James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1883

T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1 8 8 2. 6 9 C H A P T E R I V. T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1 8 8 2. D E R B Y S H I R E . OFFICERS FOR 1882. —President , Hon. W. M. Jervis . Vice -Presidents , E. M. Wass, and G. H. Strutt . Committee , Sir H. Wilmot, M.P. , W. G. Curgenven , G. Small , U. Sowter , T. H. Smith, A. Wilson , P. Wallis , W. T. E. Cox, W. C. Haslam, E. A. J. Maynard , J. Smith , J. Goddard , C. C. Browning , S. H. Evershed , W. Marsden , G. H. Cammell, C. Dunnicliff . Hon. Sec ., W. Boden. Assistant Sec ., S. Richardson , 1, Babington Lane, Derby. DERBYSHIRE, in spite of the praiseworthy energy of its efforts , had another very unsuccessful season . Thematch-list was this year reduced to six fixtures , con- sisting of home-and-homeengagements with Lancashire , Yorkshire , and Sussex . O fthe six matches five werelost ; the only win was that in the second encounter with Sussex . Mycroft bowled very successfully , but otherwise the cricket all round was only moderate , and the batting particularly disappointing . Mr. R. P. Smith and Platts showed a great deterioration ; though Mr. L. C. Docker hit freely against Sussex , he was evidently not in the best of practice . Foster hit well in the closing match of the season , but he was uncertain ; generally , the eleven were unreliable . Acolt named Cropper made a promising debut . H eproved himself useful both with bat and ball, and bids fair to be an acquisi- tion to the eleven . Chatterton , too , seems likely to train on into a good bat . Disney's wicket -keeping was very good throughout the season . H eis , beyond adoubt , the most promising professional of the day in this department . R e s u l t sof M a t c h e s. Matches played , 6 ; Won, 1 ; Lost , 5. W h e n Club. Opnts. Where played . played . 1st 2nd 1st 2nd W o nb y Opponents. Matches Won(1). (6) Sussex D e r b y July27,28 232 95 83 Matches Lost (5) . (1) Lancashire (2) Yorkshire (3) Sussex Manchester M a y25, 26 Huddersfield June1, 2 158 Brighton 83 " (5) Lancashire D e r b y " (7) Yorkshire D e r b y 5,6, 7 283 26, 27 77 Aug. 7, 8 217 67 125 *28 64 207 *16 118 182 222 inns & 54 runs Lostb y 10wks; *n o w d 8 wkts; *2 w d 3 runs 55 179 inns& 4 7runs 68 181 *105 7 wkts ; *3 w d E X T R AM A T C H E S . *M . C . C. andGround. L o r d ' s M a y18, 19) 56 76 390 inns& 258r u n s (4) Australians D e r b y J e12,13,14 106 77 292 i n n s& 109r u n s * S e ereviewofM . C . C . (1) Derbyshire v. Lancashire. Manchester , M a y25 and 26. The scoring was only small through heavy rain onthe first day. Atone time it seemed as if Derbyshire's total of 83 would head that of Lancashire . Some