Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1897
Encyclopedia
Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1897 was the cricket
season when the English club Derbyshire
had been playing for twenty six years. It was their third season in the County Championship
and they came fourteenth after failing to win a match..
. They did not win a match in the season and lost ten. They were missing two of their key bowlers - John Hulme who had taken most wickets in 1896 did not play at all during the season, and George Porter
who had undergone surgery in 1896 and retired from the game.
Sydney Evershed
was in his seventh season as captain. Levi Wright
was top scorer, overtaking Bagshaw's lead in the Championship with a good performance against MCC. George Davidson
took most wickets.
Of those who made their debuts in the season, Arnold Warren
went on to play for the club for 23 years and represented England in 1905, and Maynard Ashcroft
, a doctor, went on to become club captain. Most of the remaining newcomers were from mining families. Frank Davidson
, Joseph Hancock
and William Wilmot
each played over several more seasons but more or less occasionally . James Cross
, Herbert Bostock
, Dick Steeples
and Edward Houseman
all appeared only in the 1897 season, Cross playing nine matches, Bostock four, Steeples three and Houseman one. Cross and Steeples filled in for the lack of bowling, while Bostock achieved a high average in his three games.
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
|10 May 1897
|Lancashire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 220 runs
| Ward 162; Mold 6-55 and 6-29
|-
|2
|24 May 1897
|Surrey
Kennington Oval
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 3 runs
| H Bagshaw
114; W Storer
5-40; Richardson 5-82
|-
|3
|31 May 1897
|Warwickshire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|G Davidson
6-62
|-
|4
|03 Jun 1897
|Lancashire
Aigburth, Liverpool
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 1 wicket
| Briggs 8-70; G Davidson
6-22
|-
|5
|07 Jun 1897
|Hampshire
County Ground, Southampton
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Lacey 121; H Bagshaw
105
|-
|6
|10 Jun 1897
|MCC
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 2 wickets
| Trott 6-47; Mead 5-67
|-
|7
|14 Jun 1897
|Yorkshire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 1 wicket
| W Storer
104; Peel 5-47
|-
|8
|28 Jun 1897
|Essex
County Ground, Leyton
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 7 wickets
| W Chatterton
120; Bull 7-93 and 6-63
|-
|9
| 05 Jul 1897
|Nottinghamshire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Gunn 152;
|-
|10
|19 Jul 1897
|Essex
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| SH Evershed
112; Bull 6-137
|-
|11
|22 Jul 1897
|Leicestershire
Grace Road, Leicester
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 5 wickets
| Stocks 5-49; Woodcock 5-106
|-
|12
|26 Jul 1897
|Surrey
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 10 wickets
| Key 130; Richardson 6-52; Lees 5-63
|-
|13
|02 Aug 1897
|Hampshire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 186 runs
|
|-
|14
|09 Aug 1897
|Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Gunn 230; LG Wright
133; G Davidson
121
|-
|15
|16 Aug 1897
|Leicestershire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| H Bagshaw
124
|-
|16
|19 Aug 1897
|Yorkshire
Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 5 wickets
| Haigh 6-18 and 5-62; G Davidson
6-23; Wainwright 5-39
|-
|17
|30 Aug 1897
|Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !! 100s
|-
| G Davidson
|| 16|| 27 || 745|| 121 || 31.04 || 1
|-
| H Bagshaw
|| 15 ||28 || 825 ||124 || 30.55 || 3
|-
| W Chatterton
|| 14 ||24 || 661 ||120 || 27.54 || 1
|-
| LG Wright
|| 16 ||28 || 765 ||133 || 27.32 || 1
|-
| H Bostock
|| 3 ||4 || 54 ||36 || 27.00 || 0
|-
| W Storer
|| 16 ||28 || 688 ||104*|| 26.46 || 1
|-
| SH Evershed
|| 14 ||25 || 647 ||112 || 25.88 ||1
|-
| EM Ashcroft
||7 ||12 || 222 ||99 ||22.20 || 0
