Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1934

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1934 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for sixty-three years. It was their thirty-sixth season in the County Championship and they won ten matches in the County Championship, to finish third.

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons

1934 season
Captain	A W Richardson
County Championship	3
Most runs	Denis Smith
Most wickets	Tommy Mitchell
Most catches	Harry Elliott
← 1933 1935 →

1934 season

Derbyshire played 28 matches in Championship, and one against the touring Australians. They won eleven matches altogether, ten in the County Championship to finish third in the table, on course to win the championship two years later in 1936. A W Richardson was in his fourth season as captain. Denis Smith scored most runs and Tommy Mitchell took most wickets.

Two players made their debut during the season. Elijah Carrington had been brought into the club in the previous year and played first team matches for three more years. Arnold Townsend played one game in 1934, but went on to become a significant player for the club.

Matches

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	5 May 1934 [1]	Lancashire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston	Drawn		Watson 128; Iddon 121; Sibbles 6-44
2	12 May 1934 [2]	Sussex County Ground, Hove	Lost	2 wickets
3	19 May 1934 [3]	Warwickshire County Ground, Derby	Won	2 wickets
4	23 May 1934 [4]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton	Won	Innings and 147 runs	T S Worthington 147
5	26 May 1934 [5]	Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	102 runs	T. B. Mitchell 5-26 and 6-96; Bowes 5-60
6	2 Jun 1934 [6]	Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Won	28 runs	T R Armstrong 5-72; Voce 7-53; L F Townsend 7-47
7	6 Jun 1934 [7]	Surrey Kennington Oval	Lost	7 wickets	Gregory 124; D Smith 126; Gover 6-37; T S Worthington 6-90
8	9 Jun 1934 [8]	Hampshire United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth	Lost	Innings and 82 runs	Arnold 144; Mead 138; A E Alderman 124
9	13 Jun 1934 [9]	Gloucestershire County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Hammond 134; T. B. Mitchell 5-119;
10	16 Jun 1934 [10]	Leicestershire Aylestone Road, Leicester	Won	124 runs	T. B. Mitchell 7-55
11	20 Jun 1934 [11]	Kent Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		Freeman 6-105; T. B. Mitchell 5-114
12	23 Jun 1934 [12]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby	Drawn		A E Alderman 115; Timms 100; T. B. Mitchell 6-73
13	27 Jun 1934 [13]	Sussex Park Road Ground, Buxton	Drawn		Parks 138; D Smith 120
14	30 Jun 1934 [14]	Somerset Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Won	10 wickets	H Storer 113
15	4 Jul 1934 [15]	Kent Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells	Won	4 wckets	W H Copson 5-36; Freeman 5-29
16	7 Jul 1934 [16]	Worcestershire Amblecote, Stourbridge	Won	Inings and 115 runs	T. B. Mitchell 8-22 and 5-66; L F Townsend 5-48
17	11 Jul 1934 [17]	Australian cricket team in England in 1934 Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	9 wickets	Ebeling 5-28; T. B. Mitchell 7-105; Fleetwood-Smith 5-38
18	14 Jul 1934 [18]	Middlesex County Ground, Derby	Won	278 runs	T. B. Mitchell 6-56 and 7-57
19	18 Jul 1934 [19]	Gloucestershire Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester	Drawn		Dacre 117; D Smith 131; A F Skinner 102; Goddard 5-90; Sinfield 5-54
20	21 Jul 1934 [20]	Worcestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		Gibbons 105
21	25 Jul 1934 [21]	Surrey Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston	Drawn		D Smith 125
22	28 Jul 1934 [22]	Hampshire County Ground, Derby	Won	10 wickets	T S Worthington 154; T. B. Mitchell 6-90
23	1 Aug 1934 [23]	Yorkshire Bramall Lane, Sheffield	Drawn		T. B. Mitchell 5-81
24	4 Aug 1934 [24]	Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham	Drawn		Paine 6-88
25	8 Aug 1934 [25]	Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester	Lost	135 runs	Hopwood 5-32 and 8-58
26	11 Aug 1934 [26]	Somerset Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare	Won	Innings and 69 runs	L F Townsend 106 and 6-66 and 5-64
27	15 Aug 1934 [27]	Middlesex Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	Lost	84 runs	C Smith 5-51; W H Copson 5-63; SIms 6-85
28	18 Aug 1934 [28]	Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston	Won	201 runs	A V Pope 6-21; Voce 6-52; W H Copson 5-40
29	29 Aug 1934 [29]	Leicestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Won	42 runs

