Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1924

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1924 season
Captain Guy Jackson
County Championship 17
Most runs Guy Jackson
Most wickets Billy Bestwick
Most catches Harry Elliott
← 1923 1925 →

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1924 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for fifty three years. It was their twenty sixth season in the County Championship and they failed to win a match, finishing seventeenth in the County Championship.

1924 season

Guy Jackson was in his third season as captain. After a steady rise since in the championship table since the low point of 1920, the team slumped to the bottom again in 1924 without winning a match. Jackson himself was top scorer, and Billy Bestwick took most wickets with 65.

Players making their debut were Fred Heath brother of John, and Archibald Ackroyd both of whom played in a later season, but in few matches overall. Edward Bedford and Alfred Rose played their only appearanced for Derbyshire in the season with one match each.

Matches

List of matches
No. Date V Result Margin Notes
1 3 May 1924 [1] Lancashire
Old Trafford, Manchester 		Drawn SWA Cadman 5-36; Parkin 8-20
2 7 May 1924 [2] South Africans
County Ground, Derby 		Drawn
3 10 May 1924 [3] Leicestershire
Aylestone Road, Leicester 		Drawn Geary 7-45; W Bestwick 8-36
4 17 May 1924 [4] Glamorgan
Cardiff Arms Park 		Lost 7 wickets Spencer 5-32; Ryan 5-19
5 21 May 1924 [5] Surrey
County Ground, Derby 		Lost 6 wickets Jennings 6-51; W Bestwick 5-64
6 24 May 1924 [6] Lancashire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Lost Innings and 1 run Parkin 7-57 and 5-6; H Storer 5-27; R Tyldesley 5-30
7 31 May 1924 [7] Worcestershire
County Ground, Derby 		Drawn
8 7 Jun 1924 [8] Warwickshire
County Ground, Derby 		Drawn
9 14 Jun 1924 [9] Yorkshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Lost 137 runs J Horsley 6-42
10 18 Jun 1924 [10] Surrey
Kennington Oval 		Lost Innings and 34 runs Jack Hobbs 118; Sadler 5-32
11 21 Jun 1924 [11] Somerset
The Town Ground, Burton-on-Trent 		Lost Innings and 55 runs MacBryan 132; Lyon 219; Bridges 7-56
12 25 Jun 1924 [12] Northamptonshire
County Ground, Northampton 		Lost 213 runs Woolley 124; SWA Cadman 125; Wells 5-13
13 28 Jun 1924 [13] Leicestershire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Lost 7 wickets JM Hutchinson 143; Skelding 6-107 and 5-40; Geary 5-19
14 5 Jul 1924 [14] Gloucestershire
Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester 		Drawn Salter 135; A Morton 5-92; Parker 6-124
15 9 Jul 1924 [15] Somerset
Recreation Ground, Bath 		Lost 192 runs White 5-25
16 12 Jul 1924 [16] Glamorgan
St Helen's, Swansea 		Lost Innings and 107 runs Riches 170; Arnott 102; Davies 5-39; Ryan 5-71
17 19 Jul 1924 [17] Northamptonshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Drawn
18 23 Jul 1924 [18] Gloucestershire
County Ground, Derby 		Lost 9 runs Parker 8-35; A Morton 6-58
19 30 Jul 1924 [19] Yorkshire
Fartown, Huddersfield 		Drawn Holmes 107; Rhodes 6-25
20 2 Aug 1924 [20] Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham 		Drawn Hewetson 5-31
21 6 Aug 1924 [21] Worcestershire
County Ground, New Road, Worcester 		Lost 223 runs Root 7-37 and 5-67
22 9 Aug 1924 [22] Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham 		Lost 7 wickets Richmond 6-76; Flint 6-53
23 13 Aug 1924 [23] Essex
County Ground, Leyton 		Drawn A Morton 120
24 16 Aug 1924 [24] Nottinghamshire
County Ground, Derby 		Drawn GR Jackson 103; Carr 101; JS Heath 5-54
25 20 Aug 1924 [25] Essex
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Drawn

