Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1893
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Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1893 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 two 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 the following year 1894. However many of the players competed for the club earlier or subsequently at first-class level.

1893 season

Derbyshire played sixteen games and apart from two against Cheshire and one against MCC, these were all against future clubs in the County Championship or the touring Australians. They won seven matches and lost six, which was a sufficient prelude to their return to first-class status in the following 1894 season
Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1894
Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1894 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for twenty three years. Derbyshire's matches were re-accorded first class status in this season but they did not start to take part in the County Championship until the following...

. 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....

 was in his third season as captain. Henry 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....

 was top scorer. 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.

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".

Frank Mycroft
Frank Mycroft
Frank Mycroft was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1893 and 1895.Mycroft was born in Shirland Toadhole Furnace, Derbyshire, the son of Matthew Mycroft, a farmer of , and his wife Eliza. Mycroft started playing for Derbyshire in the 1893 season before they were included in the...

 made his debut in the season, standing in as wicket-keeper for William Storer who also played for MCC and other teams. Mycroft went on to play three more seasons for Derbyshire. Joseph Ward and Joseph Soult only played in this season for Derbyshire and never achieved first-class status. Soult played just one match while Ward bowled in a useful manner in four matches.

Matches

{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
|18 May 1893
| 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
| 10 wickets
| Richardson 8-36
|-
|2
|22 May 1893
| 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="#FF0000"|Lost
| 9 wickets
| Kortright 7-39
|-
|3
| 05 Jun 1893
| Cheshire
Cheshire County Cricket Club
Cheshire 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 Cheshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...


County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 80 runs
| 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...

 5-49

|-
|4
|12 Jun 1893
| 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...

 
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 6 wickets
| Mold 7-58 and 6-84
|-
|5
|15 Jun 1893
| 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="#FF0000"|Lost
| 26 runs
| G 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...

 5-59; Geeson 6-39

|-
|6
|26 Jun 1893
| Cheshire
Cheshire County Cricket Club
Cheshire 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 Cheshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...


Birkenhead Park Cricket Club Ground
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 4 wickets
| G 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...

 5-38; Robson 6-82

|-
|7
|03 Jul 1893
| Australians
Australian cricket team in England in 1893
The Australian cricket team in England in 1893 played 31 first-class matches including 3 Tests.England won the Test series 1-0 with 2 matches drawn:* – match drawn* – England won by an innings and 43 runs...

 
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 71 runs
| Bannerman 105; Graham 219
|-
|8
| 10 Jul 1893
| 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="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Mold 7-83
|-
|9
|17 Jul 1893
| 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...

 101*; J J Hulme 7-72 and 5-105

|-
|10
|27 Jul 1893
| Hampshire
Hampshire County Cricket Club
Hampshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Hampshire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1863 as a successor to the Hampshire county cricket teams and has played at the Antelope Ground from then until 1885, before moving to the County Ground where it...


County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 8 wickets
| Barton 107; 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...

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

 7-78; G 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...

 5-59

|-
|11
| 31 Jul 1893
| 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
| 173 runs
| Finney 5-84; J J Hulme 7-46
|-
|12
| 03 Aug 1893
| 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....

 
The Circle, Hull
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| 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...

 108; Wardall 6-30; J J Hulme 5-45; Hirst 6-76

|-
|13
| 07 Aug 1893
| 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, Derby

|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 9 wickets
| J J Hulme 5-47 and 5-100
|-
|14
| 14 Aug 1893
| 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....


County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 50 runs
|
|-
|15
| 24 Aug 1893
| Hampshire
Hampshire County Cricket Club
Hampshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Hampshire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1863 as a successor to the Hampshire county cricket teams and has played at the Antelope Ground from then until 1885, before moving to the County Ground where it...


County Ground, Southampton
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 159 runs
| Soar 5-65 and 6-91; J J Hulme 5-48; GG Walker
George Glossop Walker
George Glossop Walker was an English Cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1881 and 1898.- Early life :...

