Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1877
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Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1877 was the cricket
season when the English club Derbyshire
played their seventh season.
Yorkshire
joined Hampshire
, Lancashire
and Kent
as the fourth county to play Derbyshire. John Platts
became the first cricketer to score a century for Derbyshire.
The captain for the year was Robert Smith
. Of the players who made their debuts, Leonard Jackson
a publican, and Arthur Forman
, a Repton schoolmaster
both continued playing regularly for five years while Thomas Mycroft
appeared occasionally as wicket keeper over the next ten years. Charles Regan
a brewer's traveller played his five career fist class matches during the season.
Rev William Humble
who had played occasionally since 1873 put in his last appearance for the club. Amos Hind
who failed to live up to the promise of his initial 1876 season, also left the side.
In their opening match against Lancashire, Derbyshire opened with 111 to which Lancashire replied with 84. Although Derbysire only managed 51 in their second innings, Lancashire fared worse with 44 to give Derbyshire a 34 run victory. Against Hampshire, Drbyshire made 115 in the first innings and Hampshire scored 105 in response. Derbyshire's second innings reached 242, although no player scored 50 or more. Hampshire were only able to make 63 in reply giving Derbyshire a 189 run victory. Against MCC, Derbyshire were playing a side which included W G Grace who made 83 runs and took 14 wickets. In the first innings MCC made 112, being checked by Mycroft who took 8 wickets while Derbyshire replied with 117. In the second innings MCC made 123 while Derbyshire made 78 to lose by 40 runs. In their second match against Lancashire, Lancashire set an opening target of 215 and Derbyshire made 110 in reply and 114 in the follow-on. Lancashire made the necessary 10 runs to win by 10 wickets. Against Kent, Kent made 191 in the first innings due to 80 by Lord Harris and Derbyshire replied with 127. In Kent's second innings Harris was out for a duck and Kent made 124, while Derbyshire's reply of 189 thanks to 54 not out by Foster gave them the match by one wicket. George Gibbons Hearne
took 14 wickets for Kent in the match. In Derbyshire's first County match against Yorkshire, Yorkshire scored 210 and Derbyshire who made 108 were forced to follow on. Derbyshire's second innings total of 189 left Yorkshire with 88 to make which they achieved with the loss of one wicket. In the second Kent match, Kent made 149 in the first innings and Derbyshire replied with 110. Kent's second innings score was 78 and Derbyshire reached 119 to win with three wickets to spare. In the second Hampshire match Hampshire opened with 120 and Derbyshire ran up 319 in reply. Although both R Smith and Rigley were injured in the innings this was compensated for by a score of 115 by Platt. Hampshire scored 86 in their second innings to give Derbyshire a victory by an innings and 113 runs. In the final match against Yorkshire, Yorkshire began with 278 and with a first innings reply of 74, Derbyshire had to follow-on needing over 200. However Derbyshire made 220 with 90 not out by Platt to save the match as a draw, and as there was insufficient time for Yorkshire to bat.
John Platts
was top scorer and W Mycroft
took most wickets with 63. Platts was also the first Derbyshire cricketer to score a century for the club.
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
|21 May 1877
| Lancashire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 34 runs
| W McIntyre
8-31 and 7-16; W Hickton
5-37; J T B D Platts
5-18
|-
|2
|24 May 1877
|Hampshire
Day's (Antelope) Ground, Southampton
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 189 runs
| A Ridley
7-46; W Mycroft
6-31 and 6-16; F Tate
6-76
|-
|3
|28 May 1877
|MCC
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 40 runs
| W Mycroft
8-47 and 5-57; W G Grace 6-55 and 8-54
|-
|4
|31 May 1877
| Lancashire
At Old Trafford, Manchester
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 10 wickets
| W McIntyre
5-39 and 7-52; A Watson
5-66
|-
|5
|18 Jun 1877
| Kent
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 1 wicket
| W Mycroft
7-82 and 5-48; GG Hearne
6-52 and 8-78
|-
|6
|09 Jul 1877
| Yorkshire
Bramall Lane, Sheffield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 9 wickets
| W Mycroft
5-73; T Emmett 5-25
|-
|7
|16 Jul 1877
|| Kent
Higher Common Ground, Tunbridge Wells
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 3 wickets
| W Hickton
6-47; W Mycroft
6-31
|-
|8
| 23 Jul 1877
|Hampshire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 113 runs
