Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1903
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Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1903 was the cricket
season when the English club Derbyshire
had been playing for thirty two years. It was their ninth season in the County Championship
and they won five matches to come twelfth
in addition to two matches against W.G. Grace's London County Cricket Club
and one against MCC
. They won four matches in the Championship and one against London County.
The captain for the year was Albert Lawton in his second season as captain. Levi Wright
was top scorer and Billy Bestwick
took most wickets.
A significant addition to the Derbyshire side was Arthur Morton
who played for the club until 1926. Other new players in the season were R T Ryder
who played his one career first class match against London County and G Green
who also made one appearance against London County but played for Derbyshire intermittently over several seasons.
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
|11 May 1903
| Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 6 wickets
| Wass 5-43
|-
|2
|18 May 1903
| Lancashire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 10 wickets
| Barnes 7-25 and 7-34; JJ Hulme 8-52
|-
|3
| 21 May 1903
| MCC
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 9 wickets
| Llewellyn 5-65; JJ Hulme 6-60; Thompson 5-30
|-
|4
|01 Jun 1903
| Hampshire
County Ground, Southampton
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 261 runs
| Llewellyn 148; Hill 150; JJ Hulme 7-123; Chignell 5-68; Hesketh-Pritchard 7-47
|-
|5
|08 Jun 1903
| Essex
County Ground, Leyton
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Perrin 102(rh); Buckenham 6-47; W Bestwick
5-95; Mead 5-77
|-
|6
|15 Jun 1903
| Surrey
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 111 runs
| W Bestwick
7-20; Richardson 5-43
|-
|7
| 18 Jun 1903
| Yorkshire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 7 wickets
| JJ Hulme 5-69
|-
|8
|22 Jun 1903
| Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| LG Wright
133; Field 6-82 and 5-150
|-
|9
| 25 Jun 1903
| Leicestershire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 35 runs
| Gill 5-93; A Warren
5-69 and 6-112
|-
|10
|06 Jul 1903
| Leicestershire
Aylestone Road, Leicester
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 126 runs
| King 167; Odell 6-74
|-
|11
|09 Jul 1903
| Nottinghamshire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 114 runs
| SWA Cadman
5-42; A Warren
6-93
|-
|12
|16 Jul 1903
| London County Cricket Club
Crystal Palace Park
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 31 runs
| W Smith 123; Cranfield 7-105
|-
|13
|20 Jul 1903
| Essex
North Road Ground, Glossop
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 232 runs
| Mead 5-38
|-
|14
|03 Aug 1903
| Hampshire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 59 runs
| E Needham
131; A Warren
6-43
|-
|15
|06 Aug 1903
| Lancashire
Old Trafford, Manchester
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 9 wickets
| LG Wright
116; Hallows 5-42
|-
|16
|10 Aug 1903
| Surrey
Kennington Oval
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Dowson 100*
|-
|17
|13 Aug 1903
| Yorkshire
St George's Road, Harrogate
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|18
|17 Aug 1903
| Warwickshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| W Bestwick
5-86; Hargreave 5-55; Santall 5-19
|-
|19
| 20 Aug 1903
| London County Cricket Club
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 8 wickets
| Odell 7-69
|-
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !!100s
|-
| LG Wright
|| 15 ||27 || 940 ||133 || 37.60 || 2
|-
| CA Ollivierre
||16 ||30 || 660|| 72 || 22.75 || 0
|-
| W Storer
|| 15|| 27 || 593|| 89 || 21.96 || 0
|-
| E Needham
|| 14 ||25 || 470 ||131 || 20.43 || 1
|-
| AE Lawton || 16 ||27 || 473|| 63 || 18.19 || 0
|-
| SWA Cadman
|| 11 ||18 || 309 ||55 || 17.16 || 0
|-
| W Ellis
|| 4|| 8 || 121 ||44 || 15.12 ||0
|-
| EM Ashcroft
||7 ||11||142|| 67 || 14.20|| 0
|-
| A Warren
|| 16 ||28 ||382 ||89 || 14.14 || 0
|-
| T Forrester
|| 8 ||16 ||186|| 58 || 12.40 || 0
|-
| A Morton
|| 5 ||10 || 94 ||22 || 10.44 || 0
|-
| J Humphries
|| 16 ||27 || 208 ||24 || 9.45 || 0
|-
| GR Gregory
||7 ||11 || 85 ||20*|| 9.44 || 0
|-
| JJ Hulme || 8 ||15 || 64 ||27* ||5.33 || 0
|-
| W Bestwick
|| 16|| 27 ||68|| 19*|| 4.53 || 0
|-
| R Else
||2|| 4 || 8 ||5 || 2.66|| 0
|-
|}
In addition, W Locker
played against MCC, CE Middleton
and G Curgenven
played in the first match against London County, and R T Ryder
and G Green
played in the second match against London County.
