Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1901

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1901 season
Captain	Samuel Hill Wood
County Championship	15
Most runs	Levi Wright
Most wickets	Billy Bestwick
Most catches	William Storer
← 1900	1902 →

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1901 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for thirty years. It was their seventh season in the County Championship and they failed to win a single match, ending bottom of the Championship table.

1901 season

Derbyshire CCC played twenty games in the County Championship in 1901 in addition to matches against W.G. Grace's London County Cricket Club, MCC and the touring South Africans. Derbyshire failed to win any first class match during the season.

The captain for the year was Samuel Hill Wood in his third season as captain. However he only took part in five matches and Albert Lawton filled the role on the pitch. Levi Wright was top scorer making two centuries, one of 193. Billy Bestwick took 71 wickets.

Gilbert Curgenven made his debut for the side as did Robert Else who only played in two seasons. Joseph Burton, Arthur Barton, James Oldknow and Arthur Morton made their only appearances for the side during the 1901 season.

Nudger Needham captained the English football team in 1901.

Matches

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	13 May 1901 ^[1]	London County Cricket Club Crystal Palace Park	Lost	Innings and 119 runs	Not a County Championship match Beldam 125; Fishwick 103; Sinclair 8-32; JJ Hulme 5-61
2	16 May 1901 ^[2]	Surrey Kennington Oval	Lost	Innings and 111 runs	Hayward 158; Jephson 133; W Bestwick 7-97; Lockwood 7-57; Richardson 6-67
3	20 May 1901 ^[3]	Yorkshire Fartown, Huddersfield	Lost	Innings and 282 runs	Tunnicliffe 145; Brown 5-33; Hirst 7-43
4	23 May 1901 ^[4]	MCC Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	Lost	9 wickets	Not a County Championship match Hearne 7-67; Rawlin 5-28
5	27 May 1901 ^[5]	Hampshire County Ground, Southampton	Lost	2 wickets	S Evershed 123; Greig 6-38; Llewellyn 5-76; W Bestwick 6-71
6	30 May 1901 ^[6]	Surrey County Ground, Derby	Lost	5 wickets	Lees 5-47; JJ Hulme 5-71
7	06 Jun 1901 ^[7]	South Africans County Ground, Derby	Lost	5 wickets	Not a County Championship match Bisset 184; Graham 6-84 and 5-47
8	10 Jun 1901 ^[8]	Essex County Ground, Leyton	Drawn		Owen 106; Perrin 101; Reeves 6-46
9	13 Jun 1901 ^[9]	Worcestershire County Ground, New Road, Worcester	Lost	Innings and 49 runs	Wilson 6-55
10	17 Jun 1901 ^[10]	Gloucestershire Ashley Down Ground, Bristol	Drawn		L Wright 155; W Chatterton 169; Langdon 114; Huggins 6-100
11	20 Jun 1901 ^[11]	Warwickshire County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Willie Quaife 117;
12	27 Jun 1901 ^[12]	Yorkshire North Road Ground, Glossop	Lost	245 runs	Wainwright 108; W Bestwick 7-70; Haigh 5-55
13	01 Jul 1901 ^[13]	London County Cricket Club Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		Not a County Championship match W Storer 5-20
14	15 Jul 1901 ^[14]	Nottinghamshire County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Gunn 273; L Wright 193; Jones 6-93
15	18 Jul 1901 ^[15]	Leicestershire North Road Ground, Glossop	Lost	Innings and 20 runs	King 143; MacDonald 147; Geeson 104; Geeson 6-128 and 6-111
16	22 Jul 1901 ^[16]	Gloucestershire County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Paish 6-120
17	29 Jul 1901 ^[17]	Lancashire County Ground, Derby	Lost	Innings and 184 runs	Ward 117; Tyldesley 158; JJ Hulme 6-135; Cuttell 7-19; Webb 5-58
18	05 Aug 1901 ^[18]	Hampshire At County Ground, Derby	Lost	5 wickets	Sprot 130; Llewellyn 5-108; JJ Hulme 5-73; W Bestwick 5-89
19	08 Aug 1901 ^[19]	Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester	Drawn
20	12 Aug 1901 ^[20]	Nottinghamshire Welbeck Abbey Cricket Ground	Lost	Innings and 159 runs	Iremonger 108; Wass 8-17 and 5-23; Gunn 5-14
21	15 Aug 1901 ^[21]	Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham	Lost	Innings and 52 runs	Fishwick 140*; Charlesworth 6-45
22	19 Aug 1901 ^[22]	Worcestershire County Ground, Derby	Lost	Innings and 121 runs	H Foster 152; Bowley 140; R Foster 111; Wilson 6-57; Pearson 5-48
23	22 Aug 1901 ^[23]	Essex Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	9 wickets	Carpenter 144; Russell 100; Mead 6-97; Young 7-48
24	29 Aug 1901 ^[24]	Leicestershire Aylestone Road, Leicester	Drawn		King 5-65