|-
| WB Delacombe
|| 3 ||3 || 43 ||23*|| 21.50 || 0
|-
| W Sugg
|| 15 ||25 || 451|| 84 || 18.04 || 0
|-
| GG Walker
|| 4 ||6 || 52 ||27* ||10.40 || 0
|-
| J Cross
|| 8 ||13 || 81|| 29*|| 9.00 || 0
|-
| HG Curgenven
|| 4 ||7 || 57|| 26 || 8.14 || 0
|-
|T Gould
|| 5 ||9 || 47 ||16* ||6.71 || 0
|-
| JH Purdy
|| 1 ||2 || 6 ||6*|| 6.00 || 0
|-
| W Wilmot
|| 3 ||4 || 21|| 20|| 5.25 || 0
|-
| JW Hancock
||16 ||26 || 89 ||16 || 5.23 || 0
|-
| A Warren
|| 9 ||13 || 58 ||19*|| 4.83 || 0
|-
| R Steeples
|| 3|| 5 || 20 ||16 || 4.00 || 0
|-
| EO Houseman
|| 1 ||2 || 4|| 4 || 2.00 || 0
|-
|GA Marsden
|| 1 ||2 || 1 ||1 || 0.50 || 0
|-
| JP Hall
|| 1 ||2 || 0|| 0 || 0.00 || 0
|-
| F Davidson
||1 || 0 || || || || 0
|}
{| 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
! 100
|-
| LG Wright
|| 17 ||30 || 888 ||133 || 29.60 (a)|| 1
|-
| H Bagshaw
|| 16 ||30 || 861 ||124 || 28.70 (a)|| 3
|-
| G Davidson
|| 17|| 29 || 802|| 121 || 27.66 (a)|| 1
|-
| W Storer
|| 17 ||30 || 720 ||104*|| 26.00 (a)|| 1
|-
| W Chatterton
|| 15 ||26 || 682 ||120 || 26.23 (a)|| 1
|-
|}
(a) Figures adjusted for non Championship match
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average
|-
| G Davidson
|| 3896 || 1254 ||56|| 6-22|| 22.39
|-
| JW Hancock
|| 2268 || 1126|| 46|| 4-35 ||24.47
|-
| W Storer || 1035 || 614|| 22 ||5-40|| 27.90
|-
| W Chatterton
|| 1292 || 476 ||21 ||3-38 ||22.66
|-
| J Cross
|| 1691 || 574 ||18|| 4-68 ||31.88
|-
|T Gould
|| 410 || 205|| 9 ||4-45|| 22.77
|-
| R Steeples
|| 530||214|| 9|| 4-73 ||23.77
|-
| GG Walker
|| 632||321 ||9 ||4-44|| 35.66
|-
| H Bagshaw
|| 463||195 ||6 ||2-43|| 32.50
|-
| A Warren
|| 586 || 316 ||5 ||1-1 ||63.20
|-
| HG Curgenven
|| 90||61 ||2|| 2-25|| 30.50
|-
| JH Purdy
|| 50 || 20|| 0|| ||
|-
| W Sugg
|| 50 || 33|| 0 || ||
|-
| SH Evershed
|| 30||5|| 0 || ||
|-
| EM Ashcroft
|| 90 || 43|| 0 || ||
|-
| JP Hall
|| 45 || 33|| 0|| ||
|-
| WB Delacombe
|| 48 || 27|| 0|| ||
|-
| F Davidson
|| 50 || 24|| 0 || ||
|-
|LG Wright
|| 10 ||5 ||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
|-
| G Davidson
|| 4146 || 1352 || 58 || 6-22|| 23.31 (a)
|-
| JW Hancock
|| 2456 || 1214|| 51 || 4-35 ||23.80 (a)
|-
| W Chatterton
|| 1387 || 524 ||26 ||3-38 ||20.15 (a)
|-
| W Storer || 1049 || 632 || 22 ||5-40|| 28.72 (a)
|-
| J Cross
|| 1831 || 634 || 21 || 4-68 ||30.19 (a)
|-
|}
(a) Figures adjusted for non Championship match
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 six years. It was their third season in the County Championship
County Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...
and they came fourteenth after failing to win a match..
1897 season
Derbyshire played 16 games in the County Championship and one against MCCMarylebone 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...
. They did not win a match in the season and lost ten. They were missing two of their key bowlers - John Hulme who had taken most wickets in 1896 did not play at all during the season, and George 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...
who had undergone surgery in 1896 and retired from the game.
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 seventh season as captain. 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, overtaking Bagshaw's lead in the Championship with a good performance against MCC. 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...
took most wickets.
Of those who made their debuts in the season, Arnold Warren
Arnold Warren
Arnold Warren was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1897 and 1920 and played for England in 1905. He was the first bowler from Derbyshire to take 100 wickets in a season, a feat he performed three times.Warren was born in Codnor Park, Derbyshire, the son of...
went on to play for the club for 23 years and represented England in 1905, and Maynard Ashcroft
Maynard Ashcroft
Edward Maynard Ashcroft was an English doctor and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1897 and 1906 and captained the Derbyshire team in 1904.-Early life:...
