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{{Short description|1936 season of an English cricket team}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2013}}
{{Infobox cricket club season
| club               = [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons]]
| season             = 1936
| coach              =
| captain            = [[Arthur Walker Richardson|A W Richardson]]
| overseas           =
| comp1              = [[County Championship]]
| comp1 result       = 1
| comp2              =
| comp2 result       =
| comp3              =
| comp3 result       =
| comp4              =
| comp4 result       =
| most runs          = [[Stan Worthington]]
| most wickets       = [[Bill Copson]]
| most catches       = [[Harry Elliott (English cricketer)|Harry Elliott]]
| most dismissals    =
| prevseason         = [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1935|1935]]
| nextseason         = [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1937|1937]]
}}
'''Derbyshire County Cricket Club''' in 1936 was the [[cricket]] season when the English club [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club|Derbyshire]] won the [[1936 County Championship|County Championship]] for the first and only time. They had been playing for sixty five years and it was their thirty-eighth season in the County Championship.
==1936 season==
Success in the County Championship saw the culmination of five years effort by [[Arthur Walker Richardson|A. W. Richardson]] since he became captain in [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1931|1931]]. Derbyshire had actually come second in the championship in [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1935|1935]] with a better set of results. Middlesex and Yorkshire made strong challenges in the closing weeks of the 1936 season which kept tensions high in the Derbyshire camp. When he heard that the Championship had been settled [[Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire|the Duke of Devonshire]], the Derbyshire President, left a shooting party at Bolton Abbey in a hurry to get to Derby and join the public reception given to the players on their return.<ref>[http://www.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/152965.html W.T. Taylor ''History of Derbyshire cricket Wisden'' 1953]</ref>
Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, and one match against Oxford University and one match against the touring Indians. [[Stan Worthington]] and [[Leslie Townsend (cricketer)|Leslie Townsend]] tied as top scorers in the County Championships, but Worthington's 174 against Oxford University gave him the edge in first class batting positions. [[Bill Copson]]'s 140 wickets made him top bowler for the county.
Worthington also played for [[England national cricket team|England]] in Test matches against the Indians.
[[George Langdale]] made his debut for Derbyshire and went on to play one first team game in 1937. [[Samuel Hunt (cricketer)|Samuel Hunt]] also made his debut, but only played the 1936 season
===Matches===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
! style="background:#efefef;" colspan="6"| List of matches
|- style="background:#efefef;"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
|6 May 1936<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15727.html Cricket Archive Hampshire v Derbyshire  6 May 1936 ]</ref>
|[[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]]<br/><small>At County Ground, Southampton </small>
| style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn
|
|<small>R H Moore 100; C G A Paris 101</small>
|-
|2
|9 May 1936<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15736.html Cricket Archive Oxford University v Derbyshire 9 May 1936]</ref>
|[[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]] <br/><small> The University Parks, Oxford</small>
| style="background:#0f0;"|Won
|Innings and 130 runs
|<small>Not a County Championship match<br/>[[Stan Worthington|T S Worthington]] 174; R F H Darwell-Smith 5–134</small>
|-
|3
|13 May 1936<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15742.html Cricket Archive Kent v Derbyshire 13 May 1936]</ref>
| [[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]] <br/><small> Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend</small>
| style="background:#f00;"|Lost
|10 wickets
|<small>A P Freeman 7–29; [[Bill Copson|W H Copson]] 5–57; D V P Wright 5–31</small>
|-
|4
|16 May 1936<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15748.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Surrey 16 May 1936]</ref>
|  [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]]<br/><small> County Ground, Derby</small>
| style="background:#0f0;"|Won
