Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1910
Introduction '''Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1910''' was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for thirty nine years. It was their sixteenth season in the County Championship and they won two matches to finish fifteenth in the Championship table.
1910 season Derbyshire played twenty two matches, all in the County Championship and won two and lost fourteen. Their two victories were courtesy of Leicestershire. John Chapman was in his first year as captain. Ernest Needham scored most runs, and Arthur Morton took most wickets.Among the draws, the season produced one of the most memorable matches against Warwickshire at Blackwell in 1910 and not just a Derbyshire record 9th wicket partnership, but a world record 9th wicket partnership of 283 which still stands. At lunch time on the last day Derbyshire with eight second innings wickets down, were far behind Warwickshire's first innings score and Warwickshire looked certain of a comfortable win. Chapman and Arnold Warren were batting. William Taylor wrote "In view of their strong position, Warwickshire, I knew, were hoping to catch an early afternoon train, and, in conversation during the interval, I remarked to their fast bowler, Frank Field: You look like catching your train all right, Frank. The reply was, I'm not so sure about that, Mr. Taylor. These chaps are pretty good bats, you know. How right he was. Chapman and Warren made their runs in less than three hours and Warwickshire had to be content with a draw." Chapman scored 165 and Arnold Warren 123.Fred Root who became an international player and played five seasons for Derbyshire made his debut in 1910.Henry Jelf who retired from the navy played occasional games in this and the following season. Bertie Corbett, James Handford and Stanley Holden made their debuts and played a few games but only in the 1910 season. Charles Newcombe, who died in the war and Arthur Marsden who died six years later at St Pancras, played their only first class games in the season.===Matches=== List of matchesNo.DateVResult MarginNotes1 5 May 1910  Surrey Kennington Oval Drawn W Smith 8–35; A Morton 6–71 29 May 1910  Sussex   County Ground, Derby Lost 8 wickets A Warren 6–64 3 12 May 1910  Lancashire  North Road Ground, Glossop  Lost 128 runs Huddleston 8–31; A Morton 5–69 416 May 1910 Essex   County Ground, Leyton Lost 4 wickets G Curgenven 100; Tremlin 5–42; Mead 6–71 519 May 1910  Sussex   The Saffrons, Eastbourne Drawn Cox 6–52; SWA Cadman 5–36; Relf 5–68 626 May 1910 Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield Lost Innings and 142 runs Rothery 134; Denton 182 72 Jun 1910 Kent County Ground, Derby Lost 304 runs Seymour 124; Hutchings 122; Blythe 6–36; A Warren 8–152; Wooley 5–35 89 Jun 1910  Surrey County Ground, Derby Lost 10 wickets Hobbs 133; W Smith 7–36; A Warren 5–94; Lees 5–41 918 Jun 1910 Warwickshire  Miners Welfare Ground, Blackwell Drawn Charlesworth 216; A Warren 123; J Chapman 165; Foster 5–62; 1025 Jun 1910 Northamptonshire  Queen's Park, Chesterfield Lost 130 runs A Morton 5–142 and 5–76; Thompson 6–75 and 6–47112 Jul 1910 Leicestershire County Ground, Derby Won 6 wickets A Warren 6–59 127 Jul 1910 Kent  Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend Lost 6 wickets Blythe 6–60 and 5–63; A Warren 5–71 1311 Jul 1910 Leicestershire Aylestone Road, Leicester Won 42 runs E Needham 159; L Oliver 104; Coe 101; Jayes 6–72; A Morton 6–50 1414 Jul 1910 Nottinghamshire  Trent Bridge, Nottingham Drawn A Morton 7–90 and 5–150 1518 Jul 1910 Hampshire County Ground, Southampton Lost Innings and 15 runs A Morton 7–144; Newman 7–77 1625 Jul 1910 YorkshirePark Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford Lost Innings and 101 runs Hirst 5–35; Booth 5–34; Rhodes 5–5 171 Aug 1910 Essex   County Ground, Derby Lost 271 runs A Morton 6–83; Buckenham 6–49 and 5–31; A Warren 5–86 184 Aug 1910 Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham Lost 143 runs A Warren 5–81; Foster 6–65 and 6–51 198 Aug 1910 Hampshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield Lost 102 runs White 117; A Morton 8–117 2013 Aug 1910 Northamptonshire  County Ground, Northampton Lost 6 wickets SWA Cadman 6–80; Wells 5–55 2118 Aug 1910  Nottinghamshire  Miners Welfare Ground, Blackwell Drawn G Curgenven 109 2222 Aug 1910  Lancashire  Aigburth, Liverpool Drawn 34 overs played for 38 runs
Statistics ===County Championship batting averages=== Name  Matches  Inns  Runs  High score  Average 100s G Curgenven   7 11  371 109   33.72  2     R Sale  4 8  207 69  29.57  0   T Forrester 10 16  297 78  22.84  0    E Needham 22 42  889 159  21.68  1    J Chapman 20 36  713 165  20.97  1    A Morton  22 41  773 89  20.34  0    SWA Cadman   20 40  753 84 19.30  0    AE Lawton  1 2  37 36  18.50  0    FA Newton  12 23  333 87  16.65  0     A Warren 22 41  610 123  16.48  1    L Oliver 17 30  420 104* 15.55  1  J Humphries   21 35  369 65  15.37  0  HFD Jelf 5 10  133 37  13.30  0     RB Rickman 7 11  113 34  11.30  0    CF Root  8 11  100 49  11.11  0    G Grainger 1 2  11 10* 11.00  0    H Cooper  1 2  21 14  10.50  0     GR Gregory  1 1  10 10  10.00  0    J Handford   9 17  137 23  9.78  0    TA Higson  3 6  49 36  8.16  0   WT Taylor  2 4  29 10  7.25  0   J Bowden   5 9  63 30  7.00  0    ST Langton  1 1  6 6  6.00  0    C Lowe  3 5  21 17  5.25  0    FC Bracey  5 9  15 7* 5.00  0    FH Taylor  4 8  31 12  4.42  0     A Howcroft  2 4  17 10  4.25  0    A Marsden  1 2  6 6  3.00  0     SM Holden  3 4  7 6  2.33  0    BO Corbett  1 2  1 1  0.50  0     CN Newcombe  1 2  1 1  0.50  0===County Championship bowling averages=== Name  Balls  Runs  Wickets  BB  Average A Morton  5700  2630 116 8–117 22.67    A Warren  4521 2392 85 8–152 28.14   SWA Cadman  3663 1586 67 6–80 23.67   RB Rickman  432  243 7 2–30 34.71   T Forrester  408  184 6 4–7 30.66    CF Root   220 102 5 2–39 20.40    FC Bracey   330 168 4 2–27 42.00    L Oliver  126 79 3 2–20 26.33    TA Higson  58  42 2 1–0 21.00   C Lowe  97 48 1 1–37 48.00   J Chapman 6 8 0          G Curgenven   24 17 0          G Grainger 54  30 0          J Handford    36  31 0          SM Holden  96 39 0          R Sale 72 54 0          AE Lawton  30  21 0          E Needham 54  29 0          CN Newcombe   72 32 0          FA Newton 12 21 0 ===Wicket-keeper===*Joe Humphries Catches 35, Stumping 7
See also *Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons*1910 English cricket season
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