Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1920 was the English

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club

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's fiftieth season. It was the club's twenty-second season in the

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and the most disastrous season ever experienced by any side since the County Championship was established. Derbyshire lost 17 of the 18 matches played and the other was abandoned without a ball being bowled.

1920 season

John Chapman was captain for the season, having held the post twice before World War I. The team was very unstable. Thirty eight players played for Derbyshire in the season, but only six played in more than half the matches. The club suffered from the absence of devastating bowler

Billy Bestwick William Bestwick (24 February 1875 – 2 May 1938) was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1898 and 1926. He was a medium-fast bowler who took over 1,400 wickets for the county, including 10 in one innings. From his wild tem ...

for all but one match, in which he took seven wickets, while other players such as

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and

Arnold Warren Arnold Warren (2 April 1875 – 3 September 1951) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1897 and 1920 and played for England in 1905. He was the first bowler from Derbyshire to take 100 wickets in a seas ...

were drawing to the end of their career. Leonard Oliver was top scorer and Arthur Morton with 89 wickets did the bulk of the bowling with Samuel Cadman. Oliver and Morton were the only players to score centuries. Fifteen players made their debut in the season, half of them playing three or fewer matches. The most significant additions to the side were Harry Storer and wicket keeper Harry Elliott both of whom had long careers with the club and were members of the 1936 championship winning team. Newcomers

Wilfred Carter Wilfred Carter (19 June 1896 — 1 November 1975) was an English sportsman who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire County Cricket Club between 1920 and 1926 and football for Watford Football Club at the same time. Life and care ...

Jim Hutchinson James Metcalf Hutchinson (29 November 1896 – 7 November 2000) was an English first-class cricketer who played more than 250 matches for Derbyshire County Cricket Club between 1920 and 1931. Until September 2018, when John Manners took the r ...

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, Anthony Jackson and Robert Bestwick played in several subsequent seasons. Those who only appeared in 1920 were Henry Radford,

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and

Douglas Linathan Douglas Valentine Linathan (29 May 1885 — 17 December 1932) was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1920. Linathan was born in Sheffield. He played three matches for Derbyshire during the 1920 season making his debut against ...

with three appearances,

Albert Woodland Albert Woodland (10 June 1895 – 31 January 1955) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1920. Woodland was born in Conisbrough, Yorkshire. He joined Derbyshire in the 1920 season and began in a game for ...

and Allen Turner with two appearances and

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Timothy Boden Timothy Walter Boden (19 May 1901 – 5 September 1969) was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1920. Boden was born at Sherborne, Dorset. His grandfather, Henry, and great-uncle Walter were present at the inaugural meeting of Der ...

and John Davis who only played one game each.

Matches

{, class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" , - ! style="background:#efefef;" colspan="6", List of matches , - style="background:#efefef;" !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes , - , 1 , 15 May 1920 ,

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Bramall Lane, Sheffield , style="background:#f00;", Lost , Innings and 223 runs , Kilner 206* , - , 2 , 19 May 1920 ,

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Queen's Park, Chesterfield , style="background:#f00;", Lost , Innings and 160 runs , Makepeace 132; A Morton 6-73; Cook 7-8 , - , 3 , 22 May 1920 ,

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County Ground, Derby , style="background:#f00;", Lost , 8 wickets , Howell 6-25 and 6-39; A Morton 5-44; SWA Cadman 5-36 , - , 4 , 12 Jun 1920 ,

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County Ground, Derby , style="background:#f00;", Lost , 6 wickets , Douglas 8-39; A Morton 5-94; Reeves 5-61 , - , 5 , 19 Jun 1920 ,

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Queen's Park, Chesterfield , style="background:#f00;", Lost , 114 runs , A Morton 5-61 and 6-35; Murdin 5-29 and 6-39 , - , 6 , 23 Jun 1920 ,

Old Trafford, Manchester , style="background:#f00;", Lost , Innings and 228 runs , Tyldesley 169 and 5-40; Cook 5-50; Dean 5-26 , - , 7 , 03 Jul 1920 ,

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Queen's Park, Chesterfield , Abandoned , , , - , 8 , 07 Jul 1920 ,

