Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1896

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1896 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 twenty five years. It was their second season in the County Championship

County Championship

The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...

and they came seventh.

1896 season

Derbyshire played 16 games in the County Championship, one match 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...

and one against the touring Australians

Australian cricket team in England in 1896

The Australian cricket team in England in 1896 played 34 first-class matches including 3 Tests.England won the Test series 2-1:* – England won by 6 wickets* – Australia won by 3 wickets...

. They won five matches in the County Championship and six matches altogether. Brewer's son Sydney 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....

was in his sixth season as captain. William 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...

was top scorer, as well as keeping wicket and bowling to take 15 wickets. John Hulme took most wickets with 77 in the County Championship.

In a season marked by a number of high scores, with centuries both for and against Derbyshire Storer and 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...

produced notable batting performances during the season. Davidson made 274 against Lancashire at Manchester which remains the Derbyshire individual batting record. In the same innings Chatterton and Storer also scored centuries. Against Yorkshire Storer hit centuries in each innings--a feat performed previously only by W. G. Grace, A. E. Stoddart and George Brann, giving him a season's batting average of over 57. Bagshaw added a third century against Yorkshire in the same match.

Of those who made their debuts in the season, Thomas Gould

Thomas Gould

Thomas Gould was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1896 and 1897.Gould was born in Brassington, Derbyshire, the son of Mark Gould, a lead miner and later lime picker, and his wife Mary....

and Henry Curgenven

Henry Curgenven

Henry Grafton Curgenven was an English cricketer. He played for Derbyshire in 1896 and 1897, and for Cambridge University in 1897....

also played in 1897. John Purdy

John Purdy (cricketer)

John Henry Purdy was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1896 and 1906.Purdy was born in Brimington, Derbyshire, the son of William Purdy, a bricklayer and his wife Elizabeth. His debut for Derbyshire came in the 1896 County Championship, against Yorkshire. Purdy took the last...

and Charles Middleton

Charles Middleton (cricketer)

Charles Edward Middleton was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1896 and 1903.Middleton was born in Leeds, the son of Thomas Midleton, an engine fitter, and his wife Mary...

played more seasons, but only occasionally. Walter Butterfield

Walter Butterfield

Walter Butterfield was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1896.Butterfield was born in Dewsbury, Yorkshire...

played only two matches in 1896 and Frank Bingham

Frank Bingham

Frank Miller Bingham was an English doctor, all round sportsman and army officer who died in World War I. As a cricketer, he played for Derbyshire in 1896....

just one.

Matches

{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
|14 May 1896
|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...

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...

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...

At County Ground, Southampton
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|7 wickets
| Ward 113
|-
|4
|28 May 1896
|MCC

Marylebone Cricket Club

At Lord's
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|1 wicket
| Not a County Championship match
Attewell 5-38; 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...

5-50
|-
|5
|04 Jun 1896
|Surrey

Surrey County Cricket Club

At Kennington Oval
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings and 57 runs
| Bobby Abel

Bobby Abel

Robert Abel , nicknamed "The Guv'nor", was a Surrey and England opening batsman who was one of the most prolific run-getters in the early years of the County Championship...

109; Lohmann 6-51
|-
|6
|08 Jun 1896
|Lancashire

Lancashire County Cricket Club

Lancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1864 as a successor to Manchester Cricket Club and has played at Old Trafford since then...

At County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|37 runs
| JJ Hulme 6-57; Arthur Mold

Arthur Mold

Arthur Webb Mold was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket for Lancashire County Cricket Club between 1889 and 1901. He played three Test matches for England in 1893 and was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1892. A fast bowler, he was one of the most effective bowlers...

5-58 and 7-46; G Davidson

George Davidson (cricketer)

5-49
|-
|7
|15 Jun 1896
|Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire 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....

At County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| 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...

100 and 100*; H Bagshaw

Henry Bagshaw

Harry Bagshaw, christened Henry Bagshaw, was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1887 and 1902 and was also a cricket umpire....

115
|-
|9
|29 Jun 1896
|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....

At Grace Road, Leicestershire
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|Innings and 147 runs
| 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...

142; G Davidson

George Davidson (cricketer)

6-53
|-
|10
|02 Jul 1896
|Yorkshire

Yorkshire County Cricket Club

Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....

Bramall Lane, Sheffield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|9 wickets
| Denton 113; 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...

