Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1926

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1926 season
Captain	Guy Jackson
County Championship	11
Most runs	Harry Storer
Most wickets	Stan Worthington
Most catches	Harry Elliott
← 1925	1927 →

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1926 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for fifty five years. It was their twenty-eighth season in the County Championship and they won five matches to finish eleventh in the County Championship.

1926 season

Derbyshire played 24 games in the County Championship, and one match against the touring Australians. The majority of matches were drawn, and Derbyshire suffered heavy defeats at the hands of champion county Lancashire.

Guy Jackson was in his fifth season as captain. Harry Storer was top scorer and took 41 wickets as well. Stan Worthington took most wickets with 56.

Neville Ford played the first of several seasons for Derbyshire but William Parrington appeared only in 1926. Henry Jordan played in just one match without scoring, while Albert Blount reappeared for two matches twelve years after he had last played for the county. Stalwarts Samuel Cadman and Arthur Morton played their last games for the club.

Matches

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	8 May 1926^[1]	Yorkshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston	Drawn		Macaulay 6–34
2	15 May 1926^[2]	Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester	Lost	Innings and 214 runs	Hallows 110
3	22 May 1926^[3]	Warwickshire County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Bates 187; Partridge 5–77
4	26 May 1926^[4]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton	Drawn		Jupp 109; H Storer 5–46
5	29 May 1926^[5]	Glamorgan Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	8 wickets	Bates 100; Mercer 5–50
6	5 Jun 1926^[6]	Essex County Ground, Derby	Lost	Innings and 153 runs	Freeman 172; AHM Jackson 5–84; Palmer 5–31
7	9 Jun 1926^[7]	Kent Garrison 1 Cricket Ground, Chatham	Drawn		Hardinge 134; Freeman 5–82; Wright 5–36
8	12 Jun 1926^[8]	Leicestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Abandoned
9	19 Jun 1926^[9]	Gloucestershire The Town Ground, Burton-on-Trent	Drawn		Dipper 118
10	23 Jun 1926^[10]	Australians Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		Bardsley 127
11	26 Jun 1926^[11]	Somerset Recreation Ground, Bath	Lost	Innings and 1 run	Bridges 5–59; Hunt 5–90
12	30 Jun 1926^[12]	Gloucestershire Greenbank, Bristol	Won	6 wickets	GM Lee 5–89; Sinfield 5–80
13	3 Jul 1926^[13]	Glamorgan Ynysangharad Park, Pontypridd	Drawn		Riches 136; H Storer 5–90
14	10 Jul 1926^[14]	Somerset County Ground, Derby	Won	139 runs	H Storer 132 and 6–48; Bridges 5–120
15	14 Jul 1926^[15]	Yorkshire Bramall Lane, Sheffield	Drawn
16	17 Jul 1926^[16]	Leicestershire Aylestone Road, Leicester	Lost	Innings and 51 runs	Taylor 107; Lord 5–40; GM Lee 5–57
17	24 Jul 1926^[17]	Lancashire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	Innings and 150 runs	Hallows 100; Watson 109; Tyldesley 5–17 and 5–18
18	28 Jul 1926^[18]	Worcestershire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston	Won	2 wickets	Fox 105; Root 5–56 and 6–83; A Morton 5–44
19	31 Jul 1926^[19]	Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham	Drawn		J Bowden 106; W Quaife 5–81; GM Lee 6–76
20	4 Aug 1926^[20]	Worcestershire Chester Road North Ground, Kidderminster	Won	83 runs	Fox 141; Wilson 5–97 and 5–74; A Morton 5–71
21	7 Aug 1926^[21]	Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Drawn		Payton 133; H Larwood 5–44; Richmond 5–98
22	11 Aug 1926^[22]	Essex County Ground, Leyton	Drawn		Russell 102*; A Morton 5–94
23	14 Aug 1926^[23]	Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston	Lost	50 runs	Payton 100*; Staples 5–76 and 6–51; Richmond 5–78; L F Townsend 6–32
24	18 Aug 1926^[24]	Northamptonshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Won	Innings and 69 runs	L F Townsend 5–14; Jupp 5–98
25	21 Aug 1926^[25]	Kent County Ground, Derby	Drawn		GM Lee 191 and 5–87; T S Worthington 5–74; Freeman 6–120

