Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1901
Introduction '''Derbyshire County Cricket Club''' in 1901 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for thirty years. It was their seventh season in the County Championship and they failed to win a single match, ending bottom of the Championship table.
1901 season Derbyshire CCC played twenty games in the County Championship in 1901 in addition to  matches against W.G. Grace's London County Cricket Club, MCC and the touring South Africans. Derbyshire failed to win any first class  match during the season.The captain for the year was Samuel Hill Wood in his third season as captain. However he only took part in five matches and Albert Lawton filled the role on the pitch. Levi Wright was top scorer making two centuries, one of 193.Billy Bestwick  took 71 wickets.Gilbert Curgenven made his debut for the side as did  Robert Else who only played in two seasons. Joseph Burton, Arthur Barton, James Oldknow and Arthur Morton made their only appearances for the side during the 1901 season.Nudger Needham captained the English football team in 1901.===Matches=== List of  matchesNo.DateVResult MarginNotes113 May 1901 London County Cricket Club   Crystal Palace Park LostInnings and 119 runs  Not a County Championship matchBeldam 125; Fishwick 103; Sinclair 8-32; JJ Hulme 5-61216 May 1901 SurreyKennington Oval LostInnings and 111 runs  Hayward 158; Jephson 133; W Bestwick 7-97; Lockwood 7-57; Richardson 6-67320 May 1901 Yorkshire   Fartown, Huddersfield LostInnings and 282 runs  Tunnicliffe 145; Brown 5-33; Hirst 7-43423 May 1901 MCC Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood Lost9 wickets  Not a County Championship matchHearne 7-67; Rawlin 5-28527 May 1901 HampshireCounty Ground, Southampton Lost2 wickets  S Evershed 123; Greig 6-38; Llewellyn 5-76; W Bestwick 6-71630 May 1901 Surrey  County Ground, Derby Lost5 wickets Lees 5-47; JJ Hulme 5-71 7 06 Jun 1901 South Africans County Ground, Derby Lost5 wickets  Not a County Championship matchBisset 184; Graham 6-84 and 5-47 810 Jun 1901  Essex  County Ground, Leyton Drawn Owen 106; Perrin 101; Reeves 6-46 9 13 Jun 1901  Worcestershire   County Ground, New Road, Worcester LostInnings and 49 runs Wilson 6-5510 17 Jun 1901 Gloucestershire Ashley Down Ground, Bristol Drawn L Wright 155; W Chatterton 169; Langdon 114; Huggins 6-100 11 20 Jun 1901  Warwickshire  County Ground, Derby Drawn  Willie Quaife 117;1227 Jun 1901 Yorkshire   North Road Ground, Glossop Lost245 runs Wainwright 108; W Bestwick 7-70; Haigh 5-55 1301 Jul 1901 London County Cricket Club   Queen's Park, Chesterfield Drawn Not a County Championship matchW Storer 5-2014 15 Jul 1901  Nottinghamshire   County Ground, Derby Drawn  Gunn 273; L Wright 193; Jones 6-9315 18 Jul 1901  Leicestershire   North Road Ground, Glossop LostInnings and 20 runs King 143; MacDonald 147*; Geeson 104*; Geeson 6-128  and 6-11116 22 Jul 1901 Gloucestershire County Ground, Derby Drawn Paish 6-120 17 29 Jul 1901 Lancashire   County Ground, Derby LostInnings and 184 runs  Ward 117; Tyldesley 158; JJ Hulme 6-135; Cuttell 7-19; Webb 5-5818 05 Aug 1901 HampshireAt County Ground, Derby Lost5 wickets Sprot 130; Llewellyn 5-108; JJ Hulme 5-73; W Bestwick 5-8919 08 Aug 1901 Lancashire   Old Trafford, Manchester Drawn2012 Aug 1901  Nottinghamshire   Welbeck Abbey Cricket Ground LostInnings and 159 runs Iremonger 108; Wass 8-17 and 5-23; Gunn 5-142115 Aug 1901  Warwickshire   Edgbaston, Birmingham LostInnings and 52 runs  Fishwick 140*; Charlesworth 6-45 2219 Aug 1901  Worcestershire   County Ground, Derby LostInnings and 121 runs H Foster 152; Bowley 140; R Foster 111; Wilson 6-57; Pearson 5-4823 22 Aug 1901  Essex   Queen's Park, ChesterfieldLost9 wickets Carpenter 144; Russell 100; Mead 6-97; Young 7-4824 29 Aug 1901  Leicestershire  Aylestone Road, Leicester  Drawn King 5-65
Statistics ===County Championship batting averages=== Name  Matches  Inns  Runs  High score  Average 100s SH Evershed 1 2 132 123   66.00  1   LG Wright 19 37 1239 193   33.48  2  W Wilmot 3 5 93 25* 31.00  0     W Chatterton  20 38  987 169   29.90  1  H Bagshaw    10 19 514 92* 28.55  0 AE Lawton 20 37 921 91   25.58  0  W Storer 20 38  932 76   25.18  0  W Sugg  4 8 174 59   24.85  0 W Locker 12 23  458 76   19.91  0    JP Burton 7 12  200 51* 18.18  0   A Warren  8 15  233 37   17.92  0 E Needham 14 25 422 72   16.88  0   SH Wood 5 9 133 54* 16.62  0   G Curgenven 7 13 125 27* 12.50  0  JJ Hulme 20 36 297 38* 9.28  0   JH Young 10 18  120 24   9.23  0 EM Ashcroft 2 4 36 22   9.00  0 W Ellis 2 4  27 9   9.00  0   GR Gregory 2 4  33 16   8.25  0 SWA Cadman 3 6 32 13* 6.40  0 D Bottom 1 2 9 9   4.50  0  W Bestwick 17 31  83 11   4.36  0    A Barton 3 6 24 7   4.00  0 FA Barrs 1 2  7 7   3.50  0    W Birkett 3 6 14 10   2.33  0    J Oldknow 2 4 7 4* 2.33  0 R Else 1 2 3 2   1.50  0 JH Purdy 1 2 3 2   1.50  0   A Morton 1 2  0 0   0.00  0    JA Berwick 1 2  0 0   0.00  0 Paul Boissier and Oswald Burton played in the match against MCC, but not in the County Championship.===County Championship  bowling averages=== Name  Balls  Runs  Wickets  BB  Average W Bestwick  4159 1947 71 7-70 27.42   JJ Hulme  4847 2231 53 6-135 42.09    W Storer  1868  1444 28 4-121 51.57  AE Lawton  966  587 10 2-16 58.70   JH Young 783  408 7 2-11 58.28   A Warren   894  592 7 3-60 84.57   H Bagshaw   440  254 5 4-75 50.80   W Chaterton 282 121 4 2-2 30.25  J Oldknow  252 162 4 3-123 40.50  G Curgenven  324  243 4 2-45 60.75   JA Berwick 186  107 3 2-28 35.66  SWA Cadman  239 100 2 1-6 50.00  EM Ashcroft  78  40 1 1-9 40.00   W Sugg  102 43 1 1-19 43.00   JA Berwick 102  55 0         A Barton  84  61 0          LG Wright 60 18 0          SH Wood  48  14 0         D Bottom 36  12 0         JH Purdy  30 9 0         W Ellis 24 19 0         A Morton 18  14 0         FA Barrs 12 12 0         ===County Championship Wicket keeping===*W Storer 		Matches 18	Catches 21, Stumping 3*W Wilmot		Matches 3	Catches 8
See also *Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons*1901 English cricket season
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