Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1904
Introduction '''Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1904''' was the cricket season when the English club  Derbyshire had been playing for thirty three years. It was their tenth season in the County Championship and  they won five matches to finish tenth in the Championship table.
1904 season In addition to eighteen games in the County Championship, Derbyshire played one game against MCC, one against the touring South Africans and two against Grace's London County side. They won seven matches overall. Dr Maynard Ashcroft was in his only season as captain. Charles Ollivierre was top scorer and Arnold Warren took most wickets.The season saw one of Derbyshire's most accomplished performances - the defeat of Essex by nine wickets at Chesterfield. Essex made 597 in their first innings, P. A. Perrin scoring 343 not out, and looked to be in a commanding position. However Derbyshire replied with 548, Olliviere making 229, and dismissed Essex for 97 in the second innings. Derbyshire lost only one wicket in their second innings for 149, with Olliviere 92 not out and won by nine wickets.George Stevenson was the only new player in the season and played his only two matches for the club in the year.===Matches=== List of  matchesNo.DateVResult MarginNotes1 16 May 1904   Surrey Kennington Oval Won 122 runs Lockwood 7-79; W Bestwick 8-103; Hayes 6-48 219 May 1904 London County Cricket Club   Crystal Palace Park Lost Innings and 31 runs LG Wright 139; Hathorn 117; Braund 6-40 3 23 May 1904  Hampshire  County Ground, Southampton  Drawn Hill 111; W Bestwick 5-133 426 May 1904  Yorkshire  County Ground, Derby  Drawn  506 Jun 1904   Sussex     County Ground, Hove Lost Innings and 65 runs C. B. Fry 226; EM Ashcroft 111; Relf 5-81 609 Jun 1904  MCC     Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood Won 8 wickets W Storer 110; Thompson 7-101; W Bestwick 5-31; A Warren 5-23 713 Jun 1904  Leicestershire  County Ground, Derby Lost 6 wickets Allsopp 5–54 816 Jun 1904  Essex   County Ground, Leyton Won39 runs Gillingham 103; SWA Cadman 126; A Warren 5-71 and 6-66 920 Jun 1904  Warwickshire North Road Ground, Glossop Won Innings and 24 runs A Warren 6-66 1027 Jun 1904  Nottinghamshire     Queen's Park, Chesterfield Lost 330 runs James Iremonger 142; Jones 119; W Storer 5-34; Wass 5-103; A Warren 5-56; Gunn 6-19 1130 Jun 1904   Surrey  County Ground, Derby LostInnings and 103 runs G Curgenven  124; Hayes 273; Lees 8-66 1204 Jul 1904  Yorkshire  Bramall Lane, Sheffield Lost 4 wickets Haigh 104 and 5-85 1307 Jul 1904  Leicestershire  Aylestone Road, Leicester Won 306 runs LG Wright 140; EM Ashcroft 100; W Bestwick 7-42 1414 Jul 1904  Lancashire   County Ground, Derby Lost Innings and 129 runs James Hallows 111;  Brearley 6-331518 Jul 1904  Essex   Queen's Park, Chesterfield Won 9 wickets Perrin 343; CA Ollivierre 229; Bill Reeves 5-192 1625 Jul 1904   Sussex    County Ground, Derby  Drawn Vine 169 1728 Jul 1904   Nottinghamshire  Welbeck Abbey Cricket Ground  Drawn A Warren 8-69 and 7-43; Wass 6-71 1801 Aug 1904  Hampshire   County Ground, Derby Lost 9 wickets Hesketh-Pritchard 6-68; Baldwin 5-53 1904 Aug 1904  Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham  Drawn LG Wright 131; A Warren 5-47; Santall 5-462008 Aug 1904  London County Cricket Club    Queen's Park, Chesterfield  Won 139 runs W. G. Grace 6-78; EM Ashcroft 5-18; Coe 5-46 2115 Aug 1904   South Africans    County Ground, Derby  Drawn A Warren 5-60 2225 Aug 1904  Lancashire   Old Trafford, Manchester Lost131 runs Johnny Tyldesley 104; A Warren 6-62
Statistics ===County Championship batting averages=== Name  Matches  Inns  Runs  High score  Average 100s CA Ollivierre 18 31  1099 229  36.63  1  LG Wright  18 31  1074 140 34.64  2  EM Ashcroft  18 29  802 111  29.70  2    W Storer 17 28  647 78  25.88  0     G Curgenven  18  29  691 124 23.82  1   SWA Cadman 18 30  614 126  21.17  1    AE Lawton  5 8 187 80  23.37  0    A Morton 14 22  318 56* 17.66  0     E Needham  12 20  323 72 17.00  0     J Humphries  18 27  287 44 16.88  0  A Warren 18 29  394 55  15.15  0     HF Wright 1 2  20 16 10.00  0   G Green 2 4  30 20  7.50  0    T Forrester 1 1  4 4  4.00  0    GR Gregory  2  2  8 8 4.00  0    W Bestwick  17 25  56 15  3.73  0    GS Stevenson 1 2 1 1 0.50  0 ===County Championship bowling averages=== Name  Balls  Runs  Wickets  BB  Average A Warren 3994  2241 101 8-69 22.18   W Bestwick  4099 1951 71 8-103 27.47   SWA Cadman  2815  1225 29 4-48 42.24   W Storer  584  370 17 5-34 21.76    G Curgenven   1001  659 17 3-32 38.76   EM Ashcroft  545  319 8 2-44 39.87    A Morton 307  179 6 3-16 29.83    G Green 258  152 4 2-40 38.00    AE Lawton 276  184 3 1-24 61.33   CA Ollivierre 42 44 1 1-15 44.00  GR Gregory  96  45 0         T Forrester  60  30 0          LG Wright  48 44 0  GS Stevenson 36  13 0  ===Wicket Keeper===*Joe Humphries  Catches 34,  Stumping  2
See also *Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons*1904 English cricket season
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