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Aylestone Road, Leicester , style="background:#f00;", Lost , 6 wickets , King 8-61 and 5-41; W Bestwick 5-41; A Morton 5-33 , - , 9 , 10 Jul 1920 ,

County Ground, Derby , style="background:#f00;", Lost , Innings and 71 runs , Holmes 104; Robinson 5-20; Rhodes 7-24 , - , 10 , 14 Jul 1920 ,

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County Ground, Hove , style="background:#f00;", Lost , 134 runs , A Morton 6-60; Cox 7-8 , - , 11 , 17 Jul 1920 ,

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County Ground, Derby , style="background:#f00;", Lost , 5 wickets , A Morton 8-37; Robson 6-20 , - , 12 , 24 Jul 1920 ,

County Ground, Northampton , style="background:#f00;", Lost , 80 runs , SWA Cadman 6-34 and 8-70; Wells 6-54 , - , 13 , 31 Jul 1920 ,

Edgbaston, Birmingham , style="background:#f00;", Lost , 220 runs , SWA Cadman 5-55; Howell 7-45 , - , 14 , 07 Aug 1920 ,

Queen's Park, Chesterfield , style="background:#f00;", Lost , Innings and 108 runs , WJV Tomlinson 5-53 , - , 15 , 11 Aug 1920 ,

County Ground, Derby , style="background:#f00;", Lost , Innings and 14 runs , A Morton 105; Astill 5-24 , - , 16 , 14 Aug 1920 ,

Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea , style="background:#f00;", Lost , 104 runs , A Morton 5-57; Louden 8-36 , - , 17 , 26 Aug 1920 ,

Trent Bridge, Nottingham , style="background:#f00;", Lost , 197 runs , Whysall 142; L Oliver 170; Gunn 123 , - , 18 , 01 Sep 1920 ,

Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare , style="background:#f00;", Lost , 10 wickets , Daniell 102; White 7-33 and 5-46 , - ,

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

{, class="wikitable sortable" style="width:70%;" , - style="background:#efefef;" ! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !!100s , - , HW Smith , , 1 , , 2 , , 34 , , 24*, , 34.00 , , 0 , - , L Oliver , , 12 , , 24 , , 546 , , 170 , , 22.75 , , 1 , - , GP Brooke-Taylor , , 1 , , 2 , , 44 , , 30 , , 22.00 , , 0 , - , SWA Cadman , , 17 , , 34 , , 528 , , 47 , , 16.00 , , 0 , - , H Elliott , , 14 , , 28 , , 299 , , 42* , , 15.73 , , 0 , - , CJ Corbett , , 4 , , 8 , , 109 , , 61 , , 15.57 , , 0 , - , A Morton , , 17 , , 34 , , 481, , 105*, , 15.51 , , 1 , - , A Warren , , 2 , , 4 , , 30 , , 21* , , 15.00 , , 0 , - , , W Carter , , 9 , , 18 , , 229 , , 35 , , 12.72 , , 0 , - , FG Peach , , 8 , , 16 , , 186 , , 61*, , 12.40 , , 0 , - , WN Malthouse , , 4 , , 8 , , 68 , , 26* , , 9.71 , , 0 , - , JM Hutchinson, , 5 , , 10 , , 93, , 44 , , 9.30 , , 0 , - , GF Bell , , 3 , , 6 , , 50 , , 20 , , 8.33 , , 0 , - , AW Woodland , , 2 , , 4 , , 27 , , 19* , , 9.00 , , 0 , - , H Wild , , 8 , , 16 , , 135, , 26 , , 8.43 , , 0 , - , J Chapman , , 14 , , 27 , , 191 , , 27 , , 7.95 , , 0 , - , A Severn, , 3 , , 6 , , 47 , , 33 , , 7.83 , , 0 , - , JD Southern , , 2 , , 4 , , 30 , , 20 , , 7.50 , , 0 , - , TW Boden , , 1 , , 2 , , 14, , 9 , , 7.00 , , 0 , - , DV Linathan , , 3 , , 6 , , 35 , , 14*, , 7.00 , , 0 , - , H Storer , , 12 , , 24 , , 147 , , 32 , , 6.68 , , 0 , - , WJV Tomlinson , , 5, , 10 , , 58, , 15 , , 6.44 , , 0 , - , LE Flint , , 1 , , 2 , , 12, , 6 , , 6.00 , , 0 , - , SM Holden , , 1 , , 2 , , 6 , , 6*, , 6.00 , , 0 , - , G Beet , , 6 , , 12 , , 69 , , 19 , , 5.75 , , 0 , - , HW Radford , , 3 , , 6 , , 23 , , 14 , , 5.75 , , 0 , - , GR Jackson , , 9 , , 18 , , 92 , , 14 , , 5.11 , , 0 , - , TF Revill , , 1 , , 2 , , 10, , 5 , , 5.00 , , 0 , - , FA Barber , , 2 , , 4 , , 19 , , 8 , , 4.75 , , 0 , - , CF Root , , 1 , , 2 , , 9, , 7 , , 4.50 , , 0 , - , JW Davis , , 1 , , 2 , , 9 , , 8 , , 4.50 , , 0 , - , T Forrester , , 2 , , 2 , , 6, , 6 , , 3.00 , , 0 , - , W Bestwick , , 1 , , 2 , , 6, , 5* , , 3.00 , , 0 , - , RS Bestwick , , 2 , , 4 , , 9, , 6 , , 2.25 , , 0 , - , AHM Jackson, , 2, , 4 , , 7, , 5 , , 1.75 , , 0 , - , KWC Dobson , , 3 , , 6 , , 6 , , 3 , , 1.50 , , 0 , - , J Horsley , , 1 , , 2 , , 2, , 2 , , 1.00 , , 0 , - , , W Reader-Blackton , , 2 , , 4 , , 4 , , 1 , , 1.00 , , 0 , - , A Turner , , 2 , , 4 , , 4, , 2 , , 1.00 , , 0

