Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1922 season
CaptainGuy Jackson
County Championship11
Most runsSamuel Cadman
Most wicketsArthur Morton
Most catchesHarry Elliott
← 1921 1923 →

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1922 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for fifty-one years. It was their twenty-fourth season in the County Championship and they won six matches to finish eleventh.

1922 season

Derbyshire played all their twenty two first-class games in the County Championship in 1922 and won six, to finish eleventh in the table.

Guy Jackson took over as captain and led Derbyshire for nine seasons "with masterly judgment". Although he was a stern disciplinarian, he earned the respect and affection of his players. When he retired at the end of the 1930 summer he had laid the foundations of the team that won the Championship six years later. Wisden noted "For his work in leading and inspiring the team, Jackson deserves immense thanks. He took over control when the fortunes of the county were at a very low ebb, steadily raised the standard of the cricket, and now retires with Derbyshire well established amongst the leading teams of the day."[1]

There was an occurrence considered unique in county cricket during the season. When Billy Bestwick and Robert Bestwick shared the bowling against Willie Quaife and Bernard Quaife of Warwickshire, father and son were bowling against father and son. Gilbert Curgenven was noted for his fast scoring rate and at Gloucester, he scored 65 in the first innings at little more than one run a minute and in the second innings his 68 out of 119 took less than twenty-five minutes.

The most significant newcomer for Derbyshire was Leslie Townsend a gifted all-rounder who played for seventeen years. Others who made their debut were Repton schoolmaster John Crommelin-Brown who went on to play several matches over four seasons and footballer Stuart McMillan who appeared intermittently over three seasons. Colin Leech made his only career appearance in the first class game for Derbyshire during the season.

Matches

List of matches
No. Date V Result Margin Notes
1 13 May 1922[2] Northamptonshire
County Ground, Northampton 		Won 2 wickets Woolley 111; A Morton 7-38 and 5-65; Wells 6-25
2 17 May 1922[3] Yorkshire
County Ground, Derby 		Lost 251 runs A Morton 5-55; Waddington 7-31
3 20 May 1922[4] Nottinghamshire
Town Ground, Worksop 		Lost Innings and 130 runs W Bestwick 7-189; Richmond 6-54
4 27 May 1922[5] Essex
County Ground, Leyton 		Lost 9 wickets Freeman 141; A Morton 100
5 31 May 1922[6] Lancashire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Lost Innings and 140 runs Makepeace 134; Parkin 7-15 and 7-58
6 03 Jun 1922[7] Warwickshire
County Ground, Derby 		Lost 10 wickets Willie Quaife 107, Howell 5-60
7 07 Jun 1922[8] Somerset
County Ground, Taunton 		Lost 55 runs A Morton 5-69 and 7-39; Bridges 5-76; White 6-42
8 10 Jun 1922[9] Gloucestershire
Spa Ground, Gloucester 		Won 158 runs Parker 5-66 and 9-87; W Bestwick 5-59
9 14 Jun 1922[10] Glamorgan
St Helen's, Swansea 		Won 283 runs Clay 7-94; A Morton 5-64
10 17 Jun 1922[11] Leicestershire
The Town Ground, Burton-on-Trent 		Lost 226 runs W Bestwick 5-65; Benskin 7-68 and 6-76
11 24 Jun 1922[12] Glamorgan
County Ground, Derby 		Won 137 runs Clay 7-96
12 01 Jul 1922[13] Somerset
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Drawn
13 05 Jul 1922[14] Yorkshire
Bramall Lane, Sheffield 		Drawn
14 15 Jul 1922[15] Leicestershire
Aylestone Road, Leicester 		Drawn W Carter 145; Benskin 5-87; W Bestwick 7-63
15 19 Jul 1922[16] Gloucestershire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Lost 4 wickets Parker 6-72; W Bestwick 5-55SWA Cadman 5-50; Mills 7-30
16 22 Jul 1922[17] Worcestershire
County Ground, Derby 		Won Innings and 77 runs H Storer 99; Pearson 5-57; W Bestwick 8-19
17 29 Jul 1922[18] Nottinghamshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Lost 7 wickets Matthews 5-29
18 05 Aug 1922[19] Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham 		Drawn
19 09 Aug 1922[20] Essex
County Ground, Derby 		Drawn Perrin 100
20 12 Aug 1922[21] Lancashire
Aigburth, Liverpool 		Lost 9 wickets Hallows 102; Parkin 6-45
21 19 Aug 1922[22] Northamptonshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Won 53 runs W Bestwick 7-37; Murdin 5-45; H Storer 7-26
22 26 Aug 1922[23] Worcestershire
County Ground, New Road, Worcester 		Drawn A Morton 5-112

