Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1934 explained

Club:	Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
Season:	1934
Captain:	A W Richardson
Comp1:	County Championship
Comp1 Result:	3
Most Runs:	Denis Smith
Most Wickets:	Tommy Mitchell
Prevseason:	1933
Nextseason:	1935

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1934 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for sixty-three years. It was their thirty-sixth season in the County Championship and they won ten matches in the County Championship, to finish third.

1934 season

Derbyshire played 28 matches in Championship, and one against the touring Australians. They won eleven matches altogether, ten in the County Championship to finish third in the table, on course to win the championship two years later in 1936. A W Richardson was in his fourth season as captain. Denis Smith scored most runs and Tommy Mitchell took most wickets.

Two players made their debut during the season. Elijah Carrington had been brought into the club in the previous year and played first team matches for three more years. Arnold Townsend played one game in 1934, but went on to become a significant player for the club.

Matches

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	5 May 1934^[1]	Lancashire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston	Drawn		Watson 128; Iddon 121; Sibbles 6–44
2	12 May 1934^[2]	Sussex County Ground, Hove	Lost	2 wickets
3	19 May 1934^[3]	Warwickshire County Ground, Derby	Won	2 wickets
4	23 May 1934^[4]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton	Won	Innings and 147 runs	T S Worthington 147
5	26 May 1934^[5]	Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	102 runs	T. B. Mitchell 5–26 and 6–96; Bowes 5–60
6	2 Jun 1934^[6]	Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Won	28 runs	T R Armstrong 5–72; Voce 7–53; L F Townsend 7–47
7	6 Jun 1934^[7]	Surrey Kennington Oval	Lost	7 wickets	Gregory 124; D Smith 126; Gover 6–37; T S Worthington 6–90
8	9 Jun 1934^[8]	Hampshire United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth	Lost	Innings and 82 runs	Arnold 144; Mead 138; A E Alderman 124
9	13 Jun 1934^[9]	Gloucestershire County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Hammond 134; T. B. Mitchell 5–119;
10	16 Jun 1934^[10]	Leicestershire Aylestone Road, Leicester	Won	124 runs	T. B. Mitchell 7–55
11	20 Jun 1934^[11]	Kent Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		Freeman 6–105; T. B. Mitchell 5–114
12	23 Jun 1934^[12]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby	Drawn		A E Alderman 115; Timms 100; T. B. Mitchell 6–73
13	27 Jun 1934^[13]	Sussex Park Road Ground, Buxton	Drawn		Parks 138; D Smith 120
14	30 Jun 1934^[14]	Somerset Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Won	10 wickets	H Storer 113
15	4 Jul 1934^[15]	Kent Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells	Won	4 wickets	W H Copson 5–36; Freeman 5–29
16	7 Jul 1934^[16]	Worcestershire Amblecote, Stourbridge	Won	Inings and 115 runs	T. B. Mitchell 8–22 and 5–66; L F Townsend 5–48
17	11 Jul 1934^[17]	Australian cricket team in England in 1934 Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	9 wickets	Ebeling 5–28; T. B. Mitchell 7–105; Fleetwood-Smith 5–38
18	14 Jul 1934^[18]	Middlesex County Ground, Derby	Won	278 runs	T. B. Mitchell 6–56 and 7–57
19	18 Jul 1934^[19]	Gloucestershire Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester	Drawn		Dacre 117; D Smith 131; A F Skinner 102; Goddard 5–90; Sinfield 5–54
20	21 Jul 1934^[20]	Worcestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		Gibbons 105
21	25 Jul 1934^[21]	Surrey Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston	Drawn		D Smith 125
22	28 Jul 1934^[22]	Hampshire County Ground, Derby	Won	10 wickets	T S Worthington 154; T. B. Mitchell 6–90
23	1 Aug 1934^[23]	Yorkshire Bramall Lane, Sheffield	Drawn		T. B. Mitchell 5–81
24	4 Aug 1934^[24]	Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham	Drawn		Paine 6–88
25	8 Aug 1934^[25]	Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester	Lost	135 runs	Hopwood 5–32 and 8–58
26	11 Aug 1934^[26]	Somerset Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare	Won	Innings and 69 runs	L F Townsend 106 and 6–66 and 5–64
27	15 Aug 1934^[27]	Middlesex Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	Lost	84 runs	C Smith 5–51; W H Copson 5–63; SIms 6–85
28	18 Aug 1934^[28]	Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston	Won	201 runs	A V Pope 6–21; Voce 6–52; W H Copson 5–40
29	29 Aug 1934^[29]	Leicestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Won	42 runs
Statistics County Championship batting averages Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s 15 25 881 113 38.30 1 28 47 1565 131 35.56 4 26 44 1290 124* 33.94 2 2 4 125 93 31.25 0 20 33 921 102 29.70 1 28 46 1149 106* 27.35 1 28 44 1185 154 26.93 2 2 3 67 31 22.33 0 28 42 661 72* 21.32 0 11 16 311 80 20.73 0 26 40 603 40 17.73 0 5 8 129 60 16.12 0 15 25 319 58 13.86 0 10 15 168 25 12.92 0 8 13 165 45 12.69 0 12 16 100 28* 11.11 0 1 2 7 7* 7.00 0 21 27 104 18 5.77 0 21 29 131 28 5.24 0 1 2 1 1 0.50 0^[30] County Championship bowling averages Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average 4827 2400 138 8–22 17.39 4088 1603 91 5–36 17.61 4190 1624 75 7–47 21.65 4095 1641 59 6–90 27.81 2919 1022 51 6–21 20.03 1636 701 18 5–72 38.94 876 391 17 4–107 23.00 84 40 0 72 62 0 70 51 0 42 32 0 12 12 0 6 1 0^[31] Wicket-keeper Harry Elliott Catches 58, Stumping 18 See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1934 English cricket season References

