Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1939
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Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1939 was the last cricket
season before World War II
, when the English club Derbyshire
had been playing for sixty-eight years. It was their forty first season in the County Championship
and they won ten matches in the Championship, to finish ninth.
. They won eleven matches altogether, ten in the County Championship. Robin Buckston
was in his third season as captain. Denis Smith
scored most runs and Bill Copson
took most wickets.
Nearly all the players had been members of the 1936 championship winning team
and the only player to make his debut was Cliff Gladwin
whose low scores and failure to take a wicket gave little inkling that he would turn out to be Derbyshire's main wicket-taker in the years after World War II.
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
|10 May 1939
| |Oxford University
The University Parks, Oxford
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 163 runs
| W H Copson
5-12 and 5-9; Pether 5-7; A V Pope
5-30
|-
|2
|13 May 1939
| Surrey
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Gregory 5-46; W H Copson
5-47
|-
|3
|20 May 1939
| Northamptonshire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 10 wickets
|
|-
|4
|27 May 1939
| Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 71 runs
| Dollery 177; W H Copson
5-47; Hollies 6-48 and 5-79; T B Mitchell
5-112
|-
|5
|31 May 1939
| Kent
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 5 wickets
| W H Copson
5-39;
|-
|6
|03 Jun 1939
| Lancashire
Old Trafford, Manchester
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 105 runs
| Paynter 222; Phillipson 5-38
|-
|7
|07 Jun 1939
| Worcestershire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 315 runs
| D Smith
123; A V Pope
6-47
|-
|8
|10 Jun 1939
| West Indies
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| W H Copson
6-73
|-
|9
|14 Jun 1939
| Surrey
Woodbridge Road, Guildford
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 43 runs
| Parker 6-34; A V Pope
6-44; G H Pope 5-46
|-
|10
|17 Jun 1939
| Lancashire
Park Road Ground, Buxton
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| T S Worthington
101
|-
|11
|21 Jun 1939
| Leicestershire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 9 wickets
| H Smith 5-64; L F Townsend
5-45
|-
|12
|24 Jun 1939
| Yorkshire
Bramall Lane, Sheffield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 276 runs
| Barber 100; G H Pope 6-44; Smurthwaite 5-7; Smailes 10-47
|-
|13
|28 Jun 1939
| Sussex
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 13 runs
| T S Worthington
119; W H Copson
6-64; Duffield 5-38; Langridge 3-5
Langridge scored a hat-trick
|-
|14
|01 Jul 1939
| Essex
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 10 wickets
| W H Copson
6-57; Stephenson 6-41
|-
|15
|08 Jul 1939
| Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| T B Mitchell
5-70
|-
|16
|12 Jul 1939
| Middlesex
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 6 wickets
| W H Copson
7-39
|-
|17
|15 Jul 1939
| Yorkshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|18
|19 Jul 1939
| Worcestershire
Tipton Road, Dudley
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| D Smith
132
|-
|19
|22 Jul 1939
| Somerset
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Buse 5-76; G H Pope 5-59; T B Mitchell
5-66; Andrews 5-45
|-
|20
|26 Jul 1939
| Middlesex
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 24 runs
| Denis Compton
214; Sims 8-32 and 5-128
|-
|21
|29 Jul 1939
| Kent
Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 171 runs
| Ames 159; Todd 106; Harding 5-56
|-
|22
|02 Aug 1939
| Gloucestershire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Scott 7-63; T B Mitchell
6-71
|-
|23
|05 Aug 1939
| Warwickshire
Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Grove 5-78
|-
|24
|09 Aug 1939
| Northamptonshire
County Ground, Northampton
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Brookes 101; G H Pope 6-38
|-
|25
|12 Aug 1939
| Essex
Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 31 runs
| Nichols 6-18 and 5-26; Farnes 5-52
|-
|26
|16 Aug 1939
| Gloucestershire
College Ground, Cheltenham
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 1 run
| W H Copson
5-45;A V Pope
5-25; Lambert 6-69; T B Mitchell
5-75
|-
|27
|19 Aug 1939
| Nottinghamshire
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 147 runs
| G H Pope 121
|-
|28
|23 Aug 1939
| Sussex
The Saffrons, Eastbourne
