Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1898

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1898 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for twenty-seven years. It was their fourth season in the County Championship and they won three matches to finish ninth in the Championship table.

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons

1898 season
Captain	Sydney Evershed
County Championship	9
Most runs	William Storer
Most wickets	George Davidson
Most catches	William Storer
← 1897 1899 →

1898 season

Derbyshire played sixteen games in the County Championship in 1898 and one match against MCC. The captain for the year was Sydney Evershed in his eighth season as captain. William Storer was top scorer with three centuries which he achieved while also bowling to take 28 wickets and being a useful wicket-keeper. George Davidson took most wickets at 65 as well as scoring a century. The season saw many high scores, and against Hampshire in August, four Derbyshire players Levi Wright, William Storer, William Chatterton and George Davidson scored centuries followed by two more from the Hampshire players in the same match. The Derbyshire total of 645 runs was to remain their highest match score until it was surpassed in the 2007 season.[1] Two matches later, Yorkshire set a record score against Derbyshire of 662 runs when Jack Brown scored 300 and John Tunnicliffe 243 in Walter Sugg's benefit match before Brown deliberately knocked down his wicket. It remained a national partnership record until two more Yorkshiremen, Percy Holmes and Herbert Sutcliffe, made 555 for the first wicket against Essex at Leyton in 1932.[2]

Queen's Park, Chesterfield, first used in 1898

The Yorkshire match was Derbyshire's second match at Queen's Park, Chesterfield, the first being earlier in the season against Surrey. The size of the crowd at that game made the experiment well worth while and the ground, described as mre pleasing to the eye than the County Ground, became a regular venue for several matches a season. The game against Surrey was not without incident as superb lob bowling by D. L. A. Jephson, gave him nine Derbyshire wickets for 55 runs in the two innings, Derbyshire supporters were upset by Jephson's lobs, and protested vigorously against them, saying that this was unfair bowling.[2]

The most significant addition to the Derbyshire squad in the season was Billy Bestwick as well known for his antics off the pitch as his demon bowling. William Ellis played the first of several seasons at the club when he played occasional games. Alfred Charlesworth and James Wright also made their debuts and played several matches in the season, although only Wright played in a subsequent season. William Prince, John Bourne and Solomon Hardy each played just one career match for Derbyshire in the season

Matches

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	16 May 1898 [3]	Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Drawn		W Storer 109
2	19 May 1898 [4]	Surrey Kennington Oval	Abandoned
3	23 May 1898 [5]	Lancashire County Ground, Derby	Lost	65 runs	JJ Hulme 6-65; Cuttell 5-30; Briggs 5-34; Mold 5-27
4	30 May 1898 [6]	Hampshire County Ground, Southampton	Won	10 wickets	W Storer 104
5	09 Jun 1898 [7]	MCC Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	Won	Innings and 1 run	G Davidson 6-30 and 6-53; J Hearne 6-66
6	16 Jun 1898 [8]	Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham	Drawn		Quaife 109; Lilley 112
7	20 Jun 1898 [9]	Essex County Ground, Leyton	Lost	129 runs	G Davidson 7-42 and 8-74
8	27 Jun 1898 [10]	Leicestershire County Ground, Derby	Won	Innings and 31 runs	Pougher 5-53; F Davidson 6-36; G Davidson 5-31
9	30 Jun 1898 [11]	Surrey Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	Innings and 43 runs	Jephson 6-38
10	04 Jul 1898 [12]	Essex County Ground, Derby	Lost	Innings and 172 runs	Perrin 104 ; McGahey 115; Kortright 5-44; Bull 6-75
11	11 Jul 1898 [13]	Nottinghamshire County Ground, Derby	Drawn		F Davidson 6-49
12	25 Jul 1898 [14]	Warwickshire County Ground, Derby	Drawn		SH Evershed 153; Field 5-107
13	28 Jul 1898 [15]	Yorkshire St George's Road, Harrogate	Drawn		H Bagshaw 100; JW Hancock 5-61
14	01 Aug 1898 [16]	Hampshire County Ground, Derby	Drawn		LG Wright 134; W Storer 100; W Chatterton 142; G Davidson 108 and 6-42; Poore 121; Quinton 101 and 5-93
15	15 Aug 1898 [17]	Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester	Lost	Innings and 103 runs	Geeson 6-64 and 7-38
16	18 Aug 1898 [18]	Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	Innings and 387 runs	J Brown 300; J Tunnicliffe 243
17	25 Aug 1898 [19]	Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester	Drawn		J Tyldesley 200; Cuttell 5-48

