# Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1922

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1922 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for fifty-one years. It was their twenty-fourth season in the County Championship and they won six matches to finish eleventh.

## 1922 season

Derbyshire played all their twenty two first-class games in the County Championship in 1922 and won six, to finish eleventh in the table.
Guy Jackson took over as captain and led Derbyshire for nine seasons "with masterly judgment". Although he was a stern disciplinarian, he earned the respect and affection of his players. By the time he retired at the end of the 1930 summer, he had laid the foundations of the team that won the Championship six years later. Wisden noted "For his work in leading and inspiring the team, Jackson deserves immense thanks. He took over control when the fortunes of the county were at a very low ebb, steadily raised the standard of the cricket, and now retires with Derbyshire well established amongst the leading teams of the day."
There was an occurrence considered unique in county cricket during the season. When Billy Bestwick and Robert Bestwick shared the bowling against Willie Quaife and Bernard Quaife of Warwickshire, father and son were bowling against father and son. Gilbert Curgenven was noted for his fast scoring rate and at Gloucester, he scored 65 in the first innings at little more than one run a minute and in the second innings his 68 out of 119 took less than twenty-five minutes.
The most significant newcomer for Derbyshire was Leslie Townsend, a gifted all-rounder who played for seventeen years. Others who made their debut were Repton schoolmaster John Crommelin-Brown who went on to play several matches over four seasons and footballer Stuart McMillan who appeared intermittently over three seasons. Colin Leech made his only career appearance in the first class game for Derbyshire during the season.

### Matches

List of matches :
| No. | Date | V | Result | Margin | Notes |
| 1 | 13 May 1922 | Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton | Won | 2 wickets | Woolley 111; A Morton 7-38 and 5-65; Wells 6-25 |
| 2 | 17 May 1922 | Yorkshire County Ground, Derby | Lost | 251 runs | A Morton 5-55; Waddington 7-31 |
| 3 | 20 May 1922 | Nottinghamshire Town Ground, Worksop | Lost | Innings and 130 runs | W Bestwick 7-189; Richmond 6-54 |
| 4 | 27 May 1922 | Essex County Ground, Leyton | Lost | 9 wickets | Freeman 141; A Morton 100 |
| 5 | 31 May 1922 | Lancashire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Lost | Innings and 140 runs | Makepeace 134; Parkin 7-15 and 7-58 |
| 6 | 03 Jun 1922 | Warwickshire County Ground, Derby | Lost | 10 wickets | Willie Quaife 107, Howell 5-60 |
| 7 | 07 Jun 1922 | Somerset County Ground, Taunton | Lost | 55 runs | A Morton 5-69 and 7-39; Bridges 5-76; White 6-42 |
| 8 | 10 Jun 1922 | Gloucestershire Spa Ground, Gloucester | Won | 158 runs | Parker 5-66 and 9-87; W Bestwick 5-59 |
| 9 | 14 Jun 1922 | Glamorgan St Helen's, Swansea | Won | 283 runs | Clay 7-94; A Morton 5-64 |
| 10 | 17 Jun 1922 | Leicestershire The Town Ground, Burton-on-Trent | Lost | 226 runs | W Bestwick 5-65; Benskin 7-68 and 6-76 |
| 11 | 24 Jun 1922 | Glamorgan County Ground, Derby | Won | 137 runs | Clay 7-96 |
| 12 | 01 Jul 1922 | Somerset Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Drawn | | |
| 13 | 05 Jul 1922 | Yorkshire Bramall Lane, Sheffield | Drawn | | |
| 14 | 15 Jul 1922 | Leicestershire Aylestone Road, Leicester | Drawn | | W Carter 145; Benskin 5-87; W Bestwick 7-63 |
| 15 | 19 Jul 1922 | Gloucestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Lost | 4 wickets | Parker 6-72; W Bestwick 5-55SWA Cadman 5-50; Mills 7-30 |
| 16 | 22 Jul 1922 | Worcestershire County Ground, Derby | Won | Innings and 77 runs | H Storer 99; Pearson 5-57; W Bestwick 8-19 |
| 17 | 29 Jul 1922 | Nottinghamshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Lost | 7 wickets | Matthews 5-29 |
| 18 | 05 Aug 1922 | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham | Drawn | | |
| 19 | 09 Aug 1922 | Essex County Ground, Derby | Drawn | | Perrin 100 |
| 20 | 12 Aug 1922 | Lancashire Aigburth, Liverpool | Lost | 9 wickets | Hallows 102; Parkin 6-45 |
| 21 | 19 Aug 1922 | Northamptonshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Won | 53 runs | W Bestwick 7-37; Murdin 5-45; H Storer 7-26 |
| 22 | 26 Aug 1922 | Worcestershire County Ground, New Road, Worcester | Drawn | | A Morton 5-112 |

