Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1901
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Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1901 represents the cricket
season when the English club Derbyshire
had been playing for thirty years. It was their seventh season in the County Championship
and they failed to win a single match, ending bottom of the Championship table.
in 1901 in addition to matches against W.G. Grace's London County Cricket Club
, MCC
and the touring South Africans. Derbyshire failed to win any first class match during the season.
The captain for the year was Samuel Hill Wood in his third season as captain. However he only took part in five matches and Albert Lawton filled the role on the pitch. Levi Wright
was top scorer making two centuries, one of 193. Billy Bestwick
took 71 wickets.
Gilbert Curgenven
made his debut for the side as did Robert Else
who only played in two seasons. Joseph Burton
, Arthur Barton
, James Oldknow
and Arthur Morton
made their only appearances for the side during the 1901 season.
Nudger Needham
captained the English football team in 1901.
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|
|-
|1
|13 May 1901
|London County Cricket Club
Crystal Palace Park
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings and 119 runs
| Not a County Championship match
Beldam 125; Fishwick 103; Sinclair 8-32; JJ Hulme 5-61
|-
|2
|16 May 1901
|Surrey
Kennington Oval
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings and 111 runs
| Hayward 158; Jephson 133; W Bestwick
7-97; Lockwood 7-57; Richardson 6-67
|-
|3
|20 May 1901
|Yorkshire
Fartown, Huddersfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings and 282 runs
| Tunnicliffe 145; Brown 5-33; Hirst 7-43
|-
|4
|23 May 1901
|MCC
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|9 wickets
| Not a County Championship match
Hearne 7-67; Rawlin 5-28
|-
|5
|27 May 1901
|Hampshire
County Ground, Southampton
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|2 wickets
| S Evershed
123; Greig 6-38; Llewellyn 5-76; W Bestwick
6-71
|-
|6
|30 May 1901
|Surrey
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|5 wickets
| Lees 5-47; JJ Hulme 5-71
|-
|7
| 06 Jun 1901
|South Africans
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|5 wickets
| Not a County Championship match
Bisset 184; Graham 6-84 and 5-47
|-
|8
|10 Jun 1901
| Essex
County Ground, Leyton
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Owen 106; Perrin 101; Reeves 6-46
|-
|9
| 13 Jun 1901
| Worcestershire
County Ground, New Road, Worcester
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings and 49 runs
| Wilson 6-55
|-
|10
| 17 Jun 1901
|Gloucestershire
Ashley Down Ground, Bristol
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| L Wright
155; W Chatterton
169; Langdon 114; Huggins 6-100
|-
|11
| 20 Jun 1901
| Warwickshire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Willie Quaife
117;
|-
|12
|27 Jun 1901
|Yorkshire
North Road Ground, Glossop
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|245 runs
| Wainwright 108; W Bestwick
7-70; Haigh 5-55
|-
|13
|01 Jul 1901
|London County Cricket Club
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Not a County Championship match
W Storer
5-20
|-
|14
| 15 Jul 1901
| Nottinghamshire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Gunn 273; L Wright
193; Jones 6-93
|-
|15
| 18 Jul 1901
| Leicestershire
North Road Ground, Glossop
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings and 20 runs
| King 143; MacDonald 147*; Geeson 104*; Geeson 6-128 and 6-111
|-
|16
| 22 Jul 1901
|Gloucestershire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Paish 6-120
|-
|17
| 29 Jul 1901
|Lancashire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings and 184 runs
