Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1906
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Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1906 represents the cricket
season when the English club Derbyshire
had been playing for thirty five years. It was their twelfth season in the County Championship
and they finished bottom of the table having won two matches in the County Championship.
Levi Wright
was in his first season as captain. Wright was top scorer, although Maynard Ashcroft
had a better average and scored two centuries. Billy Bestwick
took most wickets with 111 .
Reginald Rickman
, a future captain, made his debut and also Henry Purdy
and Frederick Bracey
who played several seasons. Thomas Hallam
and Norman Todd
appeared in 1906 and one more season each. John McDonald
only appeared in 1906
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
|10 May 1906
|MCC
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|5 wickets
| Not a COunty Championship match
Mead 7-29
|-
|2
| 21 May 1906
|Lancashire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|103 runs
| Kermode 7-101 and 6-73
|-
|3
| 24 May 1906
| Leicestershire
Aylestone Road, Leicester
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|252 runs
| A Warren
5-69; W Bestwick
5-78
|-
|4
| 28 May 1906
| Sussex
County Ground, Hove
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|88 runs
| W Bestwick
7-49; Relf 7-44; Dwyer 9-35
|-
|5
| 31 May 1906
| Essex
County Ground, Leyton
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|209 runs
| Turner 104*; W Bestwick
6-61 and 6-82; Buckenham 5-46; Mead 7-13
|-
|6
| 04 Jun 1906
|Hampshire
County Ground, Southampton
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|147 runs
| Hill 110; W Bestwick
7-102; A Warren
6-82; Badcock 6-63
|-
|7
| 07 Jun 1906
|Yorkshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|33 runs
| Hirst 5-30; W Bestwick
5-76; S Haigh
5-43
|-
|8
| 11 Jun 1906
| Leicestershire
North Road Ground, Glossop
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|Innings and 50 runs
| King 126*; CA Ollivierre
157; A Warren
5-81; W Bestwick
6-67
|-
|9
| 18 Jun 1906
| Warwickshire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings and 16 runs
| A Warren
5-70; Hargreave 7-34 and 6-68;
|-
|10
| 25 Jun 1906
| Nottinghamshire
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|10 wickets
| Gunn 7-75; A Warren
6-104
|-
|11
| 28 Jun 1906
| Northamptonshire
County Ground, Northampton
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|10 wickets
| East 7-22; W Bestwick
5-61; Thompson 9-64;
|-
|12
| 02 Jul 1906
|Surrey
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|10 wickets
| J Crawford
7-86; Lees 7-33
|-
|13
| 05 Jul 1906
| Sussex
At County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|5 wickets
| Killick 125; EM Ashcroft
100*; Cox 5-92; W Bestwick
7-49
|-
|14
| 12 Jul 1906
| Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|5 wickets
| A Hallam 6-40;
|-
|15
| 16 Jul 1906
|Yorkshire
Bramall Lane, Sheffield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|10 wickets
| W Bestwick
5-71
|-
|16
| 19 Jul 1906
|West Indians
At County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|6 wickets
| Not a County Championship match
|-
|17
| 06 Aug 1906
|Hampshire
At County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|160 runs
| Badcock 5-59; Wyatt 5-50
|-
|18
| 09 Aug 1906
| Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|19
| 13 Aug 1906
|Northamptonshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings and 85 runs
| Pretty 200; HF Purdy
6-84; Thompson 5-68
|-
|20
|20 Aug 1906
| Essex
At County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|6 wickets
| EM Ashcroft
118; W Bestwick
6-65; Buckenham 6-58
|-
|21
| 23 Aug 1906
|Lancashire
Old Trafford, Manchester
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings and 84 runs
| Hallows 110
|-
|22
| 27 Aug 1906
|Surrey
Kennington Oval
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|10 wickets
| A Warren
6-140; Lees 6-72
|-
|
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !!100s
|-
|EM Ashcroft
|| 14|| 27 || 886 ||118 || 34.07 || 2
|-
| LG Wright
||20 ||39 || 929|| 96 || 24.44 || 0
|-
|CA Ollivierre
||14|| 27 || 655 ||157 || 24.25 || 1
|-
|E Needham
|| 16|| 31 || 687 ||75 || 22.90 || 0
|-
|GM Buckston
||8 ||16 || 326|| 96 || 20.37 || 0
|-
|J Humphries