122; JJ Hulme 5-80; Schofield Haigh

Schofield Haigh

Schofield Haigh was a Yorkshire and England cricketer. He played for eighteen seasons for Yorkshire County Cricket Club, for England from the 1898/99 tour to 1912, and was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1901....

6-45 and 6-70
|-
|11
|06 Jul 1896
|Leicestershire

Leicestershire County Cricket Club

At County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| H Bagshaw

Henry Bagshaw

Harry Bagshaw, christened Henry Bagshaw, was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1887 and 1902 and was also a cricket umpire....

121; Pougher 114
|-
|12
|13 Jul 1896
|Warwickshire

Warwickshire County Cricket Club

Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire. Its limited overs team is called the Warwickshire Bears. Their kit colours are black and gold and the shirt sponsor...

At County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|10 wickets
| Dick Lilley

Dick Lilley

Arthur Frederick Augustus Lilley was an English cricketer who played in 35 Tests from 1896 to 1909, more than any other England wicket-keeper in the first sixty years of Test cricket.The conservative cricket establishment of the time was not effusive in its appreciation of this great keeper...

132 and 6-46; G Davidson

George Davidson (cricketer)

5-62; JJ Hulme 7-44
|-
|13
|20 Jul 1896
|Australians

Australian cricket team in England in 1896

The Australian cricket team in England in 1896 played 34 first-class matches including 3 Tests.England won the Test series 2-1:* – England won by 6 wickets* – Australia won by 3 wickets...

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...

At 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...

111
|-
|15
|03 Aug 1896
|Hampshire

Hampshire County Cricket Club

At County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|8 wickets
| Kitchener 6-59
|-
|16
|10 Aug 1896
|Lancashire

Lancashire County Cricket Club

At Old Trafford, Manchester
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|W Chatterton

William Chatterton

104; G Davidson

George Davidson (cricketer)

274; 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...

116; Briggs 6-185; JJ Hulme 5-94
|-
|17
|17 Aug 1896
|Essex

Essex County Cricket Club

Warwickshire County Cricket Club

At Edgbaston

Edgbaston Cricket Ground

Edgbaston Cricket Ground, also known as the County Ground or Edgbaston Stadium, is a cricket ground in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham, England...

|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| G Davidson

George Davidson (cricketer)

8-70
|-

County Championship batting averages

{| class="wikitable sortable" width="80%"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !! 100s
|-
| 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...

|| 15|| 22 || 1091|| 142*|| 57.42 || 5
|-
| G Davidson

George Davidson (cricketer)

|| 16 ||24 || 953|| 274 || 43.31 || 1
|-
| W Chatterton

William Chatterton

||16 ||26|| 890|| 111 || 40.45 || 2
|-
| H Bagshaw

Henry Bagshaw

Harry Bagshaw, christened Henry Bagshaw, was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1887 and 1902 and was also a cricket umpire....

|| 13 ||20 || 628|| 121 || 34.88 || 2
|-
| 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....

|| 13 ||19 ||637 ||88 || 33.52 || 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...

||15 ||23 || 580 ||94 || 25.21 || 0
|-
| 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:...

|| 16 ||25 || 486 ||88 || 20.25 || 0
|-
|T Gould

Thomas Gould

|| 2 ||1 || 16 ||16 || 16.00 || 0
|-
|GA Marsden

George Marsden (cricketer)

George Allen Marsden was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1894 and 1898.Marsden was born in Wirksworth, the son of George Marsden a printer and auctioneer and his wife Anne Allen...

||14 ||19 || 237|| 37 || 15.80 || 0
|-
| JJ Hulme ||16 ||22 || 237|| 51*|| 11.85 || 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...

|| 2|| 3 || 31 ||18 || 10.33 || 0
|-
| HG Curgenven

Henry Curgenven

Henry Grafton Curgenven was an English cricketer. He played for Derbyshire in 1896 and 1897, and for Cambridge University in 1897....

||5 ||5 || 45 ||19 || 9.00 || 0
|-
| G Porter

George Porter (cricketer)

|| 14 ||20 || 112|| 55 || 7.00 || 0
|-
| JW Bennett || 4|| 6 || 30 ||18 || 5.00 || 0
|-
| WB Delacombe

William Delacombe

William Barclay Delacombe was an Ascension Island-born English cricketer. He played for Derbyshire between 1892 and 1900....

