Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1885

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1885 was the cricket

Cricket

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

season when the English club Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

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

had been playing for fourteen years. They won three first class matches out of eleven.

1885 season

Derbyshire played ten county matches, two each against 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...

, 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...

, 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...

and 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....

and one against 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...

.
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...

was in his first season as captain. Frank Sugg

Frank Sugg

Frank Howe Sugg was an English footballer and first-class cricketer. He played for England in two Test matches in 1888 and for three county cricket clubs - Yorkshire in 1883, Derbyshire from 1884 to 1886 and Lancashire from 1887 to 1899...

was top scorer. William Cropper

William Cropper

William Cropper was an English cricketer and football player who played cricket for Derbyshire CCC between 1882 and 1888 and football once for Derby County...

and Frank Shacklock

Frank Shacklock

Francis Joseph Shacklock was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Nottinghamshire in 1883 and between 1886 and 1893, for Derbyshire in 1884 and 1885, for MCC between 1889 and 1893 and for Otago New Zealand from 1903 to 1905...

shared most wickets with 35 each.

William Eadie

William Eadie

William Stewart Eadie was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1885 and 1899.Eadie was born in Burton-on-Trent Staffordshire, the son of James Eadie and his wife Jean. His father, who was from Scotland, had established the James Eadie brewery company at Burton in 1854.Eadie made...

who made his debut in the season went on to play regularly for the club until 1899. Edwin Coup

Edwin Coup

Edwin Coup , also known as Edwin Coupe, was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1885 and 1887....

also made his debut and played several games over three seasons. Francis Dixon

Francis Dixon

Francis Dixon was an English doctor and cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1885.Dixon was born in Heanor, Derbyshire, and became a doctor in practice at Eastwood, Nottinghamshire. He played his one and only game for Derbyshire in the 1885 season when the team lost to Surrey. He appeared...

and Thomas Selby

Thomas Selby (cricketer, born 1851)

Thomas Gothard Selby was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1885.Selby was born in North Wingfield, Derbyshire. He played his only game for Derbyshire in the 1885 season against MCC at Lords in June. In the match, he scored 1 and 2 and bowled 4 overs for the loss of 7 runs...

each played their one career match for Derbyshire during the season.

Matches

{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
| 28 May 1885
| Surrey

Surrey County Cricket Club

County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 62 runs
| W Read
Walter Read
Walter William Read was an English cricketer, who was a fluent right hand bat. An occasional bowler of lobs, he sometimes switched to quick overarm deliveries. He captained England in two Test matches, winning them both...

123; FJ Shacklock
Frank Shacklock
Francis Joseph Shacklock was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Nottinghamshire in 1883 and between 1886 and 1893, for Derbyshire in 1884 and 1885, for MCC between 1889 and 1893 and for Otago New Zealand from 1903 to 1905...

5-71; J Beaumont
John Beaumont (cricketer)
John Beaumont was an English first-class cricketer who played for Surrey and Yorkshire between 1877 and 1890....

5-25
|-
|2
|04 Jun 1885
| Lancashire

Lancashire County Cricket Club

Old Trafford

Old Trafford commonly refers to two sporting arenas:* Old Trafford, home of Manchester United F.C.* Old Trafford Cricket Ground, home of Lancashire County Cricket ClubOld Trafford can also refer to:...

, Manchester
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 73 runs
| A Watson
Alexander Watson (cricketer)
Alexander Watson was an English first-class cricketer who played for Lancashire.Scotland born Watson was a prolific wickettaker for Lancashire, debuting in 1871. In 1871 he first played for Lancashire and in 1874 took his career best innings figures of 9 for 118 against Derbyshire...

6-28; Crosland 5-89
|-
|3
| 08 Jun 1885
| 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....

Fartown, Huddersfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 6 runs
| T Peate
Ted Peate
Edmund Peate was an English professional cricketer who played for Yorkshire and England.-Overview:...

5-26 and 5-19; W Cropper
William Cropper
William Cropper was an English cricketer and football player who played cricket for Derbyshire CCC between 1882 and 1888 and football once for Derby County...

6-45; T Emmett 5-34
|-
|4
|15 Jun 1885
| MCC

Marylebone Cricket Club

Lord's Cricket Ground

Lord's Cricket Ground is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London. Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club and is the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club, the England and Wales Cricket Board , the European Cricket Council and, until August 2005, the...

Hampshire County Cricket Club

County Ground, Southampton
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 243 runs
| FH Sugg
Frank Sugg
Frank Howe Sugg was an English footballer and first-class cricketer. He played for England in two Test matches in 1888 and for three county cricket clubs - Yorkshire in 1883, Derbyshire from 1884 to 1886 and Lancashire from 1887 to 1899...

