Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1876

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1876 was the cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

season when the English club Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...

played their sixth season.

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...

replaced 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...

as the third county to play Derbyshire, together with 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...

and Kent

Kent County Cricket Club

Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...

. Derbyshire also played their first match against an 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...

side, which was to become a regular feature. Mycroft achieved 17 wickets for 103 runs in a match which remains a record match analysis for Derbyshire.

The season was clouded with the death in a railway accident of Frederick Thornhill

Frederick Thornhill

Frederick Thornhill was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1876.Thornhill was born in Beeston, Nottinghamshire, the son of Richard Thornhill and his wife Eliza Reynolds and became an engine stoker for the Midland Railway. He took part in a cricket match playing...

after just one chance to play for the county.

1876 season

All Derbyshire's matches were first class in the 1876 season. They played six county games, two each against Lancashire, Kent and Hampshire, and one match against MCC. Derbyshire lost both games against Lancashire, but were honours even with Kent and Hampshire, and beat MCC at Lords.

The captain for the year was Robert Smith

Robert Smith (cricketer)

Robert Posnett Smith , later known as Robert Posnett Stevens, was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1871 and 1884 and was captain of the side from 1876 to 1883...

. The side was well established but had three newcomers. Frederick Keeton

Frederick Keeton

Frederick William Keeton was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1876 to 1880.Keeton was born in Mosborough, and in 1874 was playing for Worksop. He made his debut for Derbyshire during the 1876 season against Lancashire where he scored a handful of runs, and the game was lost...

, a licenced victualler, played the first of several seasons for Derbyshire and Amos Hind

Amos Hind

Amos Hind was an English cricketer. who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1876 and 1877.Hind was born at Calverton, Nottinghamshire, the son of John Hind, a framework knitter and his wife Hannah....

a framework knitter, also made his debut, to play one more season in 1877. Frederick Thornhill

Frederick Thornhill

, a railway worker, played a single match for the club in June, but a month later on 23 July 1876 died at Toton Sidings

Toton TMD

Toton Traction Maintenance Depot is one of the largest rail depots in the United Kingdom. Toton TMD is bordered by Long Eaton and Sandiacre in Derbyshire and Toton in Nottinghamshire...

, the largest marshalling yards of the Midland Railway

Midland Railway

The Midland Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 to 1922, when it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway....

. Three players who took part in Derbyshire's first match played their last season for Derbyshire, each appearing in one game. These were Unwin Sowter

Unwin Sowter

Unwin Sowter was an English corn factor and miller and cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1871 and 1876. He was a member of the team that played Derbyshire's first match in May 1871....

, John Burnham

John Burnham

John William Burnham was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1871 and 1876. He was a member of the team that played Derbyshire's first match in May 1871....

and John Tilson

John Tilson (cricketer)

John Tilson was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1871 and 1876. He was a member of the team that played Derbyshire's first match in May 1871....

.

In the first match against Lancashire, Lancashire made 163 in their first innings, and Derbyshire replied with 60. They had to follow on, and achieving 78 in the second innings, lost by an innings. In the second match, their first against Hampshire Derbyshire scored 179 in the first innings and Hampshire made 98 in response and had to follow-on. Hampshire scored 156 in the second innings and Derbyshire made the necessary 80 with 8 wickets in hand. Against MCC Derbyshire opened with 229 with a contribution of 77 from Hind. MCC replied with 104 and managed 76 in the follow-on to give Derbyshire an innings victory. Against Kent, Derbyshire scored 107 in the first innings and Kent replied with 121. Derbyshire's second innings score of 170 set a target Kent could not achieve and they finished on 113 to give Derbyshire 43 run victory. In the second match against Lancashire, Derbyshire replied with 63 to Lancashire's 111. In the second innings Lancashire made 172 and Derbyshire ended the second innings 95 runs behind on 125. In the second match against Kent, Derbyshire made 147 in the first innings and Kent made 145. In the second innings Derbyshire made 112, and Kent were able to make the necessary 116 to win the match with two wickets in hand. In the last match against Hampshire, Derbyshire opened with 115 and Hampshire made 63 in reply. In the second innings Derbyshire made 91, but Hampshire went on to make 145 to win with one wicket in hand. Mycroft achieved a record match analysis of 17 wickets for 103 runs against Hampshire in the match.

John Platts

John Platts

John Thomas Brown Dumelow Platts was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1871 and 1884. He was a member of the team that played Derbyshire's first match in May 1871....

was top scorer and William Mycroft

William Mycroft

William Mycroft was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire and MCC between 1873 and 1886. He was a left-arm fast bowler with a great deal of spin and a dangerous yorker that was often believed to be unfair - which may explain why he was not considered for the earliest...

took most wickets.

Matches

{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of first-class matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
|1 Jun 1876
| Lancashire

Lancashire County Cricket Club

Old Trafford, Manchester
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings and 25 runs
| W Mycroft
William Mycroft
William Mycroft was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire and MCC between 1873 and 1886. He was a left-arm fast bowler with a great deal of spin and a dangerous yorker that was often believed to be unfair - which may explain why he was not considered for the earliest...

