Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1889
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Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1889 was the cricket
season when the English club Derbyshire
had been playing nineteen years. Derbyshire's matches were not considered to be first class in this season. The club had lost first class status after 1887 and did not regain it until 1894, the year before they joined the County Championship
. However many of the players competed for the club earlier or subsequently at first-class level.
was in his third year as captain and was also top scorer making a century against Essex. George Davidson
topped the bowling with 38 wickets.
Fred Spofforth
, known as the "Demon Bowler" had toured England with the Australians in 1886, and afterwards chose to live in Derbyshire. The club tried to persuade the County Cricket Council to let him play for Derbyshire without waiting for the usual two years' residential qualification. Although the application was refused, in 1889 Yorkshire generously offered to waive the point so that Spofforth could play against them. He did so in two matches in the 1889 season, repaying them in one game by taking fifteen of their wickets for 81 runs. In the 1890 season
, with the residential qualification met, Spofforth was able not only to play for Derbyshire but to captain the side. Charles Evans
who made his debut played on for Derbyshire into the County Championship in 1895. Frank Evershed
one of the Evershed brothers and a rugby international played in his first season for Derbyshire, but never played a first class game. Joseph Burrows, George Maltby and Thomas Purdy all played in one career match for Derbyshire against the MCC and only Purdy returned the following year.
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
| 20 May 1889
| MCC
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 1 wicket
| Hearne 6-16; West 6-29
|-
|2
|10 Jun 1889
| Yorkshire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 54 runs
| FR Spofforth
7-45 and 8-36; Peel 6-24 and 8-43
|-
|3
|17 Jun 1889
| Essex
County Ground, Leyton
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| W Chatterton
168; G Davidson
129; Burrell 5-56
|-
|4
|20 Jun 1889
| Surrey
Kennington Oval
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 223 runs
| Read 103; Lohmann 5-42; Bowley 6-48
|-
|5
| 24 Jun 1889
| Leicestershire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 133 runs
| W Sugg
104; Rylott 5-125; G Davidson
6-49
|-
|6
|01 Jul 1889
| Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 10 wickets
| Richardson 5-54; Attewell 5-26
|-
|7
|22 Jul 1889
| Surrey
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 48 runs
| Beaumont 8-53; Bowley 6-13
|-
|8
|29 Jul 1889
| Nottinghamshire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 26 runs
| Attewell 6-35 and 5-24; Richardson 6-36
|-
|9
|05 Aug 1889
| Yorkshire
Bramall Lane, Sheffield
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|10
|08 Aug 1889
| Leicestershire
Grace Road, Leicester
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| G Davidson
6-47; J J Hulme 5-28
|-
|11
| 19 Aug 1889
| Essex
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 10 wickets
| Bishop 5-77; W Sugg
7-44
|-
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !!100s
|-
| C Evans
|| 1 || 1 ||47 ||47 ||47.00 || 0
|-
| W Chatterton
|| 11 || 18 || 500 ||168 ||27.78 || 1
|-
| G Davidson
|| 11 || 18 ||389 || 129 ||21.61 || 1
|-
| W Sugg
|| 10 || 17 || 318 ||104 || 18.71 || 1
|-
| SH Evershed
|| 8 || 13 ||234 || 79 ||18.00 || 0
|-
| LG Wright
|| 6 || 11 ||168 || 59 ||15.27 || 0
|-
| J J Hulme || 10 || 16 ||192 ||61 ||12.00 || 0
|-
| W S Eadie
|| 8 || 13 ||149 ||51 ||11.46 || 0
|-
| W Storer
|| 2|| 3 ||32 ||14 || 10.67 || 0
|-
| HC Mosby || 8 || 14 ||129 ||32 ||9.21 || 0
|-
| F Evershed
|| 3 || 5 ||39 ||14 ||7.80 || 0
|-
| E Evershed
|| 5 || 8 ||53 ||16 ||7.67 || 0
|-
| GG Walker
