Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1896

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1896 season
Captain	Sydney Evershed
County Championship	7
Most runs	William Storer
Most wickets	John Hulme
Most catches	William Storer
← 1895	1897 →

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1896 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for twenty five years. It was their second season in the County Championship and they came seventh.

1896 season

Derbyshire played 16 games in the County Championship, one match against MCC and one against the touring Australians. They won five matches in the County Championship and six matches altogether. Brewer's son Sydney Evershed was in his sixth season as captain. William Storer was top scorer, as well as keeping wicket and bowling to take 15 wickets. John Hulme took most wickets with 77 in the County Championship.

In a season marked by a number of high scores, with centuries both for and against Derbyshire Storer and George Davidson produced notable batting performances during the season. Davidson made 274 against Lancashire at Manchester which remains the Derbyshire individual batting record. In the same innings Chatterton and Storer also scored centuries. Against Yorkshire Storer hit centuries in each innings—a feat performed previously only by W. G. Grace, A. E. Stoddart and George Brann, giving him a season's batting average of over 57. Bagshaw added a third century against Yorkshire in the same match.

Of those who made their debuts in the season, Thomas Gould and Henry Curgenven also played in 1897. John Purdy and Charles Middleton played more seasons, but only occasionally. Walter Butterfield played only two matches in 1896 and Frank Bingham just one.

Matches

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	14 May 1896 ^[1]	Surrey At County Ground, Derby	Lost	Innings and 15 runs	Hayward 229
2	18 May 1896 ^[2]	Nottinghamshire At Trent Bridge	Lost	7 wickets	Gunn 135
3	25 May 1896 ^[3]	Hampshire At County Ground, Southampton	Won	7 wickets	Ward 113
4	28 May 1896 ^[4]	MCC At Lord's	Won	1 wicket	W Attewell 5-38; G Porter 5-50
5	04 Jun 1896 ^[5]	Surrey At Kennington Oval	Lost	Innings and 57 runs	R Abel 109; G Lohmann 6-51
6	08 Jun 1896 ^[6]	Lancashire At County Ground, Derby	Lost	37 runs	JJ Hulme 6-57; A Mold 5-58 and 7-46; G Davidson 5-49
7	15 Jun 1896 ^[7]	Nottinghamshire At County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Gunn 207; Hardstaffe* 8-53
8	25 Jun 1896 ^[8]	Yorkshire At County Ground, Derby	Drawn		W Storer 100 and 100; H Bagshaw* 115
9	29 Jun 1896 ^[9]	Leicestershire At Grace Road, Leicestershire	Won	Innings and 147 runs	W Storer 142; G Davidson 6-53
10	02 Jul 1896 ^[10]	Yorkshire Bramall Lane, Sheffield	Lost	9 wickets	Denton 113; W Storer 122; JJ Hulme 5-80; S Haigh 6-45 and 6-70
11	06 Jul 1896 ^[11]	Leicestershire At County Ground, Derby	Drawn		H Bagshaw 121; Pougher 114
12	13 Jul 1896 ^[12]	Warwickshire At County Ground, Derby	Won	10 wickets	R Lilley 132 and 6-46; G Davidson 5-62; JJ Hulme 7-44
13	20 Jul 1896 ^[13]	Australians At County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Trott 141; Donnan 167; Hill 130; G Giffen 5-123
14	23 Jul 1896 ^[14]	Essex At County Ground, Leyton	Drawn		W Chatterton 111
15	03 Aug 1896 ^[15]	Hampshire At County Ground, Derby	Won	8 wickets	Kitchener 6-59
16	10 Aug 1896 ^[16]	Lancashire At Old Trafford, Manchester	Drawn		W Chatterton 104; G Davidson 274; W Storer 116; J Briggs 6–185; JJ Hulme 5-94
17	17 Aug 1896 ^[17]	Essex At County Ground, Derby	Lost	201 runs	JJ Hulme 6-98; Bull 5-68
18	24 Aug 1896 ^[18]	Warwickshire At Edgbaston	Drawn		G Davidson 8-70

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

Name	Matches	Inns	Runs	High score	Average	100s
W Storer	15	22	1091	142*	57.42	5
G Davidson	16	24	953	274	43.31	1
W Chatterton	16	26	890	111	40.45	2
H Bagshaw	13	20	628	121	34.88	2
SH Evershed	13	19	637	88	33.52	0
LG Wright	15	23	580	94	25.21	0
W Sugg	16	25	486	88	20.25	0
T Gould	2	1	16	16	16.00	0
GA Marsden	14	19	237	37	15.80	0
JJ Hulme	16	22	237	51*	11.85	0
W S Eadie	2	3	31	18	10.33	0
HG Curgenven	5	5	45	19	9.00	0
G Porter	14	20	112	55	7.00	0
JW Bennett	4	6	30	18	5.00	0
WB Delacombe	2	3	9	7	4.50	0
JH Purdy	5	6	13	10*	3.25	0
J Brooks	2	4	6	6	3.00	0
W Butterfield	2	4	11	7	2.75	0
J Goodall	1	1	2	2	2.00	0
GG Walker	2	3	8	8*	–	0
JP Hall	1	1	0	0	–	0 ^[19]

Additionally C Middleton and FM Bingham played in the non County Championship match against MCC. Middleton failed to score, but Bingham made seventeen runs in what was his only match for the club.

County Championship bowling averages

Name	Balls	Runs	Wickets	BB	Average
JJ Hulme	4555	1690	77	7-44	21.94
G Davidson	4721	1502	68	8-70	22.08
G Porter	2568	1029	29	4-56	35.48
W Storer	681	408	15	4-48	27.20
JH Purdy	462	203	8	3-53	25.37
JW Bennett	535	236	6	2-37	39.33
W Chatterton	205	107	3	2-16	35.66
W Sugg	355	274	3	2-19	91.33
H Bagshaw	360	177	3	2-38	59.00
HG Curgenven	220	119	2	1-16	59.50
W Butterfield	35	20	1	1-10	20.00
JP Hall	85	39	1	1-21	39.00
GG Walker	160	96	2	1-30	48.00
J Brooks	157	127	1	1-88	127.00
T Gould	55	20	0
LG Wright	5	1	0^[20]

Wicket Keeping

Name	Matches	Catches	Stumpings
William Storer	15	26	3
Levi Wright		7	1

References

[1] Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Surrey 14 May 1896

[2] Cricket Archive Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 18 May 1896

[3] Cricket Archive Hampshire v Derbyshire 25 May 1896

[4] Cricket Archive Marylebone Cricket Club v Derbyshire 28 May 1896

[5] Cricket Archive Surrey v Derbyshire 04 Jun 1896

[6] Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Lancashire 08 Jun 1896

[7] Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 15 Jun 1896

[8] Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Yorkshire 25 Jun 1896

[9] Cricket Archive Leicestershire v Derbyshire 29 Jun 1896

[10] Cricket ArchiveYorkshire v Derbyshire 02 Jul 1896

[11] Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Leicestershire 06 Jul 1896

[12] Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Warwickshire 13 Jul 1896

[13] Cricket ArchiveDerbyshire v Australians 20 Jul 1896

[14] Cricket Archive Essex v Derbyshire 23 Jul 1896

[15] Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Hampshire 03 Aug 1896

[16] Cricket Archive Lancashire v Derbyshire 10 Aug 1896

[17] Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Essex County 17 Aug 1896

[18] Cricket Archive Warwickshire v Derbyshire 24 Aug 1896

[19] Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1896

[20] Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1896

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