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.W.T. Taylor History of Derbyshire cricket Wisden 1953
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
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" |- ! colspan="6"| List of matches |- !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes |- |1 |6 May 1936Cricket Archive Hampshire v Derbyshire 6 May 1936 |HampshireAt County Ground, Southampton | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | |R H Moore 100; C G A Paris 101
|2 |9 May 1936Cricket Archive Oxford University v Derbyshire 9 May 1936 |Oxford University The University Parks, Oxford | style="background:#0f0;"|Won |Innings and 130 runs |Not a County Championship matchT S Worthington 174; R F H Darwell-Smith 5–134
|3 |13 May 1936Cricket Archive Kent v Derbyshire 13 May 1936 | Kent Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend | style="background:#f00;"|Lost |10 wickets |A P Freeman 7–29; W H Copson 5–57; D V P Wright 5–31
|4 |16 May 1936Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Surrey 16 May 1936 | Surrey County Ground, Derby | style="background:#0f0;"|Won |16 runs | A R Gover 5–63; W H Copson 5–33 and 7–19; F R Brown 5–53
|5 |23 May 1936Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Sussex 23 May 1936 | Sussex Queen's Park, Chesterfield | style="background:#0f0;"|Won |Innings and 25 runs |L F Townend 182;W H Copson 5–42
|6 |27 May 1936Cricket Archive Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 27 May 1936 | Gloucestershire Ashley Down Ground, Bristol | style="background:#0f0;"|Won |10 Wickets |R A Sinfield 7–54; T. B. Mitchell 5–40
|7 |30 May 1936Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Essex 30 May 1936 | Essex County Ground, Derby | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn
|8 |3 Jun 1936Cricket Archive Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 3 Jun 1936 | Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton | style="background:#0f0;"|Won |7 Wickets |W H Copson 6–24
|9 |10 Jun 1936Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 10 Jun 1936 | Gloucestershire County Ground, Derby | style="background:#0f0;"|Won |10 Wickets | T. B. Mitchell 7–26
|10 |13 Jun 1936Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Yorkshire 13 Jun 1936 | Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | |L F Townsend 101; W E Bowes 5–66; T. B. Mitchell 6–60
|11 |17 Jun 1936Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Somerset 17 Jun 1936 | Somerset Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston | style="background:#f00;"|Lost |10 Wickets |H Hunt 7–49; T. B. Mitchell 5–90
|12 |20 Jun 1936Cricket Archive Warwickshire v Derbyshire 20 Jun 1936 | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham | style="background:#0f0;"|Won |Innings and 10 runs |L F Townsend 5–44 and 7–46; T. B. Mitchell 5–42
|13 |24 Jun 1936Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Worcestershire 24 Jun 1936 | Worcestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | style="background:#0f0;"|Won |3 Wickets |H H I H Gibbons 99; W H Copson 5–34; R T D Perks 5–63
|14 |27 Jun 1936Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Lancashire 27 Jun 1936 |Lancashire Park Road Ground, Buxton | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | |F S Booth 6–16; A V Pope 5–53
|15 |1 Jul 1936Cricket Archive Worcestershire v Derbyshire 1 Jul 1936 | Worcestershire County Ground, New Road, Worcester | style="background:#0f0;"|Won |Innings and 123 runs |W H Copson 5–38 and 7–16
|16 |4 Jul 1936Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Warwickshire 4 Jul 1936 | Warwickshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | style="background:#0f0;"|Won |Innings and 159 runs |T S Worthington 163; T. B. Mitchell 5–52
|17 |8 Jul 1936Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Hampshire 8 Jul 1936 | Hampshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | |L F Townsend 153
|18 |11 Jul 1936Cricket Archive Lancashire v Derbyshire 11 Jul 1936 |Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | |F M Sibbles 7–36
|19 |15 Jul 1936Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Kent 15 Jul 1936 | Kent The Town Ground, Burton-on-Trent | style="background:#0f0;"|Won |141 Runs |L F Townsend 115; A V Pope 5–48
|20 |18 Jul 1936Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Indians 18 Jul 1936 | Indians County Ground, Derby | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | |Not a County Championship matchW H Copson 5–44
|21 |22 Jul 1936Cricket Archive Yorkshire v Derbyshire 22 Jul 1936 | Yorkshire Bramall Lane, Sheffield | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | |T S Worthington 135; A Mitchell 103;W H Copson 6–60
|22 |25 Jul 1936Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 25 Jul 1936 | Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston | style="background:#f00;"|Lost |6 Wickets | T. B. Mitchell 6–87; W Voce 6–43
|23 |1 Aug 1936Cricket Archive Essex v Derbyshire 1 Aug 1936 | Essex County Ground, Chelmsford | style="background:#0f0;"|Won |20 runs |K Farnes 5–20; T P B Smith 5–62; T. B. Mitchell 6–25
|24 |5 Aug 1936Cricket Archive Surrey v Derbyshire 5 Aug 1936 | Surrey Kennington Oval | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | |D Smith 106; T. B. Mitchell 5–88
|25 |8 Aug 1936Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Leicestershire 8 Aug 1936 | Leicestershire County Ground, Derby | style="background:#0f0;"|Won |9 Wickets |W H Copson 5–40; T. B. Mitchell 5–57 and 5–42; G Geary 5–39
|26 |15 Aug 1936Cricket Archive Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 15 Aug 1936 | Nottinghamshire Town Ground, Worksop | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | |W W Keaton 100; C B Harris 107
|27 |19 Aug 1936Cricket Archive Sussex v Derbyshire 19 Aug 1936 | Sussex The Saffrons, Eastbourne | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | | J Langridge 126; W H Copson 6–87
|28 |22 Aug 1936Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 22 Aug 1936 | Northamptonshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | | R J Partridge 5–69; A V Pope 6–129
|29 |26 Aug 1936Cricket Archive Somerset v Derbyshire 26 Aug 1936 | Somerset Rowden Road, Wells | style="background:#f00;"|Lost |1 Wicket |A V Pope 5–35; A W Wellard 5–47; W H Copson 6–81
|30 |29 Aug 1936Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Leicestershire 29 Aug 1936 | Leicestershire Oakham School Ground | style="background:#0f0;"|Won |Innings and 66 runs |D 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 0Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1936
In 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 0Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1936
Wicket-keeper
H Elliott Catches 50 Stumping 12
See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1936 English cricket season
References