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

Name	Matches	Inns	Runs	High score	Average	100s
SH Evershed	1	2	132	123	66.00	1
LG Wright	19	37	1239	193	33.48	2
W Wilmot	3	5	93	25*	31.00	0
W Chatterton	20	38	987	169	29.90	1
H Bagshaw	10	19	514	92*	28.55	0
AE Lawton	20	37	921	91	25.58	0
W Storer	20	38	932	76	25.18	0
W Sugg	4	8	174	59	24.85	0
W Locker	12	23	458	76	19.91	0
JP Burton	7	12	200	51*	18.18	0
A Warren	8	15	233	37	17.92	0
E Needham	14	25	422	72	16.88	0
SH Wood	5	9	133	54*	16.62	0
G Curgenven	7	13	125	27*	12.50	0
JJ Hulme	20	36	297	38*	9.28	0
JH Young	10	18	120	24	9.23	0
EM Ashcroft	2	4	36	22	9.00	0
W Ellis	2	4	27	9	9.00	0
GR Gregory	2	4	33	16	8.25	0
SWA Cadman	3	6	32	13*	6.40	0
D Bottom	1	2	9	9	4.50	0
W Bestwick	17	31	83	11	4.36	0
A Barton	3	6	24	7	4.00	0
FA Barrs	1	2	7	7	3.50	0
W Birkett	3	6	14	10	2.33	0
J Oldknow	2	4	7	4*	2.33	0
R Else	1	2	3	2	1.50	0
JH Purdy	1	2	3	2	1.50	0
A Morton	1	2	0	0	0.00	0
JA Berwick	1	2	0	0	0.00	0

Paul Boissier and Oswald Burton played in the match against MCC, but not in the County Championship.

County Championship bowling averages

Name	Balls	Runs	Wickets	BB	Average
W Bestwick	4159	1947	71	7-70	27.42
JJ Hulme	4847	2231	53	6-135	42.09
W Storer	1868	1444	28	4-121	51.57
AE Lawton	966	587	10	2-16	58.70
JH Young	783	408	7	2-11	58.28
A Warren	894	592	7	3-60	84.57
H Bagshaw	440	254	5	4-75	50.80
W Chaterton	282	121	4	2-2	30.25
J Oldknow	252	162	4	3-123	40.50
G Curgenven	324	243	4	2-45	60.75
JA Berwick	186	107	3	2-28	35.66
SWA Cadman	239	100	2	1-6	50.00
EM Ashcroft	78	40	1	1-9	40.00
W Sugg	102	43	1	1-19	43.00
JA Berwick	102	55	0
A Barton	84	61	0
LG Wright	60	18	0
SH Wood	48	14	0
D Bottom	36	12	0
JH Purdy	30	9	0
W Ellis	24	19	0
A Morton	18	14	0
FA Barrs	12	12	0

County Championship Wicket keeping

W Storer Matches 18 Catches 21, Stumping 3
W Wilmot Matches 3 Catches 8

References

[1] Cricket Archive London County v Derbyshire 13 May 1901

[2] Cricket Archive Surrey v Derbyshire 16 May 1901

[3] Cricket Archive Yorkshire v Derbyshire20 May 1901

[4] Cricket Archive MCC v Derbyshire 23 May 1901

[5] Cricket Archive Hampshire v Derbyshire 27 May 1901

[6] Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Surrey 30 May 1901

[7] Cricket Archive Derbyshire v South Africans 06 Jun 1901

[8] Cricket Archive Essex v Derbyshire10 Jun 1901

[9] Cricket Archive Worcestershire v Derbyshire 13 Jun 1901

[10] Cricket Archive Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 17 Jun 1901

[11] Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Warwickshire 20 Jun 1901

[12] Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Yorkshire 27 Jun 1901

[13] Cricket Archive Derbyshire v London County 01 Jul 1901

[14] Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 15 Jul 1901

[15] Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Leicestershire 18 Jul 1901

[16] Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 22 Jul 1901

[17] Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Lancashire 29 Jul 1901

[18] Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Hampshire 05 Aug 1901

[19] Cricket Archive Lancashire v Derbyshire 08 Aug 1901

[20] Cricket Archive Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 12 Aug 1901

[21] Cricket Archive Warwickshire v Derbyshire 15 Aug 1901

[22] Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Worcestershire 19 Aug 1901

[23] Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Essex 22 Aug 1901

[24] Cricket Archive Leicestershire v Derbyshire 29 Aug 1901

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