Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1936
Introduction '''Derbyshire County Cricket Club''' in 1936 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire won the County Championship for the first and only time. They had been playing for sixty five years and it was their thirty-eighth season in the County Championship.
1936 season Success in the County Championship saw the culmination of five years effort by A. W. Richardson since he became captain in 1931.Derbyshire had actually come second in the championship in 1935 with a better set of results. Middlesex and Yorkshire made strong challenges in the closing weeks of the 1936 season which kept tensions high in the Derbyshire camp. When he heard that the Championship had been settled the Duke of Devonshire, the Derbyshire President, left a shooting party at Bolton Abbey in a hurry to get to Derby and join the public reception given to the players on their return.Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, and one match against Oxford University and one match against the touring Indians. Stan Worthington and Leslie Townsend tied as top scorers in the County Championships, but Worthington's 174 against Oxford University gave him the edge in first class batting positions. Bill Copson's 140 wickets made him top bowler for the county.Worthington also played for England in Test matches against the Indians.George Langdale made his debut for Derbyshire and went on to play one first team game in 1937.Samuel Hunt also made his debut, but only played the 1936 season===Matches=== List of matchesNo.DateVResult MarginNotes16 May 1936HampshireAt County Ground, Southampton DrawnR H Moore 100; C G A Paris 10129 May 1936Oxford University  The University Parks, OxfordWonInnings and 130 runsNot a County Championship matchT S Worthington 174; R F H Darwell-Smith 5–1343 13 May 1936 Kent  Bat and Ball Ground, GravesendLost10 wicketsA P Freeman 7–29; W H Copson 5–57; D V P Wright 5–31416 May 1936  Surrey County Ground, DerbyWon 16 runs A R Gover 5–63; W H Copson 5–33 and 7–19; F R Brown 5–535 23 May 1936  Sussex   Queen's Park, Chesterfield  Won Innings and 25 runs L F Townend 182;W H Copson 5–42 6 27 May 1936 Gloucestershire  Ashley Down Ground, Bristol  Won 10 WicketsR A Sinfield 7–54; T. B. Mitchell 5–407 30 May 1936 Essex County Ground, Derby Drawn8 3 Jun 1936 Northamptonshire  County Ground, Northampton Won 7 Wickets W H Copson 6–24910 Jun 1936  Gloucestershire  County Ground, Derby Won 10 Wickets T. B. Mitchell 7–261013 Jun 1936 Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield Drawn L F Townsend 101; W E Bowes 5–66; T. B. Mitchell 6–601117 Jun 1936  Somerset  Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston Lost 10 Wickets H Hunt 7–49; T. B. Mitchell 5–901220 Jun 1936 Warwickshire  Edgbaston, Birmingham Won Innings and 10 runsL F Townsend 5–44 and 7–46; T. B. Mitchell 5–4213 24 Jun 1936  WorcestershireQueen's Park, ChesterfieldWon 3 WicketsH H I H Gibbons 99; W H Copson 5–34; R T D Perks 5–631427 Jun 1936Lancashire  Park Road Ground, Buxton DrawnF S Booth 6–16; A V Pope 5–5315 1 Jul 1936 Worcestershire   County Ground, New Road, Worcester  Won Innings and 123 runsW H Copson 5–38 and 7–1616 4 Jul 1936  Warwickshire  Queen's Park, Chesterfield  Won Innings and 159 runsT S Worthington 163; T. B. Mitchell 5–5217 8 Jul 1936 Hampshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield DrawnL F Townsend 1531811 Jul 1936Lancashire  Old Trafford, Manchester DrawnF M Sibbles 7–3619 15 Jul 1936 Kent  The Town Ground, Burton-on-Trent  Won 141 Runs L F Townsend 115; A V Pope 5–4820 18 Jul 1936 Indians  County Ground, Derby DrawnNot a County Championship matchW H Copson 5–4421 22 Jul 1936 Yorkshire  Bramall Lane, Sheffield  DrawnT S Worthington 135; A Mitchell 103;W H Copson 6–6022 25 Jul 1936  Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston  Lost 6 Wickets  T. B. Mitchell 6–87; W Voce 6–4323 1 Aug 1936 Essex   County Ground, Chelmsford  Won 20 runsK Farnes 5–20; T P B Smith 5–62; T. B. Mitchell 6–2524 5 Aug 1936 Surrey  Kennington Oval DrawnD Smith 106; T. B. Mitchell 5–8825 8 Aug 1936 Leicestershire County Ground, Derby  Won 9 WicketsW H Copson 5–40; T. B. Mitchell 5–57 and 5–42; G Geary 5–3926 15 Aug 1936 Nottinghamshire  Town Ground, Worksop DrawnW W Keaton 100; C B Harris 10727 19 Aug 1936 Sussex  The Saffrons, Eastbourne  Drawn J Langridge 126; W H Copson 6–8728 22 Aug 1936  Northamptonshire  Queen's Park, Chesterfield  Drawn R J Partridge 5–69; A V Pope 6–12929 26 Aug 1936 Somerset Rowden Road, Wells  Lost 1 WicketA V Pope 5–35; A W Wellard 5–47; W H Copson 6–8130 29 Aug 1936 Leicestershire Oakham School Ground Won Innings and 66 runsD Smith 169; T S Worthington 102
Statistics ===County Championship batting averages=== Name  Matches  Inns  Runs  High score  Average  100sT S Worthington 26 40 1322 163   35.72  3L F Townsend 28 43  1322 182* 33.89    4D Smith 28 46  1256 169   30.63     2A E Alderman 28 46 1074 79   25.57    0W W H Hill-Wood 1 2  48 38   24.00    0 A F Skinner 12 20 441 62   22.05  0H Elliott 28 41 639 79* 19.96  0C S Elliott 18 26 426 97   18.52  0  H Storer 9 13  205 62   15.76  0E Carrington 7 11 157 72   14.27 0  A V Pope 28 38 441 40   13.78   0G R Langdale 3 5 064 29   12.80   0  A W Richardson 26 34 378 50   12.60   0  T. B. Mitchell 26 32 267 45   10.68     0N A M Walker 1 2  20 13   10.00   0S W Hunt 5 5  48 17   9.60   0  G H Pope 4 6  50 14   8.33     0T R Armstrong 2 3 16 8* 8.00   0A F Townsend 2 3  23 21   7.66    0W H Copson 26 29  89 17   5.56     0In addition, John Gilbert appeared for Derbyshire against Oxford University.===County Championship bowling averages=== Name  Balls  Runs  Wickets  BB  AverageW H Copson  4731 1792 140 7–16 12.80 T. B. Mitchell 3842 2373 116 7–26 20.45  A V Pope 5071 1666 94 6–129 17.72  L F Townsend 3111  1062 54 7–46  19.66 T S Worthington  1337 584 19 4–31 30.73 G H Pope  337 128 5 2–35 25.60  T R Armstrong 198 95 4 2–2 23.75  D Smith 18  13 1 1–13 13.00  G R Langdale  156  95 0         A F Townsend 36  23 0         A F Skinner 18 15 0         N A M Walker  12 10 0         C S Elliott 12 9 0         S W Hunt 6  3 0     ===Wicket-keeper===H Elliott Catches 50 Stumping 12
See also *Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons*1936 English cricket season
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