Lives in Cricket No 6 - Bill Copson

First-Class cricket: Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m 1932 Eng 568.5 142 1269 46 5-40 27.58 2 - 1933 Eng 818 226 1921 90 7-62 21.34 5 - 1934 Eng 697.2 169 1648 91 5-36 18.10 3 - 1935 Eng 500 113 1174 71 6-42 16.53 6 - 1936 Eng 946.4 239 2135 160 7-16 13.34 13 2 1936/37 Aus/NZ (6b) 33 8 535 27 4-32 19.81 - - (8b) 131.7 15 1937 Eng 495.1 101 1398 76 8-11 18.39 4 1 1938 Eng 742.4 156 1995 101 7-59 19.75 8 - 1939 Eng (8b) 668.3 93 2238 146 7-39 15.32 12 3 1946 Eng 803 191 1904 93 6-49 20.47 5 - 1947 Eng 766.4 202 1946 89 5-15 21.86 4 - 1948 Eng 246.3 58 590 31 7-103 19.03 1 - 1949 Eng 673.2 150 1902 71 5-23 26.78 3 - 1950 Eng 44 12 97 2 2-55 48.50 - - Total (6b) 7335.1 1767 } 20752 1094 8-11 18.96 66 6 (8b) 800.2 108 Notes: There were eight balls in an over in Australia in 1936/37 and in England in 1939. In all other seasons there were six balls in an over, including New Zealand in 1936/37. Copson took wickets at the rate of one per 46.08 balls and conceded runs at a rate equivalent to 2.46 runs per six-ball over. Of his 1,094 wickets, 498 (46%) were bowled; 491 (45%) caught; 102 (9%) lbw; and three hit wicket. Of his 491 dismissals by catches, 173 were taken by identified wicket-keepers. He took the wicket of C.J.Barnett thirteen times, more than any other batsman who faced him. First-Class cricket: Batting partnerships of fifty runs or more (3) Runs Partner Match 80 A.W.Richardson Derbyshire v Lancashire, Blackpool, 1933 70 G.O.B.Allen MCC v Combined XI, Perth (W.A.), 1936/37 62 C.Gladwin Derbyshire v Essex, Chesterfield, 1947 Note: All three partnerships were for the tenth wicket and in the side’s first innings. First-Class cricket: Five wickets or more in an innings (66) Bowling For Opponent Venue Season 27-5-48-5 Derbyshire Hampshire¹ Southampton 1932 24-8-40-5 Derbyshire Kent² Tonbridge 1932 18.2-4-38-5 Derbyshire Kent¹ Derby 1933 23.1-8-59-5 Derbyshire Sussex¹ Eastbourne 1933 19-4-62-5 Derbyshire Kent¹ Canterbury 1933 28-6-62-7 Derbyshire Gloucestershire¹ Cheltenham College 1933 17.1-5-28-5 Derbyshire Middlesex¹ Lord’s 1933 17.4-5-36-5 Derbyshire Kent¹ Tunbridge Wells 1934 20.3-5-63-5 Derbyshire Middlesex² Lord’s 1934 19-5-40-5 Derbyshire Nottinghamshire² Ilkeston 1934 15-4-37-5 Derbyshire Leicestershire² Derby 1935 15-5-29-5 Derbyshire Essex¹ Brentwood 1935 8-3-15-5 Derbyshire Somerset² Derby 1935 19-8-31-5 Derbyshire Gloucestershire² Burton-on-Trent 1935 90 Some Statistics