6-71; W McIntyre
William McIntyre (cricketer)
William McIntyre was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Nottinghamshire from 1869 to 1871 and for Lancashire from 1872 to 1880....

7-33 and 7-39
|-
|2
|5 Jun 1876
| Hampshire

Hampshire County Cricket Club

County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|8 Wickets
| H Holmes
Henry Holmes (cricketer)
Henry Holmes was an English cricketer. Holmes was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm roundarm medium. Holmes also played as an occasional wicketkeeper.-First-class career:...

5-57
|-
|3
|15 Jun 1876
|MCC

Marylebone Cricket Club

Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|Innings and 49 runs
|W Mycroft
William Mycroft
William Mycroft was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire and MCC between 1873 and 1886. He was a left-arm fast bowler with a great deal of spin and a dangerous yorker that was often believed to be unfair - which may explain why he was not considered for the earliest...

6-30 and 5-44
|-
|4
|19 Jun 1876
| Kent

Kent County Cricket Club

Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...

County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|43 runs
|C Absolom
Charlie Absolom
Charles Alfred Absolom played cricket for Cambridge University, Kent and England in the period from 1866 to 1879.Absolom was born at Blackheath, Kent, the son of Edward Absolom. He was educated at a school in Calne, Wiltshire and at Trinity College, Cambridge and was awarded cricket and athletics...

5-60 and 6-74; W Hickton
William Hickton (cricketer, born 1842)
William Hickton was an English cricketer who played for Lancashire between 1867 and 1871 and for Derbyshire between 1871 and 1878. He was a member of the team that played Derbyshire's first match in May 1871....

5-52 and 6-41
|-
|5
|3 Jul 1876
| Lancashire

Lancashire County Cricket Club

County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|95 runs
|A Watson
Alexander Watson (cricketer)
Alexander Watson was an English first-class cricketer who played for Lancashire.Scotland born Watson was a prolific wickettaker for Lancashire, debuting in 1871. In 1871 he first played for Lancashire and in 1874 took his career best innings figures of 9 for 118 against Derbyshire...

6-26; W McIntyre
William McIntyre (cricketer)
William McIntyre was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Nottinghamshire from 1869 to 1871 and for Lancashire from 1872 to 1880....

6-59
|-
|6
|20 Jul 1876
|| Kent

Kent County Cricket Club

Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...

Higher Common Ground, Tunbridge Wells
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|2 wickets
| W Foord-Kelcey
William Foord-Kelcey
William Foord-Kelcey OBE was an English barrister, academic and cricketer who played first class cricket for Oxford University from 1874 to 1875, for Kent from 1874 to 1883 and for MCC in 1878....

5-2'; J T B D Platts
John Platts
John Thomas Brown Dumelow Platts was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1871 and 1884. He was a member of the team that played Derbyshire's first match in May 1871....

6-68; GG Hearne
George Gibbons Hearne
George Gibbons Hearne was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Kent between 1875 and 1895. He also played in one Test match for England against South Africa in 1891-92. Hearne was part of the famous cricketing Hearne family...

5-46; W Mycroft
William Mycroft
William Mycroft was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire and MCC between 1873 and 1886. He was a left-arm fast bowler with a great deal of spin and a dangerous yorker that was often believed to be unfair - which may explain why he was not considered for the earliest...

5-51
|-
|7
|24 Jul 1876
|Hampshire

Hampshire County Cricket Club

Day's (Antelope) Ground, Southampton
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|1 Wicket
| J Galpin
John Galpin
John George Galpin was an English cricketer. Galpin was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm roundarm fast....

5-42; A Ridley
Arthur Ridley
Arthur William Ridley was an English cricketer. Ridley was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm underarm medium pace, who also played occasionally as a wicketkeeper....

5-70 and 6-42; W Mycroft
William Mycroft
William Mycroft was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire and MCC between 1873 and 1886. He was a left-arm fast bowler with a great deal of spin and a dangerous yorker that was often believed to be unfair - which may explain why he was not considered for the earliest...

9-25 and 8-78
|-

Cricketers who played and their first-class batting performances

{| class="wikitable sortable" width="80%"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Am/
Pro !! Age !! Hand !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !!100s
|-
|W Rigley

William Rigley

William Rigley was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1873 and 1882.Rigley was born in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, the son of John Rigley and his wife Ann. His father was a blacksmith and moved to Somercotes, Derbyshire. Rigley also became a blacksmith...

|| P || 24 || R || 4 ||7|| 155|| 51 || 22.14 ||0
|-
| J T B D Platts

John Platts

John Thomas Brown Dumelow Platts was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1871 and 1884. He was a member of the team that played Derbyshire's first match in May 1871....

|| P || 27 || L || 7 ||13 ||235|| 53 || 19.58 ||0
|-
|G Frost

George Frost (cricketer)

George Frost was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1872 and 1880.Frost was born in Wirksworth, the son of George Frost, a farmer/builder, and his wife Mary...

|| A || 27 || R || 4 ||7|| 109|| 52 || 18.16 ||0
|-
|J Smith

John Smith (Derbyshire cricketer)

