Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1934 was the

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season when the English club

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had been playing for sixty-three years. It was their thirty-sixth season in the

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and they won ten matches in the County Championship, to finish third.

1934 season

Derbyshire played 28 matches in Championship, and one against the touring Australians. They won eleven matches altogether, ten in the County Championship to finish third in the table, on course to win the championship two years later in

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. A W Richardson was in his fourth season as captain. Denis Smith scored most runs and

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took most wickets. Two players made their debut during the season. Elijah Carrington had been brought into the club in the previous year and played first team matches for three more years. Arnold Townsend played one game in 1934, but went on to become a significant player 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 , 5 May 1934 ,

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Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston , style="background:#fc0;", Drawn , , Watson 128; Iddon 121; Sibbles 6–44 , - , 2 , 12 May 1934 ,

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County Ground, Hove , style="background:#f00;", Lost , 2 wickets , , - , 3 , 19 May 1934 ,

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County Ground, Derby , style="background:#0f0;", Won , 2 wickets , , - , 4 , 23 May 1934 ,

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County Ground, Northampton , style="background:#0f0;", Won , Innings and 147 runs , T S Worthington 147 , - , 5 , 26 May 1934 ,

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Queen's Park, Chesterfield , style="background:#f00;", Lost , 102 runs , T. B. Mitchell 5–26 and 6–96; Bowes 5–60 , - , 6 , 2 Jun 1934 ,

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Trent Bridge, Nottingham , style="background:#0f0;", Won , 28 runs , T R Armstrong 5–72; Voce 7–53; L F Townsend 7–47 , - , 7 , 6 Jun 1934 ,

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Kennington Oval , style="background:#f00;", Lost , 7 wickets , Gregory 124; D Smith 126; Gover 6–37; T S Worthington 6–90 , - , 8 , 9 Jun 1934 ,

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United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth , style="background:#f00;", Lost , Innings and 82 runs , Arnold 144; Mead 138; A E Alderman 124 , - , 9 , 13 Jun 1934 ,

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County Ground, Derby , style="background:#fc0;", Drawn , , Hammond 134; T. B. Mitchell 5–119; , - , 10 , 16 Jun 1934 ,

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Aylestone Road, Leicester , style="background:#0f0;", Won , 124 runs , T. B. Mitchell 7–55 , - , 11 , 20 Jun 1934 ,

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Queen's Park, Chesterfield , style="background:#fc0;", Drawn , , Freeman 6–105; T. B. Mitchell 5–114 , - , 12 , 23 Jun 1934 ,

County Ground, Derby , style="background:#fc0;", Drawn , , A E Alderman 115; Timms 100; T. B. Mitchell 6–73 , - , 13 , 27 Jun 1934 ,

Park Road Ground, Buxton , style="background:#fc0;", Drawn , , Parks 138; D Smith 120 , - , 14 , 30 Jun 1934 ,

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Queen's Park, Chesterfield , style="background:#0f0;", Won , 10 wickets , H Storer 113 , - , 15 , 4 Jul 1934 ,

Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells , style="background:#0f0;", Won , 4 wickets , W H Copson 5–36; Freeman 5–29 , - , 16 , 7 Jul 1934 ,

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Amblecote, Stourbridge , style="background:#0f0;", Won , Inings and 115 runs , T. B. Mitchell 8–22 and 5–66; L F Townsend 5–48 , - , 17 , 11 Jul 1934 ,

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Queen's Park, Chesterfield , style="background:#f00;", Lost , 9 wickets , Ebeling 5–28; T. B. Mitchell 7–105; Fleetwood-Smith 5–38 , - , 18 , 14 Jul 1934 ,

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County Ground, Derby , style="background:#0f0;", Won , 278 runs , T. B. Mitchell 6–56 and 7–57 , - , 19 , 18 Jul 1934 ,

Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester , style="background:#fc0;", Drawn , , Dacre 117; D Smith 131; A F Skinner 102; Goddard 5–90; Sinfield 5–54 , - , 20 , 21 Jul 1934 ,

Queen's Park, Chesterfield , style="background:#fc0;", Drawn , , Gibbons 105 , - , 21 , 25 Jul 1934 ,

Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston , style="background:#fc0;", Drawn , , D Smith 125 , - , 22 , 28 Jul 1934 ,

County Ground, Derby , style="background:#0f0;", Won , 10 wickets , T S Worthington 154; T. B. Mitchell 6–90 , - , 23 , 1 Aug 1934 ,