||20 ||39 || 565|| 68 || 19.48 || 0
|-
|SWA Cadman
|| 20|| 39 || 692|| 94 || 18.70 || 0
|-
|A Morton
|| 18 ||34 ||580 ||77 || 18.70 || 0
|-
|AE Lawton ||2 ||4 || 62 ||52 || 15.50 || 0
|-
|TH Hallam
||6 ||12 || 180|| 68 || 15.00 || 0
|-
|H Cooper
||2 ||4 || 45 ||23 || 15.00 || 0
|-
|A Warren
||19|| 37 || 490|| 52 || 14.00 || 0
|-
|JH Purdy
|| 1 ||2 || 11|| 9* ||11.00 || 0
|-
|FC Hunter
||9 ||15 ||160 || 51 || 10.66 || 0
|-
|GG Walkden
||1 ||1 || 8 || 8 || 8.00 || 0
|-
|FC Bracey
||3 ||6 || 39 ||28 || 7.80 || 0
|-
|RB Rickman
||11|| 21 ||148 ||31 || 7.78 || 0
|-
|W Ellis
||1 ||2 || 13 ||10 || 6.50 || 0
|-
|GR Gregory
|| 1|| 2 || 13|| 11 || 6.50 || 0
|-
|W Bestwick
|| 19 ||35 || 127 ||21 || 6.35|| 0
|-
|HF Purdy
||8 ||16 || 100 || 21 || 6.25 || 0
|-
|F Webster
||1 ||2 || 11 ||10 || 5.50|| 0
|-
|JA McDonald
||2 ||4 ||21 ||19 || 5.25 || 0
|-
|AP Boissier
||1 ||2 || 7 || 4 || 3.50 || 0
|-
|A Hogg
||2 ||4 || 4 ||4 || 1.00 || 0
|-
|ND Todd
||1 ||2 || 0|| 0 || 0.00 || 0
|-
|}
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average
|-
|W Bestwick
|| 4489 ||2019 ||111|| 7-49 ||18.18
|-
|A Warren
|| 3780 ||2249 ||83|| 6-82 ||27.09
|-
|SWA Cadman
||3358 ||1536 ||40|| 4-80|| 38.40
|-
|HF Purdy
||1037 || 445 ||20|| 6-84 ||22.25
|-
|RB Rickman
||907 ||432 ||15|| 3-16 ||28.80
|-
|A Morton
|| 900 ||516|| 12|| 4-37|| 43.00
|-
|FC Hunter
||170 ||148 ||4 ||2-18 ||37.00
|-
|FC Bracey
|| 187 || 134|| 3|| 3-49|| 44.66
|-
|EM Ashcroft
|| 270 ||166 ||3 ||2-12 ||55.33
|-
|JH Purdy
|| 48 || 30 ||1|| 1-30 ||30.00
|-
|F Webster
|| 126 || 65 ||1 ||1-65|| 65.00
|-
|AE Lawton || 72 || 41|| 0
|-
|W Ellis
|| 42 || 15 ||0
|-
|GR Gregory
|| 6 ||0|| 0
|-
|CA Ollivierre
||5 || 8|| 0
|-
|J Humphries
|| 4 ||4 || 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 five years. It was their twelfth season in the County Championship
County Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...
and they finished bottom of the table having won two matches in the County Championship.
1906 season
Derbyshire played 20 games in the County Championship, one match against the touring West Indians and one against MCC.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 in his first season as captain. Wright was top scorer, although Maynard 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:...
had a better average and scored two centuries. 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 with 111 .
Reginald Rickman
Reginald Rickman
Reginald Binns Rickman was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1906 and 1911 and captained the side in 1908 and 1909....
, a future captain, made his debut and also Henry Purdy
Henry Purdy (cricketer)
Henry Fox Purdy was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1906 and 1919.Purdy was born at Brimington, Derbyshire, although his birth was registered as Henry Fox...
and Frederick Bracey
Frederick Bracey
Frederick Cecil Bracey was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire from 1906 to 1914...
who played several seasons. Thomas Hallam
Thomas Hallam
Thomas Haydn Hallam was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1906 and 1907....
and Norman Todd
Norman Todd
Norman Douglas Todd was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1906 and 1908Todd was born at Hetton-le-Hole, County Durham. He made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1906 season, in a match in June against Northamptonshire, when he made no runs in either innings...
appeared in 1906 and one more season each. John McDonald
John McDonald (cricketer)
John Archibald McDonald was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1905 and 1906....
only appeared in 1906
Matches
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
|10 May 1906
|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
|5 wickets
| Not a COunty Championship match
Mead 7-29
|-
|2
| 21 May 1906
|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
|103 runs
| Kermode 7-101 and 6-73
|-
|3
| 24 May 1906
| 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
|252 runs
| 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; 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...
5-78
|-
|4
| 28 May 1906
| Sussex
Sussex County Cricket Club
Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Sussex. The club was founded as a successor to Brighton Cricket Club which was a representative of the county of Sussex as a...
