Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1905
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Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1905 was the cricket
season when the English club Derbyshire
had been playing for thirty-four years. It was their eleventh season in the County Championship
and they won three matches to finish fourteenth in the Championship table.
, one match against MCC and one against the touring Australians. The captain for the year was Albert Lawton. Levi Wright
was top scorer with over 1700 runs and four centuries and Billy Bestwick
took most wickets with over 100. However lacking greater depth, Derbyshire won just three matches in the County Championship and lost 16 which put them at fourteenth in the table.
The most significant addition to the Derbyshire squad in the season was George Buckston
who though playing only one match in the 1905 season went on to become captain. Also making their debuts were Frederic Hunter
who played regularly for three years and Herbert Cooper
William Taylor
and Robert Carlin
who played intermittently over five years. Arthur Hogg
, John McDonald
and George Walkden
played in 1905 and also in 1906. Other players who made their debut but played only in 1905 were George Maltby
three matches, Joseph Cupitt
George Marples
and Guy Sparrow
two matches and William Peach
and William Bagguley
one match each.
James Wright
who had played in 1898 played his last single match in the season.
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
| 15 May 1905
| Yorkshire
Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 61 runs
| FS Jackson 111; W Bestwick
5-91
|-
|2
|18 May 1905
| Lancashire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 161 runs
| SWA Cadman
6-27; I'Anson 5-52; Kermode 5-81
|-
|3
| 22 May 1905
| Essex
County Ground, Leyton
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 1 run
| AE Lawton 112; McGahey 277; Tremlin 9-126; A Warren
5-139; Buckenham 6-59
|-
|4
| 01 Jun 1905
| Sussex
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| LG Wright
149; A Warren
6-78; Cox 6-108
|-
|5
|12 Jun 1905
| Hampshire
County Ground, Southampton
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 188 runs
| Bowell 101; W Bestwick
6-74; Hesketh-Pritchard 5-46 and 8-32
|-
|6
|15 Jun 1905
| Yorkshire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 9 wickets
| A Warren
7-57 and 5-69; Ringrose 6-78
|-
|7
| 19 Jun 1905
| Northamptonshire
County Ground, Northampton
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 23 runs
| GJ Thompson 5-66; East 6-33
|-
|8
|22 Jun 1905
| Surrey
Kennington Oval
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 236 runs
| Goatly 147; Lees 6-59; W Bestwick
5-67; Knox 5-50
|-
|9
| 26 Jun 1905
| Essex
North Road Ground, Glossop
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 7 wickets
| AJ Turner 103; W Bestwick
6-39; Tremlin 5-58
|-
|10
| 03 Jul 1905
| Leicestershire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 135 runs
| CJB Wood 100; Odell 6-15 and 5-29; King 5-39
|-
|11
|06 Jul 1905
| Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 8 wickets
| Hallam 6-48
|-
|12
|10 Jul 1905
| Australians
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 105 runs
| SWA Cadman
5-94; Armstrong 5-29; Cotter 6-63
|-
|13
|17 Jul 1905
| MCC
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 252 runs
| TC O'Brien 153; CAL Payne 191; Trott 6-66
|-
|14
|20 Jul 1905
| Northamptonshire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 50 runs
| LG Wright
195; East 5-127; A Warren
5-23; W Bestwick
5-23 and 7-108
|-
|15
|24 Jul 1905
| Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 7 wickets
