Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1921

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1921 season
Captain George Buckston
County Championship 12
Most runs Samuel Cadman
Most wickets Billy Bestwick
Most catches Harry Elliott
← 1920 1922 →

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1921 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for fifty years. It was their twenty-third season in the County Championship and they won five matches to finish twelfth.

1921 season

After the appalling results of 1920, George Buckston returned as captain at the age of 40 with the firm purpose of reviving a dispirited eleven. Buckston had not played county cricket since 1907, but his appointment was followed by a revival in Derbyshire fortunes. Derbyshire CCC played twenty games in the County Championship in 1921 and won five, to finish twelfth in the table. They also played a match against Dublin University on 16 July 1921, which was a win for Derbyshire by an innings and 133 runs and an additional match against Leicestershire. W T Taylor wrote of Buckston that "Only those who played under him knew how much the team owed to the skipper for his example, cheerfulness and leadership". Having achieved his aim, Buckston could not be persuaded to carry on. Instead, he was elected chairman of the Committee.[1]

Billy Bestwick was fourth in the national first-class bowling averages with 147 wickets for less than 17 runs each. He took 10 for 40 in an innings against Glamorgan at Cardiff and took five or more wickets in an innings in all but two matches. Samuel Cadman was top scorer.

With a considerable amount of new blood in 1920, there were no lasting additions to the Derbyshire side in 1921. John Fisher only played in two seasons and George Goodwin in just one season. George Buckley and Herbert Turland made one appearance each for the side, although Turland later played in a match for Nottinghamshire.

Additional players who appeared for the club in the Dublin University match were Geoffrey Bell and players called Dilnot and Freeman.

Matches

List of matches
No. Date V Result Margin Notes
1 14 May 1921 [2] Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham 		Lost 8 Wickets W Bestwick 9-65; Howell 8-69
2 18 May 1921 [3] Worcestershire
County Ground, New Road, Worcester 		Won 8 Wickets A Morton 5-108, W Bestwick 7-67
3 21 May 1921 [4] Nottinghamshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Won 23 Runs Barratt 5-68 and 5-39; Richmond 5-58; W Bestwick 5-82; A Morton 5-49 and 8-69
4 25 May 1921 [5] Essex
County Ground, Leyton 		Lost Innings and 74 runs JWHT Douglas 210 and 9-47; W Bestwick 6-132
5 01 Jun 1921 [6] Yorkshire
The Circle, Hull 		Lost Innings and 112 runs Derbyshire all out for 23 in second innings; E Robinson 100; Macaulay 6-3; W Bestwick 7-84
6 11 Jun 1921 [7] Somerset
Recreation Ground, Bath 		Lost 65 runs W Bestwick 8-84 and 5-66; Robson 5-58; White 6-57
7 15 Jun 1921 [8] Gloucestershire
Fry's Ground, Bristol 		Lost 117 runs Barnett 100; Dipper 104; J Bowden 108;Mills 5-51; Parker 5-121
8 18 Jun 1921 [9] Glamorgan
Cardiff Arms Park 		Won 2 Wickets W Bestwick 10-40
9 22 Jun 1921 [10] Somerset
County Ground, Derby 		Lost 6 Wickets White 5-56 and 8-120
10 25 Jun 1921 [11] Worcestershire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Lost 6 Wickets Pearson 106; W Bestwick 7-120; Gilbert 5-49
11 06 Jul 1921 [12] Gloucestershire
County Ground, Derby		 Lost 97 runs W Bestwick 5-68; Samuel Cadman 5-20; Dennett 8-61; Parker 6-50
12 09 Jul 1921 [13] Northamptonshire
County Ground, Derby		 Lost 194 runs W Bestwick 5-99 and 6-94; Murdin 6-87; Wells 5-30
13 13 Jul 1921 [14] Yorkshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Lost Innings and 233 runs Derbyshire out for 37 in first innings; Holmes 150; Robinson 5-16; Samuel Cadman 5-74; Macaulay 6-32
14 20 Jul 1921 [15] Nottinghamshire
Town Ground, Worksop		 Lost 48 runs Richmond 5-89
15 30 Jul 1921 [16] Warwickshire
County Ground, Derby 		Drawn L Oliver151; H Storer 126; W Bestwick 5-68
16 03 Aug 1921 [17] Northamptonshire
County Ground, Northampton		 Drawn Murdin 5-89; W Bestwick 8-82; Thomas 5-59
17 06 Aug 1921 [18] Leicestershire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield		 Won 172 runs Astill 6-64; W Bestwick 7-39
18 10 Aug 1921 [19] Essex
County Ground, Derby 		Drawn A Morton 5-46
19 13 Aug 1921 [20] Leicestershire
Aylestone Road, Leicester 		Lost Innings and 24 runs Astill 108; W Bestwick 6-73; Banskin 7-48
20 20 Aug 1921 [21] Glamorgan
Queen's Park, Chesterfield		 Won 3 Wickets Nash 5-58; W Bestwick 5-79; Clay 5-37

