Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1897 season
CaptainSydney Evershed
County Championship14
Most runsLevi Wright
Most wicketsGeorge Davidson
Most catchesWilliam Storer
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Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1897 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for twenty-six years. It was their third season in the County Championship and they came fourteenth after failing to win a match, though they were exceptionally unlucky in losing by a single wicket to power clubs Lancashire and Yorkshire and being robbed by time of victory over Leicestershire late in the season.

1897 season

Derbyshire played sixteen games in the County Championship and one against MCC. They did not win a match in the season, losing ten. They were missing two key bowlers: John Hulme, who had taken most wickets in 1896, did not play at all during the season; and George Porter, who underwent surgery in 1896 and retired from the game.

Sydney Evershed was in his seventh season as captain. Levi Wright was top scorer, overtaking Bagshaw's lead in the Championship with a good performance against MCC. George Davidson took most wickets but, apart from three matches on sticky wickets against Lancashire, Warwickshire and Yorkshire, was never difficult, and of the others only wicket-keeper Storer ever took five wickets in one innings.

Of those who made their debuts in the season, Arnold Warren went on to play for the club for 23 years and represented England in 1905, and Maynard Ashcroft, a doctor, went on to become club captain. Most of the remaining newcomers were from mining families. Frank Davidson, Joseph Hancock and William Wilmot each played over several more seasons but more or less occasionally. James Cross, Herbert Bostock, Dick Steeples and Edward Houseman all appeared only in the 1897 season, Cross playing nine matches, Bostock four, Steeples three and Houseman one. Cross and Steeples filled in for the lack of bowling, while Bostock achieved a high average in his three games.

Matches

List of matches
No. Date V Result Margin Notes
1 10 May 1897[1] Lancashire
County Ground, Derby 		Lost Innings and 220 runs Ward 162; Mold 6-55 and 6-29
2 24 May 1897[2] Surrey
Kennington Oval 		Lost Innings and 3 runs H Bagshaw 114; W Storer 5-40; Richardson 5-82
3 31 May 1897[3] Warwickshire
County Ground, Derby 		Drawn G Davidson 6-62
4 03 Jun 1897[4] Lancashire
Aigburth, Liverpool 		Lost 1 wicket Briggs 8-70; G Davidson 6-22
5 07 Jun 1897[5] Hampshire
County Ground, Southampton 		Drawn Lacey 121; H Bagshaw 105
6 10 Jun 1897[6] MCC
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood 		Lost 2 wickets Trott 6-47; Mead 5-67
7 14 Jun 1897[7] Yorkshire
County Ground, Derby 		Lost 1 wicket W Storer 104; Peel 5-47
8 28 Jun 1897[8] Essex
County Ground, Leyton 		Lost 7 wickets W Chatterton 120; Bull 7-93 and 6-63
9 05 Jul 1897[9] Nottinghamshire
County Ground, Derby 		Drawn Gunn 152;
10 19 Jul 1897[10] Essex
County Ground, Derby 		Drawn SH Evershed 112; Bull 6-137
11 22 Jul 1897[11] Leicestershire
Grace Road, Leicester 		Lost 5 wickets Stocks 5-49; Woodcock 5-106
12 26 Jul 1897[12] Surrey
County Ground, Derby 		Lost 10 wickets Key 130; Richardson 6-52; Lees 5-63
13 02 Aug 1897[13] Hampshire
County Ground, Derby 		Lost 186 runs
14 09 Aug 1897[14] Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham 		Drawn Gunn 230; LG Wright 133; G Davidson 121
15 16 Aug 1897[15] Leicestershire
County Ground, Derby 		Drawn H Bagshaw 124
16 19 Aug 1897[16] Yorkshire
Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford 		Lost 5 wickets Haigh 6-18 and 5-62; G Davidson 6-23; Wainwright 5-39
17 30 Aug 1897[17] Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham 		Drawn

