Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1900
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Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1900 was the cricket
season when the English club Derbyshire
had been playing for twenty-nine years. It was their sixth season in the County Championship
and they won three matches to finish thirteenth in the Championship table.
in 1900, two matches against London County and one match against MCC. They also played a match against the touring West Indies.
They only won two matches in the County Championship but a higher number of draws brought them up to 13 in the table. The captain for the year was Samuel Hill Wood in his second season as captain.
William Storer
was top scorer, passing Bagshaw's Championship lead by a century against MCC. John Hulme took most wickets overall although Bestwick had more in the Championship. One high-scoring match was against Essex when Levi Wright
and William Storer
reached 170 and two Essex players scored centuries. Play did not start until three o'clock on the third day. Derbyshire had to play a second innings but declared when Young was out second ball. There was still insufficient time to avoid a draw.
Derbyshire played a non-status match against the touring West Indies which ended in a draw. The West Indies opening batsman Charles Ollivierre
decided to stay in England and joined Derbyshire in a later season once the residence requirements were met.
The most significant addition to the Derbyshire squad in the season was Samuel Cadman
a valuable all-rounder and eventually coach. Albert Lawton also made his debut and went on to play for the club for many seasons. Other players who made their debut but played only in 1900 were John O'Connor
one of the top bowlers for the season, William Foulke
better known as an outsize footballer, Hubert Pink
and Walter Stubbings
. Frank Barrs
also played one match in the following season..
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of first-class matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
| 10 May 1900
| Lancashire
Old Trafford, Manchester
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 96 runs
| J O'Connor
5-56 and 5-69; Webb 6-25; Mold 5-20
|-
|2
|17 May 1900
| Surrey
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 10 wickets
| LG Wright
134; Hayward 120; WC Smith 5-50; Lees 7-38
|-
|3
|21 May 1900
| Yorkshire
Bramall Lane, Sheffield
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Rhodes 7-72
|-
|4
|24 May 1900
| MCC
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 107 runs
| W Storer
175; A Hearne 5-38
|-
|5
|28 May 1900
| Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 5 wickets
| Gunn 6-76; Wass 6-58
|-
|6
|04 Jun 1900
| Hampshire
County Ground, Southampton
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 177 runs
| Soar 5-76; H Bagshaw
5-27; Baldwin 5-31
|-
|7
|07 Jun 1900
|London County Cricket Club
Crystal Palace Park
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 5 wickets
| Braund 7-52; JH Young
5-65; Trott 6-68
|-
|8
|14 Jun 1900
|London County Cricket Club
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| JJ Hulme 6-27; Sladen 5-50
|-
|9
|21 Jun 1900
| Warwickshire
North Road Ground, Glossop
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|10
|25 Jun 1900
| Yorkshire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 24 runs
| Rhodes 7-32; Haigh 6-54
|-
|11
|28 Jun 1900
| Essex
County Ground, Leyton
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| LG Wright
170; W Storer
176; Carpenter 112; McGahey 122; JJ Hulme 5-125
|-
|12
| 02 Jul 1900
| Worcestershire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 57 runs
| Wilson 6-55; W Bestwick
5-53 and 5-34; JJ Hulme 5-54
|-
|13
|23 Jul 1900
| Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Devey 256; Kinneir 156
|-
|14
|26 Jul 1900
| Leicestershire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| AE Lawton 124; JH King 121; CJB Wood 116; Geeson 7-107
|-
|15
|30 Jul 1900
| Lancashire
North Road Ground, Glossop
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 224 runs
| JT Tyldesley 119; CR Hartley 109; W Bestwick
6-55 and 5-102; Cuttell 5-64; Briggs 5-31
|-
|16
|06 Aug 1900
| Hampshire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|17
|09 Aug 1900
| Worcestershire
County Ground, New Road, Worcester
