Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1894

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1894 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 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

County Championship

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

until the following season.

1894 season

The captains of the leading counties determined that in 1894 Derbyshire with 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...

, 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....

and 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...

, should be given first-class status. The match results did not count in the County Championship until 1895, when 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...

was also admitted. Derbyshire played eleven first-class games including one against MCC. They played three other matches which were against Hampshire and the touring South Africans.

Derbyshire won six of their first class matches and lost four with one drawn. The three other matches were two draws and a loss to Hampshire. 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 fourth season as captain. Several players played for other first-class teams, and so the top scorer and wicket-taker in Derbyshire's first-class matches 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...

.

Most of the team had played for Derbyshire in the 1887 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1887

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1887 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for sixteen years and was the last season before they lost first class status for seven years.-1887 season:...

or before and had continued playing during the interval. Those who had joined in the interval and made their first-class debuts were Charles 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...

, Samuel 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...

, Daniel 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...

, stand -in wicket-keeper 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...

and William Delacombe

William Delacombe

William Barclay Delacombe was an Ascension Island-born English cricketer. He played for Derbyshire between 1892 and 1900....

. Those who made their Derbyshire debut in 1894 and played subsequently were Samuel Hill-Wood future MP, baronet and chairman of Arsenal, William Locker

William Locker

William Locker was an English footballer and cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1894 and 1903 and football for Stoke, Derby County and Notts County. He was one of nineteen sportsment to achieve the Derby sporting double.Locker was born in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, the...

footballer and Geprge Marsden

George Marsden (cricketer)

George Allen Marsden was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1894 and 1898.Marsden was born in Wirksworth, the son of George Marsden a printer and auctioneer and his wife Anne Allen...

lawyer. In addition John Young

John Young (cricketer, born 1863)

Another Derbyshire cricketer, born in 1876, was named John YoungJohn William Young was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1894....

colliery carpenter played two career first class matches and Albert Widdowson

Albert Widdowson

Albert Widdowson was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1894.Widdowson was born in Bingham, Nottinghamshire and in 1881 was working on a farm. He played one match Derbyshire in the 1894 season in July against Surrey in which he made one run. Widdowson was identified as a scorer for...

farm hand played one career fist class match in the seaon.

Matches

{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of first class matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
|10 May 1894
| 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
| Innings and 40 runs
| Smith 5-43; J J Hulme 5-76; Richardson 6-17
|-
|2
|17 May 1894
| 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
| 7 wickets
| Rawlin 6-49; G Davidson

George Davidson (cricketer)

6-31 and 5-63
|-
|3
| 11 Jun 1894
| 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="#00FF00"|Won
| 5 wickets
| J J Hulme 7-15; Mold 6-21; GG Walker

George Glossop Walker

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

5-24
|-
|4
|25 Jun 1894
| Warwickshire

Warwickshire County Cricket Club

County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 10 wickets
|
|-
|5
| 02 Jul 1894
| Lancashire

Lancashire County Cricket Club

Old Trafford, Manchester
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 14 runs
| Mold 7-77; G Davidson

George Davidson (cricketer)

7-55; Briggs 5-68
|-
|6
|09 Jul 1894
| 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....

Surrey County Cricket Club

County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Abel 122; G Davidson

George Davidson (cricketer)

5-100; Richardson 5-52; Smith 5-34
|-
|8
|23 Jul 1894
| Warwickshire

Warwickshire 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....

Bramall Lane, Sheffield f4101
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 9 wickets
| G Davidson

George Davidson (cricketer)

8-33; Wainwright 5-29; J J Hulme 9-27
|-
|10
|09 Aug 1894
| Leicestershire

Leicestershire County Cricket Club

Grace Road, Leicester
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 36 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...

5-14; G Davidson

George Davidson (cricketer)

6-37
|-
|11
| 20 Aug 1894
| Leicestershire

Leicestershire County Cricket Club

County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 8 wickets
| G Davidson

George Davidson (cricketer)

5-39 and 5-45; Hillyard 5-87
|-
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of other matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
|14 May 1894
| Hampshire

Hampshire County Cricket Club

County Ground, Southampton
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| 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...

171; J J Hulme 6-65
|-
|2
|26 Jul 1894
| South Africans

South African cricket team in England in 1894

The inaugural South African tour of England took place in the 1894 season.None of the 24 matches are currently regarded as first-class fixtures, even though South Africa had already begun playing matches subsequently recognised as Test matches at home and even though many of the matches on tour...

County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| 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:...

