Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1890

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1890 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 twenty years. Derbyshire's matches were not considered to be first class in this season. Derbyshire had recruited 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...

a former Australian captain to help revive the club's fortunes. Spofforth was successful off the field in uncovering irregularities that contributed to the financial difficulties that had bedeviled the club for many years.

1890 season

Derbyshire played fourteen games, winning seven and losing five. They played the same county teams as in previous years and also minor county Norfolk for the first time. They also played against MCC and the touring Australians. Fred Spofforth

Fred Spofforth

, known as the "Demon Bowler" had toured England with the Australians in 1886, and afterwards chose to live in Derbyshire. With the residential qualification met in 1890, Spofforth was able not only to play for Derbyshire but to captain the side. Although the Demon Bowler took 9 for 56 against Leicestershire, it was George Davidson

George Davidson (cricketer)

George Arthur Davidson was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1886 and 1898 and for Marylebone Cricket Club between 1888 and 1898. A useful all-rounder, he scored over 5500 runs and took 621 wickets in his first class career.Davidson was born in Brimington, Derbyshire, the son...

who took most wickets. Levi 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...

was top scorer. Derbyshire did not have had a dedicated wicket-keeper during the season.

Matches

{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
| 26 May 1890
| Essex

Essex County Cricket Club

Essex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Essex. Its limited overs team is called the Essex Eagles, their team colours this season are blue.The club plays most of its home games...

County Ground, Leyton
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 8 runs
| Pickett 5-24 and 5-83; G Davidson

George Davidson (cricketer)

6-47 and 5-58
|-
|2
|02 Jun 1890
| 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="#FF0000"|Lost
| 28 runs
| G Davidson

George Davidson (cricketer)

6-36; Sharpe 5-65; W 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:...

5-44
|-
|3
|16 Jun 1890
| Leicestershire

Leicestershire County Cricket Club

Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Leicestershire. It has also been representative of the county of Rutland....

Grace Road, Leicester
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 7 wickets
| Joyce 5-85; GG Walker

George Glossop Walker

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

7-53
|-
|4
|30 Jun 1890
| Australians

Australian cricket team in England in 1890

The Australian cricket team in England in 1890 played 34 first-class matches including 2 Tests .England won the Test series 2-0:...

County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Turner 6-16; FR Spofforth

Fred Spofforth

6-42
|-
|5
|06 Jul 1890
| 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="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 25 runs
| G Davidson

George Davidson (cricketer)

5-69
|-
|6
|14 Jul 1890
| 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...

Surrey County Cricket Club

Kennington Oval
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 58 runs
| Key 137; LG Wright

Levi Wright

122; S Malthouse

Samuel Malthouse

Samuel Malthouse was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1890 and 1895.Malthouse was born in Whitwell, Derbyshire, the son of John G. Malthouse, a mason, and his wife Ann...

5-112; Sharpe 6-79
|-
|8
| 28 Jul 1890
| Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club

Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Nottinghamshire, and the current county champions. Its limited overs team is called the Nottinghamshire Outlaws...

Essex County Cricket Club

County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 8 wickets
| Mead 6-?; GG Walker

George Glossop Walker

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

6-?; Pickett 6-?
|-
|10
|08 Aug 1890
| Norfolk

Norfolk County Cricket Club

Norfolk County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Norfolk and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...

County Ground, Lakenham
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 60 runs
| F Evershed

Frank Evershed

Frank Evershed was an English rugby player who played internationally for England between 1889 and 1893 and a cricketer who played for Derbyshire....

111; Hoare 5-106; GG Walker

George Glossop Walker

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

6-27
|-
|11
| 11 Aug 1890
| Leicestershire

Leicestershire County Cricket Club

County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 145 runs
| FR Spofforth

Fred Spofforth

9-56 and 5-58
|-
|12
| 18 Aug 1890
| 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....

Bramall Lane, Sheffield
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 52 runs
| GG Walker

George Glossop Walker

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

5-66
|-
|13
|25 Aug 1890
| Norfolk

Norfolk County Cricket Club

County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 23 runs
| GG Walker

George Glossop Walker

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

5-19; Morton 6-57; FR Spofforth

Fred Spofforth

7-26
|-
|14
|01 Sep 1890
| Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club

Trent Bridge, Nottingham
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| GG Walker

George Glossop Walker

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

6-82
|-

Batting averages

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

|| 13 || 22 ||538 ||86 ||24.45 || 0
|-
| LG Wright

Levi Wright

|| 12 || 24 || 544 || 122 || 22.67 || 1
|-
| S Malthouse

Samuel Malthouse

Samuel Malthouse was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1890 and 1895.Malthouse was born in Whitwell, Derbyshire, the son of John G. Malthouse, a mason, and his wife Ann...

|| 9 || 16 || 348 || 74 || 21.75 || 0
|-
| H Bagshaw

Henry Bagshaw

Harry Bagshaw, christened Henry Bagshaw, was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1887 and 1902 and was also a cricket umpire....