## Statistics
### County Championship batting averages

| Name | Matches | Inns | Runs | High score | Average | 100s |
| JL Crommelin-Brown | 1 | 2 | 57 | 56 | 28.50 | 0 |
| W Carter | 14 | 23 | 419 | 145 | 23.27 | 1 |
| G Curgenven | 8 | 16 | 343 | 68 | 21.43 | 0 |
| SWA Cadman | 22 | 40 | 745 | 78 | 20.13 | 0 |
| GR Jackson | 19 | 36 | 631 | 69 | 19.12 | 0 |
| C Leech | 1 | 2 | 38 | 26 | 19.00 | 0 |
| WWH Hill-Wood | 4 | 6 | 111 | 43 | 18.50 | 0 |
| WJV Tomlinson | 12 | 17 | 294 | 66 | 18.37 | 0 |
| A Morton | 21 | 37 | 583 | 100* | 18.21 | 1 |
| AHM Jackson | 21 | 36 | 580 | 75 | 18.12 | 0 |
| J Bowden | 21 | 38 | 654 | 68 | 17.67 | 0 |
| G Beet | 1 | 2 | 34 | 21 | 17.00 | 0 |
| JM Hutchinson | 22 | 39 | 634 | 67 | 16.68 | 0 |
| H Storer | 21 | 38 | 571 | 99 | 15.43 | 0 |
| H Elliott | 22 | 37 | 237 | 41 | 10.30 | 0 |
| AG Slater | 1 | 2 | 20 | 20 | 10.00 | 0 |
| JD Southern | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 7.00 | 0 |
| L Oliver | 3 | 6 | 35 | 13 | 5.83 | 0 |
| L F Townsend | 4 | 8 | 41 | 13 | 5.12 | 0 |
| RS Bestwick | 3 | 5 | 20 | 10 | 5.00 | 0 |
| W Bestwick | 18 | 29 | 80 | 13 | 3.63 | 0 |
| J Fisher | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3.50 | 0 |
| ST McMillan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0* | | 0 |

### County Championship bowling averages

| Name | Balls | Runs | Wickets | BB | Average |
| A Morton | 4974 | 1859 | 100 | 7-38 | 18.59 |
| W Bestwick | 4326 | 1577 | 92 | 8-19 | 17.14 |
| H Storer | 1553 | 706 | 30 | 7-26 | 23.53 |
| SWA Cadman | 2161 | 725 | 30 | 5-50 | 24.16 |
| AHM Jackson | 684 | 387 | 10 | 3-16 | 38.70 |
| WWH Hill-Wood | 290 | 138 | 8 | 4-51 | 17.25 |
| WJV Tomlinson | 491 | 240 | 4 | 2-10 | 60.00 |
| L F Townsend | 90 | 49 | 3 | 2-24 | 16.33 |
| W Carter | 198 | 119 | 3 | 1-1 | 39.66 |
| RS Bestwick | 232 | 96 | 2 | 2-47 | 48.00 |
| AG Slater | 162 | 119 | 2 | 2-65 | 59.50 |
| JL Crommelin-Brown | 30 | 29 | 1 | 1-29 | 29.00 |
| J Fisher | 30 | 15 | 0 |
| JM Hutchinson | 20 | 27 | 0 |
| GR Jackson | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| ST McMillan | 6 | 14 | 0 |

### Wicket Keeper

* H Elliott - Catches 30, Stumping 5