Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1902
| 1902 season | |||
| Captain | Albert Lawton | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| County Championship | 10 | ||
| Most runs | Maynard Ashcroft | ||
| Most wickets | Billy Bestwick | ||
| Most catches | Joe Humphries | ||
| |||
Derbyshire County 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.
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. Noah Buxton played occasionally until 1911 and Guy Wilson played once in 1902 and once in 1905. Other players who made their debut but played only in 1902 were Charles Lyon who played two matches and Ernest Stapleton, Archibold Cooper and Bert Hall who played one each.
Matches
| List of matches | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | V | Result | Margin | Notes |
| 1 | 19 May 1902[1] | Hampshire County Ground, Southampton |
Won | 180 runs | Llewellyn 7-59; JJ Hulme 5-57 and 7-48; Soar 5-80 |
| 2 | 29 May 1902[2] | Yorkshire Dewsbury and Savile Ground |
Drawn | TL Taylor 106 | |
| 3 | 05 Jun 1902[3] | Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |
Drawn | TL Taylor 142; JJ Hulme 5-68; Hirst 5-32; Haigh 5-31 | |
| 4 | 09 Jun 1902[4] | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham |
Lost | 9 wickets | Hargreave 6-54; Santall 5-50 |
| 5 | 12 Jun 1902[5] | Worcestershire North Road Ground, Glossop |
Drawn | W Bestwick 7-28; Wilson 6-53 | |
| 6 | 19 Jun 1902[6] | Australians County Ground, Derby |
Lost | 8 wickets | W Bestwick 6-82; Saunders 6-40 |
| 7 | 23 Jun 1902[7] | MCC Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood |
Lost | 6 wickets | Trott 7-84; Mead 6-36 |
| 8 | 26 Jun 1902[8] | London County Cricket Club County Ground, Derby |
Lost | 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, Chesterfield |
Drawn | LG Wright 101; EM Ashcroft 104; AE Knight 103 | |
| 10 | 03 Jul 1902[10] | Surrey Kennington Oval |
Lost | 7 wickets | VFS Crawford 101; W Bestwick 6-107; Richardson 5-81 |
| 11 | 10 Jul 1902[11] | Leicestershire Aylestone Road, Leicester |
Won | 242 runs | EM Ashcroft 162; Coe 6-40; A Warren 7-70 |
| 12 | 14 Jul 1902[12] | Nottinghamshire County Ground, Derby |
Lost | 9 wickets | Iremonger 146; Gunn 120; Hallam 5-46; Wass 6-152 |
| 13 | 21 Jul 1902[13] | London County Cricket Club Crystal Palace Park |
Won | 99 runs | GIll 6-83; W Bestwick 8-52; Braund 5-70 |
| 14 | 24 Jul 1902[14] | Essex County Ground, Derby |
Lost | 120 runs | McGahey 5-24; JJ Hulme 5-18; Mead 6-55 |
| 15 | 04 Aug 1902[15] | Hampshire County Ground, Derby |
Drawn | AE Lawton 146; Llewellyn 109 and 5-117 | |
| 16 | 07 Aug 1902[16] | Worcestershire County Ground, New Road, Worcester |
Drawn | HK Foster 112; FL Bowley 122; RE Foster 109 | |
| 17 | 11 Aug 1902[17] | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham |
Lost | 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, Derby |
Won | Innings and 250 runs | CA Ollivierre 167; AE Lawton 126; A Warren 6-33 |
| 19 | 18 Aug 1902[19] | Surrey North Road Ground, Glossop |
Drawn | ||
| 20 | 21 Aug 1902[20] | Essex County Ground, Leyton |
Won | 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