, a doctor, went on to become club captain. Most of the remaining newcomers were from mining families. Frank Davidson
Frank Davidson
Frank Davidson was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1897 and 1899.Davidson was born in Brimington, Derbyshire, the son of Josh Davidson, a coal miner and his wife Elizabeth. His father played one game annually for Derbyshire from 1871 to 1875.Davidson's...
, Joseph Hancock
Joseph Hancock
Joseph William Hancock was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire from 1897 to 1900 and for Scotland in 1906...
and William Wilmot
William Wilmot
William Wilmot was an English cricketer. who played for Derbyshire between 1897 and 1901.Wilmot was born in Denby, Derbyshire, the son of John Wilmot, a labourer, and his wife Elizabeth....
each played over several more seasons but more or less occasionally . James Cross
James Cross (cricketer)
James Cross was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1897.Cross was born at Leyland, Lancashire, the son of William Cross a general labourer and his wife Alice. Cross was a brick and tile maker and in 1881 was living with his parents at 35 Bradshaw Street...
, Herbert Bostock
Herbert Bostock
Herbert Bostock was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1897.Bostock was born in Ilkeston of a mining family, and was a child when his father died. Bostock made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1897 season against Marylebone Cricket Club, in which he scored nine runs from the opening...
, Dick Steeples
Dick Steeples
Dick Steeples , was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1897.Steeples was born at Somercotes, Alfreton, Derbyshire, the son of John Steeples, a coal miner....
and Edward Houseman
Edward Houseman
Edward Outram Houseman was an English cricketer. who played for Derbyshire in one game during the 1897 season....
all appeared only in the 1897 season, Cross playing nine matches, Bostock four, Steeples three and Houseman one. Cross and Steeples filled in for the lack of bowling, while Bostock achieved a high average in his three games.
Matches
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
|10 May 1897
|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
| Innings and 220 runs
| Ward 162; Mold 6-55 and 6-29
|-
|2
|24 May 1897
|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 3 runs
| 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....
114; 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...
5-40; Richardson 5-82
|-
|3
|31 May 1897
|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
|
|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...
6-62
|-
|4
|03 Jun 1897
|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...
Aigburth, Liverpool
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 1 wicket
| Briggs 8-70; 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...
6-22
|-
|5
|07 Jun 1897
|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="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Lacey 121; 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....
105
|-
|6
|10 Jun 1897
|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
| 2 wickets
| Trott 6-47; Mead 5-67
|-
|7
|14 Jun 1897
|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="#FF0000"|Lost
| 1 wicket
| 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...
104; Peel 5-47
|-
|8
|28 Jun 1897
|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
| 7 wickets
| 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...
120; Bull 7-93 and 6-63
|-
|9
| 05 Jul 1897
|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...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Gunn 152;
|-
|10
|19 Jul 1897
|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="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| 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....
112; Bull 6-137
|-
|11
|22 Jul 1897
|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="#FF0000"|Lost
| 5 wickets
| Stocks 5-49; Woodcock 5-106
|-
|12
|26 Jul 1897
|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
| Key 130; Richardson 6-52; Lees 5-63
|-
|13
|02 Aug 1897
|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="#FF0000"|Lost
| 186 runs
|
|-
|14
|09 Aug 1897
|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="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Gunn 230; 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...
133; 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...
121
|-
|15
|16 Aug 1897
|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="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| 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....
124
|-
|16
|19 Aug 1897
|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....
Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 5 wickets
| Haigh 6-18 and 5-62; 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...
6-23; Wainwright 5-39
|-
|17
|30 Aug 1897
|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...
Edgbaston, Birmingham
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
County Championship batting averages
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="80%"|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !! 100s
|-
| 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...
|| 16|| 27 || 745|| 121 || 31.04 || 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....
|| 15 ||28 || 825 ||124 || 30.55 || 3
|-
| 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...
|| 14 ||24 || 661 ||120 || 27.54 || 1
|-
| 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...
|| 16 ||28 || 765 ||133 || 27.32 || 1
|-
| H Bostock
Herbert Bostock
Herbert Bostock was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1897.Bostock was born in Ilkeston of a mining family, and was a child when his father died. Bostock made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1897 season against Marylebone Cricket Club, in which he scored nine runs from the opening...
|| 3 ||4 || 54 ||36 || 27.00 || 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...
|| 16 ||28 || 688 ||104*|| 26.46 || 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....
