Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1924
Introduction '''Derbyshire County Cricket Club''' in 1924 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for fifty three years. It was their twenty sixth season in the County Championship and they failed to win a match, finishing seventeenth in the County Championship.
1924 season Guy Jackson was in his third season as captain. After a steady rise since in the championship table since the low point of 1920, the team slumped to the bottom again in 1924 without winning a match. Jackson himself was top scorer, and Billy Bestwick took most wickets with 65.Players making their debut were Fred Heath brother of John, and Archibald Ackroyd both of whom played in a later season, but in few matches overall. Edward Bedford and Alfred Rose played their only appearances for Derbyshire in the season with one match each.===Matches=== List of matchesNo.DateVResult MarginNotes13 May 1924  Lancashire  Old Trafford, Manchester Drawn SWA Cadman 5–36; Parkin 8–20 27 May 1924  South Africans County Ground, Derby Drawn  310 May 1924  Leicestershire Aylestone Road, Leicester Drawn Geary 7–45; W Bestwick 8–36 417 May 1924  Glamorgan   Cardiff Arms Park Lost7 wickets Spencer 5–32; Ryan 5–19 521 May 1924   Surrey County Ground, Derby Lost6 wickets Jennings 6–51; W Bestwick 5–64 624 May 1924  Lancashire  Queen's Park, Chesterfield LostInnings and 1 run Parkin 7–57 and 5–6; H Storer 5–27; R Tyldesley 5–30731 May 1924   Worcestershire County Ground, Derby Drawn  87 Jun 1924  Warwickshire  County Ground, Derby Drawn  914 Jun 1924  Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield Lost137 runs J Horsley 6–42 1018 Jun 1924   Surrey Kennington Oval LostInnings and 34 runs Jack Hobbs 118; Sadler 5–32 1121 Jun 1924  Somerset The Town Ground, Burton-on-Trent LostInnings and 55 runs MacBryan 132; Lyon 219; Bridges 7–56 1225 Jun 1924  Northamptonshire  County Ground, Northampton Lost213 runs Woolley 124; SWA Cadman 125; Wells 5–13 1328 Jun 1924  Leicestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield Lost7 wickets JM Hutchinson 143; Skelding 6–107 and 5–40; Geary 5–19145 Jul 1924   Gloucestershire  Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester Drawn Salter 135; A Morton 5–92; Parker 6–124 159 Jul 1924  Somerset Recreation Ground, Bath Lost192 runs White 5–25 1612 Jul 1924  Glamorgan  St Helen's, Swansea Lost Innings and 107 runs Riches 170; Arnott 102; Davies 5–39; Ryan 5–71 1719 Jul 1924  Northamptonshire  Queen's Park, Chesterfield Drawn  1823 Jul 1924   Gloucestershire  County Ground, Derby Lost9 runs Parker 8–35; A Morton 6–58 1930 Jul 1924  Yorkshire Fartown, Huddersfield Drawn Holmes 107; Rhodes 6–25 202 Aug 1924  Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham Drawn Hewetson 5–31 216 Aug 1924   WorcestershireCounty Ground, New Road, Worcester Lost223 runs Root 7–37 and 5–67 229 Aug 1924  Nottinghamshire  Trent Bridge, Nottingham Lost7 wickets Richmond 6–76; Flint 6–53 2313 Aug 1924  Essex   County Ground, Leyton Drawn A Morton 120 2416 Aug 1924  Nottinghamshire  County Ground, Derby Drawn GR Jackson 103; Carr 101; JS Heath 5–54 2520 Aug 1924  Essex   Queen's Park, Chesterfield Drawn
Statistics ===County Championship batting averages=== Name  Matches  Inns  Runs  High score  Average 100s JL Crommelin-Brown 3 6  202 74  33.66  0    WWH Hill-Wood  2 3  83 50  27.66  0    GR Jackson  23 38  855 103  24.42  1    SWA Cadman   22 38  799 125* 22.82  1  CJ Corbett  3 4  71 31  17.75  0     J Horsley  23 35  494 66  17.64  0   L Oliver 3 5  68 36 17.00  0  A Morton  21 30  442 120* 16.37  1    L F Townsend  24 37  556 79  15.88  0  JM Hutchinson 23 38  583 143  15.75  1    J Bowden   16 27  367 39  15.29  0     ST McMillan  2 3  30 24  15.00  0     FR Heath 3 4  59 17  14.75  0    JS Heath 4 5  59 28  14.75  0   AHM Jackson  6 8  103 56 12.87  0     FG Peach  2 4  58 32 14.50  0  W Carter  14 25  289 57  12.04  0    H Elliott  24 37  283 32* 11.79  0   R Pratt 3 6  51 17* 10.20  0  H Storer 14 26  178 18  6.84  0   A Ackroyd 4 6  38 15 6.33  0  T S Worthington 1 2 12 12  6.00  0  W Bestwick  19 29  80 18   3.63  0  WJV Tomlinson 1 2  4 4  2.00  0  EHR Bedford 1 2 3 3  1.50  0  JA Cresswell  2 3  2 2* 1.00  0  A Rose 1 1  0 0  0.00  0===County Championship bowling averages=== Name  Balls  Runs  Wickets  BB  Average W Bestwick   3544  1396 65 8–36 21.47   A Morton   4165  1458 62 6–58 23.51   J Horsley  3039  1166 55 6–42 21.20    L F Townsend 1886  723 26 3–20 27.80    SWA Cadman  2134  640 25 5–36 25.60   H Storer 738  309 15 5–27 20.60   A Ackroyd 633  256 8 3–50 32.00    JS Heath 258  183 6 5–54 30.50    AHM Jackson  61  17 3 1–0 5.66   FR Heath 71  47 3 2–4 15.66   T S Worthington  168  98 3 3–66 32.66   JA Cresswell  222  108 3 3–29 36.00    W Carter  312  222 3 1–21 74.00   JM Hutchinson 114  87 2 1–1 43.50   WJV Tomlinson 72  59 1 1–59 59.00   WWH Hill-Wood  156  104 0          JL Crommelin-Brown 78  41 0          GR Jackson  60  35 0          CJ Corbett  18  14 0          FG Peach   18  21 0          J Bowden   6  1 0
Wicket-keeper Harry Elliott Catches 29, Stumping 8
See also *Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons*1924 English cricket season
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