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Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1946 season Captain Gilbert Hodgkinson County Championship 15 Most runs Denis Smith Most wickets Cliff Gladwin ← 1939 1947 → Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1946 represents the first cricket season after a six year break from first class cricket during World War II. The English club Derbyshire had been playing for seventy five years. It was their forty-second season in the County Championship and they won five matches and lost thirteen to finish fifteenth (two from bottom) in the County Championship.
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1946 season
On the resumption of county cricket after the second world war in 1946 the main problem affecting Derbyshire was that of finding a regular captain. The convention was that the captain be an amateur and usually no one was available for more than one year.[1] Gilbert Hodgkinson filled the role in 1946 and they made a poor re-entry to the County Championship .
Wisden Cricketers Almanack (1947 edition), in its review of the 1946 season, remarked that "the weather in 1946 might have been dreadful, but it didn't stop the crowds flocking to games".[2]
Derbyshire began their season with a tour of Ireland. They played 26 games in the County Championship, and one match against the touring Indians. They won five matches altogether, and these wins came in a bright patch in the middle of the season. Denis Smith was top scorer and Cliff Gladwin took most wickets with 102. Pat Vaulkhard and Denis Smith's 4th wicket partnership of 328 against Nottinghamshire remains a record for the county.
The club retained a nucleus of pre-war players, and Pat Vaulkhard, a future captain, had previously played for Nottinghamshire. Alan Revill, Eric Marsh, John Eggar and Roy Genders all began their first-class career during the season, although some had already played for the club in miscellaneous matches during the war. England footballer Raich Carter turned out for Derbyshire at cricket. However newcomers Walter Fullwood and Jack Pearson did not play beyond the end of the season, and John Tomlinson only played one match for the club in 1946.
Matches
List of matches No. Date V Result Margin Notes 1 15 May 1946 [3] Leicestershire
County Ground, DerbyLost 7 wickets T S Worthington 147; Berry 121; Watson 108; Walsh 5-45 2 18 May 1946 [4] Essex
Valentine's Park, IlfordLost 8 wickets Pearce 124; CS Elliott 120; T Smith 5-34 3 25 May 1946 [5] Kent
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldDrawn W H Copson 5-26 4 29 May 1946 [6] Hampshire
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldLost 7 wickets Dean 7-51 5 01 Jun 1946 [7] Middlesex
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's WoodDrawn 6 08 Jun 1946 [8] Warwickshire
County Ground, DerbyDrawn C Gladwin 7-41 7 12 Jun 1946 [9] Worcestershire
Amblecote, StourbridgeLost Innings and 2 runs P Jackson 5-29 and 5-57 8 15 Jun 1946 [10] Northamptonshire
County Ground, NorthamptonDrawn C Gladwin 5-45 9 19 Jun 1946 [11] Surrey
Kennington OvalDrawn Watts 6-31 10 22 Jun 1946 [12] Lancashire
Park Road Ground, BuxtonLost Innings and 110 runs C Gladwin 6-62; Garlick 6-27 11 29 Jun 1946 [13] Yorkshire
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldLost 4 wickets W Bowes 5-56; T R Armstrong 5-32 12 03 Jul 1946 [14] Surrey
County Ground, DerbyWon 2 wickets D Smith 140; L Fishlock 151; Bedser 5-65 13 06 Jul 1946 [15] Leicestershire
Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-ZouchLost 162 runs V Jackson 5-43 14 10 Jul 1946 [16] Indian cricket team in England in 1946
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldLost 118 runs Nawab of Pataudi 113; AEG Rhodes 5-135 15 13 Jul 1946 [17] Lancashire
Old Trafford, ManchesterLost 9 wickets Pollard 5-78; C Gladwin 7-108 16 20 Jul 1946 [18] Sussex
Abbeydale Park, SheffieldWon 2 wickets C Gladwin 5-50; W H Copson 6-49 17 24 Jul 1946 [19] Hampshire
At County Ground, SouthamptonWon 6 wickets Hill 100; A E Alderman 101; C Gladwin 6-39 18 27 Jul 1946 [20] Nottinghamshire
Rutland Recreation Ground, IlkestonDrawn Harris 122; Voce 114 and 5-92; 19 31 Jul 1946 [21] Glamorgan
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldWon Innings and 21 runs W H Copson 5-29; AEG Rhodes 5-35 20 03 Aug 1946 [22] Warwickshire