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

Name	Matches	Inns	Runs	High score	Average	100s
H Storer	15	25	881	113	38.30	1
D Smith	28	47	1565	131	35.56	4
A E Alderman	26	44	1290	124*	33.94	2
GR Jackson	2	4	125	93	31.25	0
A F Skinner	20	33	921	102	29.70	1
L F Townsend	28	46	1149	106*	27.35	1
T S Worthington	28	44	1185	154	26.93	2
LB Blaxland	2	3	67	31	22.33	0
H Elliott	28	42	661	72*	21.32	0
E Carrington	11	16	311	80	20.73	0
A V Pope	26	40	603	40	17.73	0
NM Ford	5	8	129	60	16.12	0
A W Richardson	15	25	319	58	13.86	0
G H Pope	10	15	168	25	12.92	0
C S Elliott	8	13	165	45	12.69	0
T R Armstrong	12	16	100	28*	11.11	0
A F Townsend	1	2	7	7*	7.00	0
W H Copson	21	27	104	18	5.77	0
T. B. Mitchell	21	29	131	28	5.24	0
JD Southern	1	2	1	1	0.50	0 [30]

County Championship bowling averages

Name	Balls	Runs	Wickets	BB	Average
T. B. Mitchell	4827	2400	138	8-22	17.39
W H Copson	4088	1603	91	5-36	17.61
L F Townsend	4190	1624	75	7-47	21.65
T S Worthington	4095	1641	59	6-90	27.81
A V Pope	2919	1022	51	6-21	20.03
T R Armstrong	1636	701	18	5-72	38.94
G H Pope	876	391	17	4-107	23.00
C S Elliott	84	40	0
A F Skinner	72	62	0
H Storer	70	51	0
D Smith	42	32	0
A E Alderman	12	12	0
NM Ford	6	1	0[31]

Wicket Keeper

Harry Elliott Catches 58, Stumping 18

See also

• Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
• 1934 English cricket season

References

1. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire 5 May 1934
2. Cricket Archive - Sussex v Derbyshire 12 May 1934
3. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Warwickshire 19 May 1934
4. Cricket Archive - Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 23 May 1934
5. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire 26 May 1934
6. Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 2 Jun 1934
7. Cricket Archive - Surrey v Derbyshire 6 Jun 1934
8. Cricket Archive - Hampshire v Derbyshire 9 Jun 1934
9. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 13 Jun 1934
10. Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire 16 Jun 1934
11. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Kent 20 Jun 1934
12. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 23 Jun 1934
13. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Sussex 27 Jun 1934
14. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Somerset 30 Jun 1934
15. Cricket Archive - Kent v Derbyshire 4 Jul 1934
16. Cricket Archive - Worcestershire v Derbyshire 7 Jul 1934
17. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Australians 11 Jul 1934
18. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Middlesex 14 Jul 1934
19. Cricket Archive - Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 18 Jul 1934
20. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Worcestershire 21 Jul 1934
21. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Surrey 25 Jul 1934
22. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Hampshire 28 Jul 1934
23. Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire 1 Aug 1934
24. Cricket Archive - Warwickshire v Derbyshire 4 Aug 1934
25. Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire 8 Aug 1934
26. Cricket Archive - Somerset v Derbyshire 11 Aug 1934
27. Cricket Archive - Middlesex v Derbyshire 15 Aug 1934
28. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 18 Aug 1934
29. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Leicestershire 29 Aug 1934
30. Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1934
31. Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1934