187; FJ Shacklock
Frank Shacklock
Francis Joseph Shacklock was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Nottinghamshire in 1883 and between 1886 and 1893, for Derbyshire in 1884 and 1885, for MCC between 1889 and 1893 and for Otago New Zealand from 1903 to 1905...

5-51; W Cropper
William Cropper
William Cropper was an English cricketer and football player who played cricket for Derbyshire CCC between 1882 and 1888 and football once for Derby County...

7-25
|-
|6
| 03 Aug 1885
| Lancashire

Lancashire County Cricket Club

County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 10 wickets
| 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...

7-38; W Hall
Walter Hall (cricketer)
Walter Hall was an English cricketer who played cricket for Derbyshire from 1882 to 1892Hall was born at Whitfield, Derbyshire. In 1881 he was working at a print works at Glossop...

6-47; J Briggs
Johnny Briggs (cricketer)
Johnny Briggs was a left arm spin bowler for Lancashire County Cricket Club between 1879 and 1900 who still stands as the second-highest wicket-taker in the county's history after Brian Statham...

9-29
|-
|7
| 06 Aug 1885
| Surrey

Surrey County Cricket Club

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
|
| FJ Shacklock
Frank Shacklock
Francis Joseph Shacklock was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Nottinghamshire in 1883 and between 1886 and 1893, for Derbyshire in 1884 and 1885, for MCC between 1889 and 1893 and for Otago New Zealand from 1903 to 1905...

8-45 and 5-97
|-
|9
| 13 Aug 1885
| Hampshire

Hampshire County Cricket Club

County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 7 wickets
| Armstrong 7-33; 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...

5-13
|-
|10
|24 Aug 1885
| Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club

County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 250 runs
| A Shrewsbury
Arthur Shrewsbury
Arthur Shrewsbury was an English cricketer, and rugby football administrator, who organised the first British Isles rugby tour to Australasia in 1888, and who was widely rated as competing with W. G...

118; W Flowers
Wilfred Flowers
Wilfred Flowers was a professional cricketer who played for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club between 1877 and 1896....

173; GG Walker
George Glossop Walker
George Glossop Walker was an English Cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1881 and 1898.- Early life :...

7-105; B Barnes
Billy Barnes
William Barnes was a professional cricketer who played for Nottinghamshire between 1875 and 1894 and England between 1880 and 1890. In 1890 he was named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year. Barnes also toured Australia three times and North America once...

7-40 and 6-54
|-
|11
| 31 Aug 1885
| Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club

Trent Bridge

Trent Bridge is a Test, One-day international and County cricket ground located in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England and is also the headquarters of Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club. As well as International cricket and Nottinghamshire's home games, the ground has hosted the Finals Day of...

First-class batting averages

{| class="wikitable sortable" width="70%"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average!!100s
|-
|E Coup

Edwin Coup

Edwin Coup , also known as Edwin Coupe, was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1885 and 1887....

|| 1 ||2 || 32 ||32*|| 32.00 || 0
|-
| FH Sugg

Frank Sugg

|| 10 ||19 || 462 ||187 || 27.17 || 1
|-
| William 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...

|| 13 (11) ||24 (21) || 485 (459) ||62 || 23.09 || 0
|-
| W Cropper

William Cropper

William Cropper was an English cricketer and football player who played cricket for Derbyshire CCC between 1882 and 1888 and football once for Derby County...

|| 11 ||21 || 343 ||80 || 18.05 || 0
|-
| WS Eadie

William Eadie

|| 10 ||19 || 282|| 62|| 16.58 || 0
|-
| GG Walker

George Glossop Walker

George Glossop Walker was an English Cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1881 and 1898.- Early life :...

|| 8 ||15 || 183 ||48 || 15.25 || 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:...

|| 10 ||18 || 255|| 41 || 14.16 || 0
|-
| W Hall

Walter Hall (cricketer)

Walter Hall was an English cricketer who played cricket for Derbyshire from 1882 to 1892Hall was born at Whitfield, Derbyshire. In 1881 he was working at a print works at Glossop...

|| 7 ||10 || 117|| 43 ||13.00 || 0
|-
|H Slater

Henry Slater

Henry Slater was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1882 and 1887.Slater was born at Heanor, Derbyshire the son of James Slater and his wife Elizabeth Baimbridge. He became a coal miner....

|| 1 ||2 || 11 ||11 || 11.00 || 0
|-
| WW Wood-Sims

William Wood-Sims

William Wood Wood-Sims was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1879 and 1886....

|| 11 ||19 || 206 ||46|| 10.84 || 0
|-
| EAJ Maynard

Edmund Maynard

|| 8 ||13 || 124 ||38 || 9.53 || 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...

|| 7 (3) ||12 (6) || 52 (33) ||16 || 8.66 || 0
|-
| JD Chatterton

Joseph Chatterton

Joseph Deeley Chatterton was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1884 and 1886.Chatterton was born in Thornsett, the son of David Chatterton, a cotton mill fireman, and his wife Hannah....

