Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1881
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Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1881 was the cricket
season when the English club Derbyshire
had been playing for ten years. The team played nine first class matches and won two of them
, Kent
, Sussex
and Yorkshire
. Derbyshire won one game against each of Sussex and Kent. They also had a match against MCC
which was lost.
The captain for the year was Robert Smith
in his fifth year as captain. Making their debuts were the Docker brothers who founded an important business in Birmingham - Ludford Docker
later became captain although Frank Docker only played occasionally for two seasons. James Disney
, who was plumber, joined to fill the wicket keeping slot for many years. "G G" Walker
, a farmer, began his successful career with the club and George Porter
, a chimney sweep, put in an early appearance. Other shorter term arrivals were William Page
a boilermaker, and John Clayton
, of a tanning company in Chesterfield, who both played for another year. Harry Topham
, an Old Reptonian
at Cambridge University, made his only appearance in the 1881 season.
Players who made their last appearances were William Rigley
who had played his first match in 1873 and retired to become an umpire and coach and John Tye
who had first appeared in 1874 and left to run a pub in Yorkshire where he was a notable performer for his local team for many years.
The first match of the season was between the first team and the Colts in which the Colts had 22 players and the county side 12. The match ended in a draw but featured strong performances in the Colts from G Porter bowling and JJ Disney batting. Both these players joined the first team in the season but only two other members of the Colts side played for the club - Wallis Evershed
in 1882 and Guy Earle
in 1883. The first major match was against MCC. On the first day MCC were all out for 299 and Derbyshire finished the day on 129 for 4. However Derbyshire only made a further 43 and were forced to follow on. They only made 39 in the second inning falling mainly to Shaw, and MCC won by innings and 88 runs. Against Sussex, Disney made his debut as the regular wicket-keper. Sussex were all out for 166 and Derbyshire made 73 for 5 in reply on the first day. They ended the first innings on 153 and Sussex made 109 in the second innings. Derbyshire made 123 for five to win by five wickets. Against Lancashire, Derbyshire opened with 102 and Lancashire finished the day on 157 for one. Lancashire eventually made 299 and Derbyshire were all out for 62 in the second innings to give Lancashire a victory by an innings and 135 runs. Against Kent, Derbyshire made 179 all out and Kent ended the day on 149 for 9. Kent's final score was 173. Derbyshire reached 165 in the second innings and Kent replied with 172 for three giving them a 7 wicket victory. In the second match against Lancashire, Hornby opened for Lancashire with 145 and the side was all out for 248. Derbyshire made 48 in reply and followed on with 59. Lancashire won by an innings and 141 runs. Against Yorkshire, Derbyshire batted first to make 174 and Yorkshire were 100 for two at the end of the day. Yorkshire ended on 186 and Derbyshire scored 80 in the second innings. Yorkshire's innings continued into the third day until they made 63 for three to win by 7 wickets. In the second match against Sussex, Sussex made 300 in the first innings, in spite of a hat trick by Henry Evans
. Derbyshire made 40 by the end of the day and went on to make 171. Derbyshire had to follow on and were down to ten men with Edmund Maynard
absent hurt. They made 178 in the second innings, leaving Sussex to make 50 which they achieved with the loss of one wicket. Against Kent, Kent were all out for 169 in the first innings, and Derbyshire who finished the day on 116 for three went on to make 220 in reply. Kent made 124 in their second innings and Derbyshire made 74 for the loss of seven wickets to win by three wickets. In the last match of the season against Yorkshire, Derbyshire made 76. Yorkshire replied with 141 for 9 by the end of the first day, but there was no further play and the match ended in a draw.
Ludford Docker
was top scorer in his debut season for the club, making 107 against Kent. William Mycroft
took most wickets.
