Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1932 explained

Club:	Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
Season:	1932
Captain:	A W Richardson
Comp1:	County Championship
Comp1 Result:	10
Most Runs:	Denis Smith
Most Wickets:	Tommy Mitchell
Prevseason:	1931
Nextseason:	1933

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1932 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for sixty one years. It was their thirty-fourth season in the County Championship and they won six matches to finish tenth

1932 season

Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, and one match against the touring Indians on their first visit to England. Derbyshire won seven matches including the one against the tourists, but the season was marked by a number of draws and two abandoned matches.

A. W. Richardson was in his second season as captain in 1932. Denis Smith was top scorer with three centuries. Tommy Mitchell took most wickets. In the match against Essex at Chesterfield Garnet Lee and Stan Worthington achieved a 6th wicket partnership of 212 which remains a Derbyshire record. Samuel Cadman's efforts at team-building^[1] brought two significant players into the club during the season – Charlie Elliott and Bill Copson. Elliott went on to play for around 20 years and made nearly 12,000 runs for the club. Copson stayed almost as long and took 1000 wickets. He marked his debut in the match against Surrey when he took the wicket of Andrew Sandham on his first ball. Thomas Higson who also joined in the season played three years before moving to Lancashire. William Wright playing two matches, and Stanley Walker playing one match made their only first class career appearances in the season.

Matches

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	7 May 1932^[2]	Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester	Lost	72 runs	Hopwood 5–35
2	14 May 1932^[3]	Warwickshire County Ground, Derby	Won	123 runs	T. B. Mitchell 7–48; T R Armstrong 5–27
3	18 May 1932^[4]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton	Won	115 runs	Bakewell 101; T. B. Mitchell 5–36 and 8–62
4	21 May 1932^[5]	Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Abandoned
5	25 May 1932^[6]	Kent Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston	Drawn		Hardinge 5–19; L F Townsend 6–49
6	28 May 1932^[7]	Sussex Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Abandoned
7	1 Jun 1932^[8]	Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Lost	Innings and 86 runs	Keeton 108; Larwood 5–49
8	4 Jun 1932^[9]	Hampshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	2 wickets	Kennedy 5–24; Bailey 5–42
9	8 Jun 1932^[10]	Surrey Kennington Oval	Lost	199 runs
10	11 Jun 1932^[11]	Hampshire County Ground, Southampton	Lost	6 wickets	D Smith 103; Arnold 100; Mead 104; W H Copson 5–48
11	15 Jun 1932^[12]	Kent Angel Ground, Tonbridge	Lost	23 runs	Freeman 6–128 and 6–85; W H Copson 5–40
12	18 Jun 1932^[13]	Leicestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		N Armstrong 113; Geary 6–40; T S Worthington 5–43
13	22 Jun 1932^[14]	Middlesex County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Hearne 106; Hendren 119; H Storer 170; D Smith 107
14	25 Jun 1932^[15]	Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston	Won	7 wickets	Keeton 118; A V Pope 6–54
15	29 Jun 1932^[16]	Surrey Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		Fender 5–71; Brown 6–45
16	2 Jul 1932^[17]	Essex County Ground, Leyton	Drawn		D Smith 111; Crawley 138; T Smith 5–128; GM Lee 7–67
17	6 Jul 1932^[18]	Lancashire Park Road Ground, Buxton	Lost	185 runs	Tyldesley 134; L F Townsend 7–80 and 5–68; Iddon 5–54 and 5–31; Sibbles 5–42
18	9 Jul 1932^[19]	Essex Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Won	Innings and 171 runs	GM Lee 130; L F Townsend 5–33 and 6–32
19	16 Jul 1932^[20]	Somerset County Ground, Derby	Drawn		J Lee 5–45
20	27 Jul 1932^[21]	Sussex County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Parks 172
21	30 Jul 1932^[22]	Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham	Drawn		T. B. Mitchell 6–79; Wyatt 5–24; Paine 5–49 and 5–79
22	3 Aug 1932^[23]	Worcestershire County Ground, New Road, Worcester	Drawn
23	6 Aug 1932^[24]	Yorkshire Headingley, Leeds	Lost	Innings and 89 runs	Sutcliffe 182; Leyland 113; T S Worthington 102; Verity 6–32 and 5–37; A V Pope 6–116
24	10 Aug 1932^[25]	Middlesex Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	Drawn		Killick 128; L F Townsend 153; T. B. Mitchell 5–162; Peebles 6–104
25	13 Aug 1932^[26]	Worcestershire County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Gibbons 109; T. B. Mitchell 6–94
26	17 Aug 1932^[27]	Indian cricket team in England in 1932 Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston	Won	9 runs	Jaoomal 101; T. B. Mitchell 5–77 and 5–71; L F Townsend 5–78
27	20 Aug 1932^[28]	Northamptonshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Won	Innings and 123 runs	Cox 7–91; L F Townsend 7–37
28	24 Aug 1932^[29]	Somerset County Ground, Taunton	Drawn		F Lee 145
29	27 Aug 1932^[30]	Leicestershire Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch	Won	36 runs	N Armstrong 117; Marlow 7–90; T. B. Mitchell 6–53 and 6–106
Statistics County Championship batting averages Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s 7 13 538 170 41.38 1 26 46 1451 111 34.54 3 24 40 1232 102 33.29 1 26 46 1350 153* 30.68 1 24 42 1193 90 29.82 0 1 1 28 28 28.00 0 2 3 83 54 27.66 0 25 44 938 130 21.81 1 5 8 118 31 16.85 0 12 19 267 53 15.70 0 19 35 513 62 15.54 0 4 7 92 35* 15.33 0 26 40 440 56* 14.19 0 6 9 124 34 13.77 0 19 32 397 39 13.68 0 1 1 13 13 13.00 0 5 9 113 61 12.55 0 23 36 256 29* 11.13 0 2 4 40 27 10.00 0 17 20 63 15 5.25 0 10 13 34 10 4.85 0 1 2 8 7 4.00 0 1 2 7 7 3.50 0^[31] County Championship bowling averages Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average 6017 2414 111 8–62 21.74 6155 1938 104 7–37 18.63 4121 1522 53 5–83 28.71 3329 1231 46 5–40 26.76 1610 610 25 6–54 24.40 1952 879 24 7–67 36.62 1201 397 18 5–27 22.05 18 6 1 1–6 6.00 54 18 1 1–2 18.00 132 66 1 1–10 66.00 180 80 0 24 3 0 12 9 0^[32] Wicket-keeper H Elliott Catches 59 Stumping 14 See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1932 English cricket season References

