Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1889

1889 season of an English cricket team

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons1889 season

Captain| William Chatterton
Most runs| William Chatterton
Most wickets| George Davidson
Most catches| James Disney
| <- 1888 | 1890 ->

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Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1889 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing nineteen years. Derbyshire's matches were not considered to be first class in this season. The club had lost first class status after 1887 and did not regain it until 1894, the year before they joined the County Championship. However many of the players competed for the club earlier or subsequently at first-class level.

## 1889 season

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Derbyshire played eleven games, all against sides that they had played in first class matches before 1888 or that joined the County Championship four years later. William Chatterton was in his third year as captain and was also top scorer making a century against Essex. George Davidson topped the bowling with 38 wickets.

Fred Spofforth, known as the "Demon Bowler" had toured England with the Australians in 1886, and afterwards chose to live in Derbyshire. The club tried to persuade the County Cricket Council to let him play for Derbyshire without waiting for the usual two years' residential qualification. Although the application was refused, in 1889 Yorkshire generously offered to waive the point so that Spofforth could play against them.[1] He did so in two matches in the 1889 season, repaying them in one game by taking fifteen of their wickets for 81 runs. In the 1890 season, with the residential qualification met, Spofforth was able not only to play for Derbyshire but to captain the side. Charles Evans who made his debut played on for Derbyshire into the County Championship in 1895. Frank Evershed one of the Evershed brothers and a rugby international played in his first season for Derbyshire, but never played a first class game. Joseph Burrows, George Maltby and Thomas Purdy all played in one career match for Derbyshire against the MCC and only Purdy returned the following year.

### Matches

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List of matches

No.  | Date  | V  | Result  | Margin  | Notes
1  | 20 May 1889[2] | MCC
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood  | Won  | 1 wicket  |  Hearne 6–16; West 6-29
2  | 10 Jun 1889[3] | Yorkshire

County Ground, Derby  | Lost  | 54 runs  |  FR Spofforth 7-45 and 8-36; Peel 6-24 and 8-43
3  | 17 Jun 1889[4] | Essex
County Ground, Leyton  | Drawn  |  |  W Chatterton 168; G Davidson 129; Burrell 5-56
4  | 20 Jun 1889[5] | Surrey
Kennington Oval  | Lost  | Innings and 223 runs  |  W Read 103; G Lohmann 5-42; T Bowley 6-48
5  | 24 Jun 1889[6] | Leicestershire
County Ground, Derby  | Won  | Innings and 133 runs  |  W Sugg 104; A Rylott 5–125; G Davidson 6-49
6  | 01 Jul 1889[7] | Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham  | Lost  | 10 wickets  |  Richardson 5-54; W Attewell 5-26
7  | 22 Jul 1889[8] | Surrey
County Ground, Derby  | Lost  | 48 runs  |  Beaumont 8-53; T Bowley 6-13
8  | 29 Jul 1889[9] | Nottinghamshire
County Ground, Derby  | Lost  | Innings and 26 runs  |  W Attewell 6-35 and 5-24; Richardson 6-36
9  | 05 Aug 1889[10] | Yorkshire
Bramall Lane, Sheffield  | Drawn  |  |
10  | 08 Aug 1889[11] | Leicestershire
Grace Road, Leicester  | Drawn  |  |  G Davidson 6-47; J J Hulme 5-28
11  | 19 Aug 1889[12] | Essex
County Ground, Derby  | Won  | 10 wickets  |  Bishop 5-77; W Sugg 7-44

## Statistics

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### Batting averages

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Name | Matches | Inns | Runs | High score | Average | 100s

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C Evans | 1 | 1 | 47 | 47 | 47.00 | 0
W Chatterton | 11 | 18 | 500 | 168 | 27.78 | 1
G Davidson | 11 | 18 | 389 | 129 | 21.61 | 1
W Sugg | 10 | 17 | 318 | 104 | 18.71 | 1
SH Evershed | 8 | 13 | 234 | 79 | 18.00 | 0
LG Wright | 6 | 11 | 168 | 59 | 15.27 | 0
J J Hulme | 10 | 16 | 192 | 61 | 12.00 | 0
W S Eadie | 8 | 13 | 149 | 51 | 11.46 | 0
W Storer | 2 | 3 | 32 | 14 | 10.67 | 0
HC Mosby[13] | 8 | 14 | 129 | 32 | 9.21 | 0
F Evershed | 3 | 5 | 39 | 14 | 7.80 | 0
E Evershed | 5 | 8 | 53 | 16 | 7.67 | 0
GG Walker | 10 | 15 | 115 | 34 | 6.76 | 0
JR Burrows[14] | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4.50 | 0
GA Maltby[15] | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4.50 | 0
T Purdy[16] | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4.5 | 0
F R Spofforth | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4.00 | 0
G Ratcliffe | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0
G Porter | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2.00 | 0
W Hall | 11 | 17 | 157 | 34 | 9.24 | 0
JJ Disney | 10 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0.79 | 0

### Bowling averages

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Name | Balls | Runs | Wickets | BB | Average

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G Davidson | 1893 | 643 | 38 | 6-47 | 16.92
J J Hulme | 1079 | 451 | 27 | 5-28 | 16.70
HC Mosby | 432 | 159 | 11 | 3-28 | 14.45
W Hall | 975 | 319 | 18 | 4-32 | 17.72
W Chatterton | 782 | 280 | 18 | 4-80 | 15.56
GG Walker | 960 | 412 | 16 | 4-28 | 25.75
FR Spofforth | 265 | 81 | 15 | 8-36 | 5.40
W Sugg | 174 | 67 | 10 | 7-44 | 6.70
G Porter | 135 | 43 | 4 | 2-11 | 10.75
SH Evershed | 30 | 15 | 0 |  |

## Wicket Keeper

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* James Disney Catches 11, Stumping 4

## See also

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* Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
* 1889 English cricket season

## References

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1. ^ W.T. Taylor History of Derbyshire cricket Wisden 1953
2. ^ Cricket Archive - Marylebone Cricket Club v Derbyshire 20 May 1889
3. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire 10 Jun 1889
4. ^ Cricket Archive - Essex v Derbyshire 17 Jun 1889
5. ^ Cricket Archive - Surrey v Derbyshire 20 Jun 1889
6. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Leicestershire 24 Jun 1889
7. ^ Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 01 Jul 1889
8. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Surrey 22 Jul 1889
9. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 29 Jul 1889
10. ^ Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire 05 Aug 1889
11. ^ Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire 08 Aug 1889
12. ^ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Essex 19 Aug 1889
13. ^ Herbert Mosby at Cricket Archive
14. ^ Joseph Burrows at Cricket Archive
15. ^ George Maltby at Cricket Archive
16. ^ Thomas Purdy at Cricket Archive

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