Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1921 represents the

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season when the English club

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

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and they won five matches to finish twelfth.

1921 season

After the appalling results of

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returned as captain at the age of 40 with the firm purpose of reviving a dispirited eleven. Buckston had not played county cricket since 1907, but his appointment was followed by a revival in Derbyshire fortunes. Derbyshire CCC played twenty games in the

in 1921 and won five, to finish twelfth in the table. They also played a match against

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on 16 July 1921, which was a win for Derbyshire by an innings and 133 runs and an additional match against

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. W T Taylor wrote of Buckston that "Only those who played under him knew how much the team owed to the skipper for his example, cheerfulness and leadership". Having achieved his aim, Buckston could not be persuaded to carry on. Instead, he was elected chairman of the Committee.

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was fourth in the national first-class bowling averages with 147 wickets for less than 17 runs each. He took 10 for 40 in an innings against

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and took five or more wickets in an innings in all but two matches.

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was top scorer. With a considerable amount of new blood in 1920, there were no lasting additions to the Derbyshire side in 1921.

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only played in two seasons and George Goodwin in just one season. George Buckley and Herbert Turland made one appearance each for the side, although Turland later played in a match for

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. Additional players who appeared for the club in the Dublin University match were

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and players called Dilnot and Freeman.

Matches

{, class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" , - ! style="background:#efefef;" colspan="6", List of matches , - style="background:#efefef;" !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes , - , 1 , 14 May 1921 ,

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Edgbaston, Birmingham , style="background:#f00;", Lost , 8 Wickets , W Bestwick 9-65; Howell 8-69 , - , 2 , 18 May 1921 ,

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County Ground, New Road, Worcester , style="background:#0f0;", Won , 8 Wickets , A Morton 5-108, W Bestwick 7-67 , - , 3 , 21 May 1921 ,

Queen's Park, Chesterfield , style="background:#0f0;", Won , 23 Runs , Barratt 5-68 and 5-39; Richmond 5-58; W Bestwick 5-82; A Morton 5-49 and 8-69 , - , 4 , 25 May 1921 ,

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County Ground, Leyton , style="background:#f00;", Lost , Innings and 74 runs , JWHT Douglas 210 and 9-47; W Bestwick 6-132 , - , 5 , 01 Jun 1921 ,

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The Circle, Hull , style="background:#f00;", Lost , Innings and 112 runs , Derbyshire all out for 23 in second innings; E Robinson 100; Macaulay 6-3; W Bestwick 7-84 , - , 6 , 11 Jun 1921 ,

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Recreation Ground, Bath , style="background:#f00;", Lost , 65 runs , W Bestwick 8-84 and 5-66; Robson 5-58; White 6-57 , - , 7 , 15 Jun 1921 ,

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Fry's Ground, Bristol , style="background:#f00;", Lost , 117 runs , Barnett 100; Dipper 104; J Bowden 108;Mills 5-51; Parker 5-121 , - , 8 , 18 Jun 1921 ,

Cardiff Arms Park , style="background:#0f0;", Won , 2 Wickets , W Bestwick 10-40 , - , 9 , 22 Jun 1921 ,

County Ground, Derby , style="background:#f00;", Lost , 6 Wickets , White 5-56 and 8-120 , - , 10 , 25 Jun 1921 ,

Queen's Park, Chesterfield , style="background:#f00;", Lost , 6 Wickets , Pearson 106; W Bestwick 7-120; Gilbert 5-49 , - , 11 , 06 Jul 1921 ,

County Ground, Derby , style="background:#f00;", Lost , 97 runs , W Bestwick 5-68;

5-20; Dennett 8-61; Parker 6-50 , - , 12 , 09 Jul 1921 ,

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County Ground, Derby , style="background:#f00;", Lost , 194 runs , W Bestwick 5-99 and 6-94; Murdin 6-87; Wells 5-30 , - , 13 , 13 Jul 1921 ,

Queen's Park, Chesterfield , style="background:#f00;", Lost , Innings and 233 runs , Derbyshire out for 37 in first innings; Holmes 150; Robinson 5-16;

5-74; Macaulay 6-32 , - , 14 , 20 Jul 1921 ,

Town Ground, Worksop , style="background:#f00;", Lost , 48 runs , Richmond 5-89 , - , 15 , 30 Jul 1921 ,

County Ground, Derby , style="background:#fc0;", Drawn , , L Oliver151; H Storer 126; W Bestwick 5-68 , - , 16 , 03 Aug 1921 ,

County Ground, Northampton , style="background:#fc0;", Drawn , , Murdin 5-89; W Bestwick 8-82; Thomas 5-59 , - , 17 , 06 Aug 1921 ,