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of first class matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
|12 May 1881
|MCC
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings and 88 runs
| A Shaw
8-14
|-
|2
|23 May 1881
|Sussex
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|5 wickets
|W Mycroft
5-50
|-
|3
|26 May 1881
|Lancashire
Old Trafford, Manchester
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings 135 runs
| A N Hornby 188; RG Barlow
5-48; George Nash
6-26
|-
|4
|06 Jun 1881
|Kent
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|7 Wickets
|J Wooton
6-81 and 5-72;W Mycroft
8-80
|-
|5
|27 Jun 1881
|Lancashire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings 141 runs
| A N Hornby 145; J T B D Platts
6-39
|-
|6
|01 Aug 1881
|Yorkshire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|7 Wickets
| Peate
7-59; W Mycroft
6-60; W Bates
6-37
|-
|7
|15 Aug 1881
|Sussex
County Ground, Hove
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|9 Wickets
|RT Ellis
103; H Evans
6-60 - Evans completed a hat-trick for Derbyshire; J Lillywhite
6-49
|-
|8
|18 Aug 1881
|Kent
Mote Park, Maidstone
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|3 Wickets
|LC Docker
107; H Evans
7-47; GG Hearne
5-34; J Wooton
5-67; W Patterson
5-12
|-
|9
|22 Aug 1881
|Yorkshire
Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|T Emmett 6-19; W Mycroft
5-61
|
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of other matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
|18 Apr 1881
| Derbyshire Colts
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Derbyshire had 12 and Colts 22 players
|-
|}
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Am/
Pro !! Age !! Hand !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !!100s
|-
|LC Docker
|| A || 21 || R || 8|| 15|| 447 ||107|| 31.92 || 1
|-
|R P Smith
|| A || 32 || R || 8|| 15 ||303 || 66 || 20.20 || 0
|-
|A Shuker
|| A || 32 || R || 3 ||6 ||107 ||45 || 17.83 || 0
|-
|T Foster
|| P || 33 || R || 9 || 17 || 282 || 61 || 16.59 || 0
|-
|L Jackson
|| P || 33 || R || 1 ||2|| 30|| 28 || 15.00 || 0
|-
|J T B D Platts
|| P || 32 || L ||9 || 16 || 182 || 36 || 11.38 || 0
|-
|W Rigley
|| P || 29 || R || 8 ||15|| 145|| 25 || 9.66 || 0
|-
|H Shaw
|| A || 27 || R || 3 ||6|| 30|| 12* || 7.50 || 0
|-
|GB Barrington
|| A || 24 || R || 6|| 11|| 74|| 23 || 7.40 || 0
|-
|EAJ Maynard
|| A || 20 || R || 8|| 15|| 110 ||34 || 7.33|| 0
|-
|FD Docker
|| A || 19 || || 1 || 1 || 7 || 7 || 7.00 || 0
|-
|SH Evershed
|| A || 20 || R || 2|| 4|| 21|| 9 || 5.25 || 0
|-
|H Evans
|| A || 23 || R || 3|| 6|| 31|| 10 || 5.16 || 0
|-
|W Mycroft
|| P || 40 || R || 9|| 16 || 82 ||24|| 5.13 || 0
|-
|G Porter
|| P || 19 || R || 1|| 2|| 10|| 8|| 5.00 || 0
|-
|W Page
|| || 34 || R || 1 ||2 || 9|| 9 || 4.50 || 0
|-
|G Hay
|| A || 30 || R || 7 ||11|| 47 || 28|| 4.27 || 0
|-
|JJ Disney
|| P || 21 || R || 8 ||13 ||44 ||11|| 4.00|| 0
|-
|GG Walker
|| A || 20 || L || 1 ||2|| 4|| 2 || 2.00 || 0
|-
|T Mycroft
|| A || || R || 1 ||2 ||4 ||2 || 2.00 || 0
|-
|G Osborne
|| P || || || 2 ||4|| 5 ||5 || 1.25 || 0
|-
|HG Topham
|| A || 19 || L ||1 ||2 || 5|| 4* || || 0
|-
|JM Clayton
|| A || 23 || R ||1 ||1|| 0 || 0|| 0.00|| 0
|-
|}
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Hand !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average
|-
| W Mycroft
|| L F ||2404 || 866 || 49 ||8-61|| 17.67
|-
| J T B D Platts
|| R F ||1579 || 578 || 27 || 6-39 ||21.40
|-
| H Evans
|| R || 428|| 189|| 16||7-47||11.81
|-
| G Hay
|| R round-arm F || 641 || 341|| 11 || 4-43|| 31.00
|-
| EAJ Maynard
|| R S || 68||53||2 ||2-34 ||26.50
|-
| G Osborne
|| || 36 ||23|| 1 ||1-23 || 23.00
|-
| HG Topham
|| L S ||92||49||1||1-49|| 49.00
|-
| G Porter
|| R MF || 100|| 59|| 1|| 1-59|| 59.00
|-
| T Foster
|| R round-arm F || 43 || 24|| 0 || ||
|-
| LC Docker
|| R MF || 44|| 24|| 0 || ||
|-
| H Shaw
|| R round-arm M || 112 ||85|| 0|| ||
|-
| SH Evershed
|| R M || 16|| 12|| 0|| ||
|-
| GG Walker
|| L || 12 ||14||0|| ||
|-
| L Jackson
|| R round-arm F || 52 ||45|| 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 ten years. The team played nine first class matches and won two of them
1881 season
By 1881 Derbyshire had become established in the county cricket circuit and played eight county games, two each against LancashireLancashire County Cricket Club
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, Kent
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, Sussex
Sussex County Cricket Club
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and Yorkshire
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. Derbyshire won one game against each of Sussex and Kent. They also had a match against MCC
Marylebone Cricket Club
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which was lost.
