James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annaul 1897

T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1 8 9 6. 7 9 C H A P T E R II. T H EC O U N T I E S I N 1 8 9 6. D E R B Y S H I R E . OFFICERS FOR 1896.-President : Walter Boden. Committee : J. Cartwright , R. B. Chambers, T o mWright, W. S. Eadie, J. R. Eastwood, Т. С. Eastwood, S. Herbert Evershed, A. Gamble, L. G. Gisborne , T. Goddard, F. G. Leech, G. D. Moon, John Smith, I. N. Woodiwiss, Charles Wright. Secretary : W. Barclay Delacombe, 7, Irongate , Derby. THOUGHthe Derbyshire Eleven showed very creditable all-round cricket at times , their record of the year did not fulfil the promise of 1895. Of the 16 matches played , six were lost and only four w o n. Thefour victories , too , wereall over the weaker Counties , two over Hampshire, and one each over Leicestershire and Warwickshire. On the other hand, some of the perform- ances were decidedly good . For instance , the Lancashire team, second on the year's form, were only able to win at Derbyby 37 runs. O ntheir ownground, too , against Yorkshire , Derbyshire saved the game in fine style , closing their second innings with a total of 450 for 8 wickets , a capital performance against the champions of the season . Throughout the batting was above the average . Storer in particular generally was in brilliant form. Against Yorkshire at Derbyhe got a hundred in each innings , a rare achievement , and in three consecutive matches made four scores of a hundred. In wicket -keeping Storer had no superior . That Derbyshire had a run-getting side can be judged fromthe fact that there were seven averages of over 20. Davidson, who also scored over a thousand runs , batted consistently . Curiously it was in bowling that Derbyshire failed in 1896. Davidson on the dry wicket was nothing like so dangerous , and Porter was hardly ever formidable . The bulk of the work fell onHulme, who was always reliable . R e s u l t sof M a t c h e s. Matches played , 17 ; won, 4 ; drawn, 7 ; lost , 6. Club. O p n t s. Opponents. Where played . Whenplayed . 1st 2nd 1st 2nd W o nb y. Ins. Ins. Ins. Ins. Matches W o n(4) . (3) Hampshire.. (8) Leicestershire (1 1) Warwickshire S'thampton Leicester M a y25,26,27 342*146 307 179 7 wkts.; *3w d J u n e29, 30 3 9 6 139 110 Inns&147runs Derby July13,14,15 297 73 232 137 10 wkts.; *0wd (1 3) Hampshire... D e r b y A u g .3, 4, 5 304*145 150 296 8 wkts; *2w d Matches Drawn(7). R e m a r k s. (6) Notts Derby J u n e15,16,17 9 3 4 6 6 (7) Yorkshire D e r b y June25,26,27 281 *450 (10) Leicestershire D e r b y July6, 7, 8 4 3 6 (1 2) Essex Leyton (1 4) Lancashire ... Manchester Aug.10,11,12 577 (16) Warwickshire Aug. 24,25,26 MatchesLost(6) . (1) Surrey D e r b y (2) Notts (4) Surrey O v a l June4,5 (1 5) Essex (5) Lancashire. (9) Yorkshire ExtraMatch. (17) Australians D e r b y J u n e8, 9 Sheffield July2, 3, 4 D e r b y Aug.17,18,19 D e r b y July20,21 Birmingham July 23,24,25 356 *264 416 +43 8w d,in.cl . ;+1wd 271 *43*2 wkts. d. 292 +179 *5w d,in.cl .;+3 w d 278 *63*3 wkts. d. M a y14,15,16 349 148 512 Nottingham May18,19,20 Lostby. Inns. &15runs 7 wkts.; *3w d Inns. &57runs 37 runs 9 wkts.; *1 w d 201 runs *2 wkts. d. 1 6 6 189 246 314123* 9 6188 341 153 79 111 158 151 232 298 86 155 156 227 285 2 9 2 61 625