Derbyshire County 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.
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 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 behind 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.
Matches
List of matchesNo.DateVResult MarginNotes1 10 May 1947Cricket Archive - Kent v Derbyshire 10 May 1947 Kent Lost 100 runs 2 17 May 1947Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Worcestershire 17 May 1947 Worcestershire Won 2 wickets 3 24 May 1947Cricket Archive - Warwickshire v Derbyshire 24 May 1947 Warwickshire Won 100 runs 4 31 May 1947Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 31 May 1947 Northamptonshire Won Innings and 25 runs5 04 Jun 1947Cricket Archive - Glamorgan v Derbyshire 04 Jun 1947 Glamorgan Drawn 607 Jun 1947Cricket Archive - Hampshire v Derbyshire 07 Jun 1947 HampshireLost 7 wickets 7 11 Jun 1947Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Somerset 11 Jun 1947 SomersetWon Inningsand 125 runs 8 14 Jun 1947Cricket Archive - Sussex v Derbyshire 14 Jun 1947 Sussex Won 99 runs 918 Jun 1947Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Leicestershire 18 Jun 1947 Leicestershire Won Innings and 105 runs 1021 Jun 1947Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire 21 Jun 1947 Lancashire Lost 3 runs 11 25 Jun 1947Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Ireland 25 Jun 1947 Ireland Won Innings and 8 runs 1228 Jun 1947Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Glamorgan 28 Jun 1947 Glamorgan Won 4 wickets 13 02 Jul 1947Cricket Archive - Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 02 Jul 1947 Gloucestershire Lost 2 wickets 14 05 Jul 1947Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Kent 05 Jul 1947 Kent Drawn 15 09 Jul 1947Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Surrey 09 Jul 1947 Surrey Abandoned16 12 Jul 1947Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire 12 Jul 1947 Lancashire Lost Innings and 93 runs 17 16 Jul 1947Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v South Africans 16 Jul 1947 South Africa Lost 3 wickets 18 19 Jul 1947Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 19 Jul 1947 Nottinghamshire Won 15 runs 19 23 Jul 1947Cricket Archive - Surrey v Derbyshire 23 Jul 1947 Surrey >Lost 193 runs 20 26 Jul 1947Cricket Archive - Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 26 Jul 1947 Northamptonshire Won 7 wickets 21 30 Jul 1947Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire 30 Jul 1947 LeicestershireLost 3 wickets22 02 Aug 1947Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Warwickshire 02 Aug 1947 Warwickshire Drawn 23 06 Aug 1947Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Essex 06 Aug 1947 Essex Lost 5 wickets 2409 Aug 1947Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 09 Aug 1947 Nottinghamshire Drawn 25 13 Aug 1947Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire 13 Aug 1947 Yorkshire Drawn 26 16 Aug 1947Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Hampshire 16 Aug 1947 Hampshire Won 68 runs 27 20 Aug 1947Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Middlesex 20 Aug 1947 Middlesex Lost 212 runs 28 23 Aug 1947Cricket Archive - Worcestershire v Derbyshire 23 Aug 1947 Worcestershire Won 10 wickets
Statistics
County Championship batting averages 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 0Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1947
County Championship bowling averages 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 Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1947
Wicket Keepers Denis Smith Catches 30, Stumping 0 CS Elliott Catches 22, Stumping 1 H Elliott Catches 7, Stumping 1 GO Dawkes Catches 3, Stumping 0
See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1947 English cricket season
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