Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1939 explained

Club:	Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
Season:	1939
Captain:	Robin Buckston
Comp1:	County Championship
Comp1 Result:	9
Most Runs:	Denis Smith
Most Wickets:	Bill Copson
Prevseason:	1938
Nextseason:	1946

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1939 was the last cricket season before World War II, when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for sixty-eight years. It was their forty first season in the County Championship and they won ten matches in the Championship, to finish ninth.

1939 season

Derbyshire played 28 matches in the County Championship, one against Oxford University and one against the touring West Indians. They won eleven matches altogether, ten in the County Championship. Robin Buckston was in his third season as captain. Denis Smith scored most runs and Bill Copson took most wickets.

Nearly all the players had been members of the 1936 championship winning team and the only player to make his debut was Cliff Gladwin whose low scores and failure to take a wicket gave little inkling that he would turn out to be Derbyshire's main wicket-taker in the years after World War II.

Matches

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	10 May 1939 ^[1]		Oxford University The University Parks, Oxford	Won	163 runs	W H Copson 5-12 and 5-9; Pether 5-7; A V Pope 5-30
2	13 May 1939 ^[2]	Surrey Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		Gregory 5-46; W H Copson 5-47
3	20 May 1939 ^[3]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby	Won	10 wickets
4	27 May 1939 ^[4]	Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham	Lost	71 runs	Dollery 177; W H Copson 5-47; Hollies 6-48 and 5-79; T. B. Mitchell 5-112
5	31 May 1939 ^[5]	Kent Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston	Won	5 wickets	W H Copson 5-39;
6	03 Jun 1939 ^[6]	Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester	Lost	Innings and 105 runs	Paynter 222; Phillipson 5-38
7	07 Jun 1939 ^[7]	Worcestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Won	315 runs	D Smith 123; A V Pope6-47
8	10 Jun 1939 ^[8]	West Indies County Ground, Derby	Drawn		W H Copson 6-73
9	14 Jun 1939 ^[9]	Surrey Woodbridge Road, Guildford	Won	Innings and 43 runs	Parker 6-34; A V Pope 6-44; G H Pope 5-46
10	17 Jun 1939 ^[10]	Lancashire Park Road Ground, Buxton	Drawn		T S Worthington 101
11	21 Jun 1939 ^[11]	Leicestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Won	9 wickets	H Smith 5-64; L F Townsend 5-45
12	24 Jun 1939 ^[12]	Yorkshire Bramall Lane, Sheffield	Lost	276 runs	Barber 100; G H Pope 6-44; Smurthwaite 5-7; Smailes 10-47
13	28 Jun 1939 ^[13]	Sussex County Ground, Derby	Lost	13 runs	T S Worthington 119; W H Copson 6-64; Duffield 5-38; Langridge 3-5 Langridge scored a hat-trick
14	01 Jul 1939 ^[14]	Essex Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Won	10 wickets	W H Copson 6-57; Stephenson 6-41
15	08 Jul 1939 ^[15]	Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Drawn		T. B. Mitchell 5-70
16	12 Jul 1939 ^[16]	Middlesex County Ground, Derby	Won	6 wickets	W H Copson 7-39
17	15 Jul 1939 ^[17]	Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn
18	19 Jul 1939 ^[18]	Worcestershire Tipton Road, Dudley	Drawn		D Smith 132
19	22 Jul 1939 ^[19]	Somerset County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Buse 5-76; G H Pope 5-59; T. B. Mitchell 5-66; Andrews 5-45
20	26 Jul 1939 ^[20]	Middlesex Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	Lost	Innings and 24 runs	Denis Compton 214; Sims 8-32 and 5-128
21	29 Jul 1939 ^[21]	Kent Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend	Lost	171 runs	Ames 159; Todd 106; Harding 5-56
22	02 Aug 1939 ^[22]	Gloucestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		Scott 7-63; T. B. Mitchell 6-71
23	05 Aug 1939 ^[23]	Warwickshire Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent	Drawn		Grove 5-78
24	09 Aug 1939 ^[24]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton	Drawn		Brookes 101; G H Pope 6-38
25	12 Aug 1939 ^[25]	Essex Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea	Lost	Innings and 31 runs	Nichols 6-18 and 5-26; Farnes 5-52
26	16 Aug 1939 ^[26]	Gloucestershire College Ground, Cheltenham	Won	1 run	W H Copson 5-45;A V Pope 5-25; Lambert 6-69; T. B. Mitchell 5-75
27	19 Aug 1939 ^[27]	Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston	Won	147 runs	G H Pope 121
28	23 Aug 1939 ^[28]	Sussex The Saffrons, Eastbourne	Lost	Innings and 39 runs	T. B. Mitchell 8-149 Nye 5-49
29	26 Aug 1939 ^[29]	Somerset County Ground, Taunton	Won	7 wickets	A F Townsend 142; Buse 8-41
30	30 Aug 1939 ^[30]	Leicestershire Aylestone Road, Leicester	Drawn		Sperry 7-48; W H Copson 6-39
Statistics County Championship batting averages Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s 28 46 1397 121 34.07 1 28 51 1468 132 31.91 2 24 40 1036 119 28.77 2 28 48 1138 91 25.86 0 28 41 768 65 21.94 11 21 400 142* 21.05 1 22 33 647 92 20.87 0 26 39 468 72 12.64 0 13 19 179 36 11.18 0 17 27 236 33 10.26 0 2 2 10 8* 10.00 0 25 36 244 25 9.76 0 26 34 206 26 7.92 0 4 7 53 16 7.57 0 26 35 172 27 6.14 0 ^[31] County Championship bowling averages Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average 4404 1856 109 7-39 17.02 4301 1734 86 6-44 20.16 2744 1728 80 8-149 21.60 3332 1474 78 6-38 18.89 976 477 25 3-14 19.08 580 245 8 5-45 30.62 24 10 1 1-10 10.00 88 54 0 144 78 0 ^[32] Wicket Keeper Harry Elliott Catches 48, Stumping 11 Albert Alderman Catches 17, Stumping 1 See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1939 English cricket season References

