Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1886

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1886 represents 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 fifteen years and was the penultimate season before they lost first class status for seven years.

1886 season

Derbyshire CCC played nine county games in 1886, and two other first class matches which were against MCC and Australians. Their only first class win was against MCC and the poor performance contributed to the club losing first class status at the end of the following year. They also played two non first class matches against Essex, which were both wins for Derbyshire and included a century for W Chatterton and 8 for 48 by Davidson
The captain for the year was 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...

. The top scorer was 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...

. 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 "G G" Walker

George Glossop Walker

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

shared the top bowling spot.

George Davidson

George Davidson (cricketer)

George Arthur Davidson was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1886 and 1898 and for Marylebone Cricket Club between 1888 and 1898. A useful all-rounder, he scored over 5500 runs and took 621 wickets in his first class career.Davidson was born in Brimington, Derbyshire, the son...

, who became one of Derbyshire's leading bowler made his debut in 1886. Joseph 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....

, brother of William and a played of promise died at the age of 19 in November 1886.

James Stubbings

James Stubbings

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

and A S Sugden played for Derbyshire in the matches against Essex.

Matches

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

|-
|1
|13 May 1886
|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="#00FF00"|Won
|Inings and 28 runs
| Attewell 6-69; GG Walker
George Glossop Walker
George Glossop Walker was an English Cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1881 and 1898.- Early life :...

6-26
|-
|2
|27 May 1886
|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="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| 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...

7-15
|-
|3
|07 Jun 1886
| Australians

Australian cricket team in England in 1886

The Australian cricket team in England in 1886 played 27 first-class matches including 3 Tests which were all won by England:* – England won by 4 wickets* – England won by an innings and 106 runs...

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....

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
|173 runs
|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...

6-34; 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....

5-52
|-
|6
|05 Jul 1886
|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...

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...

Gloucestershire County Cricket Club

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators....

Surrey County Cricket Club

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...

6-29 and 6-26
|-
|11
|26 Aug 1886
|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....

Recreation Ground, Holbeck
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|121 runs
|Grimshaw 122; 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...

106 5-30 and 5-45;
|

First-class batting averages

{| class="wikitable sortable" width="90%"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average
|-
| William Chatterton

William Chatterton

||13|| 25 || 462|| 97 || 21.00|| 0
|-
|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...

|| 12 || 23 || 408 || 62 || 17.73 || 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:...

|| 8|| 14|| 241 ||64|| 17.21 || 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...

|| 13 || 24 || 370 || 93 || 15.41 || 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....

|| 3|| 6|| 64 || 26 || 10.66 || 0
|-
|E Coup

Edwin Coup

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

|| 7 || 14 || 124 || 3 || 9.53 || 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...

|| 2 || 3 || 9 || 4* || 9.00 || 0
|-
| George Davidson

George Davidson (cricketer)

|| 11 || 21 || 153 || 33* || 8.50 || 0
|-
|J Marlow

Joseph Marlow

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

|| 2 || 3 || 25 || 11 || 8.33 || 0
|-
|GG Walker

George Glossop Walker

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

|| 14 || 26 || 184|| 39 || 8.00 || 0
|-
| Walter 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:...

|| 6 || 12 || 95 || 23 || 7.91 || 0
|-
|EAJ Maynard

Edmund Maynard

|| 10 || 19 || 110 || 23 || 6.47 || 0
|-
|JD Chatterton

Joseph Chatterton

|| 8 || 16 || 74 || 21 || 5.28 || 0
|-
|WS 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...

|| 5 || 9 || 42 || 13 || 4.66 || 0
|-
|J Brelsford

James Brelsford

James Brelsford was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1883 and 1886.Brelsford was born in Brimington, Derbyshire and became an iron moulder at Stanton by Dale. His Derbyshire debut came in the 1883 season, when Derbyshire played Lancashire...

|| 1 || 2 || 8 || 8 || 4.00 || 0
|-
|S Doughty

Stephen Doughty

Stephen Doughty was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1880 and 1886....

|| 1 || 2 || 8 || 8 || 4.00 || 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....

|| 12 ||21 || 27 || 6 || 1.92 || 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 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1.00 || 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....

||2 ||2 ||10 || 6 || 5.00 || 0
|-
|AHJ Cochrane

Alfred Cochrane

Alfred Henry John Cochrane, was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1884 and 1886, and for Oxford University between 1885 and 1888. He subsequently made his name as a writer on sporting subjects and of light verse.Cochrane was the second son of Rev...

|| 8 || 15 || 59 || 9* || 0 || 0
|-
|}

William Chatterton, Frank Sugg, William Cropper, GG Walker and James Disney played first class matched for other teams during the season.

First-class bowling averages

{| class="wikitable sortable" width="90%"
|- 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...

|| 2110 || 739 || 46 || 6-34 || 16.06
|-
|GG Walker

George Glossop Walker

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

|| 2211 || 923 || 46 || 7-38 || 20.06
|-
|George Davidson

George Davidson (cricketer)

|| 1731 || 627 || 39 || 9-42 || 16.50
|-
|AHJ Cochrane

Alfred Cochrane

|| 1236 || 479 || 30 || 5-19 || 15.96
|-
|William Chatterton

William Chatterton

|| 1244 || 380 || 16 || 4-22 || 23.75
|-
| Walter 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:...

||516 || 214 || 11 || 3-45 || 19.45
|-
|JD Chatterton

Joseph Chatterton

|| 252 || 119 || 5 || 1-9 || 23.80
|-
|S Doughty

Stephen Doughty

Stephen Doughty was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1880 and 1886....

|| 70 || 31 || 3 || 3-28 || 10.33
|-
|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...

|| 48 || 22 || 1 || 1-18 || 22.00
|-
|J Marlow

Joseph Marlow

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

|| 60 || 21 || 1 || 1-11 || 21.00
|-
|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....

|| 32|| 13|| 0|| 0 || 0
|-
|H Slater

Henry Slater

|| 32 || 14 || 0
|-
|J Brelsford

James Brelsford

|| 40 || 19 || 0 ||
|-
|}

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