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| W Storer
114
|-
|18
|13 Aug 1900
| Essex
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| HA Carpenter 151; TM Russell 139; EM Ashcroft
139; Mead 5-57; Reeves 5-44; W Bestwick
7-114
|-
|19
|20 Aug 1900
| Nottinghamshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 165 runs
| Wass 5-62
|-
|20
| 27 Aug 1900
| Leicestershire
Grace Road, Leicester
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 34 runs
| CJB Wood 147; Woodcock 5-24
|-
|21
| 30 Aug 1900
| Surrey
Kennington Oval
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| R Abel 193; DLA Jephson 213
|-
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of other matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
|19 Jul 1900
| West Indies
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Goodman 104; Cox 5-61; JJ Hulme 6-76
|-
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !!100s
|-
| SH Evershed
|| 1 ||2 || 108|| 62 || 54.00 || 0
|-
| W Storer
|| 18 ||30 || 952|| 176 || 34.00|| 2
|-
| H Bagshaw
|| 18 ||31 || 976|| 98 || 31.48 || 0
|-
| LG Wright
|| 18|| 31 || 907 ||170 || 31.27|| 2
|-
| EM Ashcroft
|| 9 ||14 || 309 ||139 || 25.75 || 1
|-
| W Chatterton
|| 18 ||31 || 654 ||64 || 23.35 || 0
|-
| Samuel Hill Wood || 14 ||21 || 348|| 81*|| 20.47 || 0
|-
| FA Barrs
|| 2 ||3 || 61 ||58 || 20.33 || 0
|-
| AE Lawton || 15 ||24 || 433 ||124 ||18.82 || 1
|-
| JA Berwick
|| 2 ||3 || 27 ||16 || 13.50 || 0
|-
| W Sugg
|| 6|| 10 || 107 ||34 || 11.88 || 0
|-
| JJ Hulme || 17|| 24 || 246|| 53|| 11.71 || 0
|-
| WH Foulke
|| 4 ||7 || 65 ||53 ||10.83 || 0
|-
| SWA Cadman
|| 2 ||3 || 32 ||23 || 10.66 || 0
|-
| JH Young
|| 9 ||14 || 120 ||42 ||10.00 || 0
|-
| JW Hancock
|| 3|| 5 || 42 ||18 || 8.40 || 0
|-
| W Stubbings
|| 1 ||2 || 9 ||9* ||9.00 || 0
|-
| J Humphries
|| 12 ||19 || 117|| 22 || 8.35 || 0
|-
| W Bestwick
|| 18 ||25 || 118 ||39 || 6.94 || 0
|-
| WB Delacombe
|| 2 ||3 || 15 ||11 || 5.00 || 0
|-
| HS Pink
|| 3 ||5 || 24|| 11 || 4.80 || 0
|-
| J O'Connor
|| 6 ||9 || 27|| 17 || 3.85 || 0
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable" width="80%"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! colspan=7| Leading first-class batsmen for Derbyshire by runs scored
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name
! Mat
! Inns
! Runs
! HS
! Ave
! 100
|-
| W Storer
|| 21 || 35 || 1255|| 176 || 35.86|| 3
|-
| H Bagshaw
|| 21 ||36 || 1055|| 98 || 29.31 || 0
|-
| LG Wright
|| 20|| 34 || 1040 ||170 || 30.59|| 2
|-
| W Chatterton
|| 21 ||36 || 743 ||64 || 20.64 || 0
|-
| AE Lawton || 18 ||29 || 610 ||124 ||21.03 || 1
|-
|}
(a) Figures adjusted for non CC matches
Irvine Dearnaley
who played for Derbyshire five years later and George Slater who never appeared in another match were members of the team against the West Indies.
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average
|-
| W Bestwick
|| 3735 ||1662 ||66 ||7-114|| 25.18
|-
| JJ Hulme || 4040 || 1618 ||59 ||5-54 ||27.42
|-
| H Bagshaw
|| 1336 || 686|| 27|| 5-27 ||25.40
|-
| J O'Connor
|| 839||396|| 19 ||5-56|| 20.84
|-
| W Storer
|| 924 ||669|| 15|| 4-43 ||44.60
|-
| JH Young
|| 496 || 203 ||9 ||4-3 ||22.55
|-
| JA Berwick
|| 378 || 227 ||5 ||4-74|| 45.40
|-
| JW Hancock
|| 307 || 117|| 5|| 3-36 ||23.40
|-
| AE Lawton || 234 || 146 ||4 ||2-15|| 36.50
|-
| WH Foulke
||114||92 ||2 ||2-15|| 46.00
|-
| LG Wright
|| 24 || 11 ||1 ||1-4 ||11.00
|-
| FA Barrs
|| 24 ||17 ||1 ||1-17 ||17.00
|-
| SWA Cadman
|| 90 || 58|| 1|| 1-58|| 58.00
|-
| EM Ashcroft
|| 96 || 78 ||1 ||1-5|| 78.00
|-
| W Chatterton
|| 288 || 115 ||1 ||1-17 ||115.00
|-
| W Stubbings
|| 120 || 80|| 0 || ||
|-
| HS Pink
|| 36 || 33|| 0|| ||
|-
| Samuel Hill Wood || 30 || 30|| 0|| ||
|}
{| class="wikitable" width="80%"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! colspan=6| Leading first class bowlers for Derbyshire by wickets taken
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name
! Balls
! Runs
! Wkts
! BBI
! Ave
|-
| JJ Hulme || 4782 || 1919 ||76 ||6-27 ||25.25
|-
| W Bestwick
|| 4171 ||1813 ||73 ||7-114|| 24.84
|-
| H Bagshaw
|| 1660 || 840|| 35|| 5-27 ||24.00
|-
| J O'Connor
|| 1259||619|| 24 ||5-56|| 25.79
|-
| W Storer
|| 1020 ||740|| 19|| 4-43 ||38.95
|-
|}
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-nine years. It was their sixth season in the County Championship
County Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...