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 39 runs
| T B Mitchell
8-149 Nye 5-49
|-
|29
|26 Aug 1939
| Somerset
County Ground, Taunton
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 7 wickets
| A F Townsend
142; Buse 8-41
|-
|30
|30 Aug 1939
| Leicestershire
Aylestone Road, Leicester
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Sperry 7-48; W H Copson
6-39
|-
|
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !!100s
|-
| G H Pope || 28 ||46 || 1397 ||121 ||34.07 || 1
|-
| D Smith
||28|| 51 || 1468 ||132 || 31.91 || 2
|-
| T S Worthington
|| 24|| 40 || 1036 ||119 || 28.77 || 2
|-
| A E Alderman
|| 28 ||48 || 1138 ||91 || 25.86 || 0
|-
| A V Pope
|| 28 ||41 || 768 ||65 || 21.94 ||
|-
| A F Townsend
|| 11|| 21 || 400 ||142*|| 21.05 || 1
|-
| L F Townsend
||22|| 33 || 647 ||92 || 20.87 || 0
|-
| AEG Rhodes
|| 26 ||39 || 468|| 72 ||12.64 || 0
|-
| TD Hounsfield
||13 ||19 || 179 ||36 || 11.18 || 0
|-
| RHR Buckston
|| 17 ||27 || 236 ||33 ||10.26 || 0
|-
| T R Armstrong
||2|| 2 | 10|| 8* ||10.00 || 0
|-
| H Elliott
||25 ||36 || 244|| 25 ||9.76 || 0
|-
| W H Copson
|| 26|| 34 ||206|| 26 || 7.92 || 0
|-
| C Gladwin
||4|| 7 || 53 ||16 ||7.57 || 0
|-
| T B Mitchell
|| 26 ||35 || 172 ||27 || 6.14 || 0
|-
|-
|}
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average
|-
| W H Copson
|| 4404 || 1856|| 109|| 7-39 ||17.02
|-
| A V Pope
|| 4301 || 1734 ||86 ||6-44 ||20.16
|-
| T B Mitchell
|| 2744 || 1728 ||80 ||8-149 ||21.60
|-
| G H Pope || 3332 || 1474 ||78|| 6-38 ||18.89
|-
| AEG Rhodes
|| 976 || 477|| 25 ||3-14 ||19.08
|-
| L F Townsend
|| 580 || 245 ||8 ||5-45 ||30.62
|-
| D Smith
|| 24 || 10 ||1 ||1-10 ||10.00
|-
| T R Armstrong
|| 88 || 54|| 0
|-
| C Gladwin
|| 144 || 78|| 0
|-
|}
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
season before World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, when the English club Derbyshire
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...
had been playing for sixty-eight years. It was their forty first season in the County Championship
County Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...
and they won ten matches in the Championship, to finish ninth.
1939 season
Derbyshire played 28 matches in the County Championship, one against Oxford University and one against the touring West IndiansWest Indian cricket team in England in 1939
The West Indies cricket team toured England in the 1939 season to play a three-match Test series against England. England won the series 1-0 with two matches drawn. A total of 25 first-class matches was played and the West Indian side won eight of them and lost six, with the others drawn...
. They won eleven matches altogether, ten in the County Championship. Robin Buckston
Robin Buckston
Robin Henry Rowland Buckston was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1928 and 1939 and for MCC in 1929 and 1930. He captained the Derbyshire team between 1937 and 1939....
was in his third season as captain. Denis Smith
Denis Smith (cricketer)
Denis Smith was a cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1927 and 1952 and in two Test matchs for England in 1935. He scored over 21,000 runs in first class cricket.Smith was born in Somercotes, Derbyshire...
scored most runs and Bill Copson
Bill Copson
Bill Copson was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1932 and 1950, and for England between 1939 and 1947. He took over 1,000 wickets for Derbyshire, and was prominent in their 1936 Championship season...
took most wickets.
Nearly all the players had been members of the 1936 championship winning team
Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1936
Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1936 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire won the County Championship for the first and only time. They had been playing for sixty five years and it was their thirty-eighth season in the County Championship....
and the only player to make his debut was Cliff Gladwin
Cliff Gladwin
Clifford Gladwin was an English cricketer, who played for Derbyshire from 1939 to 1958, and in eight Tests for England from 1947 to 1949...
whose low scores and failure to take a wicket gave little inkling that he would turn out to be Derbyshire's main wicket-taker in the years after World War II.
Matches
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
|10 May 1939
| |Oxford University
Oxford University Cricket Club
Oxford University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team, representing the University of Oxford. It plays its home games at the University Parks in Oxford, England...
