James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1898

6 8 L I L L Y W H I T E ' SC R I C K E T E R S' A N N U A L. C H A P T E R II. T H EC O U N T I E S N 1 8 9 7. D E R B Y S H I R E . OFFICERS FOR 1897.-President : Walter Boden. Committee : J. Cartwright : R. B. Chambers, T o mWright, W. S. Eadie, J. R. Eastwood, T. C. 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. DERBYSHIRE'S record reads strangely in view of the all -round ability of several membersof the County Eleven. It may fairly , too , be claimed that in the matter of ill -luck they were even more unfortunate than Leicestershire . The loss of two such bowlers as H u l m eand Porterwasof itself a great misfortune. But, even as the eleven was constituted , they were really a better all -round side than their performances would seem to indicate . They did not win one of their sixteen matches, it is true , but on several occasions they had the very worst of bad luck . Both Yorkshire and Lancashire had great trouble to beat themin one matchat least ; indeed, Derbyshire was only beaten at Liverpool byLancashire , and at Derbyby Yorkshire , by one wicket in each case. B u t besides that more than one of the seven games was certainly in Derbyshire's favour . All-round the County had a better side than its paper form suggested . Opponents . R e s u l t so f M a t c h e s. Matches played , 16 ; won, 0 ; drawn , 7 ; lost , 9. MatchesD r a w n(7) . (3) Warwickshire (5) Hampshire.. (8) Notts (9) Essex (1 3) Notts (14) Leicestershire (16) Warwickshire MatchesLost (9) . Club. O p n t s. Whereplayed . Whenplayed . 1st 2nd 1st 2nd S'thampton J u n e7, 8 Nottingham Aug.9, 10, 11 Birmingham Aug.30 I n s. I n s. I n s. I n s. W o nby. 264 *52 159 +35 *4wd.incl .; +3wd 338 156 348 *6 w k t s. d. 186*213 *5 wkts. d. 415 *23 *1 w k t. d. 148 363 274 +162 *7wd,incl . ;t7wd *239 *6wkts. d. D e r b y M a y31, J. 1,2 1 7 4*239 321 D e r b y July5, 6, 7 D e r b y July19,20, 21 428 570 Derby Aug.16, 17,18 R e m a r k s. (1) Lancashire . D e r b y M a y10,11,12 127 73 420 Inns.& 220 runs (2) Surrey O v a l M a y24,25,26 218 187 408 I n n s. & 3 r u n s (4) Lancashire (6) Yorkshire D e r b y (7) E s s e x (10) Leicestershire Liverpool L e y t o n Leicester J u n e3, 4, 5 9 91 3 7 53 *185 1 w k t.; *9 w d June14,15,16 234 184 265 *154 1 wkt.; *9wd June28,29,30 July 22,23,24 216 136 234 *119 7 wkts.; *3 w d 125 274*213 187 5wkts.; *5 w d (1 1) Surrey D e r b y July 26,27,28 143 235 377 *4 10wkts.; *now d (12) Hampshire .. D e r b y Aug.2, 3, 4 2 2 31 7 8 252 335 186runs Lostb y. (15) Yorkshire Aug.19,20,21 128 120 83 *166 B r a d f o r d 5 wkts.; *5wd