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Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1923 season Captain Guy Jackson County Championship 10 Most runs Wilfred Hill-Wood Most wickets Billy Bestwick Most catches Harry Elliott ← 1922 1924 → Derbyshire Country 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.
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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
List of matches No. Date V Result Margin Notes 1 12 May 1923[1] Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, NottinghamDrawn Gunn 220; Richmond 5-101; W Bestwick 5-53 2 19 May 1923[2] Warwickshire
Edgbaston, BirminghamWon 4 wickets J Horsley 7-48; Partridge 7-66; Howell 5-68 3 23 May 1923[3] Worcestershire
Tipton Road, DudleyDrawn 4 26 May 1923[4] Essex
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldDrawn A Morton 7-48 5 30 May 1923[5] Yorkshire
County Ground, DerbyLost Innings and 126 runs Kilner 5-32 6 06 Jun 1923[6] Gloucestershire
Fry's Ground, BristolLost Innings and 72 runs Mills 6-72 7 09 Jun 1923[7] Glamorgan
Cardiff Arms ParkDrawn GR Jackson 102; W Bestwick 7-39 and 5-55 8 13 Jun 1923[8] Somerset
Recreation Ground, BathDrawn Lyon 134; WWH Hill-Wood 107; J Bowden 114; Bridges 5-117 9 16 Jun 1923[9] Leicestershire
Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-ZouchWon 62 runs Geary 6-70; W Bestwick 7-61 and 6-37 10 20 Jun 1923[10] West Indies
Park Road Ground, BuxtonDrawn SWA Cadman 5-41 11 23 Jun 1923[11] Lancashire
County Ground, DerbyDrawn W Bestwick 6-60 12 30 Jun 1923[12] Northamptonshire
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldWon Innings and 211 runs W Carter 100*; W Bestwick 5-45; J Horsley 6-29 13 04 Jul 1923[13] Essex
County Ground, LeytonDrawn Douglas 110; A Morton 100 14 07 Jul 1923[14] Gloucestershire
The Town Ground, Burton-on-TrentLost 8 wickets Parker 7-37 and 5-76; Dennett 5-93 15 14 Jul 1923[15] Somerset
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldLost 61 runs J Horsley 5-40 and 5-45; White 5-35 16 21 Jul 1923[16] Northamptonshire
County Ground, NorthamptonLost 1 wicket W Bestwick 5-61 17 25 Jul 1923[17] Glamorgan
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldWon 5 wickets J Horsley 5-58 18 28 Jul 1923[18] Worcestershire
County Ground, DerbyDrawn 19 04 Aug 1923[19] Warwickshire
County Ground, DerbyDrawn GR Jackson 109; WWH Hill-Wood 5-62 20 11 Aug 1923[20] Yorkshire
Park Avenue Cricket Ground, BradfordLost 8 wickets Rhodes 7-60; J Horsley 5-69 21 18 Aug 1923[21] Nottinghamshire
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldDrawn Staples 5-101 22 22 Aug 1923[22] Leicestershire
County Ground, DerbyDrawn J Horsley 6-49 23 25 Aug 1923[23] Lancashire
Old Trafford, ManchesterLost 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 88 19.70 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 26 12.13 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 [24] 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 [25] Wicket Keeper
- H Elliott - Catches 25, Stumping 7
See also
- Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
- 1923 English cricket season
References
- ^ Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 12 May 1923
- ^ Cricket Archive - Warwickshire v Derbyshire 19 May 1923
- ^ Cricket Archive - Worcestershire v Derbyshire 23 May 1923
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Essex 26 May 1923
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire 30 May 1923
- ^ Cricket Archive - Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 06 Jun 1923
- ^ Cricket Archive - Glamorgan v Derbyshire 09 Jun 1923
- ^ Cricket Archive - Somerset v Derbyshire 13 Jun 1923
- ^ Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire 16 Jun 1923
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v West Indians 20 Jun 1923
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire 23 Jun 1923
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 30 Jun 1923
- ^ Cricket Archive - Essex v Derbyshire 04 Jul 1923
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 07 Jul 1923
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Somerset 14 Jul 1923
- ^ Cricket Archive - Northamptonshire v Derbyshire County 21 Jul 1923
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Glamorgan 25 Jul 1923
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Worcestershire 28 Jul 1923
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Warwickshire 04 Aug 1923
- ^ Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire 11 Aug 1923
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 18 Aug 1923
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Leicestershire 22 Aug 1923
- ^ Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire 25 Aug 1923
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire batting 1923
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire bowling in 1923
Categories:- 1923 in cricket
- 1923 in England
- Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
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