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...
in his fifth year as captain. Making their debuts were the Docker brothers who founded an important business in Birmingham - Ludford Docker
Ludford Docker
Ludford Charles Docker was businessman and an English cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1881 and 1886, captaining the side in 1884, and for Warwickshire in 1894 and 1895.-Early life:...
later became captain although Frank Docker only played occasionally for two seasons. James Disney
James Disney
James Joseph Disney was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire as wicket-keeper between 1881 and 1890....
, who was plumber, joined to fill the wicket keeping slot for many years. "G G" Walker
George Glossop Walker
George Glossop Walker was an English Cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1881 and 1898.- Early life :...
, a farmer, began his successful career with the club and George Porter
George Porter (cricketer)
George Porter was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1881 and 1896.Porter was born at Kilburn, Derbyshire, the son of John Porter a brickyard worker, and his wife Sarah Brentnall and was apprenticed to his uncle as a chimney sweep...
, a chimney sweep, put in an early appearance. Other shorter term arrivals were William Page
William Page (cricketer)
William Page was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1881 and 1882.Page was born in Caverswall, Staffordshire the son of Samuel Page, a platelayer, and his wife Phoebe. He was a boilermaker and in 1881 was widowed with two children...
a boilermaker, and John Clayton
John Clayton (cricketer)
John Morton Clayton was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1881 and 1883.Clayton was born in Chesterfield, the son of Joseph Clayton and his wife Hannah. His father was founder of Clayton & Company, tanners and curriers, of Clayton Street Chesterfield...
, of a tanning company in Chesterfield, who both played for another year. Harry Topham
Harry Topham
Harry Gillespie Topham was an English clergyman and cricketer who played for Derbyshire during the 1881 season and for Cambridge University in 1883 and 1884....
, an Old Reptonian
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...
at Cambridge University, made his only appearance in the 1881 season.
Players who made their last appearances were William 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...
who had played his first match in 1873 and retired to become an umpire and coach and John Tye
John Tye
John Tye was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1874 and 1875 and for Nottinghamshire from 1876 to 1881....
who had first appeared in 1874 and left to run a pub in Yorkshire where he was a notable performer for his local team for many years.
The first match of the season was between the first team and the Colts in which the Colts had 22 players and the county side 12. The match ended in a draw but featured strong performances in the Colts from G Porter bowling and JJ Disney batting. Both these players joined the first team in the season but only two other members of the Colts side played for the club - Wallis Evershed
Wallis Evershed
Wallis Evershed was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1882 and 1884.Evershed was born in Stapenhill, the son of Sydney Evershed the brewer and MP for Burton. He was educated at Clifton College where he was awarded his cap and was captain of the XI in 1882...
in 1882 and Guy Earle
Guy Earle
Guy Fife Earle, born at Newcastle upon Tyne on 24 August 1891 and died at Maperton, Wincanton, Somerset, on 30 December 1966, played first-class cricket for Surrey and Somerset for 20 years before and after the First World War...
