Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1902
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Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1902 was the cricket
season when the English club Derbyshire
had been playing for thirty-one years. It was their eighth season in the County Championship
and they won five matches to finish tenth in the Championship table.
in 1902, two matches against London County, one match against MCC and one against the touring Australians.
Derbyshire won four matches in the County Championship which brought them up to tenth in the table. The captain for the year was Albert Lawton in his first season as captain. Maynard Ashcroft
was top scorer. Billy Bestwick
took most wickets.
The most significant additions to the Derbyshire squad in the season was Thomas Forrester
who carried on playing for the club for many seasons. Also making his debut was Charles Ollivierre
the first Caribbean to play for an English county who also played several seasons. Other players who made their debut but played only in 1902 were Charles Lyon
who played two matches and Ernest Stapleton
, Noah Buxton
, Archibold Cooper
and Bert Hall
who played one each. Guy Wilson
played once in 1902 and once in 1905.
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
| 19 May 1902
| Hampshire
County Ground, Southampton
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 180 runs
| Llewellyn 7-59; JJ Hulme 5-57 and 7-48; Soar 5-80
|-
|2
|29 May 1902
| Yorkshire
Dewsbury and Savile Ground
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| TL Taylor 106
|-
|3
|05 Jun 1902
| Yorkshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| TL Taylor 142; JJ Hulme 5-68; Hirst 5-32; Haigh 5-31
|-
|4
| 09 Jun 1902
| Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 9 wickets
| Hargreave 6-54; Santall 5-50
|-
|5
|12 Jun 1902
| Worcestershire
North Road Ground, Glossop
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|W Bestwick
7-28; Wilson 6-53
|-
|6
|19 Jun 1902
| Australians
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 8 wickets
| W Bestwick
6-82; Saunders 6-40
|-
|7
| 23 Jun 1902
| MCC
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 6 wickets
| Trott 7-84; Mead 6-36
|-
|8
|26 Jun 1902
|London County Cricket Club
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 6 wickets
|AE Lawton 149; CJB Wood 124; Grace 5-105; Llewellyn 5-92 and 6-101
|-
|9
| 30 Jun 1902
| Leicestershire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| LG Wright
101; EM Ashcroft
104; AE Knight 103
|-
|10
|03 Jul 1902
| Surrey
Kennington Oval
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 7 wickets
| VFS Crawford 101; W Bestwick
6-107; Richardson 5-81
|-
|11
|10 Jul 1902
| Leicestershire
Aylestone Road, Leicester
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 242 runs
| EM Ashcroft
162; Coe 6-40; A Warren
7-70
|-
|12
| 14 Jul 1902
| Nottinghamshire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 9 wickets
| Iremonger 146; Gunn 120; Hallam 5-46; Wass 6-152
|-
|13
|21 Jul 1902
|London County Cricket Club
Crystal Palace Park
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 99 runs
| GIll 6-83; W Bestwick
8-52; Braund 5-70
|-
|14
|24 Jul 1902
| Essex
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 120 runs
| McGahey 5-24; JJ Hulme 5-18; Mead 6-55
|-
|15
|04 Aug 1902
| Hampshire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| AE Lawton 146; Llewellyn 109 and 5-117
|-
|16
|07 Aug 1902
| Worcestershire
County Ground, New Road, Worcester
