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Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1902 season Captain Albert Lawton County Championship 10 Most runs Maynard Ashcroft Most wickets Billy Bestwick Most catches Joe Humphries ← 1901 1903 → Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1902 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for thirty-one years. It was their eighth season in the County Championship and they won five matches to finish tenth in the Championship table.
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1902 season
Derbyshire played sixteen games in the County Championship in 1902, two matches against London County, one match against MCC and one against the touring Australians.
Derbyshire won four matches in the County Championship which brought them up to tenth in the table. The captain for the year was Albert Lawton in his first season as captain. Maynard Ashcroft was top scorer. Billy Bestwick took most wickets.
The most significant additions to the Derbyshire squad in the season was Thomas Forrester who carried on playing for the club for many seasons. Also making his debut was Charles Ollivierre the first Caribbean to play for an English county who also played several seasons. Other players who made their debut but played only in 1902 were Charles Lyon who played two matches and Ernest Stapleton, Noah Buxton, Archibold Cooper and Bert Hall who played one each. Guy Wilson played once in 1902 and once in 1905.
Matches
List of matches No. Date V Result Margin Notes 1 19 May 1902[1] Hampshire
County Ground, SouthamptonWon 180 runs Llewellyn 7-59; JJ Hulme 5-57 and 7-48; Soar 5-80 2 29 May 1902[2] Yorkshire
Dewsbury and Savile GroundDrawn TL Taylor 106 3 05 Jun 1902[3] Yorkshire
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldDrawn TL Taylor 142; JJ Hulme 5-68; Hirst 5-32; Haigh 5-31 4 09 Jun 1902[4] Warwickshire
Edgbaston, BirminghamLost 9 wickets Hargreave 6-54; Santall 5-50 5 12 Jun 1902[5] Worcestershire
North Road Ground, GlossopDrawn W Bestwick 7-28; Wilson 6-53 6 19 Jun 1902[6] Australians
County Ground, DerbyLost 8 wickets W Bestwick 6-82; Saunders 6-40 7 23 Jun 1902[7] MCC
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's WoodLost 6 wickets Trott 7-84; Mead 6-36 8 26 Jun 1902[8] London County Cricket Club
County Ground, DerbyLost 6 wickets AE Lawton 149; CJB Wood 124; Grace 5-105; Llewellyn 5-92 and 6-101 9 30 Jun 1902[9] Leicestershire
Queen's Park, ChesterfieldDrawn LG Wright 101; EM Ashcroft 104; AE Knight 103 10 03 Jul 1902[10] Surrey
Kennington OvalLost 7 wickets VFS Crawford 101; W Bestwick 6-107; Richardson 5-81 11 10 Jul 1902[11] Leicestershire
Aylestone Road, LeicesterWon 242 runs EM Ashcroft 162; Coe 6-40; A Warren 7-70 12 14 Jul 1902[12] Nottinghamshire
County Ground, DerbyLost 9 wickets Iremonger 146; Gunn 120; Hallam 5-46; Wass 6-152 13 21 Jul 1902[13] London County Cricket Club
Crystal Palace ParkWon 99 runs GIll 6-83; W Bestwick 8-52; Braund 5-70 14 24 Jul 1902[14] Essex
County Ground, DerbyLost 120 runs McGahey 5-24; JJ Hulme 5-18; Mead 6-55 15 04 Aug 1902[15] Hampshire
County Ground, DerbyDrawn AE Lawton 146; Llewellyn 109 and 5-117 16 07 Aug 1902[16] Worcestershire
County Ground, New Road, WorcesterDrawn HK Foster 112; FL Bowley 122; RE Foster 109 17 11 Aug 1902[17] Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, NottinghamLost Innings and 89 runs Gunn 101; Shrewbury 108; W Bestwick 6-82; Wass 5-84 and 6-53 18 14 Aug 1902[18] Warwickshire
County Ground, DerbyWon Innings and 250 runs CA Ollivierre 167; AE Lawton 126; A Warren 6-33 19 18 Aug 1902[19] Surrey
North Road Ground, GlossopDrawn 20 21 Aug 1902[20] Essex
County Ground, LeytonWon 15 runs Lucas 103; Mead 5-44 and 5-59; A Warren 6-75; W Bestwick 7-55 Statistics