in 1883. The first major match was against MCC. On the first day MCC were all out for 299 and Derbyshire finished the day on 129 for 4. However Derbyshire only made a further 43 and were forced to follow on. They only made 39 in the second inning falling mainly to Shaw, and MCC won by innings and 88 runs. Against Sussex, Disney made his debut as the regular wicket-keper. Sussex were all out for 166 and Derbyshire made 73 for 5 in reply on the first day. They ended the first innings on 153 and Sussex made 109 in the second innings. Derbyshire made 123 for five to win by five wickets. Against Lancashire, Derbyshire opened with 102 and Lancashire finished the day on 157 for one. Lancashire eventually made 299 and Derbyshire were all out for 62 in the second innings to give Lancashire a victory by an innings and 135 runs. Against Kent, Derbyshire made 179 all out and Kent ended the day on 149 for 9. Kent's final score was 173. Derbyshire reached 165 in the second innings and Kent replied with 172 for three giving them a 7 wicket victory. In the second match against Lancashire, Hornby opened for Lancashire with 145 and the side was all out for 248. Derbyshire made 48 in reply and followed on with 59. Lancashire won by an innings and 141 runs. Against Yorkshire, Derbyshire batted first to make 174 and Yorkshire were 100 for two at the end of the day. Yorkshire ended on 186 and Derbyshire scored 80 in the second innings. Yorkshire's innings continued into the third day until they made 63 for three to win by 7 wickets. In the second match against Sussex, Sussex made 300 in the first innings, in spite of a hat trick by Henry Evans
Henry Evans
Henry Evans was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1878 and 1882.Evans was born in Stoneyford, Derbyshire the son of Thomas Evans, a farmer. He became a clerk with the Midland Railway....
. Derbyshire made 40 by the end of the day and went on to make 171. Derbyshire had to follow on and were down to ten men with Edmund Maynard
Edmund Maynard
Edmund Anthony Jefferson Maynard was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1880 to 1887 and captained the side for two seasons.Maynard was the son of Edmund Gilling Maynard, of West House, Chesterfield...
absent hurt. They made 178 in the second innings, leaving Sussex to make 50 which they achieved with the loss of one wicket. Against Kent, Kent were all out for 169 in the first innings, and Derbyshire who finished the day on 116 for three went on to make 220 in reply. Kent made 124 in their second innings and Derbyshire made 74 for the loss of seven wickets to win by three wickets. In the last match of the season against Yorkshire, Derbyshire made 76. Yorkshire replied with 141 for 9 by the end of the first day, but there was no further play and the match ended in a draw.
Ludford Docker
Ludford Docker
Ludford Charles Docker was businessman and an English cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1881 and 1886, captaining the side in 1884, and for Warwickshire in 1894 and 1895.-Early life:...
was top scorer in his debut season for the club, making 107 against Kent. 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
|12 May 1881
|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 88 runs
| A Shaw
Alfred Shaw
Alfred Shaw was an eminent Victorian cricketer and rugby footballer, who bowled the first ball in Test cricket and was the first to take five wickets in a Test innings . He who organised the first British Isles rugby tour to Australasia in 1888...
8-14
|-
|2
|23 May 1881
|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="#00FF00"|Won
|5 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...
5-50
|-
|3
|26 May 1881
|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="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings 135 runs
| A N Hornby 188; RG Barlow
Dick Barlow
Richard Gorton Barlow was a cricketer who played for Lancashire and England...
5-48; George Nash
George Nash (cricketer)
George Nash was an English professional cricketer during the 1880s. Nash played as a slow left-arm orthodox bowler for Lancashire, and later in Minor Counties cricket for his native Buckinghamshire.-Life and career:...
6-26
|-
|4
|06 Jun 1881
|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="#FF0000"|Lost
|7 Wickets
|J Wooton
Jimmy Wootton
James 'Jimmy' Wootton was an English cricketer. Wootton was a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm medium pace....
6-81 and 5-72;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...
8-80
|-
|5
|27 Jun 1881
|Lancashire
Lancashire County Cricket Club
Lancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1864 as a successor to Manchester Cricket Club and has played at Old Trafford since then...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings 141 runs
| A N Hornby 145; 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....
6-39
|-
|6
|01 Aug 1881
|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="#FF0000"|Lost
|7 Wickets
| Peate
Ted Peate
Edmund Peate was an English professional cricketer who played for Yorkshire and England.-Overview:...
7-59; 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...
6-60; W Bates
Billy Bates
Willie Bates, known as Billy was an English all-round cricketer. Excellent with both bat and ball, Bates scored over 10,000 first-class runs, took more than 870 wickets and was always reliable in the field...
6-37
|-
|7
|15 Aug 1881
|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
|9 Wickets
|RT Ellis
Robert Ellis (cricketer)
Robert Thomas Ellis was an English maltster and cricketer who played first class cricket for Sussex between 1877 and 1889. He captained the team in 1880....
103; H Evans
Henry Evans
Henry Evans was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1878 and 1882.Evans was born in Stoneyford, Derbyshire the son of Thomas Evans, a farmer. He became a clerk with the Midland Railway....
