Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1895 was the first season in which the English county cricket club Derbyshire played in the County Championship which had been established in 1890. The club settled their place by coming fifth with five championship wins. It was the club's 25th season although the matches in the period between 1888 and 1893 were not given first-class status. Matches in 1894 were accorded first class status, but were not included in the County Championship.
1895 season
Derbyshire joined the County Championship, together with Essex, Leicestershire, Warwickshire and Hampshire. Derbyshire played 16 games in the County Championship, and one match against MCC. They won six matches altogether and drew seven. Brewer's son Sydney Evershed was in his fifth season as captain. William Chatterton was top scorer although George Davidson had a better average and took most wickets with 93 (79 in the championship).
Making their entry in the Championship, the club tried out a large number of players, all of whom played less than 20 games for the club. John Berwick lasted longest as a regular player, while John Hall and Henry Blackwell appeared infrequently over several seasons. John Goodall, John Bennett and Joseph Brooks played in 1895 and in 1896, while Harry Storer and Thomas Richardson only played in the 1895 season. Jesse Boot and Harry Spencer played only one match.
Matches
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" ! colspan=6 | List of matches |- !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes |- |1 |13 May 1895Cricket Archive Warwickshire v Derbyshire 13 May 1895 |WarwickshireAt Edgbaston |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | |AFA Lilley 139; HW Bainbridge 104HJ Pallett 8–69
|2 |20 May 1895Cricket Archive MCC v Derbyshire 20 May 1895 |MCCAt Lord's |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won |42 runs | F Martin 6–22; W Mead 6–90 |- |3 |3 Jun 1895Cricket Archive Hampshire v. Derbyshire 3 June 1895 |HampshireAt County Ground, Southampton |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |Innings and 79 runs |T Soar 7–49; H Baldwin 5–61 |- |4 |10 Jun 1895Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Warwickshire 10 June 189 |WarwickshireAt County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won |201 runs | GA Davidson 9–39 |- |5 |20 Jun 1895Cricket Archive Yorkshire v Derbyshire 20 June 1895 |YorkshireAt Headingley |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won |107 runs
|6 |24 Jun 1895Cricket Archive Derbyshire v. Leicestershire 24 Jun 1895 |LeicestershireAt County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | W Chatterton 127; G Porter 5–67 |- |7 |1 Jul 1895Cricket Archive Derbyshire v. Nottinghamshire 1 Jul 1895 |NottinghamshireAt County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | GA Davidson 6–45; W Flowers 7–69; JW Bennett 5–40 |- |8 |8 Jul 1895Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Yorkshire 8 Jul 1895 |YorkshireAt County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |171 runs | H Bagshaw 127*; S Evershed 112S Haigh 5–73; JW Bennett 5–101; FW Milligan 6–26 |- |9 |11 Jul 1895Cricket Archive Derbyshire v. Nottinghamshire 11 Jul 1895 |NottinghamshireAt Trent Bridge |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | A Shrewsbury 143; |- |10 |15 Jul 1895Cricket Archive Derbyshire v. Essex 15 Jul 1895 |Essex At County Ground, Leyton |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |134 runs | GA Davidson 5–43; CJ Kortright 7–50 & 6–53; G Porter 5–80 |- |11 |18 Jul 1895Cricket Archive Surrey v. Derbyshire 18 Jul 1895 |SurreyAt Kennington Oval |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | T Richardson 6–100; GA Davidson 5–72 |- |12 |29 Jul 1895Cricket Archive Derbyshire v. Surrey 29 Jul 1895 |SurreyAt County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |Innings and 53 runs | T Richardson 5–27 & 6–33; George Porter 5–67 |- |13 |1 Aug 1895Cricket Archive Lancashire v. Derbyshire 1 Aug 1895 |LancashireAt Old Trafford, Manchester |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | GA Davidson 6–67 |- |14 |5 Aug 1895Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Hampshire 5 Aug 1895 |HampshireAt County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won |Innings and 50 runs | G Porter 7–52 & 7–49; H Baldwin 5–76
|15 |8 Aug 1895Cricket Archive Leicestershire v. Derbyshire 8 AUg 1895 |LeicestershireAt Grace Road, Leicestershire |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won |127 runs | W Sugg 104* F Wright 5–78; GG Walker 9–68; F Geeson 5–94 |- |16 |19 Aug 1895Cricket Archive Derbyshire v. Lancashire 19 Aug 1895 |LancashireAt County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won |63 runs | W Storer 108 AW Mold 7–57; GA Davidson 8–25; G Porter 5–55 |- |17 |26 Aug 1895Cricket Archive Derbyshire v. Essex 26 Aug 1895 |EssexAt County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | H Bagshaw 99; JW Bennett 5–8;
Statistics County Championship batting averages Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s H Bagshaw 15 25 701 127* 30.47 1 W Chatterton 16 28 787 127 29.14 1 W Storer 15 24 618 108 29.09 1 G Davidson 15 25 641 79 26.70 0 SH Evershed 11 17 442 112 26.00 1 W Sugg 16 27 590 104* 24.58 1 LG Wright 16 27 555 90 20.55 0 J Goodall 1 2 36 32 18.00 0 GG Walker 13 19 225 48 17.30 0 JW Bennett 12 19 227 43 13.35 0 G Porter 14 23 234 93 13.00 0 H Storer 6 10 92 35 10.22 0 JJ Hulme 3 5 43 21 8.60 0 GA Marsden 2 4 28 17 7.00 0 C Evans 3 5 34 11 6.80 0 TH Richardson 3 5 34 11 6.80 0 JA Berwick 3 6 26 13 6.50 0 S Hill-Wood 3 5 21 7* 7.00 0 J Boot 1 2 4 4 2.00 0 J Brooks 3 3 2 2* 2.00 0 JP Hall 2 4 3 2 1.00 0 F Mycroft 1 2 1 1 0.50 0 H Spencer 1 1 0 0 0.00 0 S Malthouse 1 1 1 1* – 0Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1895
Additionally Henry Blackwell played in the non County Championship match against MCC making a total of 2 runs.
County Championship bowling averages Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average G Davidson 4587 1397 89 9–39 15.68 G Porter 3488 1273 70 7–49 18.19 GG Walker 1679 912 38 9–68 24.00 JW Bennett 1307 465 29 5–8 16.03 W Sugg 535 299 10 3–12 29.90 JJ Hulme 745 357 9 3–32 39.56 C Evans 555 286 6 3–93 47.66 H Bagshaw 145 81 4 2–27 20.25 W Chatterton 81 55 2 1–7 27.50 JP Hall 86 40 2 1–12 20.00 J Brooks 110 63 1 1–22 63.00 W Storer 75 31 1 1–23 31.00 JA Berwick 45 12 0 – – Samuel Malthouse 110 41 0 – – H Storer 25 13 0 – –Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1895
Wicket Keeping
Name Matches Catches Stumpings William Storer 16 38 3 Frank Mycroft 1 1 0
See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1895 English cricket season
References