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

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" |- ! colspan="6"| List of matches |- !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes

|1 |5 May 1934Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Lancashire 5 May 1934 | Lancashire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | | Watson 128; Iddon 121; Sibbles 6–44

|2 |12 May 1934Cricket Archive – Sussex v Derbyshire 12 May 1934 | Sussex County Ground, Hove | style="background:#f00;"|Lost | 2 wickets

|3 | 19 May 1934Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Warwickshire 19 May 1934 | Warwickshire County Ground, Derby | style="background:#0f0;"|Won | 2 wickets

|4 |23 May 1934Cricket Archive – Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 23 May 1934 | Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton | style="background:#0f0;"|Won | Innings and 147 runs | T S Worthington 147

|5 |26 May 1934Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Yorkshire 26 May 1934 | Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | style="background:#f00;"|Lost | 102 runs | T. B. Mitchell 5–26 and 6–96; Bowes 5–60

|6 |2 Jun 1934Cricket Archive – Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 2 Jun 1934 | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham | style="background:#0f0;"|Won | 28 runs | T R Armstrong 5–72; Voce 7–53; L F Townsend 7–47

|7 |6 Jun 1934Cricket Archive – Surrey v Derbyshire 6 Jun 1934 | Surrey Kennington Oval | style="background:#f00;"|Lost | 7 wickets | Gregory 124; D Smith 126; Gover 6–37; T S Worthington 6–90

|8 |9 Jun 1934Cricket Archive – Hampshire v Derbyshire 9 Jun 1934 | Hampshire United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth | style="background:#f00;"|Lost | Innings and 82 runs | Arnold 144; Mead 138; A E Alderman 124

|9 |13 Jun 1934Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 13 Jun 1934 | Gloucestershire County Ground, Derby | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | | Hammond 134; T. B. Mitchell 5–119;

|10 |16 Jun 1934Cricket Archive – Leicestershire v Derbyshire 16 Jun 1934 | Leicestershire Aylestone Road, Leicester | style="background:#0f0;"|Won | 124 runs | T. B. Mitchell 7–55

|11 |20 Jun 1934Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Kent 20 Jun 1934 | Kent Queen's Park, Chesterfield | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | | Freeman 6–105; T. B. Mitchell 5–114

|12 |23 Jun 1934Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 23 Jun 1934 | Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | | A E Alderman 115; Timms 100; T. B. Mitchell 6–73

|13 |27 Jun 1934Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Sussex 27 Jun 1934 | Sussex Park Road Ground, Buxton | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | | Parks 138; D Smith 120

|14 |30 Jun 1934Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Somerset 30 Jun 1934 | Somerset Queen's Park, Chesterfield | style="background:#0f0;"|Won | 10 wickets | H Storer 113

|15 |4 Jul 1934Cricket Archive – Kent v Derbyshire 4 Jul 1934 | Kent Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells | style="background:#0f0;"|Won | 4 wickets | W H Copson 5–36; Freeman 5–29

|16 |7 Jul 1934Cricket Archive – Worcestershire v Derbyshire 7 Jul 1934 | Worcestershire Amblecote, Stourbridge | style="background:#0f0;"|Won | Inings and 115 runs | T. B. Mitchell 8–22 and 5–66; L F Townsend 5–48

|17 |11 Jul 1934Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Australians 11 Jul 1934 | Australian cricket team in England in 1934 Queen's Park, Chesterfield | style="background:#f00;"|Lost | 9 wickets | Ebeling 5–28; T. B. Mitchell 7–105; Fleetwood-Smith 5–38

|18 |14 Jul 1934Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Middlesex 14 Jul 1934 | Middlesex County Ground, Derby | style="background:#0f0;"|Won | 278 runs | T. B. Mitchell 6–56 and 7–57

|19 |18 Jul 1934Cricket Archive – Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 18 Jul 1934 | Gloucestershire Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | | Dacre 117; D Smith 131; A F Skinner 102; Goddard 5–90; Sinfield 5–54

|20 |21 Jul 1934Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Worcestershire 21 Jul 1934 | WorcestershireQueen's Park, Chesterfield | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | | Gibbons 105

|21 |25 Jul 1934Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Surrey 25 Jul 1934 | Surrey Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | | D Smith 125

|22 |28 Jul 1934Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Hampshire 28 Jul 1934 | Hampshire County Ground, Derby | style="background:#0f0;"|Won | 10 wickets | T S Worthington 154; T. B. Mitchell 6–90

|23 |1 Aug 1934Cricket Archive – Yorkshire v Derbyshire 1 Aug 1934 | Yorkshire Bramall Lane, Sheffield | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | | T. B. Mitchell 5–81

|24 |4 Aug 1934Cricket Archive – Warwickshire v Derbyshire 4 Aug 1934 | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | | Paine 6–88

|25 |8 Aug 1934Cricket Archive – Lancashire v Derbyshire 8 Aug 1934 | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester | style="background:#f00;"|Lost | 135 runs | Hopwood 5–32 and 8–58

|26 |11 Aug 1934Cricket Archive – Somerset v Derbyshire 11 Aug 1934 | Somerset Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare | style="background:#0f0;"|Won | Innings and 69 runs | L F Townsend 106 and 6–66 and 5–64

|27 |15 Aug 1934Cricket Archive – Middlesex v Derbyshire 15 Aug 1934 | Middlesex Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood | style="background:#f00;"|Lost | 84 runs | C Smith 5–51; W H Copson 5–63; SIms 6–85

|28 |18 Aug 1934Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 18 Aug 1934 | Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston | style="background:#0f0;"|Won | 201 runs | A V Pope 6–21; Voce 6–52; W H Copson 5–40

|29 |29 Aug 1934Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Leicestershire 29 Aug 1934 | Leicestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | style="background:#0f0;"|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 0Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1934

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 0Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1934

Wicket-keeper

Harry Elliott Catches 58, Stumping 18

See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1934 English cricket season

References