Notes and References

1. http://www.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/152965.html W.T. Taylor History of Derbyshire cricket Wisden 1953
2. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14183.html Cricket Archive – Lancashire v Derbyshire 7 May 1932
3. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14196.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Warwickshire 14 May 1932
4. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14212.html Cricket Archive – Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 18 May 1932
5. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14217.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Yorkshire 21 May 1932
6. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14227.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Kent 25 May 1932
7. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14236.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Sussex 28 May 1932
8. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14252.html Cricket Archive – Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 1 Jun 1932
9. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14257.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Hampshire 4 Jun 1932
10. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14273.html Cricket Archive – Surrey v Derbyshire 8 Jun 1932
11. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14277.html Cricket Archive – Hampshire v Derbyshire 11 Jun 1932
12. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14286.html Cricket Archive – Kent v Derbyshire 15 Jun 1932
13. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14291.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Leicestershire 18 Jun 1932
14. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14303.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Middlesex 22 Jun 1932
15. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14311.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 25 Jun 1932
16. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14324.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Surrey 29 Jun 1932
17. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14333.html Cricket Archive – Essex v Derbyshire 2 Jul 1932
18. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14343.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Lancashire 6 Jul 1932
19. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14352.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Essex 9 Jul 1932
20. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14369.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Somerset 16 Jul 1932
21. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14400.html Cricket Archive – Sussex v Derbyshire 27 Jul 1932
22. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14408.html Cricket Archive – Warwickshire v Derbyshire 30 Jul 1932
23. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14418.html Cricket Archive – Worcestershire v Derbyshire 3 Aug 1932
24. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14427.html Cricket Archive – Yorkshire v Derbyshire 6 Aug 1932
25. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14433.html Cricket Archive – Middlesex v Derbyshire 10 Aug 1932
26. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14438.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Worcestershire 13 Aug 1932
27. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14447.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Indians 17 Aug 1932
28. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14457.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 20 Aug 1932
29. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14471.html Cricket Archive – Somerset v Derbyshire 24 Aug 1932
30. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14478.html Cricket Archive – Leicestershire v Derbyshire 27 Aug 1932
31. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/County_Championship_1932/Derbyshire_Batting.html Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1932
32. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/County_Championship_1932/Derbyshire_Bowling.html Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1932