Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1889

1889 season of an English cricket team

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1889 season
CaptainWilliam Chatterton
Most runsWilliam Chatterton
Most wicketsGeorge Davidson
Most catchesJames Disney
← 1888 1890 →

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1889 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing nineteen years. Derbyshire's matches were not considered to be first class in this season. The club had lost first class status after 1887 and did not regain it until 1894, the year before they joined the County Championship. However many of the players competed for the club earlier or subsequently at first-class level.

1889 season

Derbyshire played eleven games, all against sides that they had played in first class matches before 1888 or that joined the County Championship four years later. William Chatterton was in his third year as captain and was also top scorer making a century against Essex. George Davidson topped the bowling with 38 wickets.

Fred Spofforth, known as the "Demon Bowler" had toured England with the Australians in 1886, and afterwards chose to live in Derbyshire. The club tried to persuade the County Cricket Council to let him play for Derbyshire without waiting for the usual two years' residential qualification. Although the application was refused, in 1889 Yorkshire generously offered to waive the point so that Spofforth could play against them.[1] He did so in two matches in the 1889 season, repaying them in one game by taking fifteen of their wickets for 81 runs. In the 1890 season, with the residential qualification met, Spofforth was able not only to play for Derbyshire but to captain the side. Charles Evans who made his debut played on for Derbyshire into the County Championship in 1895. Frank Evershed one of the Evershed brothers and a rugby international played in his first season for Derbyshire, but never played a first class game. Joseph Burrows, George Maltby and Thomas Purdy all played in one career match for Derbyshire against the MCC and only Purdy returned the following year.

Matches

List of matches
No. Date V Result Margin Notes
1 20 May 1889[2] MCC
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood 		Won 1 wicket Hearne 6–16; West 6-29
2 10 Jun 1889[3] Yorkshire

County Ground, Derby 		Lost 54 runs FR Spofforth 7-45 and 8-36; Peel 6-24 and 8-43
3 17 Jun 1889[4] Essex
County Ground, Leyton 		Drawn W Chatterton 168; G Davidson 129; Burrell 5-56
4 20 Jun 1889[5] Surrey
Kennington Oval 		Lost Innings and 223 runs W Read 103; G Lohmann 5-42; T Bowley 6-48
5 24 Jun 1889[6] Leicestershire
County Ground, Derby 		Won Innings and 133 runs W Sugg 104; A Rylott 5–125; G Davidson 6-49
6 01 Jul 1889[7] Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham 		Lost 10 wickets Richardson 5-54; W Attewell 5-26
7 22 Jul 1889[8] Surrey
County Ground, Derby 		Lost 48 runs Beaumont 8-53; T Bowley 6-13
8 29 Jul 1889[9] Nottinghamshire
County Ground, Derby 		Lost Innings and 26 runs W Attewell 6-35 and 5-24; Richardson 6-36
9 05 Aug 1889[10] Yorkshire
Bramall Lane, Sheffield 		Drawn
10 08 Aug 1889[11] Leicestershire
Grace Road, Leicester 		Drawn G Davidson 6-47; J J Hulme 5-28
11 19 Aug 1889[12] Essex
County Ground, Derby 		Won 10 wickets Bishop 5-77; W Sugg 7-44

Statistics

Batting averages

Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s
C Evans 1 1 47 47 47.00 0
W Chatterton 11 18 500 168 27.78 1
G Davidson 11 18 389 129 21.61 1
W Sugg 10 17 318 104 18.71 1
SH Evershed 8 13 234 79 18.00 0
LG Wright 6 11 168 59 15.27 0
J J Hulme 10 16 192 61 12.00 0
W S Eadie 8 13 149 51 11.46 0
W Storer 2 3 32 14 10.67 0
HC Mosby[13] 8 14 129 32 9.21 0
F Evershed 3 5 39 14 7.80 0
E Evershed 5 8 53 16 7.67 0
GG Walker 10 15 115 34 6.76 0
JR Burrows[14] 1 2 9 7 4.50 0
GA Maltby[15] 1 2 9 8 4.50 0
T Purdy[16] 1 2 9 7 4.5 0
F R Spofforth 2 2 8 4 4.00 0
G Ratcliffe 1 2 0 0 0.00 0
G Porter 1 2 4 4 2.00 0
W Hall 11 17 157 34 9.24 0
JJ Disney 10 14 11 3 0.79 0

Bowling averages

Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average
G Davidson 1893 643 38 6-47 16.92
J J Hulme 1079 451 27 5-28 16.70
HC Mosby 432 159 11 3-28 14.45
W Hall 975 319 18 4-32 17.72
W Chatterton 782 280 18 4-80 15.56
GG Walker 960 412 16 4-28 25.75
FR Spofforth 265 81 15 8-36 5.40
W Sugg 174 67 10 7-44 6.70
G Porter 135 43 4 2-11 10.75
SH Evershed 30 15 0

Wicket Keeper

See also

References

  1. ^ W.T. Taylor History of Derbyshire cricket Wisden 1953
  2. ^ Cricket Archive - Marylebone Cricket Club v Derbyshire 20 May 1889
  3. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire 10 Jun 1889
  4. ^ Cricket Archive - Essex v Derbyshire 17 Jun 1889
  5. ^ Cricket Archive - Surrey v Derbyshire 20 Jun 1889
  6. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Leicestershire 24 Jun 1889
  7. ^ Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 01 Jul 1889
  8. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Surrey 22 Jul 1889
  9. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 29 Jul 1889
  10. ^ Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire 05 Aug 1889
  11. ^ Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire 08 Aug 1889
  12. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Essex 19 Aug 1889
  13. ^ Herbert Mosby at Cricket Archive
  14. ^ Joseph Burrows at Cricket Archive
  15. ^ George Maltby at Cricket Archive
  16. ^ Thomas Purdy at Cricket Archive
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