Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1947
# Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1947

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1947 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for seventy-six years. It was their forty-third season in the County Championship and they won twelve matches and lost ten to finish fifth in the County Championship.

## 1947 season

Derbyshire played 26 matches in the County Championship and two against touring sides from Ireland and South Africa. They won eleven matches in the Championship and won the game against Ireland.

Edward Gothard was brought into the side as captain in 1947 and the club saw a marked improvement in rating. Charlie Elliott was top scorer and Cliff Gladwin and George Pope equalled on wickets taken in the County Championship at 102, but Gladwin took most overall with 117. Derbyshire struggled with the wicket-keeping. Denis Smith was wicket-keeper for much of the season, but Harry Elliott was brought back for a four match spell before George Dawkes joined for the last few matches of the season. Charlie Elliott and Alderman also took spells behind the stumps.

Apart from Gothard, debuting as captain three important players to join the club were HL Jackson, George Dawkes and David Skinner. Jackson had a long career and was one of the club's leading bowlers. Dawkes came in as wicket-keeper for the last four matches of the season and remained as Derbyshire's wicket-keeper for many seasons. Skinner had a shorter career but was captain after Gothard. DC Brooke-Taylor also joined the side as stand-in captain in his first game and played for three seasons. Richard Watson played just 6 matches for Derbyshire which were all in the 1947 season.

### Matches

List of matches :

| No. | Date | V | Result | Margin | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 10 May 1947 | Kent St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury | Lost | 100 runs | Ames 104; C Gladwin 5-60; Wright 6-67 |
| 2 | 17 May 1947 | Worcestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Won | 2 wickets | C Gladwin 5-82 and 5-33; Perks 5-84, P Jackson 5-72 |
| 3 | 24 May 1947 | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham | Won | 100 runs | W H Copson 5-39; Grove 6-44 |
| 4 | 31 May 1947 | Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby | Won | Innings and 25 runs | T S Worthington 104; Clarke 5-51 |
| 5 | 04 Jun 1947 | Glamorgan St Helen's, Swansea | Drawn | | Muncer 5-41 |
| 6 | 07 Jun 1947 | Hampshire United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth | Lost | 7 wickets | McCorkell 103; Heath 7-49 and 6-103; G H Pope 6-61 |
| 7 | 11 Jun 1947 | Somerset Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Won | Inningsand 125 runs | G H Pope 6-34 and 7-16; Hazell 5-64 |
| 8 | 14 Jun 1947 | Sussex Cricket Field Road Ground, Horsham | Won | 99 runs | G H Pope 5-63 |
| 9 | 18 Jun 1947 | Leicestershire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston | Won | Innings and 105 runs | T S Worthington 130; G H Pope 6-30; W H Copson 5-21 |
| 10 | 21 Jun 1947 | Lancashire Park Road Ground, Buxton | Lost | 3 runs | AC Revill 102; C Gladwin 9-119 and 5-40; W H Copson 5-25 |
| 11 | 25 Jun 1947 | Ireland Park Road Ground, Buxton | Won | Innings and 8 runs | AEG Rhodes 5-55 |
| 12 | 28 Jun 1947 | Glamorgan County Ground, Derby | Won | 4 wickets | C Gladwin 5-57; Wooller 5-60 |
| 13 | 02 Jul 1947 | Gloucestershire Ashley Down Ground, Bristol | Lost | 2 wickets | Cook 5-60 |
| 14 | 05 Jul 1947 | Kent Abbeydale Park, Sheffield | Drawn | | AEG Rhodes 5-83 |
| 15 | 09 Jul 1947 | Surrey Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Abandoned | | |
| 16 | 12 Jul 1947 | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester | Lost | Innings and 93 runs | Price 6-63; Cranston 5-47 |
| 17 | 16 Jul 1947 | South Africa County Ground, Derby | Lost | 3 wickets | Smith 7-65 and 6-1; G H Pope 5-60 and 5-36 |
| 18 | 19 Jul 1947 | Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston | Won | 15 runs | Butler 6-38 and 5-79; G H Pope 6-20 and 6-81 |
| 19 | 23 Jul 1947 | Surrey Kennington Oval > | Lost | 193 runs | Parker 204; A F Townsend 103; Bedser 6-66 and 5-36 |
| 20 | 26 Jul 1947 | Northamptonshire Town Ground, Rushden | Won | 7 wickets | FE Marsh 6-37; Broderick 8-16; C Gladwin 8-26 |
| 21 | 30 Jul 1947 | Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester | Lost | 3 wickets | JD Eggar 105; G H Pope 115; V Jackson 120; AEG Rhodes 6-73 |
| 22 | 02 Aug 1947 | Warwickshire County Ground, Derby | Drawn | | Ord 111; G H Pope 6-82 |
| 23 | 06 Aug 1947 | Essex Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Lost | 5 wickets | Vigar 114; T Smith 163; Bailey 5-83 and 5-92 |
| 24 | 09 Aug 1947 | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham | Drawn | | CS Elliott 215; JD Eggar 173; Winrow 204; Harvey 125 |
| 25 | 13 Aug 1947 | Yorkshire North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough | Drawn | | A F Townsend 137; Lester 127; Yardley 177 AEG Rhodes 8-162 |
| 26 | 16 Aug 1947 | Hampshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Won | 68 runs | Bailey 7-82; Hill 5-62; G H Pope 6-49 |
| 27 | 20 Aug 1947 | Middlesex County Ground, Derby | Lost | 212 runs | Brown 150; Compton 107; Young 6-28 Gothard scored hat-trick |
| 28 | 23 Aug 1947 | Worcestershire County Ground, New Road, Worcester | Won | 10 wickets | W H Copson 5-15; Howorth 5-88 |

