Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1933

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1933 season
CaptainA W Richardson
County Championship6
Most runsLeslie Townsend
Most wicketsTommy Mitchell
Most catchesHarry Elliott
← 1932 1934 →

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1933 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for sixty two years. It was their thirty-fifth season in the County Championship and they won eleven matches to finish sixth.

1933 season

Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, and one match against the touring West Indians. They won eleven of their games in the County Championship and lost eleven to come sixth. This was an advance on tenth place in the previous year and a further step on the road towards winning the championship in 1936. They drew with the West Indians.

A. W. Richardson was in his third season as captain in 1933. Leslie Townsend was top scorer. Tommy Mitchell took most wickets.

George Pope, the second of the three Pope brothers to play for the county, made his debut in the season. He was a useful all-rounder who added strength to the Derbyshire side for many years.[1]

Matches

List of matches
No. Date V Result Margin Notes
1 13 May 1933[2] Yorkshire
The Circle, Hull 		Lost 6 wickets Verity 6-12 and 6-41; L F Townsend 6-38
2 17 May 1933[3] Somerset
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston 		Won 7 wickets T. B. Mitchell 5-46; MacDonald-Watson 5-27; L F Townsend 5-59
3 20 May 1933[4] Kent
County Ground, Derby 		Won 8 wickets Ames 143; W H Copson 5-38; T. B. Mitchell 8-92
4 24 May 1933[5] Leicestershire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Won Innings and 86 runs GM Lee 107; T. B. Mitchell 6-40
5 27 May 1933[6] Hampshire
United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth 		Drawn Boyes 6-5; L F Townsend 7-35
6 31 May 1933[7] Essex
County Ground, Derby 		Won 8 wickets H Storer 232; Taylor 134; T. B. Mitchell 5-80
7 03 Jun 1933[8] Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham 		Lost 8 wickets Wyatt 166; Paine 5-38
8 07 Jun 1933[9] Worcestershire
County Ground, New Road, Worcester 		Drawn Walters 124; Perks 5-50
9 10 Jun 1933[10] Leicestershire
Park Road Ground, Loughborough 		Won Innings and 77 runs Berry 111; L F Townsend 233; T. B. Mitchell 6-36
10 14 Jun 1933 [11] West Indies
County Ground, Derby 		Drawn Headley 200
11 17 Jun 1933[12] Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham 		Lost Innings and 121 runs Carr 137; Staples 7-20
12 21 Jun 1933[13] Gloucestershire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Won 71 runs Goddard 5-49 and 6-52; L F Townsend 6-64 and 8-26
13 24 Jun 1933[14] Somerset
Agricultural Showgrounds, Frome 		Lost 89 runs Ingle 103; T R Armstrong 7-57; Young 6-30
14 28 Jun 1933[15] Lancashire
Park Road Ground, Buxton 		Lost 3 wickets Sibbles 5-49; T. B. Mitchell 6-69
15 01 Jul 1933[16] Nottinghamshire
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston 		Lost 57 runs A Staples 113; T S Worthington 108; S Staples 6-103
16 05 Jul 1933[17] Essex
County Ground, Leyton 		Drawn L F Townsend 151; Nichols 135; T Smith 6-112
17 08 Jul 1933[18] Worcestershire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Won Innings and 234 runs T S Worthington 200*; T. B. Mitchell 5-20 and 6-44
18 15 Jul 1933[19] Sussex
County Ground, Derby 		Lost 6 wickets Parks 122; T. B. Mitchell 5-74; Langridge 5-63
19 22 Jul 1933[20] Northamptonshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Won 157 runs L F Townsend 99 and 106; Jupp 6–104; T R Armstrong 7-87
20 26 Jul 1933[21] Sussex
County Ground, Hove 		Lost 169 runs W H Copson 5-59; Cornford 5-26; A V Pope 7-84
21 29 Jul 1933[22] Middlesex
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Lost 8 wickets Sims 8-47; T. B. Mitchell 7-86; Hearne 9-61
22 05 Aug 1933[23] Warwickshire
County Ground, Derby 		Won 317 runs L F Townsend 172; Wyatt 102; Paine 5-115
23 09 Aug 1933[24] Kent
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury 		Lost 160 runs Woolley 161; W H Copson 5-62; Freeman 6-30 and 6-82
24 12 Aug 1933[25] Yorkshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Drawn L F Townsend 100; T. B. Mitchell 6-66
25 16 Aug 1933[26] Gloucestershire
College Ground, Cheltenham 		Lost Innings and 85 runs Hammond 231; W H Copson 7-62; Parker 7-93;
26 19 Aug 1933[27] Hampshire
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston 		Drawn Mead 227; Hill 5-23
27 23 Aug 1933[28] Middlesex
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood 		Won 141 runs Judge 5-27; W H Copson 5-28; T. B. Mitchell 5-62 and 6-53
28 26 Aug 1933[29] Northamptonshire
County Ground, Northampton 		Won Innings and 184 runs GM Lee 128; L F Townsend 142; D Smith 129*
29 30 Aug 1933[30] Lancashire
Stanley Park, Blackpool 		Drawn Sibbles 5-62; T. B. Mitchell 8-38

