Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1891

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1891 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for twenty years. Derbyshire's matches were not considered to be first class in this season. The club had lost first class status after 1887 and did not regain it until 1894, the year before they joined the County Championship. However many of the players competed for the club earlier or subsequently at first-class level.

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons

1891 season
Captain	Sydney Evershed
Most runs	William Chatterton
Most wickets	George Davidson
Most catches	William Storer
← 1890 1892 →

1891 season

Derbyshire played twelve games, all against sides that they had played in first class matches before 1888 or that joined the County Championship four years later. Sydney Evershed took over the captaincy from Fred Spofforth who made his one last appearance during the year. William Chatterton was top scorer making a century against Yorkshire. George Davidson topped the bowling with 61 wickets.

William Taylor noted that during Derbyshire's period in exile many fine players wore their colours including S H Evershed, who in captained the eleven with marked ability for many years and the grand veteran, Levi Wright – "a magnificent batsman and unsurpassed as a fieldsman in the oldfashioned position of square-point". With Evershed, and his brother Edward, William Eadie and Robert Tomlinson, the team was well represented by brewers of Burton.

Matches

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	7 May 1891	Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Lost	10 Wickets	Flowers 100; G Davidson 5-111
2	18 May 1891	Leicestershire County Ground, Derby	Lost	Innings and 75 runs	Pougher 135; Walton 6-74
3	25 May 1891	Surrey County Ground, Derby	Abandoned
4	8 Jun 1891	Yorkshire Headingley, Leeds	Won	45 runs
5	15 Jun 1891	Nottinghamshire County Ground, Derby	Lost	7 wickets
6	22 Jun 1891	Essex County Ground, Leyton	Lost	9 wickets	J J Hulme 5-82 ; Mead 6-47; Pickett 5-39
7	29 Jun 1891	Yorkshire County Ground, Derby	Drawn		W Chatterton 106; G Porter 5-52; Peel 5-67
8	6 Jul 1891	Warwickshire County Ground, Derby	Drawn		J J Hulme 7-56; Shilton 5-57; Pallett 5-51
9	16 Jul 1891	MCC Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	Won	4 wickets	G Davidson 5-65
10	20 Jul 1891	Surrey Kennington Oval	Won	10 wickets	G Davidson6-41; G Porter 6-61; W W Read 5-31
11	3 Aug 1891	Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester	Won	58 runs	S Raynor 5-57; Pougher 5-33;
12	10 Aug 1891	Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham	Won	9 wickets	G Davidson5-47; G Porter 5-34 and 5-34; Pallett 5-36
13	17 Aug 1891	Essex County Ground, Derby	Won	7 wickets	G Davidson6-24 and 5-33; J J Hulme 5-45; Pickett 7-59

Statistics

Batting averages

Name	Matches	Inns	Runs	High score	Average	100s
W Chatterton	12	22	763	106	34.68	1
H Bagshaw	10	18	386	86	21.44	0
Fred Spofforth	1	2	42	32	21.00	0
LG Wright	8	16	319	71	19.93	0
R G Tomlinson	1	2	38	22	19.00	0
SH Evershed	8	13	224	51	17.23	0
W L Shipton	1	2	34	32	17.00	0
W Storer	12	23	360	51	15.65	0
W Sugg	12	24	328	81	13.67	0
G Davidson	12	21	245	43	11.67	0
W Hall	6	9	95	37	10.55	0
S Malthouse	7	14	155	37	10.28	0
HA Morley	1	2	20	12	10.00	0
GG Walker	5	7	56	22	8.00	0
S Thorpe	4	8	63	35	7.87	0
E Evershed	2	3	22	15	7.33	0
W S Eadie	4	7	51	20	7.28	0
J J Hulme		10	69	20	6.80	0
G Porter	9	12	68	29	5.67	0
H F Wright	2	3	11	8	3.67	0
W Myton	1	2	6	4	3.00	0
S Raynor	4	7	18	6	2.57	0
R Wright	1	3	8	7	2.67	0
D Bottom	1	2	4	4	2.00	0
W W Wood-Sims	1	1	1	1	1.00	0

Bowling averages

Name	Balls	Runs	Wickets	BB	Average
G Davidson		957	61	6–24	15.69
G Porter		466	36	6–61	12.94
J J Hulme		461	34	5–45	13.56
S Raynor		175	8	5–57	21.87
W Sugg		104	6	4–65	17.33
W Chatterton		182	5	2–15	36.4
S Malthouse		108	4	4–68	27.00
W Hall		63	3	2–36	21.00
Fred Spofforth		106	2	2–106	53.00
D Bottom		36	0
S Thorpe		31	0
SH Evershed		11	0
GG Walker		111	0
H Bagshaw		26	0
R Wright		23	0

Wicket-keeper

• W Storer

See also

• Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
• 1891 English cricket season