Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1926
# Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1926

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 | Yorkshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston | Drawn | | Macaulay 6–34 |
| 2 | 15 May 1926 | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester | Lost | Innings and 214 runs | Hallows 110 |
| 3 | 22 May 1926 | Warwickshire County Ground, Derby | Drawn | | Bates 187; Partridge 5–77 |
| 4 | 26 May 1926 | Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton | Drawn | | Jupp 109; H Storer 5–46 |
| 5 | 29 May 1926 | Glamorgan Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Lost | 8 wickets | Bates 100; Mercer 5–50 |
| 6 | 5 Jun 1926 | Essex County Ground, Derby | Lost | Innings and 153 runs | Freeman 172; AHM Jackson 5–84; Palmer 5–31 |
| 7 | 9 Jun 1926 | Kent Garrison 1 Cricket Ground, Chatham | Drawn | | Hardinge 134; Freeman 5–82; Wright 5–36 |
| 8 | 12 Jun 1926 | Leicestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Abandoned | | |
| 9 | 19 Jun 1926 | Gloucestershire The Town Ground, Burton-on-Trent | Drawn | | Dipper 118 |
| 10 | 23 Jun 1926 | Australians Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Drawn | | Bardsley 127 |
| 11 | 26 Jun 1926 | Somerset Recreation Ground, Bath | Lost | Innings and 1 run | Bridges 5–59; Hunt 5–90 |
| 12 | 30 Jun 1926 | Gloucestershire Greenbank, Bristol | Won | 6 wickets | GM Lee 5–89; Sinfield 5–80 |
| 13 | 3 Jul 1926 | Glamorgan Ynysangharad Park, Pontypridd | Drawn | | Riches 136; H Storer 5–90 |
| 14 | 10 Jul 1926 | Somerset County Ground, Derby | Won | 139 runs | H Storer 132 and 6–48; Bridges 5–120 |
| 15 | 14 Jul 1926 | Yorkshire Bramall Lane, Sheffield | Drawn | | |
| 16 | 17 Jul 1926 | Leicestershire Aylestone Road, Leicester | Lost | Innings and 51 runs | Taylor 107; Lord 5–40; GM Lee 5–57 |
| 17 | 24 Jul 1926 | Lancashire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Lost | Innings and 150 runs | Hallows 100; Watson 109; Tyldesley 5–17 and 5–18 |
| 18 | 28 Jul 1926 | Worcestershire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston | Won | 2 wickets | Fox 105; Root 5–56 and 6–83; A Morton 5–44 |
| 19 | 31 Jul 1926 | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham | Drawn | | J Bowden 106; W Quaife 5–81; GM Lee 6–76 |
| 20 | 4 Aug 1926 | 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 | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham | Drawn | | Payton 133; H Larwood 5–44; Richmond 5–98 |
| 22 | 11 Aug 1926 | Essex County Ground, Leyton | Drawn | | Russell 102*; A Morton 5–94 |
| 23 | 14 Aug 1926 | 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 | Northamptonshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Won | Innings and 69 runs | L F Townsend 5–14; Jupp 5–98 |
| 25 | 21 Aug 1926 | 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 |

### 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 |

## Wicket-keeper

H Elliott Catches 35 Stumping 12