John Smith was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1871 to 1878. He was a member of the team that played Derbyshire's first match in May 1871....

|| A || 34 || R || 3|| 5|| 83 ||35|| 16.60 ||0
|-
|T Foster

Thomas Foster (cricketer, born 1848)

Thomas Foster was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1873 and 1884. He topped the scoring for the club in three seasons....

|| P || 27 || R || 7 ||12|| 193|| 43 || 16.08 || 0
|-
|W Hickton

William Hickton (cricketer, born 1842)

William Hickton was an English cricketer who played for Lancashire between 1867 and 1871 and for Derbyshire between 1871 and 1878. He was a member of the team that played Derbyshire's first match in May 1871....

|| P || 33 || R || 4|| 7|| 71|| 30 || 14.20 ||0
|-
|A Hind

Amos Hind

|| || 26 || R || 7|| 13|| 179|| 77 || 13.76 ||0
|-
|R P Smith

Robert Smith (cricketer)

|| A || 27 || R || 7 ||13 ||165|| 43|| 12.69||0
|-
|A Shuker

Abraham Shuker

Abraham Shuker was an English schoolmaster and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1874 and 1882.Shuker was born in Stockton, Shropshire, the son of John Shuker, a bailiff, and his wife Charlotte...

|| A || 27 || R || 2 ||4 ||46 ||20 || 11.50 || 0
|-
|A Smith

Alfort Smith

Alfort Smith was an English cricketer who kept wicket for Lancashire in 1867 and 1871 and for Derbyshire between 1873 and 1880....

|| || 29 || R || 7 ||12 ||59 ||19|| 8.42|| 0
|-
|W G Curgenven

William Curgenven

William Grafton Curgenven was an English doctor and cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1872 and 1878.-Biography and career:...

|| A || 34 || R || 4 ||7|| 52 ||13 || 7.42 || 0
|-
|W Mycroft

William Mycroft

|| P || 35 || R || 7 ||12|| 52 ||16|| 4.33||0
|-
|H Shaw

Henry Shaw (cricketer)

Henry Shaw was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1875 and 1884.Shaw was born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire and worked as a painter on the Midland Railway. He was also cricket coach at Derby School...

|| A || 22 || R || 2 ||3|| 13|| 9 || 6.50 ||0
|-
|G Hay

George Hay (cricketer)

George Hay was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1875 and 1886.Hay was born at Staveley and became a professional cricketer playing at Manningham, Bradford from 1873 to 1875...

|| A || 25 || R || 3 ||5|| 19|| 9*|| 6.33 ||0
|-
|J W Burnham

John Burnham

John William Burnham was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1871 and 1876. He was a member of the team that played Derbyshire's first match in May 1871....

|| A || 36 || R || 1 ||2 ||12 ||8 || 6.00 || 0
|-
|S Richardson

Samuel Richardson (cricketer)

Samuel Richardson was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1871 and 1878 and captained the side from 1871 to 1875. He was a member of the team that played Derbyshire's first match in May 1871 when he was captain and wicket-keeper...

|| A || 32 || R || 4|| 7|| 36 ||14 || 5.14 ||0
|-
|F W Keeton

Frederick Keeton

|| A || 20 || R || 1 ||2|| 7|| 5 || 3.50 ||0
|-
|U Sowter

Unwin Sowter

Unwin Sowter was an English corn factor and miller and cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1871 and 1876. He was a member of the team that played Derbyshire's first match in May 1871....

|| A || 37 || R || 1|| 1|| 2|| 2 || 2.00|| 0
|-
|J Tilson

John Tilson (cricketer)

John Tilson was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1871 and 1876. He was a member of the team that played Derbyshire's first match in May 1871....

|| A || 31 || R || 1 ||2 || 3|| 3 || 1.50 ||0
|-
|F Thornhill

Frederick Thornhill

|| A || 29 || || 1|| 2|| 0|| 0|| 0.00 || 0
|}

Smith played two matches for North v South, two for a United North of England XI v United South of England XI and one for an All England XI, giving him a first-class run total of 327.

First-class bowling averages

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

William Mycroft

|| L F || 1673|| 616 ||62 ||9-25 ||9.94
|-
|J T B D Platts

John Platts

John Thomas Brown Dumelow Platts was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1871 and 1884. He was a member of the team that played Derbyshire's first match in May 1871....

|| R F || 802 || 436|| 25|| 6-68|| 17.44
|-
|W Hickton

William Hickton (cricketer, born 1842)

|| R F || 616|| 259|| 22|| 6-41|| 11.77
|-
|A Hind

Amos Hind

|| R round M || 434|| 139|| 8|| 3-23 ||17.37
|-
|G Hay

George Hay (cricketer)

George Hay was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1875 and 1886.Hay was born at Staveley and became a professional cricketer playing at Manningham, Bradford from 1873 to 1875...

|| R round M || 132 ||55|| 2 ||1-12 ||27.50
|-
|W Rigley

William Rigley

|| || 16 ||7|| 1|| 1-7 ||7.00
|}

Mycroft played five games for MCC, one for an All England XI and one for a United North of England XI bringing his first class wicket total to 95.

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