Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1910 season
CaptainJohn Chapman
County Championship15
Most runsErnest Needham
Most wicketsArthur Morton
Most catchesJoe Humphries
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Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1910 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for thirty nine years. It was their sixteenth season in the County Championship and they won two matches to finish fifteenth in the Championship table.

1910 season

Derbyshire played twenty two matches, all in the County Championship and won two and lost fourteen. Their two victories were courtesy of Leicestershire. John Chapman was in his first year as captain. Ernest Needham scored most runs, and Arthur Morton took most wickets.

Among the draws, the season produced one of the most memorable matches against Warwickshire at Blackwell in 1910 and not just a Derbyshire record 9th wicket partnership, but a world record 9th wicket partnership of 283 which still stands. At lunch time on the last day Derbyshire with eight second innings wickets down, were far behind Warwickshire's first innings score and Warwickshire looked certain of a comfortable win. Chapman and Arnold Warren were batting. William Taylor wrote "In view of their strong position, Warwickshire, I knew, were hoping to catch an early afternoon train, and, in conversation during the interval, I remarked to their fast bowler, Frank Field: You look like catching your train all right, Frank. The reply was, I'm not so sure about that, Mr. Taylor. These chaps are pretty good bats, you know. How right he was. Chapman and Warren made their runs in less than three hours and Warwickshire had to be content with a draw."[1] Chapman scored 165 and Arnold Warren 123.

Fred Root who became an international player and played five seasons for Derbyshire made his debut in 1910. Henry Jelf who retired from the navy played occasional games in this and the following season. Bertie Corbett, James Handford and Stanley Holden made their debuts and played a few games but only in the 1910 season. Charles Newcombe, who died in the war and Arthur Marsden who died six years later at St Pancras, played their only first class games in the season.

Matches

List of matches
No. Date V Result Margin Notes
1 5 May 1910[2] Surrey
Kennington Oval 		Drawn W Smith 8–35; A Morton 6–71
2 9 May 1910[3] Sussex
County Ground, Derby 		Lost 8 wickets A Warren 6–64
3 12 May 1910[4] Lancashire
North Road Ground, Glossop 		Lost 128 runs Huddleston 8–31; A Morton 5–69
4 16 May 1910[5] Essex
County Ground, Leyton 		Lost 4 wickets G Curgenven 100; Tremlin 5–42; Mead 6–71
5 19 May 1910[6] Sussex
The Saffrons, Eastbourne 		Drawn Cox 6–52; SWA Cadman 5–36; Relf 5–68
6 26 May 1910[7] Yorkshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Lost Innings and 142 runs Rothery 134; Denton 182
7 2 Jun 1910[8] Kent
County Ground, Derby 		Lost 304 runs Seymour 124; Hutchings 122; Blythe 6–36; A Warren 8–152; Wooley 5–35
8 9 Jun 1910[9] Surrey
County Ground, Derby 		Lost 10 wickets Hobbs 133; W Smith 7–36; A Warren 5–94; Lees 5–41
9 18 Jun 1910[10] Warwickshire
Miners Welfare Ground, Blackwell 		Drawn Charlesworth 216; A Warren 123; J Chapman 165; Foster 5–62;
10 25 Jun 1910[11] Northamptonshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Lost 130 runs A Morton 5–142 and 5–76; Thompson 6–75 and 6–47
11 2 Jul 1910[12] Leicestershire
County Ground, Derby 		Won 6 wickets A Warren 6–59
12 7 Jul 1910[13] Kent
Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend 		Lost 6 wickets Blythe 6–60 and 5–63; A Warren 5–71
13 11 Jul 1910[14] Leicestershire
Aylestone Road, Leicester 		Won 42 runs E Needham 159; L Oliver 104; Coe 101; Jayes 6–72; A Morton 6–50
14 14 Jul 1910[15] Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham 		Drawn A Morton 7–90 and 5–150
15 18 Jul 1910[16] Hampshire
County Ground, Southampton 		Lost Innings and 15 runs A Morton 7–144; Newman 7–77
16 25 Jul 1910[17] Yorkshire
Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford 		Lost Innings and 101 runs Hirst 5–35; Booth 5–34; Rhodes 5–5
17 1 Aug 1910[18] Essex
County Ground, Derby 		Lost 271 runs A Morton 6–83; Buckenham 6–49 and 5–31; A Warren 5–86
18 4 Aug 1910[19] Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham 		Lost 143 runs A Warren 5–81; Foster 6–65 and 6–51
19 8 Aug 1910[20] Hampshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Lost 102 runs White 117; A Morton 8–117
20 13 Aug 1910[21] Northamptonshire
County Ground, Northampton 		Lost 6 wickets SWA Cadman 6–80; Wells 5–55
21 18 Aug 1910[22] Nottinghamshire
Miners Welfare Ground, Blackwell 		Drawn G Curgenven 109
22 22 Aug 1910[23] Lancashire
Aigburth, Liverpool 		Drawn 34 overs played for 38 runs