Notes and References

1. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14933.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Lancashire 5 May 1934
2. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14955.html Cricket Archive – Sussex v Derbyshire 12 May 1934
3. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14964.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Warwickshire 19 May 1934
4. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14979.html Cricket Archive – Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 23 May 1934
5. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14982.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Yorkshire 26 May 1934
6. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15005.html Cricket Archive – Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 2 Jun 1934
7. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15014.html Cricket Archive – Surrey v Derbyshire 6 Jun 1934
8. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15021.html Cricket Archive – Hampshire v Derbyshire 9 Jun 1934
9. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15029.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 13 Jun 1934
10. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15040.html Cricket Archive – Leicestershire v Derbyshire 16 Jun 1934
11. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15046.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Kent 20 Jun 1934
12. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15056.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 23 Jun 1934
13. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15065.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Sussex 27 Jun 1934
14. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15073.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Somerset 30 Jun 1934
15. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15086.html Cricket Archive – Kent v Derbyshire 4 Jul 1934
16. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15099.html Cricket Archive – Worcestershire v Derbyshire 7 Jul 1934
17. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15102.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Australians 11 Jul 1934
18. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15110.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Middlesex 14 Jul 1934
19. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15120.html Cricket Archive – Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 18 Jul 1934
20. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15128.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Worcestershire 21 Jul 1934
21. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15136.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Surrey 25 Jul 1934
22. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15144.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Hampshire 28 Jul 1934
23. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15157.html Cricket Archive – Yorkshire v Derbyshire 1 Aug 1934
24. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15166.html Cricket Archive – Warwickshire v Derbyshire 4 Aug 1934
25. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15170.html Cricket Archive – Lancashire v Derbyshire 8 Aug 1934
26. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15181.html Cricket Archive – Somerset v Derbyshire 11 Aug 1934
27. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15189.html Cricket Archive – Middlesex v Derbyshire 15 Aug 1934
28. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15194.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 18 Aug 1934
29. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15218.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Leicestershire 29 Aug 1934
30. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/County_Championship_1934/Derbyshire_Batting.html Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1934
31. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/County_Championship_1934/Derbyshire_Bowling.html Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1934