Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1926
1926 season | |||
Captain | Guy Jackson | ||
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County Championship | 11 | ||
Most runs | Harry Storer | ||
Most wickets | Stan Worthington | ||
Most catches | Harry Elliott | ||
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Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1926 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for fifty five years. It was their twenty-eighth season in the County Championship and they won five matches to finish eleventh in the County Championship..
1926 season
Derbyshire played 24 games in the County Championship, and one match against the touring Australians. The majority of matches were drawn, and Derbyshire suffered heavy defeats at the hands of champion county Lancashire.
Guy Jackson was in his fifth season as captain. Harry Storer was top scorer and took 41 wickets as well. Stan Worthington took most wickets with 56.
Neville Ford played the first of several seasons for Derbyshire but William Parrington appeared only in 1926. Henry Jordan played in just one match without scoring, while Albert Blount reappeared for two matches twelve years after he had last played for the County. Stalwarts Samuel Cadman and Arthur Morton played their last games for the club.
Matches
List of matches | |||||
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No. | Date | V | Result | Margin | Notes |
1 | 8 May 1926 [1] | Yorkshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston |
Drawn | Macaulay 6-34 | |
2 | 15 May 1926 [2] | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester |
Lost | Innings and 214 runs | Hallows 110 |
3 | 22 May 1926 [3] | Warwickshire County Ground, Derby |
Drawn | Bates 187; Partridge 5-77 | |
4 | 26 May 1926 [4] | Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton |
Drawn | Jupp 109; H Storer 5-46 | |
5 | 29 May 1926 [5] | Glamorgan Queen's Park, Chesterfield |
Lost | 8 wickets | Bates 100; Mercer 5-50 |
6 | 5 Jun 1926 [6] | Essex County Ground, Derby |
Lost | Innings and 153 runs | Freeman 172; AHM Jackson 5-84; Palmer 5-31 |
7 | 9 Jun 1926 [7] | Kent Garrison 1 Cricket Ground, Chatham |
Drawn | Hardinge 134; Freeman 5-82; Wright 5-36 | |
8 | 12 Jun 1926 [8] | Leicestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |
Abandoned | ||
9 | 19 Jun 1926 [9] | Gloucestershire The Town Ground, Burton-on-Trent |
Drawn | Dipper 118 | |
10 | 23 Jun 1926 [10] | Australians Queen's Park, Chesterfield |
Drawn | Bardsley 127 | |
11 | 26 Jun 1926 [11] | Somerset Recreation Ground, Bath |
Lost | Innings and 1 run | Bridges 5-59; Hunt 5-90 |
12 | 30 Jun 1926 [12] | Gloucestershire Greenbank, Bristol |
Won | 6 wickets | GM Lee 5-89; Sinfield 5-80 |
13 | 3 Jul 1926 [13] | Glamorgan Ynysangharad Park, Pontypridd |
Drawn | Riches 136; H Storer 5-90 | |
14 | 10 Jul 1926 [14] | Somerset County Ground, Derby |
Won | 139 runs | H Storer 132 and 6-48; Bridges 5-120 |
15 | 14 Jul 1926 [15] | Yorkshire Bramall Lane, Sheffield |
Drawn | ||
16 | 17 Jul 1926 [16] | Leicestershire Aylestone Road, Leicester |
Lost | Innings and 51 runs | Taylor 107; Lord 5-40; GM Lee 5-57 |
17 | 24 Jul 1926 [17] | Lancashire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |
Lost | Innings and 150 runs | Hallows 100; Watson 109; Tyldesley 5-17 and 5-18 |
18 | 28 Jul 1926 [18] | Worcestershire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston |
Won | 2 wickets | Fox 105; Root 5-56 and 6-83; A Morton 5-44 |
19 | 31 Jul 1926 [19] | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham |
Drawn | J Bowden 106; W Quaife 5-81; GM Lee 6-76 | |
20 | 4 Aug 1926 [20] | Worcestershire Chester Road North Ground, Kidderminster |
Won | 83 runs | Fox 141; WIlson 5-97 and 5-74; A Morton 5-71 |
21 | 7 Aug 1926 [21] | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham |
Drawn | Payton 133; H Larwood 5-44; Richmond 5-98 | |
22 | 11 Aug 1926 [22] | Essex County Ground, Leyton |
Drawn | Russell 102*; A Morton 5-94 | |
23 | 14 Aug 1926 [23] | Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston |
