Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1898

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Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1898 season
Captain Sydney Evershed
County Championship 9
Most runs William Storer
Most wickets George Davidson
Most catches William Storer

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1898 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for twenty-seven years. It was their fourth season in the County Championship and they won three matches to finish ninth in the Championship table.

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1898 season

Derbyshire played sixteen games in the County Championship in 1898 and one match against MCC. The captain for the year was Sydney Evershed in his eighth season as captain. William Storer was top scorer with three centuries which he achieved while also bowling to take 28 wickets and being a useful wicket-keeper. George Davidson took most wickets at 65 as well as scoring a century. The season saw many high scores, and against Hampshire in August, four Derbyshire players Levi Wright, William Storer, William Chatterton and George Davidson scored centuries followed by two more from the Hampshire players in the same match. The Derbyshire total of 645 runs was to remain their highest match score until it was surpassed in the 2007 season. [1] Two matches later, Yorkshire set a record score against Derbyshire of 662 runs when Jack Brown scored 300 and John Tunnicliffe 243 in Walter Sugg's benefit match before Brown deliberately knocked down his wicket. It remained a national partnership record until two more Yorkshiremen, Percy Holmes and Herbert Sutcliffe, made 555 for the first wicket against Essex at Leyton in 1932. [2]

Queen's Park, Chesterfield, first used in 1898 Queens Park Cricket (4).JPG
Queen's Park, Chesterfield, first used in 1898

The Yorkshire match was Derbyshire's second match at Queen's Park, Chesterfield, the first being earlier in the season against Surrey. The size of the crowd at that game made the experiment well worth while and the ground, described as mre pleasing to the eye than the County Ground, became a regular venue for several matches a season. The game against Surrey was not without incident as superb lob bowling by D. L. A. Jephson, gave him nine Derbyshire wickets for 55 runs in the two innings, Derbyshire supporters were upset by Jephson's lobs, and protested vigorously against them, saying that this was unfair bowling. [2]

The most significant addition to the Derbyshire squad in the season was Billy Bestwick as well known for his antics off the pitch as his demon bowling. William Ellis played the first of several seasons at the club when he played occasional games. Alfred Charlesworth and James Wright also made their debuts and played several matches in the season, although only Wright played in a subsequent season. William Prince, John Bourne and Solomon Hardy each played just one career match for Derbyshire in the season

Matches

List of matches
No.DateVResultMarginNotes
1 16 May 1898 [3] Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Drawn W Storer 109
219 May 1898 [4] Surrey
Kennington Oval
Abandoned
323 May 1898 [5] Lancashire
County Ground, Derby
Lost65 runs JJ Hulme 6-65; Cuttell 5-30; Briggs 5-34; Mold 5-27
430 May 1898 [6] Hampshire
County Ground, Southampton
Won10 wickets W Storer 104
509 Jun 1898 [7] MCC
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
WonInnings and 1 run G Davidson 6-30 and 6-53; J Hearne 6-66
616 Jun 1898 [8] Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Drawn Quaife 109; Lilley 112
720 Jun 1898 [9] Essex
County Ground, Leyton
Lost129 runs G Davidson 7-42 and 8-74
827 Jun 1898 [10] Leicestershire
County Ground, Derby
WonInnings and 31 runs Pougher 5-53; F Davidson 6-36; G Davidson 5-31
930 Jun 1898 [11] Surrey
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
LostInnings and 43 runs Jephson 6-38
1004 Jul 1898 [12] Essex
County Ground, Derby
LostInnings and 172 runs Perrin 104 ; McGahey 115; Kortright 5-44; Bull 6-75
1111 Jul 1898 [13] Nottinghamshire
County Ground, Derby
Drawn F Davidson 6-49
1225 Jul 1898 [14] Warwickshire
County Ground, Derby
Drawn SH Evershed 153; Field 5-107
1328 Jul 1898 [15] Yorkshire
St George's Road, Harrogate
Drawn H Bagshaw 100; JW Hancock 5-61
1401 Aug 1898 [16] Hampshire
County Ground, Derby
Drawn LG Wright 134; W Storer 100; W Chatterton 142; G Davidson 108 and 6-42; Poore 121; Quinton 101 and 5-93
1515 Aug 1898 [17] Leicestershire
Grace Road, Leicester
LostInnings and 103 runs Geeson 6-64 and 7-38
1618 Aug 1898 [18] Yorkshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
LostInnings and 387 runs J Brown 300; J Tunnicliffe 243
1725 Aug 1898 [19] Lancashire
Old Trafford, Manchester
Drawn J Tyldesley 200; Cuttell 5-48

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

NameMatchesInnsRunsHigh scoreAverage100s
W Storer 1525111310950.593
SH Evershed 132372915333.131
W Chatterton 142364814230.851
H Bagshaw 1321481100*24.051
G Davidson 142145710821.761
LG Wright 152654113421.641
EM Ashcroft 46956019.000
H Blackwell 34381519.000
W Sugg 15233235014.680
J Wright 588753*12.420
A Charlesworth 710922310.220
GG Walker 6962257.750
W Ellis 352816*7.000
F Davidson 81467196.700
JJ Hulme 23139*6.500
JJ Bourne 11666.000
JW Hancock 111450195.550
S Hardy 121095.000
D Bottom 12874.000
GA Marsden 351452.800
W Bestwick 811225*2.750
E Evershed 11111.000
SH Wood 1144*0
W Prince 1122*0 [20]

County Championship bowling averages

NameBallsRunsWicketsBBAverage
G Davidson 36821020658-7415.69
F Davidson 2054844326-3626.37
W Storer 1470995284-12135.53
JW Hancock 1511720235-6131.30
JJ Hulme 500152126-6512.66
GG Walker 96563094-19970.00
W Bestwick 76543084-16353.75
H Bagshaw 43024172-534.42
W Chatterton 65025564-3242.50
W Sugg 34519753-2539.40
H Blackwell 17510542-2326.25
JJ Bourne 26510332-6334.33
D Bottom 1235011-5050.00
W Prince 125380
A Charlesworth 60470
EM Ashcroft 50310
J Wright 50160
LG Wright 50360
W Ellis 30120
SH Evershed 30280 [21]

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