Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1891 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for twenty years. Derbyshire's matches were not considered to be first class in this season. The club had lost first class status after 1887 and did not regain it until 1894, the year before they joined the County Championship. However many of the players competed for the club earlier or subsequently at first-class level.

1891 season

Derbyshire played twelve games, all against sides that they had played in first class matches before 1888 or that joined the County Championship four years later. Sydney Evershed took over the captaincy from Fred Spofforth who made his one last appearance during the year. William Chatterton was top scorer making a century against Yorkshire. George Davidson topped the bowling with 61 wickets.

William Taylor noted that during Derbyshire's period in exile many fine players wore their colours including S H Evershed, who in captained the eleven with marked ability for many years and the grand veteran, Levi Wright – "a magnificent batsman and unsurpassed as a fieldsman in the oldfashioned position of square-point".W.T. Taylor History of Derbyshire cricket Wisden 1953 With Evershed, and his brother Edward, William Eadie and Robert Tomlinson, the team was well represented by brewers of Burton.

Matches

List of matchesNo.DateVResult MarginNotes17 May 1891Cricket Archive Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 7 May 1891 Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham Lost 10 Wickets Flowers 100; G Davidson 5-111 218 May 1891Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Leicestershire 18 May 1891 Leicestershire County Ground, Derby Lost Innings and 75 runsPougher 135; Walton 6-74 325 May 1891Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Surrey 25 May 1891 Surrey County Ground, Derby Abandoned48 Jun 1891Cricket Archive Yorkshire v Derbyshire 8 Jun 1891 Yorkshire Headingley, Leeds Won 45 runs515 Jun 1891Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 15 Jun 1891 Nottinghamshire County Ground, Derby Lost 7 wickets622 Jun 1891Cricket Archive Essex v Derbyshire 22 Jun 1891 Essex County Ground, Leyton Lost 9 wicketsJ J Hulme 5-82; Mead 6-47; Pickett 5-39 729 Jun 1891Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Yorkshire 29 Jun 1891 Yorkshire County Ground, Derby Drawn W Chatterton 106; G Porter 5-52; Peel 5-67 8 6 Jul 1891Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Warwickshire 6 Jul 1891 Warwickshire County Ground, Derby Drawn J J Hulme 7-56; Shilton 5-57; Pallett 5-51 916 Jul 1891Cricket Archive Marylebone Cricket Club v Derbyshire 16 Jul 1891 MCC Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood Won 4 wicketsG Davidson 5-65 1020 Jul 1891Cricket Archive Surrey v Derbyshire 20 Jul 1891 Surrey Kennington Oval Won 10 wickets G Davidson6-41; G Porter 6-61; W W Read 5-31 11 3 Aug 1891Cricket Archive 1891 Leicestershire v Derbyshire 3 Aug 1891 Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester Won 58 runs S Raynor 5-57; Pougher 5-33; 12 10 Aug 1891Cricket Archive 1891 Warwickshire v Derbyshire 10 Aug 1891 Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham Won 9 wickets G Davidson5-47; G Porter 5-34 and 5-34; Pallett 5-36 13 17 Aug 1891Cricket Archive 1891 Derbyshire v Essex 17 Aug 1891 Essex County Ground, Derby Won 7 wickets G Davidson6-24 and 5-33; J J Hulme 5-45; Pickett 7-59

Statistics

Batting averages Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s W Chatterton 12 22 763 106 34.68 1H Bagshaw 10 18 386 86 21.44 0Fred Spofforth 1 2 42 32 21.00 0 LG Wright 8 16 319 71 19.93 0R G Tomlinson 1 2 38 22 19.00 0 SH Evershed 8 13 224 51 17.23 0W L Shipton 1 2 34 32 17.00 0W Storer 12 23 360 51 15.65 0 W Sugg 12 24 328 81 13.67 0G Davidson 12 21 245 43 11.67 0W Hall 6 9 95 37 10.55 0S Malthouse 7 14 155 37 10.28 0HA Morley 1 2 20 12 10.00 0 GG Walker 5 7 56 22 8.00 0S Thorpe 4 8 63 35 7.87 0 E Evershed 2 3 22 15 7.33 0W S Eadie 4 7 51 20 7.28 0 J J Hulme 10 69 20 6.80 0G Porter 9 12 68 29 5.67 0H F Wright 2 3 11 8 3.67 0W Myton 1 2 6 4 3.00 0S Raynor 4 7 18 6 2.57 0R Wright 1 3 8 7 2.67 0D Bottom 1 2 4 4 2.00 0W W Wood-Sims 1 1 1 1 1.00 0

Bowling averages Name Balls Runs Wickets BB AverageG Davidson 957 61 6–24 15.69G Porter 466 36 6–61 12.94J J Hulme 461 34 5–45 13.56S Raynor 175 8 5–57 21.87 W Sugg 104 6 4–65 17.33 W Chatterton 182 5 2–15 36.4 S Malthouse 108 4 4–68 27.00 W Hall 63 3 2–36 21.00Fred Spofforth 106 2 2–106 53.00 D Bottom 36 0 S Thorpe 31 0 SH Evershed 11 0 GG Walker 111 0 H Bagshaw 26 0 R Wright 23 0

Wicket-keeper

W Storer

See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1891 English cricket season

References