Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1885

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons

1885 season
Captain	Edmund Maynard
Most runs	Frank Sugg
Most wickets	William Cropper, Frank Shacklock
Most catches	James Disney
← 1884 1886 →

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1885 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for fourteen years. They won three first class matches out of eleven.

1885 season

Derbyshire played ten county matches, two each against Hampshire, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire, Surrey and Yorkshire and one against MCC. Edmund Maynard was in his first season as captain. Frank Sugg was top scorer. William Cropper and Frank Shacklock shared most wickets with 35 each.

William Eadie who made his debut in the season went on to play regularly for the club until 1899. Edwin Coup also made his debut and played several games over three seasons. Francis Dixon and Thomas Selby each played their one career match for Derbyshire during the season.

Matches

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	28 May 1885[1]	Surrey County Ground, Derby	Lost	Innings and 62 runs	W Read 123; FJ Shacklock 5-71; J Beaumont 5-25
2	04 Jun 1885[2]	Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester	Won	73 runs	A Watson 6-28; Crosland 5-89
3	08 Jun 1885[3]	Yorkshire Fartown, Huddersfield	Lost	Innings and 6 runs	T Peate 5-26 and 5-19; W Cropper 6-45; T Emmett 5-34
4	15 Jun 1885[4]	MCC Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	Lost	Innings and 17 runs
5	25 Jun 1885[5]	Hampshire County Ground, Southampton	Won	Innings and 243 runs	FH Sugg 187; FJ Shacklock 5-51; W Cropper 7-25
6	03 Aug 1885[6]	Lancashire County Ground, Derby	Lost	10 wickets	A Watson 7-38; W Hall 6-47; J Briggs 9-29
7	06 Aug 1885[7]	Surrey Kennington Oval	Lost	Innings and 50 runs	W Read 109; Roller 5-34
8	10 Aug 1885[8]	Yorkshire County Ground, Derby	Drawn		FJ Shacklock 8-45 and 5-97
9	13 Aug 1885[9]	Hampshire County Ground, Derby	Won	7 wickets	Armstrong 7-33; W Chatterton 5-13
10	24 Aug 1885[10]	Nottinghamshire County Ground, Derby	Lost	Innings and 250 runs	A Shrewsbury 118; W Flowers 173; GG Walker 7-105; B Barnes 7-40 and 6-54
11	31 Aug 1885[11]	Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Drawn		GG Walker 5-87

Statistics

First-class batting averages

Name	Matches	Inns	Runs	High score	Average	100s
E Coup	1	2	32	32*	32.00	0
FH Sugg	10	19	462	187	27.17	1
William Chatterton	13 (11)	24 (21)	485 (459)	62	23.09	0
W Cropper	11	21	343	80	18.05	0
WS Eadie	10	19	282	62	16.58	0
GG Walker	8	15	183	48	15.25	0
LC Docker	10	18	255	41	14.16	0
W Hall	7	10	117	43	13.00	0
H Slater	1	2	11	11	11.00	0
WW Wood-Sims	11	19	206	46	10.84	0
EAJ Maynard	8	13	124	38	9.53	0
W Mycroft	7 (3)	12 (6)	52 (33)	16	8.66	0
JD Chatterton	2	4	34	16	8.50	0
F Dixon	1	2	15	15	7.50	0
FJ Shacklock	9	16	116	30	7.25	0
J Marlow	4	7	29	17	4.83	0
T Mycroft	1	2	9	9	4.50	0
JJ Disney	11	18	56	14	4.30	0
J Stubbings	1	2	8	8	4.00	0
TG Selby	1	2	3	2	1.50	0

W Mycroft palayed several games for MCC. Chatterton played two matches for scratch sides against the Australians.

Leading first-class batsmen for Derbyshire by runs scored
Name	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Ave	100
FH Sugg	10	19	462	187	27.17	1
William Chatterton	11	21	459	62	21.86 (a)	0
W Cropper	11	21	343	80	18.05	0
WS Eadie	10	19	282	62	16.58	0
LC Docker	10	18	255	41	14.16	0

(a) Figures adjusted for non Derbyshire matches

First-class bowling averages

Name	Balls	Runs	Wickets	BB	Average
W Cropper	1349	514	35	7-25	14.68
FJ Shacklock	1189	569	35	8-45	16.25
W Mycroft	1298	480 (218)	27 (9)	8-45 (4-97)	17.77
William Chatterton	1104	411	25	5-13	16.44
GG Walker	896	414	19	7-105	21.78
W Hall	589	308	12	6-47	25.66
J Marlow	488	190	5	3-82	38.00
H Slater	140	44	1	1-44	44.00
WW Wood-Sims	96	33	1	1-16	33.00
J Stubbings	40	29	1	1-29	29.00
FH Sugg	24	14	0
T Mycroft	4	5	0
WS Eadie	8	13	0
TG Selby	16	7	0	0-7

Leading first class bowlers for Derbyshire by wickets taken
Name	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave
W Cropper	1349	514	35	7-25	14.68
FJ Shacklock	1189	569	35	8-45	16.25
William Chatterton	1104	411	25	5-13	16.44
GG Walker	896	414	19	7-105	21.78

Wicket keeping

• James Disney Catches 18 Stumping 2

See also

• Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
• 1885 English cricket season

References

1. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Surrey 28 May 1885
2. ^ Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire 04 Jun 1885
3. ^ Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire 08 Jun 1885
4. ^ Cricket Archive - Marylebone Cricket Club v Derbyshire 15 Jun 1885
5. ^ Cricket Archive - Hampshire v Derbyshire 25 Jun 1885
6. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire 03 Aug 1885
7. ^ Cricket Archive - Surrey v Derbyshire 06 Aug 1885
8. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire 10 Aug 1885
9. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Hampshire 13 Aug 1885
10. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 24 Aug 1885
11. ^ Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 31 Aug 1885