Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1906

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1906 season
Captain Levi Wright
County Championship 16
Most runs Levi Wright
Most wickets Billy Bestwick
Most catches Joe Humphries
← 1905 1907 →

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1906 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for thirty five years. It was their twelfth season in the County Championship and they finished bottom of the table having won two matches in the County Championship.

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1906 season

Derbyshire played 20 games in the County Championship, one match against the touring West Indians and one against MCC.

Levi Wright was in his first season as captain. Wright was top scorer, although Maynard Ashcroft had a better average and scored two centuries. Billy Bestwick took most wickets with 111 .

Reginald Rickman, a future captain, made his debut and also Henry Purdy and Frederick Bracey who played several seasons. Thomas Hallam and Norman Todd appeared in 1906 and one more season each. John McDonald only appeared in 1906

Matches

List of matches
No. Date V Result Margin Notes
1 10 May 1906[1] MCC
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood		 Lost 5 wickets Not a COunty Championship match
Mead 7-29
2 21 May 1906[2] Lancashire
County Ground, Derby		 Lost 103 runs Kermode 7-101 and 6-73
3 24 May 1906[3] Leicestershire
Aylestone Road, Leicester		 Lost 252 runs A Warren 5-69; W Bestwick 5-78
4 28 May 1906[4] Sussex
County Ground, Hove		 Lost 88 runs W Bestwick 7-49; Relf 7-44; Dwyer 9-35
5 31 May 1906[5] Essex
County Ground, Leyton		 Lost 209 runs Turner 104*; W Bestwick 6-61 and 6-82; Buckenham 5-46; Mead 7-13
6 04 Jun 1906[6] Hampshire
County Ground, Southampton		 Lost 147 runs Hill 110; W Bestwick 7-102; A Warren6-82; Badcock 6-63
7 07 Jun 1906[7] Yorkshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield		 Lost 33 runs Hirst 5-30; W Bestwick 5-76; S Haigh 5-43
8 11 Jun 1906[8] Leicestershire
North Road Ground, Glossop		 Won Innings and 50 runs King 126*; CA Ollivierre 157; A Warren5-81; W Bestwick 6-67
9 18 Jun 1906[9] Warwickshire
County Ground, Derby		 Lost Innings and 16 runs A Warren 5-70; Hargreave 7-34 and 6-68;
10 25 Jun 1906[10] Nottinghamshire
County Ground, Derby		 Lost 10 wickets Gunn 7-75; A Warren 6-104
11 28 Jun 1906[11] Northamptonshire
County Ground, Northampton		 Lost 10 wickets East 7-22; W Bestwick 5-61; Thompson 9-64;
12 02 Jul 1906[12] Surrey
Queen's Park, Chesterfield		 Lost 10 wickets J Crawford 7-86; Lees 7-33
13 05 Jul 1906[13] Sussex
At County Ground, Derby		 Won 5 wickets Killick 125; EM Ashcroft100*; Cox 5-92; W Bestwick 7-49
14 12 Jul 1906[14] Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham		 Lost 5 wickets A Hallam 6-40;
15 16 Jul 1906[15] Yorkshire
Bramall Lane, Sheffield		 Lost 10 wickets W Bestwick 5-71
16 19 Jul 1906[16] West Indians
At County Ground, Derby		 Won 6 wickets Not a County Championship match
17 06 Aug 1906[17] Hampshire
At County Ground, Derby		 Lost 160 runs Badcock 5-59; Wyatt 5-50
18 09 Aug 1906[18] Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham		 Drawn
19 13 Aug 1906[19] Northamptonshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield		 Lost Innings and 85 runs Pretty 200; HF Purdy 6-84; Thompson 5-68
20 20 Aug 1906[20] Essex

