Lives in Cricket No 6 - Bill Copson

23.2-7-42-6 Derbyshire Sussex² Hove 1935 18-2-44-5 Derbyshire Northamptonshire² Northampton 1935 16-2-57-5 Derbyshire Kent¹ Gravesend 1936 16-6-33-5 Derbyshire Surrey¹ Derby 1936 14-5-19-7 Derbyshire Surrey² Derby 1936 17-5-42-5 Derbyshire Sussex¹ Chesterfield 1936 22-13-24-6 Derbyshire Northamptonshire² Northampton 1936 27-8-34-5 Derbyshire Worcestershire¹ Chesterfield 1936 18-2-38-5 Derbyshire Worcestershire¹ Worcester 1936 13-6-16-7 Derbyshire Worcestershire² Worcester 1936 25-9-44-5 Derbyshire Indians¹ Derby 1936 30-7-60-6 Derbyshire Yorkshire¹ Sheffield (Bramall Lane) 1936 18-5-40-5 Derbyshire Leicestershire¹ Derby 1936 35-8-87-6 Derbyshire Sussex¹ Eastbourne 1936 30-6-81-6 Derbyshire Somerset² Wells 1936 21.4-2-73-5 Derbyshire Lancashire¹ Burton-on-Trent 1937 8.2-2-11-8 Derbyshire Warwickshire¹ Derby 1937 23-0-99-5 Derbyshire Essex¹ Ilkeston 1937 17.5-2-64-8 Derbyshire Sussex¹ Derby 1937 28-9-54-5 Derbyshire Lancashire¹ Liverpool 1938 24.3-7-51-5 Derbyshire Warwickshire¹ Derby 1938 16-5-26-5 Derbyshire Northamptonshire¹ Northampton 1938 27-2-75-5 Derbyshire Gloucestershire¹ Burton-on-Trent 1938 24.5-9-59-7 Derbyshire Nottinghamshire² Ilkeston 1938 21-4-36-6 Derbyshire Warwickshire² Edgbaston 1938 16.2-6-38-6 Derbyshire Worcestershire² Derby 1938 19-1-65-5 Derbyshire Nottinghamshire¹ Trent Bridge 1938 6-2-12-5 Derbyshire Oxford University¹ The Parks 1939 4.7-2-9-5 Derbyshire Oxford University² The Parks 1939 17-4-47-5 Derbyshire Surrey¹ Chesterfield 1939 14-2-47-5 Derbyshire Warwickshire¹ Edgbaston 1939 13-2-39-5 Derbyshire Kent¹ Ilkeston 1939 19.4.1-73-6 Derbyshire West Indians¹ Derby 1939 24-4-85-5 England West Indies¹ Lord’s 1939 20.4-4-64-6 Derbyshire Sussex¹ Derby 1939 17.1-3-57-6 Derbyshire Essex¹ Chesterfield 1939 11-2-39-7 Derbyshire Middlesex² Derby 1939 13-1-45-5 Derbyshire Gloucestershire¹ Cheltenham 1939 14.6-3-39-6 Derbyshire Leicestershire¹ Leicester (Aylestone Rd) 1939 23.3-10-26-5 Derbyshire Kent¹ Chesterfield 1946 20-6-49-6 Derbyshire Sussex² Sheffield (Abbeydale Pk) 1946 20-9-29-5 Derbyshire Glamorgan² Chesterfield 1946 25-4-68-5 Derbyshire Northamptonshire¹ Derby 1946 15.4-5-37-5 Derbyshire Somerset¹ Frome 1946 14-3-39-5 Derbyshire Warwickshire¹ Edgbaston 1947 17.1-4-21-5 Derbyshire Leicestershire² Ilkeston 1947 20.1-10-25-5 Derbyshire Lancashire² Buxton 1947 14-5-15-5 Derbyshire Worcestershire¹ Worcester 1947 38.3-6-103-7 Derbyshire Warwickshire¹ Derby 1948 20-8-43-5 Derbyshire Essex² Westcliff-on-Sea 1949 16-6-34-5 Derbyshire Somerset¹ Taunton 1949 14.5-7-23-5 Derbyshire Essex¹ Burton-on-Trent 1949 Notes: There were eight balls in an over in England in 1939. The returns listed above include Copson’s three hat tricks in first-class cricket. These were all for Derbyshire, two in 1937 v Lancashire at Burton-on-Trent and v Warwickshire at Derby, the latter of which became four wickets in four balls; and one in 1939 v Oxford University at The Parks. Some Statistics 91