Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1931

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1931 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for sixty years. It was their thirty-third season in the County Championship and they won seven matches to finish seventh.

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons

1931 season
Captain	A W Richardson
County Championship	7
Most runs	Denis Smith
Most wickets	Archibald Slater
Most catches	Harry Elliott
← 1930 1932 →

1931 season

Derbyshire were fortunate in persuading A. W. Richardson to become captain in 1931. Building on the efforts of Guy Jackson and with the help of the coach, Sam Cadman, Richardson set about building the team that became a match-winning combination and took the championship in 1936.

Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, and one match against the touring New Zealanders. Denis Smith was top scorer with two centuries. Veteran Archibald Slater, in his last season, took 106 wickets closely followed by Tommy Mitchell on 105.

The only new arrival in the Derbyshire side in 1931 was Alan Skinner who was to see many years service with the club.

Matches

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	2 May 1931	Leicestershire County Ground, Derby	Drawn
2	6 May 1931	Gloucestershire The Victoria Ground, Cheltenham	Lost	4 wickets	Parker 6–41 and 8–50
3	9 May 1931	Surrey Kennington Oval	Drawn		A E Alderman 113; Fender 100
4	16 May 1931	Kent County Ground, Derby	Lost	9 wickets	Freeman 5–63; AG Slater 8–63
5	20 May 1931	Essex County Ground, Leyton	Drawn		D Smith 131; GM Lee 147
6	23 May 1931	Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham	Drawn		Croom 103; Paine 6–80
7	27 May 1931	Worcestershire County Ground, New Road, Worcester	Drawn
8	30 May 1931	Sussex Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Won	Innings and 188 runs	T. B. Mitchell 6–11 and 6–19
9	6 Jun 1931	Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston	Drawn		L F Townsend 6–59
10	13 Jun 1931	New Zealand County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Not a County Championship match T. B. Mitchell 5–97
11	17 Jun 1931	Essex Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston	Drawn		AG Slater 8–51
12	20 Jun 1931	Hampshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Won	8 wickets	D Smith 108; T. B. Mitchell 5–47
13	24 Jun 1931	Glamorgan Cardiff Arms Park	Drawn
14	27 Jun 1931	Worcestershire County Ground, Derby	Won	7 wickets	Gibbons 109; Root 5–113; H Storer 5–32
15	1 Jul 1931	Surrey Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		T. B. Mitchell 6–157; Fender 6–102
16	4 Jul 1931	Leicestershire Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch	Drawn		AG Slater 5–28
17	8 Jul 1931	Sussex County Ground, Hove	Lost	Innings and 14 runs	Wensley 6–47 and 6–48; T S Worthington 5–80
18	11 Jul 1931	Hampshire County Ground, Southampton	Won	145 runs	Baring 5–85; L F Townsend 6–23;
19	18 Jul 1931	Gloucestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	18 runs	T. B. Mitchell 6–79; Goddard 8–79; Parker 6–64
20	22 Jul 1931	Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby	Won	6 wickets	GM Lee 173; Timms 147; T. B. Mitchell 5–39
21	25 Jul 1931	Middlesex Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston	Drawn		Peebles 5–58; AG Slater 5–32
22	29 Jul 1931	Lancashire Park Road Ground, Buxton	Drawn		L F Townsend 6–49; Hopwood 5–52
23	1 Aug 1931	Warwickshire County Ground, Derby	Lost	9 wickets	Partridge 5–47; Paine 5–67
24	5 Aug 1931	Kent St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury	Drawn		L F Townsend 5–78; Freeman 5–77; Marriott 5–42
25	8 Aug 1931	Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Drawn
26	15 Aug 1931	Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton	Won	Innings and 71 runs	GM Lee 141; L F Townsend 8–45;
27	19 Aug 1931	Middlesex Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	No play		Match abandoned
28	22 Aug 1931	Glamorgan Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Won	184 runs	Ryan 7–105; AG Slater 5–27; Mercer 5–37;
29	26 Aug 1931	Lancashire Stanley Park, Blackpool	Lost	3 wickets	AG Slater 5–22; Tyldesley 6–21

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

Name	Matches	Inns	Runs	High score	Average	100s
GM Lee	26	39	1152	173	32.91	3
H Storer	22	35	1028	115*	32.12	1
D Smith	27	43	1214	131	31.12	2
A E Alderman	27	40	895	113*	27.96	1
GR Jackson	7	11	270	81	24.54	0
L F Townsend	25	33	673	80*	21.70	0
T S Worthington	27	37	589	45	19.00	0
A V Pope	2	3	36	16	18.00	0
JM Hutchinson	9	14	218	71	16.76	0
AG Slater	27	35	483	52	15.58	0
A W Richardson	26	32	374	49	13.35	0
T. B. Mitchell	27	28	182	29	10.70	0
H Elliott	27	32	264	37	9.77	0
NM Ford	2	4	26	24	6.50	0
CC Clarke	4	6	36	21	6.00	0
JDH Gilbert	5	3	12	6	4.00	0
A F Skinner	1	1	4	4	4.00	0
T R Armstrong	6	8	18	15	3.00	0

County Championship bowling averages

Name	Balls	Runs	Wickets	BB	Average
AG Slater	5526	1714	106	8–51	16.16
T. B. Mitchell	5525	2218	105	6–11	21.12
L F Townsend	3072	1098	72	8–45	15.25
T S Worthington	3882	1362	57	5–80	23.89
H Storer	958	408	16	5–32	25.50
GM Lee	922	347	14	4–34	24.78
T R Armstrong	335	85	7	2–9	12.14
A V Pope	342	114	6	4–54	19.00
D Smith	156	42	0
A E Alderman	24	10	0
GR Jackson	17	20	0
A W Richardson	12	6	0

Wicket-keeper

H Elliott Catches 43 Stumping 28

See also

• Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
• 1931 English cricket season