Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1883

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1883 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 twelve years. They won two first class matches out of ten.

1883 season

Derbyshire played two county matches each against Lancashire, Yorkshire, Surrey and Sussex, and two 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...

. They won two of their matches and lost six. 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...

was captain for his eighth and last season. In a sparse season without any centuries, Wallis 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...

was top scorer and 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...

James Brelsford

James Brelsford was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1883 and 1886.Brelsford was born in Brimington, Derbyshire and became an iron moulder at Stanton by Dale. His Derbyshire debut came in the 1883 season, when Derbyshire played Lancashire...

shared the most wickets.

There were no long term additions to the team but George Earl

George Earl (cricketer)

George Burrill Earl was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1883 and 1888....

, Joseph Needham

Joseph Needham (cricketer)

Joseph Needham was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1883.Needham was born in Priestcliffe, Derbyshire and in 1881 was working as a farmhand for his uncle George Broom at Taddington....

, George Yates

George Yates (cricketer, born 1858)

George Yates was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1883.Yates was born at Bolsover, Derbyshire and became a coal miner. Yates played one first class match for Derbyshire in the 1883 season, against Marylebone Cricket Club in July , which finished in a draw...

and Percy Exham

Percy Exham

Percy George Exham was a schoolmaster, footballer and cricketer who played for Cambridge University in 1880 and 1881 and for Derbyshire in 1883. He was one of nineteen sportsmen to achieve the Derbyshire Double....

made their only career appearances and Thomas Evans

Thomas Evans (cricketer)

Thomas Evans was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1883.Evans was born in Stoneyford, Derbyshire. He made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1883 season in the year after his brother Henry Evans stopped playing for the club. His first match was against MCC...

made his two career appearances for Derbyshire during the season.

Matches

{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
| 17 May 1883
| 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 160 runs
| George Nash
George Nash (cricketer)
George Nash was an English professional cricketer during the 1880s. Nash played as a slow left-arm orthodox bowler for Lancashire, and later in Minor Counties cricket for his native Buckinghamshire.-Life and career:...

5-24; RG Barlow
Dick Barlow
Richard Gorton Barlow was a cricketer who played for Lancashire and England...

5-20
|-
|2
| 21 May 1883
| Surrey

Surrey County Cricket Club

Surrey County Cricket Club is one of the 18 professional county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Surrey. Its limited overs team is called the Surrey Lions...

County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 51 runs
| Barratt 5-25 and 7-76; J Brelsford
James Brelsford
James Brelsford was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1883 and 1886.Brelsford was born in Brimington, Derbyshire and became an iron moulder at Stanton by Dale. His Derbyshire debut came in the 1883 season, when Derbyshire played Lancashire...

5-31
|-
|3
| 31 May 1883
| MCC

Marylebone Cricket Club

Lancashire County Cricket Club

County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 78 runs
| 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...

6-40 and 6-27
|-
|5
|09 Jul 1883
| MCC

Marylebone Cricket Club

County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| SH Evershed

Sydney Evershed

Sir Sydney Herbert Evershed was an English brewer and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire from 1880 to 1901 and was a long-serving club captain from 1891 to 1898....

5-19; GG Hearne
George Gibbons Hearne
George Gibbons Hearne was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Kent between 1875 and 1895. He also played in one Test match for England against South Africa in 1891-92. Hearne was part of the famous cricketing Hearne family...

5-49; 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...

5-25
|-
|6
| 19 Jul 1883
| 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="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| W 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...

5-61
|-
|7
| 30 Jul 1883
| 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...

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....

Bramall Lane, Sheffield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 3 runs
| W 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...

6-64; E Peate
Ted Peate
Edmund Peate was an English professional cricketer who played for Yorkshire and England.-Overview:...

5-36
|-
|9
| 30 Aug 1883
| Surrey

Surrey County Cricket Club

Sussex County Cricket Club

First-class batting averages

{| class="wikitable sortable" width="70%"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average!! 100s
|-
| T Evans

Thomas Evans (cricketer)

|| 2 ||4 || 78 ||35 || 19.50 || 0
|-
| R P Smith

Robert Smith (cricketer)

|| 7 ||14 || 245 ||45 || 17.50|| 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:...

|| 9 ||16 || 276|| 52|| 17.25 || 0
|-
| W Evershed

Wallis Evershed

|| 10 ||19 || 317 ||92 ||16.68 || 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....

|| 7 ||13 || 212|| 81 ||16.30 || 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....

|| 11 ||20 || 311|| 55 ||15.55 || 0
|-
| J Marlow

Joseph Marlow

Joseph Marlow was an English cricketer who played 24 first class matches for Derbyshire between 1879 and 1886....