and they won three matches to finish thirteenth in the Championship table.
1900 season
Derbyshire played eighteen games in the County ChampionshipCounty Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...
in 1900, two matches against London County and one match against MCC. They also played a match against the touring West Indies.
They only won two matches in the County Championship but a higher number of draws brought them up to 13 in the table. The captain for the year was Samuel Hill Wood in his second 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, passing Bagshaw's Championship lead by a century against MCC. John Hulme took most wickets overall although Bestwick had more in the Championship. One high-scoring match was against Essex when Levi 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...
and 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...
reached 170 and two Essex players scored centuries. Play did not start until three o'clock on the third day. Derbyshire had to play a second innings but declared when Young was out second ball. There was still insufficient time to avoid a draw.
Derbyshire played a non-status match against the touring West Indies which ended in a draw. The West Indies opening batsman Charles Ollivierre
Charles Ollivierre
Charles Augustus Ollivierre was a West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1900 and played for Derbyshire between 1901 and 1907 becoming the first black West Indian to play for an English county....
decided to stay in England and joined Derbyshire in a later season once the residence requirements were met.
The most significant addition to the Derbyshire squad in the season was Samuel Cadman
Samuel Cadman
Samuel William Anthony Cadman was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire for over quarter of a century between 1900 and 1926...
a valuable all-rounder and eventually coach. Albert Lawton also made his debut and went on to play for the club for many seasons. Other players who made their debut but played only in 1900 were John O'Connor
John O'Connor (English cricketer)
John O'Connor was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1900.O'Connor was born in Pinxton, Derbyshire , the son of William O'Connor a coal miner from Ireland and his wife Mary...
one of the top bowlers for the season, William Foulke
William Foulke (footballer)
William Henry "Fatty" Foulke was a professional cricketer and football player in England in the late 19th and early 20th centuries...
better known as an outsize footballer, Hubert Pink
Hubert Pink
Hubert Selwyn Pink was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire during the 1900 season.Pink was born in Chapel-en-le-Frith, the son of Rev. Samuel H Pink, curate of Chapel-en-le-Frith, and his wife Frances...
and Walter Stubbings
Walter Stubbings
Walter Stubbings was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1900.Stubbings was born in Whitwell, Derbyshire, the son of James Stubbings, a mason, and his wife Ann. He made just one first-class appearance for the Derbyshire side, in a match against Essex during the 1900 season...
. Frank Barrs
Frank Barrs
Frank Arthur Barrs was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1900 and 1901.Barrs was born in Repton Park, the son of Henry Barrs, a farmer and his wife Elizabeth. He made his Derbyshire debut in the 1900 season in May against Surrey and in his first innings scored his best innings...
also played one match in the following season..
Matches
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of first-class matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
| 10 May 1900
| 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
| 96 runs
| J O'Connor
John O'Connor (English cricketer)
John O'Connor was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1900.O'Connor was born in Pinxton, Derbyshire , the son of William O'Connor a coal miner from Ireland and his wife Mary...
5-56 and 5-69; Webb 6-25; Mold 5-20
|-
|2
|17 May 1900
| 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
| 10 wickets
| 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...
134; Hayward 120; WC Smith 5-50; Lees 7-38
|-
|3
|21 May 1900
| 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
|
| Rhodes 7-72
|-
|4
|24 May 1900
| 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
| 107 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...
175; A Hearne 5-38
|-
|5
|28 May 1900
| 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
| 5 wickets
| Gunn 6-76; Wass 6-58
|-
|6
|04 Jun 1900
| 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...
County Ground, Southampton
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 177 runs
| Soar 5-76; 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....
