Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1872
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Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1872 was the second cricket
season which the English club Derbyshire
played. They had been unable to arrange further first-class fixtures than the two against Lancashire and lost both.
at their ground in Chelsea, which ended in a draw.
Samuel Richardson
was captain in his second season. The season saw the arrival of three Wirksworth
players Joseph Flint
, George Frost
and Richard Allsop
. Frost and Allsop were both joiners. William Curgenven
, a doctor, who had been party to the club's foundation also made his debut. George Cammell, Old Etonian of Brookfield Manor made his single appearance for Derbyshire in the match against Prince's Club. The season was the last in which Derbyshire's star bowler Dove Gregory
played before his death the following February.
In the first match Lancashire set up a score of 201, and Derbyshire managed 75 in their first innings and 51 in the follow-on. In the match against Queen's Club, Queens opened with 85 and Derbyshire responded with 173. Queens were on 54 for 9 neeeding 34 to avoid an innings defeat when the two-day match ended in a draw. In this match, Derbyshire player John Burnham
played for Prince's Club. In the second Lancashire match Lancashire set up a score of 137 and Derbyshire responded with 42 and 69 in the follow-on. Lancashire's William McIntyre
took 22 Derbyshire wickets in the two matches. Thomas Attenborough
scored most first class runs for Derbyshire, and Dove Gregory
took most wickets. Richard Allsop took most catches.
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of first-class matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
|28 Jun 1872
| Lancashire
Old Trafford, Manchester
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 75 runs
| Dove Gregory
5-70; W McIntyre
5-44 and 5-24
|-
|2
| 09 Aug 1872
| Lancashire
At County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 26 runs
|W McIntyre
5-16 and 7-23
|-
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of other matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
|22 Jul 1872
| Prince's Club
Prince's Cricket Ground, Chelsea
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| J Flint
7-46; E Willsher
5-72
|-
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Am/
Pro !! Age !! Hand !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !!100s
|-
| J Flint
|| || 22 || R ||2 ||4 || 38 ||19* ||12.66 || 0
|-
| W G Curgenven
|| A || 30 || R || 1 ||2 || 25|| 16 ||12.50|| 0
|-
| T Attenborough
|| A || 38|| R || 2 ||4 || 44 ||27 ||11.00|| 0
|-
| R P Smith
|| A || 23 || R || 2 ||4 || 33 ||17 || 8.25 || 0
|-
| J Tilson
|| A || 27 || R || 1 ||2 || 15 ||14 || 7.50 || 0
|-
| G Frost
|| || 22 || R || 1 ||2 || 14 ||13 || 7.00 || 0
|-
| S Richardson
|| A || 27 || R || 2 ||4 || 27 ||15 || 6.75 || 0
|-
| W Hickton
|| P || 29 || R || 2 ||4 || 15|| 7 || 5.00 || 0
|-
| R Allsop
|| || 22 || R || 1|| 2 || 5|| 5|| 2.50 || 0
|-
| J T B D Platts
|| P|| 33 || L || 2 ||4 || 8|| 4 || 2.00 || 0
|-
| D Gregory
|| P || 35 || R || 2 ||4 || 4|| 3|| 2.00 ||0
|-
| JW Burnham
|| A || 32 || R || 2|| 4 || 4 ||3 ||1.00 ||
|-
| J Smith
|| A || 30 || R || 1 ||2 || 2|| 2 ||1.00 || 0
|-
| U Sowter
|| A || 33 || R || 1 ||2 ||0|| 0|| 0.00 ||0
|-
| GH Cammell || A || 20 || R || || || || || ||
|}
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Hand !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average
|-
| D Gregory
|| R F (round arm) || 267 || 111|| 8|| 5-70 ||13.87
|-
| J T B D Platts
|| R F ||176 || 98|| 5|| 5-51 ||19.60
|-
| J Flint
|| R Sl (round arm)||112 ||39|| 4|| 2-17|| 9.75
|-
| W Hickton
|| R F || 168 || 74|| 2|| 2-56 ||37.00
|-
| T Attenborough
|| L Sl || 12 || 5|| 0 || ||
|-
|}
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
season which the English club Derbyshire
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...
played. They had been unable to arrange further first-class fixtures than the two against Lancashire and lost both.
1872 season
Derbyshire CCC played two first-class matches in its second year, both against Lancashire CCC and lost both. Derbyshire also played a match against Prince's ClubPrince's Club
There were two sporting clubs in Knightsbridge, London, England, known as Prince's Club.The "Old Prince's Club" was built in 1853 and closed in 1940...
at their ground in Chelsea, which ended in a draw.
Samuel Richardson
Samuel Richardson (cricketer)
Samuel Richardson was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1871 and 1878 and captained the side from 1871 to 1875. He was a member of the team that played Derbyshire's first match in May 1871 when he was captain and wicket-keeper...
was captain in his second season. The season saw the arrival of three Wirksworth
Wirksworth
Wirksworth is a small market town in Derbyshire, England, with a population of over 9,000.The population of the Wirksworth area including Cromford, Bolehill and Middleton-by-Wirksworth is about 12,000. Wirksworth is listed in the Domesday Book in 1086. Within it is the source of the River...
players Joseph Flint
Joseph Flint
Joseph Flint was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1872 and 1879.Flint was born at Wirksworth, Derbyshire, the son of James Flint, a lead miner, and his wife Elizabeth....
, George Frost
George Frost
George Frost was an American seaman, jurist, and statesman from Durham, New Hampshire. He was a delegate for New Hampshire in the Continental Congress from 1777 to 1779....
and Richard Allsop
Richard Allsop
Richard Allsop was an English first class cricketer who played for Derbyshire County Cricket Club between 1872 and 1874....
. Frost and Allsop were both joiners. William Curgenven
William Curgenven
William Grafton Curgenven was an English doctor and cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1872 and 1878.-Biography and career:...
, a doctor, who had been party to the club's foundation also made his debut. George Cammell, Old Etonian of Brookfield Manor made his single appearance for Derbyshire in the match against Prince's Club. The season was the last in which Derbyshire's star bowler Dove Gregory
Dove Gregory
Dove Gregory was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1871 and 1872. He was a member of the team that played Derbyshire's first match in May 1871 and his early death in 1873 robbed the side of an outstanding bowler.Dove was born in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire...
played before his death the following February.
In the first match Lancashire set up a score of 201, and Derbyshire managed 75 in their first innings and 51 in the follow-on. In the match against Queen's Club, Queens opened with 85 and Derbyshire responded with 173. Queens were on 54 for 9 neeeding 34 to avoid an innings defeat when the two-day match ended in a draw. In this match, Derbyshire player John Burnham
John Burnham
John William Burnham was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1871 and 1876. He was a member of the team that played Derbyshire's first match in May 1871....
played for Prince's Club. In the second Lancashire match Lancashire set up a score of 137 and Derbyshire responded with 42 and 69 in the follow-on. Lancashire's William McIntyre
William McIntyre
William Rogers McIntyre, CC was a Canadian Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.Born in Lachine, Quebec, the son of Charles Sidney McIntyre and Pauline May Sifton, he moved with his family to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan when he was young. In 1939, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from...
took 22 Derbyshire wickets in the two matches. Thomas Attenborough
Thomas Attenborough
Thomas Attenborough was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1871 and 1874. He was a member of the team that played Derbyshire's first match in May 1871....
scored most first class runs for Derbyshire, and Dove Gregory
Dove Gregory
Dove Gregory was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1871 and 1872. He was a member of the team that played Derbyshire's first match in May 1871 and his early death in 1873 robbed the side of an outstanding bowler.Dove was born in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire...
took most wickets. Richard Allsop took most catches.
Matches
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of first-class matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
|28 Jun 1872
| Lancashire
Lancashire County Cricket Club
Lancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1864 as a successor to Manchester Cricket Club and has played at Old Trafford since then...
Old Trafford, Manchester
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 75 runs
| Dove Gregory
Dove Gregory
Dove Gregory was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1871 and 1872. He was a member of the team that played Derbyshire's first match in May 1871 and his early death in 1873 robbed the side of an outstanding bowler.Dove was born in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire...
5-70; W McIntyre
William McIntyre (cricketer)
William McIntyre was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Nottinghamshire from 1869 to 1871 and for Lancashire from 1872 to 1880....
5-44 and 5-24
|-
|2
| 09 Aug 1872
| Lancashire
Lancashire County Cricket Club
Lancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1864 as a successor to Manchester Cricket Club and has played at Old Trafford since then...
At County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 26 runs
|W McIntyre
William McIntyre (cricketer)
William McIntyre was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Nottinghamshire from 1869 to 1871 and for Lancashire from 1872 to 1880....
5-16 and 7-23
|-
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of other matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
|22 Jul 1872
| Prince's Club
Prince's Club
There were two sporting clubs in Knightsbridge, London, England, known as Prince's Club.The "Old Prince's Club" was built in 1853 and closed in 1940...
Prince's Cricket Ground, Chelsea
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| J Flint
Joseph Flint
Joseph Flint was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1872 and 1879.Flint was born at Wirksworth, Derbyshire, the son of James Flint, a lead miner, and his wife Elizabeth....
7-46; E Willsher
Edgar Willsher
Edgar "Ned" Willsher was an English cricketer who is famous for being the catalyst in the shift from roundarm to overarm bowling....