County Ground, Hove
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|88 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...
7-49; Relf 7-44; Dwyer 9-35
|-
|5
| 31 May 1906
| 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="#FF0000"|Lost
|209 runs
| Turner 104*; 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...
6-61 and 6-82; Buckenham 5-46; Mead 7-13
|-
|6
| 04 Jun 1906
|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
|147 runs
| Hill 110; 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...
7-102; 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...
6-82; Badcock 6-63
|-
|7
| 07 Jun 1906
|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....
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|33 runs
| Hirst 5-30; 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...
5-76; S 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....
5-43
|-
|8
| 11 Jun 1906
| 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....
North Road Ground, Glossop
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|Innings and 50 runs
| King 126*; 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....
157; 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...
5-81; 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...
6-67
|-
|9
| 18 Jun 1906
| 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...
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings and 16 runs
| 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...
5-70; Hargreave 7-34 and 6-68;
|-
|10
| 25 Jun 1906
| 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
|10 wickets
| Gunn 7-75; 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...
6-104
|-
|11
| 28 Jun 1906
| Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club
Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks. The traditional club colour is Maroon. During the...
County Ground, Northampton
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|10 wickets
| East 7-22; 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...
5-61; Thompson 9-64;
|-
|12
| 02 Jul 1906
|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="#FF0000"|Lost
|10 wickets
| J Crawford
Jack Crawford (cricketer)
John Neville Crawford was an English first-class cricketer who played mainly for Surrey. An amateur, he played as an all-rounder and was highly regarded from an unusually early age before a disagreement with his county curtailed his career. A right-handed batsman, Crawford had a reputation for...
7-86; Lees 7-33
|-
|13
| 05 Jul 1906
| Sussex
Sussex County Cricket Club
Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Sussex. The club was founded as a successor to Brighton Cricket Club which was a representative of the county of Sussex as a...
At County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|5 wickets
| Killick 125; 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:...
100*; Cox 5-92; 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...
7-49
|-
|14
| 12 Jul 1906
| 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
| A Hallam 6-40;
|-
|15
| 16 Jul 1906
|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
|10 wickets
| 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...
5-71
|-
|16
| 19 Jul 1906
|West Indians
West Indian cricket team in England in 1906
The West Indian cricket team toured England in the 1906 season. The team played 19 matches between 11 June and 18 August 1906 of which 13 were regarded as first-class....
At County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
|6 wickets
| Not a County Championship match
|-
|17
| 06 Aug 1906
|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...
At County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|160 runs
| Badcock 5-59; Wyatt 5-50
|-
|18
| 09 Aug 1906
| 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
|
|
|-
|19
| 13 Aug 1906
|Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club
Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks. The traditional club colour is Maroon. During the...
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|Innings and 85 runs
| Pretty 200; HF Purdy
Henry Purdy (cricketer)
Henry Fox Purdy was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1906 and 1919.Purdy was born at Brimington, Derbyshire, although his birth was registered as Henry Fox...
6-84; Thompson 5-68
|-
|20
|20 Aug 1906
| 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...
At County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
|6 wickets
| 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:...
118; 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...
6-65; Buckenham 6-58
|-
|21
| 23 Aug 1906
|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
|Innings and 84 runs
| Hallows 110
|-
|22
| 27 Aug 1906
|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
|10 wickets
| 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...
6-140; Lees 6-72
|-
|
County Championship batting averages
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="90%"|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !!100s
|-
|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:...
|| 14|| 27 || 886 ||118 || 34.07 || 2
|-
| 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 ||39 || 929|| 96 || 24.44 || 0
|-
|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....
||14|| 27 || 655 ||157 || 24.25 || 1
|-
|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....
|| 16|| 31 || 687 ||75 || 22.90 || 0
|-
|GM Buckston
George Buckston
George Moreton Buckston was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University in 1903, MCC and Derbyshire between 1905 and 1921....
||8 ||16 || 326|| 96 || 20.37 || 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....
||20 ||39 || 565|| 68 || 19.48 || 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...
|| 20|| 39 || 692|| 94 || 18.70 || 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...
|| 18 ||34 ||580 ||77 || 18.70 || 0
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|AE Lawton ||2 ||4 || 62 ||52 || 15.50 || 0
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|TH Hallam
Thomas Hallam
Thomas Haydn Hallam was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1906 and 1907....
||6 ||12 || 180|| 68 || 15.00 || 0
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|H Cooper
Herbert Cooper
Herbert Cooper was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire from 1905 to 1910...
||2 ||4 || 45 ||23 || 15.00 || 0
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|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...