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s
G Curgenven 7 11 371 109 33.72 2
R Sale 4 8 207 69 29.57 0
T Forrester 10 16 297 78 22.84 0
E Needham 22 42 889 159 21.68 1
J Chapman 20 36 713 165 20.97 1
A Morton 22 41 773 89 20.34 0
SWA Cadman 20 40 753 84 19.30 0
AE Lawton 1 2 37 36 18.50 0
FA Newton 12 23 333 87 16.65 0
A Warren 22 41 610 123 16.48 1
L Oliver 17 30 420 104* 15.55 1
J Humphries 21 35 369 65 15.37 0
HFD Jelf 5 10 133 37 13.30 0
RB Rickman 7 11 113 34 11.30 0
CF Root 8 11 100 49 11.11 0
G Grainger 1 2 11 10* 11.00 0
H Cooper 1 2 21 14 10.50 0
GR Gregory 1 1 10 10 10.00 0
J Handford 9 17 137 23 9.78 0
TA Higson 3 6 49 36 8.16 0
WT Taylor 2 4 29 10 7.25 0
J Bowden 5 9 63 30 7.00 0
ST Langton 1 1 6 6 6.00 0
C Lowe 3 5 21 17 5.25 0
FC Bracey 5 9 15 7* 5.00 0
FH Taylor 4 8 31 12 4.42 0
A Howcroft 2 4 17 10 4.25 0
A Marsden 1 2 6 6 3.00 0
SM Holden 3 4 7 6 2.33 0
BO Corbett 1 2 1 1 0.50 0
CN Newcombe 1 2 1 1 0.50 0[24]

County Championship bowling averages

Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average
A Morton 5700 2630 116 8–117 22.67
A Warren 4521 2392 85 8–152 28.14
SWA Cadman 3663 1586 67 6–80 23.67
RB Rickman 432 243 7 2–30 34.71
T Forrester 408 184 6 4–7 30.66
CF Root 220 102 5 2–39 20.40
FC Bracey 330 168 4 2–27 42.00
L Oliver 126 79 3 2–20 26.33
TA Higson 58 42 2 1–0 21.00
C Lowe 97 48 1 1–37 48.00
J Chapman 6 8 0
G Curgenven 24 17 0
G Grainger 54 30 0
J Handford 36 31 0
SM Holden 96 39 0
R Sale 72 54 0
AE Lawton 30 21 0
E Needham 54 29 0
CN Newcombe 72 32 0
FA Newton 12 21 0[25]

Wicket-keeper

See also

References

  1. ^ W.T. Taylor History of Derbyshire cricket Wisden 1953
  2. ^ Cricket Archive – Surrey v Derbyshire 5 May 1910
  3. ^ Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Sussex 9 May 1910
  4. ^ Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Lancashire 12 May 1910
  5. ^ Cricket Archive – Essex v Derbyshire 16 May 1910
  6. ^ Cricket Archive – Sussex v Derbyshire 19 May 1910
  7. ^ Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Yorkshire 26 May 1910
  8. ^ Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Kent 2 Jun 1910
  9. ^ Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Surrey 9 Jun 1910
  10. ^ Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Warwickshire 18 Jun 1910
  11. ^ Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 25 Jun 1910
  12. ^ Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Leicestershire 2 Jul 1910
  13. ^ Cricket Archive – Kent v Derbyshire 7 Jul 1910
  14. ^ Cricket Archive – Leicestershire v Derbyshire 11 Jul 1910
  15. ^ Cricket Archive – Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 14 Jul 1910
  16. ^ Cricket Archive – Hampshire v Derbyshire 18 Jul 1910
  17. ^ Cricket Archive – Yorkshire v Derbyshire 25 Jul 1910
  18. ^ Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Essex 1 Aug 1910
  19. ^ Cricket Archive – Warwickshire v Derbyshire 4 Aug 1910
  20. ^ Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Hampshire 8 Aug 1910
  21. ^ Cricket Archive – Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 13 Aug 1910
  22. ^ Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 18 Aug 1910
  23. ^ Cricket Archive – Lancashire v Derbyshire 22 Aug 1910
  24. ^ Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1910
  25. ^ Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1910
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