Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1882

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1882 was the cricket

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 when 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...

had been playing for eleven years. The team played eight first class matches and won one of them

1882 season

Derbyshire played six county games, two each against 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...

, Sussex

Sussex County Cricket Club

Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Sussex. The club was founded as a successor to Brighton Cricket Club which was a representative of the county of Sussex as a...

and Yorkshire

Yorkshire County Cricket Club

Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....

. They also played a first-class match against MCC

Marylebone Cricket Club

Marylebone Cricket Club is a cricket club in London founded in 1787. Its influence and longevity now witness it as a private members' club dedicated to the development of cricket. It owns, and is based at, Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, London NW8. MCC was formerly the governing body of...

and a match against the touring Australians Derbyshire won one game against Sussex and lost seven. They did not play any additional matches.

The captain for the year was Robert 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...

in his sixth year as captain.

TThe most significant new arrival was William Chatterton

William Chatterton

William Chatterton was an English cricketer and footballer. He played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1882 and 1902 and for England in 1891/2. He captained Derbyshire between 1887 and 1889 and scored over 10,000 runs in his first-class career as well as taking over 200 wickets...

who was to score over 10000 runs for the club. William Cropper

William Cropper

William Cropper was an English cricketer and football player who played cricket for Derbyshire CCC between 1882 and 1888 and football once for Derby County...

made his debut and was regular top bowler for the club until a football accident in 1889. Other long term players who debuted were W Hall

Walter Hall (cricketer)

Walter Hall was an English cricketer who played cricket for Derbyshire from 1882 to 1892Hall was born at Whitfield, Derbyshire. In 1881 he was working at a print works at Glossop...

, a print worker who played unti 1892 and Henry Slater

Henry Slater

Henry Slater was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1882 and 1887.Slater was born at Heanor, Derbyshire the son of James Slater and his wife Elizabeth Baimbridge. He became a coal miner....

a miner who played occasional matches over several seasons. Players who only performed for the club in the 1882 season were Duncan Johnston

Duncan Johnston

Sir Duncan Alexander Johnston was a Royal Engineers officer who became Director General of the Ordnance Survey. He also played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1882....

a Royal Engineers officer who played four games, and J Hodgkinson who played one game. Two brewers from Burton also made appearances - John Eadie

John Eadie (cricketer)

John Thom Clarke Eadie was an English brewer and cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1882.Eadie was born in Burton-on-Trent Staffordshire, the son of James Eadie and his wife Jean. His father, who was from Scotland, had established the James Eadie brewery company at Burton in 1854...

son of William Eadie

William Eadie

William Stewart Eadie was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1885 and 1899.Eadie was born in Burton-on-Trent Staffordshire, the son of James Eadie and his wife Jean. His father, who was from Scotland, had established the James Eadie brewery company at Burton in 1854.Eadie made...

, who played one game and Henry Sugden

Henry Sugden

Henry Emanuel Sugden was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1882.Sugden was born in Southgate, Middlesex and moved to Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire where he was a brewer....

who played two games.

Players who played thir last matches were the two long-serving schoolmasters Abraham Shuker

Abraham Shuker

Abraham Shuker was an English schoolmaster and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1874 and 1882.Shuker was born in Stockton, Shropshire, the son of John Shuker, a bailiff, and his wife Charlotte...

and Arthur Forman

Arthur Forman

Arthur Francis Emilius Forman was an English schoolmaster and cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1877 and 1882....

. Leonard Jackson

Leonard Jackson

Leonard Jackson was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1877 to 1882.Jackson was born at Holme Hurst in Norton Woodseats, on the border of Yorkshire and Derbyshire. He first played cricket professionally in 1869, for the Breckfield Club in Liverpool...

retired after five years to concentrate on his hotel business and metal grinding. William Page

William Page (cricketer)

William Page was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1881 and 1882.Page was born in Caverswall, Staffordshire the son of Samuel Page, a platelayer, and his wife Phoebe. He was a boilermaker and in 1881 was widowed with two children...

gave up the game after the loss of the sight of an eye. Two players left the area. H Evans

Henry Evans

Henry Evans was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1878 and 1882.Evans was born in Stoneyford, Derbyshire the son of Thomas Evans, a farmer. He became a clerk with the Midland Railway....

a railway manager moved to Glasgow, and Dudley Docker moved to Warwickshire where he set up his business.

