Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1937 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for sixty six years. It was their thirty-ninth season in the County Championship and they came third after winning the Championship in 1936.

1937 season

Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, and one match against the touring New Zealanders. They won 15 matches including the game against the New Zealanders and lost six to finish third in the County Championship.

Robin Buckston took over the captaincy having last played for the club in the 1928 season. Denis Smith was top scorer. Tommy Mitchell took most wickets but Bill Copson made a particular impression taking eight wickets for eleven runs against Warwickshire in the first innings at Derby which included four wickets with successive balls.W.T. Taylor History of Derbyshire cricket Wisden 1953 Worthington also played for England in Test matches touring Australia.

Dusty Rhodes began his long and successful bowling career for Derbyshire during the season. The only other newcomer, Howard Sherwin played one career first class match for the club in 1937.

Matches

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" |- ! colspan="6"| List of matches |- !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes |- |1 |1 May 1937Cricket Archive – Lancashire v Derbyshire 1 May 1937 |Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | | T S Worthington 103; Paynter 150; Pollard 6-76; T. B. Mitchell 6-73

|2 |8 May 1937Cricket Archive – Worcestershire v Derbyshire 8 May 1937 | Worcestershire County Ground, New Road, Worcester | style="background:#f00;"|Lost | 3 wickets | Martin 5-69

|3 |12 May 1937Cricket Archive – Surrey v Derbyshire 12 May 1937 | Surrey Kennington Oval | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn

|4 |15 May 1937Cricket Archive – Essex v Derbyshire 15 May 1937 | Essex County Ground, Chelmsford | style="background:#0f0;"|Won | 74 runs | T Smith 5-86 and 6-35; L F Townsend 5-49

|5 |22 May 1937Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Kent 22 May 1937 | Kent County Ground, Derby | style="background:#0f0;"|Won | 82 runs | Wright 6-73; Watt 6-34

|6 |26 May 1937Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Somerset 26 May 1937 | Somerset Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston | style="background:#0f0;"|Won | 7 wickets | T. B. Mitchell 6-34; Andrews 5-28

|7 |29 May 1937Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Yorkshire 29 May 1937 | Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | style="background:#f00;"|Lost | 6 wickets | T. B. Mitchell 6-101

|8 |2 Jun 1937Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Lancashire 2 Jun 1937 | Lancashire The Town Ground, Burton-on-Trent | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | |Phillipson 5-62; W H Copson 5-73; Sibbles 5-78

|9 |5 Jun 1937Derbyshire v New Zealanders 5 Jun 1937 | New Zealand cricket team in England in 1937 County Ground, Derby | style="background:#0f0;"|Won | 202 runs | A E Alderman 112; T. B. Mitchell 5-101 and 5-75

|10 |9 Jun 1937Cricket Archive – Hampshire v Derbyshire 9 Jun 1937 |HampshireCounty Ground, Southampton | style="background:#0f0;"|Won | 199 runs | Herman 5-56; G H Pope 5-34

|11 |12 Jun 1937Cricket Archive – Sussex v Derbyshire 12 Jun 1937 | Sussex Cricket Field Road Ground, Horsham | style="background:#0f0;"|Won | 281 runs | T S Worthington 133; A E Alderman 103; Langridge 102; Hammond 5-86

|12 |19 Jun 1937Cricket Archive – Yorkshire v Derbyshire 19 Jun 1937 | Yorkshire Bramall Lane, Sheffield | style="background:#f00;"|Lost | Innings and 99 runs | Hutton 271; D Smith 158; Turner 5-45;

|13 |23 Jun 1937Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Hampshire 23 Jun 1937 | Hampshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | | D Smith 140; Pothecary 115; Arnold 105; T. B. Mitchell 5-101;

|14 |26 Jun 1937Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 26 Jun 1937 | Gloucestershire Park Road Ground, Buxton | style="background:#0f0;"|Won | Innings and 133 runs | T R Armstrong 7-36; Goddard 5-119

|15 |3 Jul 1937Cricket Archive – Warwickshire v Derbyshire 3 Jul 1937 | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | | Wyatt 232; Dollery 128; Hollies 6-50

|16 | 7 Jul 1937Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Surrey 7 Jul 1937 | Surrey County Ground, Derby | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | | Squires 139; G H Pope 122; Gover 5-70

|17 |10 Jul 1937Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Leicestershire 10 Jul 1937 | Leicestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | style="background:#0f0;"|Won |Innings and 199 runs | A E Alderman 175; D Smith 121; T. B. Mitchell 6-50