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average
|-
| W Bestwick
|| 3758 || 1599|| 66 ||7-20 ||24.22
|-
| A Warren
|| 2630 || 1395 ||65 ||6-43 ||21.46
|-
| JJ Hulme || 1460 ||724 ||36|| 8-52 ||20.11
|-
| SWA Cadman
|| 1295 || 560|| 19 ||5-42 ||29.47
|-
| W Storer
|| 470 ||307 ||13|| 3-29|| 23.61
|-
|GR Gregory
|| 270 || 195 ||10|| 4-70 ||19.50
|-
|AE Lawton || 600 ||334 ||9|| 2-31 ||37.11
|-
|T Forrester
|| 489 || 250|| 6 ||4-43 ||41.66
|-
| A Morton
|| 258 ||145|| 2|| 2-32|| 72.50
|-
|EM Ashcroft
|| 24 ||15 ||0|| ||
|-
| CA Ollivierre
|| 12 || 9|| 0 || ||
|-
|R Else
|| 12 ||5 ||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 for thirty two years. It was their ninth season in the County Championship
County Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...
and they won five matches to come twelfth
1903 season
Derbyshire played sixteen games in the County ChampionshipCounty Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...
in addition to two matches against W.G. Grace's 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...
and one against MCC
Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Club is a cricket club in London founded in 1787. Its influence and longevity now witness it as a private members' club dedicated to the development of cricket. It owns, and is based at, Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, London NW8. MCC was formerly the governing body of...
. They won four matches in the Championship and one against London County.
The captain for the year was Albert Lawton in his second season as captain. 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...
was top scorer and Billy 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...
took most wickets.
A significant addition to the Derbyshire side was Arthur Morton
Arthur Morton (cricketer, born 1883)
Arthur Morton was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire and MCC between 1903 and 1926. He made over 10,000 runs and took nearly 1000 wickets.Morton was born at Mellor, Derbyshire...
who played for the club until 1926. Other new players in the season were R T Ryder
Reginald Ryder
Reginald Talbot Ryder was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1903.Ryder was born in Monks Coppenhall, Cheshire, the son of William C Ryder and his wife Octavia. His father was a general draper. Ryder played for Derbyshire in one first-class match during the 1903 season, against...
who played his one career first class match against London County and G Green
George Green (cricketer)
George Green was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1903 and 1907.Green was born at Hasland, Derbyshire, the son of William Green a general labourer and his wife Mary Ann...
who also made one appearance against London County but played for Derbyshire intermittently over several seasons.
Matches
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
|11 May 1903
| 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
| 6 wickets
| Wass 5-43
|-
|2
|18 May 1903
| 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...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 10 wickets
| Barnes 7-25 and 7-34; JJ Hulme 8-52
|-
|3
| 21 May 1903
| 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="#FF0000"|Lost
| 9 wickets
| Llewellyn 5-65; JJ Hulme 6-60; Thompson 5-30
|-
|4
|01 Jun 1903
| 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="#FF0000"|Lost
| 261 runs
| Llewellyn 148; Hill 150; JJ Hulme 7-123; Chignell 5-68; Hesketh-Pritchard 7-47
|-
|5
|08 Jun 1903
| 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
|
| Perrin 102(rh); Buckenham 6-47; 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...
