Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1883

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1883 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for twelve years. They won two first class matches out of ten.

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons

1883 season
Captain	Robert Smith
Most runs	Wallis Evershed
Most wickets	William Cropper, James Brelsford
Most catches	James Disney, Thomas Foster
← 1882 1884 →

1883 season

Derbyshire played two county matches each against Lancashire, Yorkshire, Surrey and Sussex, and two against MCC. They won two of their matches and lost six. Robert Smith was captain for his eighth and last season. In a sparse season without any centuries, Wallis Evershed was top scorer and William Cropper James Brelsford shared the most wickets.

There were no long term additions to the team but George Earl, Joseph Needham, George Yates and Percy Exham made their only career appearances and Thomas Evans made his two career appearances for Derbyshire during the season. The season also saw the last appearances of John Richardson who had been a steady bowler since 1878 and George Osborne who had played sice 1879.

Matches

List of first class matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	17 May 1883[1]	Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester	Lost	Innings and 160 runs	George Nash 5-24; RG Barlow 5-20
2	21 May 1883 [2]	Surrey County Ground, Derby	Won	51 runs	ED Barratt 5-25 and 7-76; J Brelsford 5-31
3	31 May 1883 [3]	MCC Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	Lost	Innings and 29 runs	W Flowers 131 and 6-44; A Rylott 5-53
4	25 Jun 1883 [4]	Lancashire County Ground, Derby	Lost	Innings and 78 runs	A Watson 6-40 and 6-27
5	09 Jul 1883 [5]	MCC County Ground, Derby </small	Drawn		SH Evershed 5-19; GG Hearne 5-49; W Cropper 5-25
6	19 Jul 1883 [6]	Yorkshire County Ground, Derby	Drawn		W Chatterton 5-61
7	30 Jul 1883 [7]	Sussex County Ground, Derby	Lost	Innings and 68 runs	JB Hide 5-34
8	06 Aug 1883 [8]	Yorkshire Bramall Lane, Sheffield	Lost	Innings and 3 runs	W Chatterton 6-64; E Peate 5-36
9	30 Aug 1883 [9]	Surrey Kennington Oval	Lost	6 wickets	ED Barratt 5-50
10	03 Sep 1883 [10]	Sussex County Ground, Hove	Won	29 runs	J Marlow 6-27

List of other matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	03 Aug 1883	Uppingham Rovers County Ground, Derby	Unknown

Statistics

First-class batting averages

Name	AM/ Pro	Age	H	Matches	Inns	Runs	High score	Average	100s
T Evans	A	25	R	2	4	78	35	19.50	0
R P Smith	A	34	R	7	14	245	45	17.50	0
LC Docker	A	23	R	9	16	276	52	17.25	0
W Evershed	A	30	R	10	19	317	92	16.68	0
T Foster	P	35	R	7	13	212	81	16.30	0
J T B D Platts	P	34	L	11	20	311	55	15.55	0
J Marlow		28	R	5	9	89	23	14.83	0
EAJ Maynard	A	22	R	8	14	189	84	14.53	0
GG Walker	A	22	L	2	4	40	23	13.33	0
PG Exham	A	23	R	1	1	12	12	12.00	0
W Cropper		20	R	10	17	177	51	10.41	0
J Needham	A	21	R	1	2	9	6*	9.00	0
J Richardson		26	R	5	10	51	17	7.28	0
JJ Disney	P	23	R	9	16	65	11*	7.22	0
SH Evershed	A	22	R	3	6	34	21	6.80	0
J Brelsford	A	27	R	7	12	48	16	4.36	0
GB Earl		23	R	1	1	4	4	4.00	0
G Osborne	P	?	?	1	2	7	5	3.50	0
W Mycroft	P	42	R	4	7	16	9	3.20	0
JM Clayton	A	25	R	1	2	3	2	1.50	0
LG Wright	A	21	R	1	2	2	2	1.00	0
G Yates		24	R	1	1	0	0	0.00	0
W Chatterton	P	21	R	1	0
G Hay	A	32	R	1	0

First-class bowling averages

Name	Hand	Balls	Runs	Wickets	BB	Average
W Cropper	L M	1069	435	24	5-25	18.12
J Brelsford	RM	1045	463	24	5-31	19.29
J Marlow	RM	948	336	17	6-27	19.76
W Chatterton	R S	896	319	16	6-64	19.93
J Richardson	R F	510	237	11	4-47	21.54
W Mycroft	L F	537	241	10	4-44	24.10
LC Docker	R MF	220	122	6	3-38	20.33
SH Evershed	RM	134	51	5	5-19	10.20
GG Walker	L F & Sl	292	90	5	3-38	18.00
T Foster	R round-arm F	104	71	5	2-18	14.20
W Evershed	RM	27	8	3	3-8	2.66
T Evans	R Sl	260	91	3	1-22	30.33
J T B D Platts	R F	584	258	2	1-22	129.00
G Hay	R round-arm F	12	18	1	1-18	18.00
G Yates	R round-arm	12	9	0	0-9
JM Clayton	R M	16	11	0

Wicket keeping

• James Disney Catches 10, Stumping 0

See also

• Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
• 1883 English cricket season

References

1. Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire 17 May 1883
2. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Surrey 21 May 1883
3. Cricket Archive - Marylebone Cricket Club v Derbyshire 31 May 1883
4. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire 25 Jun 1883
5. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Marylebone Cricket Club 09 Jul 1883
6. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire 19 Jul 1883
7. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Sussex 30 Jul 1883
8. Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire 06 Aug 1883
9. Cricket Archive - Surrey v Derbyshire 30 Aug 1883
10. Cricket Archive - Sussex v Derbyshire 03 Sep 1883