Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1928 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for 57 years. It was their thirtieth season in the County Championship, and they won six matches to finish tenth in the County Championship..
1928 season
Derbyshire played 26 games in the County Championship, and one match each against the touring West Indies, Oxford University and MCC. Their six wins were all in the County Championship, while they drew with Oxford University and lost to the West Indies.
Guy Jackson was in his seventh season as captain. The season saw the arrival of three players who were significant in the club's victory in the County Championship in the 1936 season, including the captain of the team Arthur Walker Richardson. Tommy Mitchell was a miner who changed to cricket as a result of the General Strike and in the next 10 years took over 1200 wickets for Derbyshire. Albert Alderman came through Sam Cadman's coaching scheme and scored over 12,000 runs for Derbyshire in the next 20 years. Two of the Hill Wood brothers Charles and Denis made their debuts and went on the play a couple of seasons for Derbyshire. Charles was at Oxford where he also played. Cecil Tate son of Fred Tate the coach played four matches but only in the 1928 season, and subsequently went to Warwickshire. Robin Buckston son of former captain George Buckston and George Beet son of former wicket-keeper George Beet both made single appearances as stand-in wicket-keepers in the season although Buckston returned in the 1937 season as captain.
Harry Storer was top scorer and Leslie Townsend took most wickets.
Matches
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" |- ! colspan="6"| List of matches |- !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes |- |1 |5 May 1928Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v West Indians 5 May 1928 | West Indies County Ground, Derby | style="background:#f00;"|Lost | 2 wickets | AG Slater 8–24
|2 | 12 May 1928Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Glamorgan 12 May 1928 | Glamorgan Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | | Hills 111; Mercer 6–76; L F Townsend 6–72; Ryan 6–88
|3 |16 May 1928Cricket Archive – Sussex v Derbyshire 16 May 1928 | Sussex County Ground, Hove | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn
|4 | 19 May 1928Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Somerset 19 May 1928 | Somerset Queen's Park, Chesterfield | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | | Greswell 5–74
|5 | 23 May 1928Cricket Archive – Oxford University v Derbyshire 23 May 1928 | Oxford University The University Parks, Oxford | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | | GM Lee 5–42
|6 |26 May 1928Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Warwickshire 26 May 1928 | Warwickshire County Ground, Derby | style="background:#f00;"|Lost | 6 wickets | JM Hutchinson 111; Wyatt 104
|7 |30 May 1928Cricket Archive – Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 30 May 1928 | Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton | style="background:#f00;"|Lost | 8 wickets | GM Lee 155 and 5–57
|8 |2 Jun 1928Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Essex 2 Jun 1928 | Essex Queen's Park, Chesterfield | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | | T S Worthington 133
|9 |6 Jun 1928Cricket Archive – Marylebone Cricket Club v Derbyshire 6 Jun 1928 | MCC Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood | style="background:#f00;"|Lost | 7 wickets | T S Worthington 101; Hearne 110; Jupp 7–89
|10 | 9 Jun 1928Cricket Archive – Essex v Derbyshire 9 Jun 1928 | Essex Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn
|11 | 13 Jun 1928Cricket Archive – Leicestershire v Derbyshire 13 Jun 1928 | Leicestershire College Ground, Loughborough | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | | T S Worthington 121; AG Slater 5–29
|12 |16 Jun 1928Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 16 Jun 1928 | Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby | style="background:#0f0;"|Won | Innings and 50 runs | GR Jackson 106;
|13 |20 Jun 1928Cricket Archive – Glamorgan v Derbyshire 20 Jun 1928 | Glamorgan Cardiff Arms Park | style="background:#0f0;"|Won | 10 wickets | AG Slater 5–53; GM Lee 6–44
|14 |23 Jun 1928Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Worcestershire 23 Jun 1928 | Worcestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | style="background:#0f0;"|Won | Innings and 10 runs | AG Slater 7–40
|15 | 27 Jun 1928Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 27 Jun 1928 | Gloucestershire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | | H Storer 167
|16 | 7 Jul 1928Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Kent 7 Jul 1928 | Kent Queen's Park, Chesterfield | style="background:#f00;"|Lost | 6 wickets | H Storer 113; GM Lee 100; Hardinge 152; Freeman 6–71 and 6–125; T S Worthington 8–41
