Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1938

1938 season of an English cricket team

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons1938 season

Captain| Robin Buckston
County Championship| 5
Most runs| Stan Worthington
Most wickets| Tommy Mitchell
Most catches| Harry Elliott
| <- 1937 | 1939 ->

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Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1938 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for 67 years. It was their fortieth season in the County Championship and they came fifth.

## 1938 season

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Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, and one match against the touring Australians. In the County Championship, they won eleven matches and lost eight to finish fifth, a drop of two places from the previous season. They also suffered a heavy defeat by the Australians.

Robin Buckston was in his second season as captain. Stan Worthington was top scorer, closely followed by Leslie Townsend. Tommy Mitchell took most wickets.

Thomas Hounsfield made his debut for the club in 1938 and went on to play one more season before World War II led to the suspension of the first class game..

### Matches

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List of matches

No.  | Date  | V  | Result  | Margin  | Notes
1  | 7 May 1938[1] | Gloucestershire
Ashley Down Ground, Bristol  | Lost  | 139 runs  |  Hammond 237; A E Alderman 150; Sinfield 7–98 and 5–51
2  | 11 May 1938[2] | Lancashire
Aigburth, Liverpool  | Won  | 216 runs  |  Nutter 5–72; W H Copson 5–54; G H Pope 5–76 and 5–18
3  | 14 May 1938[3] | Surrey
Queen's Park, Chesterfield  | Won  | 112 runs  | T. B. Mitchell 7–45; L F Townsend 7–57
4  | 18 May 1938[4] | Surrey
Kennington Oval | Lost  | 68 runs  |  Brown 6–44 and 5–91; AEG Rhodes 5–50
5  | 21 May 1938[5] | Somerset
County Ground, Derby  | Won  | 8 wickets  |  Buse 104; G H Pope 5–41; Wellard 5–101
6  | 25 May 1938[6] | Lancashire
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston | Lost  | 9 wickets  |  D Smith 110; Pollard 7–53
7  | 28 May 1938[7] | Sussex
Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Abandoned  |  |
8  | 4 Jun 1938[8] | Warwickshire
County Ground, Derby  | Lost  | 4 wickets  | AEG Rhodes 107*; Dollery 134; Buckingham 124; W H Copson 5–51
9  | 8 Jun 1938[9] | Northamptonshire
County Ground, Northampton | Won  | 94 runs  |  L F Townsend 103; James 105*; Robinson 5–37; W H Copson 5–26
10  | 11 Jun 1938[10] | Kent
Angel Ground, Tonbridge  | Won  | Innings and 86 runs  |  D Smith 122; A V Pope 5–68; G H Pope 7–57
11  | 15 Jun 1938[11] | Hampshire
United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth  | Lost  | 37 runs  |  T S Worthington 121
12  | 18 Jun 1938[12] | Gloucestershire
Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent  | Drawn  |  |  Hammond 110 and 123; D Smith 113; W H Copson 5–75; Sinfield 5–113; T. B. Mitchell 6–102
13  | 25 Jun 1938[13] | Northamptonshire
County Ground, Derby  | Drawn  |  |  T. B. Mitchell 6–15
14  | 29 Jun 1938[14] | Australians
Queen's Park, Chesterfield  | Lost  | Innings and 234 runs  |  Brown 265; Ward 5–45; Waite 5–40
15  | 2 Jul 1938[15] | Kent
Park Road Ground, Buxton  | Drawn  |  |  T. B. Mitchell 5–56; Wright 6–32
16  | 6 Jul 1938[16] | Essex
Queen's Park, Chesterfield  | Drawn  |  |  AEG Rhodes 5–25
17  | 9 Jul 1938[17] | Yorkshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Lost  | 163 runs  |  G H Pope 6–37
18  | 13 Jul 1938[18] | Worcestershire
Amblecote, Stourbridge  | Drawn  |  |  T. B. Mitchell 5–75
19  | 16 Jul 1938[19] | Leicestershire
County Ground, Derby  | Drawn  |  |  H Smith 5–48
20  | 23 Jul 1938[20] | Nottinghamshire
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston  | Won  | 9 wickets  |  Harris 115; Voce 111; T S Worthington 103 and 110; T. B. Mitchell 6–111; W H Copson 7–59
21  | 30 Jul 1938[21] | Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham | Won  | Innings and 28 runs  |  Dollery 113; A V Pope 103; W H Copson 6–36
22  | 3 Aug 1938[22] | Somerset
Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare  | Drawn  |  |  Lee 162; T. B. Mitchell 6–137
23  | 6 Aug 1938[23] | Yorkshire
Bramall Lane, Sheffield  | Lost  | 210 runs  |  Smailes 5–39; T S Worthington 5–44
24  | 10 Aug 1938[24] | Worcestershire
County Ground, Derby | Won  |  |  A V Pope 5–47; W H Copson 6–38
25  | 13 Aug 1938[25] | Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham  | Won  | 102 runs  |  T S Worthington 108; Hardstaff 134; Voce 5–42; W H Copson 5–65
26  | 17 Aug 1938[26] | Hampshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Won  | 10 wickets  |  G H Pope 7–53; T. B. Mitchell 6–96
27  | 20 Aug 1938[27] | Sussex
The Saffrons, Eastbourne | Drawn  |  |  Langridge 114; A E Alderman 125; L F Townsend 167; A V Pope 6–48
28  | 24 Aug 1938[28] | Essex
Vista Road Recreation Ground, Clacton-on-Sea | Lost  | 6 wickets  |  T. B. Mitchell 7–51; T Smith 5–55
29  | 27 Aug 1938[29] | Leicestershire
Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch  | Won  | Innings and 49 runs  |  T S Worthington 106; H Smith 5–75; T. B. Mitchell 5–44 and 5–45

