Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1912
Introduction '''Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1912''' was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for forty one years. It was their eighteenth season in the County Championship and they won two matches to finish tenth in the Championship table.
1912 season Derbyshire played twenty matches, of which eighteen were in the County Championship and the others against touring South Africans and Australians. John Chapman was in his third year as captain. In one of the wettest summers on record, no players scored centuries. Samuel Cadman scored most runs, and had one of the team's two innings in the nineties. Arthur Morton took most wickets.Significant players who made their debut in the season were Richard Baggallay who went on to captain the side and Geoffrey Jackson whose death in World War I deprived the club of a useful player. New players who had shorter careers were George Burnham and Albert Blount who each played five game in the 1912 season. That was the extent of Burnham's career, but Blount reappeared in one more match fourteen years later.===Matches=== List of matchesNo.DateVResult MarginNotes14 May 1912 South Africans   County Ground, Derby  Lost 7 wickets A Morton 6–52; Faulkner 5–46 213 May 1912 Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham Lost Innings and 22 runs  Field 5–60 320 May 1912 Lancashire  Queen's Park, Chesterfield Drawn   423 May 1912  Sussex   County Ground, Hove Lost 8 wickets  SWA Cadman 95; AG Slater 5–80; Sims 5–39 527 May 1912 Essex   County Ground, Leyton LostInnings and 27 runs  Perrin 245; McGahey 150 630 May 1912 Hampshire County Ground, Southampton Drawn  L Oliver 94; Barrett 119; A Warren 5–129  73 Jun 1912  Sussex   County Ground, Derby Drawn  A Morton 5–44; Cox 8–24 86 Jun 1912 Somerset Recreation Ground, Bath Drawn  Greswell 5–54; A Morton 7–16 913 Jun 1912 Hampshire County Ground, Derby Lost 54 runs  A Morton 6–59; Kenedy 5–26; Newman 5–30; A Warren 6–59; Brown 6–77  1020 Jun 1912 LeicestershireBath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch Won 83 runs  King 6–65; A Warren 7–52 1124 Jun 1912 Warwickshire  County Ground, Derby Drawn   1229 Jun 1912 Northamptonshire  Queen's Park, Chesterfield Drawn  East 6–58; A Warren 5–31 134 Jul 1912 Nottinghamshire  Trent Bridge, Nottingham Lost Innings and 147 runs  Wass 5–50 and 5–20 1415 Jul 1912 SomersetCounty Ground, Derby Won 133 runs  Greswell 8–65; A Warren 5–50 1525 Jul 1912 Leicestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield Drawn  A Morton 5–73 161 Aug 1912 Australians  County Ground, Derby  Drawn  T Forrester 5–76; Matthews 6–23; A Morton 5–52 175 Aug 1912 Essex   County Ground, Derby Drawn   188 Aug 1912 Lancashire  Old Trafford, Manchester Lost 248 runs  Whitehead 100; Makepeace 99; Dean 6–110 and 6–53 1917 Aug 1912 Northamptonshire  County Ground, Northampton Lost 6 wickets  Thompson 5–42; T Forrester 7–18; Smith 6–26 2026 Aug 1912  Nottinghamshire  Miners Welfare Ground, Blackwell Drawn Iremonger 6–38
Statistics ===County Championship batting averages=== Name  Matches  Inns  Runs  High score  Average 100s SWA Cadman  18 27  673 95  28.04  0     L Oliver 18 28  666 94  25.61  0  A Morton 16 25  533 83  24.22  0   G Beet   3 4  23 8* 23.00  0   J Bowden   8 10  130 32  18.57  0    FA Newton  3 4  16 13* 16.00  0    A Warren  18 26  358 77  14.91  0    T Forrester 16 23  278 84* 14.63  0   J Humphries  15 21 231 42 12.83  0   AJ Wood  8 10  113 25  12.55  0    AG Slater  18 24  256 45 11.13  0    CF Root 15 21  218 55  10.38  0   FC Bracey  10 12  55 22* 9.16  0 J Chapman  8 14  115 56  8.21  0     R Sale 4 6  37 13  6.16  0    GJ Burnham 5 6  30 15  6.00  0   RRC Baggallay  1 2  8 8   4.00  0   A Wickstead 1 2  7 6  3.50  0    E Needham  3 4  14 6  3.50  0     CJ Corbett  4 5  12 6   2.40  0    GL Jackson  1 1  2 2  2.00  0    C Lowe 1 1  2 2  2.00  0    A Blount 4 6  5 5  0.83  0    ===County Championship bowling averages=== Name  Balls  Runs  Wickets  BB  Average A Morton  2995 1115 45 7–16 24.77  SWA Cadman   2124  743 40 4–28 18.57   A Warren  1585  791 40 7–52 19.77   T Forrester 1661 449 22 7–18 20.40   FC Bracey  758  336 20 4–43 16.80   AG Slater  943  473 14 5–80 33.78   CF Root  489  267 10 3–23 26.70   A Blount 270  110 5 4–53 22.00   GL Jackson   60 29 1 1–29 29.00   C Lowe 36  20 1 1–20 20.00   L Oliver  30 28 1 1–28 28.00    J Chapman  48  54 0          AJ Wood 24  16 0          R Sale  6 0 0 ===Wicket Keepers===*Joe Humphries Catches 24, Stumping 7 *G Beet Catches 3, Stumping 1
See also *Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons*1912 English cricket season
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