|| 5 ||9 || 89 ||23 ||14.83 || 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...

|| 8 ||14 ||189 ||84 ||14.53 || 0
|-
| GG Walker

George Glossop Walker

George Glossop Walker was an English Cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1881 and 1898.- Early life :...

|| 2 ||4 || 40 ||23 ||13.33 || 0
|-
| PG Exham

Percy Exham

|| 1 ||1 || 12 ||12 || 12.00 || 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...

|| 10 ||17 ||177|| 51 || 10.41 || 0
|-
| J Needham

Joseph Needham (cricketer)

|| 1|| 2 || 9 ||6* ||9.00 || 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...

|| 5 ||10 || 51 ||17 || 7.28 || 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....

|| 9 ||16 || 65 ||11*|| 7.22 || 0
|-
| SH Evershed

Sydney Evershed

Sir Sydney Herbert Evershed was an English brewer and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire from 1880 to 1901 and was a long-serving club captain from 1891 to 1898....

|| 3 ||6 || 34 ||21|| 6.80 || 0
|-
| J Brelsford

James Brelsford

|| 7 ||12 || 48 ||16 || 4.36 || 0
|-
| GB Earl

George Earl (cricketer)

George Burrill Earl was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1883 and 1888....

|| 1 ||1 || 4 ||4 ||4.00 || 0
|-
| G Osborne

George Osborne (cricketer)

George Osborne was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1879 and 1883.Osborne played cricket at club level for Chesterfield and made his debut first-class appearance in a Gentlemen v. Players match in 1877, on the winning Players side. He joined Derbyshire in the 1879 season and...

|| 1|| 2 || 7|| 5 || 3.50 || 0
|-
| 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...

|| 4 ||7 || 16 ||9 || 3.20 || 0
|-
| JM Clayton

John Clayton (cricketer)

John Morton Clayton was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1881 and 1883.Clayton was born in Chesterfield, the son of Joseph Clayton and his wife Hannah. His father was founder of Clayton & Company, tanners and curriers, of Clayton Street Chesterfield...

|| 1 ||2 || 3 ||2 ||1.50 || 0
|-
| LG Wright

Levi Wright

Levi George Wright was an English footballer and cricketer. He played association football for Derby County and Notts County and cricket for Derbyshire from 1883 to 1909 being captain for a season and a half in 1906/1907. He scored over 15,000 runs in his first class career and took 237 catches...

|| 1 ||2 || 2|| 2 || 1.00 || 0
|-
| G Yates

George Yates (cricketer, born 1858)

|| 1 ||1 || 0 ||0 ||0.00 || 0
|-
| W 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...

|| 1||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...

|| 1 ||0 || || || ||
|-
|}

First-class bowling averages

{| class="wikitable sortable" width="70%"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average
|-
| 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...

|| 1069 ||435 ||24 ||5-25 ||18.12
|-
| J Brelsford

James Brelsford

|| 1045||463 ||24 ||5-31|| 19.29
|-
| J Marlow

Joseph Marlow

Joseph Marlow was an English cricketer who played 24 first class matches for Derbyshire between 1879 and 1886....

|| 948 || 336 ||17|| 6-27|| 19.76
|-
| W Chatterton

William Chatterton

|| 896 || 319 ||16 ||6-64 ||19.93
|-
| 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...

|| 510 || 237 ||11 ||4-47|| 21.54
|-
| W Mycroft

William Mycroft

|| 537 || 241 ||10 ||4-44 ||24.10
|-
| LC Docker

Ludford Docker

|| 220 ||122 ||6 ||3-38 ||20.33
|-
| SH Evershed

Sydney Evershed

Sir Sydney Herbert Evershed was an English brewer and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire from 1880 to 1901 and was a long-serving club captain from 1891 to 1898....

|| 134 || 51 ||5 ||5-19 ||10.20
|-
| GG Walker

George Glossop Walker

George Glossop Walker was an English Cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1881 and 1898.- Early life :...

|| 292 || 90|| 5 ||3-38 ||18.00
|-
| 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....

|| 104 ||71 ||5 ||2-18 ||14.20
|-
| W Evershed

Wallis Evershed

|| 27 ||8 ||3 ||3-8 ||2.66
|-
| T Evans

Thomas Evans (cricketer)

|| 260 || 91 ||3 ||1-22 ||30.33
|-
| 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....

|| 584 || 258 ||2 ||1-22 ||129.00
|-
| 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...

||12 ||18 ||1 ||1-18 ||18.00
|-
| G Yates

George Yates (cricketer, born 1858)

||12 ||9 ||0 ||0-9 ||
|-
| JM Clayton

John Clayton (cricketer)

|| 16 ||11|| 0 || ||
|}

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