Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1935

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1935 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire were runners up in the County Championship for the first time, as a prelude to winning the Championship in the 1936 season. They had been playing for sixty four years and it was their thirty-seventh season in the County Championship.

1935 season

A. W. Richardson became captain in the 1931 season, and building on foundations of his predecessors forged a team that were runners up in 1935 before going on to take the Championship in the 1936 season. Their record was in fact better in 1935 than in their championship year.

Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, and one match against the touring South Africans. Denis Smith was top scorer in the County Championships. Tommy Mitchell took 160 wickets in the championship and a further eight to make him top bowler and set a lasting record of most wickets in a season. Against Leicestershire in 1935 he took all ten for 64 in an innings.

Denis Smith also played for England in two Test matches against the South Africans and was Wisden Cricketer of the Year..

Gilbert Hodgkinson, future captain made his debut in the season.

Matches

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" |- ! colspan="6"| List of matches |- !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes |- |1 | 11 May 1935 Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Yorkshire 11 May 1935 | Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | | D Smith 189; A E Alderman 100; Hedley Verity 5-118 and 5-74 |- |2 |15 May 1935 Cricket Archive Surrey v Derbyshire 15 May 1935 | Surrey Kennington Oval | style="background:#0f0;"|Won |9 wickets | T. B. Mitchell 8-78 |- |3 |18 May 1935 Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Leicestershire 18 May 1935 | Leicestershire County Ground, Derby | style="background:#0f0;"|Won |10 wickets | W H Copson 5-37 |- |4 |25 May 1935 Cricket Archive Essex v Derbyshire 25 May 1935 | Essex Old County Ground, Brentwood | style="background:#0f0;"|Won |4 wickets | W H Copson 5-28; T. B. Mitchell 5-56; Eastman 5-36 and 6-60 |- |5 |29 May 1935 Cricket Archive Derbyshire v South Africans 29 May 1935 |South AfricansRutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston | style="background:#f00;"|Lost |209 runs |Viljoen 153; Cameron 132; T. B. Mitchell 5-167 |- |6 |01 Jun 1935 Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Hampshire 01 Jun 1935 | Hampshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | style="background:#0f0;"|Won |Innings and 104 runs | D Smith 225 |- |7 |05 Jun 1935 Cricket Archive Worcestershire v Derbyshire 05 Jun 1935 | Worcestershire County Ground, New Road, Worcester | style="background:#f00;"|Lost |9 wickets | Howorth 6-16 |- |8 |08 Jun 1935 Cricket Archive Warwickshire v Derbyshire 08 Jun 1935 | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham | style="background:#f00;"|Lost |6 wickets | Wyatt 5-30 |- |9 |15 Jun 1935 Cricket Archive Leicestershire v Derbyshire 15 Jun 1935 | Leicestershire Aylestone Road, Leicester | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | | H Smith 5-51; Geary 5-46; T. B. Mitchell 10-64; Marlow 5-69 |- |10 |19 Jun 1935 Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Somerset 19 Jun 1935 | Somerset County Ground, Derby | style="background:#0f0;"|Won |114 runs | W H Copson 5-15; Derbyshire played one ball in their second innings before declaring |- |11 |26 Jun 1935 Cricket Archive Lancashire v Derbyshire 26 Jun 1935 |Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester | style="background:#0f0;"|Won |7 runs | Booth 5-54 |- |12 |29 Jun 1935 Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 29 Jun 1935 | Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston | style="background:#0f0;"|Won |7 wickets | T S Worthington 126; Voce 5-87 |- |13 |03 Jul 1935 Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Surrey 03 Jul 1935 | Surrey Queen's Park, Chesterfield | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | | Holmes 206; T S Worthington 107; Watts 6-74; A V Pope 5-34 |- |14 |06 Jul 1935Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Lancashire 06 Jul 1935 | Lancashire Park Road Ground, Buxton | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | | T R Armstrong 5-13; L F Townsend 5-35 |- |15 |10 Jul 1935 Cricket Archive Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 10 Jul 1935 | Gloucestershire Ashley Down Ground, Bristol | style="background:#f00;"|Lost |68 runs | T. B. Mitchell 6-126; Goddard 6-62; A V Pope 5-48 |- |16 |13 Jul 1935 Cricket Archive Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 13 Jul 1935 | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham | style="background:#f00;"|Lost |3 wickets | Gunn 113 |- |17 |17 Jul 1935 Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Kent 17 Jul 1935 | Kent Queen's Park, Chesterfield | style="background:#0f0;"|Won |Innings and 75 runs | A V Pope 5-37; Todd 6-94; T. B. Mitchell 7-66 |- |18 |20 Jul 1935 Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 20 Jul 1935 | Gloucestershire The Town Ground, Burton-on-Trent | style="background:#0f0;"|Won |10 wickets | W H Copson 5-31 |- |19 |24 Jul 1935 Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Sussex 24 Jul 1935 | Sussex Queen's Park, Chesterfield | style="background:#f00;"|Lost |7 wickets | Parks 119 |- |20 |27 Jul 1935 Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 27 Jul 1935 | Northamptonshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | style="background:#0f0;"|Won |10 wickets | T. B. Mitchell 8-67; L F Townsend 5-21 |- |21 |31 Jul 1935 Cricket Archive Sussex v Derbyshire 31 Jul 1935 | Sussex County Ground, Hove | style="background:#0f0;"|Won |5 wickets | Langridge 106; Cornford 7-76; W H Copson 6-42 |- |22 |03 Aug 1935 Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Warwickshire 03 Aug 1935 | Warwickshire County Ground, Derby | style="background:#0f0;"|Won |77 runs | L F Townsend 103; Santall 113; Hollies 6-75; T. B. Mitchell 5-63 |- |23 |07 Aug 1935 Cricket Archive Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 07 Aug 1935 | Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton | style="background:#0f0;"|Won |100 runs |L F Townsend 102; Clark 5-33; T. B. Mitchell 7-73; W H Copson 5-44 |- |24 |10 Aug 1935 Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Essex 10 Aug 1935 | Essex Queen's Park, Chesterfield | style="background:#0f0;"|Won |21 runs | T. B. Mitchell 7-97; Nichols 8-58 |- |25 |14 Aug 1935 Cricket Archive Yorkshire v Derbyshire 14 Aug 1935 | Yorkshire North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough | style="background:#f00;"|Lost |10 wickets

