5-83
|-
|15
| 09 Jul 1947
| Surrey
Surrey County Cricket Club
Surrey County Cricket Club is one of the 18 professional county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Surrey. Its limited overs team is called the Surrey Lions...
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
| Abandoned
|
|
|-
|16
| 12 Jul 1947
|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 93 runs
| Price 6-63; Cranston 5-47
|-
|17
| 16 Jul 1947
| South Africa
South African cricket team in England in 1947
The South African cricket team toured England in the 1947 season to play a five-match Test series against England.England won the series 3-0 with 2 matches drawn.-Test series summary:* at Trent Bridge – match drawn...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 3 wickets
| Smith 7-65 and 6-1; G H Pope 5-60 and 5-36
|-
|18
| 19 Jul 1947
| 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="#00FF00"|Won
| 15 runs
| Butler 6-38 and 5-79; G H Pope 6-20 and 6-81
|-
|19
| 23 Jul 1947
| Surrey
Surrey County Cricket Club
Surrey County Cricket Club is one of the 18 professional county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Surrey. Its limited overs team is called the Surrey Lions...
Kennington Oval >
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 193 runs
| Parker 204; A F Townsend
Arnold Townsend
Arnold Frederick Townsend was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1934 to 1950.-Career:...
103; Bedser 6-66 and 5-36
|-
|20
| 26 Jul 1947
| 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...
Town Ground, Rushden
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 7 wickets
| FE Marsh
Eric Marsh
Frederick Eric Marsh was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1946 and 1949....
6-37; Broderick 8-16; C Gladwin
Cliff Gladwin
Clifford Gladwin was an English cricketer, who played for Derbyshire from 1939 to 1958, and in eight Tests for England from 1947 to 1949...
8-26
|-
|21
| 30 Jul 1947
| 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....
Grace Road, Leicester
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 3 wickets
|JD Eggar
John Eggar
John Drennan Eggar was an English schoolmaster and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Oxford University and Hampshire in 1938 and for Derbyshire from 1946 to 1954....
105; G H Pope 115; V Jackson 120; AEG Rhodes
Albert Rhodes
Albert Ennion Groucott "Dusty" Rhodes was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire and MCC between 1937 and 1954 and was also a Test match umpire.Rhodes was born at Tintwistle, Cheshire...
6-73
|-
|22
| 02 Aug 1947
| 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
|
| Ord 111; G H Pope 6-82
|-
|23
| 06 Aug 1947
| 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...
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 5 wickets
| Vigar 114; T Smith 163; Bailey 5-83 and 5-92
|-
|24
|09 Aug 1947
| 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="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| CS Elliott
Charlie Elliott
Charles Standish 'Charlie' Elliott MBE was an English footballer, a first-class cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1932 and 1953 and an international cricket umpire.Elliott was born in Bolsover, Derbyshire...
215; JD Eggar
John Eggar
John Drennan Eggar was an English schoolmaster and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Oxford University and Hampshire in 1938 and for Derbyshire from 1946 to 1954....
173; Winrow 204; Harvey 125
|-
|25
| 13 Aug 1947
| 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....
North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| A F Townsend
Arnold Townsend
Arnold Frederick Townsend was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1934 to 1950.-Career:...
137; Lester 127; Yardley 177 AEG Rhodes
Albert Rhodes
Albert Ennion Groucott "Dusty" Rhodes was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire and MCC between 1937 and 1954 and was also a Test match umpire.Rhodes was born at Tintwistle, Cheshire...
8-162
|-
|26
| 16 Aug 1947
| Hampshire
Hampshire County Cricket Club
Hampshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Hampshire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1863 as a successor to the Hampshire county cricket teams and has played at the Antelope Ground from then until 1885, before moving to the County Ground where it...
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 68 runs
| Bailey 7-82; Hill 5-62; G H Pope 6-49
|-
|27
| 20 Aug 1947
| Middlesex
Middlesex County Cricket Club
Middlesex 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 Middlesex. It was announced in February 2009 that Middlesex changed their limited overs name from the Middlesex Crusaders, to the...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 212 runs
| Brown 150; Compton 107; Young 6-28 Gothard scored hat-trick
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|28
| 23 Aug 1947
| 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...