5-27; Baldwin 5-31
|-
|7
|07 Jun 1900
|London County Cricket Club
London County Cricket Club
London County Cricket Club was a short-lived cricket club founded by the Crystal Palace Company. In 1898 they invited WG Grace to help them form a first-class cricket club. Grace accepted the offer and became the club's secretary, manager and captain. As a result, he severed his connection with...
Crystal Palace Park
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 5 wickets
| Braund 7-52; JH Young
John Young (cricketer, born 1876)
Another Derbyshire cricketer, born in 1863, was named John Young.John Henry Young was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1899 and 1901....
5-65; Trott 6-68
|-
|8
|14 Jun 1900
|London County Cricket Club
London County Cricket Club
London County Cricket Club was a short-lived cricket club founded by the Crystal Palace Company. In 1898 they invited WG Grace to help them form a first-class cricket club. Grace accepted the offer and became the club's secretary, manager and captain. As a result, he severed his connection with...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| JJ Hulme 6-27; Sladen 5-50
|-
|9
|21 Jun 1900
| 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...
North Road Ground, Glossop
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|10
|25 Jun 1900
| 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
| Innings and 24 runs
| Rhodes 7-32; Haigh 6-54
|-
|11
|28 Jun 1900
| 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
|
| 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...
170; 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...
176; Carpenter 112; McGahey 122; JJ Hulme 5-125
|-
|12
| 02 Jul 1900
| Worcestershire
Worcestershire County Cricket Club
Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire...
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 57 runs
| Wilson 6-55; W Bestwick
Billy Bestwick
William Bestwick was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1898 and 1926. He was a demon medium-fast bowler who took over 1400 wickets for the county, including 10 in one innings...
5-53 and 5-34; JJ Hulme 5-54
|-
|13
|23 Jul 1900
| 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...
Edgbaston, Birmingham
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Devey 256; Kinneir 156
|-
|14
|26 Jul 1900
| 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="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| AE Lawton 124; JH King 121; CJB Wood 116; Geeson 7-107
|-
|15
|30 Jul 1900
| 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...
North Road Ground, Glossop
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 224 runs
| JT Tyldesley 119; CR Hartley 109; W Bestwick
Billy Bestwick
William Bestwick was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1898 and 1926. He was a demon medium-fast bowler who took over 1400 wickets for the county, including 10 in one innings...
6-55 and 5-102; Cuttell 5-64; Briggs 5-31
|-
|16
|06 Aug 1900
| 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...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|17
|09 Aug 1900
| Worcestershire
Worcestershire County Cricket Club
Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire...
County Ground, New Road, Worcester
|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...
114
|-
|18
|13 Aug 1900
| 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="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| HA Carpenter 151; TM Russell 139; EM Ashcroft
Maynard Ashcroft
Edward Maynard Ashcroft was an English doctor and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1897 and 1906 and captained the Derbyshire team in 1904.-Early life:...
139; Mead 5-57; Reeves 5-44; W Bestwick
Billy Bestwick
William Bestwick was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1898 and 1926. He was a demon medium-fast bowler who took over 1400 wickets for the county, including 10 in one innings...
7-114
|-
|19
|20 Aug 1900
| 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...
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 165 runs
| Wass 5-62
|-
|20
| 27 Aug 1900
| 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="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 34 runs
| CJB Wood 147; Woodcock 5-24
|-
|21
| 30 Aug 1900
| 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="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| R Abel 193; DLA Jephson 213
|-
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of other matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
|19 Jul 1900
| West Indies
West Indian cricket team in England in 1900
The West Indian cricket team toured England in the 1900 season. The team played 17 matches between 11 June and 11 August 1900.There had been three tours by teams of English Amateurs to the West Indies in the mid 1890s and the idea of sending a combined West Indies team to England had gradually...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Goodman 104; Cox 5-61; JJ Hulme 6-76
|-
County Championship batting averages
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="70%"|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !!100s
|-
| 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....
|| 1 ||2 || 108|| 62 || 54.00 || 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...
|| 18 ||30 || 952|| 176 || 34.00|| 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....
|| 18 ||31 || 976|| 98 || 31.48 || 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...
|| 18|| 31 || 907 ||170 || 31.27|| 2
|-
| EM Ashcroft
Maynard Ashcroft
Edward Maynard Ashcroft was an English doctor and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1897 and 1906 and captained the Derbyshire team in 1904.-Early life:...
|| 9 ||14 || 309 ||139 || 25.75 || 1
|-
| 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...