Lost | 50 runs | Payton 100*; Staples 5-76 and 6-51; Richmond 5-78; L F Townsend 6-32 |
24 | 18 Aug 1926 [24] | Northamptonshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |
Won | Innings and 69 runs | L F Townsend 5-14; Jupp 5-98 |
25 | 21 Aug 1926 [25] | Kent County Ground, Derby |
Drawn | GM Lee 191 and 5-87; T S Worthington 5-74; Freeman 6-120 | |
Statistics
County Championship batting averages
Name | Matches | Inns | Runs | High score | Average | 100s |
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H Storer | 21 | 37 | 1206 | 132 | 36.54 | 1 |
J Bowden | 23 | 40 | 1189 | 106 | 30.48 | 1 |
GM Lee | 22 | 40 | 1103 | 191 | 29.02 | 1 |
GR Jackson | 23 | 39 | 845 | 98 | 21.66 | 0 |
L F Townsend | 23 | 40 | 793 | 89 | 20.86 | 0 |
JL Crommelin-Brown | 7 | 11 | 229 | 68 | 20.81 | 0 |
T S Worthington | 23 | 36 | 656 | 84 | 20.50 | 0 |
EF Loney | 6 | 10 | 164 | 39* | 20.50 | 0 |
JM Hutchinson | 23 | 38 | 696 | 81 | 19.88 | 0 |
AHM Jackson | 6 | 10 | 110 | 36* | 18.33 | 0 |
A Morton | 19 | 28 | 361 | 56* | 16.40 | 0 |
WF Parrington | 6 | 11 | 148 | 47 | 14.80 | 0 |
NM Ford | 2 | 2 | 28 | 20 | 14.00 | 0 |
A Blount | 2 | 3 | 41 | 17 | 13.66 | 0 |
H Elliott | 23 | 32 | 222 | 34* | 11.68 | 0 |
W Carter | 4 | 6 | 69 | 35 | 11.50 | 0 |
JA Cresswell | 8 | 11 | 61 | 18* | 10.16 | 0 |
SWA Cadman | 1 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 9.50 | 0 |
W Shardlow | 10 | 13 | 37 | 16 | 4.11 | 0 |
HGB Jordan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 [26] |
County Championship bowling averages
Name | Balls | Runs | Wickets | BB | Average |
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T S Worthington | 4481 | 1656 | 56 | 5-74 | 29.57 |
A Morton | 3515 | 1233 | 49 | 5-44 | 25.16 |
H Storer | 3178 | 1406 | 41 | 6-48 | 34.29 |
GM Lee | 2186 | 965 | 40 | 6-76 | 24.12 |
L F Townsend | 2254 | 854 | 38 | 6-32 | 22.47 |
W Shardlow | 1753 | 761 | 20 | 4-64 | 38.05 |
AHM Jackson | 660 | 371 | 17 | 5-84 | 21.82 |
JA Cresswell | 966 | 371 | 11 | 2-34 | 33.72 |
JM Hutchinson | 786 | 434 | 11 | 2-9 | 39.45 |
EF Loney | 834 | 259 | 11 | 4-27 | 23.54 |
SWA Cadman | 228 | 85 | 2 | 1-25 | 42.50 |
A Blount | 186 | 70 | 1 | 1-38 | 70.00 |
W Carter | 132 | 82 | 0 | ||
GR Jackson | 90 | 42 | 0 [27] |
Wicket Keeper
H Elliott Catches 35 Stumping 12
See also
References
- ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Yorkshire 8 May 1926
- ↑ Cricket Archive Lancashire v Derbyshire 15 May 1926
- ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Warwickshire 22 May 1926
- ↑ Cricket Archive Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 26 May 1926
- ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Glamorgan 29 May 1926
- ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Essex 5 Jun 1926
- ↑ Cricket Archive Kent v Derbyshire 9 Jun 1926
- ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Leicestershire 12 Jun 1926
- ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 19 Jun 1926
- ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Australians 23 Jun 1926
- ↑ Cricket Archive Somerset v Derbyshire 26 Jun 1926
- ↑ Cricket Archive Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 30 Jun 1926
- ↑ Cricket Archive Glamorgan v Derbyshire 3 Jul 1926
- ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Somerset 10 Jul 1926
- ↑ Cricket Archive Yorkshire v Derbyshire 14 Jul 1926
- ↑ Cricket Archive Leicestershire v Derbyshire 17 Jul 1926
- ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Lancashire 24 Jul 1926
- ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Worcestershire 28 Jul 1926
- ↑ Cricket Archive Warwickshire v Derbyshire 31 Jul 1926
- ↑ Cricket Archive Worcestershire v Derbyshire 4 Aug 1926
- ↑ Cricket Archive Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 7 Aug 1926
- ↑ Cricket Archive Essex v Derbyshire 11 Aug 1926
- ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 14 Aug 1926
- ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 18 Aug 1926
- ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Kent 21 Aug 1926
- ↑ Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1926
- ↑ Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1926