Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1933 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for sixty two years. It was their thirty-fifth season in the County Championship and they won eleven matches to finish sixth.
1933 season
Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, and one match against the touring West Indians. They won eleven of their games in the County Championship and lost eleven to come sixth. This was an advance on tenth place in the previous year and a further step on the road towards winning the championship in 1936. They drew with the West Indians.
A. W. Richardson was in his third season as captain in 1933. Leslie Townsend was top scorer. Tommy Mitchell took most wickets.
George Pope, the second of the three Pope brothers to play for the county, made his debut in the season. He was a useful all-rounder who added strength to the Derbyshire side for many years.W.T. Taylor History of Derbyshire cricket Wisden 1953
Matches
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" |- ! colspan="6"| List of matches |- !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes
|1 |13 May 1933Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire 13 May 1933 | Yorkshire The Circle, Hull |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 6 wickets | Verity 6-12 and 6-41; L F Townsend 6-38
|2 | 17 May 1933Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Somerset 17 May 1933 | SomersetRutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 7 wickets | T. B. Mitchell 5-46; MacDonald-Watson 5-27; L F Townsend 5-59
|3 |20 May 1933Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Kent 20 May 1933 | Kent County Ground, Derby | style="background:#0f0;"|Won | 8 wickets | Ames 143; W H Copson 5-38; T. B. Mitchell 8-92
|4 |24 May 1933Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Leicestershire 24 May 1933 | Leicestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | style="background:#0f0;"|Won | Innings and 86 runs | GM Lee 107; T. B. Mitchell 6-40
|5 | 27 May 1933Cricket Archive - Hampshire v Derbyshire 27 May 1933 | Hampshire United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Boyes 6-5; L F Townsend 7-35
|6 | 31 May 1933Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Essex 31 May 1933 | Essex County Ground, Derby | style="background:#0f0;"|Won | 8 wickets | H Storer 232; Taylor 134; T. B. Mitchell 5-80
|7 | 03 Jun 1933Cricket Archive - Warwickshire v Derbyshire 03 Jun 1933 | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham | style="background:#f00;"|Lost | 8 wickets | Wyatt 166; Paine 5-38
|8 | 07 Jun 1933Cricket Archive - Worcestershire v Derbyshire 07 Jun 1933 | Worcestershire County Ground, New Road, Worcester |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Walters 124; Perks 5-50
|9 | 10 Jun 1933Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire 10 Jun 1933 | Leicestershire Park Road Ground, Loughborough | style="background:#0f0;"|Won | Innings and 77 runs | Berry 111; L F Townsend 233; T. B. Mitchell 6-36
|10 | 14 Jun 1933 Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v West Indians 14 Jun 1933 | West Indies County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Headley 200
|11 | 17 Jun 1933Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 17 Jun 1933 | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham | style="background:#f00;"|Lost | Innings and 121 runs | Carr 137; Staples 7-20
|12 | 21 Jun 1933Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 21 Jun 1933 | Gloucestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | style="background:#0f0;"|Won | 71 runs | Goddard 5-49 and 6-52; L F Townsend 6-64 and 8-26
|13 |24 Jun 1933Cricket Archive - Somerset v Derbyshire 24 Jun 1933 | SomersetAgricultural Showgrounds, Frome | style="background:#f00;"|Lost | 89 runs | Ingle 103; T R Armstrong 7-57; Young 6-30
|14 | 28 Jun 1933Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire 28 Jun 1933 | Lancashire Park Road Ground, Buxton | style="background:#f00;"|Lost | 3 wickets | Sibbles 5-49; T. B. Mitchell 6-69
|15 | 01 Jul 1933Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 01 Jul 1933 | Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston | style="background:#f00;"|Lost | 57 runs | A Staples 113; T S Worthington 108; S Staples 6-103
