Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1926 explained

Club:	Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
Season:	1926
Comp1:	County Championship
Comp1 Result:	11
Most Catches:	Harry Elliott
Prevseason:	1925
Nextseason:	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 21 37 1206 132 36.54 1 23 40 1189 106 30.48 1 22 40 1103 191 29.02 1 23 39 845 98 21.66 0 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 6 10 164 39* 20.50 0 23 38 696 81 19.88 0 6 10 110 36* 18.33 0 19 28 361 56* 16.40 0 6 11 148 47 14.80 0 2 2 28 20 14.00 0 2 3 41 17 13.66 0 23 32 222 34* 11.68 0 4 6 69 35 11.50 0 8 11 61 18* 10.16 0 1 2 19 13 9.50 0 W Shardlow 10 13 37 16 4.11 0 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 3515 1233 49 5–44 25.16 3178 1406 41 6–48 34.29 2186 965 40 6–76 24.12 2254 854 38 6–32 22.47 W Shardlow 1753 761 20 4–64 38.05 660 371 17 5–84 21.82 966 371 11 2–34 33.72 786 434 11 2–9 39.45 834 259 11 4–27 23.54 228 85 2 1–25 42.50 186 70 1 1–38 70.00 132 82 0 90 42 0^[27] Wicket-keeper H Elliott Catches 35 Stumping 12 See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1926 English cricket season References

Notes and References

1. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/11/11805.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Yorkshire 8 May 1926
2. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/11/11824.html Cricket Archive Lancashire v Derbyshire 15 May 1926
3. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/11/11838.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Warwickshire 22 May 1926
4. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/11/11851.html Cricket Archive Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 26 May 1926
5. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/11/11858.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Glamorgan 29 May 1926
6. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/11/11876.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Essex 5 Jun 1926
7. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/11/11887.html Cricket Archive Kent v Derbyshire 9 Jun 1926
8. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/11/11895.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Leicestershire 12 Jun 1926
9. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/11/11915.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 19 Jun 1926
10. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/11/11926.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Australians 23 Jun 1926
11. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/11/11941.html Cricket Archive Somerset v Derbyshire 26 Jun 1926
12. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/11/11947.html Cricket Archive Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 30 Jun 1926
13. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/11/11954.html Cricket Archive Glamorgan v Derbyshire 3 Jul 1926
14. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/11/11972.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Somerset 10 Jul 1926
15. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/11/11989.html Cricket Archive Yorkshire v Derbyshire 14 Jul 1926
16. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/11/11993.html Cricket Archive Leicestershire v Derbyshire 17 Jul 1926
17. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/12/12007.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Lancashire 24 Jul 1926
18. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/12/12016.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Worcestershire 28 Jul 1926
19. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/12/12033.html Cricket Archive Warwickshire v Derbyshire 31 Jul 1926
20. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/12/12045.html Cricket Archive Worcestershire v Derbyshire 4 Aug 1926
21. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/12/12051.html Cricket Archive Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 7 Aug 1926
22. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/12/12056.html Cricket Archive Essex v Derbyshire 11 Aug 1926
23. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/12/12063.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 14 Aug 1926
24. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/12/12074.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 18 Aug 1926
25. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/12/12082.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Kent 21 Aug 1926
26. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/County_Championship_1926/Derbyshire_Batting.html Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1926
27. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/County_Championship_1926/Derbyshire_Bowling.html Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1926