At County Ground, Derby		 Lost 6 wickets EM Ashcroft 118; W Bestwick 6-65; Buckenham 6-58
21 23 Aug 1906[21] Lancashire
Old Trafford, Manchester		 Lost Innings and 84 runs Hallows 110
22 27 Aug 1906[22] Surrey
Kennington Oval		 Lost 10 wickets A Warren 6-140; Lees 6-72

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s
EM Ashcroft 14 27 886 118 34.07 2
LG Wright 20 39 929 96 24.44 0
CA Ollivierre 14 27 655 157 24.25 1
E Needham 16 31 687 75 22.90 0
GM Buckston 8 16 326 96 20.37 0
J Humphries 20 39 565 68 19.48 0
SWA Cadman 20 39 692 94 18.70 0
A Morton 18 34 580 77 18.70 0
AE Lawton 2 4 62 52 15.50 0
TH Hallam 6 12 180 68 15.00 0
H Cooper 2 4 45 23 15.00 0
A Warren 19 37 490 52 14.00 0
JH Purdy 1 2 11 9* 11.00 0
FC Hunter 9 15 160 51 10.66 0
GG Walkden 1 1 8 8 8.00 0
FC Bracey 3 6 39 28 7.80 0
RB Rickman 11 21 148 31 7.78 0
W Ellis 1 2 13 10 6.50 0
GR Gregory 1 2 13 11 6.50 0
W Bestwick 19 35 127 21 6.35 0
HF Purdy 8 16 100 21 6.25 0
F Webster 1 2 11 10 5.50 0
JA McDonald 2 4 21 19 5.25 0
AP Boissier 1 2 7 4 3.50 0
A Hogg 2 4 4 4 1.00 0
ND Todd 1 2 0 0 0.00 0[23]

County Championship bowling averages

Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average
W Bestwick 4489 2019 111 7-49 18.18
A Warren 3780 2249 83 6-82 27.09
SWA Cadman 3358 1536 40 4-80 38.40
HF Purdy 1037 445 20 6-84 22.25
RB Rickman 907 432 15 3-16 28.80
A Morton 900 516 12 4-37 43.00
FC Hunter 170 148 4 2-18 37.00
FC Bracey 187 134 3 3-49 44.66
EM Ashcroft 270 166 3 2-12 55.33
JH Purdy 48 30 1 1-30 30.00
F Webster 126 65 1 1-65 65.00
AE Lawton 72 41 0
W Ellis 42 15 0
GR Gregory 6 0 0
CA Ollivierre 5 8 0
J Humphries 4 4 0[24]

Wicket Keeper

See also

References

  1. ^ Marylebone Cricket Club v Derbyshire 10 May 1906
  2. ^ Derbyshire v Lancashire 21 May 1906
  3. ^ Leicestershire v Derbyshire 24 May 1906
  4. ^ Sussex v Derbyshire 28 May 1906
  5. ^ Essex v Derbyshire 31 May 1906
  6. ^ Hampshire v Derbyshire 04 Jun 1906
  7. ^ Derbyshire v Yorkshire 07 Jun 1906
  8. ^ Derbyshire v Leicestershire 11 Jun 1906
  9. ^ Derbyshire v Warwickshire 18 Jun 1906
  10. ^ Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 25 Jun 1906
  11. ^ Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 28 Jun 1906
  12. ^ Derbyshire v Surrey 02 Jul 1906
  13. ^ Derbyshire v Sussex 05 Jul 1906
  14. ^ Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 12 Jul 1906
  15. ^ Yorkshire v Derbyshire 16 Jul 1906
  16. ^ Derbyshire v West Indians 19 Jul 1906
  17. ^ Derbyshire v Hampshire 06 Aug 1906
  18. ^ Warwickshire v Derbyshire 09 Aug 1906
  19. ^ Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 13 Aug 1906
  20. ^ Derbyshire v Essex 20 Aug 1906
  21. ^ Lancashire v Derbyshire 23 Aug 1906
  22. ^ Surrey v Derbyshire 27 Aug 1906
  23. ^ Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1906
  24. ^ Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1906