The University Parks, Oxford
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 163 runs
| W H Copson
Bill Copson
Bill Copson was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1932 and 1950, and for England between 1939 and 1947. He took over 1,000 wickets for Derbyshire, and was prominent in their 1936 Championship season...
5-12 and 5-9; Pether 5-7; A V Pope
Alf Pope
Alfred Vardy Pope was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1930 and 1939. He was in the club's championship winning team of 1936 and took 555 wickets overall....
5-30
|-
|2
|13 May 1939
| Surrey
Surrey County Cricket Club
Surrey County Cricket Club is one of the 18 professional county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Surrey. Its limited overs team is called the Surrey Lions...
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Gregory 5-46; W H Copson
Bill Copson
Bill Copson was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1932 and 1950, and for England between 1939 and 1947. He took over 1,000 wickets for Derbyshire, and was prominent in their 1936 Championship season...
5-47
|-
|3
|20 May 1939
| Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks. The traditional club colour is Maroon. During the...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 10 wickets
|
|-
|4
|27 May 1939
| Warwickshire
Warwickshire County Cricket Club
Warwickshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Warwickshire. Its limited overs team is called the Warwickshire Bears. Their kit colours are black and gold and the shirt sponsor...
Edgbaston, Birmingham
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 71 runs
| Dollery 177; W H Copson
Bill Copson
Bill Copson was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1932 and 1950, and for England between 1939 and 1947. He took over 1,000 wickets for Derbyshire, and was prominent in their 1936 Championship season...
5-47; Hollies 6-48 and 5-79; T B Mitchell
Thomas Mitchell (cricketer)
Thomas Bignall Mitchell was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1928 and 1939....
5-112
|-
|5
|31 May 1939
| Kent
Kent County Cricket Club
Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 5 wickets
| W H Copson
Bill Copson
Bill Copson was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1932 and 1950, and for England between 1939 and 1947. He took over 1,000 wickets for Derbyshire, and was prominent in their 1936 Championship season...
5-39;
|-
|6
|03 Jun 1939
| Lancashire
Lancashire County Cricket Club
Lancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1864 as a successor to Manchester Cricket Club and has played at Old Trafford since then...
Old Trafford, Manchester
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 105 runs
| Paynter 222; Phillipson 5-38
|-
|7
|07 Jun 1939
| Worcestershire
Worcestershire County Cricket Club
Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire...
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 315 runs
| D Smith
Denis Smith (cricketer)
Denis Smith was a cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1927 and 1952 and in two Test matchs for England in 1935. He scored over 21,000 runs in first class cricket.Smith was born in Somercotes, Derbyshire...
123; A V Pope
Alf Pope
Alfred Vardy Pope was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1930 and 1939. He was in the club's championship winning team of 1936 and took 555 wickets overall....
6-47
|-
|8
|10 Jun 1939
| West Indies
West Indian cricket team in England in 1939
The West Indies cricket team toured England in the 1939 season to play a three-match Test series against England. England won the series 1-0 with two matches drawn. A total of 25 first-class matches was played and the West Indian side won eight of them and lost six, with the others drawn...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| W H Copson
Bill Copson
Bill Copson was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1932 and 1950, and for England between 1939 and 1947. He took over 1,000 wickets for Derbyshire, and was prominent in their 1936 Championship season...
6-73
|-
|9
|14 Jun 1939
| Surrey
Surrey County Cricket Club
Surrey County Cricket Club is one of the 18 professional county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Surrey. Its limited overs team is called the Surrey Lions...
Woodbridge Road, Guildford
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 43 runs
| Parker 6-34; A V Pope
Alf Pope
Alfred Vardy Pope was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1930 and 1939. He was in the club's championship winning team of 1936 and took 555 wickets overall....
6-44; G H Pope 5-46
|-
|10
|17 Jun 1939
| Lancashire
Lancashire County Cricket Club
Lancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1864 as a successor to Manchester Cricket Club and has played at Old Trafford since then...
Park Road Ground, Buxton
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| T S Worthington
Stan Worthington
Thomas Stanley "Stan" Worthington, , was a cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1923 and 1947 and for England between 1930 and 1937. He was an all-rounder scoring over 19000 runs and taking over 600 first class wickets....
101
|-
|11
|21 Jun 1939
| Leicestershire
Leicestershire County Cricket Club
Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Leicestershire. It has also been representative of the county of Rutland....
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 9 wickets
| H Smith 5-64; L F Townsend
Leslie Townsend
Leslie Fletcher Townsend was an English cricketer who played for England between 1929 and 1934, for Derbyshire between 1922 and 1939 and also for Auckland New Zealand between 1934 and 1936....
5-45
|-
|12
|24 Jun 1939
| Yorkshire
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
Bramall Lane, Sheffield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 276 runs
| Barber 100; G H Pope 6-44; Smurthwaite 5-7; Smailes 10-47
|-
|13
|28 Jun 1939
| Sussex
Sussex County Cricket Club
Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Sussex. The club was founded as a successor to Brighton Cricket Club which was a representative of the county of Sussex as a...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 13 runs
| T S Worthington
Stan Worthington
Thomas Stanley "Stan" Worthington, , was a cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1923 and 1947 and for England between 1930 and 1937. He was an all-rounder scoring over 19000 runs and taking over 600 first class wickets....
119; W H Copson
Bill Copson
Bill Copson was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1932 and 1950, and for England between 1939 and 1947. He took over 1,000 wickets for Derbyshire, and was prominent in their 1936 Championship season...
6-64; Duffield 5-38; Langridge 3-5
Langridge scored a hat-trick
|-
|14
|01 Jul 1939
| Essex
Essex County Cricket Club
Essex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Essex. Its limited overs team is called the Essex Eagles, their team colours this season are blue.The club plays most of its home games...
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 10 wickets
| W H Copson
Bill Copson
Bill Copson was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1932 and 1950, and for England between 1939 and 1947. He took over 1,000 wickets for Derbyshire, and was prominent in their 1936 Championship season...
6-57; Stephenson 6-41
|-
|15
|08 Jul 1939
| Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Nottinghamshire, and the current county champions. Its limited overs team is called the Nottinghamshire Outlaws...
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| T B Mitchell
Thomas Mitchell (cricketer)
Thomas Bignall Mitchell was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1928 and 1939....
5-70
|-
|16
|12 Jul 1939
| Middlesex
Middlesex County Cricket Club
Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Middlesex. It was announced in February 2009 that Middlesex changed their limited overs name from the Middlesex Crusaders, to the...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 6 wickets
| W H Copson
Bill Copson
Bill Copson was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1932 and 1950, and for England between 1939 and 1947. He took over 1,000 wickets for Derbyshire, and was prominent in their 1936 Championship season...
7-39
|-
|17
|15 Jul 1939
| Yorkshire
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|18
|19 Jul 1939
| Worcestershire
Worcestershire County Cricket Club
Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire...
Tipton Road, Dudley
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| D Smith
Denis Smith (cricketer)
Denis Smith was a cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1927 and 1952 and in two Test matchs for England in 1935. He scored over 21,000 runs in first class cricket.Smith was born in Somercotes, Derbyshire...
132
|-
|19
|22 Jul 1939
| Somerset
Somerset County Cricket Club
Somerset County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Somerset...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Buse 5-76; G H Pope 5-59; T B Mitchell
Thomas Mitchell (cricketer)
Thomas Bignall Mitchell was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1928 and 1939....
5-66; Andrews 5-45
|-
|20
|26 Jul 1939
| Middlesex
Middlesex County Cricket Club
Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Middlesex. It was announced in February 2009 that Middlesex changed their limited overs name from the Middlesex Crusaders, to the...
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 24 runs
| Denis Compton
Denis Compton
Denis Charles Scott Compton CBE was an English cricketer who played in 78 Test matches, and a footballer...
214; Sims 8-32 and 5-128
|-
|21
|29 Jul 1939
| Kent
Kent County Cricket Club
Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...
Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 171 runs
| Ames 159; Todd 106; Harding 5-56
|-
|22
|02 Aug 1939
| Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Gloucestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators....
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Scott 7-63; T B Mitchell
Thomas Mitchell (cricketer)
Thomas Bignall Mitchell was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1928 and 1939....
6-71
|-
|23
|05 Aug 1939
| Warwickshire
Warwickshire County Cricket Club
Warwickshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Warwickshire. Its limited overs team is called the Warwickshire Bears. Their kit colours are black and gold and the shirt sponsor...
Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Grove 5-78
|-
|24
|09 Aug 1939
| Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks. The traditional club colour is Maroon. During the...
County Ground, Northampton
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Brookes 101; G H Pope 6-38
|-
|25
|12 Aug 1939
| Essex
Essex County Cricket Club
Essex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Essex. Its limited overs team is called the Essex Eagles, their team colours this season are blue.The club plays most of its home games...
Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 31 runs
| Nichols 6-18 and 5-26; Farnes 5-52
|-
|26
|16 Aug 1939
| Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Gloucestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators....
College Ground, Cheltenham
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 1 run
| W H Copson
Bill Copson
Bill Copson was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1932 and 1950, and for England between 1939 and 1947. He took over 1,000 wickets for Derbyshire, and was prominent in their 1936 Championship season...
5-45;A V Pope
Alf Pope
Alfred Vardy Pope was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1930 and 1939. He was in the club's championship winning team of 1936 and took 555 wickets overall....
5-25; Lambert 6-69; T B Mitchell
Thomas Mitchell (cricketer)
Thomas Bignall Mitchell was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1928 and 1939....
5-75
|-
|27
|19 Aug 1939
| Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Nottinghamshire, and the current county champions. Its limited overs team is called the Nottinghamshire Outlaws...
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 147 runs
| G H Pope 121
|-
|28
|23 Aug 1939
| Sussex
Sussex County Cricket Club
Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Sussex. The club was founded as a successor to Brighton Cricket Club which was a representative of the county of Sussex as a...
The Saffrons, Eastbourne
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 39 runs
| T B Mitchell
Thomas Mitchell (cricketer)
Thomas Bignall Mitchell was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1928 and 1939....
8-149 Nye 5-49
|-
|29
|26 Aug 1939
| Somerset
Somerset County Cricket Club
Somerset County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Somerset...
County Ground, Taunton
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| A F Townsend
Arnold Townsend
Arnold Frederick Townsend was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1934 to 1950.-Career:...
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Leicestershire County Cricket Club
Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Leicestershire. It has also been representative of the county of Rutland....
Aylestone Road, Leicester
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| Sperry 7-48; W H Copson
Bill Copson
Bill Copson was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1932 and 1950, and for England between 1939 and 1947. He took over 1,000 wickets for Derbyshire, and was prominent in their 1936 Championship season...
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County Championship batting averages
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! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !!100s
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| G H Pope || 28 ||46 || 1397 ||121 ||34.07 || 1
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| D Smith
Denis Smith (cricketer)
Denis Smith was a cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1927 and 1952 and in two Test matchs for England in 1935. He scored over 21,000 runs in first class cricket.Smith was born in Somercotes, Derbyshire...
||28|| 51 || 1468 ||132 || 31.91 || 2
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| T S Worthington
Stan Worthington
Thomas Stanley "Stan" Worthington, , was a cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1923 and 1947 and for England between 1930 and 1937. He was an all-rounder scoring over 19000 runs and taking over 600 first class wickets....
|| 24|| 40 || 1036 ||119 || 28.77 || 2
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| A E Alderman
Albert Alderman
Albert Edward Alderman was an English cricketer and footballer. He played cricket for Derbyshire between 1928 and 1948 and scored over 12,000 runs for the club. As a footballer, he played as an inside forward for Derby County and Burnley between 1928 and 1935.-Early life:Alderman was born in...
|| 28 ||48 || 1138 ||91 || 25.86 || 0
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| A V Pope
Alf Pope
Alfred Vardy Pope was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1930 and 1939. He was in the club's championship winning team of 1936 and took 555 wickets overall....
|| 28 ||41 || 768 ||65 || 21.94 ||
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| A F Townsend
Arnold Townsend
Arnold Frederick Townsend was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1934 to 1950.-Career:...
|| 11|| 21 || 400 ||142*|| 21.05 || 1
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| L F Townsend
Leslie Townsend
Leslie Fletcher Townsend was an English cricketer who played for England between 1929 and 1934, for Derbyshire between 1922 and 1939 and also for Auckland New Zealand between 1934 and 1936....
||22|| 33 || 647 ||92 || 20.87 || 0
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| AEG Rhodes
Albert Rhodes
Albert Ennion Groucott "Dusty" Rhodes was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire and MCC between 1937 and 1954 and was also a Test match umpire.Rhodes was born at Tintwistle, Cheshire...
|| 26 ||39 || 468|| 72 ||12.64 || 0
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| TD Hounsfield
Thomas Hounsfield
Thomas Douglas Hounsfield was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1938 and 1939.Hounsfield was born at Hackenthorpe Farm, Yorkshire...
||13 ||19 || 179 ||36 || 11.18 || 0
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| RHR Buckston
Robin Buckston
Robin Henry Rowland Buckston was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1928 and 1939 and for MCC in 1929 and 1930. He captained the Derbyshire team between 1937 and 1939....
|| 17 ||27 || 236 ||33 ||10.26 || 0
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| T R Armstrong
Thomas Armstrong (cricketer, born 1909)
Thomas Riley Armstrong was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire from 1929 to 1950...
||2|| 2 | 10|| 8* ||10.00 || 0
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| H Elliott
Harry Elliott
Harry Elliott was an English cricketer who kept wicket for Derbyshire from 1920 to 1947 and for England between 1927 and 1934 and was an international Test umpire....
||25 ||36 || 244|| 25 ||9.76 || 0
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| W H Copson
Bill Copson
Bill Copson was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1932 and 1950, and for England between 1939 and 1947. He took over 1,000 wickets for Derbyshire, and was prominent in their 1936 Championship season...
|| 26|| 34 ||206|| 26 || 7.92 || 0
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| C Gladwin
Cliff Gladwin
Clifford Gladwin was an English cricketer, who played for Derbyshire from 1939 to 1958, and in eight Tests for England from 1947 to 1949...
||4|| 7 || 53 ||16 ||7.57 || 0
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| T B Mitchell
Thomas Mitchell (cricketer)
Thomas Bignall Mitchell was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1928 and 1939....
|| 26 ||35 || 172 ||27 || 6.14 || 0
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County Championship bowling averages
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="70%"|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average
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| W H Copson
Bill Copson
Bill Copson was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1932 and 1950, and for England between 1939 and 1947. He took over 1,000 wickets for Derbyshire, and was prominent in their 1936 Championship season...
|| 4404 || 1856|| 109|| 7-39 ||17.02
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| A V Pope
Alf Pope
Alfred Vardy Pope was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1930 and 1939. He was in the club's championship winning team of 1936 and took 555 wickets overall....
|| 4301 || 1734 ||86 ||6-44 ||20.16
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| T B Mitchell
Thomas Mitchell (cricketer)
Thomas Bignall Mitchell was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1928 and 1939....
|| 2744 || 1728 ||80 ||8-149 ||21.60
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| G H Pope || 3332 || 1474 ||78|| 6-38 ||18.89
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| AEG Rhodes
Albert Rhodes
Albert Ennion Groucott "Dusty" Rhodes was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire and MCC between 1937 and 1954 and was also a Test match umpire.Rhodes was born at Tintwistle, Cheshire...
|| 976 || 477|| 25 ||3-14 ||19.08
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| L F Townsend
Leslie Townsend
Leslie Fletcher Townsend was an English cricketer who played for England between 1929 and 1934, for Derbyshire between 1922 and 1939 and also for Auckland New Zealand between 1934 and 1936....
|| 580 || 245 ||8 ||5-45 ||30.62
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| D Smith
Denis Smith (cricketer)
Denis Smith was a cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1927 and 1952 and in two Test matchs for England in 1935. He scored over 21,000 runs in first class cricket.Smith was born in Somercotes, Derbyshire...
|| 24 || 10 ||1 ||1-10 ||10.00
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| T R Armstrong
Thomas Armstrong (cricketer, born 1909)
Thomas Riley Armstrong was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire from 1929 to 1950...
|| 88 || 54|| 0
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| C Gladwin
Cliff Gladwin
Clifford Gladwin was an English cricketer, who played for Derbyshire from 1939 to 1958, and in eight Tests for England from 1947 to 1949...
|| 144 || 78|| 0
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Wicket Keeper
- Harry ElliottHarry ElliottHarry Elliott was an English cricketer who kept wicket for Derbyshire from 1920 to 1947 and for England between 1927 and 1934 and was an international Test umpire....
Catches 48, Stumping 11 - Albert AldermanAlbert AldermanAlbert Edward Alderman was an English cricketer and footballer. He played cricket for Derbyshire between 1928 and 1948 and scored over 12,000 runs for the club. As a footballer, he played as an inside forward for Derby County and Burnley between 1928 and 1935.-Early life:Alderman was born in...
Catches 17, Stumping 1