| J T B D Platts
115;A Ridley
5-121; W Hickton
5-44
|-
|9
|20 Aug 1877
|Yorkshire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| RO Clayton
7-35
|-
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Am/
Pro !! Age !! Hand !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !!100s
|-
| J T B D Platts
|| P || 28 || L || 9 ||17 || 432 ||115 || 25.41 || 1
|-
| R P Smith
|| A || 28 || R || 9 ||17 ||340 ||52* ||21.25 || 0
|-
| W Hickton
|| P || 34 || R || 7 ||13 ||180 ||63 ||16.36 || 0
|-
| W Rigley
|| P || 25 || R || 9 ||17 || 253 ||57 || 14.88 || 0
|-
| G Frost
|| A || 28 || R || 8 ||15 || 218|| 46 ||14.53 || 0
|-
| A Hind
|| || 27 || R || 9 ||17 || 213 ||43 ||12.52 || 0
|-
| T Foster
|| P || 28 || R || 9 ||17 || 179 ||54* ||11.93 || 0
|-
| J Smith
|| A || 35 || R || 7 ||14|| 140 ||31 ||10.76 || 0
|-
| AFE Forman
|| A || 26 || R || 2 ||3 || 32 ||21 ||10.66 || 0
|-
| L Jackson
|| P || 29 || R || 3 ||6 || 48 ||17*|| 9.60 || 0
|-
| C Regan
||A || 35 || R || 5 ||10 || 90|| 22 || 9.00 || 0
|-
| WJ Humble
||A || 30 || R || 2 ||3 || 27 ||17 || 9.00 || 0
|-
| A Shuker
|| A || 28 || R || 2|| 4 || 28 ||12 || 7.00 || 0
|-
| A Smith
|| || 30 || R || 7 ||13 || 39 ||10*|| 4.33 || 0
|-
| W Mycroft
|| P || 36 || R || 8 || 14 || 54 || 16 || 4.09 || 0
|-
| T Mycroft
|| P|| 29 || L || 2 ||3 || 12|| 8 || 4.00 || 0
|-
| H Shaw
|| A || 23 || R || 1 ||2 || 4|| 3 || 4.00 || 0
|-
|}
Platts also played 2 innings and scored 46 runs for Players of the North. W Mycroft played 23 innings in 14 other first class matches for a variety of sides acoring 92 runs.
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Hand !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average
|-
| W Mycroft
|| L F || 2149 || 695 || 63 ||8-47 ||11.03
|-
| W Hickton
|| R F || 1358 || 522|| 40 ||6-47 ||13.05
|-
| A Hind
|| R round M || 696 || 280 ||16|| 4-9 ||17.50
|-
| J T B D Platts
|| R F || 863 ||351 ||13|| 5-18|| 27.00
|-
| L Jackson
|| R round-arm F || 267 ||100|| 5 ||2-19 ||20.00
|-
| R P Smith
|| R underarm S || 24 ||11 ||0 || ||
|-
| J Smith
|| R round-arm || 20 || 16 ||0 || ||
|-
| AFE Forman
|| R round-arm F || 12 || 3 ||0 || ||
|}
Mycroft took an additional 94 first class wickets for other teams
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 seventh season.
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....
joined 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...
, 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...
as the fourth county to play Derbyshire. 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....
became the first cricketer to score a century for Derbyshire.
1877 season
All Derbyshire's matches were first class in the 1877 season. They played eight county games, two each against Yorkshire, Lancashire, Kent and Hampshire, and one match against MCC. They won five matches, beating Kent and Hampshire in both matches and Lancashire in one. They lost three matches - one each to Yorkshire, Lancashire and MCC - and drew their other match against YorkshireThe 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...
. Of the players who made their debuts, Leonard Jackson
Leonard Jackson
Leonard Jackson was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1877 to 1882.Jackson was born at Holme Hurst in Norton Woodseats, on the border of Yorkshire and Derbyshire. He first played cricket professionally in 1869, for the Breckfield Club in Liverpool...
a publican, and Arthur Forman
Arthur Forman
Arthur Francis Emilius Forman was an English schoolmaster and cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1877 and 1882....
, a Repton schoolmaster
Repton School
Repton School, founded in 1557, is a co-educational English independent school for both day and boarding pupils, in the British public school tradition, located in the village of Repton, in Derbyshire, in the Midlands area of England...
both continued playing regularly for five years while Thomas Mycroft
Thomas Mycroft
Thomas Mycroft was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire and MCC between 1877 and 1887.Mycroft was born in Brimington, Derbyshire, the son of George Mycroft and his second wife Elizabeth Lowcock. His father was an ironstone and coal miner who kept the Red Lion public house at Brimington....
appeared occasionally as wicket keeper over the next ten years. Charles Regan
Charles Regan
Charles Regan was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1877.Regan was born in Barnsley and became a brewer's traveller. Between 1873 and 1881 he was living variously in Romford, Essex, Barnsley and Croydon, Surrey.Regan made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1877 season in May against...
a brewer's traveller played his five career fist class matches during the season.
