Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1926 represents the

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season when the English club

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had been playing for fifty five years. It was their twenty-eighth season in the

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and they won five matches to finish eleventh in the County Championship.

1926 season

Derbyshire played 24 games in the County Championship, and one match against the touring Australians. The majority of matches were drawn, and Derbyshire suffered heavy defeats at the hands of champion county Lancashire.

Guy Jackson Guy Rolf Jackson (23 June 1896 – 21 February 1966) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1919 and 1936, being captain for nine years. Jackson was born at Ankerbold, Tupton, Derbyshire, the son of Bri ...

was in his fifth season as captain. Harry Storer was top scorer and took 41 wickets as well. Stan Worthington took most wickets with 56. Neville Ford played the first of several seasons for Derbyshire but

William Parrington William Ferguson Parrington (1 November 1889 – 7 May 1980) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1926. Life Parrington was born in Southwick, Sunderland, County Durham, the son of Matthew William Parrington ...

appeared only in 1926.

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played in just one match without scoring, while Albert Blount reappeared for two matches twelve years after he had last played for the county. Stalwarts

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and Arthur Morton played their last games for the club.

Matches

{, class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" , - ! style="background:#efefef;" colspan="6", List of matches , - style="background:#efefef;" !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes , - , 1 , 8 May 1926 ,

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Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston The Rutland Recreation Ground is a cricket ground in Ilkeston, Derbyshire (not the historical county of Rutland, as the name may suggest). The Derbyshire first XI played at the ground regularly between 1925 and 1994, with the ground hosting at le ...

, style="background:#fc0;", Drawn , , Macaulay 6–34 , - , 2 , 15 May 1926 ,

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Old Trafford, Manchester , style="background:#f00;", Lost , Innings and 214 runs , Hallows 110 , - , 3 , 22 May 1926 ,

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County Ground, Derby , style="background:#fc0;", Drawn , , Bates 187; Partridge 5–77 , - , 4 , 26 May 1926 ,

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County Ground, Northampton , style="background:#fc0;", Drawn , , Jupp 109; H Storer 5–46 , - , 5 , 29 May 1926 , Glamorgan
Queen's Park, Chesterfield , style="background:#f00;", Lost , 8 wickets , Bates 100; Mercer 5–50 , - , 6 , 5 Jun 1926 ,

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County Ground, Derby , style="background:#f00;", Lost , Innings and 153 runs , Freeman 172; AHM Jackson 5–84; Palmer 5–31 , - , 7 , 9 Jun 1926 ,

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Garrison 1 Cricket Ground, Chatham , style="background:#fc0;", Drawn , , Hardinge 134; Freeman 5–82; Wright 5–36 , - , 8 , 12 Jun 1926 , Leicestershire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield , Abandoned , , , - , 9 , 19 Jun 1926 ,

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The Town Ground, Burton-on-Trent , style="background:#fc0;", Drawn , , Dipper 118 , - , 10 , 23 Jun 1926 ,

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Queen's Park, Chesterfield , style="background:#fc0;", Drawn , , Bardsley 127 , - , 11 , 26 Jun 1926 ,

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Recreation Ground, Bath , style="background:#f00;", Lost , Innings and 1 run , Bridges 5–59; Hunt 5–90 , - , 12 , 30 Jun 1926 ,

Greenbank, Bristol , style="background:#0f0;", Won , 6 wickets , GM Lee 5–89; Sinfield 5–80 , - , 13 , 3 Jul 1926 , Glamorgan
Ynysangharad Park, Pontypridd , style="background:#fc0;", Drawn , , Riches 136; H Storer 5–90 , - , 14 , 10 Jul 1926 ,

County Ground, Derby , style="background:#0f0;", Won , 139 runs , H Storer 132 and 6–48; Bridges 5–120 , - , 15 , 14 Jul 1926 ,

Bramall Lane, Sheffield , style="background:#fc0;", Drawn , , , - , 16 , 17 Jul 1926 , Leicestershire
Aylestone Road, Leicester , style="background:#f00;", Lost , Innings and 51 runs , Taylor 107; Lord 5–40; GM Lee 5–57 , - , 17 , 24 Jul 1926 ,

Queen's Park, Chesterfield , style="background:#f00;", Lost , Innings and 150 runs , Hallows 100; Watson 109; Tyldesley 5–17 and 5–18 , - , 18 , 28 Jul 1926 ,

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Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston , style="background:#0f0;", Won , 2 wickets , Fox 105; Root 5–56 and 6–83; A Morton 5–44 , - , 19 , 31 Jul 1926 ,

Edgbaston, Birmingham , style="background:#fc0;", Drawn , , J Bowden 106; W Quaife 5–81; GM Lee 6–76 , - , 20 , 4 Aug 1926 ,

