| 1882 season | |||
| Captain | Robert Smith | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Most runs | Thomas Foster | ||
| Most wickets | William Mycroft | ||
| Most catches | James Disney | ||
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Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1882 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for eleven years. The team played eight first class matches and won one of them
Derbyshire played six county games, two each against Lancashire, Sussex and Yorkshire. They also played a first-class match against MCC and a match against the touring Australians Derbyshire won one game against Sussex and lost seven. They did not play any additional matches.
The captain for the year was Robert Smith in his sixth year as captain.
The most significant new arrival was William Chatterton who was to score over 10000 runs for the club. William Cropper made his debut and was regular top bowler for the club until a football accident in 1889. Other long term players who debuted were W Hall, a print worker who played until 1892 and Henry Slater a miner who played occasional matches over several seasons. Players who only performed for the club in the 1882 season were Duncan Johnston a Royal Engineers officer who played four games, and J Hodgkinson who played one game. Two brewers from Burton also made appearances - John Eadie son of William Eadie, who played one game and Henry Sugden who played two games.
Players who played their last matches were the two long-serving schoolmasters Abraham Shuker and Arthur Forman. Leonard Jackson retired after five years to concentrate on his hotel business and metal grinding. William Page gave up the game after the loss of the sight of an eye. Two players left the area. H Evans a railway manager moved to Glasgow, and Dudley Docker moved to Warwickshire where he set up his business.
Thomas Foster was top scorer and William Mycroft took most wickets.
| List of matches | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | V | Result | Margin | Notes (Derbyshire players in Bold) |
| 1 | 18 May 1882 [1] | MCC Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood | Lost | Innings and 258 runs | WE Midwinter 137 and 5-27; Fothergill 5-31 |
| 2 | 25 May 1882 [2] | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester | Lost | 10 wickets | A Watson 5-28; J T B D Platts 5-48; RG Barlow 5-20 |
| 3 | 01 Jun 1882 [3] | Yorkshire Fartown, Huddersfield | Lost | 8 wickets | W Bates 6-31 |
| 4 | 05 Jun 1882 [4] | Sussex County Ground, Hove | Lost | 3 runs | J Lillywhite 5-70; W Mycroft 5-57; JW Juniper 7-61 |
| 5 | 12 Jun 1882 [5] | Australians County Ground, Derby | Lost | Innings and 109 runs | F Spofforth 5-38 and 5-19; GE Palmer 5-59 |
| 6 | 26 Jun 1882 [6] | Lancashire County Ground, Derby | Lost | Innings and 47 runs | J Crossland 5-32; A Watson 5-30 |
| 7 | 27 Jul 1882 [7] | Sussex County Ground, Derby | Won | Innings and 54 runs | A Hide 6-90; W Mycroft 7-37 and 5-35 |
| 8 | 07 Aug 1882 [8] | Yorkshire County Ground, Derby | Lost | 7 wickets | T Foster 101; J Richardson 7-76; E Peate 6-12 |
| Name | Am/ Pro | Age | Hand | Matches | Inns | Runs | High score | Average | 100s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Shuker | A | 33 | R | 1 | 2 | 96 | 86 | 48.00 | 0 |
| AFE Forman | A | 31 | R | 1 | 1 | 36 | 36 | 36.00 | 0 |
| LC Docker | A | 22 | R | 5 | 9 | 224 | 66 | 24.89 | 0 |
| T Foster | P | 34 | R | 7 | 13 | 271 | 101 | 20.84 | 1 |
| W Chatterton | P | 20 | R | 3 | 5 | 76 | 42* | 19.00 | 0 |