||10 || 15 ||115 ||34 ||6.76 || 0
|-
| JR Burrows || 1 || 2 || 9 ||7 || 4.50 || 0
|-
| GA Maltby || 1 || 2 ||9 ||8 ||4.50 || 0
|-
| T Purdy || 1 || 2 || 9 ||7 ||4.5 || 0
|-
| F R Spofforth
|| 2 || 2 || 8 || 4 || 4.00 || 0
|-
| G Ratcliffe
|| 1 || 2 ||0 ||0 ||0.00 || 0
|-
| G Porter
|| 1 || 2 ||4 ||4 ||2.00 || 0
|-
| W Hall
|| 11 || 17 ||157 ||34 ||9.24 || 0
|-
| JJ Disney
|| 10 || 14 ||11 ||3 || 0.79 || 0
|-
|}
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average
|-
| G Davidson
|| 1893 || 643 || 38 || 6-47 || 16.92
|-
| J J Hulme || 1079 || 451 || 27 || 5-28 || 16.70
|-
| HC Mosby || 432 || 159 || 11 || 3-28 || 14.45
|-
| W Hall
|| 975 || 319 || 18 || 4-32 || 17.72
|-
| W Chatterton
|| 782 || 280 || 18 || 4-80 || 15.56
|-
| GG Walker
|| 960 || 412 || 16 || 4-28 || 25.75
|-
| FR Spofforth
|| 265 || 81 || 15 || 8-36 || 5.40
|-
| W Sugg
|| 174 || 67 || 10 || 7-44 || 6.70
|-
| G Porter
|| 135 || 43 || 4 || 2-11 || 10.75
|-
| SH Evershed
|| 30 || 15 || 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 nineteen years. Derbyshire's matches were not considered to be first class in this season. The club had lost first class status after 1887 and did not regain it until 1894, the year before they joined the County Championship
County Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...
. However many of the players competed for the club earlier or subsequently at first-class level.
1889 season
Derbyshire played eleven games, all against sides that they had played in first class matches before 1888 or that joined the County Championship four years later. William ChattertonWilliam 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...
was in his third year as captain and was also top scorer making a century against Essex. 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...
topped the bowling with 38 wickets.
Fred Spofforth
Fred Spofforth
Frederick Robert "Fred" Spofforth , also known as "The Demon Bowler", was arguably the Australian cricket team's finest pace bowler of the nineteenth century and was the first bowler to take 50 Test wickets, and the first to take a test hat-trick in 1879...
, known as the "Demon Bowler" had toured England with the Australians in 1886, and afterwards chose to live in Derbyshire. The club tried to persuade the County Cricket Council to let him play for Derbyshire without waiting for the usual two years' residential qualification. Although the application was refused, in 1889 Yorkshire generously offered to waive the point so that Spofforth could play against them. He did so in two matches in the 1889 season, repaying them in one game by taking fifteen of their wickets for 81 runs. In the 1890 season
Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1890
Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1890 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing twenty years. Derbyshire's matches were not considered to be first class in this season. Derbyshire had recruited Fred Spofforth a former Australian captain to help revive the club's...
, with the residential qualification met, Spofforth was able not only to play for Derbyshire but to captain the side. Charles Evans
Charles Evans (cricketer)
Charles Evans was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1889 and 1895.Evans was born at Newbold, Derbyshire the son of George Evans, an engine wright at a colliery and his wife Harriett...
who made his debut played on for Derbyshire into the County Championship in 1895. Frank Evershed
Frank Evershed
Frank Evershed was an English rugby player who played internationally for England between 1889 and 1893 and a cricketer who played for Derbyshire....
one of the Evershed brothers and a rugby international played in his first season for Derbyshire, but never played a first class game. Joseph Burrows, George Maltby and Thomas Purdy all played in one career match for Derbyshire against the MCC and only Purdy returned the following year.