|16 runs
| <small>A R Gover 5–63; [[Bill Copson|W H Copson]] 5–33 and 7–19; F R Brown 5–53</small>
|-
|5
|23 May 1936<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15767.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Sussex  23 May 1936 ]</ref>
|  [[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]]  <br/><small> Queen's Park, Chesterfield</small>
| style="background:#0f0;"|Won
|Innings and 25 runs
|<small>[[Leslie Townsend (cricketer)|L F Townend]] 182;[[Bill Copson|W H Copson]] 5–42 </small>
|-
|6
|27 May 1936<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15779.html Cricket Archive Gloucestershire v Derbyshire  27 May 1936 ]</ref>
| [[Gloucestershire County Cricket Club|Gloucestershire]] <br/><small> Ashley Down Ground, Bristol</small>
| style="background:#0f0;"|Won
|10 Wickets
|<small>R A Sinfield 7–54; [[Tommy Mitchell|T. B. Mitchell]] 5–40</small>
|-
|7
|30 May 1936<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15784.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Essex  30 May 1936]</ref>
| [[Essex County Cricket Club|Essex]]<br/><small> County Ground, Derby</small>
| style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|8
|3 Jun 1936<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15797.html Cricket Archive  Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 3 Jun 1936 ]</ref>
| [[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club|Northamptonshire]] <br/><small> County Ground, Northampton</small>
| style="background:#0f0;"|Won
|7 Wickets
|<small>[[Bill Copson|W H Copson]] 6–24</small>
|-
|9
|10 Jun 1936<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15809.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Gloucestershire  10 Jun 1936]</ref>
|  [[Gloucestershire County Cricket Club|Gloucestershire]] <br/><small> County Ground, Derby</small>
| style="background:#0f0;"|Won
|10 Wickets
|<small> [[Tommy Mitchell|T. B. Mitchell]] 7–26</small>
|-
|10
|13 Jun 1936<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15818.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Yorkshire 13 Jun 1936]</ref>
| [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]]<br/><small> Queen's Park, Chesterfield</small>
| style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn
|
|<small>[[Leslie Townsend (cricketer)|L F Townsend]] 101; W E Bowes 5–66; [[Tommy Mitchell|T. B. Mitchell]] 6–60</small>
|-
|11
|17 Jun 1936<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15828.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Somerset 17 Jun 1936 ]</ref>
|  [[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]] <br/><small> Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston</small>
| style="background:#f00;"|Lost
|10 Wickets
|<small>H Hunt 7–49; [[Tommy Mitchell|T. B. Mitchell]] 5–90</small>
|-
|12
|20 Jun 1936<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15845.html Cricket Archive  Warwickshire v Derbyshire 20 Jun 1936 ]</ref>
| [[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Warwickshire]] <br/><small> Edgbaston, Birmingham</small>
| style="background:#0f0;"|Won
|Innings and 10 runs
|<small>[[Leslie Townsend (cricketer)|L F Townsend]] 5–44 and 7–46; [[Tommy Mitchell|T. B. Mitchell]] 5–42</small>
|-
|13
|24 Jun 1936<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15848.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Worcestershire 24 Jun 1936 ]</ref>
|  [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]]
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
| style="background:#0f0;"|Won
|3 Wickets
|<small>H H I H Gibbons 99; [[Bill Copson|W H Copson]] 5–34; R T D Perks 5–63</small>
|-
|14
|27 Jun 1936<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15857.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Lancashire 27 Jun 1936]</ref>
|[[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]] <br/><small> Park Road Ground, Buxton </small>
| style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn
|
|<small>F S Booth 6–16; [[Alf Pope|A V Pope]] 5–53</small>
|-
|15
|1 Jul 1936<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15874.html Cricket Archive Worcestershire v Derbyshire  1 Jul 1936]</ref>
| [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]]  <br/><small> County Ground, New Road, Worcester </small>
| style="background:#0f0;"|Won
|Innings and 123 runs
|<small>[[Bill Copson|W H Copson]] 5–38 and 7–16</small>
|-
|16
|4 Jul 1936<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15877.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Warwickshire 4 Jul 1936]</ref>
|  [[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Warwickshire]] <br/><small> Queen's Park, Chesterfield</small>
| style="background:#0f0;"|Won
