Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1886

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons

1886 season
Captain	Edmund Maynard
Most runs	William Chatterton
Most wickets	William Cropper "G G" Walker
Most catches	James Disney
← 1885 1887 →

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.

1886 season

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.

Matches

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

Statistics

First-class batting averages

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.

First-class bowling averages

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

Wicket keeping

• James Disney Catches 13 Stumping 3

See also

• Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
• 1886 English cricket season

References

1. Cricket Archive MCC v Derbyshire 13 May 1886
2. Cricket Archive Lancashire v Derbyshire 27 May 1886
3. Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Australians 07 Jun 1886
4. Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Yorkshire 17 Jun 1886
5. Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Kent 21 Jun 1886
6. Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Surrey 05 Jul 1886
7. Cricket Archive Kent v Derbyshire 29 Jul 1886
8. Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 02 Aug 1886
9. Cricket Archive Surrey v Derbyshire 05 Aug 1886
10. Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Lancashire 16 Aug 1886
11. Cricket Archive Yorkshire v Derbyshire 26 Aug 1886
12. Derbyshire v Essex 12 Jul 1886
13. Essex v Derbyshire 09 Aug 1886
14. Burnley v Derbyshire 23 Aug 1886