|| 2 ||4|| 34 ||16 || 8.50 || 0
|-
| F Dixon

Francis Dixon

|| 1 ||2 || 15 ||15 || 7.50 || 0
|-
| FJ Shacklock

Frank Shacklock

|| 9 ||16 || 116 ||30 || 7.25 || 0
|-
| J Marlow

Joseph Marlow

Joseph Marlow was an English cricketer who played 24 first class matches for Derbyshire between 1879 and 1886....

|| 4 ||7 || 29 ||17 || 4.83 || 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....

|| 1 ||2 || 9|| 9|| 4.50 || 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....

|| 11 ||18|| 56 ||14 || 4.30 || 0
|-
| J Stubbings

James Stubbings

James Stubbings was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1880 and 1885....

|| 1 ||2 || 8|| 8 || 4.00 || 0
|-
| TG Selby

Thomas Selby (cricketer, born 1851)

|| 1|| 2 || 3|| 2 ||1.50 || 0

|}

W Mycroft palayed several games for MCC. Chatterton played two matches for scratch sides against the Australians.

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|- 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
|-
| FH Sugg

Frank Sugg

|| 10 ||19 || 462 ||187 || 27.17 || 1
|-
| William Chatterton

William Chatterton

|| 11 ||21 || 459 ||62 || 21.86 (a) || 0
|-
| W Cropper

William Cropper

William Cropper was an English cricketer and football player who played cricket for Derbyshire CCC between 1882 and 1888 and football once for Derby County...

|| 11 ||21 || 343 ||80 || 18.05 || 0
|-
|WS Eadie

William Eadie

|| 10 ||19 || 282|| 62|| 16.58 || 0
|-
| LC Docker

Ludford Docker

|| 10 ||18 || 255|| 41 || 14.16 || 0
|-
|}
(a) Figures adjusted for non Derbyshire matches

First-class bowling averages

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

William Cropper

William Cropper was an English cricketer and football player who played cricket for Derbyshire CCC between 1882 and 1888 and football once for Derby County...

|| 1349 ||514 ||35 ||7-25 ||14.68
|-
| FJ Shacklock

Frank Shacklock

|| 1189 || 569 ||35 ||8-45 ||16.25
|-
| W Mycroft

William Mycroft

|| 1298 || 480 (218) || 27 (9) || 8-45 (4-97)|| 17.77
|-
| William Chatterton

William Chatterton

|| 1104 || 411 ||25 ||5-13 ||16.44
|-
|GG Walker

George Glossop Walker

George Glossop Walker was an English Cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1881 and 1898.- Early life :...

|| 896 || 414 ||19 ||7-105|| 21.78
|-
| W Hall

Walter Hall (cricketer)

Walter Hall was an English cricketer who played cricket for Derbyshire from 1882 to 1892Hall was born at Whitfield, Derbyshire. In 1881 he was working at a print works at Glossop...

|| 589|| 308 ||12 ||6-47|| 25.66
|-
| J Marlow

Joseph Marlow

Joseph Marlow was an English cricketer who played 24 first class matches for Derbyshire between 1879 and 1886....

|| 488 ||190|| 5|| 3-82 ||38.00
|-
| H Slater

Henry Slater

||140 || 44|| 1 ||1-44 ||44.00
|-
|WW Wood-Sims

William Wood-Sims

William Wood Wood-Sims was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1879 and 1886....

|| 96 || 33 ||1 ||1-16|| 33.00
|-
| J Stubbings

James Stubbings

James Stubbings was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1880 and 1885....

|| 40 || 29 ||1 ||1-29|| 29.00
|-
| FH Sugg

Frank Sugg

|| 24 || 14|| 0 || ||
|-
| T Mycroft

Thomas Mycroft

|| 4 || 5|| 0|| ||
|-
|WS Eadie

William Eadie

|| 8 || 13|| 0|| ||
|-
| TG Selby

Thomas Selby (cricketer, born 1851)

||16 || 7 ||0 ||0-7||
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|- 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 Cropper

William Cropper

William Cropper was an English cricketer and football player who played cricket for Derbyshire CCC between 1882 and 1888 and football once for Derby County...

|| 1349 ||514 ||35 ||7-25 ||14.68
|-
| FJ Shacklock

Frank Shacklock

|| 1189 || 569 ||35 ||8-45 ||16.25
|-
| William Chatterton

William Chatterton

|| 1104 || 411 ||25 ||5-13 ||16.44
|-
|GG Walker

George Glossop Walker

George Glossop Walker was an English Cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1881 and 1898.- Early life :...

|| 896 || 414 ||19 ||7-105|| 21.78
|-
|}

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