Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1907

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1907 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for thirty six years. It was their thirteenth season in the County Championship and they finished bottom of the table having won two matches in the season.

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1907 season
CaptainLevi Wright
County Championship16
Most runsLevi Wright
Most wicketsSamuel Cadman
Most catchesJoe Humphries

1907 season

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Levi Wright - captain

Derbyshire played 22 games in the County Championship, one match against the touring South Africans and one against MCC. They lost all but three of the played matches, which were two wins and a draw, and ended at the bottom of the Championship table.

Levi Wright was in his second season as captain and was also top scorer. Samuel Cadman took most wickets with 63. The most outstanding bowling performance was by Frederick Bracey against Northamptonshire at Derby when he took eleven wickets for a total of 45 runs.

Those who made their debut in the 1907 season were Henry Fletcher who also played two games in the following season, FG Peach who played one match and then next appeared in 1920 with occasional appearances to 1925, H Slater who played five matches only in the 1907 season and Charles Fleming and Charles Sherwin who each played one career first class match in 1907.

Matches

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List of matches
No. Date V Result Margin Notes
1 13 May 1907[1] MCC
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
Lost 5 wickets Trott 5-21 and 5-33
2 16 May 1907[2] Surrey
Kennington Oval
Lost 7 wickets Knox 5-66
3 20 May 1907[3] Hampshire
County Ground, Southampton
Lost 7 wickets
4 23 May 1907[4] Yorkshire
Bramall Lane, Sheffield
Abandoned
5 27 May 1907[5] Kent
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Lost Innings and 100 runs Fairservice 5-25 and 6-14; Bestwick 6-80
6 30 May 1907[6] Warwickshire
County Ground, Derby
Abandoned
7 10 Jun 1907[7] Sussex
County Ground, Derby
Lost 8 wickets Cox 8-58 and 5-29; Relf 5-30
8 13 Jun 1907[8] Essex
County Ground, Leyton
Lost Innings and 90 runs Mead 5-54 and 5-21; Buckenham 5-38
9 20 Jun 1907[9] South Africa
County Ground, Derby
Lost Innings and 108 runs Nourse 148; Snooke 114; FC Bracey 5-102; Vogler 6-17
10 27 Jun 1907[10] Northamptonshire
County Ground, Northampton
Lost 8 wickets Thompson 5-52 and 7-42; A Morton 5-46
11 01 Jul 1907[11] Lancashire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Drawn Hornby 125; A Warren 5-53; Dean 9-46
12 04 Jul 1907[12] Surrey
County Ground, Derby
Lost Innings and 16 runs W Smith 7-23
13 11 Jul 1907[13] Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Lost Innings and 107 runs Wass 6-31; A Warren 5-63; Hallam 5-21
14 18 Jul 1907[14] Leicestershire
County Ground, Derby
Lost 9 wickets Wood 133; Crawford 114; AE Lawton 106; W Bestwick 5-113; Jayes 5-58
15 22 Jul 1907[15] Northamptonshire
County Ground, Derby
Won 274 runs AE Lawton 112; East 6-91; FC Bracey 5-9 and 6-36
16 25 Jul 1907[16] Yorkshire
North Road Ground, Glossop
Lost Innings and 130 runs Rhodes 6-22; SWA Cadman 5-82; Hirst 7-22
17 29 Jul 1907[17] Kent
Mote Park, Maidstone
Lost Innings and 146 runs Fielder 6-35 and 8-60
18 01 Aug 1907[18] Sussex
County Ground, Hove
Lost 10 wickets CB Fry 197; A Warren 5-137; Relf 6-60
19 05 Aug 1907[19] Hampshire
At County Ground, Derby
Won Innings and 93 runs E Needham 119; SWA Cadman 6-41
20 08 Aug 1907[20] Leicestershire
Aylestone Road, Leicester
Lost 2 wickets Odell 5-60; SWA Cadman 5-72
21 15 Aug 1907[21] Nottinghamshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Lost 9 wickets Wass 6-31; Hallam 5-55
22 19 Aug 1907[22] Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Lost 6 wickets LG Wright 108; Santall 6-53
23 22 Aug 1907[23] Essex

County Ground, Derby
Lost 222 runs W Bestwick 6-55; Mead 6-21
24 26 Aug 1907[24] Lancashire
Old Trafford, Manchester
Lost 1 wicket SWA Cadman 5-21; Heap 5-41

Statistics

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County Championship batting averages

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Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s
LG Wright 20 38 810 108 21.89 1
SWA Cadman 19 36 614 80 17.05 0
A Morton 16 30 530 67 17.66 0
E Needham 15 28 499 119 17.82 1
J Humphries 20 38 461 50 13.17 0
A Warren 18 34 451 52 13.66 0
RB Rickman 16 29 442 68 16.37 0
CA Ollivierre 16 30 377 68 12.56 0
AE Lawton 4 7 376 112* 62.66 2
RM Carlin 10 19 239 37 13.27 0
FC Bracey 16 29 126 21 7.00 0
H Cooper 8 15 120 21 10.00 0
GM Buckston 5 10 92 27 9.20 0
W Bestwick 14 26 51 12 3.64 0
TH Hallam 4 7 44 17 6.28 0
H Slater 5 9 39 21 5.57 0
FC Hunter 3 6 32 21 5.33 0
H Fletcher 3 6 9 3 1.80 0
G Green 2 4 9 4 2.25 0
FG Peach 1 2 8 8 4.00 0
CB Sherwin 1 2 7 7 3.50 0
N Buxton 1 2 6 6 3.00 0
CB Fleming 1 2 5 3 2.50 0
I Dearnaley 1 2 3 3 1.50 0
HF Purdy 1 2 0 0 0.00 0[25]

County Championship bowling averages

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Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average
SWA Cadman 3348 1351 63 6-41 21.44
W Bestwick 2940 1328 61 6-55 21.77
A Warren 2391 1299 50 5-53 25.98
FC Bracey 1352 650 28 6-36 23.21
RB Rickman 1170 606 23 4-52 26.34
A Morton 779 432 19 5-46 22.73
AE Lawton 156 94 5 3-6 18.80
HF Purdy 57 16 4 4-16 4.00
H Slater 78 38 2 2-15 19.00
RM Carlin 145 116 2 1-3 58.00
J Humphries 3 5 1 1-5 5.00
FC Hunter 48 43 1 1-27 43.00
G Green 108 46 0
CA Ollivierre 84 80 0
N Buxton 66 24 0 [26]

Wicket Keeper

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See also

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References

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