|| 2|| 3 || 9|| 7 || 4.50|| 0
|-
| JH Purdy

John Purdy (cricketer)

||5 ||6 ||13 ||10*|| 3.25 || 0
|-
| J Brooks

Joseph Brooks (cricketer)

Joseph Brooks was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1895 and 1896.Brooks was born at South Normanton, Derbyshire, the son of John Brooks, a coal miner, and his wife Maria. He made his debut for Derbyshire in August 1895 against Hampshire when he made 2 not out...

|| 2|| 4 || 6|| 6 || 3.00 || 0
|-
| W Butterfield

Walter Butterfield

Walter Butterfield was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1896.Butterfield was born in Dewsbury, Yorkshire...

||2 ||4 || 11|| 7 || 2.75 || 0
|-
| J Goodall

John Goodall

John Goodall was a footballer who rose to fame as a centre-forward for England and for Preston North End at the time of the development of the Football League, and also became Watford's first manager in 1903...

|| 1 ||1 || 2|| 2 || 2.00 || 0
|-
| GG Walker

George Glossop Walker

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

|| 2|| 3 || 8|| 8* || – || 0
|-
| JP Hall

John Hall (cricketer)

John Peter Hall was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1895 and 1897.Hall was born at Worksop, Nottinghamshire. His cricket career began in the 1895 when Derbyshire entered the County Championship...

||1|| 1 || 0|| 0 || – || 0
|}
Additionally C Middleton

Charles Middleton (cricketer)

Charles Edward Middleton was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1896 and 1903.Middleton was born in Leeds, the son of Thomas Midleton, an engine fitter, and his wife Mary...

and FM Bingham

Frank Bingham

Frank Miller Bingham was an English doctor, all round sportsman and army officer who died in World War I. As a cricketer, he played for Derbyshire in 1896....

played in the non County Championship match against MCC. Middleton failed to score, but Bingham made seventeen runs in what was his only match for the club.

County Championship bowling averages

{| class="wikitable sortable" width="80%"Name Balls Mdns Runs Wkts BB Ave 5wI 10wM

|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average
|-
| JJ Hulme ||4555 || 1690|| 77|| 7-44|| 21.94
|-
| G Davidson

George Davidson (cricketer)

|| 4721 || 1502 || 68 || 8-70 || 22.08
|-
| G Porter

George Porter (cricketer)

||2568 ||1029|| 29|| 4-56|| 35.48
|-
| W Storer || 681 ||408 ||15|| 4-48 ||27.20
|-
| JH Purdy

John Purdy (cricketer)

||462 || 203|| 8|| 3-53|| 25.37
|-
| JW Bennett || 535 || 236|| 6|| 2-37|| 39.33
|-
| W Chatterton

William Chatterton

|| 205 || 107 ||3 ||2-16 ||35.66
|-
| 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:...

|| 355 ||274|| 3|| 2-19 ||91.33
|-
| H Bagshaw

Henry Bagshaw

Harry Bagshaw, christened Henry Bagshaw, was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1887 and 1902 and was also a cricket umpire....

||360 || 177|| 3|| 2-38 ||59.00
|-
| HG Curgenven

Henry Curgenven

Henry Grafton Curgenven was an English cricketer. He played for Derbyshire in 1896 and 1897, and for Cambridge University in 1897....

||220 ||119 ||2 ||1-16 ||59.50
|-
| W Butterfield

Walter Butterfield

Walter Butterfield was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1896.Butterfield was born in Dewsbury, Yorkshire...

|| 35 || 20 ||1 ||1-10 ||20.00
|-
| JP Hall

John Hall (cricketer)

||85|| 39|| 1 ||1-21 ||39.00
|-
| GG Walker

George Glossop Walker

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

||160 ||96 ||2 ||1-30|| 48.00
|-
| J Brooks

Joseph Brooks (cricketer)

||157 || 127 ||1 ||1-88 ||127.00
|-
|T Gould

Thomas Gould

|| 55 ||20|| 0
|-
|LG Wright

Levi Wright

||5 || 1 ||0
|}

Wicket Keeping

{| class="wikitable sortable" width="90%"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Matches !! Catches !! Stumpings
|-
| William 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...

|| 15 || 26 || 3
|-
| Levi Wright

Levi Wright

|| || 7 || 1
|}

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