5-72
|-
Cricketers who played and their first-class batting performances
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="80%"|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Am/
Pro !! Age !! Hand !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !!100s
|-
| J Flint
Joseph Flint
Joseph Flint was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1872 and 1879.Flint was born at Wirksworth, Derbyshire, the son of James Flint, a lead miner, and his wife Elizabeth....
|| || 22 || R ||2 ||4 || 38 ||19* ||12.66 || 0
|-
| W G Curgenven
William Curgenven
William Grafton Curgenven was an English doctor and cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1872 and 1878.-Biography and career:...
|| A || 30 || R || 1 ||2 || 25|| 16 ||12.50|| 0
|-
| T Attenborough
Thomas Attenborough
Thomas Attenborough was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1871 and 1874. He was a member of the team that played Derbyshire's first match in May 1871....
|| A || 38|| R || 2 ||4 || 44 ||27 ||11.00|| 0
|-
| R P Smith
Robert Smith (cricketer)
Robert Posnett Smith , later known as Robert Posnett Stevens, was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1871 and 1884 and was captain of the side from 1876 to 1883...
|| A || 23 || R || 2 ||4 || 33 ||17 || 8.25 || 0
|-
| J Tilson
John Tilson (cricketer)
John Tilson was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1871 and 1876. He was a member of the team that played Derbyshire's first match in May 1871....
|| A || 27 || R || 1 ||2 || 15 ||14 || 7.50 || 0
|-
| G Frost
George Frost (cricketer)
George Frost was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1872 and 1880.Frost was born in Wirksworth, the son of George Frost, a farmer/builder, and his wife Mary...
|| || 22 || R || 1 ||2 || 14 ||13 || 7.00 || 0
|-
| S Richardson
Samuel Richardson (cricketer)
Samuel Richardson was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1871 and 1878 and captained the side from 1871 to 1875. He was a member of the team that played Derbyshire's first match in May 1871 when he was captain and wicket-keeper...
|| A || 27 || R || 2 ||4 || 27 ||15 || 6.75 || 0
|-
| W Hickton
William Hickton (cricketer, born 1842)
William Hickton was an English cricketer who played for Lancashire between 1867 and 1871 and for Derbyshire between 1871 and 1878. He was a member of the team that played Derbyshire's first match in May 1871....
|| P || 29 || R || 2 ||4 || 15|| 7 || 5.00 || 0
|-
| R Allsop
Richard Allsop
Richard Allsop was an English first class cricketer who played for Derbyshire County Cricket Club between 1872 and 1874....
|| || 22 || R || 1|| 2 || 5|| 5|| 2.50 || 0
|-
| J T B D Platts
John Platts
John Thomas Brown Dumelow Platts was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1871 and 1884. He was a member of the team that played Derbyshire's first match in May 1871....
|| P|| 33 || L || 2 ||4 || 8|| 4 || 2.00 || 0
|-
| D Gregory
Dove Gregory
Dove Gregory was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1871 and 1872. He was a member of the team that played Derbyshire's first match in May 1871 and his early death in 1873 robbed the side of an outstanding bowler.Dove was born in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire...
|| P || 35 || R || 2 ||4 || 4|| 3|| 2.00 ||0
|-
| JW Burnham
John Burnham
John William Burnham was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1871 and 1876. He was a member of the team that played Derbyshire's first match in May 1871....
|| A || 32 || R || 2|| 4 || 4 ||3 ||1.00 ||
|-
| J Smith
John Smith (Derbyshire cricketer)
John Smith was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1871 to 1878. He was a member of the team that played Derbyshire's first match in May 1871....
|| A || 30 || R || 1 ||2 || 2|| 2 ||1.00 || 0
|-
| U Sowter
Unwin Sowter
Unwin Sowter was an English corn factor and miller and cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1871 and 1876. He was a member of the team that played Derbyshire's first match in May 1871....
|| A || 33 || R || 1 ||2 ||0|| 0|| 0.00 ||0
|-
| GH Cammell || A || 20 || R || || || || || ||
|}
First Class bowling performances
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="80%"|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Hand !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average
|-
| D Gregory
Dove Gregory
Dove Gregory was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1871 and 1872. He was a member of the team that played Derbyshire's first match in May 1871 and his early death in 1873 robbed the side of an outstanding bowler.Dove was born in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire...
|| R F (round arm) || 267 || 111|| 8|| 5-70 ||13.87
|-
| J T B D Platts
John Platts
John Thomas Brown Dumelow Platts was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1871 and 1884. He was a member of the team that played Derbyshire's first match in May 1871....
|| R F ||176 || 98|| 5|| 5-51 ||19.60
|-
| J Flint
Joseph Flint
Joseph Flint was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1872 and 1879.Flint was born at Wirksworth, Derbyshire, the son of James Flint, a lead miner, and his wife Elizabeth....
|| R Sl (round arm)||112 ||39|| 4|| 2-17|| 9.75
|-
| W Hickton
William Hickton (cricketer, born 1842)
William Hickton was an English cricketer who played for Lancashire between 1867 and 1871 and for Derbyshire between 1871 and 1878. He was a member of the team that played Derbyshire's first match in May 1871....
|| R F || 168 || 74|| 2|| 2-56 ||37.00
|-
| T Attenborough
Thomas Attenborough
Thomas Attenborough was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1871 and 1874. He was a member of the team that played Derbyshire's first match in May 1871....
|| L Sl || 12 || 5|| 0 || ||
|-
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