Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1925 was the

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season when the English club

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had been playing for fifty four years. It was their twenty seventh season in the

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

1925 season

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 fourth season as captain. All the club's twenty-four first class matches were in the County Championship. The team recovered from a poor season in the previous year with five wins, but with fewer draws the high number of losses left the team in fourteenth place.

Garnet Lee Garnet Morley Lee (7 June 1887 – 29 February 1976) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Nottinghamshire between 1910 and 1922 and for Derbyshire between 1925 and 1933. He scored nearly 15,000 runs in his first-class ca ...

was top scorer in his first season as a first-class player for Derbyshire. Arthur Morton took most wickets with 63. The most significant addition to the side was

who was to prove a valuable all-rounder over the next few years. Lee had previously played for Nottinghamshire but had taken two seasons at Derbyshire to work himself into the first team. Other players making their debut were

Lionel Blaxland Lionel Bruce Blaxland (25 March 1898 – 29 April 1976) was an English First World War flying ace, cricketer, schoolmaster and clergyman. He played first-class cricket intermittently for Derbyshire between 1925 and 1947. Blaxland was born in Li ...

who played intermittently over several years Escott Loney and Wilfred Shardlow who played regularly for three seasons, and

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who played three games in the season and re-appeared in 1932.

Matches

{, class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" , - ! style="background:#efefef;" colspan="6", List of matches , - style="background:#efefef;" !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes , - , 1 , 9 May 1925 ,

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County Ground, Derby , style="background:#f00;", Lost , 35 runs , , - , 2 , 16 May 1925 ,

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Trent Bridge, Nottingham , style="background:#f00;", Lost , 10 wickets , , - , 3 , 20 May 1925 ,

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Queen's Park, Chesterfield , style="background:#f00;", Lost , Innings and 160 runs , Holmes 125; Macaulay 7-13 , - , 4 , 23 May 1925 ,

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County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , W Bestwick 5-22 , - , 5 , 30 May 1925 ,

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Edgbaston, Birmingham , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Stephens 121; GM Lee 119 , - , 6 , 3 Jun 1925 ,

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Amblecote, Stourbridge , style="background:#0f0;", Won , 212 runs , Rogers 6-69; Root 5-54 , - , 7 , 6 Jun 1925 ,

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Queen's Park, Chesterfield , style="background:#f00;", Lost , 3 wickets , Hammond 5-57; J Horsley 6-94; Parker 8-56 , - , 8 , 10 Jun 1925 ,

Essex Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and Grea ...

County Ground, Leyton , style="background:#0f0;", Won , 9 wickets , A Morton 131; BSH Hill-Wood 6-74; J Horsley 6-66 , - , 9 , 13 Jun 1925 ,

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Angel Ground, Tonbridge , style="background:#f00;", Lost , Innings and 32 runs , Seymour 106; Collins 105*; GR Jackson 127; Freeman 6-35 and 5-94 , - , 10 , 20 Jun 1925 ,

Queen's Park, Chesterfield , style="background:#0f0;", Won , 6 wickets , Root 5-92 , - , 11 , 27 Jun 1925 ,

County Ground, Derby , style="background:#f00;", Lost , 5 wickets , Hardinge 144; Seymour 119; Cornwallis 5-56; J Horsley 5-36 , - , 12 , 1 Jul 1925 ,

Headingley, Leeds , style="background:#f00;", Lost , Innings and 159 runs , Rhodes 157; , - , 13 , 4 Jul 1925 , Leicestershire
The Town Ground, Burton-on-Trent , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , GR Jackson 110; Skelding 5-54; W Bestwick 7-20 , - , 14 , 11 Jul 1925 , Leicestershire
Aylestone Road, Leicester , style="background:#f00;", Lost , 248 runs , Skelding 5-40; Astill 5-19 , - , 15 , 15 Jul 1925 , Glamorgan
Cardiff Arms Park , style="background:#f00;", Lost , 200 runs , Ryan 5-19 and 8-41 , - , 16 , 18 Jul 1925 ,

Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare , style="background:#0f0;", Won , 3 wickets , GM Lee 113; GR Jackson 105 , - , 17 , 22 Jul 1925 ,

Fry's Ground, Bristol , style="background:#f00;", Lost , Innings and 32 runs , Parker 5-19 and 6-61 , - , 18 , 25 Jul 1925 ,

Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Whysall 140 , - , 19 , 29 Jul 1925 ,

County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Hipkin 5-44 , - , 20 , 1 Aug 1925 ,

County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , , - , 21 , 5 Aug 1925 ,

County Ground, Northampton , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , A Morton 5-89 , - , 22 , 12 Aug 1925 , Glamorgan
Queen's Park, Chesterfield , style="background:#0f0;", Won , 6 wickets , Ryan 7-70 , - , 23 , 15 Aug 1925 ,

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Seed Hill Ground, Nelson , style="background:#f00;", Lost , 97 runs , A Morton 7-51 , - , 24 , 22 Aug 1925 ,

Queen's Park, Chesterfield , style="background:#f00;", Lost , Innings and 132 runs , R Tyldesley 8-40; Sibbles 5-30 , -