| Ward 117; Tyldesley 158; JJ Hulme 6-135; Cuttell 7-19; Webb 5-58
|-
|18
| 05 Aug 1901
|Hampshire
At County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|5 wickets
| Sprot 130; Llewellyn 5-108; JJ Hulme 5-73; W Bestwick
5-89
|-
|19
| 08 Aug 1901
|Lancashire
Old Trafford, Manchester
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|20
|12 Aug 1901
| Nottinghamshire
Welbeck Abbey Cricket Ground
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings and 159 runs
| Iremonger 108; Wass 8-17 and 5-23; Gunn 5-14
|-
|21
|15 Aug 1901
| Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings and 52 runs
| Fishwick 140*; Charlesworth 6-45
|-
|22
|19 Aug 1901
| Worcestershire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings and 121 runs
| H Foster 152; Bowley 140; R Foster 111; WIlson 6-57; Pearson 5-48
|-
|23
| 22 Aug 1901
| Essex
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|9 wickets
| Carpenter 144; Russell 100; Mead 6-97; Young 7-48
|-
|24
| 29 Aug 1901
| Leicestershire
Aylestone Road, Leicester
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| King 5-65
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !!100s
|-
| SH Evershed
||1 ||2|| 132 ||123 || 66.00 || 1
|-
| LG Wright
||19|| 37|| 1239 ||193 || 33.48 || 2
|-
|W Wilmot
||3|| 5|| 93|| 25*|| 31.00 || 0
|-
| W Chatterton
|| 20|| 38 || 987|| 169 || 29.90|| 1
|-
| H Bagshaw
|| 10 ||19|| 514|| 92*|| 28.55 || 0
|-
|AE Lawton ||20|| 37 ||921 ||91 || 25.58 || 0
|-
|W Storer
||20|| 38 || 932|| 76 || 25.18 || 0
|-
| W Sugg
|| 4|| 8|| 174 ||59 || 24.85 || 0
|-
|W Locker
||12 ||23 || 458 ||76 || 19.91 || 0
|-
|JP Burton
||7 ||12 || 200|| 51* ||18.18 || 0
|-
|A Warren
|| 8 ||15 || 233|| 37 || 17.92 || 0
|-
|E Needham
||14 ||25|| 422|| 72 || 16.88 || 0
|-
| SH Wood ||5|| 9 ||133 ||54* ||16.62 || 0
|-
|G Curgenven
||7 ||13|| 125|| 27*|| 12.50 || 0
|-
| JJ Hulme ||20 ||36|| 297 ||38*|| 9.28 || 0
|-
|JH Young
||10 ||18 || 120|| 24 || 9.23 || 0
|-
|EM Ashcroft
||2|| 4|| 36|| 22 || 9.00 || 0
|-
|W Ellis
||2 ||4 || 27|| 9 || 9.00 || 0
|-
|GR Gregory
||2 ||4 || 33 ||16 || 8.25 || 0
|-
|SWA Cadman
||3|| 6 ||32 ||13* ||6.40 || 0
|-
|D Bottom
||1 ||2 ||9 ||9 || 4.50 || 0
|-
| W Bestwick
||17 ||31|| 83 ||11 || 4.36 || 0
|-
|A Barton
||3|| 6|| 24 ||7 || 4.00 || 0
|-
|FA Barrs
||1|| 2|| 7 ||7 || 3.50 || 0
|-
|W Birkett
||3|| 6|| 14 ||10 || 2.33 || 0
|-
|J Oldknow
||2 ||4 ||7|| 4*|| 2.33 || 0
|-
|R Else
||1|| 2|| 3 ||2 || 1.50 || 0
|-
|JH Purdy
||1 ||2 ||3|| 2 || 1.50 || 0
|-
|A Morton
||1 ||2 || 0|| 0 || 0.00 || 0
|-
| JA Berwick
||1 ||2 || 0|| 0 || 0.00 || 0
|-
|}
Paul Boissier
and Oswald Burton
played in the match against MCC, but not in the County Championship.
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average
|-
|-
| W Bestwick
|| 4159 ||1947|| 71|| 7-70 ||27.42
|-
| JJ Hulme || 4847|| 2231 ||53|| 6-135|| 42.09
|-
| W Storer
|| 1868 || 1444|| 28|| 4-121|| 51.57
|-
|AE Lawton || 966 || 587 ||10|| 2-16 ||58.70
|-
|JH Young
||783|| 408 ||7 ||2-11 ||58.28
|-
|A Warren
|| 894 || 592 ||7 ||3-60|| 84.57
|-
| Henry Bagshaw
|| 440 || 254|| 5 ||4-75 ||50.80
|-
| W Chaterton
|| 282 ||121 ||4 ||2-2 ||30.25
|-
|J Oldknow
|| 252 ||162|| 4|| 3-123 ||40.50
|-
|G Curgenven
|| 324 || 243|| 4|| 2-45|| 60.75
|-
| JA Berwick
||186 || 107|| 3|| 2-28 ||35.66
|-
|SWA Cadman
|| 239 ||100|| 2 ||1-6|| 50.00
|-
|EM Ashcroft
|| 78 || 40 ||1 ||1-9|| 40.00
|-
| W Sugg
|| 102|| 43 ||1 ||1-19 ||43.00
|-
| JA Berwick
||102 || 55|| 0
|-
|A Barton
|| 84 || 61 ||0
|-
| LG Wright
||60|| 18|| 0
|-
| SH Wood || 48|| 14|| 0
|-
|D Bottom
||36 || 12|| 0
|-
|JH Purdy
|| 30|| 9|| 0
|-
|W Ellis
||24|| 19|| 0
|-
|A Morton
||18 || 14|| 0
|-
|FA Barrs
||12 ||12|| 0
|-
|}
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 thirty years. It was their seventh season in the County Championship
County Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...
