Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1935 season
CaptainA W Richardson
County Championship2
Most runsDenis Smith
Most wicketsTommy Mitchell
Most catchesHarry Elliott
← 1934 1936 →

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1935 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire were runners up in the County Championship for the first time, as a prelude to winning the Championship in the 1936 season. They had been playing for sixty four years and it was their thirty-seventh season in the County Championship.

1935 season

A. W. Richardson became captain in the 1931 season, and building on foundations of his predecessors forged a team that were runners up in 1935 before going on to take the Championship in the 1936 season. Their record was in fact better in 1935 than in their championship year.

Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, and one match against the touring South Africans. Denis Smith was top scorer in the County Championships. Tommy Mitchell took 160 wickets in the championship and a further eight to make him top bowler and set a lasting record of most wickets in a season. Against Leicestershire in 1935 he took all ten for 64 in an innings.

Denis Smith also played for England in two Test matches against the South Africans and was Wisden Cricketer of the Year..

Gilbert Hodgkinson, future captain made his debut in the season.

Matches

List of matches
No. Date V Result Margin Notes
1 11 May 1935 [1] Yorkshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Drawn D Smith 189; A E Alderman 100; Hedley Verity 5-118 and 5-74
2 15 May 1935 [2] Surrey
Kennington Oval 		Won 9 wickets T. B. Mitchell 8-78
3 18 May 1935 [3] Leicestershire
County Ground, Derby 		Won 10 wickets W H Copson 5-37
4 25 May 1935 [4] Essex
Old County Ground, Brentwood 		Won 4 wickets W H Copson 5-28; T. B. Mitchell 5-56; Eastman 5-36 and 6-60
5 29 May 1935 [5] South Africans
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston 		Lost 209 runs Viljoen 153; Cameron 132; T. B. Mitchell 5-167
6 01 Jun 1935 [6] Hampshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Won Innings and 104 runs D Smith 225
7 05 Jun 1935 [7] Worcestershire
County Ground, New Road, Worcester 		Lost 9 wickets Howorth 6-16
8 08 Jun 1935 [8] Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham 		Lost 6 wickets Wyatt 5-30
9 15 Jun 1935 [9] Leicestershire
Aylestone Road, Leicester 		Drawn H Smith 5-51; Geary 5-46; T. B. Mitchell 10-64; Marlow 5-69
10 19 Jun 1935 [10] Somerset
County Ground, Derby 		Won 114 runs W H Copson 5-15; Derbyshire played one ball in their second innings before declaring
11 26 Jun 1935 [11] Lancashire
Old Trafford, Manchester 		Won 7 runs Booth 5-54
12 29 Jun 1935 [12] Nottinghamshire
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston 		Won 7 wickets T S Worthington 126; Voce 5-87
13 03 Jul 1935 [13] Surrey
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Drawn Holmes 206; T S Worthington 107; Watts 6-74; A V Pope 5-34
14 06 Jul 1935[14] Lancashire
Park Road Ground, Buxton 		Drawn T R Armstrong 5-13; L F Townsend 5-35
15 10 Jul 1935 [15] Gloucestershire
Ashley Down Ground, Bristol 		Lost 68 runs T. B. Mitchell 6-126; Goddard 6-62; A V Pope 5-48
16 13 Jul 1935 [16] Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham 		Lost 3 wickets Gunn 113
17 17 Jul 1935 [17] Kent
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Won Innings and 75 runs A V Pope 5-37; Todd 6-94; T. B. Mitchell 7-66
18 20 Jul 1935 [18] Gloucestershire
The Town Ground, Burton-on-Trent 		Won 10 wickets W H Copson 5-31
19 24 Jul 1935 [19] Sussex
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Lost 7 wickets Parks 119
20 27 Jul 1935 [20] Northamptonshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Won 10 wickets T. B. Mitchell 8-67; L F Townsend 5-21
21 31 Jul 1935 [21] Sussex
County Ground, Hove 		Won 5 wickets Langridge 106; Cornford 7-76; W H Copson 6-42
22 03 Aug 1935 [22] Warwickshire
County Ground, Derby 		Won 77 runs L F Townsend 103; Santall 113; Hollies 6-75; T. B. Mitchell 5-63
23 07 Aug 1935 [23] Northamptonshire
County Ground, Northampton 		Won 100 runs L F Townsend 102; Clark 5-33; T. B. Mitchell 7-73; W H Copson 5-44
24 10 Aug 1935 [24] Essex
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Won 21 runs T. B. Mitchell 7-97; Nichols 8-58
25 14 Aug 1935 [25] Yorkshire
North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough 		Lost 10 wickets
26 17 Aug 1935 [26] Worcestershire
County Ground, Derby 		Drawn L F Townsend 180
27 21 Aug 1935 [27] Kent
Crabble Athletic Ground, Dover 		Drawn G H Pope 5-126
28 24 Aug 1935 [28] Hampshire
Dean Park, Bournemouth 		Won 80 runs A V Pope 5-35 and 5-41
29 28 Aug 1935 [29] Somerset
County Ground, Taunton 		Won 41 runs T. B. Mitchell 5-58; White 8-36