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s
G Davidson 16 27 745 121 31.04 1
H Bagshaw 15 28 825 124 30.55 3
W Chatterton 14 24 661 120 27.54 1
LG Wright 16 28 765 133 27.32 1
H Bostock 3 4 54 36 27.00 0
W Storer 16 28 688 104* 26.46 1
SH Evershed 14 25 647 112 25.88 1
EM Ashcroft 7 12 222 99 22.20 0
WB Delacombe 3 3 43 23* 21.50 0
W Sugg 15 25 451 84 18.04 0
GG Walker 4 6 52 27* 10.40 0
J Cross 8 13 81 29* 9.00 0
HG Curgenven 4 7 57 26 8.14 0
T Gould 5 9 47 16* 6.71 0
JH Purdy 1 2 6 6* 6.00 0
W Wilmot 3 4 21 20 5.25 0
JW Hancock 16 26 89 16 5.23 0
A Warren 9 13 58 19* 4.83 0
R Steeples 3 5 20 16 4.00 0
EO Houseman 1 2 4 4 2.00 0
GA Marsden 1 2 1 1 0.50 0
JP Hall 1 2 0 0 0.00 0
F Davidson 1 0 0 [18]
Leading first-class batsmen for Derbyshire by runs scored
Name Mat Inns Runs HS Ave 100
LG Wright 17 30 888 133 29.60 (a) 1
H Bagshaw 16 30 861 124 28.70 (a) 3
G Davidson 17 29 802 121 27.66 (a) 1
W Storer 17 30 720 104* 26.00 (a) 1
W Chatterton 15 26 682 120 26.23 (a) 1

(a) Figures adjusted for non Championship match

County Championship bowling averages

Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average
G Davidson 3896 1254 56 6-22 22.39
JW Hancock 2268 1126 46 4-35 24.47
W Storer 1035 614 22 5-40 27.90
W Chatterton 1292 476 21 3-38 22.66
J Cross 1691 574 18 4-68 31.88
T Gould 410 205 9 4-45 22.77
R Steeples 530 214 9 4-73 23.77
GG Walker 632 321 9 4-44 35.66
H Bagshaw 463 195 6 2-43 32.50
A Warren 586 316 5 1-1 63.20
HG Curgenven 90 61 2 2-25 30.50
JH Purdy 50 20 0
W Sugg 50 33 0
SH Evershed 30 5 0
EM Ashcroft 90 43 0
JP Hall 45 33 0
WB Delacombe 48 27 0
F Davidson 50 24 0
LG Wright 10 5 0 [19]
Leading first class bowlers for Derbyshire by wickets taken
Name Balls Runs Wkts BBI Ave
G Davidson 4146 1352 58 6-22 23.31 (a)
JW Hancock 2456 1214 51 4-35 23.80 (a)
W Chatterton 1387 524 26 3-38 20.15 (a)
W Storer 1049 632 22 5-40 28.72 (a)
J Cross 1831 634 21 4-68 30.19 (a)

(a) Figures adjusted for non Championship match

Wicket Keeping

See also

References

  1. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire10 May 1897
  2. ^ Cricket Archive - Surrey v Derbyshire 24 May 1897
  3. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Warwickshire 31 May 1897
  4. ^ Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire 03 Jun 1897
  5. ^ Cricket Archive - Hampshire v Derbyshire 07 Jun 1897
  6. ^ Cricket Archive - Marylebone Cricket Club v Derbyshire 10 Jun 1897
  7. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire 14 Jun 1897
  8. ^ Cricket Archive - Essex v Derbyshire 28 Jun 1897
  9. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 05 Jul 1897
  10. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Essex 19 Jul 1897
  11. ^ Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire 22 Jul 1897
  12. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Surrey 26 Jul 1897
  13. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Hampshire 02 Aug 1897
  14. ^ Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 09 Aug 1897
  15. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Leicestershire 16 Aug 1897
  16. ^ Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire 19 Aug 1897
  17. ^ Cricket Archive - Warwickshire v Derbyshire 30 Aug 1897
  18. ^ Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1897
  19. ^ Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1897
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