Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1896 represents the

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season when the English club

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had been playing for twenty five years. It was their second season in the

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and they came seventh.

1896 season

Derbyshire played 16 games in the County Championship, one match against MCC and one against the touring

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. They won five matches in the County Championship and six matches altogether. Brewer's son

Sydney Evershed Sir Sydney Herbert Evershed (13 January 1861 – 7 March 1937) was an English brewer and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire from 1880 to 1901 and was a long-serving club captain from 1891 to 1898. Evershed was born in Sta ...

was in his sixth season as captain.

William Storer William Storer (25 January 1867 – 28 February 1912) was an English footballer and a cricketer who played six Test matches from 1897 to 1899, played first-class cricket for Derbyshire from 1887 to 1905 and played football for Derby County. ...

was top scorer, as well as keeping wicket and bowling to take 15 wickets. John Hulme took most wickets with 77 in the County Championship. In a season marked by a number of high scores, with centuries both for and against Derbyshire Storer and George Davidson produced notable batting performances during the season. Davidson made 274 against Lancashire at Manchester which remains the Derbyshire individual batting record. In the same innings Chatterton and Storer also scored centuries. Against Yorkshire Storer hit centuries in each innings—a feat performed previously only by W. G. Grace, A. E. Stoddart and George Brann, giving him a season's batting average of over 57. Bagshaw added a third century against Yorkshire in the same match. Of those who made their debuts in the season, Thomas Gould and Henry Curgenven also played in 1897. John Purdy and Charles Middleton played more seasons, but only occasionally.

Walter Butterfield Walter Butterfield (6 August 1870 – 19 July 1954) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1896. Butterfield was born in Dewsbury, Yorkshire. He started playing for Allestree Cricket Club in 1894 where he was "head an ...

played only two matches in 1896 and

Frank Bingham Frank Miller Bingham (17 September 1874 – 22 May 1915) was an English medical doctor, all round sportsman and Officer (armed forces), army officer who was killed in the World War I, First World War. As a cricketer, he played for Derbyshire Cou ...

just one.

Matches

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At County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , Innings and 15 runs , ''Hayward'' 229 , - , 2 , 18 May 1896 ,

Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated ''Notts.'') is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. The county is bordered by South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. Th ...

At Trent Bridge , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 7 wickets , ''Gunn'' 135 , - , 3 , 25 May 1896 ,

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At County Ground, Southampton , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 7 wickets , ''Ward'' 113 , - , 4 , 28 May 1896 , MCC
At

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, bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 1 wicket , '' W Attewell'' 5-38; G Porter 5-50 , - , 5 , 04 Jun 1896 ,

At Kennington Oval , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , Innings and 57 runs , '' R Abel'' 109; '' G Lohmann'' 6-51 , - , 6 , 08 Jun 1896 ,

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At County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 37 runs , JJ Hulme 6-57; '' A Mold'' 5-58 and 7-46; G Davidson 5-49 , - , 7 , 15 Jun 1896 ,

At County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , ''Gunn'' 207*; ''Hardstaffe'' 8-53 , - , 8 , 25 Jun 1896 ,

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At County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , W Storer 100 and 100*; H Bagshaw 115 , - , 9 , 29 Jun 1896 ,

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At Grace Road, Leicestershire , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , Innings and 147 runs , W Storer 142; G Davidson 6-53 , - , 10 , 02 Jul 1896 ,

Bramall Lane, Sheffield , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 9 wickets , ''Denton'' 113; W Storer 122; JJ Hulme 5-80; '' S Haigh'' 6-45 and 6-70 , - , 11 , 06 Jul 1896 ,

At County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , H Bagshaw 121; ''Pougher'' 114 , - , 12 , 13 Jul 1896 ,

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At County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 10 wickets , '' R Lilley'' 132 and 6-46; G Davidson 5-62; JJ Hulme 7-44 , - , 13 , 20 Jul 1896 ,

At County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , ''Trott'' 141; ''Donnan'' 167; ''Hill'' 130; '' G Giffen'' 5-123 , - , 14 , 23 Jul 1896 ,

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At County Ground, Leyton , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , W Chatterton 111 , - , 15 , 03 Aug 1896 ,

At County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 8 wickets , ''Kitchener'' 6-59 , - , 16 , 10 Aug 1896 ,

At Old Trafford, Manchester , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , W Chatterton 104; G Davidson 274; W Storer 116; '' J Briggs'' 6–185; JJ Hulme 5-94 , - , 17 , 17 Aug 1896 ,

At County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 201 runs , JJ Hulme 6-98; ''Bull'' 5-68 , - , 18 , 24 Aug 1896 ,

Edgbaston Edgbaston () is a suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. It lies immediately south-west of Birmingham city centre, and was historically in Warwickshire. The Ward (electoral subdivision), wards of Edgbaston and Nort ...

, bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , G Davidson 8-70 , -

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

{, class="wikitable sortable" width="80%" , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !! 100s , - , W Storer , , 15, , 22 , , 1091, , 142*, , 57.42 , , 5 , - , G Davidson , , 16 , , 24 , , 953, , 274 , , 43.31 , , 1 , - , W Chatterton , , 16 , , 26, , 890, , 111 , , 40.45 , , 2 , - , H Bagshaw , , 13 , , 20 , , 628, , 121 , , 34.88 , , 2 , - , SH Evershed , , 13 , , 19 , , 637 , , 88 , , 33.52 , , 0 , - , LG Wright , , 15 , , 23 , , 580 , , 94 , , 25.21 , , 0 , - , W Sugg , , 16 , , 25 , , 486 , , 88 , , 20.25 , , 0 , - , T Gould , , 2 , , 1 , , 16 , , 16 , , 16.00 , , 0 , - , GA Marsden , , 14 , , 19 , , 237, , 37 , , 15.80 , , 0 , - , JJ Hulme , , 16 , , 22 , , 237, , 51*, , 11.85 , , 0 , - , W S Eadie , , 2, , 3 , , 31 , , 18 , , 10.33 , , 0 , - , HG Curgenven , , 5 , , 5 , , 45 , , 19 , , 9.00 , , 0 , - , G Porter , , 14 , , 20 , , 112, , 55 , , 7.00 , , 0 , - , JW Bennett , , 4, , 6 , , 30 , , 18 , , 5.00 , , 0 , - , WB Delacombe , , 2, , 3 , , 9, , 7 , , 4.50, , 0 , - , JH Purdy , , 5 , , 6 , , 13 , , 10*, , 3.25 , , 0 , - , J Brooks , , 2, , 4 , , 6, , 6 , , 3.00 , , 0 , - , W Butterfield , , 2 , , 4 , , 11, , 7 , , 2.75 , , 0 , - , J Goodall , , 1 , , 1 , , 2, , 2 , , 2.00 , , 0 , - , GG Walker , , 2, , 3 , , 8, , 8* , , – , , 0 , - , JP Hall , , 1, , 1 , , 0, , 0 , , – , , 0 Additionally C Middleton and FM Bingham played in the non County Championship match against MCC. Middleton failed to score, but Bingham made seventeen runs in what was his only match for the club.

County Championship bowling averages

{, class="wikitable sortable" width="80%"Name Balls Mdns Runs Wkts BB Ave 5wI 10wM , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! Name !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average , - , JJ Hulme , , 4555 , , 1690, , 77, , 7-44, , 21.94 , - , G Davidson , , 4721 , , 1502 , , 68 , , 8-70 , , 22.08 , - , G Porter , , 2568 , , 1029, , 29, , 4-56, , 35.48 , - , W Storer , , 681 , , 408 , , 15, , 4-48 , , 27.20 , - , JH Purdy, , 462 , , 203, , 8, , 3-53, , 25.37 , - , JW Bennett , , 535 , , 236, , 6, , 2-37, , 39.33 , - , W Chatterton , , 205 , , 107 , , 3 , , 2-16 , , 35.66 , - , W Sugg , , 355 , , 274, , 3, , 2-19 , , 91.33 , - , H Bagshaw , , 360 , , 177, , 3, , 2-38 , , 59.00 , - , HG Curgenven , , 220 , , 119 , , 2 , , 1-16 , , 59.50 , - , W Butterfield , , 35 , , 20 , , 1 , , 1-10 , , 20.00 , - , JP Hall , , 85, , 39, , 1 , , 1-21 , , 39.00 , - , GG Walker , , 160 , , 96 , , 2 , , 1-30, , 48.00 , - , J Brooks , , 157 , , 127 , , 1 , , 1-88 , , 127.00 , - , T Gould , , 55 , , 20, , 0 , - , LG Wright , , 5 , , 1 , , 0Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1896
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Wicket Keeping

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Levi Wright Levi George Wright (15 January 1862 – 11 January 1953) was an English footballer and first-class cricketer. He played association football for Derby County and Notts County and cricket for Derbyshire from 1883 to 1909 being captain for a seaso ...

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References

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