6-60 - Evans completed a hat-trick for Derbyshire; J Lillywhite
James Lillywhite
James Lillywhite was a first-class and Test cricketer and umpire. He was the first ever captain of the English cricket team in a Test match, captaining 2 Tests against Australia in 1876-77, losing the first, but winning the second.Lillywhite was born in Westhampnett in Sussex, the son of a...
6-49
|-
|8
|18 Aug 1881
|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...
Mote Park, Maidstone
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|3 Wickets
|LC Docker
Ludford Docker
Ludford Charles Docker was businessman and an English cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1881 and 1886, captaining the side in 1884, and for Warwickshire in 1894 and 1895.-Early life:...
107; H Evans
Henry Evans
Henry Evans was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1878 and 1882.Evans was born in Stoneyford, Derbyshire the son of Thomas Evans, a farmer. He became a clerk with the Midland Railway....
7-47; 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...
5-34; J Wooton
Jimmy Wootton
James 'Jimmy' Wootton was an English cricketer. Wootton was a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm medium pace....
5-67; W Patterson
William Patterson (cricketer)
William Harry Patterson was an English amateur cricketer during the latter part of the 19th century. A right-handed batsman who occasionally bowled, he was the joint captain of Kent County Cricket Club between 1890 and 1893....
5-12
|-
|9
|22 Aug 1881
|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="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|T Emmett 6-19; 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...
5-61
|
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of other matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
|18 Apr 1881
| Derbyshire Colts
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Derbyshire had 12 and Colts 22 players
|-
|}
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
|-
|LC Docker
Ludford Docker
Ludford Charles Docker was businessman and an English cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1881 and 1886, captaining the side in 1884, and for Warwickshire in 1894 and 1895.-Early life:...
|| A || 21 || R || 8|| 15|| 447 ||107|| 31.92 || 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 || 32 || R || 8|| 15 ||303 || 66 || 20.20 || 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 || 32 || R || 3 ||6 ||107 ||45 || 17.83 || 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 || 33 || R || 9 || 17 || 282 || 61 || 16.59 || 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 || 33 || R || 1 ||2|| 30|| 28 || 15.00 || 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 || 32 || L ||9 || 16 || 182 || 36 || 11.38 || 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 || 29 || R || 8 ||15|| 145|| 25 || 9.66 || 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 || 27 || R || 3 ||6|| 30|| 12* || 7.50 || 0
|-
|GB Barrington
George Barrington (cricketer)
George Bainbridge Barrington was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1880 and 1887....
|| A || 24 || R || 6|| 11|| 74|| 23 || 7.40 || 0
|-
|EAJ Maynard
Edmund Maynard
Edmund Anthony Jefferson Maynard was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1880 to 1887 and captained the side for two seasons.Maynard was the son of Edmund Gilling Maynard, of West House, Chesterfield...
|| A || 20 || R || 8|| 15|| 110 ||34 || 7.33|| 0
|-
|FD Docker
Frank Dudley Docker
Frank Dudley Docker CB , known as Dudley Docker, was an English businessman and financier. He also played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1881 and 1882.-Cricketer:...
|| A || 19 || || 1 || 1 || 7 || 7 || 7.00 || 0
|-
|SH Evershed
Sydney Evershed
Sir Sydney Herbert Evershed was an English brewer and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire from 1880 to 1901 and was a long-serving club captain from 1891 to 1898....
|| A || 20 || R || 2|| 4|| 21|| 9 || 5.25 || 0
|-
|H Evans
Henry Evans
Henry Evans was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1878 and 1882.Evans was born in Stoneyford, Derbyshire the son of Thomas Evans, a farmer. He became a clerk with the Midland Railway....
|| A || 23 || R || 3|| 6|| 31|| 10 || 5.16 || 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 || 40 || R || 9|| 16 || 82 ||24|| 5.13 || 0
|-
|G Porter
George Porter (cricketer)
George Porter was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1881 and 1896.Porter was born at Kilburn, Derbyshire, the son of John Porter a brickyard worker, and his wife Sarah Brentnall and was apprenticed to his uncle as a chimney sweep...
|| P || 19 || R || 1|| 2|| 10|| 8|| 5.00 || 0
|-
|W Page
William Page (cricketer)
William Page was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1881 and 1882.Page was born in Caverswall, Staffordshire the son of Samuel Page, a platelayer, and his wife Phoebe. He was a boilermaker and in 1881 was widowed with two children...
|| || 34 || R || 1 ||2 || 9|| 9 || 4.50 || 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 || 30 || R || 7 ||11|| 47 || 28|| 4.27 || 0
|-
|JJ Disney
James Disney
James Joseph Disney was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire as wicket-keeper between 1881 and 1890....