5-95; Mead 5-77
|-
|6
|15 Jun 1903
| 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...
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 111 runs
| 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...
7-20; Richardson 5-43
|-
|7
| 18 Jun 1903
| 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
| 7 wickets
| JJ Hulme 5-69
|-
|8
|22 Jun 1903
| 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
|
| 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...
133; Field 6-82 and 5-150
|-
|9
| 25 Jun 1903
| 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
| 35 runs
| Gill 5-93; A Warren
Arnold Warren
Arnold Warren was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1897 and 1920 and played for England in 1905. He was the first bowler from Derbyshire to take 100 wickets in a season, a feat he performed three times.Warren was born in Codnor Park, Derbyshire, the son of...
5-69 and 6-112
|-
|10
|06 Jul 1903
| 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....
Aylestone Road, Leicester
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 126 runs
| King 167; Odell 6-74
|-
|11
|09 Jul 1903
| 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="#00FF00"|Won
| 114 runs
| 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...
5-42; A Warren
Arnold Warren
Arnold Warren was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1897 and 1920 and played for England in 1905. He was the first bowler from Derbyshire to take 100 wickets in a season, a feat he performed three times.Warren was born in Codnor Park, Derbyshire, the son of...
6-93
|-
|12
|16 Jul 1903
| 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
| Innings and 31 runs
| W Smith 123; Cranfield 7-105
|-
|13
|20 Jul 1903
| 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...
North Road Ground, Glossop
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 232 runs
| Mead 5-38
|-
|14
|03 Aug 1903
| 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="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 59 runs
| E Needham
Ernest Needham
Ernest 'Nudger' Needham was an English footballer and cricketer. He played football 14 times for England and captained the side in 1901....
131; A Warren
Arnold Warren
Arnold Warren was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1897 and 1920 and played for England in 1905. He was the first bowler from Derbyshire to take 100 wickets in a season, a feat he performed three times.Warren was born in Codnor Park, Derbyshire, the son of...
6-43
|-
|15
|06 Aug 1903
| 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
| 9 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...
116; Hallows 5-42
|-
|16
|10 Aug 1903
| 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
|
| Dowson 100*
|-
|17
|13 Aug 1903
| 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....
St George's Road, Harrogate
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|18
|17 Aug 1903
| 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...
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| 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...
5-86; Hargreave 5-55; Santall 5-19
|-
|19
| 20 Aug 1903
| 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="#00FF00"|Won
| 8 wickets
| Odell 7-69
|-
County Championship batting averages
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="70%"|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !!100s
|-
| 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 ||27 || 940 ||133 || 37.60 || 2
|-
| CA 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....
||16 ||30 || 660|| 72 || 22.75 || 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...
|| 15|| 27 || 593|| 89 || 21.96 || 0
|-
| E Needham
Ernest Needham
Ernest 'Nudger' Needham was an English footballer and cricketer. He played football 14 times for England and captained the side in 1901....
|| 14 ||25 || 470 ||131 || 20.43 || 1
|-
| AE Lawton || 16 ||27 || 473|| 63 || 18.19 || 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...
|| 11 ||18 || 309 ||55 || 17.16 || 0
|-
| W Ellis
William Ellis (cricketer)
William Ellis was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1898 and 1906.Ellis was born in Whitwell, the son of Thomas Ellis, a joiner, and his wife Jane....
|| 4|| 8 || 121 ||44 || 15.12 ||0
|-
| 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:...
||7 ||11||142|| 67 || 14.20|| 0
|-
| A Warren
Arnold Warren
Arnold Warren was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1897 and 1920 and played for England in 1905. He was the first bowler from Derbyshire to take 100 wickets in a season, a feat he performed three times.Warren was born in Codnor Park, Derbyshire, the son of...
