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Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1924 season Captain Guy Jackson County Championship 17 Most runs Guy Jackson Most wickets Billy Bestwick Most catches Harry Elliott ← 1923 1925 → Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1924 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for fifty three years. It was their twenty sixth season in the County Championship and they failed to win a match, finishing seventeenth in the County Championship.
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1924 season
Guy Jackson was in his third season as captain. After a steady rise since in the championship table since the low point of 1920, the team slumped to the bottom again in 1924 without winning a match. Jackson himself was top scorer, and Billy Bestwick took most wickets with 65.
Players making their debut were Fred Heath brother of John, and Archibald Ackroyd both of whom played in a later season, but in few matches overall. Edward Bedford and Alfred Rose played their only appearanced for Derbyshire in the season with one match each.
Matches
List of matches No. Date V Result Margin Notes 1 3 May 1924 [1] Lancashire
Old Trafford, ManchesterDrawn SWA Cadman 5-36; Parkin 8-20 2 7 May 1924 [2] South Africans
County Ground, DerbyDrawn 3 10 May 1924 [3] Leicestershire
Aylestone Road, LeicesterDrawn Geary 7-45; W Bestwick 8-36 4 17 May 1924 [4] Glamorgan
Cardiff Arms ParkLost 7 wickets Spencer 5-32; Ryan 5-19 5 21 May 1924 [5] Surrey
County Ground, DerbyLost 6 wickets Jennings 6-51; W Bestwick 5-64 6 24 May 1924 [6] Lancashire
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldLost Innings and 1 run Parkin 7-57 and 5-6; H Storer 5-27; R Tyldesley 5-30 7 31 May 1924 [7] Worcestershire
County Ground, DerbyDrawn 8 07 Jun 1924 [8] Warwickshire
County Ground, DerbyDrawn 9 14 Jun 1924 [9] Yorkshire
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldLost 137 runs J Horsley 6-42 10 18 Jun 1924 [10] Surrey
Kennington OvalLost Innings and 34 runs Jack Hobbs 118; Sadler 5-32 11 21 Jun 1924 [11] Somerset
The Town Ground, Burton-on-TrentLost Innings and 55 runs MacBryan 132; Lyon 219; Bridges 7-56 12 25 Jun 1924 [12] Northamptonshire
County Ground, NorthamptonLost 213 runs Woolley 124; SWA Cadman 125; Wells 5-13 13 28 Jun 1924 [13] Leicestershire
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldLost 7 wickets JM Hutchinson 143; Skelding 6-107 and 5-40; Geary 5-19 14 05 Jul 1924 [14] Gloucestershire
Wagon Works Ground, GloucesterDrawn Salter 135; A Morton 5-92; Parker 6-124 15 09 Jul 1924 [15] Somerset
Recreation Ground, BathLost 192 runs White 5-25 16 12 Jul 1924 [16] Glamorgan
St Helen's, SwanseaLost Innings and 107 runs Riches 170; Arnott 102; Davies 5-39; Ryan 5-71 17 19 Jul 1924 [17] Northamptonshire
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldDrawn 18 23 Jul 1924 [18] Gloucestershire
County Ground, DerbyLost 9 runs Parker 8-35; A Morton 6-58 19 30 Jul 1924 [19] Yorkshire
Fartown, Huddersfield</ref>Drawn Holmes 107; Rhodes 6-25 20 02 Aug 1924 [20] Warwickshire
Edgbaston, BirminghamDrawn Hewetson 5-31 21 06 Aug 1924 [21] Worcestershire
County Ground, New Road, WorcesterLost 223 runs Root 7-37 and 5-67 22 09 Aug 1924 [22] Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, NottinghamLost 7 wickets Richmond 6-76; Flint 6-53 23 13 Aug 1924 [23] Essex
County Ground, LeytonDrawn A Morton 120 24 16 Aug 1924 [24] Nottinghamshire
County Ground, DerbyDrawn GR Jackson 103; Carr 101; JS Heath 5-54 25 20 Aug 1924 [25] Essex
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldDrawn Statistics
County Championship batting averages
Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s JL Crommelin-Brown 3 6 202 74 33.66 0 WWH Hill-Wood 2 3 83 50 27.66 0 GR Jackson 23 38 855 103 24.42 1 SWA Cadman 22 38 799 125* 22.82 1 CJ Corbett 3 4 71 31 17.75 0 J Horsley 23 35 494 66 17.64 0 L Oliver 3 5 68 36 17.00 0 A Morton 21 30 442 120* 16.37 1 L F Townsend 24 37 556 79 15.88 0 JM Hutchinson 23 38 583 143 15.75 1 J Bowden 16 27 367 39 15.29 0 ST McMillan 2 3 30 24 15.00 0 FR Heath 3 4 59 17 14.75 0 JS Heath 4 5 59 28 14.75 0 AHM Jackson 6 8 103 56 12.87 0 FG Peach 2 4 58 32 14.50 0 W Carter 14 25 289 57 12.04 0 H Elliott 24 37 283 32* 11.79 0 R Pratt 3 6 51 17* 10.20 0 H Storer 14 26 178 18 6.84 0 A Ackroyd 4 6 38 15 6.33 0 T S Worthington 1 2 12 12 6.00 0 W Bestwick 19 29 80 18 3.63 0 WJV Tomlinson 1 2 4 4 2.00 0 EHR Bedford 1 2 3 3 1.50 0 JA Cresswell 2 3 2 2* 1.00 0 A Rose 1 1 0 0 0.00 0 [26] County Championship bowling averages
Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average W Bestwick 3544 1396 65 8-36 21.47 A Morton 4165 1458 62 6-58 23.51 J Horsley 3039 1166 55 6-42 21.20 L F Townsend 1886 723 26 3-20 27.80 SWA Cadman 2134 640 25 5-36 25.60 H Storer 738 309 15 5-27 20.60 A Ackroyd 633 256 8 3-50 32.00 JS Heath 258 183 6 5-54 30.50 AHM Jackson 61 17 3 1-0 5.66 FR Heath 71 47 3 2-4 15.66 T S Worthington 168 98 3 3-66 32.66 JA Cresswell 222 108 3 3-29 36.00 W Carter 312 222 3 1-21 74.00 JM Hutchinson 114 87 2 1-1 43.50 WJV Tomlinson 72 59 1 1-59 59.00 WWH Hill-Wood 156 104 0 JL Crommelin-Brown 78 41 0 GR Jackson 60 35 0 CJ Corbett 18 14 0 FG Peach 18 21 0 J Bowden 6 1 0 [27] Wicket Keeper
Harry Elliott Catches 29, Stumping 8
See also
- Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
- 1924 English cricket season
References
- ^ Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire 03 May 1924
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v South Africans 07 May 1924
- ^ Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire 10 May 1924
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Glamorgan 17 May 1924
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Surrey 21 May 1924
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire 24 May 1924
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Worcestershire 31 May 1924
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Warwickshire 07 Jun 1924
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire 14 Jun 1924
- ^ Cricket Archive - Surrey v Derbyshire 18 Jun 1924
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Somerset 21 Jun 1924
- ^ Cricket Archive - Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 25 Jun 1924
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Leicestershire 28 Jun 1924
- ^ Cricket Archive - Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 05 Jul 1924
- ^ Cricket Archive - Somerset v Derbyshire 09 Jul 1924
- ^ Cricket Archive - Glamorgan v Derbyshire 12 Jul 1924
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 19 Jul 1924
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 23 Jul 1924
- ^ Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire 30 Jul 1924
- ^ Cricket Archive - Warwickshire v Derbyshire 02 Aug 1924
- ^ Cricket Archive - Worcestershire v Derbyshire 06 Aug 1924
- ^ Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 09 Aug 1924
- ^ Cricket Archive - Essex v Derbyshire 13 Aug 1924
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 16 Aug 1924
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Essex 20 Aug 1924
- ^ Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1924
- ^ Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1924
Categories:- 1924 in cricket
- 1924 in England
- Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
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