|16 | 05 Jul 1933Cricket Archive - Essex v Derbyshire 05 Jul 1933 | Essex County Ground, Leyton | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | | L F Townsend 151; Nichols 135; T Smith 6-112
|17 | 08 Jul 1933Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Worcestershire 08 Jul 1933 | Worcestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | style="background:#0f0;"|Won | Innings and 234 runs | T S Worthington 200*; T. B. Mitchell 5-20 and 6-44
|18 | 15 Jul 1933Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Sussex 15 Jul 1933 | Sussex County Ground, Derby | style="background:#f00;"|Lost | 6 wickets | Parks 122; T. B. Mitchell 5-74; Langridge 5-63
|19 | 22 Jul 1933Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 22 Jul 1933 | Northamptonshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | style="background:#0f0;"|Won | 157 runs | L F Townsend 99 and 106; Jupp 6–104; T R Armstrong 7-87
|20 | 26 Jul 1933Cricket Archive - Sussex v Derbyshire 26 Jul 1933 | Sussex County Ground, Hove | style="background:#f00;"|Lost | 169 runs | W H Copson 5-59; Cornford 5-26; A V Pope 7-84
|21 | 29 Jul 1933Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Middlesex 29 Jul 1933 | Middlesex Queen's Park, Chesterfield | style="background:#f00;"|Lost | 8 wickets | Sims 8-47; T. B. Mitchell 7-86; Hearne 9-61
|22 |05 Aug 1933Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Warwickshire 05 Aug 1933 | Warwickshire County Ground, Derby | style="background:#0f0;"|Won | 317 runs | L F Townsend 172; Wyatt 102; Paine 5-115
|23 |09 Aug 1933Cricket Archive - Kent v Derbyshire 09 Aug 1933 | Kent St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury | style="background:#f00;"|Lost | 160 runs | Woolley 161; W H Copson 5-62; Freeman 6-30 and 6-82
|24 |12 Aug 1933Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire 12 Aug 1933 | Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | | L F Townsend 100; T. B. Mitchell 6-66
|25 | 16 Aug 1933Cricket Archive - Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 16 Aug 1933 | Gloucestershire College Ground, Cheltenham | style="background:#f00;"|Lost | Innings and 85 runs | Hammond 231; W H Copson 7-62; Parker 7-93;
|26 |19 Aug 1933Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Hampshire 19 Aug 1933 | Hampshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | | Mead 227; Hill 5-23
|27 | 23 Aug 1933Cricket Archive - Middlesex v Derbyshire 23 Aug 1933 | Middlesex Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood | style="background:#0f0;"|Won | 141 runs | Judge 5-27; W H Copson 5-28; T. B. Mitchell 5-62 and 6-53
|28 | 26 Aug 1933Cricket Archive - Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 26 Aug 1933 | Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton | style="background:#0f0;"|Won | Innings and 184 runs | GM Lee 128; L F Townsend 142; D Smith 129*
|29 | 30 Aug 1933Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire 30 Aug 1933 | Lancashire Stanley Park, Blackpool | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | | Sibbles 5-62; T. B. Mitchell 8-38
Statistics County Championship batting averages Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s L F Townsend 27 49 1954 233 44.40 6 H Storer 15 26 1109 232 44.36 1 T S Worthington 27 47 1221 200* 29.78 2 A W Richardson 9 15 304 65* 27.63 0 A F Skinner 15 26 696 85 26.76 0 A E Alderman 21 38 930 83* 25.83 0 GR Jackson 5 8 206 96 25.75 0 GM Lee 25 44 979 128 23.30 2 D Smith 26 46 859 129* 20.45 1 A V Pope 24 38 697 72 19.36 0 H Elliott 28 44 651 94 19.14 0 TA Higson 4 8 146 51 18.25 0 GH Pope 2 3 44 32 14.66 0 LB Blaxland 8 14 193 64 13.78 0 C S Elliott 2 3 38 38 12.66 0 CC Clarke 7 11 137 31 12.45 0 T. B. Mitchell 25 35 245 37 11.13 0 W H Copson 26 33 172 43 6.61 0 T R Armstrong 12 20 62 18* 4.42 0 Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire
County Championship bowling averages Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average T. B. Mitchell 6711 2568 136 8-38 18.88 W H Copson 4908 1921 90 7-62 21.34 L F Townsend 4615 1472 87 8-26 16.91 T S Worthington 3076 1351 50 4-48 27.02 T R Armstrong 2106 832 32 7-57 26.00 A V Pope 2323 886 23 7-84 38.52 GM Lee 1158 527 13 2-30 40.53 A F Skinner 203 136 6 2-12 22.66 H Storer 420 232 4 1-14 58.00 C S Elliott 84 45 1 1-45 45.00 D Smith 31 24 0 A E Alderman 6 7 0 Bowling for Derbyshire
Wicket Keeper
Harry Elliott Catches 64 Stumping 17
See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1933 English cricket season
References