Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1893

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1893 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for twenty two 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 the following year 1894. However many of the players competed for the club earlier or subsequently at first-class level.

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1893 season
CaptainSydney Evershed
Most runsHarry Bagshaw
Most wicketsGeorge Davidson
Most catchesWilliam Storer

1893 season

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Derbyshire played sixteen games and apart from two against Cheshire and one against MCC, these were all against future clubs in the County Championship or the touring Australians. They won seven matches and lost six, which was a sufficient prelude to their return to first-class status in the following 1894 season. Sydney Evershed was in his third season as captain. Harry Bagshaw was top scorer. George Davidson topped the bowling.

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".[1]

Frank Mycroft made his debut in the season, standing in as wicket-keeper for William Storer who also played for MCC and other teams. Mycroft went on to play three more seasons for Derbyshire. Joseph Ward and Joseph Soult only played in this season for Derbyshire and never achieved first-class status. Soult played just one match while Ward bowled in a useful manner in four matches.

Matches

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List of matches
No. Date V Result Margin Notes
1 18 May 1893[2] Surrey
County Ground, Derby
Lost 10 wickets Richardson 8-36
2 22 May 1893[3] Essex
County Ground, Leyton
Lost 9 wickets Kortright 7-39
3 05 Jun 1893[4] Cheshire
County Ground, Derby
Won Innings and 80 runs G Porter 5-49
4 12 Jun 1893[5] Lancashire
County Ground, Derby
Lost 6 wickets Mold 7-58 and 6-84
5 15 Jun 1893[6] MCC
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
Lost 26 runs G Davidson 5-59; Geeson 6-39
6 26 Jun 1893[7] Cheshire
Birkenhead Park Cricket Club Ground
Won 4 wickets G Davidson 5-38; Robson 6-82
7 03 Jul 1893[8] Australians
County Ground, Derby
Lost Innings and 71 runs Bannerman 105; Graham 219
8 10 Jul 1893[9] Lancashire
Old Trafford, Manchester
Drawn Mold 7-83
9 17 Jul 1893[10] Yorkshire
County Ground, Derby
Drawn W Chatterton 101*; J J Hulme 7-72 and 5-105
10 27 Jul 1893[11] Hampshire
County Ground, Derby
Won 8 wickets Barton 107; LG Wright 97*; GG Walker 7-78; G Davidson 5-59
11 31 Jul 1893[12] Leicestershire
Grace Road, Leicester
Won 173 runs Finney 5-84; J J Hulme 7-46
12 03 Aug 1893[13] Yorkshire
The Circle, Hull
Drawn W Storer 108; Wardall 6-30; J J Hulme 5-45; Hirst 6-76
13 07 Aug 1893[14] Essex
County Ground, Derby
Won 9 wickets J J Hulme 5-47 and 5-100
14 14 Aug 1893[15] Leicestershire
County Ground, Derby
Won Innings and 50 runs
15 24 Aug 1893[16] Hampshire
County Ground, Southampton
Won 159 runs Soar 5-65 and 6-91; J J Hulme 5-48; GG Walker 5-45
16 28 Aug 1893[17] Surrey
Kennington Oval
Lost 7 wickets Read 108; Richardson 5-100

Statistics

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Batting averages

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Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s
H Bagshaw 14 28 761 96 27.18 0
LG Wright 14 28 753 97 26.89 0
W Chatterton 15 20 756 101 25.21 1
SH Evershed 12 24 588 84 24.50 0
W Storer 12 23 560 108 24.35 1
J J Hulme 6 12 249 48 20.75 0
G Davidson 14 27 512 72 18.96 0
S Malthouse 5 9 139 54 15.44 0
JP Ward [18] 4 7 102 28 14.57 0
W Sugg 13 25 324 37 13.96 0
GG Walker 5 10 127 38 12.70 0
D Bottom 3 6 69 40 11.50 0
R G Tomlinson 2 3 30 20 10.00 0
J Cupitt 6 12 109 24 9.08 0
W L Shipton 2 3 25 14 8.33 0
W S Eadie 9 17 139 32 8.18 0
E Evershed 2 4 28 14 7.00 0
G Porter 10 20 125 22 6.25 0
J Soult [19] 1 2 8 6 4.00 0
F Mycroft 2 4 11 8 2.75 0
W Walton 2 4 11 8 2.75 0
J Stubbings 1 2 3 2 1.50 0

Bowling averages

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Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average
G Davidson 3769 1345 67 5-38 20.07
J J Hulme 2037 763 54 7-46 14.20
G Porter 2054 923 45 5-49 20.51
GG Walker 1001 499 33 7-78 15.12
J Cupitt 788 372 17 3-61 21.88
W Sugg 270 145 16 3-31 9.06
JP Ward 558 269 9 4-44 29.89
W Chatterton 534 212 6 3-29 35.33
W Storer 30 29 1 1-29 29:00
J Stubbings 50 40 1 1-40 40.00
H Bagshaw 80 57 0
D Bottom 65 30 0
S Malthouse 15 9 0
J Soult 10 14 0
SH Evershed 5 11 0

Wicket Keeper

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See also

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References

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