Notes and References

1. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16922.html Cricket Archive - Oxford University v Derbyshire 10 May 1939
2. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16927.html Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Surrey 13 May 1939
3. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16942.html Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 20 May 1939
4. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16967.html Cricket Archive - Warwickshire v Derbyshire 27 May 1939
5. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16968.html Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Kent 31 May 1939
6. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16978.html Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire 03 Jun 1939
7. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16986.html Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Worcestershire 07 Jun 1939
8. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16997.html Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v West Indians 10 Jun 1939
9. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17011.html Cricket Archive - Surrey v Derbyshire 14 Jun 1939
10. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17014.html Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire 17 Jun 1939
11. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17024.html Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Leicestershire 21 Jun 1939
12. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17042.html Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire 24 Jun 1939
13. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17043.html Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Sussex 28 Jun 1939
14. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17051.html Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Essex 01 Jul 1939
15. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17072.html Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 08 Jul 1939
16. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17076.html Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Middlesex 12 Jul 1939
17. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17084.html Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire 15 Jul 1939
18. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17097.html Cricket Archive - Worcestershire v Derbyshire 19 Jul 1939
19. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17099.html Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Somerset 22 Jul 1939
20. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17112.html Cricket Archive - Middlesex v Derbyshire 26 Jul 1939
21. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17120.html Cricket Archive - Kent v Derbyshire 29 Jul 1939
22. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17127.html Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 02 Aug 1939
23. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17134.html Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Warwickshire 05 Aug 1939
24. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17147.html Cricket Archive - Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 09 Aug 1939
25. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17153.html Cricket Archive - Essex v Derbyshire 12 Aug 1939
26. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17163.html Cricket Archive - Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 16 Aug 1939
27. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17170.html Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 19 Aug 1939
28. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17185.html Cricket Archive - Sussex v Derbyshire 23 Aug 1939
29. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17195.html Cricket Archive - Somerset v Derbyshire 26 Aug 1939
30. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17200.html Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire 30 Aug 1939
31. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/County_Championship_1939/Derbyshire_Batting.html Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1939
32. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/County_Championship_1939/Derbyshire_Bowling.html Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1939