Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1902

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Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1902 season
Captain Albert Lawton
County Championship 10
Most runs Maynard Ashcroft
Most wickets Billy Bestwick
Most catches Joe Humphries

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1902 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for thirty-one years. It was their eighth season in the County Championship and they won five matches to finish tenth in the Championship table.

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1902 season

Derbyshire played sixteen games in the County Championship in 1902, two matches against London County, one match against MCC and one against the touring Australians.

Derbyshire won four matches in the County Championship which brought them up to tenth in the table. The captain for the year was Albert Lawton in his first season as captain. Maynard Ashcroft was top scorer. Billy Bestwick took most wickets.

The most significant additions to the Derbyshire squad in the season was Thomas Forrester who carried on playing for the club for many seasons. Also making his debut was Charles Ollivierre the first Caribbean to play for an English county who also played several seasons. Noah Buxton played occasionally until 1911 and Guy Wilson played once in 1902 and once in 1905. Other players who made their debut but played only in 1902 were Charles Lyon who played two matches and Ernest Stapleton, Archibold Cooper and Bert Hall who played one each.

Matches

List of matches
No.DateVResultMarginNotes
1 19 May 1902 [1] Hampshire
County Ground, Southampton
Won180 runs Llewellyn 7-59; JJ Hulme 5-57 and 7-48; Soar 5-80
229 May 1902 [2] Yorkshire
Dewsbury and Savile Ground
Drawn TL Taylor 106
305 Jun 1902 [3] Yorkshire

Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Drawn TL Taylor 142; JJ Hulme 5-68; Hirst 5-32; Haigh 5-31
409 Jun 1902 [4] Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Lost9 wickets Hargreave 6-54; Santall 5-50
512 Jun 1902 [5] Worcestershire
North Road Ground, Glossop
Drawn W Bestwick 7-28; Wilson 6-53
619 Jun 1902 [6] Australians
County Ground, Derby
Lost8 wickets W Bestwick 6-82; Saunders 6-40
723 Jun 1902 [7] MCC
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
Lost6 wickets Trott 7-84; Mead 6-36
826 Jun 1902 [8] London County Cricket Club
County Ground, Derby
Lost6 wickets AE Lawton 149; CJB Wood 124; Grace 5-105; Llewellyn 5-92 and 6-101
930 Jun 1902 [9] Leicestershire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Drawn LG Wright 101; EM Ashcroft 104; AE Knight 103
1003 Jul 1902 [10] Surrey
Kennington Oval
Lost7 wickets VFS Crawford 101; W Bestwick 6-107; Richardson 5-81
1110 Jul 1902 [11] Leicestershire
Aylestone Road, Leicester
Won242 runs EM Ashcroft 162; Coe 6-40; A Warren 7-70
1214 Jul 1902 [12] Nottinghamshire
County Ground, Derby
Lost9 wickets Iremonger 146; Gunn 120; Hallam 5-46; Wass 6-152
1321 Jul 1902 [13] London County Cricket Club
Crystal Palace Park
Won99 runs Gill 6-83; W Bestwick 8-52; Braund 5-70
1424 Jul 1902 [14] Essex
County Ground, Derby
Lost120 runs McGahey 5-24; JJ Hulme 5-18; Mead 6-55
1504 Aug 1902 [15] Hampshire
County Ground, Derby
Drawn AE Lawton 146; Llewellyn 109 and 5-117
1607 Aug 1902 [16] Worcestershire
County Ground, New Road, Worcester
Drawn HK Foster 112; FL Bowley 122; RE Foster 109
1711 Aug 1902 [17] Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
LostInnings and 89 runs Gunn 101; Shrewbury 108; W Bestwick 6-82; Wass 5-84 and 6-53
1814 Aug 1902 [18] Warwickshire
County Ground, Derby
WonInnings and 250 runs CA Ollivierre 167; AE Lawton 126; A Warren 6-33
1918 Aug 1902 [19] Surrey
North Road Ground, Glossop
Drawn
2021 Aug 1902 [20] Essex
County Ground, Leyton
Won15 runs Lucas 103; Mead 5-44 and 5-59; A Warren 6-75; W Bestwick 7-55

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

NameMatchesInnsRunsHigh scoreAverage100s
EM Ashcroft 131984316246.832
CA Ollivierre 7936316740.331
G Curgenven 351205130.000
AE Lawton 162265214629.632
LG Wright 162462910126.201
E Needham 15224806624.000
W Storer 16224745421.540
T Forrester 8121564119.500
JJ Hulme 16223294718.270
J Humphries 13192484317.710
Samuel Hill Wood 34524313.000
A Warren 14202427112.730
W Chatterton 71076328.440
W Locker 11888.000
H Bagshaw 2428167.000
W Bestwick 162083266.380
W Sugg 5744136.280
B Hall 121075.000
CH Lyon 22643.000
N Buxton 12773.500
AHH Cooper 11000.000 [21]
Leading first-class batsmen for Derbyshire by runs scored
NameMatInnsRunsHS Ave 100
EM Ashcroft 152389716239.802
AE Lawton 192886114930.753
LG Wright 182873610126.291
W Storer 19286116121.820
E Needham 16244896620.380

(a) Figures adjusted for non CC matches

Outside the County Championship, E Stapleton played against MCC and GD Wilson against London County

County Championship bowling averages

NameBallsRunsWicketsBBAverage
W Bestwick 33621339637-2821.25
JJ Hulme 33851362557-4824.76
A Warren 1720934387-7024.57
T Forrester 894360174-3821.17
AE Lawton 650335164-5920.93
W Storer 811564153-6337.60
EM Ashcroft 48227242-4668.00
W Chatterton 1388032-4026.66
N Buxton 421422-147.00
W Sugg 725621-728.00
J Humphries 301911-1919.00
CA Ollivierre 54530
E Needham 42350
LG Wright 24250
CH Lyon 1260
AHH Cooper 12120
G Curgenven 600 [22]
Leading first class bowlers for Derbyshire by wickets taken
NameBallsRunsWktsBBI Ave
W Bestwick 40951684818-5220.79
JJ Hulme 36951476667-4822.36
A Warren 22161184497-7024.16
T Forrester 894360174-3821.17
AE Lawton 698385174-5922.65

Wicket Keeping

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