Rev William Humble
William Humble
William Humble was an English clergyman and cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1873 and 1877....
who had played occasionally since 1873 put in his last appearance for the club. 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....
who failed to live up to the promise of his initial 1876 season, also left the side.
In their opening match against Lancashire, Derbyshire opened with 111 to which Lancashire replied with 84. Although Derbysire only managed 51 in their second innings, Lancashire fared worse with 44 to give Derbyshire a 34 run victory. Against Hampshire, Drbyshire made 115 in the first innings and Hampshire scored 105 in response. Derbyshire's second innings reached 242, although no player scored 50 or more. Hampshire were only able to make 63 in reply giving Derbyshire a 189 run victory. Against MCC, Derbyshire were playing a side which included W G Grace who made 83 runs and took 14 wickets. In the first innings MCC made 112, being checked by Mycroft who took 8 wickets while Derbyshire replied with 117. In the second innings MCC made 123 while Derbyshire made 78 to lose by 40 runs. In their second match against Lancashire, Lancashire set an opening target of 215 and Derbyshire made 110 in reply and 114 in the follow-on. Lancashire made the necessary 10 runs to win by 10 wickets. Against Kent, Kent made 191 in the first innings due to 80 by Lord Harris and Derbyshire replied with 127. In Kent's second innings Harris was out for a duck and Kent made 124, while Derbyshire's reply of 189 thanks to 54 not out by Foster gave them the match by one wicket. George Gibbons 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...
took 14 wickets for Kent in the match. In Derbyshire's first County match against Yorkshire, Yorkshire scored 210 and Derbyshire who made 108 were forced to follow on. Derbyshire's second innings total of 189 left Yorkshire with 88 to make which they achieved with the loss of one wicket. In the second Kent match, Kent made 149 in the first innings and Derbyshire replied with 110. Kent's second innings score was 78 and Derbyshire reached 119 to win with three wickets to spare. In the second Hampshire match Hampshire opened with 120 and Derbyshire ran up 319 in reply. Although both R Smith and Rigley were injured in the innings this was compensated for by a score of 115 by Platt. Hampshire scored 86 in their second innings to give Derbyshire a victory by an innings and 113 runs. In the final match against Yorkshire, Yorkshire began with 278 and with a first innings reply of 74, Derbyshire had to follow-on needing over 200. However Derbyshire made 220 with 90 not out by Platt to save the match as a draw, and as there was insufficient time for Yorkshire to bat.
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 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...
took most wickets with 63. Platts was also the first Derbyshire cricketer to score a century for the club.
Matches
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
|21 May 1877
| 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="#00FF00"|Won
| 34 runs
| 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....
8-31 and 7-16; 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....
5-37; 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....
5-18
|-
|2
|24 May 1877
|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...
Day's (Antelope) Ground, Southampton
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 189 runs
| 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....
7-46; 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...
6-31 and 6-16; F Tate
Frederick Tate
Frederick Tate was an English cricketer. Tate was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm roundarm fast.Tate made his first-class debut for Hampshire in 1870 against Lancashire. On debut Tate took his only first-class five wicket haul, taking career best figures of 6/63 in Lancashire's first...
6-76
|-
|3
|28 May 1877
|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
| 40 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...
8-47 and 5-57; W G Grace 6-55 and 8-54
|-
|4
|31 May 1877
| 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...
At Old Trafford, Manchester
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 10 wickets
| 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....
5-39 and 7-52; 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...
5-66
|-
|5
|18 Jun 1877
| 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
| 1 wicket
| 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...
7-82 and 5-48; 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...
6-52 and 8-78
|-
|6
|09 Jul 1877
| 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....
Bramall Lane, Sheffield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 9 wickets
| 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...
5-73; T Emmett 5-25
|-
|7
|16 Jul 1877
|| 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="#00FF00"|Won
| 3 wickets
| 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....
6-47; 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...
6-31
|-
|8
| 23 Jul 1877
|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="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 113 runs
| 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....
115;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....
5-121; 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....
5-44
|-
|9
|20 Aug 1877
|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="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| RO Clayton
Robert Clayton (cricketer)
Robert Owen Clayton was a Welsh first-class cricketer.Born Penygroes, Caernarvonshire, Clayton was a right arm fast bowler, he played 70 matches for Yorkshire between 1870 and 1879, and 121 in all, with 33 appearances for the MCC between 1872 and 1881, plus appearances for the North of England ,...