Thomas Foster

Thomas Foster (cricketer, born 1848)

Thomas Foster was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1873 and 1884. He topped the scoring for the club in three seasons....

was top scorer and William Mycroft

William Mycroft

William Mycroft was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire and MCC between 1873 and 1886. He was a left-arm fast bowler with a great deal of spin and a dangerous yorker that was often believed to be unfair - which may explain why he was not considered for the earliest...

took most wickets.

Matches

{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes (Derbyshire players in Bold)
|-
|1
| 18 May 1882
|MCC

Marylebone Cricket Club

Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 258 runs
| WE Midwinter
Billy Midwinter
William Evans Midwinter was a cricketer who played four Test matches for England, sandwiched in between eight Tests that he played for Australia...

137 and 5-27; Fothergill
Arnold Fothergill
Arnold James Fothergill was an English cricketer.Despite having been born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, Fothergill played first-class cricket for Somerset County Cricket Club between 1882 and 1884...

5-31
|-
|2
|25 May 1882
|Lancashire

Lancashire County Cricket Club

Old Trafford, Manchester
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 10 wickets
| A Watson
Alexander Watson (cricketer)
Alexander Watson was an English first-class cricketer who played for Lancashire.Scotland born Watson was a prolific wickettaker for Lancashire, debuting in 1871. In 1871 he first played for Lancashire and in 1874 took his career best innings figures of 9 for 118 against Derbyshire...

5-28; 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....

5-48; RG Barlow
Dick Barlow
Richard Gorton Barlow was a cricketer who played for Lancashire and England...

5-20
|-
|3
|01 Jun 1882
|Yorkshire

Yorkshire County Cricket Club

Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....

Sussex County Cricket Club

County Ground, Hove
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|3 runs
| J Lillywhite
James Lillywhite
James Lillywhite was a first-class and Test cricketer and umpire. He was the first ever captain of the English cricket team in a Test match, captaining 2 Tests against Australia in 1876-77, losing the first, but winning the second.Lillywhite was born in Westhampnett in Sussex, the son of a...

5-70; W Mycroft
William Mycroft
William Mycroft was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire and MCC between 1873 and 1886. He was a left-arm fast bowler with a great deal of spin and a dangerous yorker that was often believed to be unfair - which may explain why he was not considered for the earliest...

5-57; JW Juniper 7-61
|-
|5
|12 Jun 1882
| Australians
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 109 runs
| F Spofforth
Fred Spofforth
Frederick Robert "Fred" Spofforth , also known as "The Demon Bowler", was arguably the Australian cricket team's finest pace bowler of the nineteenth century and was the first bowler to take 50 Test wickets, and the first to take a test hat-trick in 1879...

5-38 and 5-19; GE Palmer
George Palmer (cricketer)
George "Joey" Eugene Palmer was an Australian cricketer who played in 17 Tests between 1880 and 1886....

5-59
|-
|6
|26 Jun 1882
|Lancashire

Lancashire County Cricket Club

County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 47 runs
| J Crossland
John Crossland
John "Jack" Crossland was an English professional cricketer who played for Lancashire between 1878 and 1887.He was a right-arm fast bowler of great renown but even greater controversy...

5-32; A Watson
Alexander Watson (cricketer)
Alexander Watson was an English first-class cricketer who played for Lancashire.Scotland born Watson was a prolific wickettaker for Lancashire, debuting in 1871. In 1871 he first played for Lancashire and in 1874 took his career best innings figures of 9 for 118 against Derbyshire...

