# Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1927

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1927 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for fifty six years. It was their twenty-ninth season in the County Championship and they won eight matches to finish fifth in the County Championship..

## 1927 season

Derbyshire played 24 games in the County Championship, and one match against the touring New Zealanders. They lost to the New Zealanders but lost only three championship games while most of the matches ended in draws.
Guy Jackson was in his sixth season as captain. Archibald Slater was top scorer and GM Lee took most wickets with 72. In the match against Northamptonshire at Northampton, Lee scored a century and took a total of 12 wickets
Denis Smith made his debut in 1927, the start of a long career with the club. Archibald Slater returned to play for Derbyshire having last played in the 1921 season.

### Matches

List of matches :
| No. | Date | V | Result | Margin | Notes |
| 1 | 11 May 1927 | Kent Garrison 1 Cricket Ground, Chatham | Won | 64 runs | Woolley 187; T S Worthington 5-70 |
| 2 | 14 May 1927 | Lancashire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston | Drawn | | R Tyldesley 5-31; L F Townsend 5-29 |
| 3 | 21 May 1927 | Glamorgan Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Drawn | | JM Hutchinson 110; Mercer 5-169; W Shardlow 5-41 |
| 4 | 28 May 1927 | Kent County Ground, Derby | Lost | 127 runs | Evans 100; Freeman 6-64; H Storer 5-32; Ashdown 5-29 |
| 5 | 01 Jun 1927 | Essex Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston | Won | 202 runs | Nichols 7-89 |
| 6 | 04 Jun 1927 | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham | Drawn | | E Smith 177; AG Slater 105; Mayer 6-23 |
| 7 | 08 Jun 1927 | Somerset County Ground, Taunton | Won | 5 wickets | GR Jackson 134; GM Lee 6-34 |
| 8 | 11 Jun 1927 | Glamorgan St Helen's, Swansea | Won | 3 wickets | GM Lee 5-25; Ryan 5-62 |
| 9 | 18 Jun 1927 | Somerset Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Won | 138 runs | White 8-62 |
| 10 | 22 Jun 1927 | Gloucestershire County Ground, Derby | Drawn | | Dipper 131 |
| 11 | 25 Jun 1927 | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester | Drawn | | |
| 12 | 29 Jun 1927 | Gloucestershire Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester | Drawn | | JM Hutchinson 102; Mills 7-98 |
| 13 | 02 Jul 1927 | Worcestershire County Ground, New Road, Worcester | Drawn | | H Storer 6-47; |
| 14 | 06 Jul 1927 | Worcestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Drawn | | |
| 15 | 09 Jul 1927 | Leicestershire Aylestone Road, Leicester | Lost | 7 wickets | H Storer 5-66; Geary 6-18 |
| 16 | 16 Jul 1927 | Essex Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea | Drawn | | Nichols 8-46; GM Lee 5-43 |
| 17 | 23 Jul 1927 | Northamptonshire The Town Ground, Burton-on-Trent | Won | Innings and 47 runs | GM Lee 5-41; L F Townsend 5-42 |
| 18 | 30 Jul 1927 | Warwickshire County Ground, Derby | Won | 2 wickets | |
| 19 | 03 Aug 1927 | Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton | Won | 9 wickets | GM Lee 100* and 5-65 and 7-78 |
| 20 | 06 Aug 1927 | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham | Drawn | | H Storer 148; |
| 21 | 10 Aug 1927 | Yorkshire The Circle, Hull | Drawn | | Macaulay 8-37; L F Townsend 5-71 |
| 22 | 13 Aug 1927 | New Zealand County Ground, Derby | Lost | Innings and 240 runs | Dacre 176; Mills 100; Merritt 6-63 |
| 23 | 17 Aug 1927 | Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Drawn | | |
| 24 | 20 Aug 1927 | Leicestershire County Ground, Derby | Drawn | | |
| 25 | 27 Aug 1927 | Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston | Lost | 9 wickets | Payton 136; H Storer 106; Staples 5-83 |

## Statistics
### County Championship batting averages

| Name | Matches | Inns | Runs | High score | Average | 100s |
| AG Slater | 24 | 36 | 941 | 105 | 27.67 | 1 |
| H Storer | 23 | 36 | 900 | 148 | 27.27 | 2 |
| JM Hutchinson | 23 | 34 | 818 | 110 | 27.26 | 2 |
| T S Worthington | 22 | 31 | 749 | 98 | 25.82 | 0 |
| GM Lee | 24 | 34 | 823 | 100* | 25.71 | 1 |
| GR Jackson | 21 | 34 | 817 | 134 | 24.75 | 1 |
| J Bowden | 24 | 36 | 783 | 90 | 23.72 | 0 |
| L F Townsend | 23 | 32 | 564 | 84 | 19.44 | 0 |
| AHM Jackson | 15 | 18 | 260 | 43 | 18.57 | 0 |
| EF Loney | 13 | 18 | 258 | 36 | 18.42 | 0 |
| NM Ford | 1 | 2 | 34 | 20 | 17.00 | 0 |
| JA Cresswell | 3 | 6 | 52 | 28 | 13.00 | 0 |
| H Elliott | 24 | 30 | 195 | 32* | 10.83 | 0 |
| W Shardlow | 21 | 20 | 121 | 39* | 9.30 | 0 |
| D Smith | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 |

### County Championship bowling averages

| Name | Balls | Runs | Wickets | BB | Average |
| GM Lee | 3709 | 1268 | 72 | 7-78 | 17.61 |
| L F Townsend | 4149 | 1206 | 66 | 5-29 | 18.27 |
| T S Worthington | 3201 | 1133 | 48 | 5-70 | 23.60 |
| AG Slater | 2525 | 848 | 38 | 4-33 | 22.31 |
| H Storer | 2114 | 869 | 34 | 6-47 | 25.55 |
| W Shardlow | 2089 | 802 | 33 | 5-41 | 24.30 |
| AHM Jackson | 156 | 79 | 3 | 2-24 | 26.33 |
| JM Hutchinson | 186 | 107 | 2 | 2-18 | 53.50 |
| EF Loney | 324 | 122 | 0 | | |
| JA Cresswell | 120 | 38 | 0 | | |
| D Smith | 60 | 9 | 0 | | |
| GR Jackson | 12 | 5 | 0 | | |
| J Bowden | 4 | 1 | 0 | | |

## Wicket Keeper

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