Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1900

Derbyshire County 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.

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1900 season
CaptainSamuel Hill Wood
County Championship13
Most runsWilliam Storer
Most wicketsJohn Hulme
Most catchesWilliam Storer

1900 season

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Derbyshire played eighteen games in the County Championship 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.

Matches

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List of first-class matches
No. Date V Result Margin Notes
1 10 May 1900[1] Lancashire
Old Trafford, Manchester
Lost 96 runs J O'Connor 5-56 and 5-69; Webb 6-25; Mold 5-20
2 17 May 1900[2] Surrey
County Ground, Derby
Lost 10 wickets LG Wright 134; Hayward 120; WC Smith 5-50; Lees 7-38
3 21 May 1900[3] Yorkshire
Bramall Lane, Sheffield
Drawn Rhodes 7-72
4 24 May 1900[4] MCC
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
Won 107 runs W Storer 175; A Hearne 5-38
5 28 May 1900[5] Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Lost 5 wickets Gunn 6-76; Wass 6-58
6 04 Jun 1900[6] Hampshire
County Ground, Southampton
Won 177 runs Soar 5-76; H Bagshaw 5-27; Baldwin 5-31
7 07 Jun 1900[7] London County Cricket Club
Crystal Palace Park
Lost 5 wickets Braund 7-52; JH Young 5-65; Trott 6-68
8 14 Jun 1900[8] London County Cricket Club
County Ground, Derby
Drawn JJ Hulme 6-27; Sladen 5-50
9 21 Jun 1900[9] Warwickshire
North Road Ground, Glossop
Drawn
10 25 Jun 1900[10] Yorkshire

County Ground, Derby
Lost Innings and 24 runs Rhodes 7-32; Haigh 6-54
11 28 Jun 1900[11] Essex
County Ground, Leyton
Drawn LG Wright 170; W Storer 176; Carpenter 112; McGahey 122; JJ Hulme 5-125
12 02 Jul 1900[12] Worcestershire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Won 57 runs Wilson 6-55; W Bestwick 5-53 and 5-34; JJ Hulme 5-54
13 23 Jul 1900[13] Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Drawn Devey 256; Kinneir 156
14 26 Jul 1900[14] Leicestershire
County Ground, Derby
Drawn AE Lawton 124; JH King 121; CJB Wood 116; Geeson 7-107
15 30 Jul 1900[15] Lancashire
North Road Ground, Glossop
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[16] Hampshire
County Ground, Derby
Drawn
17 09 Aug 1900[17] Worcestershire
County Ground, New Road, Worcester
Drawn W Storer 114
18 13 Aug 1900[18] Essex
County Ground, Derby
Drawn HA Carpenter 151; TM Russell 139; EM Ashcroft 139; Mead 5-57; Reeves 5-44; W Bestwick 7-114
19 20 Aug 1900[19] Nottinghamshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Lost 165 runs Wass 5-62
20 27 Aug 1900[20] Leicestershire
Grace Road, Leicester
Lost Innings and 34 runs CJB Wood 147; Woodcock 5-24
21 30 Aug 1900[21] Surrey
Kennington Oval
Drawn R Abel 193; DLA Jephson 213


List of other matches
No. Date V Result Margin Notes
1 19 Jul 1900[22] West Indies
County Ground, Derby
Drawn Goodman 104; Cox 5-61; JJ Hulme 6-76

Statistics

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County Championship batting averages

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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 [23]
Leading first-class batsmen for Derbyshire by runs scored
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.

County Championship bowling averages

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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 [24]
Leading first class bowlers for Derbyshire by wickets taken
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

Wicket Keeping

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See also

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References

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