|17 | 11 Jul 1928Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Yorkshire 11 Jul 1928 | Yorkshire County Ground, Derby | style="background:#f00;"|Lost | Innings and 52 runs | Sutcliffe 111; Leyland 149; Macaulay 5–76
|18 |21 Jul 1928Cricket Archive – Kent v Derbyshire 21 Jul 1928 | Kent Mote Park, Maidstone | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | | Crawley 109; Woolley 198
|19 | 25 Jul 1928Cricket Archive – Somerset v Derbyshire 25 Jul 1928 | Somerset County Ground, Taunton | style="background:#0f0;"|Won | 4 wickets | CKH Hill-Wood 5–76
|20 |28 Jul 1928Cricket Archive – Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 28 Jul 1928 | Gloucestershire Greenbank, Bristol | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | | Hammond 134; Sinfield 5–78
|21 | 1 Aug 1928Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Sussex 1 Aug 1928 | Sussex Queen's Park, Chesterfield | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | | Bowley 104 and 6–106; L F Townsend 8–48 and 5–63
|22 | 4 Aug 1928Cricket Archive – Warwickshire v Derbyshire 4 Aug 1928 | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | | Quaife 115; Parsons 114; Durnell 5–63
|23 | 8 Aug 1928Cricket Archive – Worcestershire v Derbyshire 8 Aug 1928 | Worcestershire Chester Road North Ground, Kidderminster | style="background:#0f0;"|Won | 2 wickets | L F Townsend 6–84; Root 6–107 and 5–61; GM Lee 5–99
|24 |11 Aug 1928Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Leicestershire 11 Aug 1928 | Leicestershire County Ground, Derby | style="background:#0f0;"|Won | 242 runs | GM Lee 107 and 5–31; T S Worthington 5–39
|25 |15 Aug 1928Cricket Archive – Yorkshire v Derbyshire 15 Aug 1928 | Yorkshire Dewsbury and Savile Ground | style="background:#f00;"|Lost | Innings and 22 runs | Sutcliffe 138; Rhodes 7–55; Bedford 6–91
|26 | 18 Aug 1928Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 18 Aug 1928 | Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | | Whysall 157; Barratt 5–62
|27 |25 Aug 1928Cricket Archive – Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 25 Aug 1928 | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | | Larwood 5–26
|28 |29 Aug 1928Cricket Archive – Lancashire v Derbyshire 29 Aug 1928 |Lancashire Stanley Park, Blackpool | style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn | | Watson 122; Hallows 117; Hopwood 5–71
|29 |1 Sep 1928Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Lancashire 1 Sep 1928 |Lancashire The Town Ground, Burton-on-Trent | style="background:#f00;"|Lost | Innings and 49 runs | T S Worthington 6–83
Statistics County Championship batting averages Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s H Storer 23 36 1179 167 33.68 2 L F Townsend 26 36 841 98 30.03 0 GR Jackson 23 34 941 106 29.40 1 T S Worthington 25 37936 133 29.25 2 J Bowden 22 35 942 92 28.54 0 GM Lee 26 41 1038 155 27.31 3 A E Alderman 1 1 26 26 26.00 0 CKH Hill-Wood 7 8123 5724.60 0 JM Hutchinson 26 41 933 111 23.92 1 AG Slater 26 39779 74 22.25 0 A W Richardson 20 29531 70* 22.12 0 H Elliott 24 28303 47* 20.20 0 DJCH Hill-Wood 3 5 76 3619.00 0 NM Ford 7 10167 64 16.70 0 CF Tate 4 448 2116.00 0 D Smith 6 9132 58 14.66 0 RHR Buckston 1 2 13 13* 13.00 0 W Shardlow 3 4 23 15* 7.66 0 T. B. Mitchell 12 1250 12 7.14 0 GHC Beet 1 2 10 10 5.00 0Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1928
Leading first-class batsmen for Derbyshire by runs scored Name Mat Inns Runs HS Ave 100 H Storer 26 41 1254 167 30.59 2 GM Lee 29 46 1221 155 26.54 3 GR Jackson 26 39 1078 106 27.64 1 T S Worthington 28 42 1059 133 25.21 3 J Bowden 24 38 1011 92 26.61 0 (a) Figures adjusted for non CC matches
County Championship bowling averages Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average L F Townsend 5882 2070 87 8–48 23.79 T S Worthington 4344 1657 62 8–41 26.72 GM Lee 38311534 59 6–44 26.00 AG Slater 4171 1451 50 7–40 29.02 CKH Hill-Wood 1329 673 21 5–76 32.04 T. B. Mitchell 1701 742 17 3–42 43.64 H Storer 1365 601 16 3–14 37.56 CF Tate 318 112 2 2–9 56.00 W Shardlow 348 132 3 2–12 44.00 D Smith 5735 2 1–7 17.50 JM Hutchinson 10576 2 1–0 38.00 DJCH Hill-Wood 48 23 1 1–22 23.00 NM Ford 3643 1 1–19 43.00 GR Jackson 18 10 1 1–10 10.00 J Bowden 18 4 0 Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1928
Leading first class bowlers for Derbyshire by wickets taken Name Balls Runs Wkts BBI Ave L F Townsend 6711 2313 103 8–48 22.46 GM Lee 44181699 67 6–44 25.35 AG Slater 4801 1630 64 8–24 25.47 T S Worthington 4804 1851 64 8–41 28.92
Wicket keeping
Harry Elliott Catches 43 Stumping 19 (Elliott retired hurt in the MCC match and was absent from two other matches) George Beet, Jr. (Kent 21 July) Catches 3, Stumping 1 Harry Storer (MCC ) Catches 2, Stumping 1 Robin Buckston (Lancs 1 Sept) Catches 1, Stumping 1 Jim Hutchinson (Lancs 29 Aug) Catches 12 Stumping 1
See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1928 English cricket season
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