Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1903

1903 season of an English cricket team

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons1903 season

Captain| Albert Lawton
County Championship| 12
Most runs| Levi Wright
Most wickets| Billy Bestwick
Most catches| Joe Humphries
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Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1903 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire celebrated its 32nd anniversary. It was their ninth season in the County Championship and they won five matches to come in twelfth.

## 1903 season

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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.

An 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

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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

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### County Championship batting averages

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

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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 | 11 | 142 | 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

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Name | Balls | Runs | Wickets | BB | Average

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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

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* Joe Humphries Catches 23, Stumping 9

## See also

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* Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
* 1903 English cricket season

## References

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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

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