Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1934
Introduction '''Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1934''' was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for sixty-three years. It was their thirty-sixth season in the County Championship and they won ten matches in the County Championship, to finish third.
1934 season  Derbyshire played 28 matches in Championship, and one against the touring Australians. They won eleven matches altogether, ten in the County Championship to finish third in the table, on course to win the championship two years later in 1936.A W Richardson was in his fourth season as captain. Denis Smith scored most runs and Tommy Mitchell took most wickets.Two players made their debut during the season. Elijah Carrington had been brought into the club in the previous year and played first team matches for three more years. Arnold Townsend played one game in 1934, but went on to become a significant player for the club.===Matches=== List of matchesNo.DateVResult MarginNotes1 5 May 1934 Lancashire  Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston  Drawn Watson 128; Iddon 121; Sibbles 6–44 212 May 1934  Sussex   County Ground, Hove Lost 2 wickets  3 19 May 1934 Warwickshire  County Ground, Derby Won 2 wickets  423 May 1934 Northamptonshire  County Ground, Northampton Won Innings and 147 runs T S Worthington 147 526 May 1934 Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield Lost 102 runs T. B. Mitchell 5–26 and 6–96; Bowes 5–60 62 Jun 1934 Nottinghamshire  Trent Bridge, Nottingham Won 28 runs T R Armstrong 5–72; Voce 7–53; L F Townsend 7–47 76 Jun 1934  Surrey Kennington Oval Lost 7 wickets Gregory 124; D Smith 126; Gover 6–37; T S Worthington 6–90 89 Jun 1934 Hampshire United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth Lost Innings and 82 runs Arnold 144; Mead 138; A E Alderman 124 913 Jun 1934  Gloucestershire  County Ground, Derby Drawn Hammond 134; T. B. Mitchell 5–119; 1016 Jun 1934 Leicestershire Aylestone Road, Leicester Won 124 runs T. B. Mitchell 7–55 1120 Jun 1934 Kent Queen's Park, Chesterfield Drawn Freeman 6–105; T. B. Mitchell 5–114 1223 Jun 1934 Northamptonshire  County Ground, Derby Drawn A E Alderman 115; Timms 100; T. B. Mitchell 6–73 1327 Jun 1934  Sussex   Park Road Ground, Buxton Drawn Parks 138; D Smith 120 1430 Jun 1934 Somerset  Queen's Park, Chesterfield Won 10 wickets H Storer 113 154 Jul 1934 Kent  Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells  Won 4 wickets W H Copson 5–36; Freeman 5–29 167 Jul 1934  Worcestershire Amblecote, Stourbridge Won Inings and 115 runs T. B. Mitchell 8–22 and 5–66; L F Townsend 5–48 1711 Jul 1934 Australian cricket team in England in 1934  Queen's Park, Chesterfield Lost 9 wickets Ebeling 5–28; T. B. Mitchell 7–105; Fleetwood-Smith 5–38 1814 Jul 1934 Middlesex   County Ground, Derby Won 278 runs T. B. Mitchell 6–56 and 7–57 1918 Jul 1934  Gloucestershire  Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester Drawn Dacre 117; D Smith 131; A F Skinner 102; Goddard 5–90; Sinfield 5–54 2021 Jul 1934  WorcestershireQueen's Park, Chesterfield Drawn Gibbons 105 2125 Jul 1934  Surrey Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston Drawn D Smith 125 2228 Jul 1934 Hampshire County Ground, Derby Won 10 wickets T S Worthington 154; T. B. Mitchell 6–90 231 Aug 1934 Yorkshire Bramall Lane, Sheffield Drawn T. B. Mitchell 5–81 244 Aug 1934 Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham Drawn Paine 6–88 258 Aug 1934 Lancashire  Old Trafford, Manchester Lost 135 runs Hopwood 5–32 and 8–58 2611 Aug 1934 Somerset Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare Won Innings and 69 runs L F Townsend 106 and 6–66 and 5–64 2715 Aug 1934 Middlesex    Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood Lost 84 runs C Smith 5–51; W H Copson 5–63; SIms 6–85 2818 Aug 1934 Nottinghamshire  Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston Won 201 runs A V Pope 6–21; Voce 6–52; W H Copson 5–40 2929 Aug 1934 Leicestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield Won 42 runs
Statistics ===County Championship batting averages=== Name  Matches  Inns  Runs  High score  Average 100s H Storer 15 25  881 113  38.30  1     D Smith  28 47  1565 131  35.56  4     A E Alderman   26 44  1290 124* 33.94  2    GR Jackson   2 4  125 93  31.25  0    A F Skinner 20 33  921 102  29.70  1    L F Townsend  28 46  1149 106* 27.35  1   T S Worthington  28 44  1185 154  26.93  2  LB Blaxland  2 3  67 31  22.33  0    H Elliott  28 42  661 72* 21.32  0   E Carrington 11 16  311 80 20.73  0    A V Pope   26 40  603 40  17.73  0   NM Ford  5 8  129 60 16.12  0    A W Richardson  15 25  319 58  13.86  0    G H Pope  10 15  168 25  12.92  0     C S Elliott  8 13  165 45  12.69  0   T R Armstrong 12 16  100 28* 11.11  0    A F Townsend  1 2  7 7* 7.00  0   W H Copson  21 27 104 18 5.77  0     T. B. Mitchell  21 29  131 28  5.24  0  JD Southern  1 2  1 1  0.50  0===County Championship bowling averages=== Name  Balls  Runs  Wickets  BB  Average T. B. Mitchell  4827  2400 138 8–22 17.39   W H Copson  4088 1603 91 5–36 17.61   L F Townsend  4190 1624 75 7–47 21.65  T S Worthington  4095 1641 59 6–90 27.81   A V Pope 2919 1022 51 6–21 20.03   T R Armstrong  1636  701 18 5–72 38.94    G H Pope 876 391 17 4–107 23.00   C S Elliott  84 40 0          A F Skinner  72 62 0          H Storer  70 51 0          D Smith  42  32 0          A E Alderman  12 12 0          NM Ford  6  1  0
Wicket-keeper Harry Elliott Catches 58, Stumping 18
See also *Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons*1934 English cricket season
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