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s
L F Townsend 27 49 1954 233 44.40 6
H Storer 15 26 1109 232 44.36 1
T S Worthington 27 47 1221 200* 29.78 2
A W Richardson 9 15 304 65* 27.63 0
A F Skinner 15 26 696 85 26.76 0
A E Alderman 21 38 930 83* 25.83 0
GR Jackson 5 8 206 96 25.75 0
GM Lee 25 44 979 128 23.30 2
D Smith 26 46 859 129* 20.45 1
A V Pope 24 38 697 72 19.36 0
H Elliott 28 44 651 94 19.14 0
TA Higson 4 8 146 51 18.25 0
GH Pope 2 3 44 32 14.66 0
LB Blaxland 8 14 193 64 13.78 0
C S Elliott 2 3 38 38 12.66 0
CC Clarke 7 11 137 31 12.45 0
T. B. Mitchell 25 35 245 37 11.13 0
W H Copson 26 33 172 43 6.61 0
T R Armstrong 12 20 62 18* 4.42 0 [31]

County Championship bowling averages

Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average
T. B. Mitchell 6711 2568 136 8-38 18.88
W H Copson 4908 1921 90 7-62 21.34
L F Townsend 4615 1472 87 8-26 16.91
T S Worthington 3076 1351 50 4-48 27.02
T R Armstrong 2106 832 32 7-57 26.00
A V Pope 2323 886 23 7-84 38.52
GM Lee 1158 527 13 2-30 40.53
A F Skinner 203 136 6 2-12 22.66
H Storer 420 232 4 1-14 58.00
C S Elliott 84 45 1 1-45 45.00
D Smith 31 24 0
A E Alderman 6 7 0 [32]

Wicket Keeper

See also

References

  1. ^ W.T. Taylor History of Derbyshire cricket Wisden 1953
  2. ^ Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire 13 May 1933
  3. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Somerset 17 May 1933
  4. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Kent 20 May 1933
  5. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Leicestershire 24 May 1933
  6. ^ Cricket Archive - Hampshire v Derbyshire 27 May 1933
  7. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Essex 31 May 1933
  8. ^ Cricket Archive - Warwickshire v Derbyshire 03 Jun 1933
  9. ^ Cricket Archive - Worcestershire v Derbyshire 07 Jun 1933
  10. ^ Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire 10 Jun 1933
  11. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v West Indians 14 Jun 1933
  12. ^ Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 17 Jun 1933
  13. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 21 Jun 1933
  14. ^ Cricket Archive - Somerset v Derbyshire 24 Jun 1933
  15. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire 28 Jun 1933
  16. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 01 Jul 1933
  17. ^ Cricket Archive - Essex v Derbyshire 05 Jul 1933
  18. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Worcestershire 08 Jul 1933
  19. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Sussex 15 Jul 1933
  20. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 22 Jul 1933
  21. ^ Cricket Archive - Sussex v Derbyshire 26 Jul 1933
  22. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Middlesex 29 Jul 1933
  23. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Warwickshire 05 Aug 1933
  24. ^ Cricket Archive - Kent v Derbyshire 09 Aug 1933
  25. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire 12 Aug 1933
  26. ^ Cricket Archive - Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 16 Aug 1933
  27. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Hampshire 19 Aug 1933
  28. ^ Cricket Archive - Middlesex v Derbyshire 23 Aug 1933
  29. ^ Cricket Archive - Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 26 Aug 1933
  30. ^ Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire 30 Aug 1933
  31. ^ Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire
  32. ^ Bowling for Derbyshire