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s
D Smith 23 45 1697 225 42.42 2
A F Skinner 10 18 550 81 36.66 0
L F Townsend 27 47 1560 180 35.45 3
T S Worthington 24 40 1276 126 33.57 2
H Storer 13 24 635 79 27.60 0
A E Alderman 28 50 1134 100 24.65 1
E Carrington 23 36 812 74 23.88 0
C S Elliott 2 4 90 52 22.50 0
G H Pope 23 38 685 67 21.40 0
A W Richardson 21 34 549 59 17.70 0
LB Blaxland 3 5 83 28 16.60 0
H Elliott 28 41 432 46 15.42 0
A F Townsend 6 8 108 47 15.42 0
A V Pope 27 42 490 62 13.61 0
W H Copson 18 23 134 22* 9.57 0
GR Jackson 2 3 22 15 7.33 0
T. B. Mitchell 25 37 169 29 6.03 0
WWH Hill-Wood 2 4 10 4 3.33 0
T R Armstrong 1 1 2 2 2.00 0
GF Hodgkinson 2 3 5 5 1.66 0 0 0 [30]

In addition Thomas Higson played in the match against the South Africans.

County Championship bowling averages

Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average
T. B. Mitchell 4883 3059 160 10-64 19.11
A V Pope 4560 1639 85 5-34 19.28
W H Copson 3000 1174 71 6-42 16.53
L F Townsend 3947 1398 62 5-21 22.54
G H Pope 2769 1217 62 5-126 19.62
T S Worthington 1766 871 23 3-19 37.86
T R Armstrong 389 58 6 5-13 9.66
D Smith 132 68 1 1-48 68.00
LB Blaxland 18 1 0
E Carrington 36 21 0
H Elliott 3 5 0
W W H Hill-Wood 72 63 0
H Storer 24 11 0
A E Alderman 66 30 0
A F Townsend 6 7 0 [31]

Wicket Keeper

H Elliott Catches 66 Stumping 22

See also

References

  1. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Yorkshire 11 May 1935
  2. ^ Cricket Archive Surrey v Derbyshire 15 May 1935
  3. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Leicestershire 18 May 1935
  4. ^ Cricket Archive Essex v Derbyshire 25 May 1935
  5. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v South Africans 29 May 1935
  6. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Hampshire 01 Jun 1935
  7. ^ Cricket Archive Worcestershire v Derbyshire 05 Jun 1935
  8. ^ Cricket Archive Warwickshire v Derbyshire 08 Jun 1935
  9. ^ Cricket Archive Leicestershire v Derbyshire 15 Jun 1935
  10. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Somerset 19 Jun 1935
  11. ^ Cricket Archive Lancashire v Derbyshire 26 Jun 1935
  12. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 29 Jun 1935
  13. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Surrey 03 Jul 1935
  14. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Lancashire 06 Jul 1935
  15. ^ Cricket Archive Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 10 Jul 1935
  16. ^ Cricket Archive Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 13 Jul 1935
  17. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Kent 17 Jul 1935
  18. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 20 Jul 1935
  19. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Sussex 24 Jul 1935
  20. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 27 Jul 1935
  21. ^ Cricket Archive Sussex v Derbyshire 31 Jul 1935
  22. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Warwickshire 03 Aug 1935
  23. ^ Cricket Archive Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 07 Aug 1935
  24. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Essex 10 Aug 1935
  25. ^ Cricket Archive Yorkshire v Derbyshire 14 Aug 1935
  26. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Worcestershire 17 Aug 1935
  27. ^ Cricket Archive Kent v Derbyshire 21 Aug 1935
  28. ^ Cricket ArchiveHampshire v Derbyshire 24 Aug 1935
  29. ^ Cricket Archive Somerset v Derbyshire 28 Aug 1935
  30. ^ Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1935
  31. ^ Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1935
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