| LG Wright
176 and 122; Quaife 176; W Bestwick
5-105
|-
|16
|27 Jul 1905
| Leicestershire
Aylestone Road, Leicester
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 87 runs
| King 5-46; Jayes 9-78
|-
|17
|31 Jul 1905
| Warwickshire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 120 runs
| SWA Cadman
5-34 and 6-46; Santall 5-75
|-
|18
|07 Aug 1905
| Hampshire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Llewellyn 102 and 100; W Bestwick
5-89 and 6-53; Ede 7-72
|-
|19
|10 Aug 1905
| Sussex
County Ground, Hove
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 41 runs
|
|-
|20
|14 Aug 1905
| Surrey
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 9 wickets
| Hayes 189; Crawford 119; EM Ashcroft
145; Lees 5-87
|-
|21
|17 Aug 1905
| Lancashire
Old Trafford, Manchester
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| AE Lawton 101; Poideven 102; Kermode 5-117; SWA Cadman
6-83
|-
|22
|21 Aug 1905
| Nottinghamshire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 6 wickets
| W Bestwick
5-90; Wass 8-97
|-
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !!100s
|-
| LG Wright
|| 20 ||38 || 1651 ||195|| 43.44 || 4
|-
| EM Ashcroft
|| 16 ||29 || 838 ||145 ||31.03 || 1
|-
| AE Lawton || 14 ||26 || 740 ||112 ||28.46 || 2
|-
| HF Wright
|| 6 ||10 || 202|| 55 || 22.44 || 0
|-
| SWA Cadman
||19 ||34 || 690|| 63|| 21.56 || 0
|-
|G Curgenven
|| 4 ||7 || 139 ||47 ||19.85 || 0
|-
| CA Ollivierre
|| 20 ||37 || 700 ||93 ||19.44 || 0
|-
| GR Sparrow
|| 2 ||4 || 75|| 64 ||18.75 || 0
|-
| JA McDonald
|| 1||2 || 36|| 21 ||18.00 || 0
|-
|E Needham
|| 3|| 6 || 85 ||33 ||17.00 || 0
|-
| A Warren
|| 19 ||34 || 482|| 49* ||15.54 || 0
|-
| A Morton
|| 17 ||32 || 419 ||73|| 14.44 || 0
|-
| FC Hunter
|| 12 ||20 || 242 ||50* ||14.23|| 0
|-
| GM Buckston
|| 1 ||1 || 13 ||13 ||13.00 || 0
|-
| J Humphries
|| 20 ||34 || 234 ||22 ||12.31 || 0
|-
| I Dearnaley
|| 2 ||4 || 46 ||34 ||11.50 || 0
|-
| J Cupitt
|| 2 ||4 || 19|| 13 || 9.50 || 0
|-
| W Storer
|| 8 ||14 || 120 ||31 || 9.23 || 0
|-
| GG Walkden
|| 4|| 8 || 51 ||27 || 6.37 || 0
|-
| WT Taylor
|| 1 ||2 || 11 ||9 || 5.50 || 0
|-
| W Bagguley
|| 1 ||1 || 5|| 5|| 5.00 || 0
|-
| W Peach
|| 1 ||2 || 10 ||10 || 5.00 || 0
|-
| G Maltby
|| 3|| 6 || 22|| 7*|| 4.40 || 0
|-
| W Bestwick
|| 19 ||33 || 104 ||20 || 3.85 || 0
|-
| J Wright
|| 1 ||2 || 6 ||6 ||3.00 || 0
|-
| A Hogg
|| 1 ||2 || 1|| 1 || 0.50 || 0
|-
| O Burton
|| 2 ||2 || 3|| 2* || || 0
|-
| H Cooper
|| 1 ||2 || 0|| 0|| 0.00 || 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
|| 21 ||40 || 1716 ||195|| 42.90 || 4
|-
| EM Ashcroft
|| 17 ||313 || 879 ||145 ||28.35 || 1
|-
| SWA Cadman
||21 ||38 || 778|| 66|| 20.47 || 0
|-
| CA Ollivierre
|| 22 ||41 || 741 ||93 ||18.07 || 0
|-
| AE Lawton || 14 ||26 || 740 ||112 ||28.46 || 2
|-
|}
(a) Figures adjusted for non CC matches
Additionally, GH Wilson
, RM Carlin
and GH Marples
played against MCC. Marples also played against the Australians
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average
|-
| W Bestwick
|| 4147 || 2020 ||100 ||7-108 ||20.20
|-
| A Warren
|| 3559 ||1982 ||77 ||7-57 ||25.74
|-
| SWA Cadman
|| 2530 ||1093 ||50 ||6-27|| 21.86
|-
| A Morton
|| 1484 ||652 ||29 ||4-11 ||22.48
|-
| W Storer
|| 528 ||383 ||12 ||3-74 ||31.91
|-
| AE Lawton || 469 || 301 ||11 ||3-19 ||27.36
|-
| FC Hunter
|| 678 ||408 ||9 ||2-21|| 45.33
|-
| CA Ollivierre
|| 354 ||186 ||8 ||3-34 ||23.25
|-
| W Peach
|| 64|| 46 ||4 ||4-46 ||11.50
|-
| O Burton
|| 142 ||101 ||3 ||2-67 ||33.66
|-
| J Cupitt
|| 450 || 145|| 3 ||2-24 ||48.33
|-
| G Curgenven
|| 198|| 99 ||1 ||1-34|| 99.00
|-
| EM Ashcroft
|| 126 ||113|| 0|| ||
|-