| W Cropper | 19 | R | 6 | 11 | 159 | 34 | 15.90 | 0 | |
| FD Docker | A | 20 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 25 | 13.00 | 0 | |
| EAJ Maynard | A | 21 | R | 2 | 4 | 49 | 28 | 12.25 | 0 |
| G Hay | A | 31 | R | 2 | 4 | 43 | 20 | 10.75 | 0 |
| W Page | 35 | R | 2 | 4 | 41 | 19 | 10.25 | 0 | |
| L Jackson | P | 34 | R | 1 | 2 | 19 | 19 | 9.50 | 0 |
| W Evershed | A | 19 | R | 2 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 8.66 | 0 |
| R P Smith | A | 33 | R | 8 | 15 | 122 | 32 | 8.13 | 0 |
| DA Johnston | A | 34 | R | 4 | 8 | 65 | 31 | 8.12 | 0 |
| JTC Eadie | A | 20 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8* | 8.00 | 0 | |
| J T B D Platts | P | 33 | L | 8 | 15 | 107 | 33* | 7.64 | 0 |
| J Richardson | 25 | R | 5 | 9 | 66 | 18 | 7.33 | 0 | |
| JJ Disney | P | 22 | R | 8 | 15 | 80 | 26* | 7.27 | 0 |
| W Hall | 20 | R | 2 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 6.66 | 0 | |
| GB Barrington | A | 25 | R | 2 | 4 | 26 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 |
| W Rigley | P | 30 | R | 3 | 6 | 35 | 13 | 5.83 | 0 |
| WW Wood-Sims | 24 | R | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5.50 | 0 | |
| H Evans | A | 24 | R | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 |
| HE Sugden | A | 22 | R | 2 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 3.25 | 0 |
| W Mycroft | P | 41 | R | 8 | 15 | 38 | 8 | 2.53 | 0 |
| J Hodgkinson | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | |||
| H Slater | 27 | R | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | |
Maynard played several matches for Cambridge University. Docker played one game for All England and Hay played one game for MCC. Mycroft played several games for MCC and other sides.
| Leading first-class batsmen for Derbyshire by runs scored | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Mat | Inns | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 |
| T Foster | 7 | 13 | 271 | 101 | 20.84 | 1 |
| LC Docker | 5 | 9 | 224 | 66 | 24.89 (a) | 0 |
| W Cropper | 6 | 11 | 159 | 34 | 15.90 | 0 |
| R P Smith | 8 | 15 | 122 | 32 | 8.13 | 0 |
| J T B D Platts | 8 | 15 | 107 | 33* | 7.64 | 0 |
(a) Figures adjusted for non Derbyshire matches
| Name | Hand | Balls | Runs | Wickets | BB | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W Mycroft | L F | 3627 | 1224 (698) | 72 (42) | 7-37 | 17.00 |
| J T B D Platts | R F | 989 | 468 | 22 | 5-48 | 21.27 |
| J Richardson | R F | 612 | 263 | 18 | 7-76 | 14.61 |
| G Hay | R round-arm F | 368 | 200 (88) | 7 (1) | 5-53 | 28.57 |
| W Cropper | L M | 298 | 133 | 5 | 2-23 | 26.60 |
| H Evans | R | 128 | 63 | 3 | 3-63 | 21.00 |
| L Jackson | R round-arm F | 104 | 44 | 2 | 2-44 | 22.00 |
| T Foster | R round-arm F | 26 | 21 | 1 | 1-6 | 21.00 |
| JTC Eadie | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1-6 | 6.00 | |
| W Chatterton | R S | 132 | 49 | 1 | 1-15 | 49.00 |
| W Hall | R M | 68 | 46 | 1 | 1-26 | 46.00 |
| LC Docker | R MF | 48 | 30 | 1 | 1-30 | 30.00 |
| H Slater | R M | 120 | 35 | 1 | 1-35 | 35.00 |
| J Hodgkinson | 144 | 83 | 1 | 1-83 | 83.00 | |
| Leading first class bowlers for Derbyshire by wickets taken | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave |
| W Mycroft | 698 | 42 | 7-37 | 16.62 (a) | |
| J T B D Platts | 989 | 468 | 22 | 5-48 | 21.27 |
| J Richardson | 612 | 263 | 18 | 7-76 | 14.61 |
| W Cropper | 298 | 133 | 5 | 2-23 | 26.60 |
(a) Figures adjusted for non Derbyshire matches
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