James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1899

T H ECOUNTIESIN 1 8 9 8. 6 3 C H A P T E R II. T H EC O U N T I E S I N 1 8 9 8. D E R B Y S H I R E . OFFICERS FOR 1898.-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 was better than in 1897. It could hardly have been worse a dispassionate critic might urge . Theexception would be reasonable considering that the Eleven did not wina matchin the previous season . Still , last year's figures were to a close observer hardly as encouraging . TheEleven didbeat Hampshire and Leicestershire , it is true . Their batting , too , against Hampshire, at Derby, was very considerably above the average , and their total on that occasion the second highest of the year. All the same, they were hardly as good an all -round side as in 1897. Storer , the captain , S. H. Evershed, L. G. Wright, Chatterton , G. Davidson, and Bagshawwere all reliable batsmenas of yore. Storer in particular was in brilliant form, quite oneof the best batsmenof the year in fact . H escored 1,148 runs, andhadan average of over 50 runs. In bowling Derbyshire was very weak. The County w a ssadly out of luck in losing Hulmeand Porter, both very dangerous bowlers . As it was, GeorgeDavidsonhadto bear pretty well the wholebrunt. of the bowling . Taking into account the slight support he received his figures were most creditable . Owing to an injured hand Storer was unable to keep wicket in some matches-a great loss . Derbyshire's out-cricket was its.. weakpoint. Opponents. R e s u l t so f M a t c h e s . Matches played, 15 ; won, 2 ; drawn, 7 ; lost , 6. Matchesw o n(2) . (3) Hampshire (6) Leicestershire (1) Notts (4) Warwickshire (9) Notts (10) Warwickshire (11) Yorkshire Club. O p n t s. Where played . When played . 1st 2nd 1st 2nd W o nb y. 3 2 4 34 141 21610wkts.; *now d 2 1 4 71 112 Ins. & 31 runs 3 9 0 R e m a r k s. 192 *38 *N o w d 266*161 +485 *3 wd; 18 wd, i.c. 290*168 239 238 *8 w d 285 *224 217 +173 *8wd; i.c .; +4w d 238*219 252 1321 3w d; 19.wd , i.c. Ins. Ins. Ins. Ins. S'thampton M a y30, 31 D e r b y J u n e27, 28 Matches Drawn(7) . NottinghamM a y16-18 Birmingham June16-18 D e r b y July11-13 D e r b y July25-27 Harrogate July28-30 D e r b y A u g .1-3 6 4 5 240 #232 *4 w d M a n c h e s t e r Aug.25-27 *7 7 5 4 6 *8w d MatchesLost (6) . Lostb y. (2) Lancashire .. Derby M a y23-25 7 3 1 0 91 3 7 1 1 0 6 5 runs (5) Essex L e y t o n J u n e20, 21 1 3 41 2 01 9 11 9 2 1 2 9r u n s (7) Surrey Chesterfield Jun.30,Ju.1,2 193 16: 399 I n s. & 4 3runs (8) Essex D e r b y July4-6 1 6 61 5 9 497 Ins.&172runs;. *5w d, i. c. (13) Leicestershire Leicester A u g .15-17 1 5 6 87 346 Ins. & 103runs (14) Yorkshire Chesterfield A u g .18-20 118 157 662 I n s. & 387 r u n s (12) Hampshire (15) Lancashire Rainprevented the matchwith Surrey at Oval, onM a y19, 20 and21, being commenced.