| G Maltby
|| 30 || 20|| 0|| ||
|-
| WT Taylor
|| 24|| 15|| 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
|-
| W Bestwick
|| 4391 || 2286 ||104 ||7-108 ||21.98
|-
| A Warren
|| 3559 ||1982 ||77 ||7-57 ||25.74 5 2
|-
| SWA Cadman
|| 2986 ||1371 ||58 ||6-27|| 23.64
|-
| A Morton
|| 1740 ||800 ||37 ||4-11 ||21.62
|-
| W Storer
|| 528 ||383 ||12 ||3-74 ||31.91 0 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-four years. It was their eleventh season in the County Championship
County Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...
and they won three matches to finish fourteenth in the Championship table.
1905 season
Derbyshire played twenty games in the County ChampionshipCounty Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...
, one match against MCC and one against the touring Australians. The captain for the year was Albert Lawton. 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 with over 1700 runs and four centuries and 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 most wickets with over 100. However lacking greater depth, Derbyshire won just three matches in the County Championship and lost 16 which put them at fourteenth in the table.
The most significant addition to the Derbyshire squad in the season was George Buckston
George Buckston
George Moreton Buckston was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University in 1903, MCC and Derbyshire between 1905 and 1921....
who though playing only one match in the 1905 season went on to become captain. Also making their debuts were Frederic Hunter
Frederic Hunter
Frederic Cecil Hunter was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire from 1905 to 1907...
who played regularly for three years and Herbert Cooper
Herbert Cooper
Herbert Cooper was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire from 1905 to 1910...
William Taylor
William Taylor (cricketer)
William Thomas Taylor was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1905 and 1910.Taylor was born at Wirksworth, Derbyshire the son of Walter Taylor of Fern House and his wife Alice...
and Robert Carlin
Robert Carlin (cricketer)
Robert McKenzie Carlin was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1905 and 1908....
who played intermittently over five years. Arthur Hogg
Arthur Hogg
Arthur Hogg was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1905 and 1906.Hogg was born in Pentrich, the son of John Hogg, a coal miner and his wife Ann. He made his first appearance for Derbyshire during the 1905 season in a match against Lancashire when he scored a...
, John McDonald
John McDonald (cricketer)
John Archibald McDonald was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1905 and 1906....
and George Walkden
George Walkden
George Godfrey Walkden was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1905 and 1906.Walkden was born at Derby. He made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1905 season in July against Nottinghamshire, when he made 27 runs in his first innings...
played in 1905 and also in 1906. Other players who made their debut but played only in 1905 were George Maltby
George Maltby
George Maltby was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1905.Maltby was born in South Normanton, Derbyshire, the son of Samuel Maltby, a coal miner, and his wife Jane....
three matches, Joseph Cupitt
Joseph Cupitt
Joseph Cupitt was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1905.Cupitt was born in Barrow Hill, Derbyshire, the son of Thomas Cupitt, a coal miner, and his wife Susannah. Cupitt himself became a miner. He played for Derbyshire in the 1892 season and in the 1893 season...
