Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1929

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Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1929 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for fifty eight years. It was their thirty-first season in the County Championship and they came seventh in the competition after winning ten matches in the championship.

Matches

Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, one match against Oxford University and one match against the touring South Africans. They won eleven matches altogether.

Guy Jackson was in his eighth year as captain. Harry Storer was top scorer with four centuries, two of them scored in the same match against Sussex. Storer and Joseph Bowden achieved a 1st wicket partnership of 322 against Essex, which remains a Derbyshire record. Tommy Mitchell took 104 wickets.

Thomas Armstrong made his debut in 1929 and went on to play many seasons for Derbyshire. Charles Clarke also made his debut and played for four seasons. Horace Wass a footballer played in just one match for Derbyshire during 1929.

List of matches
No. Date V Result Margin Notes
1 8 May 1929[1] Lancashire
County Ground, Derby
Lost 7 wickets Dick Tyldesley 6–48 and 6–33 including a hattrick; Tommy Mitchell 5–34
2 11 May 1929[2] Leicestershire
Aylestone Road, Leicester
Drawn
3 15 May 1929[3] Hampshire
United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth
Won 5 wickets Tommy Mitchell 6–42; Kennedy 9–46
4 18 May 1929[4] Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Won 147 runs Bob Wyatt 104; Tommy Mitchell 5–46 and 6–83
5 22 May 1929[5] Northamptonshire
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
Drawn
6 25 May 1929[6] Sussex
County Ground, Derby
Won 135 runs Harry Storer 119 and 100; T S Worthington 8–29
7 29 May 1929[7] Hampshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Won Innings and 99 runs Tommy Mitchell 5–20; GM Lee 134; AG Slater 5–50
8 1 Jun 1929[8] Somerset
The Town Ground, Burton-on-Trent
Won Innings and 8 runs JM Hutchinson 138; Wellard 5–96; Tommy Mitchell 6–64
9 5 Jun 1929[9] South Africans County Ground, Derby f12457 Drawn
10 8 Jun 1929[10] Worcestershire
Amblecote, Stourbridge
Won 116 runs T S Worthington 5–21
11 15 Jun 1929[11] Oxford University
The University Parks, Oxford
Won 7 wickets Garthwaite 5–74
NM Ford and CKH Hill-Wood played for the university instead of Derbyshire
12 22 Jun 1929[12] Kent
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Lost Innings and 117 runs Hardinge 115; Wolley 155; Freeman 7–117 and 7–63;
13 29 Jun 1929[13] Essex
County Ground, Derby
Drawn Harry Storer 209;J Bowden 120; Eastman 161; Russell 102
14 3 Jul 1929[14] Yorkshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Drawn T S Worthington 5–72; Robinson 5–64
15 6 Jul 1929[15] Worcestershire
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
Won 8 wickets AG Slater 5–27
16 10 Jul 1929[16] Somerset
Recreation Ground, Bath
Won 132 runs GM Lee 118; White 5–23
17 13 Jul 1929[17] Glamorgan
Cardiff Arms Park
Drawn Bell 100; Arnott 5–72
18 17 Jul 1929[18] Leicestershire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Lost 49 runs Armstrong 128; Geary 6–27
19 20 Jul 1929[19] Middlesex
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
Lost 8 wickets Durston 7–50
20 24 Jul 1929[20] Sussex
County Ground, Hove
Lost Innings and 36 runs Ted Bowley 9–114; Harold Gilligan 143; Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji 118
21 27 Jul 1929[21] Middlesex
County Ground, Derby
Lost 78 runs T S Worthington 5–83;
22 31 Jul 1929[22] Lancashire
Old Trafford, Manchester
Drawn
23 3 Aug 1929[23] Warwickshire
County Ground, Derby
Drawn Mayer 5–21
24 7 Aug 1929[24] Northamptonshire
County Ground, Northampton
Won 42 runs Jupp 5–31; AG Slater 6–54; L F Townsend 5–59
25 10 Aug 1929[25] Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Drawn Harry Storer 176; GM Lee 5–111
26 14 Aug 1929[26] Yorkshire
Bramall Lane, Sheffield
Drawn Macaulay 5–62
27 17 Aug 1929[27] Kent
Crabble Athletic Ground, Dover
Drawn Legge 113; Bryan 124; Wright 5–82
28 21 Aug 1929[28] Essex
Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea
Won 8 wickets GM Lee 113; T S Worthington 7–68
29 24 Aug 1929[29] Glamorgan
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Drawn AG Slater 5–36
30 31 Aug 1929[30] Nottinghamshire
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
Drawn

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

NameMatchesInnsRunsHigh scoreAverage100s
H Storer2746153220936.474
GM Lee2442120513431.713
A W Richardson61016960*28.160
J Bowden132154412027.201
A E Alderman131527653*25.090
L F Townsend27358016325.030
AG Slater27388769525.020
GR Jackson28459417024.760
T S Worthington28459997223.230
CKH Hill-Wood8102067222.880
JM Hutchinson284078313822.371
D Smith15222644313.890
CC Clarke44553313.750
H Elliott28362804712.720
NM Ford3657279.500
H Wass11999.000
T. B. Mitchell2631144236.260
T R Armstrong1221*2.000
DJCH Hill-Wood12000.000[31]

County Championship bowling averages

Name[32]BallsRunsWicketsBBAverage
T. B. Mitchell485819681036–4219.10
L F Townsend63421868915–5920.52
T S Worthington53372012838–2924.24
AG Slater55441690816–5420.86
GM Lee2036755295–11126.03
CKH Hill-Wood1241412122–3434.33
H Storer70038452–3576.80
D Smith28811942–3529.75
A E Alderman963733–3712.33
T R Armstrong126300
J Bowden1240
NM Ford590
JM Hutchinson120580
GR Jackson650

Wicket-keeper

See also

References

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