Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1884

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1884 represents 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 thirteen years. They lost all ten county matches and their only victory was against MCC.

1884 season

Derbyshire played ten county matches, one against the touring Australians

Australian cricket team in England in 1884

The Australian cricket team in England in 1884 played 31 first-class matches including three Tests. England won the Test series 1-0 with two matches drawn.-First Test:-Second Test:-Third Test:-External sources:* -Annual reviews:...

and one 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...

. Ludford 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:...

was captain for his only season. In a sparse season without any centuries, Frank Sugg

Frank Sugg

Frank Howe Sugg was an English footballer and first-class cricketer. He played for England in two Test matches in 1888 and for three county cricket clubs - Yorkshire in 1883, Derbyshire from 1884 to 1886 and Lancashire from 1887 to 1899...

was top scorer. 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...

and Joseph Marlow

Joseph Marlow

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

shared most wickets with 34 each.

The season was marked by the arrival of the two Sugg brothers from Yorkshire - Frank

Frank Sugg

and Walter

Walter Sugg

Walter Sugg was an English first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire in 1881, and for Derbyshire from 1884 until 1902.-Life and career:...

. Frank moved to Lancashire CCC after three years, but Walter had a long career with Derbyshire. Frank Shacklock

Frank Shacklock

Francis Joseph Shacklock was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Nottinghamshire in 1883 and between 1886 and 1893, for Derbyshire in 1884 and 1885, for MCC between 1889 and 1893 and for Otago New Zealand from 1903 to 1905...

played the first of two seasons for the club. Cricket poet Alfred Cochrane

Alfred Cochrane

Alfred Henry John Cochrane, was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1884 and 1886, and for Oxford University between 1885 and 1888. He subsequently made his name as a writer on sporting subjects and of light verse.Cochrane was the second son of Rev...

made his debut, sharing his appearances with Oxford University over the following years. Joseph Chatterton

Joseph Chatterton

Joseph Deeley Chatterton was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1884 and 1886.Chatterton was born in Thornsett, the son of David Chatterton, a cotton mill fireman, and his wife Hannah....

, younger brother of William, played the first of three seasons. William Shipton

William Shipton

William Louis Shipton was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1884 and 1893.Shipton was born in Buxton, Derbyshire, the son of William Parker Shipton, MRCS. He was educated at Repton School where he was in the cricket XI in 1877 and then went to Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He...

played one match but only played for the county again when they were without first class status. Matthew Burrows

Matthew Burrows

Matthew Burrows was an English first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire in 1880, and for Derbyshire in 1884....

played his one career match during the season.

Matches

{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes

|-
|1
| 22 May 1884
| 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
|42 runs
|Briggs 112; FJ Shacklock
Frank Shacklock
Francis Joseph Shacklock was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Nottinghamshire in 1883 and between 1886 and 1893, for Derbyshire in 1884 and 1885, for MCC between 1889 and 1893 and for Otago New Zealand from 1903 to 1905...

5-42; RG Barlow
Dick Barlow
Richard Gorton Barlow was a cricketer who played for Lancashire and England...

7-30
|-
|2
| 29 May 1884
| 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...

Australian cricket team in England in 1884

County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings and 40 runs
|Fred 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...

7-31 and 5-52; Giffen 5-50
|-
|4
| 05 Jun 1884
| Kent

Kent County Cricket Club

Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...

County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|67 runs
|J Marlow
Joseph Marlow
Joseph Marlow was an English cricketer who played 24 first class matches for Derbyshire between 1879 and 1886....

5-31
|-
|5
| 09 Jun 1884
| MCC

Marylebone Cricket Club

Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|7 runs
|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...

6-46; Rylott 6-41; J Marlow
Joseph Marlow
Joseph Marlow was an English cricketer who played 24 first class matches for Derbyshire between 1879 and 1886....

5-43
|-
|6
| 23 Jun 1884
| 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

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...

Lancashire County Cricket Club

County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings and 36 runs
| AHJ Cochrane
Alfred Cochrane
Alfred Henry John Cochrane, was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1884 and 1886, and for Oxford University between 1885 and 1888. He subsequently made his name as a writer on sporting subjects and of light verse.Cochrane was the second son of Rev...

6-51; 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...

5-25
|-
|9
| 11 Aug 1884
| Sussex

Sussex County Cricket Club

Kent County Cricket Club

Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...

Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings and 9 runs
| Lord Harris
George Harris, 4th Baron Harris
George Robert Canning Harris, 4th Baron Harris, GCSI, GCIE was a British politician, cricketer and cricket administrator...

112; 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...

