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unusual facts about Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1922



Guy Jackson

In the 1922 season, he was appointed captain of the team which George Buckston had started to develop and he remained Derbyshire’s captain for nine seasons.

Sir Anthony Mather-Jackson, 6th Baronet

He next played a full season in the 1922 season, scoring two half-centuries, including a career-best 75 against Leicestershire when with Wilfred Carter made a 182 eighth-wicket partnership, a record for the county which still stands today.

Wilfred Carter

In the 1922 season he achieved his record first-class score of 145 against Leicestershire when he and Anthony Jackson made an eighth-wicket partnership of 182, a record for the county which lasted until 1996.


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