George Marples
George Marples
George Holmes Marples was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1905.Marples was born in Attercliffe, Sheffield. He made two first-class appearances for Derbyshire in the 1905 season, his debut against the touring Australians when he took a wicket...
and Guy Sparrow
Guy Sparrow
Guy Ratcliff Sparrow was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire during the 1905 season.Sparrow was born in Aston, Warwickshire, the son of Walter Sparrow and his wife Emma Gertrude Ratcliff. His father was assistant surgeon to the 9th Warwickshire Rifle Volunteer Corps...
two matches and William Peach
William Peach
William Peach was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1905.Peach was born in Timberland Fen, Lincolnshire, the son of Joseph Peach, a labourer, and his wife Olive....
and William Bagguley
William Bagguley
William Bagguley was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire. He was born in Ruddington and died in Standard Hill, Nottinghamshire....
one match each.
James Wright
James Wright (cricketer, born 1874)
James Wright was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1898 and 1905.Wright was born at Newbold, Leicestershire, the son of Thomas Wright, a coal miner and his wife Elizabeth. In 1881 they were living at Castle Gresley, Derbyshire...
who had played in 1898 played his last single match in the season.
Matches
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
| 15 May 1905
| 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
| Innings and 61 runs
| FS Jackson 111; 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...
5-91
|-
|2
|18 May 1905
| 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
| 161 runs
| 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...
6-27; I'Anson 5-52; Kermode 5-81
|-
|3
| 22 May 1905
| 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
| Innings and 1 run
| AE Lawton 112; McGahey 277; Tremlin 9-126; 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...
5-139; Buckenham 6-59
|-
|4
| 01 Jun 1905
| Sussex
Sussex County Cricket Club
Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Sussex. The club was founded as a successor to Brighton Cricket Club which was a representative of the county of Sussex as a...
County Ground, Derby
|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...
149; 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...
6-78; Cox 6-108
|-
|5
|12 Jun 1905
| 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
| 188 runs
| Bowell 101; 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...
6-74; Hesketh-Pritchard 5-46 and 8-32
|-
|6
|15 Jun 1905
| 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="#00FF00"|Won
| 9 wickets
| 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...
7-57 and 5-69; Ringrose 6-78
|-
|7
| 19 Jun 1905
| Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club
Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks. The traditional club colour is Maroon. During the...
County Ground, Northampton
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 23 runs
| GJ Thompson 5-66; East 6-33
|-
|8
|22 Jun 1905
| 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
| 236 runs
| Goatly 147; Lees 6-59; 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...
5-67; Knox 5-50
|-
|9
| 26 Jun 1905
| 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...
North Road Ground, Glossop
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 7 wickets
| AJ Turner 103; 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...
6-39; Tremlin 5-58
|-
|10
| 03 Jul 1905
| 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....
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 135 runs
| CJB Wood 100; Odell 6-15 and 5-29; King 5-39
|-
|11
|06 Jul 1905
| Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Nottinghamshire, and the current county champions. Its limited overs team is called the Nottinghamshire Outlaws...
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 8 wickets
| Hallam 6-48
|-
|12
|10 Jul 1905
| Australians
Australian cricket team in England in 1905
The Australian cricket team in England in 1905 played 35 first-class matches including 5 Tests. Australia was captained by Joe Darling. The England captain in all five Tests was Stanley Jackson.England won the Test series 2-0 with 3 Tests drawn:...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 105 runs
| 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...
5-94; Armstrong 5-29; Cotter 6-63
|-
|13
|17 Jul 1905
| 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
| Innings and 252 runs
| TC O'Brien 153; CAL Payne 191; Trott 6-66
|-
|14
|20 Jul 1905
| Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club
Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks. The traditional club colour is Maroon. During the...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 50 runs
| 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...