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| HK Foster 112; FL Bowley 122; RE Foster 109
|-
|17
|11 Aug 1902
| Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 89 runs
| Gunn 101; Shrewbury 108; W Bestwick
6-82; Wass 5-84 and 6-53
|-
|18
|14 Aug 1902
| Warwickshire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 250 runs
| CA Ollivierre
167; AE Lawton 126; A Warren
6-33
|-
|19
|18 Aug 1902
| Surrey
North Road Ground, Glossop
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|20
|21 Aug 1902
| Essex
County Ground, Leyton
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 15 runs
| Lucas 103; Mead 5-44 and 5-59; A Warren
6-75; W Bestwick
7-55
|-
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !!100s
|-
| EM Ashcroft
|| 13 ||19 || 843|| 162 || 46.83 || 2
|-
| CA Ollivierre
|| 7 ||9 || 363 ||167 || 40.33 || 1
|-
|G Curgenven
|| 3 ||5 || 120 ||51 ||30.00 || 0
|-
| AE Lawton || 16 ||22 || 652 ||146 || 29.63 || 2
|-
| LG Wright
|| 16 ||24 || 629|| 101|| 26.20 || 1
|-
|E Needham
|| 15 ||22 || 480|| 66|| 24.00 || 0
|-
| W Storer
|| 16 ||22 || 474 ||54 ||21.54|| 0
|-
| T Forrester
|| 8|| 12 || 156 ||41 ||19.50 || 0
|-
| JJ Hulme || 16 ||22 || 329 ||47 ||18.27 || 0
|-
| J Humphries
|| 13 ||19 || 248 ||43 || 17.71 || 0
|-
| Samuel Hill Wood || 3|| 4 || 52 ||43 ||13.00 || 0
|-
| A Warren
|| 14 ||20 || 242 ||71 || 12.73 || 0
|-
| W Chatterton
|| 7 ||10 || 76 ||32|| 8.44 || 0
|-
|W Locker
|| 1 ||1 || 8|| 8 || 8.00 || 0
|-
| H Bagshaw
|| 2 ||4 || 28 ||16 ||7.00 || 0
|-
| W Bestwick
|| 16 ||20 || 83 ||26|| 6.38 || 0
|-
| W Sugg
|| 5 ||7 || 44||13 || 6.28 || 0
|-
| B Hall
|| 1|| 2 || 10 ||7 || 5.00 || 0
|-
| CH Lyon
|| 2 ||2 || 6|| 4 ||3.00 || 0
|-
| N Buxton
|| 1 ||2 || 7|| 7|| 3.50 || 0
|-
| AHH Cooper
|| 1 ||1 || 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
|-
| EM Ashcroft
|| 15 ||23 || 897|| 162 || 39.80 || 2
|-
| AE Lawton || 19 ||28 || 861 ||149 || 30.75 || 3
|-
| LG Wright
|| 18 ||28 || 736|| 101|| 26.29 || 1
|-
| W Storer
|| 19 ||28 || 611 ||61 ||21.82|| 0
|-
|E Needham
|| 16 ||24 || 489|| 66|| 20.38 || 0
|-
|}
(a) Figures adjusted for non CC matches
Outside the County Championship, E Stapleton
played against MCC and GD Wilson
against London County
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average
|-
| W Bestwick
|| 3362 ||1339|| 63 ||7-28|| 21.25
|-
| JJ Hulme || 3385 ||1362|| 55 ||7-48|| 24.76
|-
| A Warren
|| 1720 || 934|| 38|| 7-70 ||24.57
|-
| T Forrester
||894 || 360|| 17 ||4-38 ||21.17
|-
| AE Lawton || 650 || 335 ||16 ||4-59 ||20.93
|-
| W Storer
|| 811 ||564 ||15 ||3-63 ||37.60
|-
| EM Ashcroft
|| 482 || 272|| 4 ||2-46|| 68.00
|-
| W Chatterton
|| 138||80|| 3 ||2-40 ||26.66
|-
| N Buxton
|| 42 || 14|| 2|| 2-14 ||7.00
|-
| W Sugg
|| 72 ||56 ||2 ||1-7|| 28.00
|-
| J Humphries
|| 30 || 19|| 1|| 1-19 ||19.00
|-
| CA Ollivierre
|| 54 ||53 ||0 || ||
|-
|E Needham
|| 42 || 35|| 0 || ||
|-
| LG Wright
|| 24||25|| 0 || ||
|-
| CH Lyon
|| 12 || 6 ||0 || ||
|-
| AHH Cooper
|| 12 || 12 ||0|| ||
|-
|G Curgenven
|| 6 || 0 ||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
|| 4095 ||1684|| 81 ||8-52|| 20.79
|-
| JJ Hulme || 3695 ||1476|| 66 ||7-48|| 22.36
|-
| A Warren
|| 2216 || 1184 || 49|| 7-70 ||24.16
|-
| T Forrester
||894 || 360|| 17 ||4-38 ||21.17
|-
| AE Lawton || 698 || 385 ||17 ||4-59 ||22.65
|-
|}
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-one years. It was their eighth season in the County Championship
County Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...
and they won five matches to finish tenth in the Championship table.
