1894 season
The captains of the leading counties determined that in 1894 Derbyshire with Essex, Leicestershire and Warwickshire, should be given first-class status. The match results did not count in the County Championship until 1895, when Hampshire was also admitted. [1] Derbyshire played eleven first-class games including one against MCC. They played three other matches which were against Hampshire and the touring South Africans.
Derbyshire won six of their first class matches and lost four with one drawn. The three other matches were two draws and a loss to Hampshire. Sydney Evershed was in his fourth season as captain. Several players played for other first-class teams, and so the top scorer and wicket-taker in Derbyshire's first-class matches was George Davidson.
Most of the team had played for Derbyshire in the 1887 season or before and had continued playing during the interval. Those who had joined in the interval and made their first-class debuts were Charles Evans, Samuel Malthouse, Daniel Bottom, stand -in wicket-keeper Frank Mycroft and William Delacombe. Those who made their Derbyshire debut in 1894 and played subsequently were Samuel Hill-Wood future MP, baronet and chairman of Arsenal, William Locker footballer and George Marsden lawyer. In addition John Young colliery carpenter played two career first class matches and Albert Widdowson farm hand played one career first class match in the season.
Matches
| List of first class matches | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | V | Result | Margin | Notes |
| 1 | 10 May 1894 [2] | Surrey Kennington Oval | Lost | Innings and 40 runs | F Smith 5-43; J J Hulme 5-76; T Richardson 6-17 |
| 2 | 17 May 1894 [3] | MCC Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood | Won | 7 wickets | J Rawlin 6-49; G Davidson 6-31 and 5-63 |
| 3 | 11 Jun 1894 [4] | Lancashire County Ground, Derby | Won | 5 wickets | J J Hulme 7-15; A Mold 6-21; GG Walker 5-24 |
| 4 | 25 Jun 1894 [5] | Warwickshire County Ground, Derby | Won | 10 wickets | |
| 5 | 02 Jul 1894 [6] | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester | Lost | 14 runs | A Mold 7-77; G Davidson 7-55; J Briggs 5-68 |
| 6 | 09 Jul 1894 [7] | Yorkshire County Ground, Derby | Lost | 3 wickets | J J Hulme 6-94; R Peel 5-64; Hirst 5-53 |
| 7 | 16 Jul 1894 [8] | Surrey County Ground, Derby | Drawn | R Abel 122; G Davidson 5-100; T Richardson 5-52; F Smith 5-34 | |
| 8 | 23 Jul 1894 [9] | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham | Lost | Innings and 80 runs | S Whitehead 7-41 and 5-17; HJ Pallett 5-16 |
| 9 | 30 Jul 1894 [10] | Yorkshire Bramall Lane, Sheffield | Won | 9 wickets | G Davidson 8-33; E Wainwright 5-29; J J Hulme 9-27 |
| 10 | 09 Aug 1894 [11] | Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester | Won | Innings and 36 runs | G Porter 5-14; G Davidson 6-37 |
| 11 | 20 Aug 1894 [12] | Leicestershire County Ground, Derby | Won | 8 wickets | G Davidson 5-39 and 5-45; G Hillyard 5-87 |
| List of other matches | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | V | Result | Margin | Notes |
| 1 | 14 May 1894 [13] | Hampshire County Ground, Southampton | Drawn | LG Wright 171; J J Hulme 6-65 | |
| 2 | 26 Jul 1894 [14] | South Africans County Ground, Derby | Drawn | W Sugg 121; C Sewell 128 | |
| 3 | 06 Aug 1894 [15] | Hampshire County Ground, Derby | Lost | 5 wickets | J J Hulme 6-78; H Baldwin 5-37 and 6-75; |