Statistics County Championship batting averages Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100sD Smith 23 45 1697 225 42.42 2 A F Skinner 10 18 550 81 36.66 0 L F Townsend 27 47 1560 180 35.45 3 T S Worthington 24 40 1276 126 33.57 2 H Storer 13 24 635 79 27.60 0 A E Alderman 28 50 1134 100 24.65 1 E Carrington 23 36 812 74 23.88 0 C S Elliott 2 4 90 52 22.50 0 G H Pope 23 38 685 67 21.40 0 A W Richardson 21 34 549 59 17.70 0 LB Blaxland 3 5 83 28 16.60 0 H Elliott 28 41 432 46 15.42 0 A F Townsend 6 8 108 47 15.42 0 A V Pope 27 42 490 62 13.61 0 W H Copson 18 23 134 22* 9.57 0 GR Jackson 2 3 22 15 7.33 0 T. B. Mitchell 25 37 169 29 6.03 0 WWH Hill-Wood 2 4 10 4 3.33 0 T R Armstrong 1 1 2 2 2.00 0 GF Hodgkinson 2 3 5 5 1.66 0 0 0 Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1935

In addition Thomas Higson played in the match against the South Africans.

County Championship bowling averages Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average T. B. Mitchell 4883 3059 160 10-64 19.11 A V Pope 4560 1639 85 5-34 19.28 W H Copson 3000 1174 71 6-42 16.53 L F Townsend 3947 1398 62 5-21 22.54 G H Pope 2769 1217 62 5-126 19.62 T S Worthington1766 871 23 3-19 37.86 T R Armstrong 389 58 6 5-13 9.66 D Smith 132 68 1 1-48 68.00 LB Blaxland 18 1 0 E Carrington 36 21 0 H Elliott 3 5 0 W W H Hill-Wood72 63 0 H Storer 24 11 0 A E Alderman 66 30 0 A F Townsend 6 7 0 Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1935

Wicket Keeper

H Elliott Catches 66 Stumping 22

See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1935 English cricket season

References

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1935

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