Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1933

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1933 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for sixty two years. It was their thirty-fifth season in the County Championship and they won eleven matches to finish sixth.

1933 season
Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, and one match against the touring West Indians. They won eleven of their games in the County Championship and lost eleven to come sixth. This was an advance on tenth place in the previous year and a further step on the road towards winning the championship in 1936. They drew with the West Indians.

A. W. Richardson was in his third season as captain in 1933. Leslie Townsend was top scorer. Tommy Mitchell took most wickets. George Pope, the second of the three Pope brothers to play for the county, made his debut in the season. He was a useful all-rounder who added strength to the Derbyshire side for many years.

Matches
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" ! style="background:#efefef;" colspan="6"| List of matches !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes The Circle, Hull |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won County Ground, Derby Queen's Park, Chesterfield United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn County Ground, Derby Edgbaston, Birmingham County Ground, New Road, Worcester |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn Park Road Ground, Loughborough County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn Trent Bridge, Nottingham Queen's Park, Chesterfield Agricultural Showgrounds, Frome Park Road Ground, Buxton Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston County Ground, Leyton Queen's Park, Chesterfield County Ground, Derby Queen's Park, Chesterfield County Ground, Hove Queen's Park, Chesterfield County Ground, Derby | Kent St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Gloucestershire College Ground, Cheltenham Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood County Ground, Northampton Stanley Park, Blackpool
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 * 1
 * 13 May 1933
 * Yorkshire
 * Yorkshire
 * 6 wickets
 * Verity 6-12 and 6-41; L F Townsend 6-38
 * 2
 * 17 May 1933
 * Somerset
 * Somerset
 * 7 wickets
 * T. B. Mitchell 5-46; MacDonald-Watson 5-27; L F Townsend 5-59
 * 3
 * 20 May 1933
 * Kent
 * Kent
 * style="background:#0f0;"|Won
 * 8 wickets
 * Ames 143; W H Copson 5-38; T. B. Mitchell 8-92
 * 4
 * 24 May 1933
 * Leicestershire
 * Leicestershire
 * style="background:#0f0;"|Won
 * Innings and 86 runs
 * GM Lee 107; T. B. Mitchell 6-40
 * 5
 * 27 May 1933
 * Hampshire
 * Hampshire
 * Boyes 6-5; L F Townsend 7-35
 * 6
 * 31 May 1933
 * Essex
 * 31 May 1933
 * Essex
 * style="background:#0f0;"|Won
 * 8 wickets
 * H Storer 232; Taylor 134; T. B. Mitchell 5-80
 * 7
 * 03 Jun 1933
 * Warwickshire
 * Warwickshire
 * style="background:#f00;"|Lost
 * 8 wickets
 * Wyatt 166; Paine 5-38
 * 8
 * 07 Jun 1933
 * Worcestershire
 * Worcestershire
 * Walters 124; Perks 5-50
 * 9
 * 10 Jun 1933
 * Leicestershire
 * 10 Jun 1933
 * Leicestershire
 * style="background:#0f0;"|Won
 * Innings and 77 runs
 * Berry 111; L F Townsend 233; T. B. Mitchell 6-36
 * 10
 * 14 Jun 1933
 * West Indies
 * West Indies
 * Headley 200
 * 11
 * 17 Jun 1933
 * Nottinghamshire
 * 17 Jun 1933
 * Nottinghamshire
 * style="background:#f00;"|Lost
 * Innings and 121 runs
 * Carr 137; Staples 7-20
 * 12
 * 21 Jun 1933
 * Gloucestershire
 * Gloucestershire
 * style="background:#0f0;"|Won
 * 71 runs
 * Goddard 5-49 and 6-52; L F Townsend 6-64 and 8-26
 * 13
 * 24 Jun 1933
 * Somerset
 * Somerset
 * style="background:#f00;"|Lost
 * 89 runs
 * Ingle 103; T R Armstrong 7-57; Young 6-30
 * 14
 * 28 Jun 1933
 * Lancashire
 * Lancashire
 * style="background:#f00;"|Lost
 * 3 wickets
 * Sibbles 5-49; T. B. Mitchell 6-69
 * 15
 * 01 Jul 1933
 * Nottinghamshire
 * Nottinghamshire
 * style="background:#f00;"|Lost
 * 57 runs
 * A Staples 113; T S Worthington 108; S Staples 6-103
 * 16
 * 05 Jul 1933
 * Essex
 * Essex
 * style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn
 * L F Townsend 151; Nichols 135; T Smith 6-112
 * 17
 * 08 Jul 1933
 * Worcestershire
 * 08 Jul 1933
 * Worcestershire
 * style="background:#0f0;"|Won
 * Innings and 234 runs
 * T S Worthington 200*; T. B. Mitchell 5-20 and 6-44
 * 18
 * 15 Jul 1933
 * Sussex
 * Sussex
 * style="background:#f00;"|Lost
 * 6 wickets
 * Parks 122; T. B. Mitchell 5-74; Langridge 5-63
 * 19
 * 22 Jul 1933
 * Northamptonshire
 * Northamptonshire
 * style="background:#0f0;"|Won
 * 157 runs
 * L F Townsend 99 and 106; Jupp 6–104; T R Armstrong 7-87
 * 20
 * 26 Jul 1933
 * Sussex
 * Sussex
 * style="background:#f00;"|Lost
 * 169 runs
 * W H Copson 5-59; Cornford 5-26; A V Pope 7-84
 * 21
 * 29 Jul 1933
 * Middlesex
 * Middlesex
 * style="background:#f00;"|Lost
 * 8 wickets
 * Sims 8-47; T. B. Mitchell 7-86; Hearne 9-61
 * 22
 * 05 Aug 1933
 * Warwickshire
 * Warwickshire
 * style="background:#0f0;"|Won
 * 317 runs
 * L F Townsend 172; Wyatt 102; Paine 5-115
 * 23
 * 09 Aug 1933
 * 09 Aug 1933
 * style="background:#f00;"|Lost
 * 160 runs
 * Woolley 161; W H Copson 5-62; Freeman 6-30 and 6-82
 * 24
 * 12 Aug 1933
 * Yorkshire
 * Yorkshire
 * style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn
 * L F Townsend 100; T. B. Mitchell 6-66
 * 25
 * 16 Aug 1933
 * 25
 * 16 Aug 1933
 * style="background:#f00;"|Lost
 * Innings and 85 runs
 * Hammond 231; W H Copson 7-62; Parker 7-93;
 * 26
 * 19 Aug 1933
 * Hampshire
 * Hampshire
 * style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn
 * Mead 227; Hill 5-23
 * 27
 * 23 Aug 1933
 * Middlesex
 * 23 Aug 1933
 * Middlesex
 * style="background:#0f0;"|Won
 * 141 runs
 * Judge 5-27; W H Copson 5-28; T. B. Mitchell 5-62 and 6-53
 * 28
 * 26 Aug 1933
 * Northamptonshire
 * Northamptonshire
 * style="background:#0f0;"|Won
 * Innings and 184 runs
 * GM Lee 128; L F Townsend 142; D Smith 129*
 * 29
 * 30 Aug 1933
 * Lancashire
 * Lancashire
 * style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn
 * Sibbles 5-62; T. B. Mitchell 8-38
 * Sibbles 5-62; T. B. Mitchell 8-38

Wicket Keeper

 * Harry Elliott Catches 64 Stumping 17