|| 5 ||9|| 180||35||20.00|| 0
|-
| F Evershed

Frank Evershed

Frank Evershed was an English rugby player who played internationally for England between 1889 and 1893 and a cricketer who played for Derbyshire....

|| 7 || 11 ||207 ||111 ||18.82 || 1
|-
| G Davidson

George Davidson (cricketer)

|| 14 ||24 ||448 ||58 ||18.67 || 0
|-
|W L 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...

|| 2 || 4 || 69 || 36 || 17.25 || 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....

|| 12 || 19 ||289 ||57 ||15.21 || 0
|-
| W 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:...

|| 13 || 21 || 295 || 58 || 14.05 || 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...

|| 9 || 15 || 196 || 64 || 13.07 || 0
|-
| W Storer

William Storer

William Storer was an English footballer and a cricketer who played six Tests from 1897 to 1899, played first class cricket for Derbyshire from 1887 to 1905 and played football for Derby County...

|| 12 || 19 || 207 || 51 || 10.89 || 0
|-
| C Evans

Charles Evans (cricketer)

Charles Evans was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1889 and 1895.Evans was born at Newbold, Derbyshire the son of George Evans, an engine wright at a colliery and his wife Harriett...

|| 3 || 4 ||36 ||30 ||9.00 || 0
|-
| F R Spofforth

Fred Spofforth

|| 6 || 9 || 75 || 9 || 8.33 || 0
|-
| E Evershed

Edward Evershed

Edward Evershed was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1888 and 1898.Evershed was born in Stapenhill, now part of Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire , the son of Sydney Evershed the brewer and MP for Burton...

|| 5 || 7 ||56 ||19 || 8.00|| 0
|-
| HC Mosby || 5 || 10 || 78 || 29 || 7.80 || 0
|-
| GG Walker

George Glossop Walker

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

|| 12 || 18 || 138 || 31 || 7.67|| 0
|-
| W S 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...

|| 3|| 5 ||35 || 19 || 7.00 || 0
|-
| G Porter

George Porter (cricketer)

George Porter was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1881 and 1896.Porter was born at Kilburn, Derbyshire, the son of John Porter a brickyard worker, and his wife Sarah Brentnall and was apprenticed to his uncle as a chimney sweep...

|| 6 || 10|| 60 || 23 || 6.00 || 0
|-
| J Marshall

Joseph Marshall

Joseph Marshall was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1887.Marshall was born in Mosborough, Yorkshire. He made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1887 season against Surrey and his only other first class game was also against Surrey that season...

|| 1 || 1 || 4 || 4 || 4.00 || 0
|-
| T Purdy || 1 || 2 || 5 || 4 || 2.50 || 0
|-
| J Marlow

Joseph Marlow

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

|| 1 || 2 || 4 || 2 || 2.00 || 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....

|| 1 ||2 ||3 ||2 ||1.50 || 0
|-
|}

Bowling averages

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

George Davidson (cricketer)

|| 2952 || 1174 || 67 || 6-36 || 17.52
|-
| GG Walker

George Glossop Walker

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

|| 1611 || 650 || 55 || 7-53 || 11.82
|-
| FR Spofforth

Fred Spofforth

|| 1071 || 461 || 42 || 9-56 || 10.98
|-
| G Porter

George Porter (cricketer)

|| 920 || 359 || 21 ||4-78 || 17.10
|-
| W 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:...

|| 447 || 226 || 13 || 5-44 || 17.38
|-
| S Malthouse

Samuel Malthouse

Samuel Malthouse was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1890 and 1895.Malthouse was born in Whitwell, Derbyshire, the son of John G. Malthouse, a mason, and his wife Ann...

|| 672 || 290 || 12 || 5-115|| 24.17
|-
| W Chatterton

William Chatterton

|| 485 || 235 || 8 || 4-34 || 29.38
|-
| HC Mosby || 325 || 161 || 4 || 2-21 || 40.25
|-
| C Evans

Charles Evans (cricketer)

|| 125 || 62 || 1 || 1-22 || 62.00
|-
| 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...

|| 210 || 107 || 1 || 1-6 ||107.00
|-
| 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....

|| 10 || 7 || 0 || ||
|-
| LG Wright

Levi Wright

|| 15 || 17 || 0 || ||
|-
| H Bagshaw

Henry Bagshaw

Harry Bagshaw, christened Henry Bagshaw, was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1887 and 1902 and was also a cricket umpire....

|| 90 || 32 || 0 || ||
|-
| J Marlow

Joseph Marlow

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

|| 115 || 43 || 0 || ||
|-
|}

Wicket Keeper

There does not appear to have been a regular wicket-keeper this season, and no wickets were taken by stumping.

Financial scandal

By 1890 Derbyshire County Cricket Club was found to be in deep financial crisis. Fred Spofforth

Fred Spofforth

played a key part in identifying a fraud that had been committed. The cricket club's losses amounted to £1000 and Derby County Football Club was also raided. In 1880 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...

, the club's first captain had become an administrator of the club, and in 1884 the remit was extended to the associated Derby County Football Club. Richardson admitted his guilt, fled the country in disgrace and settled in Madrid.

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