Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1903

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1903 season
Captain Albert Lawton
County Championship 12
Most runs Levi Wright
Most wickets Billy Bestwick
Most catches Joe Humphries

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1903 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for thirty two years. It was their ninth season in the County Championship and they won five matches to come twelfth

1903 season

Derbyshire played sixteen games in the County Championship in addition to two matches against W.G. Grace's London County Cricket Club and one against MCC. They won four matches in the Championship and one against London County.

The captain for the year was Albert Lawton in his second season as captain. Levi Wright was top scorer and Billy Bestwick took most wickets.

A significant addition to the Derbyshire side was Arthur Morton who played for the club until 1926. Other new players in the season were R T Ryder who played his one career first class match against London County and G Green who also made one appearance against London County but played for Derbyshire intermittently over several seasons.

Matches

List of matches
No. Date V Result Margin Notes
1 11 May 1903[1] Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham 		Lost 6 wickets Wass 5-43
2 18 May 1903[2] Lancashire
County Ground, Derby 		Lost 10 wickets Barnes 7-25 and 7-34; JJ Hulme 8-52
3 21 May 1903 [3] MCC
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood 		Lost 9 wickets Llewellyn 5-65; JJ Hulme 6-60; Thompson 5-30
4 01 Jun 1903[4] Hampshire
County Ground, Southampton 		Lost 261 runs Llewellyn 148; Hill 150; JJ Hulme 7-123; Chignell 5-68; Hesketh-Pritchard 7-47
5 08 Jun 1903[5] Essex
County Ground, Leyton 		Drawn Perrin 102(rh); Buckenham 6-47; W Bestwick 5-95; Mead 5-77
6 15 Jun 1903[6] Surrey
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Won 111 runs W Bestwick 7-20; Richardson 5-43
7 18 Jun 1903[7] Yorkshire
County Ground, Derby 		Lost 7 wickets JJ Hulme 5-69
8 22 Jun 1903[8] Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham 		Drawn LG Wright 133; Field 6-82 and 5-150
9 25 Jun 1903[9] Leicestershire
County Ground, Derby 		Won 35 runs Gill 5-93; A Warren 5-69 and 6-112
10 06 Jul 1903[10] Leicestershire
Aylestone Road, Leicester 		Lost 126 runs King 167; Odell 6-74
11 09 Jul 1903[11] Nottinghamshire
County Ground, Derby 		Won 114 runs SWA Cadman 5-42; A Warren 6-93
12 16 Jul 1903 [12] London County Cricket Club
Crystal Palace Park 		Lost Innings and 31 runs W Smith 123; Cranfield 7-105
13 20 Jul 1903[13] Essex
North Road Ground, Glossop 		Lost 232 runs Mead 5-38
14 03 Aug 1903[14] Hampshire
County Ground, Derby 		Won Innings and 59 runs E Needham 131; A Warren 6-43
15 06 Aug 1903[15] Lancashire
Old Trafford, Manchester 		Lost 9 wickets LG Wright 116; Hallows 5-42
16 10 Aug 1903[16] Surrey
Kennington Oval 		Drawn Dowson 100*
17 13 Aug 1903[17] Yorkshire
St George's Road, Harrogate 		Drawn
18 17 Aug 1903[18] Warwickshire
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Drawn W Bestwick 5-86; Hargreave 5-55; Santall 5-19
19 20 Aug 1903 [19] London County Cricket Club
County Ground, Derby 		Won 8 wickets Odell 7-69


Statistics

County Championship batting averages

Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s
LG Wright 15 27 940 133 37.60 2
CA Ollivierre 16 30 660 72 22.75 0
W Storer 15 27 593 89 21.96 0
E Needham 14 25 470 131 20.43 1
AE Lawton 16 27 473 63 18.19 0
SWA Cadman 11 18 309 55 17.16 0
W Ellis 4 8 121 44 15.12 0
EM Ashcroft 7 11142 67 14.20 0
A Warren 16 28 382 89 14.14 0
T Forrester 8 16 186 58 12.40 0
A Morton 5 10 94 22 10.44 0
J Humphries 16 27 208 24 9.45 0
GR Gregory 7 11 85 20* 9.44 0
JJ Hulme 8 15 64 27* 5.33 0
W Bestwick 16 27 68 19* 4.53 0
R Else 2 4 8 5 2.66 0

In addition, W Locker played against MCC, CE Middleton and G Curgenven played in the first match against London County, and R T Ryder and G Green played in the second match against London County.

County Championship bowling averages

Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average
W Bestwick 3758 1599 66 7-20 24.22
A Warren 2630 1395 65 6-43 21.46
JJ Hulme 1460 724 36 8-52 20.11
SWA Cadman 1295 560 19 5-42 29.47
W Storer 470 307 13 3-29 23.61
GR Gregory 270 195 10 4-70 19.50
AE Lawton 600 334 9 2-31 37.11
T Forrester 489 250 6 4-43 41.66
A Morton 258 145 2 2-32 72.50
EM Ashcroft 24 15 0
CA Ollivierre 12 9 0
R Else 12 5 0

County Championship Wicket keeping


See also

References

  1. ↑ Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 11 May 1903
  2. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire 18 May 1903
  3. ↑ Cricket Archive - Marylebone Cricket Club v Derbyshire 21 May 1903
  4. ↑ Cricket Archive - Hampshire v Derbyshire 01 Jun 1903
  5. ↑ Cricket Archive - Essex v Derbyshire 08 Jun 1903
  6. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Surrey 15 Jun 1903
  7. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire 18 Jun 1903
  8. ↑ Cricket Archive - Warwickshire v Derbyshire 22 Jun 1903
  9. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Leicestershire 25 Jun 1903
  10. ↑ Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire 06 Jul 1903
  11. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 09 Jul 1903
  12. ↑ Cricket Archive - London County v Derbyshire 16 Jul 1903
  13. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Essex 20 Jul 1903
  14. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Hampshire 03 Aug 1903
  15. ↑ Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire 06 Aug 1903
  16. ↑ Cricket Archive - Surrey v Derbyshire 10 Aug 1903
  17. ↑ Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire 13 Aug 1903
  18. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Warwickshire 17 Aug 1903
  19. ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v London County 20 Aug 1903