# Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1923

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1923 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for fifty-two years. It was their twenty-fifth season in the County Championship and they won four matches to finish tenth.

## 1923 season

Derbyshire played twenty two games in the County Championship and one against the touring West Indies. They won four games altogether and finished tenth in the Championship table.
Guy Jackson was in his second year as captain. Wilfred Hill-Wood was top scorer and Billy Bestwick took most wickets.
New players in the season were James Cresswell who played 21 matches over four seasons, and Richard Pratt who played five matches in two seasons.

### Matches

List of matches :
| No. | Date | V | Result | Margin | Notes |
| 1 | 12 May 1923 | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham | Drawn | | Gunn 220; Richmond 5-101; W Bestwick 5-53 |
| 2 | 19 May 1923 | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham | Won | 4 wickets | J Horsley 7-48; Partridge 7-66; Howell 5-68 |
| 3 | 23 May 1923 | Worcestershire Tipton Road, Dudley | Drawn | | |
| 4 | 26 May 1923 | Essex Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Drawn | | A Morton 7-48 |
| 5 | 30 May 1923 | Yorkshire County Ground, Derby | Lost | Innings and 126 runs | Kilner 5-32 |
| 6 | 06 Jun 1923 | Gloucestershire Fry's Ground, Bristol | Lost | Innings and 72 runs | Mills 6-72 |
| 7 | 09 Jun 1923 | Glamorgan Cardiff Arms Park | Drawn | | GR Jackson 102; W Bestwick 7-39 and 5-55 |
| 8 | 13 Jun 1923 | Somerset Recreation Ground, Bath | Drawn | | Lyon 134; WWH Hill-Wood 107; J Bowden 114; Bridges 5-117 |
| 9 | 16 Jun 1923 | Leicestershire Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch | Won | 62 runs | Geary 6-70; W Bestwick 7-61 and 6-37 |
| 10 | 20 Jun 1923 | West Indies Park Road Ground, Buxton | Drawn | | SWA Cadman 5-41 |
| 11 | 23 Jun 1923 | Lancashire County Ground, Derby | Drawn | | W Bestwick 6-60 |
| 12 | 30 Jun 1923 | Northamptonshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Won | Innings and 211 runs | W Carter 100*; W Bestwick 5-45; J Horsley 6-29 |
| 13 | 04 Jul 1923 | Essex County Ground, Leyton | Drawn | | Douglas 110; A Morton 100 |
| 14 | 07 Jul 1923 | Gloucestershire The Town Ground, Burton-on-Trent | Lost | 8 wickets | Parker 7-37 and 5-76; Dennett 5-93 |
| 15 | 14 Jul 1923 | Somerset Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Lost | 61 runs | J Horsley 5-40 and 5-45; White 5-35 |
| 16 | 21 Jul 1923 | Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton | Lost | 1 wicket | W Bestwick 5-61 |
| 17 | 25 Jul 1923 | Glamorgan Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Won | 5 wickets | J Horsley 5-58 |
| 18 | 28 Jul 1923 | Worcestershire County Ground, Derby | Drawn | | |
| 19 | 04 Aug 1923 | Warwickshire County Ground, Derby | Drawn | | GR Jackson 109; WWH Hill-Wood 5-62 |
| 20 | 11 Aug 1923 | Yorkshire Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford | Lost | 8 wickets | Rhodes 7-60; J Horsley 5-69 |
| 21 | 18 Aug 1923 | Nottinghamshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Drawn | | Staples 5-101 |
| 22 | 22 Aug 1923 | Leicestershire County Ground, Derby | Drawn | | J Horsley 6-49 |
| 23 | 25 Aug 1923 | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester | Lost | Innings and 32 runs | Parkin 6-68 and 5-12; A Morton 6-45; Ellis 5-21 |

## Statistics
### County Championship batting averages

| Name | Matches | Inns | Runs | High score | Average | 100s |
| WWH Hill-Wood | 17 | 28 | 961 | 107 | 34.32 | 1 |
| W Carter | 18 | 29 | 710 | 100* | 27.30 | 1 |
| GR Jackson | 21 | 35 | 893 | 109* | 27.06 | 2 |
| A Morton | 15 | 22 | 491 | 100 | 24.55 | 1 |
| H Storer | 21 | 35 | 760 | 94 | 21.71 | 0 |
| J Bowden | 18 | 30 | 612 | 114 | 21.10 | 1 |
| SWA Cadman | 19 | 33 | 611 | 88 | 19.70 | 0 |
| JM Hutchinson | 22 | 35 | 550 | 63 | 17.74 | 0 |
| BSH Hill-Wood | 11 | 18 | 237 | 49 | 14.81 | 0 |
| J Horsley | 17 | 22 | 183 | 33 | 12.20 | 0 |
| H Elliott | 22 | 32 | 279 | 26 | 12.13 | 0 |
| L F Townsend | 11 | 18 | 178 | 44 | 11.86 | 0 |
| W Bestwick | 18 | 24 | 88 | 19 | 5.86 | 0 |
| R Pratt | 2 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 5.50 | 0 |
| AHM Jackson | 6 | 9 | 34 | 12 | 4.25 | 0 |
| JA Cresswell | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 |
| L Oliver | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2.50 | 0 |
| WJV Tomlinson | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 |
| ST McMillan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |

### County Championship bowling averages

| Name | Balls | Runs | Wickets | BB | Average |
| W Bestwick | 3938 | 1482 | 91 | 7-39 | 16.28 |
| J Horsley | 2706 | 1019 | 63 | 7-48 | 16.17 |
| A Morton | 1990 | 782 | 34 | 7-48 | 23.00 |
| WWH Hill-Wood | 1496 | 787 | 30 | 5-62 | 26.23 |
| SWA Cadman | 1878 | 561 | 29 | 3-10 | 19.34 |
| BSH Hill-Wood | 1335 | 630 | 22 | 4-36 | 28.63 |
| H Storer | 1098 | 501 | 18 | 3-19 | 27.83 |
| AHM Jackson | 210 | 156 | 5 | 2-58 | 31.20 |
| W Carter | 186 | 124 | 5 | 3-12 | 24.80 |
| L F Townsend | 342 | 161 | 3 | 2-43 | 53.66 |
| JA Cresswell | 84 | 32 | 2 | 2-32 | 16.00 |
| JM Hutchinson | 150 | 73 | 2 | 1-21 | 36.50 |
| GR Jackson | 24 | 13 | 0 | | |
| WJV Tomlinson | 24 | 16 | 0 | | |
| J Bowden | 18 | 15 | 0 | | |

### Wicket Keeper

* H Elliott - Catches 25, Stumping 7