Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1947 season
CaptainEdward Gothard
County Championship5
Most runsCharlie Elliott
Most wicketsCliff Gladwin
Most catchesDenis Smith
← 1946 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.

1947 season

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.

Matches

List of matches
No. Date V Result Margin Notes
1 10 May 1947[1] Kent
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury 		Lost 100 runs Ames 104; C Gladwin 5-60; Wright 6-67
2 17 May 1947[2] Worcestershire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Won 2 wickets C Gladwin 5-82 and 5-33; Perks 5-84, P Jackson 5-72
3 24 May 1947[3] Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham 		Won 100 runs W H Copson 5-39; Grove 6-44
4 31 May 1947[4] Northamptonshire
County Ground, Derby 		Won Innings and 25 runs T S Worthington 104; Clarke 5-51
5 04 Jun 1947[5] Glamorgan
St Helen's, Swansea 		Drawn Muncer 5-41
6 07 Jun 1947[6] Hampshire
United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth 		Lost 7 wickets McCorkell 103; Heath 7-49 and 6-103; G H Pope 6-61
7 11 Jun 1947[7] Somerset
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Won Inningsand 125 runs G H Pope 6-34 and 7-16; Hazell 5-64
8 14 Jun 1947[8] Sussex
Cricket Field Road Ground, Horsham 		Won 99 runs G H Pope 5-63
9 18 Jun 1947[9] Leicestershire
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston 		Won Innings and 105 runs T S Worthington 130; G H Pope 6-30; W H Copson 5-21
10 21 Jun 1947[10] Lancashire
Park Road Ground, Buxton 		Lost 3 runs AC Revill 102; C Gladwin 9-119 and 5-40; W H Copson 5-25
11 25 Jun 1947[11] Ireland
Park Road Ground, Buxton 		Won Innings and 8 runs AEG Rhodes 5-55
12 28 Jun 1947[12] Glamorgan
County Ground, Derby 		Won 4 wickets C Gladwin 5-57; Wooller 5-60
13 02 Jul 1947[13] Gloucestershire
Ashley Down Ground, Bristol 		Lost 2 wickets Cook 5-60
14 05 Jul 1947[14] Kent
Abbeydale Park, Sheffield 		Drawn AEG Rhodes 5-83
15 09 Jul 1947[15] Surrey
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Abandoned
16 12 Jul 1947[16] Lancashire
Old Trafford, Manchester 		Lost Innings and 93 runs Price 6-63; Cranston 5-47
17 16 Jul 1947[17] South Africa
County Ground, Derby 		Lost 3 wickets Smith 7-65 and 6-1; G H Pope 5-60 and 5-36
18 19 Jul 1947[18] Nottinghamshire
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston 		Won 15 runs Butler 6-38 and 5-79; G H Pope 6-20 and 6-81
19 23 Jul 1947[19] Surrey
Kennington Oval > 		Lost 193 runs Parker 204; A F Townsend 103; Bedser 6-66 and 5-36
20 26 Jul 1947[20] Northamptonshire
Town Ground, Rushden 		Won 7 wickets FE Marsh 6-37; Broderick 8-16; C Gladwin 8-26
21 30 Jul 1947[21] Leicestershire
Grace Road, Leicester 		Lost 3 wickets JD Eggar 105; G H Pope 115; V Jackson 120; AEG Rhodes 6-73
22 02 Aug 1947[22] Warwickshire
County Ground, Derby 		Drawn Ord 111; G H Pope 6-82
23 06 Aug 1947[23] Essex
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Lost 5 wickets Vigar 114; T Smith 163; Bailey 5-83 and 5-92
24 09 Aug 1947[24] Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham 		Drawn CS Elliott 215; JD Eggar 173; Winrow 204; Harvey 125
25 13 Aug 1947[25] Yorkshire
North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough 		Drawn A F Townsend 137; Lester 127; Yardley 177 AEG Rhodes 8-162
26 16 Aug 1947[26] Hampshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Won 68 runs Bailey 7-82; Hill 5-62; G H Pope 6-49
27 20 Aug 1947[27] Middlesex
County Ground, Derby 		Lost 212 runs Brown 150; Compton 107; Young 6-28 Gothard scored hat-trick
28 23 Aug 1947[28] Worcestershire
County Ground, New Road, Worcester 		Won 10 wickets W H Copson 5-15; Howorth 5-88

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s
JD Eggar 6 9 444 173 49.33 2
D Smith 19 31 952 79 36.61 0
CS Elliott 23 40 1337 215 33.42 1
T S Worthington 15 25 705 130 32.04 2
DC Brooke-Taylor 3 6 155 61* 31.00 0
A F Townsend 24 43 1249 137 30.46 2
G H Pope 19 29 684 115* 24.42 1
P Vaulkhard 6 8 184 84 23.00 0
GO Dawkes 4 6 105 49 21.00 0
A E Alderman 22 38 721 71 20.02 0
FE Marsh 19 32 476 63 19.04 0
AEG Rhodes 25 39 627 61 18.44 0
AC Revill 23 38 655 102 18.19 1
C Gladwin 20 30 433 52 18.04 0
EJ Gothard 20 28 216 40 11.36 0
W H Copson 17 25 191 38* 9.09 0
H Elliott 4 6 32 13 8.00 0
RM Watson 4 8 34 18* 5.66 0
David Skinner 1 1 1 1 1.00 0
HL Jackson 1 2 0 0 0.00 0[29]

County Championship bowling averages

Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average
G H Pope 4191 1904 102 7-16 18.66
C Gladwin 4293 1807 102 9-119 17.71
W H Copson 3741 1617 81 5-15 19.96
AEG Rhodes 3528 1943 73 8-162 26.61
FE Marsh 1156 536 22 6-37 24.36
T S Worthington 1261 717 14 3-23 51.21
AC Revill 602 374 10 2-9 37.40
EJ Gothard 408 244 6 3-84 40.66
HL Jackson 78 46 1 1-40 46.00
JD Eggar 96 57 0 [30]

Wicket Keepers

See also

References

  1. ^ Cricket Archive - Kent v Derbyshire 10 May 1947
  2. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Worcestershire 17 May 1947
  3. ^ Cricket Archive - Warwickshire v Derbyshire 24 May 1947
  4. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 31 May 1947
  5. ^ Cricket Archive - Glamorgan v Derbyshire 04 Jun 1947
  6. ^ Cricket Archive - Hampshire v Derbyshire 07 Jun 1947
  7. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Somerset 11 Jun 1947
  8. ^ Cricket Archive - Sussex v Derbyshire 14 Jun 1947
  9. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Leicestershire 18 Jun 1947
  10. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire 21 Jun 1947
  11. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Ireland 25 Jun 1947
  12. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Glamorgan 28 Jun 1947
  13. ^ Cricket Archive - Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 02 Jul 1947
  14. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Kent 05 Jul 1947
  15. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Surrey 09 Jul 1947
  16. ^ Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire 12 Jul 1947
  17. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v South Africans 16 Jul 1947
  18. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 19 Jul 1947
  19. ^ Cricket Archive - Surrey v Derbyshire 23 Jul 1947
  20. ^ Cricket Archive - Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 26 Jul 1947
  21. ^ Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire 30 Jul 1947
  22. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Warwickshire 02 Aug 1947
  23. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Essex 06 Aug 1947
  24. ^ Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 09 Aug 1947
  25. ^ Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire 13 Aug 1947
  26. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Hampshire 16 Aug 1947
  27. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Middlesex 20 Aug 1947
  28. ^ Cricket Archive - Worcestershire v Derbyshire 23 Aug 1947
  29. ^ Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1947
  30. ^ Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1947
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