195; East 5-127; 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...
5-23; 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...
5-23 and 7-108
|-
|15
|24 Jul 1905
| 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
| 7 wickets
| 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...
176 and 122; Quaife 176; 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...
5-105
|-
|16
|27 Jul 1905
| 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="#FF0000"|Lost
| 87 runs
| King 5-46; Jayes 9-78
|-
|17
|31 Jul 1905
| 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="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 120 runs
| 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...
5-34 and 6-46; Santall 5-75
|-
|18
|07 Aug 1905
| 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="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Llewellyn 102 and 100; 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 and 6-53; Ede 7-72
|-
|19
|10 Aug 1905
| Sussex
Sussex County Cricket Club
Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Sussex. The club was founded as a successor to Brighton Cricket Club which was a representative of the county of Sussex as a...
County Ground, Hove
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 41 runs
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|20
|14 Aug 1905
| 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
| 9 wickets
| Hayes 189; Crawford 119; 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:...
145; Lees 5-87
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|21
|17 Aug 1905
| 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
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| AE Lawton 101; Poideven 102; Kermode 5-117; 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...
6-83
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|22
|21 Aug 1905
| 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="#FF0000"|Lost
| 6 wickets
| 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...
5-90; Wass 8-97
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County Championship batting averages
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="70%"|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !!100s
|-
| 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...
|| 20 ||38 || 1651 ||195|| 43.44 || 4
|-
| 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:...
|| 16 ||29 || 838 ||145 ||31.03 || 1
|-
| AE Lawton || 14 ||26 || 740 ||112 ||28.46 || 2
|-
| HF Wright
Henry FitzHerbert Wright
Henry FitzHerbert Wright was an English cricketer, lawyer and Conservative politician. He was active in local government in Derbyshire and sat in the House of Commons from 1912 to 1918....
|| 6 ||10 || 202|| 55 || 22.44 || 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...
||19 ||34 || 690|| 63|| 21.56 || 0
|-
|G Curgenven
Gilbert Curgenven
Gilbert Curgenven was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1901 to 1922....
|| 4 ||7 || 139 ||47 ||19.85 || 0
|-
| CA Ollivierre
Charles Ollivierre
Charles Augustus Ollivierre was a West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1900 and played for Derbyshire between 1901 and 1907 becoming the first black West Indian to play for an English county....
|| 20 ||37 || 700 ||93 ||19.44 || 0
|-
| GR Sparrow
Guy Sparrow
Guy Ratcliff Sparrow was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire during the 1905 season.Sparrow was born in Aston, Warwickshire, the son of Walter Sparrow and his wife Emma Gertrude Ratcliff. His father was assistant surgeon to the 9th Warwickshire Rifle Volunteer Corps...
|| 2 ||4 || 75|| 64 ||18.75 || 0
|-
| JA McDonald
John McDonald (cricketer)
John Archibald McDonald was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1905 and 1906....
|| 1||2 || 36|| 21 ||18.00 || 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....
|| 3|| 6 || 85 ||33 ||17.00 || 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...
|| 19 ||34 || 482|| 49* ||15.54 || 0
|-
| A Morton
Arthur Morton (cricketer, born 1883)
Arthur Morton was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire and MCC between 1903 and 1926. He made over 10,000 runs and took nearly 1000 wickets.Morton was born at Mellor, Derbyshire...
|| 17 ||32 || 419 ||73|| 14.44 || 0
|-
| FC Hunter
Frederic Hunter
Frederic Cecil Hunter was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire from 1905 to 1907...
|| 12 ||20 || 242 ||50* ||14.23|| 0
|-
| GM Buckston
George Buckston
George Moreton Buckston was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University in 1903, MCC and Derbyshire between 1905 and 1921....
|| 1 ||1 || 13 ||13 ||13.00 || 0
|-
| J Humphries
Joe Humphries
Joseph Humphries was an English cricketer who played three Test matches for England on their tour to Australia in 1907-08 and for Derbyshire County Cricket Club and the Marylebone Cricket Club between 1899 and 1914....