||19|| 37 || 490|| 52 || 14.00 || 0
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|JH 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...
|| 1 ||2 || 11|| 9* ||11.00 || 0
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|FC Hunter
Frederic Hunter
Frederic Cecil Hunter was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire from 1905 to 1907...
||9 ||15 ||160 || 51 || 10.66 || 0
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|GG Walkden
George Walkden
George Godfrey Walkden was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1905 and 1906.Walkden was born at Derby. He made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1905 season in July against Nottinghamshire, when he made 27 runs in his first innings...
||1 ||1 || 8 || 8 || 8.00 || 0
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|FC Bracey
Frederick Bracey
Frederick Cecil Bracey was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire from 1906 to 1914...
||3 ||6 || 39 ||28 || 7.80 || 0
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|RB Rickman
Reginald Rickman
Reginald Binns Rickman was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1906 and 1911 and captained the side in 1908 and 1909....
||11|| 21 ||148 ||31 || 7.78 || 0
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|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....
||1 ||2 || 13 ||10 || 6.50 || 0
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|GR Gregory
George Gregory (cricketer)
George Robert Gregory was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire intermittently between 1899 and 1910....
|| 1|| 2 || 13|| 11 || 6.50 || 0
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|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...
|| 19 ||35 || 127 ||21 || 6.35|| 0
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|HF Purdy
Henry Purdy (cricketer)
Henry Fox Purdy was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1906 and 1919.Purdy was born at Brimington, Derbyshire, although his birth was registered as Henry Fox...
||8 ||16 || 100 || 21 || 6.25 || 0
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|F Webster
Frederick Webster
Frederick Webster was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1906.Webster was born in Eccleshall. He made one appearance for Derbyshire, during the 1906 season, against Lancashire...
||1 ||2 || 11 ||10 || 5.50|| 0
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|JA McDonald
John McDonald (cricketer)
John Archibald McDonald was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1905 and 1906....
||2 ||4 ||21 ||19 || 5.25 || 0
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|AP Boissier
Paul Boissier
Paul Boissier was an English schoolmaster who was headmaster of Harrow School, and a war time civil servant. He was a cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1901 and 1906....
||1 ||2 || 7 || 4 || 3.50 || 0
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|A Hogg
Arthur Hogg
Arthur Hogg was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1905 and 1906.Hogg was born in Pentrich, the son of John Hogg, a coal miner and his wife Ann. He made his first appearance for Derbyshire during the 1905 season in a match against Lancashire when he scored a...
||2 ||4 || 4 ||4 || 1.00 || 0
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|ND Todd
Norman Todd
Norman Douglas Todd was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1906 and 1908Todd was born at Hetton-le-Hole, County Durham. He made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1906 season, in a match in June against Northamptonshire, when he made no runs in either innings...
||1 ||2 || 0|| 0 || 0.00 || 0
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County Championship bowling averages
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! Name !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average
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|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...
|| 4489 ||2019 ||111|| 7-49 ||18.18
|-
|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...
|| 3780 ||2249 ||83|| 6-82 ||27.09
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|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...
||3358 ||1536 ||40|| 4-80|| 38.40
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|HF Purdy
Henry Purdy (cricketer)
Henry Fox Purdy was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1906 and 1919.Purdy was born at Brimington, Derbyshire, although his birth was registered as Henry Fox...
||1037 || 445 ||20|| 6-84 ||22.25
|-
|RB Rickman
Reginald Rickman
Reginald Binns Rickman was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1906 and 1911 and captained the side in 1908 and 1909....
||907 ||432 ||15|| 3-16 ||28.80
|-
|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...
|| 900 ||516|| 12|| 4-37|| 43.00
|-
|FC Hunter
Frederic Hunter
Frederic Cecil Hunter was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire from 1905 to 1907...
||170 ||148 ||4 ||2-18 ||37.00
|-
|FC Bracey
Frederick Bracey
Frederick Cecil Bracey was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire from 1906 to 1914...
|| 187 || 134|| 3|| 3-49|| 44.66
|-
|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:...
|| 270 ||166 ||3 ||2-12 ||55.33
|-
|JH 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...
|| 48 || 30 ||1|| 1-30 ||30.00
|-
|F Webster
Frederick Webster
Frederick Webster was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1906.Webster was born in Eccleshall. He made one appearance for Derbyshire, during the 1906 season, against Lancashire...
|| 126 || 65 ||1 ||1-65|| 65.00
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|AE Lawton || 72 || 41|| 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....
|| 42 || 15 ||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....
|| 6 ||0|| 0
|-
|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....
||5 || 8|| 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....
|| 4 ||4 || 0
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