| 1886 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Captain | Edmund Maynard | ||
| Most runs | William Chatterton | ||
| Most wickets | William Cropper "G G" Walker | ||
| Most catches | James Disney | ||
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Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1886 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for fifteen years and was the penultimate season before they lost first class status for seven years.
Derbyshire CCC played nine county games in 1886, and two other first class matches which were against MCC and Australians. Their only first class win was against MCC and the poor performance contributed to the club losing first class status at the end of the following year. They also played two non first class matches against Essex, which were both wins for Derbyshire and included a century for W Chatterton and 8 for 48 by Davidson
The captain for the year was Edmund Maynard. The top scorer was William Chatterton. William Cropper and "G G" Walker shared the top bowling spot.
George Davidson, who became one of Derbyshire's leading bowlers made his debut in 1886. James Stubbings and A S Sugden played for Derbyshire in the matches against Essex.
Several players made their final appearances for Derbyshire in the season. George Hay had first played in 1875 although he had played few games since 1880. William Wood-Sims and Joseph Marlow had first played in 1879 and Stephen Doughty in 1880. Ludford Docker who first played in 1881 went to Birmingham to set up the family firm and Alfred Cochrane who had played several games since 1884 tok up employment in Northumberland. Frank Sugg had also joined Derbyshire in 1884 but moved on to Lancashire. Joseph Chatterton, brother of William and a player of promise died at the age of 19 in November 1886.
| List of first class matches | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | V | Result | Margin | Notes |
| 1 | 13 May 1886 [1] | MCC Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood |
Won | Innings and 28 runs | W Attewell 6-69; GG Walker 6-26 |
| 2 | 27 May 1886 [2] | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester |
Drawn | A Watson 7-15 | |
| 3 | 07 Jun 1886 [3] | Australians County Ground, Derby |
Lost | 6 Wickets | G Giffen 7-41 and 9-60 |
| 4 | 17 Jun 1886 [4] | Yorkshire County Ground, Derby |
Lost | 3 Wickets | W Cropper 5-77 |
| 5 | 21 Jun 1886 [5] | Kent County Ground, Derby |
Lost | 173 runs | W Cropper 6-34; GG Hearne 5-34; J Wooton 5-52 |
| 6 | 05 Jul 1886 [6] | Surrey County Ground, Derby |
Lost | 157 runs | GG Walker 7-38 and 5-75; T Bowley 6-58 |
| 7 | 29 Jul 1886 [7] | Kent Mote Park, Maidstone |
Lost | Innings and 13 runs | J Wooton 6-41 |
| 8 | 02 Aug 1886 [8] | Gloucestershire County Ground, Derby |
Lost | 47 runs | W G Grace 6-34; W Woof 6-50 |
| 9 | 05 Aug 1886 [9] | Surrey Kennington Oval |
Lost | Innings 122 runs | W W Read 115; T Bowley 6-39; George Lohmann 5-50 |
| 10 | 16 Aug 1886 [10] | Lancashire County Ground, Derby |
Lost | 10 Wickets | A Watson 6-29 and 6-26 |
| 11 | 26 Aug 1886 [11] | Yorkshire Recreation Ground, Holbeck |
Lost | 121 runs | I Grimshaw 122; W Bates 106 5-30 and 5-45; |
| List of other matches | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | V | Result | Margin | Notes |
| 1 | 12 Jul 1886[12] | Essex County Ground, Derby |
Won | 46 runs | |
| 2 | 09 Aug 1886[13] | Essex County Ground, Leyton |
Won | Innings and 78 runs | |
| 3 | 23 Aug 1886 [14] | Burnley Cricket Club Turf Moor, Burnley |
Won | 8 wickets | 1 day match |
| Name | Am/ Pro |
Age | Hand | Matches | Inns | Runs | High score | Average | 100s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Chatterton | P | 23 | R | 13 | 25 | 462 | 97 | 21.00 | 0 |
| FH Sugg | P | 24 | R | 12 | 23 | 408 | 62 | 17.73 | 0 |
| LC Docker | A | 26 | R | 8 | 14 | 241 | 64 | 17.21 | 0 |
| W Cropper | 23 | R | 13 | 24 | 370 | 93 | 15.41 | 0 | |
| SH Evershed | A | 25 | R | 3 | 6 | 64 | 26 | 10.66 | 0 |
| E Coup | A | 25 | L | 7 | 14 | 124 | 3 | 9.53 | 0 |
| W Hall | A | 26 | R | 2 | 3 | 9 | 4* | 9.00 | 0 |
| George Davidson | P | 19 | R | 11 | 21 | 153 | 33* | 8.50 | 0 |
| J Marlow | 31 | R | 2 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 8.33 | 0 | |
| GG Walker | A | 25 | L | 14 | 26 | 184 | 39 | 8.00 | 0 |
| Walter Sugg | 26 | R | 6 | 12 | 95 | 23 | 7.91 | 0 | |
| EAJ Maynard | A | 25 | R | 10 | 19 | 110 | 23 | 6.47 | 0 |
| JD Chatterton | 19 | R | 8 | 16 | 74 | 21 | 5.28 | 0 | |
| WW Wood-Sims | A | 28 | R | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5.00 | 0 |
| WS Eadie | A | 21 | R | 5 | 9 | 42 | 13 | 4.66 | 0 |
| J Brelsford | A | 30 | R | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4.00 | 0 |
| S Doughty | 30 | R | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4.00 | 0 | |
| G Hay | A | 35 | R | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3.00 | 0 |
| JJ Disney | P | 26 | R | 12 | 21 | 27 | 6 | 1.92 | 0 |
| H Slater | 31 | R | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | |
| AHJ Cochrane | A | 21 | R | 8 | 15 | 59 | 9* | 0 | 0 |
William Chatterton, Frank Sugg, William Cropper, GG Walker and James Disney played first class matched for other teams during the season.
| Name | Hand | Balls | Runs | Wickets | BB | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W Cropper | L M | 2110 | 739 | 46 | 6-34 | 16.06 |
| GG Walker | L F & Sl | 2211 | 923 | 46 | 7-38 | 20.06 |
| George Davidson | R MF | 1731 | 627 | 39 | 9-42 | 16.50 |
| AHJ Cochrane | L M | 1236 | 479 | 30 | 5-19 | 15.96 |
| William Chatterton | R S | 1244 | 380 | 16 | 4-22 | 23.75 |
| Walter Sugg | R M | 516 | 214 | 11 | 3-45 | 19.45 |
| JD Chatterton | R Sl | 252 | 119 | 5 | 1-9 | 23.80 |
| S Doughty | R O | 70 | 31 | 3 | 3-28 | 10.33 |
| W Hall | R M | 48 | 22 | 1 | 1-18 | 22.00 |
| J Marlow | R M | 60 | 21 | 1 | 1-11 | 21.00 |
| SH Evershed | R M | 32 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| H Slater | R M | 32 | 14 | 0 | ||
| J Brelsford | R M | 40 | 19 | 0 |