1902 season
Derbyshire played sixteen games in the County ChampionshipCounty Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...
in 1902, two matches against London County, one match against MCC and one against the touring Australians.
Derbyshire won four matches in the County Championship which brought them up to tenth in the table. The captain for the year was Albert Lawton in his first season as captain. Maynard Ashcroft
Maynard Ashcroft
Edward Maynard Ashcroft was an English doctor and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1897 and 1906 and captained the Derbyshire team in 1904.-Early life:...
was top scorer. 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.
The most significant additions to the Derbyshire squad in the season was Thomas Forrester
Thomas Forrester (cricketer)
Thomas Forrester was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Warwickshire from1896 to 1899 and for Derbyshire from 1902 to 1920...
who carried on playing for the club for many seasons. Also making his debut was Charles 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....
the first Caribbean to play for an English county who also played several seasons. Other players who made their debut but played only in 1902 were Charles Lyon
Charles Lyon
Charles Harry Lyon DSO, CMG was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1902.Lyon was born at The Lodge, Rocester, Staffordshire, the son of Charles William Lyon and his wife Florence...
who played two matches and Ernest Stapleton
Ernest Stapleton
Ernest Stapleton was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1902.Stapleton was born in New Basford, Nottinghamshire, the son of Ernest Stapleton, a hose trimmer, and his wife Sarah....
, Noah Buxton
Noah Buxton
Noah Buxton was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1902 and 1911.Buxton was born at Codnor, Derbyshire, the son of William Buxton, a coal miner, and his wife Mary. In 1881 the family was living at Kirkby in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. Buxton made his debut...
, Archibold Cooper
Archibold Cooper
Archibold Henry Hedges Cooper was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire.Cooper was born in Cowley, Oxford, the son of Edward Cooper, a mercantile clerk and his wife Elizabeth. He played in one match for Derbyshire during the 1902 season, though he did not bat during the match...
and Bert Hall
Bert Hall (cricketer)
Bert Hall was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1902.Hall represented Derbyshire during the 1902 season in one match against Hampshire, a 180-run victory in which Hall put on ten runs in the two innings in which he played....
who played one each. Guy 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...
played once in 1902 and once in 1905.
Matches
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
| 19 May 1902
| 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="#00FF00"|Won
| 180 runs
| Llewellyn 7-59; JJ Hulme 5-57 and 7-48; Soar 5-80
|-
|2
|29 May 1902
| 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....
Dewsbury and Savile Ground
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| TL Taylor 106
|-
|3
|05 Jun 1902
| 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....
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| TL Taylor 142; JJ Hulme 5-68; Hirst 5-32; Haigh 5-31
|-
|4
| 09 Jun 1902
| 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
| 9 wickets
| Hargreave 6-54; Santall 5-50
|-
|5
|12 Jun 1902
| 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...
North Road Ground, Glossop
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|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...
7-28; Wilson 6-53
|-
|6
|19 Jun 1902
| Australians
Australian cricket team in England in 1902
The Australian cricket team toured England during the 1902 English cricket season. The five-Test series between the two countries has been fondly remembered; in 1967 the cricket writer A.A. Thomson described the series as "a rubber more exciting than any in history except the Australia v West...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 8 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...
6-82; Saunders 6-40
|-
|7
| 23 Jun 1902
| 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
| 6 wickets
| Trott 7-84; Mead 6-36
|-
|8
|26 Jun 1902
|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...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 6 wickets
|AE Lawton 149; CJB Wood 124; Grace 5-105; Llewellyn 5-92 and 6-101
|-
|9
| 30 Jun 1902
| 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="#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...
101; 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:...
104; AE Knight 103
|-
|10
|03 Jul 1902
| 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
| 7 wickets
| VFS Crawford 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...
6-107; Richardson 5-81
|-
|11
|10 Jul 1902
| 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="#00FF00"|Won
| 242 runs
| 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:...
162; Coe 6-40; 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...
7-70
|-
|12
| 14 Jul 1902
| 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
| 9 wickets
| Iremonger 146; Gunn 120; Hallam 5-46; Wass 6-152
|-
|13
|21 Jul 1902
|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="#00FF00"|Won
| 99 runs
| GIll 6-83; 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...