6-33
|-
|11
| 21 Aug 1884
| Surrey

Surrey County Cricket Club

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....

Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|10 wickets
|FJ Shacklock

Frank Shacklock

5-47; T Emmett 6-28
|-

First-class batting averages

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

|| 2|| 3 || 53|| 50|| 17.66 || 0
|-
| LC Docker

Ludford Docker

|| 12 ||23 || 381 ||58 ||17.31 || 0
|-
| FH Sugg

Frank Sugg

|| 13|| 26 || 439|| 73|| 16.88 || 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....

|| 9 ||18 || 285|| 44 || 16.76 || 0
|-
| GG Walker

George Glossop Walker

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

|| 9 ||18 || 232 ||66 || 16.57 || 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...

|| 12 ||24 || 366|| 46 ||15.91 || 0
|-
| GB Barrington

George Barrington (cricketer)

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

|| 4 ||8 || 114|| 50 || 14.25 || 0
|-
| Walter Sugg

Walter Sugg

Walter Sugg was an English first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire in 1881, and for Derbyshire from 1884 until 1902.-Life and career:...

|| 3 ||6 || 55 ||26* ||13.75 || 0
|-
| AHJ Cochrane

Alfred Cochrane

|| 3 ||6 || 81|| 50 ||13.50 || 0
|-
| H Shaw

Henry Shaw (cricketer)

Henry Shaw was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1875 and 1884.Shaw was born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire and worked as a painter on the Midland Railway. He was also cricket coach at Derby School...

|| 1 ||2 || 12 ||12* ||12.00 || 0
|-
| T Mycroft

Thomas Mycroft

Thomas Mycroft was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire and MCC between 1877 and 1887.Mycroft was born in Brimington, Derbyshire, the son of George Mycroft and his second wife Elizabeth Lowcock. His father was an ironstone and coal miner who kept the Red Lion public house at Brimington....

|| 12 ||24|| 148 ||24* ||11.38 || 0
|-
| FJ Shacklock

Frank Shacklock

|| 9 ||18 || 171 ||50 || 10.68 || 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....

|| 9 ||18 || 178|| 33* ||10.47 || 0
|-
| 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...

|| 12 ||24 || 229|| 49 ||10.40 || 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...

||6 ||12 || 92 ||23|| 7.66 || 0
|-
| J Marlow

Joseph Marlow

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

|| 12 ||24 || 170|| 25 || 7.39 || 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...

|| 1 ||2 || 14 ||10 || 7.00 || 0
|-
| M Burrows

Matthew Burrows

Matthew Burrows was an English first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire in 1880, and for Derbyshire in 1884....

|| 1|| 2 || 13|| 13|| 6.50 || 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....

|| 3|| 6 || 24 ||13 || 4.00 || 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...

|| 2 ||4 || 12|| 4 || 3.00 || 0
|-
| WL Shipton

William Shipton

|| 1 ||2 || 4|| 3 || 2.00 || 0
|-
| JD Chatterton

Joseph Chatterton

|| 1|| 2 || 0|| 0 || 0.00 || 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...

|| 1603 || 606 ||34|| 6-46 ||17.82
|-
| J Marlow

Joseph Marlow

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

||1795 || 679 ||34|| 7-46 ||19.97
|-
| William Chatterton

William Chatterton

|| 1180 ||452 ||24|| 4-34 ||18.83
|-
| FJ Shacklock

Frank Shacklock

|| 833 || 419|| 24|| 5-42|| 17.45
|-
|GG Walker

George Glossop Walker

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

|| 1287 || 640 ||23 ||3-26 ||27.82
|-
| AHJ Cochrane

Alfred Cochrane

||284 || 148|| 8 ||6-51 ||18.50
|-
| Walter Sugg

Walter Sugg

Walter Sugg was an English first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire in 1881, and for Derbyshire from 1884 until 1902.-Life and career:...

|| 74 || 58|| 5 ||3-18 ||11.60
|-
|H Shaw

Henry Shaw (cricketer)

||60|| 26|| 4|| 4-26|| 6.50
|-
|LC Docker

Ludford Docker

|| 138 || 70|| 2|| 1-0 ||35.00
|-
|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....

|| 17 || 10 ||1 ||1-2 ||10.00
|-
|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....

|| 32 || 13 ||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....

|| 36 ||10 ||0
|-
| M Burrows

Matthew Burrows

Matthew Burrows was an English first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire in 1880, and for Derbyshire in 1884....

|| 16 || 10|| 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....

|| 8 || 8|| 0
|-
|}

1884 season

Matches

First-class batting averages

First-class bowling averages

See also