|18 |14 Jul 1937Cricket Archive – Somerset v Derbyshire 14 Jul 1937 | Somerset County Ground, Taunton | style="background:#0f0;"|Won | 118 runs | L F Townsend 110 and 5-44; AEG Rhodes 6-38

|19 |17 Jul 1937Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Warwickshire 17 Jul 1937 | Warwickshire County Ground, Derby | style="background:#0f0;"|Won | 5 wickets | Hill 105; W H Copson 8-11; Mayer 5-83 and 5-39

|20 |24 Jul 1937Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 24 Jul 1937 | Nottinghamshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | style="background:#0f0;"|Won | Innings and 23 runs | T. B. Mitchell 6-74

|21 |31 Jul 1937Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Essex 31 Jul 1937 | Essex Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston | style="background:#f00;"|Lost | 6 wickets | G H Pope 151; W H Copson 5-99; Farnes 7-41; T Smith 6-130

|22 |4 Aug 1937Cricket Archive – Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 4 Aug 1937 | Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | | Timms 116

|23 |7 Aug 1937Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 7 Aug 1937 | Northamptonshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | style="background:#0f0;"|Won | 9 wickets | D Smith 104; G H Pope 101 and 6-43; T. B. Mitchell 6-63

|24 |11 Aug 1937Cricket Archive – Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 11 Aug 1937 | Gloucestershire College Ground, Cheltenham | style="background:#f00;"|Lost | Innings and 84 runs | Allen 128; L F Townsend 5-59; Goddard 7-104 and 5-41; Sinfield 5-36

|25 |14 Aug 1937Cricket Archive – Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 14 Aug 1937 | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | | D Smith 202; Keeton 101

|26 |18 Aug 1937Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Sussex 18 Aug 1937 | Sussex County Ground, Derby | style="background:#0f0;"|Won | 9 wickets | T S Worthington 238; Langridge 123; W H Copson 8-64; T. B. Mitchell 5-87

|27 | 21 Aug 1937Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Worcestershire 21 Aug 1937 | Worcestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | style="background:#0f0;"|Won | 45 runs | Kimpton 106

|28 |25 Aug 1937Cricket Archive – Leicestershire v Derbyshire 25 Aug 1937 | Leicestershire Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch | style="background:#0f0;"|Won | 32 runs | Prentice 131; Flamson 6-50;

|29 |28 Aug 1937Cricket Archive – Kent v Derbyshire 28 Aug 1937 | Kent Cheriton Road Sports Ground, Folkestone | style="background:#f00;"|Lost | 100 runs | Ames 108; A V Pope 5-85; G H Pope 5-35

Statistics County Championship batting averages Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s TS Worthington 25 43 1520 238* 40.00 3 D Smith 28 48 1799 202* 39.97 5 GH Pope 28 42 1242 151 34.50 3 AE Alderman 28 48 1397 175 32.48 2 LF Townsend 28 44 1194 110 27.76 1 AF Skinner 12 19 465 82 27.35 0 AV Pope 27 36 719 86 23.96 0 AEG Rhodes 15 19 363 83 21.35 0 GF Hodgkinson 1 2 37 24 18.50 0 CS Elliott 11 17 309 54 18.17 0 GR Langdale 1 2 13 9* 13.00 0 RHR Buckston 25 33 303 38 12.62 0 E Carrington 6 9 109 49 12.11 0 WH Copson 16 21 131 30* 11.90 0 H Elliott 26 35 376 40 11.75 0 TB Mitchell 25 29 209 57 8.70 0 AF Townsend 3 2 17 17 8.50 0 H Sherwin 1 2 12 9* 0 TR Armstrong 2 2 18 18* 0Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire

County Championship bowling averages Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average TB Mitchell 4232 2661 119 6-34 22.36 GH Pope 4191 1851 87 6-43 21.27 WH Copson 2822 1343 72 8-11 18.65 AV Pope 4900 1862 67 5-85 27.79 LF Townsend 1990 806 34 5-44 23.70 AEG Rhodes 1339 693 25 6-38 27.72 TS Worthington 726 345 10 3-17 34.50 TR Armstrong 312 153 9 7-36 17.00 GR Langdale 72 46 2 2-29 23.00 H Sherwin 66 32 0 D Smith 66 43 0 AF Skinner 36 34 0 CS Elliott 24 14 0 AE Alderman 17 24 0 E Carrington 6 11 0 Bowling for Derbyshire

Wicket-keepers

H Elliott 44 catches, 9 stumpings AE Alderman 17 catches, 1 stumping

See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1937 English cricket season

References