and they failed to win a single match, ending bottom of the Championship table.
1901 season
Derbyshire CCC played twenty games in the County ChampionshipCounty Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...
in 1901 in addition to matches against W.G. Grace's London County Cricket Club
London County Cricket Club
London County Cricket Club was a short-lived cricket club founded by the Crystal Palace Company. In 1898 they invited WG Grace to help them form a first-class cricket club. Grace accepted the offer and became the club's secretary, manager and captain. As a result, he severed his connection with...
, 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...
and the touring South Africans. Derbyshire failed to win any first class match during the season.
The captain for the year was Samuel Hill Wood in his third season as captain. However he only took part in five matches and Albert Lawton filled the role on the pitch. 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 making two centuries, one of 193. Billy Bestwick
Billy Bestwick
William Bestwick was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1898 and 1926. He was a demon medium-fast bowler who took over 1400 wickets for the county, including 10 in one innings...
took 71 wickets.
Gilbert Curgenven
Gilbert Curgenven
Gilbert Curgenven was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1901 to 1922....
made his debut for the side as did Robert Else
Robert Else
Robert Else was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1901 and 1903.Else was born at Lea, Holloway, Derbyshire, the son of John Else and his wife Henrietta Lowe. His father was a bobbin maker and in 1881 they were all living with his grandparents at the Old Hat...
who only played in two seasons. Joseph Burton
Joseph Burton (cricketer)
Joseph Parkin Burton was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire during the 1901 season....
, Arthur Barton
Arthur Barton
Arthur Barton was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire during the 1901 season.Barton was born in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, the son of William Barton, coalminer and grocer and his wife Ann...
, James Oldknow
James Oldknow
James Oldknow was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1901.Oldknow was born in Denby, Derbyshire, the son of William Wheatcroft Oldknow, a coal miner, and his wife Jane....
and Arthur Morton
Arthur Morton (cricketer, born 1882)
Arthur Morton was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1901.Morton was born in Salford, Lancashire. He made one appearance for Derbyshire at the age of nineteen during the 1901 season, appearing against Warwickshire...
made their only appearances for the side during the 1901 season.
Nudger Needham
Ernest Needham
Ernest 'Nudger' Needham was an English footballer and cricketer. He played football 14 times for England and captained the side in 1901....
captained the English football team in 1901.
Matches
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|
|-
|1
|13 May 1901
|London County Cricket Club
London County Cricket Club
London County Cricket Club was a short-lived cricket club founded by the Crystal Palace Company. In 1898 they invited WG Grace to help them form a first-class cricket club. Grace accepted the offer and became the club's secretary, manager and captain. As a result, he severed his connection with...
Crystal Palace Park
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings and 119 runs
| Not a County Championship match
Beldam 125; Fishwick 103; Sinclair 8-32; JJ Hulme 5-61
|-
|2
|16 May 1901
|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 111 runs
| Hayward 158; Jephson 133; W Bestwick
Billy Bestwick
William Bestwick was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1898 and 1926. He was a demon medium-fast bowler who took over 1400 wickets for the county, including 10 in one innings...
7-97; Lockwood 7-57; Richardson 6-67
|-
|3
|20 May 1901
|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....
Fartown, Huddersfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings and 282 runs
| Tunnicliffe 145; Brown 5-33; Hirst 7-43
|-
|4
|23 May 1901
|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
|9 wickets
| Not a County Championship match
Hearne 7-67; Rawlin 5-28
|-
|5
|27 May 1901
|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="#FF0000"|Lost
|2 wickets
| S 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....
