| Club: | Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons |
| Season: | 1947 |
| Comp1: | County Championship |
| Comp1 Result: | 5 |
| Most Runs: | Charlie Elliott |
| Most Wickets: | Cliff Gladwin |
| Prevseason: | 1946 |
| Nextseason: | 1948 |
Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1947 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for seventy-six years. It was their forty-third season in the County Championship and they won twelve matches and lost ten to finish fifth in the County Championship.
Derbyshire played 26 matches in the County Championship and two against touring sides from Ireland and South Africa. They won eleven matches in the Championship and won the game against Ireland.
Edward Gothard was brought into the side as captain in 1947 and the club saw a marked improvement in rating. Charlie Elliott was top scorer and Cliff Gladwin and George Pope equalled on wickets taken in the County Championship at 102, but Gladwin took most overall with 117. Derbyshire struggled with the wicket-keeping. Denis Smith was wicket-keeper for much of the season, but Harry Elliott was brought back for a four match spell before George Dawkes joined for the last few matches of the season. Charlie Elliott and Alderman also took spells behind the stumps.
Apart from Gothard, debuting as captain three important players to join the club were HL Jackson, George Dawkes and David Skinner. Jackson had a long career and was one of the club's leading bowlers. Dawkes came in as wicket-keeper for the last four matches of the season and remained as Derbyshire's wicket-keeper for many seasons. Skinner had a shorter career but was captain after Gothard. DC Brooke-Taylor also joined the side as stand-in captain in his first game and played for three seasons. Richard Watson played just 6 matches for Derbyshire which were all in the 1947 season.
| List of matches | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | V | Result | Margin | Notes |
| 1 | 10 May 1947[1] | Kent | Lost | 100 runs | |
| 2 | 17 May 1947[2] | Worcestershire | Won | 2 wickets | |
| 3 | 24 May 1947[3] | Warwickshire | Won | 100 runs | |
| 4 | 31 May 1947[4] | Northamptonshire | Won | Innings and 25 runs | |
| 5 | 04 Jun 1947[5] | Glamorgan | Drawn | ||
| 6 | 07 Jun 1947[6] | Hampshire | Lost | 7 wickets | |
| 7 | 11 Jun 1947[7] | Somerset | Won | Inningsand 125 runs | |
| 8 | 14 Jun 1947[8] | Sussex | Won | 99 runs | |
| 9 | 18 Jun 1947[9] | Leicestershire | Won | Innings and 105 runs | |
| 10 | 21 Jun 1947[10] | Lancashire | Lost | 3 runs | |
| 11 | 25 Jun 1947[11] | Ireland | Won | Innings and 8 runs | |
| 12 | 28 Jun 1947[12] | Glamorgan | Won | 4 wickets | |
| 13 | 02 Jul 1947[13] | Gloucestershire | Lost | 2 wickets | |
| 14 | 05 Jul 1947[14] | Kent | Drawn | ||
| 15 | 09 Jul 1947[15] | Surrey | Abandoned | ||
| 16 | 12 Jul 1947[16] | Lancashire | Lost | Innings and 93 runs | |
| 17 | 16 Jul 1947[17] | South Africa | Lost | 3 wickets | |
| 18 | 19 Jul 1947[18] | Nottinghamshire | Won | 15 runs | |
| 19 | 23 Jul 1947[19] | Surrey > | Lost | 193 runs | |
| 20 | 26 Jul 1947[20] | Northamptonshire | Won | 7 wickets | |
| 21 | 30 Jul 1947[21] | Leicestershire | Lost | 3 wickets | |
| 22 | 02 Aug 1947[22] | Warwickshire | Drawn | ||
| 23 | 06 Aug 1947[23] | Essex | Lost | 5 wickets | |
| 24 | 09 Aug 1947[24] | Nottinghamshire | Drawn | ||
| 25 | 13 Aug 1947[25] | Yorkshire | Drawn | ||
| 26 | 16 Aug 1947[26] | Hampshire | Won | 68 runs | |
| 27 | 20 Aug 1947[27] | Middlesex | Lost | 212 runs | |
| 28 | 23 Aug 1947[28] | Worcestershire | Won | 10 wickets | |
| Name | Matches | Inns | Runs | High score | Average | 100s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 9 | 444 | 173 | 49.33 | 2 | ||
| 19 | 31 | 952 | 79 | 36.61 | 0 | ||
| 23 | 40 | 1337 | 215 | 33.42 | 1 | ||
| 15 | 25 | 705 | 130 | 32.04 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 155 | 61* | 31.00 | 0 | ||
| 24 | 43 | 1249 | 137 | 30.46 | 2 | ||
| 19 | 29 | 684 | 115* | 24.42 | 1 | ||
| 6 | 8 | 184 | 84 | 23.00 | 0 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 105 | 49 | 21.00 | 0 | ||
| 22 | 38 | 721 | 71 | 20.02 | 0 | ||
| 19 | 32 | 476 | 63 | 19.04 | 0 | ||
| 25 | 39 | 627 | 61 | 18.44 | 0 | ||
| 23 | 38 | 655 | 102 | 18.19 | 1 | ||
| 20 | 30 | 433 | 52 | 18.04 | 0 | ||
| 20 | 28 | 216 | 40 | 11.36 | 0 | ||
| 17 | 25 | 191 | 38* | 9.09 | 0 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 32 | 13 | 8.00 | 0 | ||
| 4 | 8 | 34 | 18* | 5.66 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0[29] |
| Name | Balls | Runs | Wickets | BB | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4191 | 1904 | 102 | 7-16 | 18.66 | ||
| 4293 | 1807 | 102 | 9-119 | 17.71 | ||
| 3741 | 1617 | 81 | 5-15 | 19.96 | ||
| 3528 | 1943 | 73 | 8-162 | 26.61 | ||
| 1156 | 536 | 22 | 6-37 | 24.36 | ||
| 1261 | 717 | 14 | 3-23 | 51.21 | ||
| 602 | 374 | 10 | 2-9 | 37.40 | ||
| 408 | 244 | 6 | 3-84 | 40.66 | ||
| 78 | 46 | 1 | 1-40 | 46.00 | ||
| 96 | 57 | 0 | [30] |