Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1891

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1891 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 twenty years. Derbyshire's matches were not considered to be first class in this season. The club had lost first class status after 1887 and did not regain it until 1894, the year before they joined the County Championship

County Championship

The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...

. However many of the players competed for the club earlier or subsequently at first-class level.

1891 season

Derbyshire played twelve games, all against sides that they had played in first class matches before 1888 or that joined the County Championship four years later. Sydney 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....

took over the captaincy from 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...

who made his one last appearance during the year. 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...

was top scorer making a century against Yorkshire. 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...

topped the bowling with 61 wickets.

William Taylor

William Taylor (cricketer)

William Thomas Taylor was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1905 and 1910.Taylor was born at Wirksworth, Derbyshire the son of Walter Taylor of Fern House and his wife Alice...

noted that during Derbyshire's period in exile many fine players wore their colours including S H Evershed, who in captained the eleven with marked ability for many years and the grand veteran, Levi Wright - "a magnificent batsman and unsurpassed as a fieldsman in the oldfashioned position of square-point". With Evershed, and his brother Edward

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...

, 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...

and Robert Tomlinson

Robert George Tomlinson

Robert George Tomlinson was an English brewer and cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1891 and 1893 and was later umpire in first class matches in Scotland....

, the team was well represented by brewers of Burton

Brewers of Burton

Burton upon Trent had a unique position in the history of brewing, exporting beer throughout the world and accounting for a quarter of UK beer production at one time; emulation of Burton water is a prevalent brewing technique called Burtonisation. The town itself was dominated by the industry...

Matches

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

|-
|1
|07 May 1891
| 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...

Trent Bridge, Nottingham
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|10 Wickets
| Flowers 100; G Davidson

George Davidson (cricketer)

5-111
|-
|2
|18 May 1891
| 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....

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
|Abandoned
|
|-
|4
|08 Jun 1891
|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....

Headingley, Leeds
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|45 runs
|
|-
|5
|15 Jun 1891
| Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club

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...

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

106; 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...

5-52; Peel 5-67
|-
|8
| 06 Jul 1891
| Warwickshire

Warwickshire County Cricket Club

Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire. Its limited overs team is called the Warwickshire Bears. Their kit colours are black and gold and the shirt sponsor...

County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| J J Hulme 7-56; Shilton 5-57; Pallett 5-51
|-
|9
|16 Jul 1891
|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...

Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|4 wickets
|G Davidson

George Davidson (cricketer)

5-65
|-
|10
|20 Jul 1891
| Surrey

Surrey County Cricket Club

Kennington Oval
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|10 wickets
| G Davidson

George Davidson (cricketer)

6-41; G Porter

George Porter (cricketer)

6-61; W W Read 5-31
|-
|11
| 03 Aug 1891
| Leicestershire

Leicestershire County Cricket Club

Grace Road, Leicester
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|58 runs
| S Raynor 5-57; Pougher 5-33;
|-
|12
| 10 Aug 1891
| Warwickshire

Warwickshire County Cricket Club

Edgbaston, Birmingham
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|9 wickets
| G Davidson

George Davidson (cricketer)

5-47; G Porter

George Porter (cricketer)

5-34 and 5-34; Pallett 5-36
|-
|13
| 17 Aug 1891
| Essex

Essex County Cricket Club

County Ground, Derby

|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|7 wickets
| G Davidson

George Davidson (cricketer)

6-24 and 5-33; J J Hulme 5-45; Pickett 7-59
|-

Batting averages

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

William Chatterton

|| 12 || 22 || 763 || 106 || 34.68 || 1
|-
|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....

|| 10 || 18 || 386 || 86 || 21.44 || 0
|-
|Fred Spofforth

Fred Spofforth

|| 1|| 2 || 42 || 32 || 21.00 || 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...

|| 8 || 16 || 319 || 71 || 19.93|| 0
|-
|R G Tomlinson

Robert George Tomlinson

Robert George Tomlinson was an English brewer and cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1891 and 1893 and was later umpire in first class matches in Scotland....

|| 1|| 2 || 38 || 22 || 19.00|| 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 || 13|| 224 || 51 || 17.23|| 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...

|| 1 || 2 || 34 || 32 || 17.00|| 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 || 23 || 360 || 51 || 15.65|| 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:...

|| 12 || 24 || 328 || 81 || 13.67|| 0
|-
|G Davidson

George Davidson (cricketer)

|| 12 || 21 || 245 || 43 || 11.67|| 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...

|| 6 || 9 || 95 || 37 || 10.55|| 0
|-
|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...

|| 7 || 14 || 155 || 37 || 10.28|| 0
|-
|HA Morley ||1 || 2 || 20 || 12 || 10.00 || 0
|-
|GG Walker

George Glossop Walker

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

||5 ||7 || 56 || 22 || 8.00|| 0
|-
|S Thorpe || 4|| 8 || 63 || 35 || 7.87 || 0
|-
|E Evershed

Edward Evershed

||2 || 3 || 22 || 15 || 7.33|| 0
|-
|W S Eadie

William Eadie

|| 4 ||7 || 51 || 20 || 7.28|| 0
|-
|J J Hulme || || 10 || 69 || 20 || 6.80|| 0
|-
|G Porter

George Porter (cricketer)

|| 9 || 12 || 68 || 29 || 5.67|| 0
|-
|H F Wright

Henry FitzHerbert Wright

Henry FitzHerbert Wright was an English cricketer, lawyer and Conservative politician. He was active in local government in Derbyshire and sat in the House of Commons from 1912 to 1918....

||2 || 3 || 11 || 8 || 3.67|| 0
|-
|W Myton || 1|| 2 || 6 || 4 || 3.00 || 0
|-
|S Raynor ||4 || 7 || 18 || 6 || 2.57|| 0
|-
|R Wright || 1|| 3 || 8 || 7 || 2.67|| 0
|-
|D Bottom

Daniel Bottom

Daniel Bottom was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1891 and 1901 and for Nottinghamshire in 1899.Bottom was born in Whitwell, Derbyshire the son of John Bottom, a stonemason, and his wife Elizabeth...

|| 1 || 2 || 4 || 4 || 2.00 || 0
|-
|W W Wood-Sims

William Wood-Sims

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

|| 1|| 1 || 1 || 1 || 1.00|| 0
|-
|-
|}

Bowling averages

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

George Davidson (cricketer)

|| ||957|| 61 ||6-24 || 15.69
|-
|G Porter

George Porter (cricketer)

|| || 466 || 36 || 6-61 || 12.94
|-
|J J Hulme || || 461 || 34 || 5-45 || 13.56
|-
|S Raynor || || 175 || 8 || 5-57 || 21.87
|-
| 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:...

|| || 104 || 6 || 4-65 || 17.33
|-
| W Chatterton

William Chatterton

|| || 182 ||5 || 2-15 ||36.4
|-
|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...

|| || 108 || 4 || 4-68 || 27.00
|-
|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...

|| || 63 || 3 || 2-36 || 21.00
|-
|Fred Spofforth

Fred Spofforth

|| || 106|| 2 || 2-106 || 53.00
|-
|D Bottom

Daniel Bottom

|| || 36 || 0 || ||
|-
|S Thorpe || || 31|| 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....

|| || 11 || 0 || ||
|-
|GG Walker

George Glossop Walker

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

|| || 111 || 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....

|| ||26 ||0 || ||
|-
|R Wright || || 23 || 0 || ||
|}

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