|| 16 ||28 ||382 ||89 || 14.14 || 0
|-
| T Forrester
Thomas Forrester (cricketer)
Thomas Forrester was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Warwickshire from1896 to 1899 and for Derbyshire from 1902 to 1920...
|| 8 ||16 ||186|| 58 || 12.40 || 0
|-
| A Morton
Arthur Morton (cricketer, born 1883)
Arthur Morton was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire and MCC between 1903 and 1926. He made over 10,000 runs and took nearly 1000 wickets.Morton was born at Mellor, Derbyshire...
|| 5 ||10 || 94 ||22 || 10.44 || 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....
|| 16 ||27 || 208 ||24 || 9.45 || 0
|-
| GR Gregory
George Gregory (cricketer)
George Robert Gregory was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire intermittently between 1899 and 1910....
||7 ||11 || 85 ||20*|| 9.44 || 0
|-
| JJ Hulme || 8 ||15 || 64 ||27* ||5.33 || 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...
|| 16|| 27 ||68|| 19*|| 4.53 || 0
|-
| R Else
Robert Else
Robert Else was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1901 and 1903.Else was born at Lea, Holloway, Derbyshire, the son of John Else and his wife Henrietta Lowe. His father was a bobbin maker and in 1881 they were all living with his grandparents at the Old Hat...
||2|| 4 || 8 ||5 || 2.66|| 0
|-
|}
In addition, W Locker
William Locker
William Locker was an English footballer and cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1894 and 1903 and football for Stoke, Derby County and Notts County. He was one of nineteen sportsment to achieve the Derby sporting double.Locker was born in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, the...
played against MCC, CE 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 G Curgenven
Gilbert Curgenven
Gilbert Curgenven was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1901 to 1922....
played in the first match against London County, and R T Ryder
Reginald Ryder
Reginald Talbot Ryder was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1903.Ryder was born in Monks Coppenhall, Cheshire, the son of William C Ryder and his wife Octavia. His father was a general draper. Ryder played for Derbyshire in one first-class match during the 1903 season, against...
and G Green
George Green (cricketer)
George Green was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1903 and 1907.Green was born at Hasland, Derbyshire, the son of William Green a general labourer and his wife Mary Ann...
played in the second match against London County.
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...
|| 3758 || 1599|| 66 ||7-20 ||24.22
|-
| A Warren
Arnold Warren
Arnold Warren was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1897 and 1920 and played for England in 1905. He was the first bowler from Derbyshire to take 100 wickets in a season, a feat he performed three times.Warren was born in Codnor Park, Derbyshire, the son of...
|| 2630 || 1395 ||65 ||6-43 ||21.46
|-
| JJ Hulme || 1460 ||724 ||36|| 8-52 ||20.11
|-
| 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...
|| 1295 || 560|| 19 ||5-42 ||29.47
|-
| 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...
|| 470 ||307 ||13|| 3-29|| 23.61
|-
|GR Gregory
George Gregory (cricketer)
George Robert Gregory was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire intermittently between 1899 and 1910....
|| 270 || 195 ||10|| 4-70 ||19.50
|-
|AE Lawton || 600 ||334 ||9|| 2-31 ||37.11
|-
|T Forrester
Thomas Forrester (cricketer)
Thomas Forrester was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Warwickshire from1896 to 1899 and for Derbyshire from 1902 to 1920...
|| 489 || 250|| 6 ||4-43 ||41.66
|-
| A Morton
Arthur Morton (cricketer, born 1883)
Arthur Morton was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire and MCC between 1903 and 1926. He made over 10,000 runs and took nearly 1000 wickets.Morton was born at Mellor, Derbyshire...
|| 258 ||145|| 2|| 2-32|| 72.50
|-
|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:...
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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....
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Robert Else
Robert Else was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1901 and 1903.Else was born at Lea, Holloway, Derbyshire, the son of John Else and his wife Henrietta Lowe. His father was a bobbin maker and in 1881 they were all living with his grandparents at the Old Hat...
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