Chester Road North Ground, Kidderminster , style="background:#0f0;", Won , 83 runs , Fox 141; Wilson 5–97 and 5–74; A Morton 5–71 , - , 21 , 7 Aug 1926 ,

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Trent Bridge, Nottingham , style="background:#fc0;", Drawn , , Payton 133; H Larwood 5–44; Richmond 5–98 , - , 22 , 11 Aug 1926 ,

County Ground, Leyton , style="background:#fc0;", Drawn , , Russell 102*; A Morton 5–94 , - , 23 , 14 Aug 1926 ,

Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston , style="background:#f00;", Lost , 50 runs , Payton 100*; Staples 5–76 and 6–51; Richmond 5–78; L F Townsend 6–32 , - , 24 , 18 Aug 1926 ,

Queen's Park, Chesterfield , style="background:#0f0;", Won , Innings and 69 runs , L F Townsend 5–14; Jupp 5–98 , - , 25 , 21 Aug 1926 ,

County Ground, Derby , style="background:#fc0;", Drawn , , GM Lee 191 and 5–87; T S Worthington 5–74; Freeman 6–120 , - ,

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

{, class="wikitable sortable" style="width:90%;" , - style="background:#efefef;" ! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !!100s , - , H Storer , , 21 , , 37 , , 1206 , , 132 , , 36.54 , , 1 , - , J Bowden , , 23, , 40 , , 1189 , , 106 , , 30.48, , 1 , - , GM Lee , , 22 , , 40, , 1103 , , 191 , , 29.02 , , 1 , - , GR Jackson , , 23 , , 39 , , 845, , 98 , , 21.66 , , 0 , - , L F Townsend , , 23 , , 40 , , 793 , , 89 , , 20.86 , , 0 , - , JL Crommelin-Brown, , 7, , 11 , , 229, , 68 , , 20.81 , , 0 , - , T S Worthington, , 23, , 36 , , 656, , 84 , , 20.50 , , 0 , - , EF Loney , , 6 , , 10 , , 164, , 39*, , 20.50 , , 0 , - , JM Hutchinson , , 23 , , 38 , , 696 , , 81 , , 19.88 , , 0 , - , AHM Jackson , , 6 , , 10 , , 110 , , 36* , , 18.33 , , 0 , - , A Morton , , 19, , 28, , 361 , , 56*, , 16.40 , , 0 , - , WF Parrington , , 6 , , 11 , , 148 , , 47 , , 14.80 , , 0 , - , NM Ford , , 2, , 2 , , 28, , 20 , , 14.00 , , 0 , - , A Blount , , 2 , , 3 , , 41 , , 17 , , 13.66 , , 0 , - , H Elliott , , 23 , , 32 , , 222 , , 34* , , 11.68 , , 0 , - , W Carter , , 4 , , 6 , , 69, , 35 , , 11.50 , , 0 , - , JA Cresswell , , 8 , , 11 , , 61 , , 18*, , 10.16 , , 0 , - , SWA Cadman , , 1 , , 2 , , 19 , , 13 , , 9.50 , , 0 , - , W Shardlow, , 10, , 13 , , 37 , , 16 , , 4.11 , , 0 , - , HGB Jordan , , 1 , , 2 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0.00 , , 0

County Championship bowling averages

{, class="wikitable sortable" style="width:90%;" , - style="background:#efefef;" ! Name !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average , - , , T S Worthington, , 4481 , , 1656, , 56, , 5–74 , , 29.57 , - , A Morton , , 3515 , , 1233 , , 49 , , 5–44, , 25.16 , - , H Storer , , 3178 , , 1406, , 41, , 6–48, , 34.29 , - , GM Lee , , 2186 , , 965 , , 40, , 6–76, , 24.12 , - , L F Townsend , , 2254 , , 854, , 38, , 6–32, , 22.47 , - , W Shardlow, , 1753, , 761 , , 20 , , 4–64, , 38.05 , - , AHM Jackson , , 660 , , 371 , , 17, , 5–84, , 21.82 , - , JA Cresswell , , 966 , , 371 , , 11 , , 2–34 , , 33.72 , - , JM Hutchinson , , 786, , 434 , , 11, , 2–9 , , 39.45 , - , EF Loney , , 834 , , 259, , 11, , 4–27, , 23.54 , - , SWA Cadman , , 228 , , 85, , 2 , , 1–25, , 42.50 , - , A Blount , , 186 , , 70, , 1 , , 1–38, , 70.00 , - , W Carter , , 132 , , 82 , , 0 , - , GR Jackson , , 90 , , 42, , 0Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1926
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Wicket-keeper

H Elliott Catches 35 Stumping 12

References

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