Bramall Lane, Sheffield , style="background:#fc0;", Drawn , , T. B. Mitchell 5–81 , - , 24 , 4 Aug 1934 ,

Edgbaston, Birmingham , style="background:#fc0;", Drawn , , Paine 6–88 , - , 25 , 8 Aug 1934 ,

Old Trafford, Manchester , style="background:#f00;", Lost , 135 runs , Hopwood 5–32 and 8–58 , - , 26 , 11 Aug 1934 ,

Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare , style="background:#0f0;", Won , Innings and 69 runs , L F Townsend 106 and 6–66 and 5–64 , - , 27 , 15 Aug 1934 ,

Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood , style="background:#f00;", Lost , 84 runs , C Smith 5–51; W H Copson 5–63; SIms 6–85 , - , 28 , 18 Aug 1934 ,

Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston , style="background:#0f0;", Won , 201 runs , A V Pope 6–21; Voce 6–52; W H Copson 5–40 , - , 29 , 29 Aug 1934 ,

Queen's Park, Chesterfield , style="background:#0f0;", Won , 42 runs , , - ,

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

{, class="wikitable sortable" style="width:70%;" , - style="background:#efefef;" ! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !!100s , - , H Storer , , 15 , , 25 , , 881 , , 113 , , 38.30 , , 1 , - , D Smith , , 28 , , 47 , , 1565 , , 131 , , 35.56 , , 4 , - , A E Alderman , , 26 , , 44 , , 1290, , 124*, , 33.94 , , 2 , - , GR Jackson , , 2, , 4 , , 125, , 93 , , 31.25 , , 0 , - , A F Skinner , , 20 , , 33 , , 921 , , 102 , , 29.70 , , 1 , - , L F Townsend , , 28 , , 46 , , 1149 , , 106*, , 27.35 , , 1 , - , , T S Worthington , , 28 , , 44 , , 1185 , , 154 , , 26.93 , , 2 , - , LB Blaxland , , 2 , , 3 , , 67 , , 31 , , 22.33 , , 0 , - , H Elliott , , 28 , , 42 , , 661, , 72*, , 21.32 , , 0 , - , E Carrington , , 11 , , 16 , , 311, , 80, , 20.73 , , 0 , - , A V Pope , , 26 , , 40 , , 603 , , 40 , , 17.73 , , 0 , - , NM Ford , , 5 , , 8 , , 129 , , 60 , , 16.12 , , 0 , - , A W Richardson , , 15 , , 25 , , 319, , 58 , , 13.86 , , 0 , - , G H Pope , , 10 , , 15 , , 168 , , 25 , , 12.92 , , 0 , - , C S Elliott , , 8 , , 13 , , 165 , , 45 , , 12.69 , , 0 , - , T R Armstrong , , 12 , , 16 , , 100, , 28* , , 11.11 , , 0 , - , A F Townsend , , 1 , , 2 , , 7, , 7*, , 7.00 , , 0 , - , W H Copson , , 21 , , 27, , 104 , , 18, , 5.77 , , 0 , - , T. B. Mitchell , , 21, , 29 , , 131 , , 28 , , 5.24 , , 0 , - , JD Southern , , 1 , , 2 , , 1 , , 1, , 0.50 , , 0

County Championship bowling averages

{, class="wikitable sortable" style="width:70%;" , - style="background:#efefef;" ! Name !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average , - , T. B. Mitchell , , 4827 , , 2400 , , 138 , , 8–22 , , 17.39 , - , W H Copson , , 4088 , , 1603 , , 91, , 5–36 , , 17.61 , - , L F Townsend , , 4190 , , 1624, , 75, , 7–47 , , 21.65 , - , , T S Worthington , , 4095 , , 1641, , 59, , 6–90 , , 27.81 , - , A V Pope , , 2919 , , 1022 , , 51 , , 6–21 , , 20.03 , - , T R Armstrong , , 1636 , , 701 , , 18, , 5–72 , , 38.94 , - , G H Pope , , 876 , , 391 , , 17 , , 4–107 , , 23.00 , - , C S Elliott , , 84 , , 40, , 0 , - , A F Skinner , , 72, , 62, , 0 , - , H Storer , , 70, , 51 , , 0 , - , D Smith , , 42 , , 32 , , 0 , - , A E Alderman , , 12 , , 12 , , 0 , - , NM Ford , , 6 , , 1 , , 0Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1934
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Wicket-keeper

Harry Elliott Catches 58, Stumping 18

References

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