|| 20 ||34 || 234 ||22 ||12.31 || 0
|-
| I Dearnaley
Irvine Dearnaley
Irvine Dearnaley was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1905 and 1907....
|| 2 ||4 || 46 ||34 ||11.50 || 0
|-
| J Cupitt
Joseph Cupitt
Joseph Cupitt was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1905.Cupitt was born in Barrow Hill, Derbyshire, the son of Thomas Cupitt, a coal miner, and his wife Susannah. Cupitt himself became a miner. He played for Derbyshire in the 1892 season and in the 1893 season...
|| 2 ||4 || 19|| 13 || 9.50 || 0
|-
| W Storer
William Storer
William Storer was an English footballer and a cricketer who played six Tests from 1897 to 1899, played first class cricket for Derbyshire from 1887 to 1905 and played football for Derby County...
|| 8 ||14 || 120 ||31 || 9.23 || 0
|-
| GG Walkden
George Walkden
George Godfrey Walkden was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1905 and 1906.Walkden was born at Derby. He made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1905 season in July against Nottinghamshire, when he made 27 runs in his first innings...
|| 4|| 8 || 51 ||27 || 6.37 || 0
|-
| WT Taylor
William Taylor (cricketer)
William Thomas Taylor was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1905 and 1910.Taylor was born at Wirksworth, Derbyshire the son of Walter Taylor of Fern House and his wife Alice...
|| 1 ||2 || 11 ||9 || 5.50 || 0
|-
| W Bagguley
William Bagguley
William Bagguley was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire. He was born in Ruddington and died in Standard Hill, Nottinghamshire....
|| 1 ||1 || 5|| 5|| 5.00 || 0
|-
| W Peach
William Peach
William Peach was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1905.Peach was born in Timberland Fen, Lincolnshire, the son of Joseph Peach, a labourer, and his wife Olive....
|| 1 ||2 || 10 ||10 || 5.00 || 0
|-
| G Maltby
George Maltby
George Maltby was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1905.Maltby was born in South Normanton, Derbyshire, the son of Samuel Maltby, a coal miner, and his wife Jane....
|| 3|| 6 || 22|| 7*|| 4.40 || 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...
|| 19 ||33 || 104 ||20 || 3.85 || 0
|-
| J Wright
James Wright (cricketer, born 1874)
James Wright was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1898 and 1905.Wright was born at Newbold, Leicestershire, the son of Thomas Wright, a coal miner and his wife Elizabeth. In 1881 they were living at Castle Gresley, Derbyshire...
|| 1 ||2 || 6 ||6 ||3.00 || 0
|-
| A Hogg
Arthur Hogg
Arthur Hogg was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1905 and 1906.Hogg was born in Pentrich, the son of John Hogg, a coal miner and his wife Ann. He made his first appearance for Derbyshire during the 1905 season in a match against Lancashire when he scored a...
|| 1 ||2 || 1|| 1 || 0.50 || 0
|-
| O 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...
|| 2 ||2 || 3|| 2* || || 0
|-
| H Cooper
Herbert Cooper
Herbert Cooper was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire from 1905 to 1910...
|| 1 ||2 || 0|| 0|| 0.00 || 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...
|| 21 ||40 || 1716 ||195|| 42.90 || 4
|-
| 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:...
|| 17 ||313 || 879 ||145 ||28.35 || 1
|-
| 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...
||21 ||38 || 778|| 66|| 20.47 || 0
|-
| CA Ollivierre
Charles Ollivierre
Charles Augustus Ollivierre was a West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1900 and played for Derbyshire between 1901 and 1907 becoming the first black West Indian to play for an English county....
|| 22 ||41 || 741 ||93 ||18.07 || 0
|-
| AE Lawton || 14 ||26 || 740 ||112 ||28.46 || 2
|-
|}
(a) Figures adjusted for non CC matches
Additionally, GH Wilson
Guy Wilson
Guy Denis Wilson was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1902 and 1905. He was killed in action during World War I.Wilson was born in Melbourne, Derbyshire, the son of Arthur Wilson MA JP...