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s
JL Crommelin-Brown 1 2 57 56 28.50 0
W Carter 14 23 419 145 23.27 1
G Curgenven 8 16 343 68 21.43 0
SWA Cadman 22 40 745 78 20.13 0
GR Jackson 19 36 631 69 19.12 0
C Leech 1 2 38 26 19.00 0
WWH Hill-Wood 4 6 111 43 18.50 0
WJV Tomlinson 12 17 294 66 18.37 0
A Morton 21 37 583 100* 18.21 1
AHM Jackson 21 36 580 75 18.12 0
J Bowden 21 38 654 68 17.67 0
G Beet 1 2 34 21 17.00 0
JM Hutchinson 22 39 634 67 16.68 0
H Storer 21 38 571 99 15.43 0
H Elliott 22 37 237 41 10.30 0
AG Slater 1 2 20 20 10.00 0
JD Southern 1 2 14 10 7.00 0
L Oliver 3 6 35 13 5.83 0
L F Townsend 4 8 41 13 5.12 0
RS Bestwick 3 5 20 10 5.00 0
W Bestwick 18 29 80 13 3.63 0
J Fisher 1 2 7 4 3.50 0
ST McMillan 1 1 0 0* 0 [24]

County Championship bowling averages

Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average
A Morton 4974 1859 100 7-38 18.59
W Bestwick 4326 1577 92 8-19 17.14
H Storer 1553 706 30 7-26 23.53
SWA Cadman 2161 725 30 5-50 24.16
AHM Jackson 684 387 10 3-16 38.70
WWH Hill-Wood 290 138 8 4-51 17.25
WJV Tomlinson 491 240 4 2-10 60.00
L F Townsend 90 49 3 2-24 16.33
W Carter 198 119 3 1-1 39.66
RS Bestwick 232 96 2 2-47 48.00
AG Slater 162 119 2 2-65 59.50
JL Crommelin-Brown 30 29 1 1-29 29.00
J Fisher 30 15 0
JM Hutchinson 20 27 0
GR Jackson 6 2 0
ST McMillan 6 14 0 [25]

Wicket Keeper

See also

References

  1. ^ W.T. Taylor History of Derbyshire cricket Wisden 1953
  2. ^ Cricket Archive - Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 13 May 1922
  3. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire 17 May 1922
  4. ^ Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 20 May 1922
  5. ^ Cricket Archive - Essex v Derbyshire 27 May 1922
  6. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire 31 May 1922
  7. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Warwickshire 03 Jun 1922
  8. ^ Cricket Archive - Somerset v Derbyshire 07 Jun 1922
  9. ^ Cricket Archive - Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 10 Jun 1922
  10. ^ Cricket Archive - Glamorgan v Derbyshire 14 Jun 1922
  11. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Leicestershire 17 Jun 1922
  12. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Glamorgan 24 Jun 1922
  13. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Somerset 01 Jul 1922
  14. ^ Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire 05 Jul 1922
  15. ^ Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire 15 Jul 1922
  16. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 19 Jul 1922
  17. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Worcestershire 22 Jul 1922
  18. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 29 Jul 1922
  19. ^ Cricket Archive - Warwickshire v Derbyshire 05 Aug 1922
  20. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Essex 09 Aug 1922
  21. ^ Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire 12 Aug 1922
  22. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 19 Aug 1922
  23. ^ Cricket Archive - Worcestershire v Derbyshire 26 Aug 1922
  24. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire batting 1922
  25. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire bowling in 1922
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