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

Name	Matches	Inns	Runs	High score	Average	100s
H Storer	21	37	1206	132	36.54	1
J Bowden	23	40	1189	106	30.48	1
GM Lee	22	40	1103	191	29.02	1
GR Jackson	23	39	845	98	21.66	0
L F Townsend	23	40	793	89	20.86	0
JL Crommelin-Brown	7	11	229	68	20.81	0
T S Worthington	23	36	656	84	20.50	0
EF Loney	6	10	164	39*	20.50	0
JM Hutchinson	23	38	696	81	19.88	0
AHM Jackson	6	10	110	36*	18.33	0
A Morton	19	28	361	56*	16.40	0
WF Parrington	6	11	148	47	14.80	0
NM Ford	2	2	28	20	14.00	0
A Blount	2	3	41	17	13.66	0
H Elliott	23	32	222	34*	11.68	0
W Carter	4	6	69	35	11.50	0
JA Cresswell	8	11	61	18*	10.16	0
SWA Cadman	1	2	19	13	9.50	0
W Shardlow	10	13	37	16	4.11	0
HGB Jordan	1	2	0	0	0.00	0^[26]

County Championship bowling averages

Name	Balls	Runs	Wickets	BB	Average
T S Worthington	4481	1656	56	5–74	29.57
A Morton	3515	1233	49	5–44	25.16
H Storer	3178	1406	41	6–48	34.29
GM Lee	2186	965	40	6–76	24.12
L F Townsend	2254	854	38	6–32	22.47
W Shardlow	1753	761	20	4–64	38.05
AHM Jackson	660	371	17	5–84	21.82
JA Cresswell	966	371	11	2–34	33.72
JM Hutchinson	786	434	11	2–9	39.45
EF Loney	834	259	11	4–27	23.54
SWA Cadman	228	85	2	1–25	42.50
A Blount	186	70	1	1–38	70.00
W Carter	132	82	0
GR Jackson	90	42	0^[27]

Wicket-keeper

H Elliott Catches 35 Stumping 12

References

[1] Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Yorkshire 8 May 1926

[2] Cricket Archive Lancashire v Derbyshire 15 May 1926

[3] Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Warwickshire 22 May 1926

[4] Cricket Archive Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 26 May 1926

[5] Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Glamorgan 29 May 1926

[6] Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Essex 5 Jun 1926

[7] Cricket Archive Kent v Derbyshire 9 Jun 1926

[8] Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Leicestershire 12 Jun 1926

[9] Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 19 Jun 1926

[10] Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Australians 23 Jun 1926

[11] Cricket Archive Somerset v Derbyshire 26 Jun 1926

[12] Cricket Archive Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 30 Jun 1926

[13] Cricket Archive Glamorgan v Derbyshire 3 Jul 1926

[14] Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Somerset 10 Jul 1926

[15] Cricket Archive Yorkshire v Derbyshire 14 Jul 1926

[16] Cricket Archive Leicestershire v Derbyshire 17 Jul 1926

[17] Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Lancashire 24 Jul 1926

[18] Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Worcestershire 28 Jul 1926

[19] Cricket Archive Warwickshire v Derbyshire 31 Jul 1926

[20] Cricket Archive Worcestershire v Derbyshire 4 Aug 1926

[21] Cricket Archive Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 7 Aug 1926

[22] Cricket Archive Essex v Derbyshire 11 Aug 1926

[23] Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 14 Aug 1926

[24] Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 18 Aug 1926

[25] Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Kent 21 Aug 1926

[26] Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1926

[27] Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1926

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