Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1896

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1896 season
CaptainSydney Evershed
County Championship7
Most runsWilliam Storer
Most wicketsJohn Hulme
Most catchesWilliam Storer
← 1895 1897 →

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1896 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for twenty five years. It was their second season in the County Championship and they came seventh.

1896 season

Derbyshire played 16 games in the County Championship, one match against MCC and one against the touring Australians. They won five matches in the County Championship and six matches altogether. Brewer's son Sydney Evershed was in his sixth season as captain. William Storer was top scorer, as well as keeping wicket and bowling to take 15 wickets. John Hulme took most wickets with 77 in the County Championship.

In a season marked by a number of high scores, with centuries both for and against Derbyshire Storer and George Davidson produced notable batting performances during the season. Davidson made 274 against Lancashire at Manchester which remains the Derbyshire individual batting record. In the same innings Chatterton and Storer also scored centuries. Against Yorkshire Storer hit centuries in each innings—a feat performed previously only by W. G. Grace, A. E. Stoddart and George Brann, giving him a season's batting average of over 57. Bagshaw added a third century against Yorkshire in the same match.

Of those who made their debuts in the season, Thomas Gould and Henry Curgenven also played in 1897. John Purdy and Charles Middleton played more seasons, but only occasionally. Walter Butterfield played only two matches in 1896 and Frank Bingham just one.

Matches

List of matches
No. Date V Result Margin Notes
1 14 May 1896 [1] Surrey
At County Ground, Derby 		Lost Innings and 15 runs Hayward 229
2 18 May 1896 [2] Nottinghamshire
At Trent Bridge 		Lost 7 wickets Gunn 135
3 25 May 1896 [3] Hampshire
At County Ground, Southampton 		Won 7 wickets Ward 113
4 28 May 1896 [4] MCC
At Lord's 		Won 1 wicket W Attewell 5-38; G Porter 5-50
5 04 Jun 1896 [5] Surrey
At Kennington Oval 		Lost Innings and 57 runs R Abel 109; G Lohmann 6-51
6 08 Jun 1896 [6] Lancashire
At County Ground, Derby 		Lost 37 runs JJ Hulme 6-57; A Mold 5-58 and 7-46; G Davidson 5-49
7 15 Jun 1896 [7] Nottinghamshire
At County Ground, Derby 		Drawn Gunn 207*; Hardstaffe 8-53
8 25 Jun 1896 [8] Yorkshire
At County Ground, Derby 		Drawn W Storer 100 and 100*; H Bagshaw 115
9 29 Jun 1896 [9] Leicestershire
At Grace Road, Leicestershire 		Won Innings and 147 runs W Storer 142; G Davidson 6-53
10 02 Jul 1896 [10] Yorkshire
Bramall Lane, Sheffield 		Lost 9 wickets Denton 113; W Storer 122; JJ Hulme 5-80; S Haigh 6-45 and 6-70
11 06 Jul 1896 [11] Leicestershire
At County Ground, Derby 		Drawn H Bagshaw 121; Pougher 114
12 13 Jul 1896 [12] Warwickshire
At County Ground, Derby 		Won 10 wickets R Lilley 132 and 6-46; G Davidson 5-62; JJ Hulme 7-44
13 20 Jul 1896 [13] Australians
At County Ground, Derby 		Drawn Trott 141; Donnan 167; Hill 130; G Giffen 5-123
14 23 Jul 1896 [14] Essex
At County Ground, Leyton 		Drawn W Chatterton 111
15 03 Aug 1896 [15] Hampshire
At County Ground, Derby 		Won 8 wickets Kitchener 6-59
16 10 Aug 1896 [16] Lancashire
At Old Trafford, Manchester 		Drawn W Chatterton 104; G Davidson 274; W Storer 116; J Briggs 6–185; JJ Hulme 5-94
17 17 Aug 1896 [17] Essex
At County Ground, Derby 		Lost 201 runs JJ Hulme 6-98; Bull 5-68
18 24 Aug 1896 [18] Warwickshire
At Edgbaston 		Drawn G Davidson 8-70

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s
W Storer 15 22 1091 142* 57.42 5
G Davidson 16 24 953 274 43.31 1
W Chatterton 16 26 890 111 40.45 2
H Bagshaw 13 20 628 121 34.88 2
SH Evershed 13 19 637 88 33.52 0
LG Wright 15 23 580 94 25.21 0
W Sugg 16 25 486 88 20.25 0
T Gould 2 1 16 16 16.00 0
GA Marsden 14 19 237 37 15.80 0
JJ Hulme 16 22 237 51* 11.85 0
W S Eadie 2 3 31 18 10.33 0
HG Curgenven 5 5 45 19 9.00 0
G Porter 14 20 112 55 7.00 0
JW Bennett 4 6 30 18 5.00 0
WB Delacombe 2 3 9 7 4.50 0
JH Purdy 5 6 13 10* 3.25 0
J Brooks 2 4 6 6 3.00 0
W Butterfield 2 4 11 7 2.75 0
J Goodall 1 1 2 2 2.00 0
GG Walker 2 3 8 8* – 0
JP Hall 1 1 0 0 – 0 [19]

Additionally C Middleton and FM Bingham played in the non County Championship match against MCC. Middleton failed to score, but Bingham made seventeen runs in what was his only match for the club.

County Championship bowling averages

Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average
JJ Hulme 4555 1690 77 7-44 21.94
G Davidson 4721 1502 68 8-70 22.08
G Porter 2568 1029 29 4-56 35.48
W Storer 681 408 15 4-48 27.20
JH Purdy 462 203 8 3-53 25.37
JW Bennett 535 236 6 2-37 39.33
W Chatterton 205 107 3 2-16 35.66
W Sugg 355 274 3 2-19 91.33
H Bagshaw 360 177 3 2-38 59.00
HG Curgenven 220 119 2 1-16 59.50
W Butterfield 35 20 1 1-10 20.00
JP Hall 85 39 1 1-21 39.00
GG Walker 160 96 2 1-30 48.00
J Brooks 157 127 1 1-88 127.00
T Gould 55 20 0
LG Wright 5 1 0[20]

Wicket Keeping

Name Matches Catches Stumpings
William Storer 15 26 3
Levi Wright 7 1

See also

References

  1. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Surrey 14 May 1896
  2. ^ Cricket Archive Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 18 May 1896
  3. ^ Cricket Archive Hampshire v Derbyshire 25 May 1896
  4. ^ Cricket Archive Marylebone Cricket Club v Derbyshire 28 May 1896
  5. ^ Cricket Archive Surrey v Derbyshire 04 Jun 1896
  6. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Lancashire 08 Jun 1896
  7. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 15 Jun 1896
  8. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Yorkshire 25 Jun 1896
  9. ^ Cricket Archive Leicestershire v Derbyshire 29 Jun 1896
  10. ^ Cricket ArchiveYorkshire v Derbyshire 02 Jul 1896
  11. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Leicestershire 06 Jul 1896
  12. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Warwickshire 13 Jul 1896
  13. ^ Cricket ArchiveDerbyshire v Australians 20 Jul 1896
  14. ^ Cricket Archive Essex v Derbyshire 23 Jul 1896
  15. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Hampshire 03 Aug 1896
  16. ^ Cricket Archive Lancashire v Derbyshire 10 Aug 1896
  17. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Essex County 17 Aug 1896
  18. ^ Cricket Archive Warwickshire v Derbyshire 24 Aug 1896
  19. ^ Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1896
  20. ^ Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1896