Matches
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
| 20 May 1889
| 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
| 1 wicket
| Hearne 6-16; West 6-29
|-
|2
|10 Jun 1889
| 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
| 54 runs
| FR Spofforth
Fred Spofforth
Frederick Robert "Fred" Spofforth , also known as "The Demon Bowler", was arguably the Australian cricket team's finest pace bowler of the nineteenth century and was the first bowler to take 50 Test wickets, and the first to take a test hat-trick in 1879...
7-45 and 8-36; Peel 6-24 and 8-43
|-
|3
|17 Jun 1889
| Essex
Essex County Cricket Club
Essex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Essex. Its limited overs team is called the Essex Eagles, their team colours this season are blue.The club plays most of its home games...
County Ground, Leyton
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| 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...
168; G 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...
129; Burrell 5-56
|-
|4
|20 Jun 1889
| Surrey
Surrey County Cricket Club
Surrey County Cricket Club is one of the 18 professional county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Surrey. Its limited overs team is called the Surrey Lions...
Kennington Oval
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 223 runs
| Read 103; Lohmann 5-42; Bowley 6-48
|-
|5
| 24 Jun 1889
| Leicestershire
Leicestershire County Cricket Club
Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Leicestershire. It has also been representative of the county of Rutland....
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 133 runs
| W Sugg
Walter Sugg
Walter Sugg was an English first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire in 1881, and for Derbyshire from 1884 until 1902.-Life and career:...
104; Rylott 5-125; G 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...
6-49
|-
|6
|01 Jul 1889
| Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Nottinghamshire, and the current county champions. Its limited overs team is called the Nottinghamshire Outlaws...
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 10 wickets
| Richardson 5-54; Attewell 5-26
|-
|7
|22 Jul 1889
| 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...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 48 runs
| Beaumont 8-53; Bowley 6-13
|-
|8
|29 Jul 1889
| Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Nottinghamshire, and the current county champions. Its limited overs team is called the Nottinghamshire Outlaws...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 26 runs
| Attewell 6-35 and 5-24; Richardson 6-36
|-
|9
|05 Aug 1889
| 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="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|10
|08 Aug 1889
| Leicestershire
Leicestershire County Cricket Club
Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Leicestershire. It has also been representative of the county of Rutland....
Grace Road, Leicester
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| G 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...
6-47; J J Hulme 5-28
|-
|11
| 19 Aug 1889
| Essex
Essex County Cricket Club
Essex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Essex. Its limited overs team is called the Essex Eagles, their team colours this season are blue.The club plays most of its home games...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 10 wickets
| Bishop 5-77; W Sugg
Walter Sugg
Walter Sugg was an English first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire in 1881, and for Derbyshire from 1884 until 1902.-Life and career:...
7-44
|-
Batting averages
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="70%"|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !!100s
|-
| C Evans
Charles Evans (cricketer)
Charles Evans was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1889 and 1895.Evans was born at Newbold, Derbyshire the son of George Evans, an engine wright at a colliery and his wife Harriett...
|| 1 || 1 ||47 ||47 ||47.00 || 0
|-
| W Chatterton
William Chatterton
William Chatterton was an English cricketer and footballer. He played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1882 and 1902 and for England in 1891/2. He captained Derbyshire between 1887 and 1889 and scored over 10,000 runs in his first-class career as well as taking over 200 wickets...
|| 11 || 18 || 500 ||168 ||27.78 || 1
|-
| G 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...
|| 11 || 18 ||389 || 129 ||21.61 || 1
|-
| W Sugg
Walter Sugg
Walter Sugg was an English first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire in 1881, and for Derbyshire from 1884 until 1902.-Life and career:...
|| 10 || 17 || 318 ||104 || 18.71 || 1
|-
| 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....
|| 8 || 13 ||234 || 79 ||18.00 || 0
|-
| LG Wright
Levi Wright
Levi George Wright was an English footballer and cricketer. He played association football for Derby County and Notts County and cricket for Derbyshire from 1883 to 1909 being captain for a season and a half in 1906/1907. He scored over 15,000 runs in his first class career and took 237 catches...