8-52; Braund 5-70
|-
|14
|24 Jul 1902
| Essex
Essex County Cricket Club
Essex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Essex. Its limited overs team is called the Essex Eagles, their team colours this season are blue.The club plays most of its home games...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 120 runs
| McGahey 5-24; JJ Hulme 5-18; Mead 6-55
|-
|15
|04 Aug 1902
| 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
|
| AE Lawton 146; Llewellyn 109 and 5-117
|-
|16
|07 Aug 1902
| 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="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| HK Foster 112; FL Bowley 122; RE Foster 109
|-
|17
|11 Aug 1902
| 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
| Innings and 89 runs
| Gunn 101; Shrewbury 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...
6-82; Wass 5-84 and 6-53
|-
|18
|14 Aug 1902
| 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 250 runs
| 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....
167; AE Lawton 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...
6-33
|-
|19
|18 Aug 1902
| 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...
North Road Ground, Glossop
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|20
|21 Aug 1902
| 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="#00FF00"|Won
| 15 runs
| Lucas 103; Mead 5-44 and 5-59; 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...
6-75; 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...
7-55
|-
County Championship batting averages
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="70%"|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !!100s
|-
| 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:...
|| 13 ||19 || 843|| 162 || 46.83 || 2
|-
| 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....
|| 7 ||9 || 363 ||167 || 40.33 || 1
|-
|G Curgenven
Gilbert Curgenven
Gilbert Curgenven was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1901 to 1922....
|| 3 ||5 || 120 ||51 ||30.00 || 0
|-
| AE Lawton || 16 ||22 || 652 ||146 || 29.63 || 2
|-
| LG Wright
Levi Wright
Levi George Wright was an English footballer and cricketer. He played association football for Derby County and Notts County and cricket for Derbyshire from 1883 to 1909 being captain for a season and a half in 1906/1907. He scored over 15,000 runs in his first class career and took 237 catches...
|| 16 ||24 || 629|| 101|| 26.20 || 1
|-
|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....
|| 15 ||22 || 480|| 66|| 24.00 || 0
|-
| W Storer
William Storer
William Storer was an English footballer and a cricketer who played six Tests from 1897 to 1899, played first class cricket for Derbyshire from 1887 to 1905 and played football for Derby County...
|| 16 ||22 || 474 ||54 ||21.54|| 0
|-
| T Forrester
Thomas Forrester (cricketer)
Thomas Forrester was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Warwickshire from1896 to 1899 and for Derbyshire from 1902 to 1920...
|| 8|| 12 || 156 ||41 ||19.50 || 0
|-
| JJ Hulme || 16 ||22 || 329 ||47 ||18.27 || 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....
|| 13 ||19 || 248 ||43 || 17.71 || 0
|-
| Samuel Hill Wood || 3|| 4 || 52 ||43 ||13.00 || 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...
|| 14 ||20 || 242 ||71 || 12.73 || 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...
|| 7 ||10 || 76 ||32|| 8.44 || 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...
|| 1 ||1 || 8|| 8 || 8.00 || 0
|-
| H Bagshaw
Henry Bagshaw
Harry Bagshaw, christened Henry Bagshaw, was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1887 and 1902 and was also a cricket umpire....
|| 2 ||4 || 28 ||16 ||7.00 || 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...
|| 16 ||20 || 83 ||26|| 6.38 || 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:...
|| 5 ||7 || 44||13 || 6.28 || 0
|-
| B Hall
Bert Hall (cricketer)
Bert Hall was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1902.Hall represented Derbyshire during the 1902 season in one match against Hampshire, a 180-run victory in which Hall put on ten runs in the two innings in which he played....
|| 1|| 2 || 10 ||7 || 5.00 || 0
|-
| CH Lyon
Charles Lyon
Charles Harry Lyon DSO, CMG was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1902.Lyon was born at The Lodge, Rocester, Staffordshire, the son of Charles William Lyon and his wife Florence...
|| 2 ||2 || 6|| 4 ||3.00 || 0
|-
| N Buxton
Noah Buxton
Noah Buxton was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1902 and 1911.Buxton was born at Codnor, Derbyshire, the son of William Buxton, a coal miner, and his wife Mary. In 1881 the family was living at Kirkby in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. Buxton made his debut...