5-30
|-
|7
|27 Jul 1882
|Sussex

Sussex County Cricket Club

County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 54 runs
| A Hide
Arthur Hide
Arthur Bollard Hide was a first class cricketer and test match umpire . Born in Eastbourne in 1860, he played 115 games for Sussex as a left arm medium pace bowler between 1882 and 1890. He took 403 wickets at 19.19 with a best of 7 for 44. He took 5 wickets in an innings on 20 occasions. He then...

6-90; W Mycroft
William Mycroft
William Mycroft was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire and MCC between 1873 and 1886. He was a left-arm fast bowler with a great deal of spin and a dangerous yorker that was often believed to be unfair - which may explain why he was not considered for the earliest...

7-37 and 5-35
|-
|8
|07 Aug 1882
|Yorkshire

Yorkshire County Cricket Club

Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....

County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 7 wickets
| T Foster
Thomas Foster (cricketer, born 1848)
Thomas Foster was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1873 and 1884. He topped the scoring for the club in three seasons....

101; J Richardson
John Richardson (cricketer, born 1856)
John Richardson was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1878 and 1883.Richardson was born in Duckmanton, Derbyshire and became a bricklayer...

7-76; E Peate
Ted Peate
Edmund Peate was an English professional cricketer who played for Yorkshire and England.-Overview:...

6-12
|-

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
|-
| A Shuker

Abraham Shuker

|| A || 33 || R || 1|| 2 || 96 ||86|| 48.00 || 0
|-
| AFE Forman

Arthur Forman

Arthur Francis Emilius Forman was an English schoolmaster and cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1877 and 1882....

|| A || 31 || R || 1 ||1 || 36 ||36 ||36.00 || 0
|-
| LC Docker

Ludford Docker

Ludford Charles Docker was businessman and an English cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1881 and 1886, captaining the side in 1884, and for Warwickshire in 1894 and 1895.-Early life:...

|| A || 22 || R || 5 ||9 || 224 ||66 || 24.89 || 0
|-
| T Foster

Thomas Foster (cricketer, born 1848)

Thomas Foster was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1873 and 1884. He topped the scoring for the club in three seasons....

|| P || 34 || R || 7 ||13 || 271 ||101 || 20.84 || 1
|-
| W Chatterton

William Chatterton

|| P || 20 || R || 3 ||5 || 76 ||42* ||19.00 || 0
|-
| W Cropper

William Cropper

William Cropper was an English cricketer and football player who played cricket for Derbyshire CCC between 1882 and 1888 and football once for Derby County...

|| || 19 || R || 6 ||11 || 159 ||34 || 15.90 || 0
|-
| FD Docker

Frank Dudley Docker

Frank Dudley Docker CB , known as Dudley Docker, was an English businessman and financier. He also played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1881 and 1882.-Cricketer:...

|| A || 20 || || 1|| 2 || 26|| 25||13.00 || 0
|-
| EAJ Maynard

Edmund Maynard

Edmund Anthony Jefferson Maynard was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1880 to 1887 and captained the side for two seasons.Maynard was the son of Edmund Gilling Maynard, of West House, Chesterfield...

|| A || 21 || R || 2 || 4 || 49 || 28 || 12.25 || 0
|-
| G Hay

George Hay (cricketer)

George Hay was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1875 and 1886.Hay was born at Staveley and became a professional cricketer playing at Manningham, Bradford from 1873 to 1875...

|| A || 31 || R || 2 || 4 || 43 || 20 || 10.75 || 0
|-
|W Page

William Page (cricketer)

|| || 35 || R || 2|| 4 || 41 ||19 || 10.25 || 0
|-
| L Jackson

Leonard Jackson

|| P || 34 || R || 1 ||2 || 19 ||19|| 9.50 || 0
|-
| W Evershed

Wallis Evershed

Wallis Evershed was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1882 and 1884.Evershed was born in Stapenhill, the son of Sydney Evershed the brewer and MP for Burton. He was educated at Clifton College where he was awarded his cap and was captain of the XI in 1882...