123; Greig 6-38; Llewellyn 5-76; W Bestwick
Billy Bestwick
William Bestwick was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1898 and 1926. He was a demon medium-fast bowler who took over 1400 wickets for the county, including 10 in one innings...
6-71
|-
|6
|30 May 1901
|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
|5 wickets
| Lees 5-47; JJ Hulme 5-71
|-
|7
| 06 Jun 1901
|South Africans
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|5 wickets
| Not a County Championship match
Bisset 184; Graham 6-84 and 5-47
|-
|8
|10 Jun 1901
| 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="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Owen 106; Perrin 101; Reeves 6-46
|-
|9
| 13 Jun 1901
| Worcestershire
Worcestershire County Cricket Club
Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire...
County Ground, New Road, Worcester
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings and 49 runs
| Wilson 6-55
|-
|10
| 17 Jun 1901
|Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club
Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators....
Ashley Down Ground, Bristol
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| L 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...
155; 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...
169; Langdon 114; Huggins 6-100
|-
|11
| 20 Jun 1901
| 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
|
| Willie Quaife
Willie Quaife
William Quaife, known as "Willie", born at Newhaven, Sussex on 17 March 1872 and died at Edgbaston, Birmingham, on 13 October 1951, was a cricketer who played for Sussex, Warwickshire and England....
117;
|-
|12
|27 Jun 1901
|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....
North Road Ground, Glossop
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|245 runs
| Wainwright 108; W Bestwick
Billy Bestwick
William Bestwick was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1898 and 1926. He was a demon medium-fast bowler who took over 1400 wickets for the county, including 10 in one innings...
7-70; Haigh 5-55
|-
|13
|01 Jul 1901
|London County Cricket Club
London County Cricket Club
London County Cricket Club was a short-lived cricket club founded by the Crystal Palace Company. In 1898 they invited WG Grace to help them form a first-class cricket club. Grace accepted the offer and became the club's secretary, manager and captain. As a result, he severed his connection with...
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Not a County Championship match
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...
5-20
|-
|14
| 15 Jul 1901
| 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 273; L 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...
193; Jones 6-93
|-
|15
| 18 Jul 1901
| 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....
North Road Ground, Glossop
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings and 20 runs
| King 143; MacDonald 147*; Geeson 104*; Geeson 6-128 and 6-111
|-
|16
| 22 Jul 1901
|Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club
Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators....
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Paish 6-120
|-
|17
| 29 Jul 1901
|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 184 runs
| Ward 117; Tyldesley 158; JJ Hulme 6-135; Cuttell 7-19; Webb 5-58
|-
|18
| 05 Aug 1901
|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...
At County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|5 wickets
| Sprot 130; Llewellyn 5-108; JJ Hulme 5-73; W Bestwick
Billy Bestwick
William Bestwick was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1898 and 1926. He was a demon medium-fast bowler who took over 1400 wickets for the county, including 10 in one innings...
5-89
|-
|19
| 08 Aug 1901
|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
|
|
|-
|20
|12 Aug 1901
| 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...
Welbeck Abbey Cricket Ground
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings and 159 runs
| Iremonger 108; Wass 8-17 and 5-23; Gunn 5-14
|-
|21
|15 Aug 1901
| 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="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings and 52 runs
| Fishwick 140*; Charlesworth 6-45
|-
|22
|19 Aug 1901
| Worcestershire
Worcestershire County Cricket Club
Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings and 121 runs
| H Foster 152; Bowley 140; R Foster 111; WIlson 6-57; Pearson 5-48
|-
|23
| 22 Aug 1901
| 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...
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|9 wickets
| Carpenter 144; Russell 100; Mead 6-97; Young 7-48
|-
|24
| 29 Aug 1901
| 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....