## Statistics

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### County Championship batting averages

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Name | Matches | Inns | Runs | High score | Average | 100s

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T S Worthington | 24 | 37 | 1454 | 121 | 41.54 | 5
L F Townsend | 27 | 42 | 1453 | 167* | 40.36 | 2
A E Alderman | 27 | 45 | 1251 | 150 | 30.51 | 2
D Smith | 25 | 41 | 1173 | 122 | 29.32 | 3
G H Pope | 26 | 39 | 903 | 85 | 29.12 | 0
AEG Rhodes | 24 | 35 | 898 | 107* | 28.96 | 1
A F Skinner | 4 | 5 | 132 | 65 | 26.40 | 0
A V Pope | 26 | 36 | 688 | 103 | 22.19 | 1
A F Townsend | 10 | 15 | 225 | 68* | 17.30 | 0
H Elliott | 27 | 36 | 437 | 50* | 14.56 | 0
RHR Buckston | 25 | 31 | 268 | 60* | 10.72 | 0
TD Hounsfield | 2 | 3 | 32 | 18 | 10.66 | 0
T. B. Mitchell | 27 | 35 | 243 | 23 | 8.67 | 0
W H Copson | 23 | 27 | 68 | 12 | 3.40 | 0[30]

### County Championship bowling averages

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Name | Balls | Runs | Wickets | BB | Average

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T. B. Mitchell | 4230 | 2525 | 130 | 7–45 | 19.42
W H Copson | 4270 | 1880 | 101 | 7–59 | 18.61
G H Pope | 4331 | 2005 | 91 | 7–53 | 22.03
A V Pope | 4604 | 1849 | 78 | 6–48 | 23.70
L F Townsend | 1229 | 522 | 20 | 7–57 | 26.10
AEG Rhodes | 1034 | 540 | 18 | 5–25 | 30.00
T S Worthington | 300 | 146 | 7 | 5–44 | 20.85
D Smith | 52 | 32 | 1 | 1–17 | 32.00
A E Alderman | 6 | 0 | 0 |  |
RHR Buckston | 6 | 10 | 0 |  | [31]

## Wicket-keeper

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* H Elliott Catches 52 Stumping 10

## See also

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* Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
* 1938 English cricket season

## References

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1. ^ Cricket Archive – Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 7 May 1938
2. ^ Cricket Archive – Lancashire v Derbyshire 11 May 1938
3. ^ Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Surrey 14 May 1938
4. ^ Cricket Archive – Surrey v Derbyshire 18 May 1938
5. ^ Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Somerset 21 May 1938
6. ^ Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Lancashire 25 May 1938
7. ^ Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Sussex 28 May 1938
8. ^ Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Warwickshire 4 Jun 1938
9. ^ Cricket Archive – Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 8 Jun 1938
10. ^ Cricket Archive – Kent v Derbyshire 11 Jun 1938
11. ^ Cricket Archive – Hampshire v Derbyshire 15 Jun 1938
12. ^ Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 18 Jun 1938
13. ^ Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 25 Jun 1938
14. ^ Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Australians 29 Jun 1938
15. ^ Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Kent 2 Jul 1938
16. ^ Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Essex 6 Jul 1938
17. ^ Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Yorkshire 9 Jul 1938
18. ^ Cricket Archive – Worcestershire v Derbyshire 13 Jul 1938
19. ^ Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Leicestershire 16 Jul 1938
20. ^ Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 23 Jul 1938
21. ^ Cricket Archive – Warwickshire v Derbyshire 30 Jul 1938
22. ^ Cricket Archive – Somerset v Derbyshire 3 Aug 1938
23. ^ Cricket Archive – Yorkshire v Derbyshire 6 Aug 1938
24. ^ Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Worcestershire 10 Aug 1938
25. ^ Cricket Archive – Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 13 Aug 1938
26. ^ Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Hampshire 17 Aug 1938
27. ^ Cricket Archive – Sussex v Derbyshire 20 Aug 1938
28. ^ Cricket Archive – Essex v Derbyshire 24 Aug 1938
29. ^ Cricket Archive – Leicestershire v Derbyshire 27 Aug 1938
30. ^ Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire
31. ^ Bowling for Derbyshire

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