121; Sewell 128
|-
|3
| 06 Aug 1894
| Hampshire

Hampshire County Cricket Club

First Class 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...

|| 16 ||27 || 611 ||113 || 27.77 || 1
|-
| G Davidson

George Davidson (cricketer)

|| 19 ||30 || 537 ||81 || 21.48 || 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...

|| 14 ||20 || 297|| 78* ||18.56 || 0
|-
| C Evans

Charles Evans (cricketer)

|| 6 ||9 || 123 ||31 || 17.57 || 0
|-
| J J Hulme || 10 ||16 || 260|| 55 || 17.33 || 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:...

|| 11 ||18 || 240|| 70 ||16.00 || 0
|-
| LG Wright

Levi Wright

|| 12 ||22 || 268 ||44 || 13.40 || 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....

|| 7 ||12 || 156|| 44 || 13.00 || 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...

|| 8 ||11 || 117 ||38 || 11.70 || 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....

|| 4 ||6 || 66|| 34 || 11.00 || 0
|-
| GA Marsden

George Marsden (cricketer)

||8 ||12 || 102 ||34 || 9.27 || 0
|-
| W Locker

William Locker

||1 ||2 || 15|| 9 || 7.50 || 0
|-
| GG Walker

George Glossop Walker

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

|| 11 ||16 || 95 ||38 || 5.93 || 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...

|| 4 ||7 || 34 ||18 || 5.66 || 0
|-
| D Bottom

Daniel Bottom

|| 1|| 1 || 5|| 5 || 5.00|| 0
|-
| G Porter

George Porter (cricketer)

|| 4 ||5 || 7|| 5 || 3.50 || 0
|-
| F Mycroft

Frank Mycroft

|| 1 ||2 || 6|| 4 || 3.00 || 0
|-
| A Widdowson

Albert Widdowson

||1 ||1 || 1|| 1 ||1.00 || 0
|-
| S Hill-Wood || 1 ||1 || 1|| 1* || ||
|-
| WB Delacombe

William Delacombe

William Barclay Delacombe was an Ascension Island-born English cricketer. He played for Derbyshire between 1892 and 1900....

|| 1 ||1 || 0|| 0 || 0.00 || 0
|-
| JW Young

John Young (cricketer, born 1863)

Another Derbyshire cricketer, born in 1876, was named John YoungJohn William Young was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1894....

|| 2 ||2 || 0 ||0 ||0.00 || 0
|}

Wright, Chatterton, Davidson and Walker played for North against South, and Chatterton Davidson and Walker played for Players against Gents. Chatterton Davidson and Storer played for MCC
{| class="wikitable" width="80%"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! colspan=7| Leading first-class batsmen for Derbyshire by runs scored
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name
! Mat
! Inns
! Runs
! HS
! Ave

Batting average

Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...

! 100
|-
| G Davidson

George Davidson (cricketer)

|| 11 ||17 || 374 ||81 || 22.00 (a) || 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...

|| 10 || 16 || 260|| 78* || 16.25 (a)|| 0
|-
| J J Hulme || 10 ||16 || 260|| 55 || 17.33 || 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:...

|| 11 ||18 || 240|| 70 ||16.00 || 0
|-
| W Chatterton

William Chatterton

|| 11 ||17 || 220 || || 12.94 (a) ||
|-
|}
(a) Figures adjusted for non Derbyshire matches

First Class bowling averages

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

George Davidson (cricketer)

|| 4147|| 1266 ||97|| 8-33 ||13.05
|-
| J J Hulme || 2221 || 777 ||47|| 9-27|| 16.53
|-
| GG Walker

George Glossop Walker

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

|| 1366 || 631 ||32 ||7-108 ||19.71
|-
| G Porter

George Porter (cricketer)

|| 415 ||115 ||14 ||5-14 ||8.21
|-
| C Evans

Charles Evans (cricketer)

|| 493 ||240 ||13|| 4-46 ||18.46
|-
| 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....

|| 235 ||73|| 4 ||4-42 ||18.25
|-
| 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:...

|| 205 || 99 ||4 ||2-29 ||24.75
|-
| W Chatterton

William Chatterton

|| 195 || 100 ||0 || ||
|-
| WB Delacombe

William Delacombe

William Barclay Delacombe was an Ascension Island-born English cricketer. He played for Derbyshire between 1892 and 1900....

|| 20 ||17 ||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...

|| 85 ||26 ||0 || ||
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="80%"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! colspan=6| Leading first class bowlers for Derbyshire by wickets taken
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name
! Balls
! Runs
! Wkts
! BBI
! Ave

Bowling average

Bowling average is a statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the sport of cricket.A bowler's bowling average is defined as the total number of runs conceded by the bowlers divided by the number of wickets taken by the bowler, so the lower the average the better. It is similar to earned...

|-
| G Davidson

George Davidson (cricketer)

|| 3338|| 964 ||79 || 8-33 ||12.20 (a)
|-
| J J Hulme || 2221 || 777 ||47|| 9-27|| 16.53
|-
| GG Walker

George Glossop Walker

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

|| 932 || 409 ||21 || 5-24 ||19.48 (a)
|-
| G Porter

George Porter (cricketer)

|| 415 ||115 ||14 ||5-14 ||8.21
|-
| C Evans

Charles Evans (cricketer)

|| 493 ||240 ||13|| 4-46 ||18.46
|-
|}
(a) Figures adjusted for non Derbyshire matches

Wicket Keeper

William 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...

Catches 17 , Stumping 5

Storer also kept wicket for MCC taking three catches and three stumpings. Frank Mycroft was stand-in wicket-keeper for one match.

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