|| 18 ||31 || 654 ||64 || 23.35 || 0
|-
| Samuel Hill Wood || 14 ||21 || 348|| 81*|| 20.47 || 0
|-
| FA Barrs
Frank Barrs
Frank Arthur Barrs was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1900 and 1901.Barrs was born in Repton Park, the son of Henry Barrs, a farmer and his wife Elizabeth. He made his Derbyshire debut in the 1900 season in May against Surrey and in his first innings scored his best innings...
|| 2 ||3 || 61 ||58 || 20.33 || 0
|-
| AE Lawton || 15 ||24 || 433 ||124 ||18.82 || 1
|-
| JA Berwick
John Berwick
John Albert Berwick was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1895 and 1901.Berwick was born in Kingsthorpe, Northampton, the son of John Berwick, bootmaker and his wife Rebecca...
|| 2 ||3 || 27 ||16 || 13.50 || 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:...
|| 6|| 10 || 107 ||34 || 11.88 || 0
|-
| JJ Hulme || 17|| 24 || 246|| 53|| 11.71 || 0
|-
| WH Foulke
William Foulke (footballer)
William Henry "Fatty" Foulke was a professional cricketer and football player in England in the late 19th and early 20th centuries...
|| 4 ||7 || 65 ||53 ||10.83 || 0
|-
| SWA Cadman
Samuel Cadman
Samuel William Anthony Cadman was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire for over quarter of a century between 1900 and 1926...
|| 2 ||3 || 32 ||23 || 10.66 || 0
|-
| JH Young
John Young (cricketer, born 1876)
Another Derbyshire cricketer, born in 1863, was named John Young.John Henry Young was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1899 and 1901....
|| 9 ||14 || 120 ||42 ||10.00 || 0
|-
| JW Hancock
Joseph Hancock
Joseph William Hancock was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire from 1897 to 1900 and for Scotland in 1906...
|| 3|| 5 || 42 ||18 || 8.40 || 0
|-
| W Stubbings
Walter Stubbings
Walter Stubbings was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1900.Stubbings was born in Whitwell, Derbyshire, the son of James Stubbings, a mason, and his wife Ann. He made just one first-class appearance for the Derbyshire side, in a match against Essex during the 1900 season...
|| 1 ||2 || 9 ||9* ||9.00 || 0
|-
| J Humphries
Joe Humphries
Joseph Humphries was an English cricketer who played three Test matches for England on their tour to Australia in 1907-08 and for Derbyshire County Cricket Club and the Marylebone Cricket Club between 1899 and 1914....
|| 12 ||19 || 117|| 22 || 8.35 || 0
|-
| W Bestwick
Billy Bestwick
William Bestwick was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1898 and 1926. He was a demon medium-fast bowler who took over 1400 wickets for the county, including 10 in one innings...
|| 18 ||25 || 118 ||39 || 6.94 || 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 || 15 ||11 || 5.00 || 0
|-
| HS Pink
Hubert Pink
Hubert Selwyn Pink was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire during the 1900 season.Pink was born in Chapel-en-le-Frith, the son of Rev. Samuel H Pink, curate of Chapel-en-le-Frith, and his wife Frances...
|| 3 ||5 || 24|| 11 || 4.80 || 0
|-
| J O'Connor
John O'Connor (English cricketer)
John O'Connor was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1900.O'Connor was born in Pinxton, Derbyshire , the son of William O'Connor a coal miner from Ireland and his wife Mary...
|| 6 ||9 || 27|| 17 || 3.85 || 0
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable" width="80%"
|- 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
|-
| 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...
|| 21 || 35 || 1255|| 176 || 35.86|| 3
|-
| 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....
|| 21 ||36 || 1055|| 98 || 29.31 || 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...
|| 20|| 34 || 1040 ||170 || 30.59|| 2
|-
| 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...
|| 21 ||36 || 743 ||64 || 20.64 || 0
|-
| AE Lawton || 18 ||29 || 610 ||124 ||21.03 || 1
|-
|}
(a) Figures adjusted for non CC matches
Irvine Dearnaley
Irvine Dearnaley
Irvine Dearnaley was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1905 and 1907....
who played for Derbyshire five years later and George Slater who never appeared in another match were members of the team against the West Indies.