Queen's Park, Chesterfield , style="background:#0f0;", Won , 172 runs , Astill 6-64; W Bestwick 7-39 , - , 18 , 10 Aug 1921 ,

County Ground, Derby , style="background:#fc0;", Drawn , , A Morton 5-46 , - , 19 , 13 Aug 1921 ,

Aylestone Road, Leicester , style="background:#f00;", Lost , Innings and 24 runs , Astill 108; W Bestwick 6-73; Banskin 7-48 , - , 20 , 20 Aug 1921 ,

Queen's Park, Chesterfield , style="background:#0f0;", Won , 3 Wickets , Nash 5-58; W Bestwick 5-79; Clay 5-37 ,

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

{, class="wikitable sortable" style="width:90%;" , - style="background:#efefef;" ! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !!100s , - , A Morton , , 12 , , 21, , 469, , 75*, , 29.31, , 0 , - , SWA Cadman , , 20, , 38, , 945, , 92*, , 25.54 , , 0 , - , L Oliver , , 14, , 27, , 641 , , 151 , , 23.74 , , 1 , - , H Storer , , 19 , , 36, , 758 , , 126 , , 22.96 , , 1 , - , G Curgenven , , 20 , , 37 , , 765, , 98 , , 20.67, , 0 , - , WJV Tomlinson , , 6 , , 11, , 205, , 43 , , 20.50 , , 0 , - , J Bowden , , 18, , 36 , , 682 , , 108 , , 20.05 , , 1 , - , WWH Hill-Wood , , 1 , , 2 , , 37 , , 24 , , 18.50 , , 0 , - , J Fisher, , 2, , 4 , , 45 , , 39*, , 15.00, , 0 , - , GW Goodwin , , 8 , , 16 , , 224, , 53 , , 14.93 , , 0 , - , BSH Hill-Wood, , 2 , , 3 , , 29, , 21* , , 14.50, , 0 , - , JM Hutchinson, , 20, , 39, , 527, , 67 , , 14.24 , , 0 , - , GR Jackson , , 5 , , 10, , 142, , 35 , , 14.20 , , 0 , - , GM Buckston , , 15, , 30, , 299, , 71 , , 10.67, , 0 , - , CJ Corbett , , 5, , 9 , , 103, , 44 , , 12.87 , , 0 , - , H Elliott , , 20 , , 38 , , 307, , 37 , , 10.96 , , 0 , - , W Carter , , 5 , , 10, , 96 , , 50*, , 10.66 , , 0 , - , W Reader-Blackton , , 5 , , 10 , , 72 , , 27 , , 7.20 , , 0 , - , W Bestwick , , 19 , , 34 , , 124 , , 13*, , 6.20 , , 0 , - , GA Buckley , , 1 , , 2 , , 10, , 8 , , 5.00 , , 0 , - , G Grainger, , 2, , 4 , , 16 , , 7 , , 4.00 , , 0 , - , H Turland , , 1 , , 2, , 1, , 1 , , 0.50 , , 0

County Championship bowling averages

{, class="wikitable sortable" style="width:90%;" , - style="background:#efefef;" ! Name !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average , - , W Bestwick , , 5613 , , 2468, , 147 , , 10-40, , 16.78 , - , A Morton , , 2522 , , 963 , , 48, , 8-69, , 20.06 , - , SWA Cadman , , 3085 , , 1173, , 48, , 5-20, , 24.43 , - , H Storer , , 1069, , 669 , , 15, , 4-8, , 44.60 , - , WJV Tomlinson , , 692, , 395 , , 13, , 4-48, , 30.38 , - , GW Goodwin , , 273, , 205, , 7, , 4-23, , 29.28 , - , G Grainger , , 528 , , 248, , 6 , , 4-91, , 41.33 , - , W Reader-Blackton , , 228 , , 74 , , 4, , 3-40 , , 18.50 , - , W Carter, , 144, , 158, , 4, , 2-42, , 39.50 , - , J Bowden, , 42 , , 18, , 1, , 1-0 , , 18.00 , - , BSH Hill-Wood, , 84, , 54, , 1, , 1-16, , 54.00 , - , WWH Hill-Wood, , 72, , 90, , 1, , 1-90, , 90.00 , - , JM Hutchinson , , 156, , 91 , , 1, , 1-54, , 91.00 , - , CJ Corbett, , 6, , 13 , , 0 , - , L Oliver , , 12, , 30, , 0 , - , GA Buckley , , 60 , , 48 , , 0 Cricket Archive Derbyshire bowling in 1921
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Wicket Keeper

* H Elliott - Catches 30, Stumping 7

References

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