Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1924

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 County 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.

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 appearances 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, Manchester	Drawn		SWA Cadman 5–36; Parkin 8–20
2	7 May 1924^[2]	South Africans County Ground, Derby	Drawn
3	10 May 1924^[3]	Leicestershire Aylestone Road, Leicester	Drawn		Geary 7–45; W Bestwick 8–36
4	17 May 1924^[4]	Glamorgan Cardiff Arms Park	Lost	7 wickets	Spencer 5–32; Ryan 5–19
5	21 May 1924^[5]	Surrey County Ground, Derby	Lost	6 wickets	Jennings 6–51; W Bestwick 5–64
6	24 May 1924^[6]	Lancashire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	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, Derby	Drawn
8	7 Jun 1924^[8]	Warwickshire County Ground, Derby	Drawn
9	14 Jun 1924^[9]	Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	137 runs	J Horsley 6–42
10	18 Jun 1924^[10]	Surrey Kennington Oval	Lost	Innings and 34 runs	Jack Hobbs 118; Sadler 5–32
11	21 Jun 1924^[11]	Somerset The Town Ground, Burton-on-Trent	Lost	Innings and 55 runs	MacBryan 132; Lyon 219; Bridges 7–56
12	25 Jun 1924^[12]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton	Lost	213 runs	Woolley 124; SWA Cadman 125; Wells 5–13
13	28 Jun 1924^[13]	Leicestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	7 wickets	JM Hutchinson 143; Skelding 6–107 and 5–40; Geary 5–19
14	5 Jul 1924^[14]	Gloucestershire Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester	Drawn		Salter 135; A Morton 5–92; Parker 6–124
15	9 Jul 1924^[15]	Somerset Recreation Ground, Bath	Lost	192 runs	White 5–25
16	12 Jul 1924^[16]	Glamorgan St Helen's, Swansea	Lost	Innings and 107 runs	Riches 170; Arnott 102; Davies 5–39; Ryan 5–71
17	19 Jul 1924^[17]	Northamptonshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn
18	23 Jul 1924^[18]	Gloucestershire County Ground, Derby	Lost	9 runs	Parker 8–35; A Morton 6–58
19	30 Jul 1924^[19]	Yorkshire Fartown, Huddersfield	Drawn		Holmes 107; Rhodes 6–25
20	2 Aug 1924^[20]	Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham	Drawn		Hewetson 5–31
21	6 Aug 1924^[21]	Worcestershire County Ground, New Road, Worcester	Lost	223 runs	Root 7–37 and 5–67
22	9 Aug 1924^[22]	Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Lost	7 wickets	Richmond 6–76; Flint 6–53
23	13 Aug 1924^[23]	Essex County Ground, Leyton	Drawn		A Morton 120
24	16 Aug 1924^[24]	Nottinghamshire County Ground, Derby	Drawn		GR Jackson 103; Carr 101; JS Heath 5–54
25	20 Aug 1924^[25]	Essex Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn

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

References

[1] Cricket Archive – Lancashire v Derbyshire 3 May 1924

[2] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v South Africans 7 May 1924

[3] Cricket Archive – Leicestershire v Derbyshire 10 May 1924

[4] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Glamorgan 17 May 1924

[5] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Surrey 21 May 1924

[6] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Lancashire 24 May 1924

[7] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Worcestershire 31 May 1924

[8] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Warwickshire 7 Jun 1924

[9] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Yorkshire 14 Jun 1924

[10] Cricket Archive – Surrey v Derbyshire 18 Jun 1924

[11] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Somerset 21 Jun 1924

[12] Cricket Archive – Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 25 Jun 1924

[13] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Leicestershire 28 Jun 1924

[14] Cricket Archive – Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 5 Jul 1924

[15] Cricket Archive – Somerset v Derbyshire 9 Jul 1924

[16] Cricket Archive – Glamorgan v Derbyshire 12 Jul 1924

[17] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 19 Jul 1924

[18] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 23 Jul 1924

[19] Cricket Archive – Yorkshire v Derbyshire 30 Jul 1924

[20] Cricket Archive – Warwickshire v Derbyshire 2 Aug 1924

[21] Cricket Archive – Worcestershire v Derbyshire 6 Aug 1924

[22] Cricket Archive – Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 9 Aug 1924

[23] Cricket Archive – Essex v Derbyshire 13 Aug 1924

[24] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 16 Aug 1924

[25] Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Essex 20 Aug 1924

[26] Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1924

[27] Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1924

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