|Innings and 159 runs
|<small>[[Stan Worthington|T S Worthington]] 163; [[Tommy Mitchell|T. B. Mitchell]] 5–52</small>
|-
|17
|8 Jul 1936<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15886.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Hampshire   8 Jul 1936 ]</ref>
| [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]]<br/><small> Queen's Park, Chesterfield</small>
| style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn
|
|<small>[[Leslie Townsend (cricketer)|L F Townsend]] 153</small>
|-
|18
|11 Jul 1936<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15897.html Cricket Archive  Lancashire v Derbyshire 11 Jul 1936]</ref>
|[[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]] <br/><small> Old Trafford, Manchester </small>
| style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn
|
|<small>F M Sibbles 7–36</small>
|-
|19
|15 Jul 1936<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15902.html Cricket Archive  Derbyshire v Kent  15 Jul 1936 ]</ref>
| [[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]] <br/><small> The Town Ground, Burton-on-Trent </small>
| style="background:#0f0;"|Won
|141 Runs
|<small>[[Leslie Townsend (cricketer)|L F Townsend]] 115; [[Alf Pope|A V Pope]] 5–48</small>
|-
|20
|18 Jul 1936<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15910.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Indians 18 Jul 1936]</ref>
| Indians <br/><small> County Ground, Derby</small>
| style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn
|
|<small>Not a County Championship match<br/>[[Bill Copson|W H Copson]] 5–44</small>
|-
|21
|22 Jul 1936<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15924.html Cricket Archive Yorkshire v Derbyshire 22 Jul 1936 ]</ref>
| [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]] <br/><small> Bramall Lane, Sheffield </small>
| style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn
|
|<small>[[Stan Worthington|T S Worthington]] 135; A Mitchell 103;[[Bill Copson|W H Copson]] 6–60</small>
|-
|22
|25 Jul 1936<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15925.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire  25 Jul 1936 ]</ref>
|  [[Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club|Nottinghamshire]]<br/><small> Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston </small>
| style="background:#f00;"|Lost
|6 Wickets
|  <small>[[Tommy Mitchell|T. B. Mitchell]] 6–87; W Voce 6–43</small>
|-
|23
|1 Aug 1936<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15939.html Cricket Archive Essex v Derbyshire  1 Aug 1936 ]</ref>
| [[Essex County Cricket Club|Essex]]  <br/><small> County Ground, Chelmsford </small>
| style="background:#0f0;"|Won
|20 runs
|<small>K Farnes 5–20; T P B Smith 5–62; [[Tommy Mitchell|T. B. Mitchell]] 6–25</small>
|-
|24
|5 Aug 1936<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15953.html Cricket Archive Surrey v Derbyshire  5 Aug 1936 ]</ref>
| [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]] <br/><small> Kennington Oval</small>
| style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn
|
|<small>[[Denis Smith (English cricketer)|D Smith]] 106; [[Tommy Mitchell|T. B. Mitchell]] 5–88</small>
|-
|25
|8 Aug 1936<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15957.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Leicestershire  8 Aug 1936]</ref>
| [[Leicestershire County Cricket Club|Leicestershire]]<br/><small> County Ground, Derby </small>
| style="background:#0f0;"|Won
|9 Wickets
|<small>[[Bill Copson|W H Copson]] 5–40; [[Tommy Mitchell|T. B. Mitchell]] 5–57 and 5–42; G Geary 5–39</small>
|-
|26
|15 Aug 1936<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15981.html Cricket Archive Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 15 Aug 1936]</ref>
| [[Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club|Nottinghamshire]] <br/><small> Town Ground, Worksop </small>
| style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn
|
|<small>W W Keaton 100; C B Harris 107</small>
|-
|27
|19 Aug 1936<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15989.html Cricket Archive Sussex v Derbyshire 19 Aug 1936 ]</ref>
| [[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]] <br/><small> The Saffrons, Eastbourne</small>
| style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn
|
|<small> J Langridge 126; [[Bill Copson|W H Copson]] 6–87</small>
|-
|28
|22 Aug 1936<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15991.html Cricket Archive  Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 22 Aug 1936]</ref>
|  [[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club|Northamptonshire]] <br/><small> Queen's Park, Chesterfield </small>