County Ground, New Road, Worcester
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 10 wickets
| W H Copson
Bill Copson
Bill Copson was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1932 and 1950, and for England between 1939 and 1947. He took over 1,000 wickets for Derbyshire, and was prominent in their 1936 Championship season...
5-15; Howorth 5-88
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County Championship batting averages
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="70%"|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !! 100s
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| JD Eggar
John Eggar
John Drennan Eggar was an English schoolmaster and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Oxford University and Hampshire in 1938 and for Derbyshire from 1946 to 1954....
||6 ||9 ||444 ||173 ||49.33 || 2
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| D Smith
Denis Smith (cricketer)
Denis Smith was a cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1927 and 1952 and in two Test matchs for England in 1935. He scored over 21,000 runs in first class cricket.Smith was born in Somercotes, Derbyshire...
||19 ||31 || 952 ||79 || 36.61 || 0
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| CS Elliott
Charlie Elliott
Charles Standish 'Charlie' Elliott MBE was an English footballer, a first-class cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1932 and 1953 and an international cricket umpire.Elliott was born in Bolsover, Derbyshire...
||23 ||40 || 1337|| 215|| 33.42 || 1
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| 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....
||15 ||25 || 705|| 130 || 32.04 || 2
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| DC Brooke-Taylor
David Brooke-Taylor
David Charles Brooke-Taylor was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire from 1947 to 1949....
|| 3 ||6 ||155 ||61*|| 31.00 || 0
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| A F Townsend
Arnold Townsend
Arnold Frederick Townsend was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1934 to 1950.-Career:...
|| 24 ||43 || 1249 ||137 ||30.46 || 2
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| G H Pope || 19 ||29 || 684|| 115*|| 24.42 || 1
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| P Vaulkhard
Pat Vaulkhard
Patrick Vaulkhard was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Nottinghamshire in 1934 and for Derbyshire between 1946 and 1952, being captain in 1950....
||6 ||8 ||184 ||84 ||23.00 || 0
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| GO Dawkes
George Dawkes
George Owen Dawkes was a first-class cricketer who played for Leicestershire between 1937 and 1939 and for Derbyshire between 1947 and 1961 as a wicket keeper and a lower-order right-handed batsman...
|| 4|| 6 || 105|| 49 ||21.00 || 0
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| A E Alderman
Albert Alderman
Albert Edward Alderman was an English cricketer and footballer. He played cricket for Derbyshire between 1928 and 1948 and scored over 12,000 runs for the club. As a footballer, he played as an inside forward for Derby County and Burnley between 1928 and 1935.-Early life:Alderman was born in...
||22 ||38 || 721 ||71|| 20.02 || 0
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| FE Marsh
Eric Marsh
Frederick Eric Marsh was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1946 and 1949....
|| 19 ||32 || 476|| 63|| 19.04 || 0
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| AEG Rhodes
Albert Rhodes
Albert Ennion Groucott "Dusty" Rhodes was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire and MCC between 1937 and 1954 and was also a Test match umpire.Rhodes was born at Tintwistle, Cheshire...
||25 ||39 || 627|| 61 ||18.44 || 0
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| AC Revill
Alan Revill
Alan Revill was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1946 and 1957 and for Leicestershire from 1958 to 1960. He scored over 15,000 first-class runs....
|| 23 ||38 || 655 ||102 ||18.19 || 1
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| C Gladwin
Cliff Gladwin
Clifford Gladwin was an English cricketer, who played for Derbyshire from 1939 to 1958, and in eight Tests for England from 1947 to 1949...
||20 ||30 || 433|| 52 ||18.04 || 0
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| EJ Gothard
Edward Gothard
Edward James Gothard was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1947 and 1948 and captained the side in both years....
||20|| 28 || 216 ||40 ||11.36 || 0
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| W H Copson
Bill Copson
Bill Copson was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1932 and 1950, and for England between 1939 and 1947. He took over 1,000 wickets for Derbyshire, and was prominent in their 1936 Championship season...
