Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1911
Introduction '''Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1911''' represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for forty years. It was their seventeenth season in the County Championship and, winning two matches, the side ended fourteenth in the Championship table, staying just off the bottom.
1911 season Derbyshire CCC played eighteen games in the County Championship in 1911 and no other matches. The captain for the year was John Chapman in his second season as captain. Samuel Cadman was top scorer with two centuries, although Chapman, who was not out five times ended with a better average. Arnold Warren  took 79 wickets.Archibald Slater and John Corbet  made their debuts for the side as did Archibald Wickstead and  Arthur Wood  who only played two seasons. Eric Murray also made his debut but returned to South Africa at the end of the season. Charles Freeman, William Webster and Frederick Forman  all played one game each which were their only appearances for Derbyshire.===Matches=== List of  matchesNo.DateVResult MarginNotes115 May 1911 Yorkshire  Bramall Lane, Sheffield LostInnings and 47 runs Rhodes 100; A Warren 6-99; Hirst 6-262 22 May 1911 Lancashire   Old Trafford, Manchester Won2 runs A Warren 7-61 325 May 1911 Yorkshire  Queen's Park, Chesterfield LostInnings and 75 runs Denton 113; Drake 147*; Rhodes 7-164 01 Jun 1911 HampshireCounty Ground, Southampton Lost20 runs C B Fry 150; A Morton 101; L Oliver 101; T Forrester 6-30; Evans 6-815 05 Jun 1911  Essex  County Ground, Leyton Lost9 Wickets SWA Cadman 103 and 5-133; Gillingham 128; Buckenham 6-118;6 08 Jun 1911  Northamptonshire  County Ground, NorthamptonWon59 Runs A Warren 6-88; T Forrester 6-39 712 Jun 1911 Surrey  County Ground, Derby LostInnings and 13 runs Hayes 109; Smith 7-628 19 Jun 1911  Warwickshire  Miners Welfare Ground, Blackwell Lost14 runs A Warren 6-64 and 5-74; Field 5-52; 9 22 Jun 1911 Leicestershire Aylestone Road, Leicester Drawn A Warren 6-98;10 26 Jun 1911 HampshireAt County Ground, Derby Lost5 Wickets Kennedy 5-46 and 5-3811 01 Jul 1911 Northamptonshire  Queen's Park, ChesterfieldLost107 runs A Warren 5-55; Thompson 5-41 and 6-6512 13 Jul 1911 Lancashire   County Ground, Derby LostInnings and 141 runs W Tyldesley 152; J Tyldesley 125; Sharp 5-14; Dean 6-10413 24 Jul 1911 SurreyKennington Oval LostInnings and 214 runs Hayward 202; Bush 135; Goatly 105; SWA Cadman 5-133; T Forrester 5-161; Hitch 7-72; Rushby 5-52 14 29 Jul 1911 LeicestershireQueen's Park, Chesterfield Drawn Sharp 216; SWA Cadman 11615 07 Aug 1911  Essex  County Ground, Derby  Lost7 Wickets Buckenham 5-76 16 10 Aug 1911  Warwickshire   Edgbaston, Birmingham Lost165 runs W Quaife 144; T Forrester 6-68; Field 5-96; Foster 6-3717 14 Aug 1911  Nottinghamshire   Trent Bridge, Nottingham Drawn Hardstaff 118; E Needham103; Iremonger 6-67; A Warren 6-13118 26 Aug 1911  Nottinghamshire  Miners Welfare Ground, Blackwell Lost6 Wickets Wass 5-70; Iremonger 5-78; A Morton 9-71;
Statistics ===County Championship batting averages=== Name  Matches  Inns  Runs  High score  Average 100sJ Chapman 17 33 854 96   30.50  0  A Morton 12 23  628 101   29.90  1   SWA Cadman 18 35 1036 116   29.60  2    L Oliver 18 35 867 101   26.27  1 T Forrester 16 31 663 73   22.86  0   A Wickstead 12 22 372 68   19.57  0    E Needham 15 29 530 103   18.92  1   AJ Wood 5 9 151 52   16.77  0  AG Slater 11 21  317 43* 16.68  0    CJ Corbett 4 8 125 49   15.62  0  J Humphries 18 35  468 66   15.60  0 CF Root 15 28 341 48* 14.82  0   FA Newton 2 4 38 35   9.50  0   FH Taylor 1 2 18 18   9.00  0   HFD Jelf 5 10 87 26   8.70  0 R Sale 2 3 25 14   8.33  0    A Warren 16 30 149 15   6.77  0 N Buxton 1 2 4 4* 4.00  0 FA Barber 2 4 11 10   3.66  0    CR Freeman 1 2  7 4   3.50  0 EC Murray 3 6 16 9   2.66  0 W Webster 1 2  3 3   1.50  0   FG Forman 1 2 3 3   1.50  0 HE Bowmer 1 2 1 1   0.50  0 RB Rickman 1 2 0 0   0.00  0  ===County Championship bowling averages=== Name  Balls  Runs  Wickets  BB  AverageA Warren  4056  2022 79 7-61 25.59   T Forrester 3274  1580 62 6-30 25.48  SWA Cadman 3521  1605 41 5-133 39.14  A Morton 1718  836 27 9-71 30.96 CF Root  1023  586 14 4-72 41.85  AG Slater 502  249 11 3-28 22.63   R Sale  116  82 3 1-7 27.33  FA Barber  174  105 1 1-42 105.00  EC Murray  88  40 1 1-16 40.00  L Oliver  144  115 0         RB Rickman  78  95 0         J Chapman 66 55 0         AJ Wood 48  48 0 CJ Corbett  42  22 0         N Buxton 18  14 0         A Wickstead 6  2 0
County Championship Wicket Keeping *J Humphries 	Catches 36, Stumpings 11
See also *Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons*1911 English cricket season
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