County Championship batting averages
Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s EM Ashcroft 13 19 843 162 46.83 2 CA Ollivierre 7 9 363 167 40.33 1 G Curgenven 3 5 120 51 30.00 0 AE Lawton 16 22 652 146 29.63 2 LG Wright 16 24 629 101 26.20 1 E Needham 15 22 480 66 24.00 0 W Storer 16 22 474 54 21.54 0 T Forrester 8 12 156 41 19.50 0 JJ Hulme 16 22 329 47 18.27 0 J Humphries 13 19 248 43 17.71 0 Samuel Hill Wood 3 4 52 43 13.00 0 A Warren 14 20 242 71 12.73 0 W Chatterton 7 10 76 32 8.44 0 W Locker 1 1 8 8 8.00 0 H Bagshaw 2 4 28 16 7.00 0 W Bestwick 16 20 83 26 6.38 0 W Sugg 5 7 44 13 6.28 0 B Hall 1 2 10 7 5.00 0 CH Lyon 2 2 6 4 3.00 0 N Buxton 1 2 7 7 3.50 0 AHH Cooper 1 1 0 0 0.00 0 [21] Leading first-class batsmen for Derbyshire by runs scored Name Mat Inns Runs HS Ave 100 EM Ashcroft 15 23 897 162 39.80 2 AE Lawton 19 28 861 149 30.75 3 LG Wright 18 28 736 101 26.29 1 W Storer 19 28 611 61 21.82 0 E Needham 16 24 489 66 20.38 0 (a) Figures adjusted for non CC matches
Outside the County Championship, E Stapleton played against MCC and GD Wilson against London County
County Championship bowling averages
Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average W Bestwick 3362 1339 63 7-28 21.25 JJ Hulme 3385 1362 55 7-48 24.76 A Warren 1720 934 38 7-70 24.57 T Forrester 894 360 17 4-38 21.17 AE Lawton 650 335 16 4-59 20.93 W Storer 811 564 15 3-63 37.60 EM Ashcroft 482 272 4 2-46 68.00 W Chatterton 138 80 3 2-40 26.66 N Buxton 42 14 2 2-14 7.00 W Sugg 72 56 2 1-7 28.00 J Humphries 30 19 1 1-19 19.00 CA Ollivierre 54 53 0 E Needham 42 35 0 LG Wright 24 25 0 CH Lyon 12 6 0 AHH Cooper 12 12 0 G Curgenven 6 0 0 [22] Leading first class bowlers for Derbyshire by wickets taken Name Balls Runs Wkts BBI Ave W Bestwick 4095 1684 81 8-52 20.79 JJ Hulme 3695 1476 66 7-48 22.36 A Warren 2216 1184 49 7-70 24.16 T Forrester 894 360 17 4-38 21.17 AE Lawton 698 385 17 4-59 22.65 Wicket Keeping
- Joe Humphries Catches 41, Stumping 3
See also
- Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
- 1902 English cricket season
References
- ^ Cricket Archive - Hampshire v Derbyshire 19 May 1902
- ^ Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire 29 May 1902
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire 05 Jun 1902
- ^ Cricket Archive - Warwickshire v Derbyshire 09 Jun 1902
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Worcestershire 12 Jun 1902
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Australians 19 Jun 1902
- ^ Cricket Archive - Marylebone Cricket Club v Derbyshire 23 Jun 1902
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v London County 26 Jun 1902
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Leicestershire 30 Jun 1902
- ^ Cricket Archive - Surrey v Derbyshire 03 Jul 1902
- ^ Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire 10 Jul 1902
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 14 Jul 1902
- ^ Cricket Archive - London County v Derbyshire 21 Jul 1902
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Essex 24 Jul 1902
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Hampshire 04 Aug 1902
- ^ Cricket Archive - Worcestershire v Derbyshire 07 Aug 1902
- ^ Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 11 Aug 1902
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Warwickshire 14 Aug 1902
- ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Surrey 18 Aug 1902
- ^ Cricket Archive - Essex v Derbyshire 21 Aug 1902
- ^ Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1902
- ^ Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1902
Categories:- 1902 in cricket
- 1902 in England
- Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
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