Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1909
Introduction '''Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1909''' was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for 38 years. It was their fifteenth season in the County Championship and they won two matches to finish fifteenth in the Championship table.
1909 season Derbyshire played twenty two matches in the County Championship and one against the touring Australians. They won two matches, both in the championship and drew four. Reginald Rickman was in his second season as captain. Samuel Cadman scored most runs and Arnold Warren took most wickets.Joseph Bowden made his debut in the season and went on to become a regular until 1930.John Chapman, who was captain before and after the war, also played his first season for the club. Other new players were Frederick Newton who appeared over six years and George Grainger who put in intermittent appearances over five years. Herbert Bowmer played the first of three matches in three years and Samuel Langton the first of three matches in two years. Stanley Dickinson and Lemuel Smith made their only two appearances for the club, and Charles Nornable his one career match during the season.===Matches=== List of matchesNo.DateVResult MarginNotes1 3 May 1909 Yorkshire County Ground, Derby LostInnings and 127 runs  210 May 1909  Sussex   County Ground, Derby Drawn Heygate 136; Vincett 5-25; A Warren 5-82  315 May 1909 Warwickshire  County Ground, Derby Drawn A Morton 6-41 420 May 1909 Kent  Queen's Park, Chesterfield Lost Innings and 141 runs  5 27 May 1909  Surrey Kennington Oval Lost 283 runs Rushby 5-28 and 5-28; Smith 5-23  6 31 May 1909 Essex   County Ground, Leyton Lost 4 wickets A Morton 6-38; Buckenham 6-40 7 7 Jun 1909 Leicestershire County Ground, Derby Lost 165 runs Crawford 107; Jayes 6-62 and 5-77; A Warren 6-86  812 Jun 1909 Warwickshire  Bulls Head Ground, Coventry  Won 6 wickets J Chapman 198; Hargreave 5-81; A Warren 5-85 and 5-110 921 Jun 1909 Hampshire Miners Welfare Ground, Blackwell Drawn LLewellyn 5-55; A Warren 5-50; Newman 5-52 101 Jul 1909  Surrey Queen's Park, Chesterfield Lost Innings and 76 runs Davis 112; Smith 7-46; Rushby 6-31 11 8 Jul 1909  Sussex   County Ground, Hove Lost Innings and 274 runs Leach 113; Killick 7-39; Cox 6-65 12 12 Jul 1909 Kent  Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells  Lost Innings and 134 runs Blythe 8-49; A Morton 5-125 1315 Jul 1909 Hampshire County Ground, Southampton Lost 168 runs RB Rickman 5-80 14 22 Jul 1909 Australians County Ground, Derby Lost 10 wickets Trumper 113; O'Connor 7-40; A Morton 5-63 15 26 Jul 1909 Northamptonshire  County Ground, Northampton Lost Innings and 95 runs S Smith 7-87 and 7-36 1629 Jul 1909 Nottinghamshire  North Road Ground, Glossop  Abandoned  172 Aug 1909 Essex   County Ground, Derby Lost 136 runs Buckenham 6-41 and 6-38  185 Aug 1909 Leicestershire Aylestone Road, Leicester Won 2 wicketsSWA Cadman 112; A Warren 5-63 19 12 Aug 1909 Yorkshire Bramall Lane, Sheffield Lost 5 wickets Denton 130; W Bestwick 6-88; 2016 Aug 1909 Lancashire  Queen's Park, Chesterfield Lost 150 runs  2119 Aug 1909 Northamptonshire  County Ground, Derby Lost 8 wickets Thompson 7-56 and 5-51; A Warren 5-107 22 23 Aug 1909 Lancashire  Old Trafford, Manchester Drawn Dean 6-30 2326 Aug 1909 Nottinghamshire  Trent Bridge, Nottingham Lost Innings and 94 runs Gunn 101; A Warren 5-91; Wass 7-42; Hallam 7-29
Statistics ===County Championship batting averages=== Name  Matches  Inns  Runs  High score  Average 100s SWA Cadman  21 41  1002 112  25.05  1   A Morton 19 34  682 76  20.66  0     J Chapman  18 35  543 198  16.96  1     AE Lawton  6 10  166 50  16.60  0    J Humphries  21 38  425 36* 15.17  0   E Needham  21 40  591 60  14.77  0     A Warren 21 38  487 41  13.52  0    L Oliver  15   313 46  12.52  0     LG Wright  21 41  492 44  12.00  0     R Sale 5 10  112 34  11.20  0   RB Rickman  8 14  134 36  10.30  0     G Grainger   2 3  9 6* 9.00  0    FA Newton  2 4  35 30  8.75  0   J Bowden  5 10  82 17 8.20  0     G Curgenven  6 11  90 43  8.18  0    CE Nornable 1 1  8 8  8.00  0    H Cooper 2 3  23 14 7.66  0     FH Taylor 1 2  15 15  7.50  0     W Bestwick  17 30  119 18  7.43  0     FC Bracey  8 16  68 18  6.80  0   SP Dickinson  2 3  13 10* 6.50  0     TA Higson 1 2  8 6  4.00  0     KA Woodward  2 4  12 7  4.00  0     LST Smith 2 3  9 5  3.00  0     ST Langton  2 4  8 4  2.00  0    HE Bowmer  2  4  5 3  1.25  0===County Championship bowling averages=== Name  Balls  Runs  Wickets  BB  Average A Warren  3966  2093 95 6–86 22.03    W Bestwick  3856  1704 75 6–88 22.72   A Morton  2654  1186 48 6–38 24.70    SWA Cadman  2309  904 30 3–14 30.13    FC Bracey   681  336 13 3–56 25.84   RB Rickman  390  245 12 5–80 20.41   CE Nornable  127  72 5 3–24 14.40    R Sale 234 109 2 2–25 54.50    TA Higson  108 37 2 2–37 18.50    SP Dickinson  78  45 1 1–38 45.00   G Grainger   174  70 1 1–62 70.00   AE Lawton   150  103 1 1–35 103.00    G Curgenven  264  103 0          J Chapman 24  29 0          ST Langton   78  42 0          E Needham 12  7 0    ===Wicket-keeper===*Joe Humphries Catches 29, Stumping 9
See also *Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons*1909 English cricket season
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