|| 14 ||25 || 647 ||112 || 25.88 ||1
|-
| EM Ashcroft
Maynard Ashcroft
Edward Maynard Ashcroft was an English doctor and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1897 and 1906 and captained the Derbyshire team in 1904.-Early life:...
||7 ||12 || 222 ||99 ||22.20 || 0
|-
| WB Delacombe
William Delacombe
William Barclay Delacombe was an Ascension Island-born English cricketer. He played for Derbyshire between 1892 and 1900....
|| 3 ||3 || 43 ||23*|| 21.50 || 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:...
|| 15 ||25 || 451|| 84 || 18.04 || 0
|-
| GG Walker
George Glossop Walker
George Glossop Walker was an English Cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1881 and 1898.- Early life :...
|| 4 ||6 || 52 ||27* ||10.40 || 0
|-
| J Cross
James Cross (cricketer)
James Cross was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1897.Cross was born at Leyland, Lancashire, the son of William Cross a general labourer and his wife Alice. Cross was a brick and tile maker and in 1881 was living with his parents at 35 Bradshaw Street...
|| 8 ||13 || 81|| 29*|| 9.00 || 0
|-
| HG Curgenven
Henry Curgenven
Henry Grafton Curgenven was an English cricketer. He played for Derbyshire in 1896 and 1897, and for Cambridge University in 1897....
|| 4 ||7 || 57|| 26 || 8.14 || 0
|-
|T Gould
Thomas Gould
Thomas Gould was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1896 and 1897.Gould was born in Brassington, Derbyshire, the son of Mark Gould, a lead miner and later lime picker, and his wife Mary....
|| 5 ||9 || 47 ||16* ||6.71 || 0
|-
| JH Purdy
John Purdy (cricketer)
John Henry Purdy was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1896 and 1906.Purdy was born in Brimington, Derbyshire, the son of William Purdy, a bricklayer and his wife Elizabeth. His debut for Derbyshire came in the 1896 County Championship, against Yorkshire. Purdy took the last...
|| 1 ||2 || 6 ||6*|| 6.00 || 0
|-
| W Wilmot
William Wilmot
William Wilmot was an English cricketer. who played for Derbyshire between 1897 and 1901.Wilmot was born in Denby, Derbyshire, the son of John Wilmot, a labourer, and his wife Elizabeth....
|| 3 ||4 || 21|| 20|| 5.25 || 0
|-
| JW Hancock
Joseph Hancock
Joseph William Hancock was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire from 1897 to 1900 and for Scotland in 1906...
||16 ||26 || 89 ||16 || 5.23 || 0
|-
| A Warren
Arnold Warren
Arnold Warren was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1897 and 1920 and played for England in 1905. He was the first bowler from Derbyshire to take 100 wickets in a season, a feat he performed three times.Warren was born in Codnor Park, Derbyshire, the son of...
|| 9 ||13 || 58 ||19*|| 4.83 || 0
|-
| R Steeples
Dick Steeples
Dick Steeples , was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1897.Steeples was born at Somercotes, Alfreton, Derbyshire, the son of John Steeples, a coal miner....
|| 3|| 5 || 20 ||16 || 4.00 || 0
|-
| EO Houseman
Edward Houseman
Edward Outram Houseman was an English cricketer. who played for Derbyshire in one game during the 1897 season....
|| 1 ||2 || 4|| 4 || 2.00 || 0
|-
|GA 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...
|| 1 ||2 || 1 ||1 || 0.50 || 0
|-
| JP Hall
John Hall (cricketer)
John Peter Hall was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1895 and 1897.Hall was born at Worksop, Nottinghamshire. His cricket career began in the 1895 when Derbyshire entered the County Championship...
|| 1 ||2 || 0|| 0 || 0.00 || 0
|-
| F Davidson
Frank Davidson
Frank Davidson was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1897 and 1899.Davidson was born in Brimington, Derbyshire, the son of Josh Davidson, a coal miner and his wife Elizabeth. His father played one game annually for Derbyshire from 1871 to 1875.Davidson's...
||1 || 0 || || || || 0
|}
{| 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
|-
| 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...
|| 17 ||30 || 888 ||133 || 29.60 (a)|| 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....
|| 16 ||30 || 861 ||124 || 28.70 (a)|| 3
|-
| 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...
|| 17|| 29 || 802|| 121 || 27.66 (a)|| 1
|-
| 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...
|| 17 ||30 || 720 ||104*|| 26.00 (a)|| 1
|-
| 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 ||26 || 682 ||120 || 26.23 (a)|| 1
|-
|}
(a) Figures adjusted for non Championship match
County Championship bowling averages
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="80%"Name Balls Mdns Runs Wkts BB Ave 5wI 10wM|- 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...