Aylestone Road, Leicester
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| King 5-65
County Championship batting averages
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="90%"|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !!100s
|-
| 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....
||1 ||2|| 132 ||123 || 66.00 || 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...
||19|| 37|| 1239 ||193 || 33.48 || 2
|-
|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|| 5|| 93|| 25*|| 31.00 || 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...
|| 20|| 38 || 987|| 169 || 29.90|| 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 ||19|| 514|| 92*|| 28.55 || 0
|-
|AE Lawton ||20|| 37 ||921 ||91 || 25.58 || 0
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|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...
||20|| 38 || 932|| 76 || 25.18 || 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:...
|| 4|| 8|| 174 ||59 || 24.85 || 0
|-
|W 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...
||12 ||23 || 458 ||76 || 19.91 || 0
|-
|JP Burton
Joseph Burton (cricketer)
Joseph Parkin Burton was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire during the 1901 season....
||7 ||12 || 200|| 51* ||18.18 || 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...
|| 8 ||15 || 233|| 37 || 17.92 || 0
|-
|E Needham
Ernest Needham
Ernest 'Nudger' Needham was an English footballer and cricketer. He played football 14 times for England and captained the side in 1901....
||14 ||25|| 422|| 72 || 16.88 || 0
|-
| SH Wood ||5|| 9 ||133 ||54* ||16.62 || 0
|-
|G Curgenven
Gilbert Curgenven
Gilbert Curgenven was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1901 to 1922....
||7 ||13|| 125|| 27*|| 12.50 || 0
|-
| JJ Hulme ||20 ||36|| 297 ||38*|| 9.28 || 0
|-
|JH Young
John Young (cricketer, born 1876)
Another Derbyshire cricketer, born in 1863, was named John Young.John Henry Young was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1899 and 1901....
||10 ||18 || 120|| 24 || 9.23 || 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:...
||2|| 4|| 36|| 22 || 9.00 || 0
|-
|W Ellis
William Ellis (cricketer)
William Ellis was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1898 and 1906.Ellis was born in Whitwell, the son of Thomas Ellis, a joiner, and his wife Jane....
||2 ||4 || 27|| 9 || 9.00 || 0
|-
|GR Gregory
George Gregory (cricketer)
George Robert Gregory was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire intermittently between 1899 and 1910....
||2 ||4 || 33 ||16 || 8.25 || 0
|-
|SWA Cadman
Samuel Cadman
Samuel William Anthony Cadman was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire for over quarter of a century between 1900 and 1926...
||3|| 6 ||32 ||13* ||6.40 || 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 ||9 ||9 || 4.50 || 0
|-
| W Bestwick
Billy Bestwick
William Bestwick was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1898 and 1926. He was a demon medium-fast bowler who took over 1400 wickets for the county, including 10 in one innings...
||17 ||31|| 83 ||11 || 4.36 || 0
|-
|A Barton
Arthur Barton
Arthur Barton was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire during the 1901 season.Barton was born in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, the son of William Barton, coalminer and grocer and his wife Ann...
||3|| 6|| 24 ||7 || 4.00 || 0
|-
|FA Barrs
Frank Barrs
Frank Arthur Barrs was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1900 and 1901.Barrs was born in Repton Park, the son of Henry Barrs, a farmer and his wife Elizabeth. He made his Derbyshire debut in the 1900 season in May against Surrey and in his first innings scored his best innings...
||1|| 2|| 7 ||7 || 3.50 || 0
|-
|W Birkett
William Birkett (cricketer)
William Birkett , also known as William Burkitt, was an English cricketer who represented Derbyshire in 1898 and 1901....
||3|| 6|| 14 ||10 || 2.33 || 0
|-
|J Oldknow
James Oldknow
James Oldknow was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1901.Oldknow was born in Denby, Derbyshire, the son of William Wheatcroft Oldknow, a coal miner, and his wife Jane....
||2 ||4 ||7|| 4*|| 2.33 || 0
|-
|R Else
Robert Else
Robert Else was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1901 and 1903.Else was born at Lea, Holloway, Derbyshire, the son of John Else and his wife Henrietta Lowe. His father was a bobbin maker and in 1881 they were all living with his grandparents at the Old Hat...
||1|| 2|| 3 ||2 || 1.50 || 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 ||3|| 2 || 1.50 || 0
|-
|A Morton
Arthur Morton (cricketer, born 1882)
Arthur Morton was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1901.Morton was born in Salford, Lancashire. He made one appearance for Derbyshire at the age of nineteen during the 1901 season, appearing against Warwickshire...
||1 ||2 || 0|| 0 || 0.00 || 0
|-
| JA Berwick
John Berwick
John Albert Berwick was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1895 and 1901.Berwick was born in Kingsthorpe, Northampton, the son of John Berwick, bootmaker and his wife Rebecca...
||1 ||2 || 0|| 0 || 0.00 || 0
|-
|}
Paul Boissier
Paul Boissier
Paul Boissier was an English schoolmaster who was headmaster of Harrow School, and a war time civil servant. He was a cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1901 and 1906....
and Oswald Burton
Oswald Burton
Oswald Burton was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1901 and 1905.Burton was born at Gorton, Manchester. He made his debut for Derbyshire in a match against MCC in the 1901 season. He was not out for 9 in both innings and took 2 wickets...
played in the match against MCC, but not in the County Championship.
