Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1921
Introduction '''Derbyshire County Cricket Club''' in 1921 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for fifty years. It was their twenty-third season in the County Championship and they won five matches to finish twelfth.
1921 season After the appalling results of 1920, George Buckston returned as captain at the age of 40 with the firm purpose of reviving a dispirited eleven. Buckston had not played county cricket since 1907, but his appointment was followed by a revival in Derbyshire fortunes. Derbyshire CCC played twenty games in the County Championship in 1921 and won five, to finish twelfth in the table. They also played a match against Dublin University on 16 July 1921, which was a win for Derbyshire by an innings and 133 runs and an additional match against Leicestershire. W T Taylor wrote of Buckston that "Only those who played under him knew how much the team owed to the skipper for his example, cheerfulness and leadership". Having achieved his aim,  Buckston could not be persuaded to carry on. Instead, he was elected chairman of the Committee.Billy Bestwick was fourth in the national first-class bowling averages with 147 wickets for less than 17 runs each. He took 10 for 40 in an innings against Glamorgan at Cardiff and took five or more wickets in an innings in all but two matches. Samuel Cadman was top scorer.With a considerable amount of new blood in 1920, there were no lasting additions to the Derbyshire side in 1921.John Fisher only played in two seasons and George Goodwin in just one season. George Buckley and Herbert Turland made one appearance each for the side, although Turland later played in a match for Nottinghamshire.Additional players who appeared for the club in the Dublin University match were Geoffrey Bell and  players called Dilnot and Freeman.===Matches=== List of  matchesNo.DateVResult MarginNotes114 May 1921  Warwickshire   Edgbaston, Birmingham Lost8 Wickets  W Bestwick 9-65; Howell 8-69 218 May 1921  Worcestershire  County Ground, New Road, Worcester  Won8 Wickets  A Morton 5-108, W Bestwick 7-67321 May 1921  Nottinghamshire  Queen's Park, Chesterfield Won23 Runs  Barratt 5-68 and 5-39; Richmond 5-58; W Bestwick 5-82; A Morton 5-49 and 8-69425 May 1921  Essex  County Ground, Leyton LostInnings and 74 runs   JWHT Douglas 210 and 9-47; W Bestwick 6-1325 01 Jun 1921  Yorkshire   The Circle, Hull LostInnings and 112 runs   Derbyshire all out for 23 in second innings; E Robinson 100; Macaulay 6-3; W Bestwick 7-84 611 Jun 1921  Somerset  Recreation Ground, Bath Lost65 runs  W Bestwick 8-84 and 5-66; Robson 5-58; White 6-57715 Jun 1921  Gloucestershire  Fry's Ground, Bristol Lost117 runs  Barnett 100; Dipper 104; J Bowden 108;Mills 5-51; Parker 5-121818 Jun 1921  Glamorgan   Cardiff Arms Park Won2 Wickets  W Bestwick 10-40922 Jun 1921  Somerset   County Ground, Derby Lost6 Wickets  White 5-56 and 8-1201025 Jun 1921  Worcestershire  Queen's Park, Chesterfield  Lost6 Wickets  Pearson 106; W Bestwick 7-120; Gilbert 5-491106 Jul 1921  Gloucestershire  County Ground, DerbyLost97 runs  W Bestwick 5-68; Samuel Cadman 5-20; Dennett 8-61; Parker 6-501209 Jul 1921 Northamptonshire  County Ground, DerbyLost194 runs  W Bestwick 5-99 and 6-94; Murdin 6-87; Wells 5-301313 Jul 1921  Yorkshire   Queen's Park, Chesterfield LostInnings and 233 runs  Derbyshire out for 37 in first innings; Holmes 150; Robinson 5-16; Samuel Cadman 5-74; Macaulay 6-321420 Jul 1921  Nottinghamshire  Town Ground, WorksopLost48 runs Richmond 5-89 1530 Jul 1921  Warwickshire  County Ground, Derby  DrawnL Oliver151; H Storer 126; W Bestwick 5-68  1603 Aug 1921  Northamptonshire  County Ground, NorthamptonDrawn  Murdin 5-89; W Bestwick 8-82; Thomas 5-591706 Aug 1921  Leicestershire  Queen's Park, ChesterfieldWon172 runs  Astill 6-64; W Bestwick 7-391810 Aug 1921  Essex  County Ground, Derby  Drawn  A Morton 5-461913 Aug 1921  Leicestershire  Aylestone Road, Leicester  LostInnings and 24 runs  Astill 108; W Bestwick 6-73; Banskin 7-482020 Aug 1921  Glamorgan   Queen's Park, ChesterfieldWon3 Wickets Nash 5-58; W Bestwick 5-79; Clay 5-37
Statistics ===County Championship batting averages=== Name  Matches  Inns  Runs  High score  Average 100sA Morton 12 21 469 75* 29.31  0   SWA Cadman 20 38 945 92* 25.54  0    L Oliver  14 27  641 151   23.74  1  H Storer 19 36 758 126   22.96  1 G Curgenven 20 37 765 98   20.67  0    WJV Tomlinson 6 11  205 43   20.50  0    J Bowden 18 36 682 108   20.05  1  WWH Hill-Wood 1 2  37 24   18.50  0 J Fisher 2 4 45 39* 15.00  0    GW Goodwin 8 16 224 53   14.93  0    BSH Hill-Wood 2 3 29 21* 14.50  0    JM Hutchinson 20 39  527 67   14.24  0    GR Jackson 5 10  142 35   14.20  0 GM Buckston 15 30 299 71   10.67  0 CJ Corbett 5 9 103 44   12.87  0    H Elliott 20 38 307 37   10.96  0 W Carter 5 10 96 50* 10.66  0  W Reader-Blackton  5 10  72 27   7.20  0    W Bestwick 19 34 124 13* 6.20  0    GA Buckley 1 2 10 8   5.00  0    G Grainger 2 4 16 7   4.00  0 H Turland 1 2 1 1   0.50  0       ===County Championship bowling averages=== Name  Balls  Runs  Wickets  BB  Average W Bestwick  5613 2468 147 10-40 16.78   A Morton 2522  963 48 8-69 20.06  SWA Cadman  3085  1173 48 5-20 24.43 H Storer 1069  669 15 4-8 44.60 WJV Tomlinson  692 395 13 4-48 30.38 GW Goodwin 273 205 7 4-23 29.28  G Grainger 528  248 6 4-91 41.33  W Reader-Blackton  228 74 4 3-40 18.50 W Carter144 158 4 2-42 39.50  J Bowden 42 18 1 1-0 18.00  BSH Hill-Wood 84  54 1 1-16 54.00  WWH Hill-Wood 72 90 1 1-90 90.00  JM Hutchinson 156 91 1 1-54 91.00  CJ Corbett 6 13 0         L Oliver  12 30 0         GA Buckley 60 48 0 ===Wicket Keeper===*H Elliott - Catches  30, Stumping 7
See also *Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons*1921 English cricket season
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