- Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1883
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Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1883 season Captain Robert Smith Most runs Wallis Evershed Most wickets William Cropper, James Brelsford Most catches James Disney, Thomas Foster ← 1882 1884 → Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1883 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for twelve years. They won two first class matches out of ten.
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1883 season
Derbyshire played two county matches each against Lancashire, Yorkshire, Surrey and Sussex, and two against MCC. They won two of their matches and lost six. Robert Smith was captain for his eighth and last season. In a sparse season without any centuries, Wallis Evershed was top scorer and William Cropper James Brelsford shared the most wickets.
There were no long term additions to the team but George Earl, Joseph Needham, George Yates and Percy Exham made their only career appearances and Thomas Evans made his two career appearances for Derbyshire during the season.
Matches
List of matches No. Date V Result Margin Notes 1 17 May 1883[1] Lancashire
Old Trafford, ManchesterLost Innings and 160 runs George Nash 5-24; RG Barlow 5-20 2 21 May 1883 [2] Surrey
County Ground, DerbyWon 51 runs Barratt 5-25 and 7-76; J Brelsford 5-31 3 31 May 1883 [3] MCC
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's WoodLost Innings and 29 runs Flowers 131 and 6-44; Rylott 5-53 4 25 Jun 1883 [4] Lancashire
County Ground, DerbyLost Innings and 78 runs A Watson 6-40 and 6-27 5 09 Jul 1883 [5] MCC
County Ground, Derby </smallDrawn SH Evershed 5-19; GG Hearne 5-49; W Cropper 5-25 6 19 Jul 1883 [6] Yorkshire
County Ground, DerbyDrawn W Chatterton 5-61 7 30 Jul 1883 [7] Sussex
County Ground, DerbyLost Innings and 68 runs J Hide 5-34 8 06 Aug 1883 [8] Yorkshire
Bramall Lane, SheffieldLost Innings and 3 runs W Chatterton 6-64; E Peate 5-36 9 30 Aug 1883 [9] Surrey
Kennington OvalLost 6 wickets Barratt 5-50 10 03 Sep 1883 [10] Sussex
County Ground, HoveWon 29 runs J Marlow 6-27 Statistics
First-class batting averages
Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s T Evans 2 4 78 35 19.50 0 R P Smith 7 14 245 45 17.50 0 LC Docker 9 16 276 52 17.25 0 W Evershed 10 19 317 92 16.68 0 T Foster 7 13 212 81 16.30 0 J T B D Platts 11 20 311 55 15.55 0 J Marlow 5 9 89 23 14.83 0 EAJ Maynard 8 14 189 84 14.53 0 GG Walker 2 4 40 23 13.33 0 PG Exham 1 1 12 12 12.00 0 W Cropper 10 17 177 51 10.41 0 J Needham 1 2 9 6* 9.00 0 J Richardson 5 10 51 17 7.28 0 JJ Disney 9 16 65 11* 7.22 0 SH Evershed 3 6 34 21 6.80 0 J Brelsford 7 12 48 16 4.36 0 GB Earl 1 1 4 4 4.00 0 G Osborne 1 2 7 5 3.50 0 W Mycroft 4 7 16 9 3.20 0 JM Clayton 1 2 3 2 1.50 0 LG Wright 1 2 2 2 1.00 0 G Yates 1 1 0 0 0.00 0 W Chatterton 1 0 G Hay 1 0 First-class bowling averages
Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average W Cropper 1069 435 24 5-25 18.12 J Brelsford 1045 463 24 5-31 19.29 J Marlow 948 336 17 6-27 19.76 W Chatterton 896 319 16 6-64 19.93 J Richardson 510 237 11 4-47 21.54 W Mycroft 537 241 10 4-44 24.10 LC Docker 220 122 6 3-38 20.33 SH Evershed 134 51 5 5-19 10.20 GG Walker 292 90 5 3-38 18.00 T Foster 104 71 5 2-18 14.20 W Evershed 27 8 3 3-8 2.66 T Evans 260 91 3 1-22 30.33 J T B D Platts 584 258 2 1-22 129.00 G Hay 12 18 1 1-18 18.00 G Yates 12 9 0 0-9 JM Clayton 16 11 0 Wicket keeping
- James Disney Catches 10, Stumping 0
See also
- Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
- 1883 English cricket season
References
- ^ Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire 17 May 1883
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Surrey 21 May 1883
- ^ Cricket Archive - Marylebone Cricket Club v Derbyshire 31 May 1883
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire 25 Jun 1883
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Marylebone Cricket Club 09 Jul 1883
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire 19 Jul 1883
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Sussex 30 Jul 1883
- ^ Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire 06 Aug 1883
- ^ Cricket Archive - Surrey v Derbyshire 30 Aug 1883
- ^ Cricket Archive - Sussex v Derbyshire 03 Sep 1883
Categories:- 1883 in cricket
- 1883 in England
- Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
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