Edgbaston, BirminghamWon 5 wickets Dollery 113; A F Townsend 105; Hollies 6-94; AEG Rhodes 5-86 21 07 Aug 1946 [23] Glamorgan
Cardiff Arms ParkLost Innings and 115 runs Robinson 117; AEG Rhodes 7-109; Judge 7-23 22 10 Aug 1946 [24] Worcestershire
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldAbandoned 23 14 Aug 1946 [25] Northamptonshire
County Ground, DerbyLost 7 wickets W H Copson 5-68 24 17 Aug 1946 [26] Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, NottinghamDrawn P Vaulkhard 264; D Smith 146; C Gladwin 5-58 25 21 Aug 1946 [27] Kent
Crabble Athletic Ground, DoverLost 8 wickets Wright 6-39 26 24 Aug 1946 [28] Gloucestershire
County Ground, DerbyLost 81 runs S Cook 6-54 27 28 Aug 1946 [29] Somerset
Agricultural Showgrounds, FromeDrawn Hazell 6-51; W H Copson 5-37 Statistics
County Championship batting averages
Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s D Smith 24 42 1391 146 35.66 2 A F Townsend 24 42 1137 105 27.73 1 CS Elliott 24 44 846 120 20.63 1 P Vaulkhard 13 20 634 264 31.70 1 T S Worthington 16 27 539 147* 20.73 1 AC Revill 22 38 534 61 16.18 0 AEG Rhodes 25 39 508 63 13.72 0 A E Alderman 14 24 503 101 22.86 1 C Gladwin 25 42 488 61* 15.25 0 GF Hodgkinson 14 23 351 41 15.26 0 FE Marsh 15 25 229 24 13.47 0 W H Copson 24 33 98 18* 4.26 0 JD Eggar 3 5 171 86 34.20 0 H Pope 8 12 67 24* 6.70 0 WR Genders 3 6 62 24 12.40 0 W Fullwood 6 10 41 13 4.55 0 T R Armstrong 5 9 37 10* 9.25 0 LI Pearson 2 4 24 18 6.00 0 HS Carter 3 4 8 7 2.00 0 DB Carr 4 5 6 5 1.20 0 JDW Tomlinson 1 1 2 2 2.00 0 [30] County Championship bowling averages
Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average C Gladwin 4695 1812 102 7-41 17.76 W H Copson 4614 1836 91 6-49 20.17 AEG Rhodes 4068 2010 69 7-109 29.13 T R Armstrong 1122 493 28 5-32 17.60 FE Marsh 1085 591 16 3-31 36.93 DB Carr 424 181 9 3-43 20.11 H Pope 837 420 9 2-86 46.66 CS Elliott 492 278 6 2-25 46.33 AC Revill 321 131 3 3-13 43.66 T S Worthington 660 279 3 2-24 93.00 HS Carter 90 46 2 2-39 23.00 JD Eggar 186 86 0 WR Genders 18 22 0[31] Wicket Keepers
- D Smith Catches 32, Stumping 4
- W Fullwood Catches 5, Stumping 1
- P Vaulkhard Catches 15, Stumping 1
See also
- Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
- 1946 English cricket season
References
- ^ W.T. Taylor History of Derbyshire cricket Wisden 1953
- ^ Wisden 1947. Retrieved on 29 September 2009.
- ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Leicestershire 15 May 1946
- ^ Cricket Archive Essex v Derbyshire18 May 1946
- ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Kent 25 May 1946
- ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Hampshire 29 May 1946
- ^ Cricket Archive Middlesex v Derbyshire 01 Jun 1946
- ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Warwickshire 08 Jun 1946
- ^ Cricket Archive Worcestershire v Derbyshire 12 Jun 1946
- ^ Cricket ArchiveNorthamptonshire v Derbyshire 15 Jun 1946
- ^ Cricket Archive Surrey v Derbyshire 19 Jun 1946
- ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Lancashire 22 Jun 1946
- ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Yorkshire 29 Jun 1946
- ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Surrey 03 Jul 1946
- ^ Cricket ArchiveLeicestershire v Derbyshire 06 Jul 1946
- ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Indians 10 Jul 1946
- ^ Cricket Archive Lancashire v Derbyshire 13 Jul 1946
- ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Sussex 20 Jul 1946
- ^ Cricket Archive Hampshire v Derbyshire 24 Jul 1946
- ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 27 Jul 1946
- ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Glamorgan 31 Jul 1946
- ^ Cricket Archive Warwickshire v Derbyshire 03 Aug 1946
- ^ Cricket Archive Glamorgan v Derbyshire 07 Aug 1946
- ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Worcestershire 10 Aug 1946
- ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 14 Aug 1946
- ^ Cricket Archive Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 17 Aug 1946
- ^ Cricket Archive Kent v Derbyshire 21 Aug 1946
- ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 24 Aug 1946
- ^ Cricket Archive Somerset v Derbyshire 28 Aug 1946
- ^ Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1946
- ^ Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1946
Categories:- 1946 in cricket
- 1946 in England
- Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
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