Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1933

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CaptainA W Richardson
County Championship6
Most runsLeslie Townsend
Most wicketsTommy Mitchell
Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1933 season
CaptainA W Richardson
County Championship6
Most runsLeslie Townsend
Most wicketsTommy Mitchell
Most catchesHarry Elliott
← 1932 1934 →

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1933 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for sixty two years. It was their thirty-fifth season in the County Championship and they won eleven matches to finish sixth.

Matches

Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, and one match against the touring West Indians. They won eleven of their games in the County Championship and lost eleven to come sixth. This was an advance on tenth place in the previous year and a further step on the road towards winning the championship in 1936. They drew with the West Indians.

A. W. Richardson was in his third season as captain in 1933. Leslie Townsend was top scorer. Tommy Mitchell took most wickets.

George Pope, the second of the three Pope brothers to play for the county, made his debut in the season. He was a useful all-rounder who added strength to the Derbyshire side for many years.[1]

List of matches
No. Date V Result Margin Notes
1 13 May 1933[2] Yorkshire
The Circle, Hull 		Lost 6 wickets Verity 6-12 and 6-41; L F Townsend 6-38
2 17 May 1933[3] Somerset
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston 		Won 7 wickets T. B. Mitchell 5-46; MacDonald-Watson 5-27; L F Townsend 5-59
3 20 May 1933[4] Kent
County Ground, Derby		 Won 8 wickets Ames 143; W H Copson 5-38; T. B. Mitchell 8-92
4 24 May 1933[5] Leicestershire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Won Innings and 86 runs GM Lee 107; T. B. Mitchell 6-40
5 27 May 1933[6] Hampshire
United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth 		Drawn Boyes 6-5; L F Townsend 7-35
6 31 May 1933[7] Essex
County Ground, Derby 		Won 8 wickets H Storer 232; Taylor 134; T. B. Mitchell 5-80
7 03 Jun 1933[8] Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham 		Lost 8 wickets Wyatt 166; Paine 5-38
8 07 Jun 1933[9] Worcestershire
County Ground, New Road, Worcester 		Drawn Walters 124; Perks 5-50
9 10 Jun 1933[10] Leicestershire
Park Road Ground, Loughborough 		Won Innings and 77 runs Berry 111; L F Townsend 233; T. B. Mitchell 6-36
10 14 Jun 1933 [11] West Indies
County Ground, Derby 		Drawn Headley 200
11 17 Jun 1933[12] Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham 		Lost Innings and 121 runs Carr 137; Staples 7-20
12 21 Jun 1933[13] Gloucestershire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Won 71 runs Goddard 5-49 and 6-52; L F Townsend 6-64 and 8-26
13 24 Jun 1933[14] Somerset
Agricultural Showgrounds, Frome 		Lost 89 runs Ingle 103; T R Armstrong 7-57; Young 6-30
14 28 Jun 1933[15] Lancashire
Park Road Ground, Buxton 		Lost 3 wickets Sibbles 5-49; T. B. Mitchell 6-69
15 01 Jul 1933[16] Nottinghamshire
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston 		Lost 57 runs A Staples 113; T S Worthington 108; S Staples 6-103
16 05 Jul 1933[17] Essex
County Ground, Leyton 		Drawn L F Townsend 151; Nichols 135; T Smith 6-112
17 08 Jul 1933[18] Worcestershire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Won Innings and 234 runs T S Worthington 200*; T. B. Mitchell 5-20 and 6-44
18 15 Jul 1933[19] Sussex
County Ground, Derby 		Lost 6 wickets Parks 122; T. B. Mitchell 5-74; Langridge 5-63
19 22 Jul 1933[20] Northamptonshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Won 157 runs L F Townsend 99 and 106; Jupp 6–104; T R Armstrong 7-87
20 26 Jul 1933[21] Sussex
County Ground, Hove 		Lost 169 runs W H Copson 5-59; Cornford 5-26; A V Pope 7-84
21 29 Jul 1933[22] Middlesex
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Lost 8 wickets Sims 8-47; T. B. Mitchell 7-86; Hearne 9-61
22 05 Aug 1933[23] Warwickshire
County Ground, Derby 		Won 317 runs L F Townsend 172; Wyatt 102; Paine 5-115
23 09 Aug 1933[24] Kent
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury		 Lost 160 runs Woolley 161; W H Copson 5-62; Freeman 6-30 and 6-82
24 12 Aug 1933[25] Yorkshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Drawn L F Townsend 100; T. B. Mitchell 6-66
25 16 Aug 1933[26] Gloucestershire
College Ground, Cheltenham 		Lost Innings and 85 runs Hammond 231; W H Copson 7-62; Parker 7-93;
26 19 Aug 1933[27] Hampshire
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston 		Drawn Mead 227; Hill 5-23
27 23 Aug 1933[28] Middlesex
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood 		Won 141 runs Judge 5-27; W H Copson 5-28; T. B. Mitchell 5-62 and 6-53
28 26 Aug 1933[29] Northamptonshire
County Ground, Northampton 		Won Innings and 184 runs GM Lee 128; L F Townsend 142; D Smith 129*
29 30 Aug 1933[30] Lancashire
Stanley Park, Blackpool 		Drawn Sibbles 5-62; T. B. Mitchell 8-38

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

NameMatchesInnsRunsHigh scoreAverage100s
L F Townsend2749195423344.406
H Storer1526110923244.361
T S Worthington27471221200*29.782
A W Richardson91530465*27.630
A F Skinner15266968526.760
A E Alderman213893083*25.830
GR Jackson582069625.750
GM Lee254497912823.302
D Smith2646859129*20.451
A V Pope24386977219.360
H Elliott28446519419.140
TA Higson481465118.250
GH Pope23443214.660
LB Blaxland8141936413.780
C S Elliott23383812.660
CC Clarke7111373112.450
T. B. Mitchell25352453711.130
W H Copson2633172436.610
T R Armstrong12206218*4.420 [31]

County Championship bowling averages

NameBallsRunsWicketsBBAverage
T. B. Mitchell671125681368-3818.88
W H Copson49081921907-6221.34
L F Townsend46151472878-2616.91
T S Worthington30761351504-4827.02
T R Armstrong2106832327-5726.00
A V Pope2323886237-8438.52
GM Lee1158527132-3040.53
A F Skinner20313662-1222.66
H Storer42023241-1458.00
C S Elliott844511-4545.00
D Smith31240
A E Alderman67 0[32]

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