|| A || 19 || R || 2 ||3 || 26 ||19 || 8.66 || 0
|-
| R P Smith

Robert Smith (cricketer)

|| A || 33 || R || 8 ||15 || 122|| 32 || 8.13 || 0
|-
| DA Johnston

Duncan Johnston

Sir Duncan Alexander Johnston was a Royal Engineers officer who became Director General of the Ordnance Survey. He also played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1882....

||A || 34 || R || 4 ||8 || 65 ||31 || 8.12 || 0
|-
| JTC Eadie

John Eadie (cricketer)

||A || 20 || || 1 ||2 || 8|| 8*|| 8.00 || 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 || 8 ||15 || 107 ||33*|| 7.64 || 0
|-
| J Richardson

John Richardson (cricketer, born 1856)

John Richardson was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1878 and 1883.Richardson was born in Duckmanton, Derbyshire and became a bricklayer...

|| || 25 || R || 5 ||9 || 66|| 18 || 7.33 || 0
|-
| JJ Disney

James Disney

James Joseph Disney was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire as wicket-keeper between 1881 and 1890....

|| P || 22 || R || 8 ||15 || 80 ||26*|| 7.27 || 0
|-
| W Hall

Walter Hall (cricketer)

Walter Hall was an English cricketer who played cricket for Derbyshire from 1882 to 1892Hall was born at Whitfield, Derbyshire. In 1881 he was working at a print works at Glossop...

|| || 20 || R || 2 ||4 || 20 ||11 || 6.66 || 0
|-
| GB Barrington

George Barrington (cricketer)

George Bainbridge Barrington was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1880 and 1887....

|| A || 25 || R || 2 ||4 || 26 ||13 || 6.50 || 0
|-
| W Rigley

William Rigley

William Rigley was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1873 and 1882.Rigley was born in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, the son of John Rigley and his wife Ann. His father was a blacksmith and moved to Somercotes, Derbyshire. Rigley also became a blacksmith...

|| P || 30 || R || 3 ||6 || 35 ||13 || 5.83 || 0
|-
| WW Wood-Sims

William Wood-Sims

William Wood Wood-Sims was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1879 and 1886....

|| || 24 || R ||1|| 2|| 11|| 10|| 5.50 || 0
|-
| H Evans

Henry Evans

|| A || 24 || R || 1 ||2 || 8|| 4|| 4.00 || 0
|-
| HE Sugden

Henry Sugden

Henry Emanuel Sugden was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1882.Sugden was born in Southgate, Middlesex and moved to Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire where he was a brewer....

|| A || 22 || R || 2 ||4 || 13|| 9 || 3.25 || 0
|-
| W Mycroft

William Mycroft

|| P || 41 || R || 8 || 15 || 38 || 8|| 2.53 || 0
|-
|J Hodgkinson || || || || 1 ||2 || 5|| 5 || 2.50 || 0
|-
| H Slater

Henry Slater

|| || 27 || R || 1 ||2 || 0|| 0 || 0.00 || 0
|-
|}

Maynard played several matches for Cambridge University. Docker played one game for All England and Hay played one game for MCC. Mycroft played several games for MCC and other sides.

{| class="wikitable" width="80%"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! colspan=7| Leading first-class batsmen for Derbyshire by runs scored
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name
! Mat
! Inns
! Runs
! HS
! Ave

Batting average

Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...

