Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1901

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Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1901 season
Captain Samuel Hill Wood
County Championship 15
Most runs Levi Wright
Most wickets Billy Bestwick
Most catches William Storer

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1901 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for thirty years. It was their seventh season in the County Championship and they failed to win a single match, ending bottom of the Championship table.

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1901 season

Derbyshire CCC played twenty games in the County Championship in 1901 in addition to matches against W.G. Grace's London County Cricket Club, MCC and the touring South Africans. Derbyshire failed to win any first class match during the season.

The captain for the year was Samuel Hill Wood in his third season as captain. However he only took part in five matches and Albert Lawton filled the role on the pitch. Levi Wright was top scorer making two centuries, one of 193. Billy Bestwick took 71 wickets.

Gilbert Curgenven made his debut for the side as did Robert Else who only played in two seasons. Joseph Burton, Arthur Barton, James Oldknow and Arthur Morton made their only appearances for the side during the 1901 season.

Nudger Needham captained the English football team in 1901.

Matches

List of matches
No.DateVResultMarginNotes
113 May 1901 [1] London County Cricket Club
Crystal Palace Park
LostInnings and 119 runs Not a County Championship match
Beldam 125; Fishwick 103; Sinclair 8-32; JJ Hulme 5-61
216 May 1901 [2] Surrey
Kennington Oval
LostInnings and 111 runsHayward 158; Jephson 133; W Bestwick 7-97; Lockwood 7-57; Richardson 6-67
320 May 1901 [3] Yorkshire
Fartown, Huddersfield
LostInnings and 282 runs Tunnicliffe 145; Brown 5-33; Hirst 7-43
423 May 1901 [4] MCC
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
Lost9 wicketsNot a County Championship match
Hearne 7-67; Rawlin 5-28
527 May 1901 [5] Hampshire
County Ground, Southampton
Lost2 wickets S Evershed 123; Greig 6-38; Llewellyn 5-76; W Bestwick 6-71
630 May 1901 [6] Surrey
County Ground, Derby
Lost5 wicketsLees 5-47; JJ Hulme 5-71
706 Jun 1901 [7] South Africans
County Ground, Derby
Lost5 wickets Not a County Championship match
Bisset 184; Graham 6-84 and 5-47
810 Jun 1901 [8] Essex
County Ground, Leyton
DrawnOwen 106; Perrin 101; Reeves 6-46
913 Jun 1901 [9] Worcestershire
County Ground, New Road, Worcester
LostInnings and 49 runsWilson 6-55
1017 Jun 1901 [10] Gloucestershire
Ashley Down Ground, Bristol
Drawn L Wright 155; W Chatterton 169; Langdon 114; Huggins 6-100
1120 Jun 1901 [11] Warwickshire
County Ground, Derby
Drawn Willie Quaife 117;
1227 Jun 1901 [12] Yorkshire
North Road Ground, Glossop
Lost245 runs Wainwright 108; W Bestwick 7-70; Haigh 5-55
1301 Jul 1901 [13] London County Cricket Club
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
DrawnNot a County Championship match
W Storer 5-20
1415 Jul 1901 [14] Nottinghamshire
County Ground, Derby
Drawn Gunn 273; L Wright 193; Jones 6-93
1518 Jul 1901 [15] Leicestershire
North Road Ground, Glossop
LostInnings and 20 runsKing 143; MacDonald 147*; Geeson 104*; Geeson 6-128 and 6-111
1622 Jul 1901 [16] Gloucestershire
County Ground, Derby
DrawnPaish 6-120
1729 Jul 1901 [17] Lancashire
County Ground, Derby
LostInnings and 184 runsWard 117; Tyldesley 158; JJ Hulme 6-135; Cuttell 7-19; Webb 5-58
1805 Aug 1901 [18] Hampshire
At County Ground, Derby
Lost5 wicketsSprot 130; Llewellyn 5-108; JJ Hulme 5-73; W Bestwick 5-89
1908 Aug 1901 [19] Lancashire
Old Trafford, Manchester
Drawn
2012 Aug 1901 [20] Nottinghamshire
Welbeck Abbey Cricket Ground
LostInnings and 159 runs Iremonger 108; Wass 8-17 and 5-23; Gunn 5-14
2115 Aug 1901 [21] Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham
LostInnings and 52 runs Fishwick 140*; Charlesworth 6-45
2219 Aug 1901 [22] Worcestershire
County Ground, Derby
LostInnings and 121 runsH Foster 152; Bowley 140; R Foster 111; Wilson 6-57; Pearson 5-48
2322 Aug 1901 [23] Essex
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Lost9 wicketsCarpenter 144; Russell 100; Mead 6-97; Young 7-48
2429 Aug 1901 [24] Leicestershire
Aylestone Road, Leicester
Drawn King 5-65

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

NameMatchesInnsRunsHigh scoreAverage100s
SH Evershed 1213212366.001
LG Wright 1937123919333.482
W Wilmot 359325*31.000
W Chatterton 203898716929.901
H Bagshaw 101951492*28.550
AE Lawton 20379219125.580
W Storer 20389327625.180
W Sugg 481745924.850
W Locker 12234587619.910
JP Burton 71220051*18.180
A Warren 8152333717.920
E Needham 14254227216.880
SH Wood 5913354*16.620
G Curgenven 71312527*12.500
JJ Hulme 203629738*9.280
JH Young 1018120249.230
EM Ashcroft 2436229.000
W Ellis 242799.000
GR Gregory 2433168.250
SWA Cadman 363213*6.400
D Bottom 12994.500
W Bestwick 173183114.360
A Barton 362474.000
FA Barrs 12773.500
W Birkett 3614102.330
J Oldknow 2474*2.330
R Else 12321.500
JH Purdy 12321.500
A Morton 12000.000
JA Berwick 12000.000

Paul Boissier and Oswald Burton played in the match against MCC, but not in the County Championship.

County Championship bowling averages

NameBallsRunsWicketsBBAverage
W Bestwick 41591947717-7027.42
JJ Hulme 48472231536-13542.09
W Storer 18681444284-12151.57
AE Lawton 966587102-1658.70
JH Young 78340872-1158.28
A Warren 89459273-6084.57
H Bagshaw 44025454-7550.80
W Chaterton 28212142-230.25
J Oldknow 25216243-12340.50
G Curgenven 32424342-4560.75
JA Berwick 18610732-2835.66
SWA Cadman 23910021-650.00
EM Ashcroft 784011-940.00
W Sugg 1024311-1943.00
JA Berwick 102550
A Barton 84610
LG Wright 60180
SH Wood 48140
D Bottom 36120
JH Purdy 3090
W Ellis 24190
A Morton 18140
FA Barrs 12120

County Championship Wicket keeping

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