Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1884

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons

1884 season
Captain	Ludford Docker
Most runs	Frank Sugg
Most wickets	William Cropper
Most catches	Thomas Mycroft
← 1883 1885 →

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1884 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for thirteen years. They lost all ten county matches and their only victory was against MCC.

1884 season

Derbyshire played ten county matches, one against the touring Australians and one against MCC. Ludford Docker was captain for his only season. In a sparse season without any centuries, Frank Sugg was top scorer. William Cropper and Joseph Marlow shared most wickets with 34 each.

The season was marked by the arrival of the two Sugg brothers from Yorkshire - Frank and Walter. Frank moved to Lancashire CCC after three years, but Walter had a long career with Derbyshire. Frank Shacklock played the first of two seasons for the club. Cricket poet Alfred Cochrane made his debut, sharing his appearances with Oxford University over the following years. Joseph Chatterton, younger brother of William, played the first of three seasons. William Shipton played one match but only played for the county again when they were without first class status. Matthew Burrows played his one career match during the season.

Matches

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	22 May 1884 [1]	Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester	Lost	42 runs	Briggs 112; FJ Shacklock 5-42; RG Barlow 7-30
2	29 May 1884 [2]	Surrey County Ground, Derby	Lost	5 wickets	J Marlow 5-40; Horner 5-40
3	02 Jun 1884 [3]	Australians County Ground, Derby	Lost	Innings and 40 runs	Fred Spofforth 7-31 and 5-52; Giffen 5-50
4	05 Jun 1884 [4]	Kent County Ground, Derby	Lost	67 runs	J Marlow 5-31
5	09 Jun 1884 [5]	MCC Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	Won	7 runs	W Cropper 6-46; Rylott 6-41; J Marlow 5-43
6	23 Jun 1884 [6]	Yorkshire County Ground, Derby	Lost	10 wickets	E Peate 5-30; J Marlow 7-46; T Emmett 7-20
7	28 Jul 1884 [7]	Sussex County Ground, Derby	Lost	50 runs	Blackman 5-22; Hide 5-19
8	04 Aug 1884 [8]	Lancashire County Ground, Derby	Lost	Innings and 36 runs	AHJ Cochrane 6-51; A Watson 5-25
9	11 Aug 1884 [9]	Sussex County Ground, Hove	Lost	7 wickets
10	18 Aug 1884 [10]	Kent Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend	Lost	Innings and 9 runs	Lord Harris 112; GG Hearne 6-33
11	21 Aug 1884 [11]	Surrey Kennington Oval	Lost	7 wickets	Horner 6-79; Barratt 5-91
12	25 Aug 1884 [12]	Yorkshire Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford	Lost	10 wickets	FJ Shacklock 5-47; T Emmett 6-28

Statistics

First-class batting averages

Name	Matches	Inns	Runs	High score	Average
SH Evershed	2	3	53	50	17.66	0
LC Docker	12	23	381	58	17.31	0
FH Sugg	13	26	439	73	16.88	0
WW Wood-Sims	9	18	285	44	16.76	0
GG Walker	9	18	232	66	16.57	0
W Cropper	12	24	366	46	15.91	0
GB Barrington	4	8	114	50	14.25	0
Walter Sugg	3	6	55	26*	13.75	0
AHJ Cochrane	3	6	81	50	13.50	0
H Shaw	1	2	12	12*	12.00	0
T Mycroft	12	24	148	24*	11.38	0
FJ Shacklock	9	18	171	50	10.68	0
T Foster	9	18	178	33*	10.47	0
William Chatterton	12	24	229	49	10.40	0
R P Smith	6	12	92	23	7.66	0
J Marlow	12	24	170	25	7.39	0
W Evershed	1	2	14	10	7.00	0
M Burrows	1	2	13	13	6.50	0
J T B D Platts	3	6	24	13	4.00	0
LG Wright	2	4	12	4	3.00	0
WL Shipton	1	2	4	3	2.00	0
JD Chatterton	1	2	0	0	0.00	0

First-class bowling averages

Name	Balls	Runs	Wickets	BB	Average
W Cropper	1603	606	34	6-46	17.82
J Marlow	1795	679	34	7-46	19.97
William Chatterton	1180	452	24	4-34	18.83
FJ Shacklock	833	419	24	5-42	17.45
GG Walker	1287	640	23	3-26	27.82
AHJ Cochrane	284	148	8	6-51	18.50
Walter Sugg	74	58	5	3-18	11.60
H Shaw	60	26	4	4-26	6.50
LC Docker	138	70	2	1-0	35.00
J T B D Platts	17	10	1	1-2	10.00
T Foster	32	13	0
WW Wood-Sims	36	10	0
M Burrows	16	10	0
SH Evershed	8	8	0

Wicket keeping

• Thomas Mycroft Catches 23 Stumping 8

See also

• Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
• 1884 English cricket season
• Imperfect season

References

1. ^ Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire
2. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Surrey
3. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Australians
4. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Kent
5. ^ Cricket Archive - Marylebone Cricket Club v Derbyshire
6. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire
7. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Sussex
8. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire
9. ^ Cricket Archive - Sussex v Derbyshire
10. ^ Cricket Archive - Kent v Derbyshire
11. ^ Cricket Archive - Surrey v Derbyshire
12. ^ Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire