Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1900 was the

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season when the English club

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had been playing for twenty-nine years. It was their sixth season in the

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and they won three matches to finish thirteenth in the Championship table.

1900 season

Derbyshire played eighteen games in the

in 1900, two matches against London County and one match against MCC. They also played a match against the touring West Indies. They only won two matches in the County Championship but a higher number of draws brought them up to 13 in the table. The captain for the year was Samuel Hill Wood in his second season as captain.

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was top scorer, passing Bagshaw's Championship lead by a century against MCC. John Hulme took most wickets overall although Bestwick had more in the Championship. One high-scoring match was against Essex when Levi Wright and

reached 170 and two Essex players scored centuries. Play did not start until three o'clock on the third day. Derbyshire had to play a second innings but declared when Young was out second ball. There was still insufficient time to avoid a draw. Derbyshire played a non-status match against the touring West Indies which ended in a draw. The West Indies opening batsman Charles Ollivierre decided to stay in England and joined Derbyshire in a later season once the residence requirements were met. The most significant addition to the Derbyshire squad in the season was

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a valuable all-rounder and eventually coach. Albert Lawton also made his debut and went on to play for the club for many seasons. Other players who made their debut but played only in 1900 were

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one of the top bowlers for the season, William Foulke better known as an outsize footballer, Hubert Pink and Walter Stubbings. Frank Barrs also played one match in the following season.

Matches

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Old Trafford, Manchester , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 96 runs , J O'Connor 5-56 and 5-69; Webb 6-25; Mold 5-20 , - , 2 , 17 May 1900 ,

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County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 10 wickets , LG Wright 134; Hayward 120; WC Smith 5-50; Lees 7-38 , - , 3 , 21 May 1900 ,

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Bramall Lane, Sheffield , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Rhodes 7-72 , - , 4 , 24 May 1900 , MCC
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 107 runs , W Storer 175; A Hearne 5-38 , - , 5 , 28 May 1900 ,

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 ...

Trent Bridge, Nottingham , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 5 wickets , Gunn 6-76; Wass 6-58 , - , 6 , 04 Jun 1900 ,

Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Berkshire to the north, Surrey and West Sussex to the east, the Isle of Wight across the Solent to the south, ...

County Ground, Southampton , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 177 runs , Soar 5-76; H Bagshaw 5-27; Baldwin 5-31 , - , 7 , 07 Jun 1900 ,

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Crystal Palace Park , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 5 wickets , Braund 7-52; JH Young 5-65; Trott 6-68 , - , 8 , 14 Jun 1900 ,

County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , JJ Hulme 6-27; Sladen 5-50 , - , 9 , 21 Jun 1900 ,

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North Road Ground, Glossop , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , , - , 10 , 25 Jun 1900 ,

County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , Innings and 24 runs , Rhodes 7-32; Haigh 6-54 , - , 11 , 28 Jun 1900 ,

Essex Essex ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East of England, and one of the home counties. It is bordered by Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Kent across the Thames Estuary to the ...

County Ground, Leyton , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , LG Wright 170; W Storer 176; Carpenter 112; McGahey 122; JJ Hulme 5-125 , - , 12 , 02 Jul 1900 ,

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Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 57 runs , Wilson 6-55; W Bestwick 5-53 and 5-34; JJ Hulme 5-54 , - , 13 , 23 Jul 1900 ,

Edgbaston, Birmingham , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Devey 256; Kinneir 156 , - , 14 , 26 Jul 1900 ,

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County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , AE Lawton 124; JH King 121; CJB Wood 116; Geeson 7-107 , - , 15 , 30 Jul 1900 ,

North Road Ground, Glossop , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 224 runs , JT Tyldesley 119; CR Hartley 109; W Bestwick 6-55 and 5–102; Cuttell 5-64; Briggs 5-31 , - , 16 , 06 Aug 1900 ,

County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , , - , 17 , 09 Aug 1900 ,

County Ground, New Road, Worcester , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , W Storer 114 , - , 18 , 13 Aug 1900 ,

County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , HA Carpenter 151; TM Russell 139; EM Ashcroft 139; Mead 5-57; Reeves 5-44; W Bestwick 7-114 , - , 19 , 20 Aug 1900 ,

Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 165 runs , Wass 5-62 , - , 20 , 27 Aug 1900 ,

Grace Road, Leicester , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , Innings and 34 runs , CJB Wood 147; Woodcock 5-24 , - , 21 , 30 Aug 1900 ,

Kennington Oval , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , R Abel 193; DLA Jephson 213 , - {, class="wikitable" width="100%" ! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 , List of other matches , - bgcolor="#efefef" !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes , - , 1 , 19 Jul 1900 ,

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County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Goodman 104; Cox 5-61; JJ Hulme 6-76 , -