|| 17 ||25 ||191|| 38* ||9.09 || 0
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| 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....
||4 ||6 || 32 ||13 ||8.00 || 0
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| RM Watson
Richard Watson (cricketer)
Richard Martin Watson was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1947.Watson was born at Bakewell, Derbyshire. He was educated at Denstone College where he was in the cricket team from 1936 to 1939...
|| 4 ||8 ||34 ||18* ||5.66|| 0
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| David Skinner
David Skinner (cricketer)
David Anthony Skinner was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1947 and captained the side in 1949....
|| 1|| 1 || 1|| 1|| 1.00|| 0
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| HL Jackson
Les Jackson
Les Jackson was an English cricketer. A fast or fast-medium bowler renowned for his accurate bowling and particular hostility on uncovered wickets, he played county cricket for Derbyshire from 1947 to 1963, and was regularly at, or near the top of, the English bowling averages...
|| 1 ||2 || 0|| 0 ||0.00 || 0
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County Championship bowling averages
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="70%"|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average
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| G H Pope || 4191 ||1904 ||102 ||7-16 ||18.66
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| C Gladwin
Cliff Gladwin
Clifford Gladwin was an English cricketer, who played for Derbyshire from 1939 to 1958, and in eight Tests for England from 1947 to 1949...
||4293 ||1807 ||102|| 9-119 ||17.71
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| W H Copson
Bill Copson
Bill Copson was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1932 and 1950, and for England between 1939 and 1947. He took over 1,000 wickets for Derbyshire, and was prominent in their 1936 Championship season...
|| 3741 ||1617|| 81 ||5-15 ||19.96
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| AEG Rhodes
Albert Rhodes
Albert Ennion Groucott "Dusty" Rhodes was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire and MCC between 1937 and 1954 and was also a Test match umpire.Rhodes was born at Tintwistle, Cheshire...
|| 3528 ||1943|| 73 ||8-162 ||26.61
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| FE Marsh
Eric Marsh
Frederick Eric Marsh was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1946 and 1949....
||1156 || 536 ||22 ||6-37 ||24.36
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| 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....
|| 1261 || 717 ||14 ||3-23|| 51.21
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| AC Revill
Alan Revill
Alan Revill was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1946 and 1957 and for Leicestershire from 1958 to 1960. He scored over 15,000 first-class runs....
|| 602 ||374 ||10 ||2-9 ||37.40
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| EJ Gothard
Edward Gothard
Edward James Gothard was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1947 and 1948 and captained the side in both years....
|| 408 || 244 ||6 ||3-84 ||40.66
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| HL Jackson
Les Jackson
Les Jackson was an English cricketer. A fast or fast-medium bowler renowned for his accurate bowling and particular hostility on uncovered wickets, he played county cricket for Derbyshire from 1947 to 1963, and was regularly at, or near the top of, the English bowling averages...
||78 || 46 ||1 ||1-40 ||46.00
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| JD Eggar
John Eggar
John Drennan Eggar was an English schoolmaster and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Oxford University and Hampshire in 1938 and for Derbyshire from 1946 to 1954....
|| 96 ||57 ||0 || ||
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Wicket Keepers
- Denis SmithDenis Smith (cricketer)Denis Smith was a cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1927 and 1952 and in two Test matchs for England in 1935. He scored over 21,000 runs in first class cricket.Smith was born in Somercotes, Derbyshire...
Catches 30, Stumping 0 - CS ElliottCharlie ElliottCharles Standish 'Charlie' Elliott MBE was an English footballer, a first-class cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1932 and 1953 and an international cricket umpire.Elliott was born in Bolsover, Derbyshire...
Catches 22, Stumping 1 - 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 7, Stumping 1 - GO DawkesGeorge DawkesGeorge Owen Dawkes was a first-class cricketer who played for Leicestershire between 1937 and 1939 and for Derbyshire between 1947 and 1961 as a wicket keeper and a lower-order right-handed batsman...
Catches 3, Stumping 0