Derbyshire C.C.C.

Reference

NCC/1/4/2/6/15

Date:

1938

Level of description

item

Extent

1 cigarette card

Part of

Photocards - Series Z (NCC/1/4/2/6)

Scope and Content

Cigarette card depicting a black and white photographic group portrait of the Derbyshire County Cricket Club. Eleven players and scorer are positioned in two rows. All players are wearing cricket whites, three wear v-neck cableknit sweaters with two coloured trim, two wear v-neck cableknit sweaters with thick dark trim and one wears a v-neck cableknit sweater with thick dark stripe in the centre of two thin stripes, one wears a Derbyshire cap with crowned rose crest on the front, one wears pads. The scorer wears a suit. Series No.179.

Players named on reverse: "Left to right, back row:- Elliott, H., Townsend, L., Copson, W., H. Parker (Hon. Scorer), Pope, A., Smith, D., Elliott, C. Front row :- Storer, H., Worthington, S., A. Richardson (Capt.), Mitchell, T., Alderman, A."

Biography on reverse reads: "Formed in 1870 and one of the original teams in the County Championship, they won the title in its second year, 1874. Have made consistent progress in recent years, being sixth in 1933, third, 1934, second, 1935, and Champions, 1936."

Associations

Derbyshire County Cricket Club
Harry Elliott
Leslie Fletcher Townsend
William Henry Copson
Alfred Vardy Pope
Denis Smith
Charles Standish Elliott
Harry Jnr Storer
Thomas Stanley Worthington
Arthur Walker Richardson
Thomas Bignall Mitchell
Albert Edward Alderman

Subject

cigarette cards, Derbyshire cricketers

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English

Size

1 cigarette card

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