, RM Carlin
Robert Carlin (cricketer)
Robert McKenzie Carlin was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1905 and 1908....
and GH Marples
George Marples
George Holmes Marples was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1905.Marples was born in Attercliffe, Sheffield. He made two first-class appearances for Derbyshire in the 1905 season, his debut against the touring Australians when he took a wicket...
played against MCC. Marples also played against the Australians
County Championship bowling averages
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="70%"|- 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...
|| 4147 || 2020 ||100 ||7-108 ||20.20
|-
| 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...
|| 3559 ||1982 ||77 ||7-57 ||25.74
|-
| 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...
|| 2530 ||1093 ||50 ||6-27|| 21.86
|-
| A Morton
Arthur Morton (cricketer, born 1883)
Arthur Morton was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire and MCC between 1903 and 1926. He made over 10,000 runs and took nearly 1000 wickets.Morton was born at Mellor, Derbyshire...
|| 1484 ||652 ||29 ||4-11 ||22.48
|-
| 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...
|| 528 ||383 ||12 ||3-74 ||31.91
|-
| AE Lawton || 469 || 301 ||11 ||3-19 ||27.36
|-
| FC Hunter
Frederic Hunter
Frederic Cecil Hunter was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire from 1905 to 1907...
|| 678 ||408 ||9 ||2-21|| 45.33
|-
| CA Ollivierre
Charles Ollivierre
Charles Augustus Ollivierre was a West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1900 and played for Derbyshire between 1901 and 1907 becoming the first black West Indian to play for an English county....
|| 354 ||186 ||8 ||3-34 ||23.25
|-
| W Peach
William Peach
William Peach was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1905.Peach was born in Timberland Fen, Lincolnshire, the son of Joseph Peach, a labourer, and his wife Olive....
|| 64|| 46 ||4 ||4-46 ||11.50
|-
| O 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...
|| 142 ||101 ||3 ||2-67 ||33.66
|-
| J Cupitt
Joseph Cupitt
Joseph Cupitt was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1905.Cupitt was born in Barrow Hill, Derbyshire, the son of Thomas Cupitt, a coal miner, and his wife Susannah. Cupitt himself became a miner. He played for Derbyshire in the 1892 season and in the 1893 season...
|| 450 || 145|| 3 ||2-24 ||48.33
|-
| G Curgenven
Gilbert Curgenven
Gilbert Curgenven was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1901 to 1922....
|| 198|| 99 ||1 ||1-34|| 99.00
|-
| 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:...
|| 126 ||113|| 0|| ||
|-
| G Maltby
George Maltby
George Maltby was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1905.Maltby was born in South Normanton, Derbyshire, the son of Samuel Maltby, a coal miner, and his wife Jane....
|| 30 || 20|| 0|| ||
|-
| WT Taylor
William Taylor (cricketer)
William Thomas Taylor was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1905 and 1910.Taylor was born at Wirksworth, Derbyshire the son of Walter Taylor of Fern House and his wife Alice...
|| 24|| 15|| 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...
|-
| 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...
|| 4391 || 2286 ||104 ||7-108 ||21.98
|-
| 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...
|| 3559 ||1982 ||77 ||7-57 ||25.74 5 2
|-
| 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...
|| 2986 ||1371 ||58 ||6-27|| 23.64
|-
| A Morton
Arthur Morton (cricketer, born 1883)
Arthur Morton was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire and MCC between 1903 and 1926. He made over 10,000 runs and took nearly 1000 wickets.Morton was born at Mellor, Derbyshire...
|| 1740 ||800 ||37 ||4-11 ||21.62
|-
| 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...
|| 528 ||383 ||12 ||3-74 ||31.91 0 0
|-
|}