7-35
|-
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
|-
| 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 || 28 || L || 9 ||17 || 432 ||115 || 25.41 || 1
|-
| R P 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...
|| A || 28 || R || 9 ||17 ||340 ||52* ||21.25 || 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 || 34 || R || 7 ||13 ||180 ||63 ||16.36 || 0
|-
| 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 || 25 || R || 9 ||17 || 253 ||57 || 14.88 || 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 || 28 || R || 8 ||15 || 218|| 46 ||14.53 || 0
|-
| A 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....
|| || 27 || R || 9 ||17 || 213 ||43 ||12.52 || 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 || 28 || R || 9 ||17 || 179 ||54* ||11.93 || 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 || 35 || R || 7 ||14|| 140 ||31 ||10.76 || 0
|-
| AFE Forman
Arthur Forman
Arthur Francis Emilius Forman was an English schoolmaster and cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1877 and 1882....
|| A || 26 || R || 2 ||3 || 32 ||21 ||10.66 || 0
|-
| L Jackson
Leonard Jackson
Leonard Jackson was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1877 to 1882.Jackson was born at Holme Hurst in Norton Woodseats, on the border of Yorkshire and Derbyshire. He first played cricket professionally in 1869, for the Breckfield Club in Liverpool...
|| P || 29 || R || 3 ||6 || 48 ||17*|| 9.60 || 0
|-
| C Regan
Charles Regan
Charles Regan was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1877.Regan was born in Barnsley and became a brewer's traveller. Between 1873 and 1881 he was living variously in Romford, Essex, Barnsley and Croydon, Surrey.Regan made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1877 season in May against...
||A || 35 || R || 5 ||10 || 90|| 22 || 9.00 || 0
|-
| WJ Humble
William Humble
William Humble was an English clergyman and cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1873 and 1877....
||A || 30 || R || 2 ||3 || 27 ||17 || 9.00 || 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 || 28 || R || 2|| 4 || 28 ||12 || 7.00 || 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....
|| || 30 || R || 7 ||13 || 39 ||10*|| 4.33 || 0
|-
| 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...
|| P || 36 || R || 8 || 14 || 54 || 16 || 4.09 || 0
|-
| T Mycroft
Thomas Mycroft
Thomas Mycroft was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire and MCC between 1877 and 1887.Mycroft was born in Brimington, Derbyshire, the son of George Mycroft and his second wife Elizabeth Lowcock. His father was an ironstone and coal miner who kept the Red Lion public house at Brimington....
|| P|| 29 || L || 2 ||3 || 12|| 8 || 4.00 || 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 || 23 || R || 1 ||2 || 4|| 3 || 4.00 || 0
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Platts also played 2 innings and scored 46 runs for Players of the North. W Mycroft played 23 innings in 14 other first class matches for a variety of sides acoring 92 runs.
First-class bowling averages
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! Name !! Hand !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average
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| 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...
|| L F || 2149 || 695 || 63 ||8-47 ||11.03
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| 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....
|| R F || 1358 || 522|| 40 ||6-47 ||13.05
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| A 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....
|| R round M || 696 || 280 ||16|| 4-9 ||17.50
|-
| 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 || 863 ||351 ||13|| 5-18|| 27.00
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| L Jackson
Leonard Jackson
Leonard Jackson was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1877 to 1882.Jackson was born at Holme Hurst in Norton Woodseats, on the border of Yorkshire and Derbyshire. He first played cricket professionally in 1869, for the Breckfield Club in Liverpool...
|| R round-arm F || 267 ||100|| 5 ||2-19 ||20.00
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| R P 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...
|| R underarm S || 24 ||11 ||0 || ||
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| 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....
|| R round-arm || 20 || 16 ||0 || ||
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| AFE Forman
Arthur Forman
Arthur Francis Emilius Forman was an English schoolmaster and cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1877 and 1882....
|| R round-arm F || 12 || 3 ||0 || ||
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Mycroft took an additional 94 first class wickets for other teams
Wicket Keeping
- Alfort SmithAlfort SmithAlfort Smith was an English cricketer who kept wicket for Lancashire in 1867 and 1871 and for Derbyshire between 1873 and 1880....
Catches 5, Stumping 0 - Thomas MycroftThomas MycroftThomas Mycroft was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire and MCC between 1877 and 1887.Mycroft was born in Brimington, Derbyshire, the son of George Mycroft and his second wife Elizabeth Lowcock. His father was an ironstone and coal miner who kept the Red Lion public house at Brimington....
Catches 1, Stumping 1