|| 3896 || 1254 ||56|| 6-22|| 22.39
|-
| JW Hancock
Joseph Hancock
Joseph William Hancock was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire from 1897 to 1900 and for Scotland in 1906...
|| 2268 || 1126|| 46|| 4-35 ||24.47
|-
| W Storer || 1035 || 614|| 22 ||5-40|| 27.90
|-
| 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...
|| 1292 || 476 ||21 ||3-38 ||22.66
|-
| J Cross
James Cross (cricketer)
James Cross was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1897.Cross was born at Leyland, Lancashire, the son of William Cross a general labourer and his wife Alice. Cross was a brick and tile maker and in 1881 was living with his parents at 35 Bradshaw Street...
|| 1691 || 574 ||18|| 4-68 ||31.88
|-
|T Gould
Thomas Gould
Thomas Gould was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1896 and 1897.Gould was born in Brassington, Derbyshire, the son of Mark Gould, a lead miner and later lime picker, and his wife Mary....
|| 410 || 205|| 9 ||4-45|| 22.77
|-
| R Steeples
Dick Steeples
Dick Steeples , was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1897.Steeples was born at Somercotes, Alfreton, Derbyshire, the son of John Steeples, a coal miner....
|| 530||214|| 9|| 4-73 ||23.77
|-
| GG Walker
George Glossop Walker
George Glossop Walker was an English Cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1881 and 1898.- Early life :...
|| 632||321 ||9 ||4-44|| 35.66
|-
| 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....
|| 463||195 ||6 ||2-43|| 32.50
|-
| A Warren
Arnold Warren
Arnold Warren was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1897 and 1920 and played for England in 1905. He was the first bowler from Derbyshire to take 100 wickets in a season, a feat he performed three times.Warren was born in Codnor Park, Derbyshire, the son of...
|| 586 || 316 ||5 ||1-1 ||63.20
|-
| HG Curgenven
Henry Curgenven
Henry Grafton Curgenven was an English cricketer. He played for Derbyshire in 1896 and 1897, and for Cambridge University in 1897....
|| 90||61 ||2|| 2-25|| 30.50
|-
| JH Purdy
John Purdy (cricketer)
John Henry Purdy was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1896 and 1906.Purdy was born in Brimington, Derbyshire, the son of William Purdy, a bricklayer and his wife Elizabeth. His debut for Derbyshire came in the 1896 County Championship, against Yorkshire. Purdy took the last...
|| 50 || 20|| 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:...
|| 50 || 33|| 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....
|| 30||5|| 0 || ||
|-
| EM Ashcroft
Maynard Ashcroft
Edward Maynard Ashcroft was an English doctor and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1897 and 1906 and captained the Derbyshire team in 1904.-Early life:...
|| 90 || 43|| 0 || ||
|-
| JP Hall
John Hall (cricketer)
John Peter Hall was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1895 and 1897.Hall was born at Worksop, Nottinghamshire. His cricket career began in the 1895 when Derbyshire entered the County Championship...
|| 45 || 33|| 0|| ||
|-
| WB Delacombe
William Delacombe
William Barclay Delacombe was an Ascension Island-born English cricketer. He played for Derbyshire between 1892 and 1900....
|| 48 || 27|| 0|| ||
|-
| F Davidson
Frank Davidson
Frank Davidson was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1897 and 1899.Davidson was born in Brimington, Derbyshire, the son of Josh Davidson, a coal miner and his wife Elizabeth. His father played one game annually for Derbyshire from 1871 to 1875.Davidson's...
|| 50 || 24|| 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...
|| 10 ||5 ||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)
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...
|| 4146 || 1352 || 58 || 6-22|| 23.31 (a)
|-
| JW Hancock
Joseph Hancock
Joseph William Hancock was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire from 1897 to 1900 and for Scotland in 1906...
|| 2456 || 1214|| 51 || 4-35 ||23.80 (a)
|-
| 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...
|| 1387 || 524 ||26 ||3-38 ||20.15 (a)
|-
| W Storer || 1049 || 632 || 22 ||5-40|| 28.72 (a)
|-
| J Cross
James Cross (cricketer)
James Cross was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1897.Cross was born at Leyland, Lancashire, the son of William Cross a general labourer and his wife Alice. Cross was a brick and tile maker and in 1881 was living with his parents at 35 Bradshaw Street...
|| 1831 || 634 || 21 || 4-68 ||30.19 (a)
|-
|}
(a) Figures adjusted for non Championship match