! 100
|-
| T Foster

Thomas Foster (cricketer, born 1848)

Thomas Foster was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1873 and 1884. He topped the scoring for the club in three seasons....

|| 7 ||13 || 271 ||101 || 20.84 || 1
|-
| LC Docker

Ludford Docker

|| 5 ||9 || 224 ||66 || 24.89 (a) || 0
|-
| W Cropper

William Cropper

William Cropper was an English cricketer and football player who played cricket for Derbyshire CCC between 1882 and 1888 and football once for Derby County...

|| 6 ||11 || 159 ||34 || 15.90 || 0
|-
| R P Smith

Robert Smith (cricketer)

|| 8 ||15 || 122|| 32 || 8.13 || 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....

|| 8 ||15 || 107 ||33*|| 7.64 || 0
|-
|}
(a) Figures adjusted for non Derbyshire matches

First-class bowling averages

{| class="wikitable sortable" width="80%"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average
|-
| W Mycroft

William Mycroft

|| 3627 || 1224 (698) ||72 (42) ||7-37 ||17.00
|-
| 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....

|| 989 || 468 ||22|| 5-48 ||21.27
|-
| J Richardson

John Richardson (cricketer, born 1856)

John Richardson was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1878 and 1883.Richardson was born in Duckmanton, Derbyshire and became a bricklayer...

||612 || 263 ||18|| 7-76 ||14.61
|-
| G Hay

George Hay (cricketer)

George Hay was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1875 and 1886.Hay was born at Staveley and became a professional cricketer playing at Manningham, Bradford from 1873 to 1875...

|| 368|| 200 (88) ||7 (1) ||5-53 ||28.57
|-
| W Cropper

William Cropper

William Cropper was an English cricketer and football player who played cricket for Derbyshire CCC between 1882 and 1888 and football once for Derby County...

|| 298 ||133 ||5 ||2-23 ||26.60
|-
| H Evans

Henry Evans

|| 128 || 63 ||3 ||3-63 ||21.00
|-
| L Jackson

Leonard Jackson

|| 104 || 44 ||2 ||2-44|| 22.00
|-
| T Foster

Thomas Foster (cricketer, born 1848)

Thomas Foster was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1873 and 1884. He topped the scoring for the club in three seasons....

|| 26 || 21 ||1 ||1-6 ||21.00
|-
| JTC Eadie

John Eadie (cricketer)

|| 12 || 6 ||1 ||1-6 ||6.00
|-
| W Chatterton

William Chatterton

|| 132 || 49 ||1 ||1-15 ||49.00
|-
| W Hall

Walter Hall (cricketer)

Walter Hall was an English cricketer who played cricket for Derbyshire from 1882 to 1892Hall was born at Whitfield, Derbyshire. In 1881 he was working at a print works at Glossop...

|| 68 || 46 ||1|| 1-26 ||46.00
|-
| LC Docker

Ludford Docker

|| 48 || 30 ||1 ||1-30 ||30.00
|-
| H Slater

Henry Slater

|| 120 || 35|| 1 ||1-35 ||35.00
|-
|J Hodgkinson || 144 || 83|| 1 ||1-83 ||83.00
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="80%"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! colspan=6| Leading first class bowlers for Derbyshire by wickets taken
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name
! Balls
! Runs
! Wkts
! BBI
! Ave

Bowling average

Bowling average is a statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the sport of cricket.A bowler's bowling average is defined as the total number of runs conceded by the bowlers divided by the number of wickets taken by the bowler, so the lower the average the better. It is similar to earned...

|-
| W Mycroft

William Mycroft

|| || 698 || 42 ||7-37 ||16.62 (a)
|-
| 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....

|| 989 || 468 ||22|| 5-48 ||21.27
|-
| J Richardson

John Richardson (cricketer, born 1856)

John Richardson was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1878 and 1883.Richardson was born in Duckmanton, Derbyshire and became a bricklayer...

||612 || 263 ||18|| 7-76 ||14.61
|-
| W Cropper

William Cropper

William Cropper was an English cricketer and football player who played cricket for Derbyshire CCC between 1882 and 1888 and football once for Derby County...

|| 298 ||133 ||5 ||2-23 ||26.60
|-
|}
(a) Figures adjusted for non Derbyshire matches

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