 5-45

|-
|16
| 28 Aug 1893
| 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...


Kennington Oval
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 7 wickets
| Read 108; Richardson 5-100
|-

Batting averages

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

 || 14||28||761||96||27.18|| 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...

 || 14||28||753||97||26.89|| 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...

 || 15||20||756||101||25.21||1
|-
| 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||24||588||84||24.50||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 || 560 ||108||24.35||1
|-
| J J Hulme || 6||12|| 249||48||20.75||0
|-
| G 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...

 || 14||27||512||72||18.96||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...

 || 5|| 9||139||54||15.44|| 0
|-
| JP Ward || 4||7||102|| 28||14.57||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||25||324||37||13.96||0
|-
| GG Walker
George Glossop Walker
George Glossop Walker was an English Cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1881 and 1898.- Early life :...

 || 5 ||10||127||38||12.70||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...

 || 3|| 6|| 69|| 40||11.50||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....

 || 2|| 3 || 30||20||10.00||0
|-
| J Cupitt
Joseph Cupitt
Joseph Cupitt was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1905.Cupitt was born in Barrow Hill, Derbyshire, the son of Thomas Cupitt, a coal miner, and his wife Susannah. Cupitt himself became a miner. He played for Derbyshire in the 1892 season and in the 1893 season...

 || 6 ||12|| 109||24||9.08||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||3|| 25||14||8.33||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...

 || 9|| 17|| 139|| 32||8.18||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...

 || 2|| 4 || 28 || 14 || 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...

 || 10||20||125||22|| 6.25||0
|-
| J Soult || 1|| 2|| 8 || 6 || 4.00 || 0
|-
| F Mycroft
Frank Mycroft
Frank Mycroft was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1893 and 1895.Mycroft was born in Shirland Toadhole Furnace, Derbyshire, the son of Matthew Mycroft, a farmer of , and his wife Eliza. Mycroft started playing for Derbyshire in the 1893 season before they were included in the...

 || 2|| 4|| 11|| 8|| 2.75||0
|-
| W Walton
William Walton (cricketer)
William Walton was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1887.Walton was born in Glossop, Derbyshire, the son of Matthew Walton, manager of a cotton mill, and his wife Elizabeth...

 ||2 ||4|| 11||8||2.75||0
|-
| J Stubbings
James Stubbings
James Stubbings was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1880 and 1885....

 || 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)
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...

 || 3769 || 1345 || 67 || 5-38 || 20.07
|-
| J J Hulme || 2037 || 763 || 54 || 7-46 || 14.20
|-
| 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...

 || 2054 || 923 || 45 || 5-49 || 20.51
|-
| GG Walker
George Glossop Walker
George Glossop Walker was an English Cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1881 and 1898.- Early life :...

 || 1001 || 499 || 33 || 7-78 || 15.12
|-
| J Cupitt
Joseph Cupitt
Joseph Cupitt was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1905.Cupitt was born in Barrow Hill, Derbyshire, the son of Thomas Cupitt, a coal miner, and his wife Susannah. Cupitt himself became a miner. He played for Derbyshire in the 1892 season and in the 1893 season...

 || 788 || 372 || 17 || 3-61 ||21.88
|-
| 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:...

 || 270 || 145 || 16 || 3-31 || 9.06
|-
| JP Ward || 558 || 269 || 9 || 4-44 || 29.89
|-
| 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...

|| 534 || 212 || 6 || 3-29 || 35.33
|-
| 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...

 || 30 || 29 || 1 || 1-29 || 29:00
|-
| J Stubbings
James Stubbings
James Stubbings was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1880 and 1885....

 || 50 || 40 || 1 || 1-40 || 40.00
|-
| 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....

 || 80 || 57 || 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...

 || 65 || 30 || 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...

 || 15 || 9 || 0 || ||
|-
| J Soult || 10 || 14 || 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....

|| 5|| 11 || 0 || ||
|-
|}
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