|| 6 || 11 ||168 || 59 ||15.27 || 0
|-
| J J Hulme || 10 || 16 ||192 ||61 ||12.00 || 0
|-
| W S 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...
|| 8 || 13 ||149 ||51 ||11.46 || 0
|-
| W Storer
William Storer
William Storer was an English footballer and a cricketer who played six Tests from 1897 to 1899, played first class cricket for Derbyshire from 1887 to 1905 and played football for Derby County...
|| 2|| 3 ||32 ||14 || 10.67 || 0
|-
| HC Mosby || 8 || 14 ||129 ||32 ||9.21 || 0
|-
| F Evershed
Frank Evershed
Frank Evershed was an English rugby player who played internationally for England between 1889 and 1893 and a cricketer who played for Derbyshire....
|| 3 || 5 ||39 ||14 ||7.80 || 0
|-
| E Evershed
Edward Evershed
Edward Evershed was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1888 and 1898.Evershed was born in Stapenhill, now part of Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire , the son of Sydney Evershed the brewer and MP for Burton...
|| 5 || 8 ||53 ||16 ||7.67 || 0
|-
| GG Walker
George Glossop Walker
George Glossop Walker was an English Cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1881 and 1898.- Early life :...
||10 || 15 ||115 ||34 ||6.76 || 0
|-
| JR Burrows || 1 || 2 || 9 ||7 || 4.50 || 0
|-
| GA Maltby || 1 || 2 ||9 ||8 ||4.50 || 0
|-
| T Purdy || 1 || 2 || 9 ||7 ||4.5 || 0
|-
| F R Spofforth
Fred Spofforth
Frederick Robert "Fred" Spofforth , also known as "The Demon Bowler", was arguably the Australian cricket team's finest pace bowler of the nineteenth century and was the first bowler to take 50 Test wickets, and the first to take a test hat-trick in 1879...
|| 2 || 2 || 8 || 4 || 4.00 || 0
|-
| G Ratcliffe
George Ratcliffe (cricketer, born 1856)
Another cricketer who played for Derbyshire during the 1919 season was named George Ratcliffe.George Ratcliffe was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1887 to 1889....
|| 1 || 2 ||0 ||0 ||0.00 || 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...
|| 1 || 2 ||4 ||4 ||2.00 || 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...
|| 11 || 17 ||157 ||34 ||9.24 || 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....
|| 10 || 14 ||11 ||3 || 0.79 || 0
|-
|}
Bowling averages
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="70%"|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average
|-
| G 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...
|| 1893 || 643 || 38 || 6-47 || 16.92
|-
| J J Hulme || 1079 || 451 || 27 || 5-28 || 16.70
|-
| HC Mosby || 432 || 159 || 11 || 3-28 || 14.45
|-
| 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...
|| 975 || 319 || 18 || 4-32 || 17.72
|-
| 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...
|| 782 || 280 || 18 || 4-80 || 15.56
|-
| GG Walker
George Glossop Walker
George Glossop Walker was an English Cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1881 and 1898.- Early life :...
|| 960 || 412 || 16 || 4-28 || 25.75
|-
| FR Spofforth
Fred Spofforth
Frederick Robert "Fred" Spofforth , also known as "The Demon Bowler", was arguably the Australian cricket team's finest pace bowler of the nineteenth century and was the first bowler to take 50 Test wickets, and the first to take a test hat-trick in 1879...
|| 265 || 81 || 15 || 8-36 || 5.40
|-
| W Sugg
Walter Sugg
Walter Sugg was an English first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire in 1881, and for Derbyshire from 1884 until 1902.-Life and career:...
|| 174 || 67 || 10 || 7-44 || 6.70
|-
| 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...
|| 135 || 43 || 4 || 2-11 || 10.75
|-
| 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....
|| 30 || 15 || 0 || ||
|-
|}