## Statistics

### County Championship batting averages

| Name | Matches | Inns | Runs | High score | Average | 100s |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| JD Eggar | 6 | 9 | 444 | 173 | 49.33 | 2 |
| D Smith | 19 | 31 | 952 | 79 | 36.61 | 0 |
| CS Elliott | 23 | 40 | 1337 | 215 | 33.42 | 1 |
| T S Worthington | 15 | 25 | 705 | 130 | 32.04 | 2 |
| DC Brooke-Taylor | 3 | 6 | 155 | 61* | 31.00 | 0 |
| A F Townsend | 24 | 43 | 1249 | 137 | 30.46 | 2 |
| G H Pope | 19 | 29 | 684 | 115* | 24.42 | 1 |
| P Vaulkhard | 6 | 8 | 184 | 84 | 23.00 | 0 |
| GO Dawkes | 4 | 6 | 105 | 49 | 21.00 | 0 |
| A E Alderman | 22 | 38 | 721 | 71 | 20.02 | 0 |
| FE Marsh | 19 | 32 | 476 | 63 | 19.04 | 0 |
| AEG Rhodes | 25 | 39 | 627 | 61 | 18.44 | 0 |
| AC Revill | 23 | 38 | 655 | 102 | 18.19 | 1 |
| C Gladwin | 20 | 30 | 433 | 52 | 18.04 | 0 |
| EJ Gothard | 20 | 28 | 216 | 40 | 11.36 | 0 |
| W H Copson | 17 | 25 | 191 | 38* | 9.09 | 0 |
| H Elliott | 4 | 6 | 32 | 13 | 8.00 | 0 |
| RM Watson | 4 | 8 | 34 | 18* | 5.66 | 0 |
| David Skinner | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 |
| HL Jackson | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |

### County Championship bowling averages

| Name | Balls | Runs | Wickets | BB | Average |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| G H Pope | 4191 | 1904 | 102 | 7-16 | 18.66 |
| C Gladwin | 4293 | 1807 | 102 | 9-119 | 17.71 |
| W H Copson | 3741 | 1617 | 81 | 5-15 | 19.96 |
| AEG Rhodes | 3528 | 1943 | 73 | 8-162 | 26.61 |
| FE Marsh | 1156 | 536 | 22 | 6-37 | 24.36 |
| T S Worthington | 1261 | 717 | 14 | 3-23 | 51.21 |
| AC Revill | 602 | 374 | 10 | 2-9 | 37.40 |
| EJ Gothard | 408 | 244 | 6 | 3-84 | 40.66 |
| HL Jackson | 78 | 46 | 1 | 1-40 | 46.00 |
| JD Eggar | 96 | 57 | 0 | | |

## Wicket Keepers

* Denis Smith Catches 30, Stumping 0
* CS Elliott Catches 22, Stumping 1
* H Elliott Catches 7, Stumping 1
* GO Dawkes Catches 3, Stumping 0