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

Name	Matches	Inns	Runs	High score	Average	100s
W Storer	15	25	1113	109	50.59	3
SH Evershed	13	23	729	153	33.13	1
W Chatterton	14	23	648	142	30.85	1
H Bagshaw	13	21	481	100*	24.05	1
G Davidson	14	21	457	108	21.76	1
LG Wright	15	26	541	134	21.64	1
EM Ashcroft	4	6	95	60	19.00	0
H Blackwell	3	4	38	15	19.00	0
W Sugg	15	23	323	50	14.68	0
J Wright	5	8	87	53*	12.42	0
A Charlesworth	7	10	92	23	10.22	0
GG Walker	6	9	62	25	7.75	0
W Ellis	3	5	28	16*	7.00	0
F Davidson	8	14	67	19	6.70	0
JJ Hulme	2	3	13	9*	6.50	0
JJ Bourne	1	1	6	6	6.00	0
JW Hancock	11	14	50	19	5.55	0
S Hardy	1	2	10	9	5.00	0
D Bottom	1	2	8	7	4.00	0
GA Marsden	3	5	14	5	2.80	0
W Bestwick	8	11	22	5*	2.75	0
E Evershed	1	1	1	1	1.00	0
SH Wood	1	1	4	4*	0
W Prince	1	1	2	2*	0 [20]

County Championship bowling averages

Name	Balls	Runs	Wickets	BB	Average
G Davidson	3682	1020	65	8-74	15.69
F Davidson	2054	844	32	6-36	26.37
W Storer	1470	995	28	4-121	35.53
JW Hancock	1511	720	23	5-61	31.30
JJ Hulme	500	152	12	6-65	12.66
GG Walker	965	630	9	4-199	70.00
W Bestwick	765	430	8	4-163	53.75
H Bagshaw	430	241	7	2-5	34.42
W Chatterton	650	255	6	4-32	42.50
W Sugg	345	197	5	3-25	39.40
H Blackwell	175	105	4	2-23	26.25
JJ Bourne	265	103	3	2-63	34.33
D Bottom	123	50	1	1-50	50.00
W Prince	125	38	0
A Charlesworth	60	47	0
EM Ashcroft	50	31	0
J Wright	50	16	0
LG Wright	50	36	0
W Ellis	30	12	0
SH Evershed	30	28	0 [21]

Wicket Keeper

• W Storer Catches 24, Stumping 1
• W Chatterton Catches 13, Stumping 1
• LG Wright Catches 10, Stumping 2

See also

• Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
• 1898 English cricket season

References

1. Bygone Derbyshire - Run Crazy Derbyshire A Cricket Record
2. W.T. Taylor History of Derbyshire cricket Wisden 1953
3. Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 16 May 1898
4. Cricket Archive - Surrey v Derbyshire 19 May 1898
5. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire 23 May 1898
6. Cricket Archive - Hampshire v Derbyshire 30 May 1898
7. Cricket Archive - Marylebone Cricket Club v Derbyshire 09 Jun 1898
8. Cricket Archive - Warwickshire v Derbyshire 16 Jun 1898
9. Cricket Archive - Essex v Derbyshire 20 Jun 1898
10. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Leicestershire 27 Jun 1898
11. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Surrey 30 Jun 1898
12. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Essex 04 Jul 1898
13. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 11 Jul 1898
14. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Warwickshire 25 Jul 1898
15. Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire 28 Jul 1898
16. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Hampshire 01 Aug 1898
17. Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire 15 Aug 1898
18. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire 18 Aug 1898
19. Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire 25 Aug 1898
20. Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1898
21. Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1898