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s
JL Crommelin-Brown 3 6 202 74 33.66 0
WWH Hill-Wood 2 3 83 50 27.66 0
GR Jackson 23 38 855 103 24.42 1
SWA Cadman 22 38 799 125* 22.82 1
CJ Corbett 3 4 71 31 17.75 0
J Horsley 23 35 494 66 17.64 0
L Oliver 3 5 68 36 17.00 0
A Morton 21 30 442 120* 16.37 1
L F Townsend 24 37 556 79 15.88 0
JM Hutchinson 23 38 583 143 15.75 1
J Bowden 16 27 367 39 15.29 0
ST McMillan 2 3 30 24 15.00 0
FR Heath 3 4 59 17 14.75 0
JS Heath 4 5 59 28 14.75 0
AHM Jackson 6 8 103 56 12.87 0
FG Peach 2 4 58 32 14.50 0
W Carter 14 25 289 57 12.04 0
H Elliott 24 37 283 32* 11.79 0
R Pratt 3 6 51 17* 10.20 0
H Storer 14 26 178 18 6.84 0
A Ackroyd 4 6 38 15 6.33 0
T S Worthington 1 2 12 12 6.00 0
W Bestwick 19 29 80 18 3.63 0
WJV Tomlinson 1 2 4 4 2.00 0
EHR Bedford 1 2 3 3 1.50 0
JA Cresswell 2 3 2 2* 1.00 0
A Rose 1 1 0 0 0.00 0 [26]

County Championship bowling averages

Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average
W Bestwick 3544 1396 65 8-36 21.47
A Morton 4165 1458 62 6-58 23.51
J Horsley 3039 1166 55 6-42 21.20
L F Townsend 1886 723 26 3-20 27.80
SWA Cadman 2134 640 25 5-36 25.60
H Storer 738 309 15 5-27 20.60
A Ackroyd 633 256 8 3-50 32.00
JS Heath 258 183 6 5-54 30.50
AHM Jackson 61 17 3 1-0 5.66
FR Heath 71 47 3 2-4 15.66
T S Worthington 168 98 3 3-66 32.66
JA Cresswell 222 108 3 3-29 36.00
W Carter 312 222 3 1-21 74.00
JM Hutchinson 114 87 2 1-1 43.50
WJV Tomlinson 72 59 1 1-59 59.00
WWH Hill-Wood 156 104 0
JL Crommelin-Brown 78 41 0
GR Jackson 60 35 0
CJ Corbett 18 14 0
FG Peach 18 21 0
J Bowden 6 1 0 [27]

Wicket Keeper

Harry Elliott Catches 29, Stumping 8

See also

References

  1. ↑ Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire 3 May 1924
  2. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v South Africans 7 May 1924
  3. ↑ Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire 10 May 1924
  4. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Glamorgan 17 May 1924
  5. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Surrey 21 May 1924
  6. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire 24 May 1924
  7. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Worcestershire 31 May 1924
  8. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Warwickshire 7 Jun 1924
  9. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire 14 Jun 1924
  10. ↑ Cricket Archive - Surrey v Derbyshire 18 Jun 1924
  11. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Somerset 21 Jun 1924
  12. ↑ Cricket Archive - Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 25 Jun 1924
  13. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Leicestershire 28 Jun 1924
  14. ↑ Cricket Archive - Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 5 Jul 1924
  15. ↑ Cricket Archive - Somerset v Derbyshire 9 Jul 1924
  16. ↑ Cricket Archive - Glamorgan v Derbyshire 12 Jul 1924
  17. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 19 Jul 1924
  18. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 23 Jul 1924
  19. ↑ Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire 30 Jul 1924
  20. ↑ Cricket Archive - Warwickshire v Derbyshire 2 Aug 1924
  21. ↑ Cricket Archive - Worcestershire v Derbyshire 6 Aug 1924
  22. ↑ Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 9 Aug 1924
  23. ↑ Cricket Archive - Essex v Derbyshire 13 Aug 1924
  24. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 16 Aug 1924
  25. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Essex 20 Aug 1924
  26. ↑ Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1924
  27. ↑ Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1924

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