County Championship bowling averages
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="70%"|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average
|-
| W Bestwick
Billy Bestwick
William Bestwick was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1898 and 1926. He was a demon medium-fast bowler who took over 1400 wickets for the county, including 10 in one innings...
|| 3735 ||1662 ||66 ||7-114|| 25.18
|-
| JJ Hulme || 4040 || 1618 ||59 ||5-54 ||27.42
|-
| 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....
|| 1336 || 686|| 27|| 5-27 ||25.40
|-
| J O'Connor
John O'Connor (English cricketer)
John O'Connor was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1900.O'Connor was born in Pinxton, Derbyshire , the son of William O'Connor a coal miner from Ireland and his wife Mary...
|| 839||396|| 19 ||5-56|| 20.84
|-
| 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...
|| 924 ||669|| 15|| 4-43 ||44.60
|-
| JH Young
John Young (cricketer, born 1876)
Another Derbyshire cricketer, born in 1863, was named John Young.John Henry Young was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1899 and 1901....
|| 496 || 203 ||9 ||4-3 ||22.55
|-
| JA Berwick
John Berwick
John Albert Berwick was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1895 and 1901.Berwick was born in Kingsthorpe, Northampton, the son of John Berwick, bootmaker and his wife Rebecca...
|| 378 || 227 ||5 ||4-74|| 45.40
|-
| JW Hancock
Joseph Hancock
Joseph William Hancock was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire from 1897 to 1900 and for Scotland in 1906...
|| 307 || 117|| 5|| 3-36 ||23.40
|-
| AE Lawton || 234 || 146 ||4 ||2-15|| 36.50
|-
| WH Foulke
William Foulke (footballer)
William Henry "Fatty" Foulke was a professional cricketer and football player in England in the late 19th and early 20th centuries...
||114||92 ||2 ||2-15|| 46.00
|-
| 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...
|| 24 || 11 ||1 ||1-4 ||11.00
|-
| FA Barrs
Frank Barrs
Frank Arthur Barrs was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1900 and 1901.Barrs was born in Repton Park, the son of Henry Barrs, a farmer and his wife Elizabeth. He made his Derbyshire debut in the 1900 season in May against Surrey and in his first innings scored his best innings...
|| 24 ||17 ||1 ||1-17 ||17.00
|-
| SWA Cadman
Samuel Cadman
Samuel William Anthony Cadman was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire for over quarter of a century between 1900 and 1926...
|| 90 || 58|| 1|| 1-58|| 58.00
|-
| EM Ashcroft
Maynard Ashcroft
Edward Maynard Ashcroft was an English doctor and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1897 and 1906 and captained the Derbyshire team in 1904.-Early life:...
|| 96 || 78 ||1 ||1-5|| 78.00
|-
| 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...
|| 288 || 115 ||1 ||1-17 ||115.00
|-
| W Stubbings
Walter Stubbings
Walter Stubbings was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1900.Stubbings was born in Whitwell, Derbyshire, the son of James Stubbings, a mason, and his wife Ann. He made just one first-class appearance for the Derbyshire side, in a match against Essex during the 1900 season...
|| 120 || 80|| 0 || ||
|-
| HS Pink
Hubert Pink
Hubert Selwyn Pink was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire during the 1900 season.Pink was born in Chapel-en-le-Frith, the son of Rev. Samuel H Pink, curate of Chapel-en-le-Frith, and his wife Frances...
|| 36 || 33|| 0|| ||
|-
| Samuel Hill Wood || 30 || 30|| 0|| ||
|}
{| class="wikitable" width="80%"
|- 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...
|-
| JJ Hulme || 4782 || 1919 ||76 ||6-27 ||25.25
|-
| W Bestwick
Billy Bestwick
William Bestwick was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1898 and 1926. He was a demon medium-fast bowler who took over 1400 wickets for the county, including 10 in one innings...
|| 4171 ||1813 ||73 ||7-114|| 24.84
|-
| 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....
|| 1660 || 840|| 35|| 5-27 ||24.00
|-
| J O'Connor
John O'Connor (English cricketer)
John O'Connor was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1900.O'Connor was born in Pinxton, Derbyshire , the son of William O'Connor a coal miner from Ireland and his wife Mary...
|| 1259||619|| 24 ||5-56|| 25.79
|-
| 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...
|| 1020 ||740|| 19|| 4-43 ||38.95
|-
|}
Wicket Keeping
- William StorerWilliam StorerWilliam 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...
Catches 19, Stumping 4 - Joe HumphriesJoe HumphriesJoseph Humphries was an English cricketer who played three Test matches for England on their tour to Australia in 1907-08 and for Derbyshire County Cricket Club and the Marylebone Cricket Club between 1899 and 1914....
Catches 13, Stumping 4