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

{, class="wikitable sortable" style="width:70%;" , - style="background:#efefef;" ! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !!100s , - , GR Jackson , , 23 , , 42 , , 1199, , 127, , 29.97 , , 3 , - , GM Lee , , 24 , , 46 , , 1238 , , 119 , , 28.13 , , 2 , - , JL Crommelin-Brown , , 4, , 7 , , 144, , 68 , , 24.00, , 0 , - , J Bowden , , 23 , , 43 , , 742, , 62, , 19.02 , , 0 , - , L F Townsend , , 24 , , 45 , , 808, , 59 , , 18.79 , , 0 , - , A Morton , , 18, , 27 , , 433 , , 131, , 17.32 , , 1 , - , BSH Hill-Wood , , 6, , 11 , , 187, , 61 , , 17.00 , , 0 , - , WWH Hill-Wood , , 5 , , 10 , , 167, , 35, , 16.70 , , 0 , - , H Storer , , 2 , , 3 , , 31 , , 23, , 15.50 , , 0 , - , J Horsley , , 17 , , 28 , , 365 , , 47*, , 15.20 , , 0 , - , G Beet , , 1, , 2 , , 30 , , 17 , , 15.00 , , 0 , - , JM Hutchinson , , 24 , , 41 , , 543, , 79 , , 14.67 , , 0 , - , SWA Cadman , , 23 , , 40 , , 513 , , 60, , 14.65 , , 0 , - , E Sykes , , 3 , , 6 , , 65, , 50 , , 13.00 , , 0 , - , FR Heath , , 1 , , 2 , , 13 , , 13*, , 13.00 , , 0 , - , H Elliott , , 24 , , 38 , , 228, , 33, , 11.40 , , 0 , - , EF Loney , , 6 , , 9 , , 89, , 36 , , 11.12 , , 0 , - , T S Worthington , , 3 , , 6 , , 49 , , 20, , 9.80 , , 0 , - , LB Blaxland , , 3 , , 4 , , 39 , , 25, , 9.75 , , 0 , - , AHM Jackson , , 5, , 7 , , 63 , , 17 , , 9.00 , , 0 , - , W Shardlow , , 3 , , 3 , , 18 , , 11 , , 9.00 , , 0 , - , JA Cresswell , , 5 , , 10 , , 28 , , 9 , , 4.66 , , 0 , - , W Bestwick , , 7 , , 10 , , 26, , 7*, , 3.25 , , 0 , - , FG Peach , , 1 , , 2 , , 6 , , 5 , , 3.00 , , 0 , - , A Ackroyd , , 7 , , 12 , , 32 , , 9 , , 2.66 , , 0 , - , JS Heath , , 2 , , 4 , , 10, , 8 , , 2.50 , , 0 All Derbyshire's first class matches were in the County Championship, and so the above table represents first-class statistics as well.

County Championship bowling averages

{, class="wikitable sortable" style="width:70%;" , - style="background:#efefef;" ! Name !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average , - , A Morton , , 3597 , , 1262 , , 63 , , 7–51, , 20.03 , - , J Horsley , , 3158 , , 1235, , 54, , 6–66 , , 22.87 , - , GM Lee , , 2408 , , 1084 , , 44, , 4–36 , , 24.63 , - , SWA Cadman , , 3517 , , 1043 , , 40, , 4–29 , , 26.07 , - , W Bestwick , , 1561 , , 525 , , 35, , 7–20 , , 15.00 , - , L F Townsend , , 2075 , , 778, , 28, , 4–57 , , 27.78 , - , BSH Hill-Wood , , 972 , , 573 , , 18, , 6–74 , , 31.83 , - , A Ackroyd , , 835 , , 390, , 11 , , 4–63 , , 35.45 , - , H Storer , , 546 , , 157 , , 10, , 4–31 , , 15.70 , - , JA Cresswell , , 624 , , 323 , , 9 , , 4–65 , , 35.88 , - , EF Loney , , 864 , , 269 , , 9 , , 4–35 , , 29.88 , - , WWH Hill-Wood , , 410 , , 252, , 8 , , 3–20 , , 31.50 , - , JM Hutchinson , , 300 , , 122 , , 7 , , 2–11 , , 17.42 , - , AHM Jackson , , 354 , , 159 , , 6 , , 2–19 , , 26.50 , - , T S Worthington , , 258 , , 99, , 5 , , 2–21 , , 19.80 , - , JS Heath , , 120 , , 85 , , 1 , , 1–45 , , 85.00 , - , GR Jackson , , 60 , , 41 , , 1 , , 1–23 , , 41.00 , - , W Shardlow , , 354 , , 208 , , 0 , , , , , - , G Beet , , 24 , , 9 , , 0 , , , , , - , LB Blaxland , , 48 , , 17, , 0 , , , , , - , E Sykes , , 6 , , 2, , 0 , , , , , - , J Bowden , , 12 , , 3, , 0 , , , , Bowling for Derbyshire – County Championship 1925
/ref> All Derbyshire's first class matches were in the County Championship, and so the above table represents first-class statistics as well.

Wicket-keeper

* Harry Elliott Catches 41, Stumping 17 *

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 ...

Catches 12, Stumping 1

References

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