Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1931
Introduction '''Derbyshire County Cricket Club''' in 1931 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for sixty years. It was their thirty-third season in the County Championship and they won seven matches to finish seventh.
1931 season Derbyshire were fortunate in persuading A. W. Richardson to become captain in 1931.Building on the efforts of Guy Jackson and with the help of the coach, Sam Cadman, Richardson set about building the team that became a match-winning combination and took the championship in 1936.Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, and one match against the touring New Zealanders. Denis Smith was top scorer with two centuries. Veteran Archibald Slater, in his last season, took 106 wickets closely followed by Tommy Mitchell on 105.The only new arrival in the Derbyshire side in 1931 was Alan Skinner who was to see many years service with the club.===Matches=== List of matchesNo.DateVResult MarginNotes12 May 1931 Leicestershire  County Ground, Derby Drawn    26 May 1931 Gloucestershire  The Victoria Ground, Cheltenham Lost 4 wicketsParker 6–41 and 8–50    3 9 May 1931  SurreyKennington Oval Drawn A E Alderman 113; Fender 100   4 16 May 1931 Kent  County Ground, Derby Lost 9 wickets Freeman 5–63; AG Slater 8–63   5 20 May 1931 Essex County Ground, Leyton Drawn D Smith 131; GM Lee 147   6 23 May 1931 Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham Drawn Croom 103; Paine 6–80   7 27 May 1931  Worcestershire County Ground, New Road, Worcester Drawn    8 30 May 1931  Sussex   Queen's Park, Chesterfield Won Innings and 188 runs T. B. Mitchell 6–11 and 6–19   9 6 Jun 1931  Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston DrawnL F Townsend 6–59    10 13 Jun 1931New Zealand  County Ground, Derby DrawnNot a County Championship matchT. B. Mitchell 5–97  11 17 Jun 1931 EssexRutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston DrawnAG Slater 8–51    12 20 Jun 1931Hampshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield Won 8 wickets D Smith 108; T. B. Mitchell 5–47    13 24 Jun 1931 Glamorgan   Cardiff Arms Park Drawn    14 27 Jun 1931  WorcestershireCounty Ground, Derby Won 7 wicketsGibbons 109; Root 5–113; H Storer 5–32    15 1 Jul 1931  Surrey Queen's Park, Chesterfield Drawn T. B. Mitchell 6–157; Fender 6–102  16 4 Jul 1931 Leicestershire  Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch Drawn AG Slater 5–28   17 8 Jul 1931  Sussex   County Ground, Hove Lost Innings and 14 runs Wensley 6–47 and 6–48; T S Worthington 5–80  18 11 Jul 1931Hampshire County Ground, Southampton Won 145 runs Baring 5–85; L F Townsend 6–23;    19 18 Jul 1931 Gloucestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield Lost 18 runs T. B. Mitchell 6–79; Goddard 8–79; Parker 6–64   20 22 Jul 1931 Northamptonshire  County Ground, Derby Won 6 wickets GM Lee 173; Timms 147; T. B. Mitchell 5–39   21 25 Jul 1931 Middlesex Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston Drawn Peebles 5–58; AG Slater 5–32   22 29 Jul 1931Lancashire  Park Road Ground, Buxton Drawn L F Townsend 6–49; Hopwood 5–52   23 1 Aug 1931 Warwickshire  County Ground, Derby Lost 9 wickets Partridge 5–47; Paine 5–67   24 5 Aug 1931 Kent St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Drawn L F Townsend 5–78; Freeman 5–77; Marriott 5–42    25 8 Aug 1931  Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham Drawn    26 15 Aug 1931 Northamptonshire  County Ground, Northampton Won Innings and 71 runs GM Lee 141; L F Townsend 8–45;   27 19 Aug 1931 Middlesex Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood No playMatch abandoned    28 22 Aug 1931 Glamorgan   Queen's Park, Chesterfield Won 184 runs Ryan 7–105; AG Slater 5–27; Mercer 5–37;  29 26 Aug 1931Lancashire  Stanley Park, Blackpool Lost 3 wickets AG Slater 5–22; Tyldesley 6–21
Statistics ===County Championship batting averages=== Name  Matches  Inns  Runs  High score  Average 100sGM Lee 	26 39 1152 173   32.91  3   H Storer 22 35 1028 115* 32.12  1    D Smith 27 43 1214 131   31.12  2   A E Alderman 27 40 895 113* 27.96  1    GR Jackson 7 11 270 81   24.54  0 L F Townsend  25 33 673 80* 21.70  0   T S Worthington  27 37 589 45   19.00  0 A V Pope 	2 3 36 16   18.00  0 JM Hutchinson 9 14 218 71   16.76  0  AG Slater   27 35 483 52   15.58  0 A W Richardson  26 32 374 49   13.35  0 T. B. Mitchell 27 28  182 29   10.70  0 H Elliott  27 32 264 37   9.77  0 NM Ford 2 4  26 24   6.50  0    CC Clarke 	4 6  36 21   6.00  0  JDH Gilbert 5 3 12 6   4.00  0   A F Skinner  1 1  4 4   4.00  0 T R Armstrong 6 8 18 15   3.00  0===County Championship bowling averages=== Name  Balls  Runs  Wickets  BB  AverageAG Slater   5526  1714 106 8–51 16.16 T. B. Mitchell 5525  2218 105 6–11 21.12  L F Townsend   3072  1098 72 8–45 15.25  T S Worthington  3882  1362 57 5–80 23.89 H Storer 958  408 16 5–32 25.50 GM Lee  922  347 14 4–34 24.78  T R Armstrong  335  85 7 2–9 12.14  A V Pope 342  114 6 4–54 19.00  D Smith  156  42 0         A E Alderman  24 10 0         GR Jackson  17 20 0         A W Richardson  12  6 0
Wicket-keeper H Elliott Catches 43 Stumping 28
See also *Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons*1931 English cricket season
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