|| 1 ||2 || 7|| 7|| 3.50 || 0
|-
| AHH Cooper
Archibold Cooper
Archibold Henry Hedges Cooper was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire.Cooper was born in Cowley, Oxford, the son of Edward Cooper, a mercantile clerk and his wife Elizabeth. He played in one match for Derbyshire during the 1902 season, though he did not bat during the match...
|| 1 ||1 || 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
|-
| 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:...
|| 15 ||23 || 897|| 162 || 39.80 || 2
|-
| AE Lawton || 19 ||28 || 861 ||149 || 30.75 || 3
|-
| 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...
|| 18 ||28 || 736|| 101|| 26.29 || 1
|-
| W Storer
William Storer
William Storer was an English footballer and a cricketer who played six Tests from 1897 to 1899, played first class cricket for Derbyshire from 1887 to 1905 and played football for Derby County...
|| 19 ||28 || 611 ||61 ||21.82|| 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....
|| 16 ||24 || 489|| 66|| 20.38 || 0
|-
|}
(a) Figures adjusted for non CC matches
Outside the County Championship, E Stapleton
Ernest Stapleton
Ernest Stapleton was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1902.Stapleton was born in New Basford, Nottinghamshire, the son of Ernest Stapleton, a hose trimmer, and his wife Sarah....
played against MCC and GD 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...
against London County
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...
|| 3362 ||1339|| 63 ||7-28|| 21.25
|-
| JJ Hulme || 3385 ||1362|| 55 ||7-48|| 24.76
|-
| 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...
|| 1720 || 934|| 38|| 7-70 ||24.57
|-
| T Forrester
Thomas Forrester (cricketer)
Thomas Forrester was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Warwickshire from1896 to 1899 and for Derbyshire from 1902 to 1920...
||894 || 360|| 17 ||4-38 ||21.17
|-
| AE Lawton || 650 || 335 ||16 ||4-59 ||20.93
|-
| 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...
|| 811 ||564 ||15 ||3-63 ||37.60
|-
| 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:...
|| 482 || 272|| 4 ||2-46|| 68.00
|-
| 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...
|| 138||80|| 3 ||2-40 ||26.66
|-
| N Buxton
Noah Buxton
Noah Buxton was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1902 and 1911.Buxton was born at Codnor, Derbyshire, the son of William Buxton, a coal miner, and his wife Mary. In 1881 the family was living at Kirkby in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. Buxton made his debut...
|| 42 || 14|| 2|| 2-14 ||7.00
|-
| 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:...
|| 72 ||56 ||2 ||1-7|| 28.00
|-
| 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....
|| 30 || 19|| 1|| 1-19 ||19.00
|-
| 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....
|| 54 ||53 ||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....
|| 42 || 35|| 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...
|| 24||25|| 0 || ||
|-
| CH Lyon
Charles Lyon
Charles Harry Lyon DSO, CMG was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1902.Lyon was born at The Lodge, Rocester, Staffordshire, the son of Charles William Lyon and his wife Florence...
|| 12 || 6 ||0 || ||
|-
| AHH Cooper
Archibold Cooper
Archibold Henry Hedges Cooper was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire.Cooper was born in Cowley, Oxford, the son of Edward Cooper, a mercantile clerk and his wife Elizabeth. He played in one match for Derbyshire during the 1902 season, though he did not bat during the match...
|| 12 || 12 ||0|| ||
|-
|G Curgenven
Gilbert Curgenven
Gilbert Curgenven was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1901 to 1922....
|| 6 || 0 ||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...
|| 4095 ||1684|| 81 ||8-52|| 20.79
|-
| JJ Hulme || 3695 ||1476|| 66 ||7-48|| 22.36
|-
| 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...
|| 2216 || 1184 || 49|| 7-70 ||24.16
|-
| T Forrester
Thomas Forrester (cricketer)
Thomas Forrester was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Warwickshire from1896 to 1899 and for Derbyshire from 1902 to 1920...
||894 || 360|| 17 ||4-38 ||21.17
|-
| AE Lawton || 698 || 385 ||17 ||4-59 ||22.65
|-
|}