|| P || 21 || R || 8 ||13 ||44 ||11|| 4.00|| 0
|-
|GG Walker
George Glossop Walker
George Glossop Walker was an English Cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1881 and 1898.- Early life :...
|| A || 20 || L || 1 ||2|| 4|| 2 || 2.00 || 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....
|| A || || R || 1 ||2 ||4 ||2 || 2.00 || 0
|-
|G Osborne
George Osborne (cricketer)
George Osborne was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1879 and 1883.Osborne played cricket at club level for Chesterfield and made his debut first-class appearance in a Gentlemen v. Players match in 1877, on the winning Players side. He joined Derbyshire in the 1879 season and...
|| P || || || 2 ||4|| 5 ||5 || 1.25 || 0
|-
|HG Topham
Harry Topham
Harry Gillespie Topham was an English clergyman and cricketer who played for Derbyshire during the 1881 season and for Cambridge University in 1883 and 1884....
|| A || 19 || L ||1 ||2 || 5|| 4* || || 0
|-
|JM Clayton
John Clayton (cricketer)
John Morton Clayton was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1881 and 1883.Clayton was born in Chesterfield, the son of Joseph Clayton and his wife Hannah. His father was founder of Clayton & Company, tanners and curriers, of Clayton Street Chesterfield...
|| A || 23 || R ||1 ||1|| 0 || 0|| 0.00|| 0
|-
|}
- Smith, Foster, Platts and Mycroft played first class matches for other teams during the season.
First-class bowling averages
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="80%"|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Hand !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average
|-
| 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 ||2404 || 866 || 49 ||8-61|| 17.67
|-
| 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 ||1579 || 578 || 27 || 6-39 ||21.40
|-
| H Evans
Henry Evans
Henry Evans was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1878 and 1882.Evans was born in Stoneyford, Derbyshire the son of Thomas Evans, a farmer. He became a clerk with the Midland Railway....
|| R || 428|| 189|| 16||7-47||11.81
|-
| 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-arm F || 641 || 341|| 11 || 4-43|| 31.00
|-
| EAJ Maynard
Edmund Maynard
Edmund Anthony Jefferson Maynard was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1880 to 1887 and captained the side for two seasons.Maynard was the son of Edmund Gilling Maynard, of West House, Chesterfield...
|| R S || 68||53||2 ||2-34 ||26.50
|-
| G Osborne
George Osborne (cricketer)
George Osborne was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1879 and 1883.Osborne played cricket at club level for Chesterfield and made his debut first-class appearance in a Gentlemen v. Players match in 1877, on the winning Players side. He joined Derbyshire in the 1879 season and...
|| || 36 ||23|| 1 ||1-23 || 23.00
|-
| HG Topham
Harry Topham
Harry Gillespie Topham was an English clergyman and cricketer who played for Derbyshire during the 1881 season and for Cambridge University in 1883 and 1884....
|| L S ||92||49||1||1-49|| 49.00
|-
| G Porter
George Porter (cricketer)
George Porter was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1881 and 1896.Porter was born at Kilburn, Derbyshire, the son of John Porter a brickyard worker, and his wife Sarah Brentnall and was apprenticed to his uncle as a chimney sweep...
|| R MF || 100|| 59|| 1|| 1-59|| 59.00
|-
| 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....
|| R round-arm F || 43 || 24|| 0 || ||
|-
| LC Docker
Ludford Docker
Ludford Charles Docker was businessman and an English cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1881 and 1886, captaining the side in 1884, and for Warwickshire in 1894 and 1895.-Early life:...
|| R MF || 44|| 24|| 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...
|| R round-arm M || 112 ||85|| 0|| ||
|-
| SH Evershed
Sydney Evershed
Sir Sydney Herbert Evershed was an English brewer and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire from 1880 to 1901 and was a long-serving club captain from 1891 to 1898....
|| R M || 16|| 12|| 0|| ||
|-
| GG Walker
George Glossop Walker
George Glossop Walker was an English Cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1881 and 1898.- Early life :...
|| L || 12 ||14||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...
|| R round-arm F || 52 ||45|| 0|| ||
|-
|}
Wicket keeping
- James DisneyJames DisneyJames Joseph Disney was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire as wicket-keeper between 1881 and 1890....
Catches 21, Stumping 1 - 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 0, Stumping 1