Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1924
| 1924 season | |||
| Captain | Guy Jackson | ||
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| County Championship | 17 | ||
| Most runs | Guy Jackson | ||
| Most wickets | Billy Bestwick | ||
| Most catches | Harry Elliott | ||
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Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1924 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for fifty three years. It was their twenty sixth season in the County Championship and they failed to win a match, finishing seventeenth in the County Championship.
Guy Jackson was in his third season as captain. After a steady rise since in the championship table since the low point of 1920, the team slumped to the bottom again in 1924 without winning a match. Jackson himself was top scorer, and Billy Bestwick took most wickets with 65.
Players making their debut were Fred Heath brother of John, and Archibald Ackroyd both of whom played in a later season, but in few matches overall. Edward Bedford and Alfred Rose played their only appearanced for Derbyshire in the season with one match each.
Harry Elliott Catches 29, Stumping 8
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