County Championship bowling averages

{, class="wikitable sortable" style="width:70%;" , - style="background:#efefef;" ! Name !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average , - , A Morton , , 4611 , , 1808 , , 89 , , 8-37 , , 20.31 , - , SWA Cadman , , 3321 , , 1211 , , 58 , , 8-70, , 20.87 , - , WJV Tomlinson , , 622 , , 272 , , 14 , , 5-53 , , 19.42 , - , H Storer , , 642 , , 350 , , 10, , 3-23 , , 35.00 , - , A Warren , , 288 , , 141 , , 9 , , 4-45 , , 15.66 , - , W Bestwick , , 318 , , 97 , , 7, , 5-41 , , 13.85 , - , A Turner , , 252 , , 138, , 6 , , 3-66, , 23.00 , - , FA Barber , , 318 , , 117, , 5, , 2-30 , , 23.40 , - , FG Peach , , 210 , , 149 , , 4 , , 3-50 , , 37.25 , - , HW Radford , , 186 , , 86 , , 4, , 2-18 , , 21.50 , - , SM Holden , , 132 , , 72, , 3, , 3-72 , , 24.00 , - , T Forrester , , 306 , , 161, , 2, , 2-116 , , 80.50 , - , KWC Dobson , , 132 , , 99, , 1, , 1-25, , 99.00 , - , JM Hutchinson, , 138 , , 81, , 1, , 1-35 , , 81.00 , - , DV Linathan , , 102 , , 78 , , 1 , , 1-15, , 78.00 , - , , W Reader-Blackton , , 18, , 7 , , 1 , , 1-7 , , 7.00 , - , LE Flint , , 102 , , 74 , , 1 , , 1-74, , 74.00 , - , RS Bestwick , , 126, , 55, , 0 , - , J Chapman , , 18 , , 12, , 0 , - , J Horsley , , 48 , , 31 , , 0 , - , AHM Jackson, , 132 , , 93, , 0 , - , WN Malthouse , , 114 , , 69, , 0 , - , L Oliver , , 12 , , 8, , 0 , - , CF Root , , 36 , , 17, , 0 , - , H Wild , , 6 , , 11, , 0 , - , AW Woodland , , 90 , , 69, , 0 Cricket Archive Derbyshire bowling in 1920
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Wicket Keeping

* George Beet - Catches 6, Stumping 2 * H Elliott - Catches 17, Stumping 9

References

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