Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1923 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for fifty-two years. It was their twenty-fifth season in the County Championship and they won four matches to finish tenth.
1923 season
Derbyshire played twenty two games in the County Championship and one against the touring West Indies. They won four games altogether and finished tenth in the Championship table.
Guy Jackson was in his second year as captain. Wilfred Hill-Wood was top scorer and Billy Bestwick took most wickets.
New players in the season were James Cresswell who played 21 matches over four seasons, and Richard Pratt who played five matches in two seasons.
Matches
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" |- ! colspan="6"| List of matches |- !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes
|1 |12 May 1923Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 12 May 1923 | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | | Gunn 220; Richmond 5-101; W Bestwick 5-53
|2 |19 May 1923Cricket Archive - Warwickshire v Derbyshire 19 May 1923 | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham | style="background:#0f0;"|Won | 4 wickets | J Horsley 7-48; Partridge 7-66; Howell 5-68
|3 |23 May 1923Cricket Archive - Worcestershire v Derbyshire 23 May 1923 | WorcestershireTipton Road, Dudley | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn
|4 |26 May 1923Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Essex 26 May 1923 | Essex Queen's Park, Chesterfield | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | | A Morton 7-48
|5 |30 May 1923Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire 30 May 1923 | Yorkshire County Ground, Derby | style="background:#f00;"|Lost | Innings and 126 runs | Kilner 5-32
|6 |06 Jun 1923Cricket Archive - Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 06 Jun 1923 | Gloucestershire Fry's Ground, Bristol | style="background:#f00;"|Lost | Innings and 72 runs | Mills 6-72
|7 |09 Jun 1923Cricket Archive - Glamorgan v Derbyshire 09 Jun 1923 | Glamorgan Cardiff Arms Park | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | | GR Jackson 102; W Bestwick 7-39 and 5-55
|8 |13 Jun 1923Cricket Archive - Somerset v Derbyshire 13 Jun 1923 | SomersetRecreation Ground, Bath | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | | Lyon 134; WWH Hill-Wood 107; J Bowden 114; Bridges 5-117
|9 |16 Jun 1923Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire 16 Jun 1923 | Leicestershire Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch | style="background:#0f0;"|Won | 62 runs | Geary 6-70; W Bestwick 7-61 and 6-37
|10 |20 Jun 1923Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v West Indians 20 Jun 1923 | West Indies Park Road Ground, Buxton | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | | SWA Cadman 5-41
|11 |23 Jun 1923Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire 23 Jun 1923 | Lancashire County Ground, Derby | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | | W Bestwick 6-60
|12 |30 Jun 1923Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 30 Jun 1923 | Northamptonshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | style="background:#0f0;"|Won | Innings and 211 runs | W Carter 100*; W Bestwick 5-45; J Horsley 6-29
|13 |04 Jul 1923Cricket Archive - Essex v Derbyshire 04 Jul 1923 | Essex County Ground, Leyton | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | | Douglas 110; A Morton 100
|14 |07 Jul 1923Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 07 Jul 1923 | Gloucestershire The Town Ground, Burton-on-Trent | style="background:#f00;"|Lost | 8 wickets | Parker 7-37 and 5-76; Dennett 5-93
|15 |14 Jul 1923Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Somerset 14 Jul 1923 | Somerset Queen's Park, Chesterfield | style="background:#f00;"|Lost | 61 runs | J Horsley 5-40 and 5-45; White 5-35
|16 |21 Jul 1923Cricket Archive - Northamptonshire v Derbyshire County 21 Jul 1923 | Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton | style="background:#f00;"|Lost | 1 wicket | W Bestwick 5-61
|17 | 25 Jul 1923Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Glamorgan 25 Jul 1923 | Glamorgan Queen's Park, Chesterfield | style="background:#0f0;"|Won | 5 wickets | J Horsley 5-58
|18 |28 Jul 1923Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Worcestershire 28 Jul 1923 | Worcestershire County Ground, Derby | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn
|19 |04 Aug 1923Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Warwickshire 04 Aug 1923 | Warwickshire County Ground, Derby | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | | GR Jackson 109; WWH Hill-Wood 5-62
|20 |11 Aug 1923Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire 11 Aug 1923 | Yorkshire Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford | style="background:#f00;"|Lost | 8 wickets | Rhodes 7-60; J Horsley 5-69
|21 |18 Aug 1923Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 18 Aug 1923 | Nottinghamshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | | Staples 5-101
|22 |22 Aug 1923Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Leicestershire 22 Aug 1923 | Leicestershire County Ground, Derby | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | | J Horsley 6-49
|23 |25 Aug 1923Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire 25 Aug 1923 | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester | style="background:#f00;"|Lost | Innings and 32 runs | Parkin 6-68 and 5-12; A Morton 6-45; Ellis 5-21
Statistics County Championship batting averages Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s WWH Hill-Wood 17 28 961 107 34.32 1 W Carter 18 29 710 100* 27.30 1 GR Jackson 21 35 893 109* 27.06 2 A Morton 15 22 491 100 24.55 1 H Storer 21 35 760 94 21.71 0 J Bowden 18 30 612 114 21.10 1 SWA Cadman 19 33 611 8819.70 0 JM Hutchinson 22 35 550 63 17.74 0 BSH Hill-Wood 11 18 237 49 14.81 0 J Horsley 17 22 183 33 12.20 0 H Elliott 22 32 279 2612.13 0 L F Townsend 11 18 178 44 11.86 0 W Bestwick 18 24 88 19 5.86 0 R Pratt 2 4 22 13 5.50 0 AHM Jackson 6 9 34 12 4.25 0 JA Cresswell 1 1 3 3 3.00 0 L Oliver 1 2 5 4 2.50 0 WJV Tomlinson 1 2 4 4 2.00 0 ST McMillan 1 2 0 0 0.00 0 Cricket Archive - Derbyshire batting 1923
County Championship bowling averages Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average W Bestwick 3938 1482 91 7-39 16.28 J Horsley 2706 1019 63 7-48 16.17 A Morton 1990 782 34 7-48 23.00 WWH Hill-Wood 1496 787 30 5-62 26.23 SWA Cadman 1878 561 29 3-10 19.34 BSH Hill-Wood 1335 630 22 4-36 28.63 H Storer 1098 501 18 3-19 27.83 AHM Jackson 210 156 5 2-58 31.20 W Carter 186 124 5 3-12 24.80 L F Townsend 342 161 3 2-43 53.66 JA Cresswell 84 32 2 2-32 16.00 JM Hutchinson 150 73 2 1-21 36.50 GR Jackson 24 13 0 WJV Tomlinson 24 16 0 J Bowden 18 15 0 Cricket Archive - Derbyshire bowling in 1923
Wicket Keeper
H Elliott - Catches 25, Stumping 7
See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1923 English cricket season
References