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s
A Morton 12 21 469 75* 29.31 0
SWA Cadman 20 38 945 92* 25.54 0
L Oliver 14 27 641 151 23.74 1
H Storer 19 36 758 126 22.96 1
G Curgenven 20 37 765 98 20.67 0
WJV Tomlinson 6 11 205 43 20.50 0
J Bowden 18 36 682 108 20.05 1
WWH Hill-Wood 1 2 37 24 18.50 0
J Fisher 2 4 45 39* 15.00 0
GW Goodwin 8 16 224 53 14.93 0
BSH Hill-Wood 2 3 29 21* 14.50 0
JM Hutchinson 20 39 527 67 14.24 0
GR Jackson 5 10 142 35 14.20 0
GM Buckston 15 30 299 71 10.67 0
CJ Corbett 5 9 103 44 12.87 0
H Elliott 20 38 307 37 10.96 0
W Carter 5 10 96 50* 10.66 0
W Reader-Blackton 5 10 72 27 7.20 0
W Bestwick 19 34 124 13* 6.20 0
GA Buckley 1 2 10 8 5.00 0
G Grainger 2 4 16 7 4.00 0
H Turland 1 2 1 1 0.50 0 [22]

County Championship bowling averages

Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average
W Bestwick 5613 2468 147 10-40 16.78
A Morton 2522 963 48 8-69 20.06
SWA Cadman 3085 1173 48 5-20 24.43
H Storer 1069 669 15 4-8 44.60
WJV Tomlinson 692 395 13 4-48 30.38
GW Goodwin 273 205 7 4-23 29.28
G Grainger 528 248 6 4-91 41.33
W Reader-Blackton 228 74 4 3-40 18.50
W Carter144 158 4 2-42 39.50
J Bowden 42 18 1 1-0 18.00
BSH Hill-Wood 84 54 1 1-16 54.00
WWH Hill-Wood 72 90 1 1-90 90.00
JM Hutchinson 156 91 1 1-54 91.00
CJ Corbett 6 13 0
L Oliver 12 30 0
GA Buckley 60 48 0 [23]

Wicket Keeper

See also

References

  1. ↑ W.T. Taylor History of Derbyshire cricket Wisden 1953
  2. ↑ Cricket Archive Warwickshire v Derbyshire 14 May 1921
  3. ↑ Cricket Archive Worcestershire v Derbyshire 18 May 1921
  4. ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 21 May 1921
  5. ↑ Cricket Archive Essex v Derbyshire 25 May 1921
  6. ↑ Cricket Archive Yorkshire v Derbyshire 01 Jun 1921
  7. ↑ Cricket Archive Somerset v Derbyshire 11 Jun 1921
  8. ↑ Cricket Archive Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 15 Jun 1921
  9. ↑ Cricket Archive Glamorgan v Derbyshire 18 Jun 1921
  10. ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Somerset 22 Jun 1921
  11. ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Worcestershire 25 Jun 1921
  12. ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 06 Jul 1921
  13. ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 09 Jul 1921
  14. ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Yorkshire 13 Jul 1921
  15. ↑ Cricket Archive Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 20 Jul 1921
  16. ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Warwickshire 30 Jul 1921
  17. ↑ Cricket Archive Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 03 Aug 1921
  18. ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Leicestershire 06 Aug 1921
  19. ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Essex 10 Aug 1921
  20. ↑ Cricket Archive Leicestershire v Derbyshire 13 Aug 1921
  21. ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Glamorgan 20 Aug 1921
  22. ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire batting 1921
  23. ↑ Cricket Archive Derbyshire bowling in 1921
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