County Championship bowling averages
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="90%"|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average
|-
|-
| W Bestwick
Billy Bestwick
William Bestwick was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1898 and 1926. He was a demon medium-fast bowler who took over 1400 wickets for the county, including 10 in one innings...
|| 4159 ||1947|| 71|| 7-70 ||27.42
|-
| JJ Hulme || 4847|| 2231 ||53|| 6-135|| 42.09
|-
| 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...
|| 1868 || 1444|| 28|| 4-121|| 51.57
|-
|AE Lawton || 966 || 587 ||10|| 2-16 ||58.70
|-
|JH Young
John Young (cricketer, born 1876)
Another Derbyshire cricketer, born in 1863, was named John Young.John Henry Young was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1899 and 1901....
||783|| 408 ||7 ||2-11 ||58.28
|-
|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...
|| 894 || 592 ||7 ||3-60|| 84.57
|-
| 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....
|| 440 || 254|| 5 ||4-75 ||50.80
|-
| W Chaterton
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...
|| 282 ||121 ||4 ||2-2 ||30.25
|-
|J Oldknow
James Oldknow
James Oldknow was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1901.Oldknow was born in Denby, Derbyshire, the son of William Wheatcroft Oldknow, a coal miner, and his wife Jane....
|| 252 ||162|| 4|| 3-123 ||40.50
|-
|G Curgenven
Gilbert Curgenven
Gilbert Curgenven was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1901 to 1922....
|| 324 || 243|| 4|| 2-45|| 60.75
|-
| JA Berwick
John Berwick
John Albert Berwick was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1895 and 1901.Berwick was born in Kingsthorpe, Northampton, the son of John Berwick, bootmaker and his wife Rebecca...
||186 || 107|| 3|| 2-28 ||35.66
|-
|SWA Cadman
Samuel Cadman
Samuel William Anthony Cadman was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire for over quarter of a century between 1900 and 1926...
|| 239 ||100|| 2 ||1-6|| 50.00
|-
|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:...
|| 78 || 40 ||1 ||1-9|| 40.00
|-
| 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:...
|| 102|| 43 ||1 ||1-19 ||43.00
|-
| JA Berwick
John Berwick
John Albert Berwick was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1895 and 1901.Berwick was born in Kingsthorpe, Northampton, the son of John Berwick, bootmaker and his wife Rebecca...
||102 || 55|| 0
|-
|A Barton
Arthur Barton
Arthur Barton was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire during the 1901 season.Barton was born in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, the son of William Barton, coalminer and grocer and his wife Ann...
|| 84 || 61 ||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...
||60|| 18|| 0
|-
| SH Wood || 48|| 14|| 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...
||36 || 12|| 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...
|| 30|| 9|| 0
|-
|W Ellis
William Ellis (cricketer)
William Ellis was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1898 and 1906.Ellis was born in Whitwell, the son of Thomas Ellis, a joiner, and his wife Jane....
||24|| 19|| 0
|-
|A Morton
Arthur Morton (cricketer, born 1882)
Arthur Morton was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1901.Morton was born in Salford, Lancashire. He made one appearance for Derbyshire at the age of nineteen during the 1901 season, appearing against Warwickshire...
||18 || 14|| 0
|-
|FA Barrs
Frank Barrs
Frank Arthur Barrs was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1900 and 1901.Barrs was born in Repton Park, the son of Henry Barrs, a farmer and his wife Elizabeth. He made his Derbyshire debut in the 1900 season in May against Surrey and in his first innings scored his best innings...
||12 ||12|| 0
|-
|}
County Championship Wicket keeping
- W StorerWilliam StorerWilliam 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...
Matches 18 Catches 21, Stumping 3 - W WilmotWilliam WilmotWilliam 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....
Matches 3 Catches 8