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

{, class="wikitable sortable" width="70%" , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !!100s , - , SH Evershed , , 1 , , 2 , , 108, , 62 , , 54.00 , , 0 , - , W Storer , , 18 , , 30 , , 952, , 176 , , 34.00, , 2 , - , H Bagshaw , , 18 , , 31 , , 976, , 98 , , 31.48 , , 0 , - , LG Wright , , 18, , 31 , , 907 , , 170 , , 31.27, , 2 , - , EM Ashcroft , , 9 , , 14 , , 309 , , 139 , , 25.75 , , 1 , - , W Chatterton , , 18 , , 31 , , 654 , , 64 , , 23.35 , , 0 , - , Samuel Hill Wood , , 14 , , 21 , , 348, , 81*, , 20.47 , , 0 , - , FA Barrs , , 2 , , 3 , , 61 , , 58 , , 20.33 , , 0 , - , AE Lawton , , 15 , , 24 , , 433 , , 124 , , 18.82 , , 1 , - , JA Berwick , , 2 , , 3 , , 27 , , 16 , , 13.50 , , 0 , - , W Sugg , , 6, , 10 , , 107 , , 34 , , 11.88 , , 0 , - , JJ Hulme , , 17, , 24 , , 246, , 53, , 11.71 , , 0 , - , WH Foulke , , 4 , , 7 , , 65 , , 53 , , 10.83 , , 0 , - , SWA Cadman , , 2 , , 3 , , 32 , , 23 , , 10.66 , , 0 , - , JH Young , , 9 , , 14 , , 120 , , 42 , , 10.00 , , 0 , - , JW Hancock , , 3, , 5 , , 42 , , 18 , , 8.40 , , 0 , - , W Stubbings , , 1 , , 2 , , 9 , , 9* , , 9.00 , , 0 , - , J Humphries , , 12 , , 19 , , 117, , 22 , , 8.35 , , 0 , - , W Bestwick , , 18 , , 25 , , 118 , , 39 , , 6.94 , , 0 , - , WB Delacombe , , 2 , , 3 , , 15 , , 11 , , 5.00 , , 0 , - , HS Pink , , 3 , , 5 , , 24, , 11 , , 4.80 , , 0 , - , J O'Connor , , 6 , , 9 , , 27, , 17 , , 3.85 , , 0 , - {, class="wikitable" width="80%" , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! colspan=7, Leading first-class batsmen for Derbyshire by runs scored , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! Name ! Mat ! Inns ! Runs ! HS !

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! 100 , - , W Storer , , 21 , , 35 , , 1255, , 176 , , 35.86, , 3 , - , H Bagshaw , , 21 , , 36 , , 1055, , 98 , , 29.31 , , 0 , - , LG Wright , , 20, , 34 , , 1040 , , 170 , , 30.59, , 2 , - , W Chatterton , , 21 , , 36 , , 743 , , 64 , , 20.64 , , 0 , - , AE Lawton , , 18 , , 29 , , 610 , , 124 , , 21.03 , , 1 , - (a) Figures adjusted for non CC matches Irvine Dearnaley who played for Derbyshire five years later and George Slater who never appeared in another match were members of the team against the West Indies.

County Championship bowling averages

{, class="wikitable sortable" width="70%" , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! Name !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average , - , W Bestwick , , 3735 , , 1662 , , 66 , , 7-114, , 25.18 , - , JJ Hulme , , 4040 , , 1618 , , 59 , , 5-54 , , 27.42 , - , H Bagshaw , , 1336 , , 686, , 27, , 5-27 , , 25.40 , - , J O'Connor , , 839, , 396, , 19 , , 5-56, , 20.84 , - , W Storer , , 924 , , 669, , 15, , 4-43 , , 44.60 , - , JH Young , , 496 , , 203 , , 9 , , 4-3 , , 22.55 , - , JA Berwick , , 378 , , 227 , , 5 , , 4-74, , 45.40 , - , JW Hancock , , 307 , , 117, , 5, , 3-36 , , 23.40 , - , AE Lawton , , 234 , , 146 , , 4 , , 2-15, , 36.50 , - , WH Foulke , , 114, , 92 , , 2 , , 2-15, , 46.00 , - , LG Wright , , 24 , , 11 , , 1 , , 1-4 , , 11.00 , - , FA Barrs , , 24 , , 17 , , 1 , , 1-17 , , 17.00 , - , SWA Cadman , , 90 , , 58, , 1, , 1-58, , 58.00 , - , EM Ashcroft , , 96 , , 78 , , 1 , , 1-5, , 78.00 , - , W Chatterton , , 288 , , 115 , , 1 , , 1-17 , , 115.00 , - , W Stubbings , , 120 , , 80, , 0 , , , , , - , HS Pink , , 36 , , 33, , 0, , , , , - , Samuel Hill Wood , , 30 , , 30, , 0, , , , Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1900
/ref> {, class="wikitable" width="80%" , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! colspan=6, Leading first class bowlers for Derbyshire by wickets taken , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! Name ! Balls ! Runs ! Wkts ! BBI !

, - , JJ Hulme , , 4782 , , 1919 , , 76 , , 6-27 , , 25.25 , - , W Bestwick , , 4171 , , 1813 , , 73 , , 7-114, , 24.84 , - , H Bagshaw , , 1660 , , 840, , 35, , 5-27 , , 24.00 , - , J O'Connor , , 1259, , 619, , 24 , , 5-56, , 25.79 , - , W Storer , , 1020 , , 740, , 19, , 4-43 , , 38.95 , -

Wicket Keeping

Catches 19, Stumping 4 *

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Catches 13, Stumping 4

References

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