| style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn
|
|<small> R J Partridge 5–69; [[Alf Pope|A V Pope]] 6–129</small>
|-
|29
|26 Aug 1936<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16006.html Cricket Archive Somerset v Derbyshire 26 Aug 1936 ]</ref>
| [[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]]<br/><small> Rowden Road, Wells </small>
| style="background:#f00;"|Lost
|1 Wicket
|<small>[[Alf Pope|A V Pope]] 5–35; A W Wellard 5–47; [[Bill Copson|W H Copson]] 6–81</small>
|-
|30
|29 Aug 1936<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16012.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Leicestershire 29 Aug 1936 ]</ref>
| [[Leicestershire County Cricket Club|Leicestershire]]<br/><small> Oakham School Ground</small>
| style="background:#0f0;"|Won
|Innings and 66 runs
|<small>[[Denis Smith (English cricketer)|D Smith]] 169; [[Stan Worthington|T S Worthington]] 102</small>
|-
{{s-end}}
==Statistics==
===County Championship batting averages===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:70%;"
|- style="background:#efefef;"
! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !! 100s
|-
||[[Stan Worthington|T S Worthington]]|| 26 ||40|| 1322 ||163 ||  35.72 || 3
|-
|[[Leslie Townsend (cricketer)|L F Townsend]] ||28 ||43 || 1322 ||182*|| 33.89  ||  4
|-
|[[Denis Smith (English cricketer)|D Smith]] ||28 ||46 || 1256 ||169 ||  30.63  ||   2
|-
|[[Albert Alderman|A E Alderman]] ||28|| 46 ||1074|| 79||   25.57    ||0
|-
|[[Wilfred Hill-Wood|W W H Hill-Wood]]|| 1 ||2 || 48 ||38 ||  24.00   || 0
|-
|[[Alan Skinner (cricketer)|A F Skinner]] ||12 ||20|| 441|| 62  || 22.05  ||0
|-
|[[Harry Elliott (English cricketer)|H Elliott]] ||28 ||41|| 639 ||79* ||19.96  ||0
|-
|[[Charlie Elliott|C S Elliott]] ||18 ||26 ||426 ||97 ||  18.52 || 0
|-
|[[Harry Storer, Jr.|H Storer]] ||9 ||13||  205 ||62 ||  15.76  ||0
|-
|[[Elijah Carrington|E Carrington]]|| 7 ||11|| 157|| 72 ||  14.27 ||0
|-
|[[Alf Pope|A V Pope]] ||28|| 38|| 441 ||40  || 13.78   ||0
|-
|[[George Langdale|G R Langdale]]|| 3 ||5 ||064 ||29 ||  12.80  || 0
|-
|[[Arthur Walker Richardson|A W Richardson]] ||26 ||34|| 378 ||50 ||  12.60 ||  0
|-
|[[Tommy Mitchell|T. B. Mitchell]] ||26 ||32|| 267 ||45 ||  10.68   ||  0
|-
|[[Niel Walker|N A M Walker]] ||1 ||2 || 20 ||13 ||  10.00  || 0
|-
|[[Samuel Hunt (cricketer)|S W Hunt]] ||5 ||5 || 48 ||17 ||  9.60  || 0
|-
|[[George Pope (cricketer)|G H Pope]] ||4 ||6 || 50 ||14  || 8.33   ||  0
|-
|[[Thomas Armstrong (cricketer, born 1909)|T R Armstrong]] ||2 ||3|| 16|| 8*|| 8.00 ||  0
|-
|[[Arnold Townsend|A F Townsend]]|| 2 ||3 || 23 ||21 ||  7.66  ||  0
|-
|[[Bill Copson|W H Copson]]|| 26 ||29 || 89 ||17 ||  5.56  ||   0<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/County_Championship_1936/Derbyshire_Batting.html Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1936]</ref>
|}
In addition, [[John Gilbert (cricketer, born 1910)|John Gilbert]] appeared for Derbyshire against Oxford University.
===County Championship bowling averages===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:70%;"
|- style="background:#efefef;"
! Name !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average
|-
|[[Bill Copson|W H Copson]] || 4731 ||1792 ||140 ||7–16 ||12.80
|-
|[[Tommy Mitchell|T. B. Mitchell]] ||3842|| 2373 ||116|| 7–26 ||20.45
|-
|[[Alf Pope|A V Pope]]|| 5071|| 1666|| 94|| 6–129 ||17.72
|-
|[[Leslie Townsend (cricketer)|L F Townsend]] ||3111 || 1062|| 54|| 7–46 || 19.66
|-
|[[Stan Worthington|T S Worthington]] || 1337|| 584|| 19|| 4–31 ||30.73
|-
|[[George Pope (cricketer)|G H Pope]] || 337 ||128|| 5|| 2–35 ||25.60
|-
||[[Thomas Armstrong (cricketer, born 1909)|T R Armstrong]] ||198|| 95|| 4 ||2–2|| 23.75
|-
|[[Denis Smith (English cricketer)|D Smith]] ||18 || 13 ||1 ||1–13 ||13.00
|-
|[[George Langdale|G R Langdale]] || 156 || 95 ||0
|-
|[[Arnold Townsend|A F Townsend]] ||36||  23 ||0
|-
|[[Alan Skinner (cricketer)|A F Skinner]] ||18|| 15|| 0
|-
|[[Niel Walker|N A M Walker]] || 12|| 10|| 0
|-
|[[Charlie Elliott|C S Elliott]] ||12|| 9|| 0
|-
|[[Samuel Hunt (cricketer)|S W Hunt]] ||6 || 3 ||0<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/County_Championship_1936/Derbyshire_Bowling.html Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1936]</ref>
|}
===Wicket-keeper===
[[Harry Elliott (English cricketer)|H Elliott]] Catches 50 Stumping 12
==See also==
*[[Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons]]
*[[1936 English cricket season]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Derbyshire County Cricket Club}}
[[Category:1936 in English cricket]]
[[Category:Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons]]
[[Category:English cricket seasons in the 20th century]]