Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1935

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1935 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire were runners up in the County Championship for the first time, as a prelude to winning the Championship in the 1936 season. They had been playing for sixty four years and it was their thirty-seventh season in the County Championship.

1935 season
A. W. Richardson became captain in the 1931 season, and building on foundations of his predecessors forged a team that were runners up in 1935 before going on to take the Championship in the 1936 season. Their record was in fact better in 1935 than in their championship year.

Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, and one match against the touring South Africans. Denis Smith was top scorer in the County Championships. Tommy Mitchell took 160 wickets in the championship and a further eight to make him top bowler and set a lasting record of most wickets in a season. Against Leicestershire in 1935 he took all ten for 64 in an innings.

Denis Smith also played for England in two Test matches against the South Africans and was Wisden Cricketer of the Year..

Gilbert Hodgkinson, future captain made his debut in the season.

Matches
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" ! style="background:#efefef;" colspan="6"| List of matches !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes Queen's Park, Chesterfield Kennington Oval County Ground, Derby Old County Ground, Brentwood Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston Queen's Park, Chesterfield County Ground, New Road, Worcester Edgbaston, Birmingham Aylestone Road, Leicester County Ground, Derby Old Trafford, Manchester Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston Queen's Park, Chesterfield Park Road Ground, Buxton Ashley Down Ground, Bristol Trent Bridge, Nottingham Queen's Park, Chesterfield The Town Ground, Burton-on-Trent Queen's Park, Chesterfield Queen's Park, Chesterfield County Ground, Hove County Ground, Derby County Ground, Northampton Queen's Park, Chesterfield North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough County Ground, Derby Crabble Athletic Ground, Dover Dean Park, Bournemouth County Ground, Taunton
 * - style="background:#efefef;"
 * 1
 * 11 May 1935
 * Yorkshire
 * Yorkshire
 * style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn
 * D Smith 189; A E Alderman 100; Hedley Verity 5-118 and 5-74
 * 2
 * 15 May 1935
 * Surrey
 * 15 May 1935
 * Surrey
 * style="background:#0f0;"|Won
 * 9 wickets
 * T. B. Mitchell 8-78
 * 3
 * 18 May 1935
 * Leicestershire
 * Leicestershire
 * style="background:#0f0;"|Won
 * 10 wickets
 * W H Copson 5-37
 * 4
 * 25 May 1935
 * Essex
 * Essex
 * style="background:#0f0;"|Won
 * 4 wickets
 * W H Copson 5-28; T. B. Mitchell 5-56; Eastman 5-36 and 6-60
 * 5
 * 29 May 1935
 * South Africans
 * South Africans
 * style="background:#f00;"|Lost
 * 209 runs
 * Viljoen 153; Cameron 132; T. B. Mitchell 5-167
 * 6
 * 01 Jun 1935
 * Hampshire
 * Hampshire
 * style="background:#0f0;"|Won
 * Innings and 104 runs
 * D Smith 225
 * 7
 * 05 Jun 1935
 * Worcestershire
 * Worcestershire
 * style="background:#f00;"|Lost
 * 9 wickets
 * Howorth 6-16
 * 8
 * 08 Jun 1935
 * Warwickshire
 * Warwickshire
 * style="background:#f00;"|Lost
 * 6 wickets
 * Wyatt 5-30
 * 9
 * 15 Jun 1935
 * Leicestershire
 * Leicestershire
 * style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn
 * H Smith 5-51; Geary 5-46; T. B. Mitchell 10-64; Marlow 5-69
 * 10
 * 19 Jun 1935
 * Somerset
 * 19 Jun 1935
 * Somerset
 * style="background:#0f0;"|Won
 * 114 runs
 * W H Copson 5-15; Derbyshire played one ball in their second innings before declaring
 * 11
 * 26 Jun 1935
 * Lancashire
 * Lancashire
 * style="background:#0f0;"|Won
 * 7 runs
 * Booth 5-54
 * 12
 * 29 Jun 1935
 * Nottinghamshire
 * Nottinghamshire
 * style="background:#0f0;"|Won
 * 7 wickets
 * T S Worthington 126; Voce 5-87
 * 13
 * 03 Jul 1935
 * Surrey
 * Surrey
 * style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn
 * Holmes 206; T S Worthington 107; Watts 6-74; A V Pope 5-34
 * 14
 * 06 Jul 1935
 * Lancashire
 * 06 Jul 1935
 * Lancashire
 * style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn
 * T R Armstrong 5-13; L F Townsend 5-35
 * 15
 * 10 Jul 1935
 * Gloucestershire
 * 10 Jul 1935
 * Gloucestershire
 * style="background:#f00;"|Lost
 * 68 runs
 * T. B. Mitchell 6-126; Goddard 6-62; A V Pope 5-48
 * 16
 * 13 Jul 1935
 * Nottinghamshire
 * Nottinghamshire
 * style="background:#f00;"|Lost
 * 3 wickets
 * Gunn 113
 * 17
 * 17 Jul 1935
 * Kent
 * Kent
 * style="background:#0f0;"|Won
 * Innings and 75 runs
 * A V Pope 5-37; Todd 6-94; T. B. Mitchell 7-66
 * 18
 * 20 Jul 1935
 * Gloucestershire
 * Gloucestershire
 * style="background:#0f0;"|Won
 * 10 wickets
 * W H Copson 5-31
 * 19
 * 24 Jul 1935
 * Sussex
 * Sussex
 * style="background:#f00;"|Lost
 * 7 wickets
 * Parks 119
 * 20
 * 27 Jul 1935
 * Northamptonshire
 * Northamptonshire
 * style="background:#0f0;"|Won
 * 10 wickets
 * T. B. Mitchell 8-67; L F Townsend 5-21
 * 21
 * 31 Jul 1935
 * Sussex
 * Sussex
 * style="background:#0f0;"|Won
 * 5 wickets
 * Langridge 106; Cornford 7-76; W H Copson 6-42
 * 22
 * 03 Aug 1935
 * Warwickshire
 * Warwickshire
 * style="background:#0f0;"|Won
 * 77 runs
 * L F Townsend 103; Santall 113; Hollies 6-75; T. B. Mitchell 5-63
 * 23
 * 07 Aug 1935
 * Northamptonshire
 * Northamptonshire
 * style="background:#0f0;"|Won
 * 100 runs
 * L F Townsend 102; Clark 5-33; T. B. Mitchell 7-73; W H Copson 5-44
 * 24
 * 10 Aug 1935
 * Essex
 * Essex
 * style="background:#0f0;"|Won
 * 21 runs
 * T. B. Mitchell 7-97; Nichols 8-58
 * 25
 * 14 Aug 1935
 * Yorkshire
 * Yorkshire
 * style="background:#f00;"|Lost
 * 10 wickets
 * 26
 * 17 Aug 1935
 * Worcestershire
 * 17 Aug 1935
 * Worcestershire
 * style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn
 * L F Townsend 180
 * 27
 * 21 Aug 1935
 * Kent
 * 21 Aug 1935
 * Kent
 * style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn
 * G H Pope 5-126
 * 28
 * 24 Aug 1935
 * Hampshire
 * 24 Aug 1935
 * Hampshire
 * style="background:#0f0;"|Won
 * 80 runs
 * A V Pope 5-35 and 5-41
 * 29
 * 28 Aug 1935
 * Somerset
 * Somerset
 * style="background:#0f0;"|Won
 * 41 runs
 * T. B. Mitchell 5-58; White 8-36

County Championship batting averages
In addition Thomas Higson played in the match against the South Africans.

Wicket Keeper
H Elliott Catches 66 Stumping 22