Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1912 was the

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season when the English club

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had been playing for forty one years. It was their eighteenth season in the

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and they won two matches to finish tenth in the Championship table.

1912 season

Derbyshire played twenty matches, of which eighteen were in the County Championship and the others against touring South Africans and

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. John Chapman was in his third year as captain. In one of the wettest summers on record, no players scored centuries. Samuel Cadman scored most runs, and had one of the team's two innings in the nineties. Arthur Morton took most wickets. Significant players who made their debut in the season were Richard Baggallay who went on to captain the side and Geoffrey Jackson whose death in World War I deprived the club of a useful player. New players who had shorter careers were George Burnham and Albert Blount who each played five game in the 1912 season. That was the extent of Burnham's career, but Blount reappeared in one more match fourteen years later.

Matches

{, class="wikitable" width="100%" ! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 , List of matches , - bgcolor="#efefef" !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes , - , 1 , 4 May 1912 , South Africans
County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 7 wickets , A Morton 6–52; Faulkner 5–46 , - , 2 , 13 May 1912 ,

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Edgbaston, Birmingham , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , Innings and 22 runs , Field 5–60 , - , 3 , 20 May 1912 ,

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Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , , - , 4 , 23 May 1912 ,

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County Ground, Hove , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 8 wickets , SWA Cadman 95; AG Slater 5–80; Sims 5–39 , - , 5 , 27 May 1912 ,

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County Ground, Leyton , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , Innings and 27 runs , Perrin 245; McGahey 150 , - , 6 , 30 May 1912 ,

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County Ground, Southampton , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , L Oliver 94; Barrett 119; A Warren 5–129 , - , 7 , 3 Jun 1912 ,

County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , A Morton 5–44; Cox 8–24 , - , 8 , 6 Jun 1912 ,

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Recreation Ground, Bath , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Greswell 5–54; A Morton 7–16 , - , 9 , 13 Jun 1912 ,

County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 54 runs , A Morton 6–59; Kenedy 5–26; Newman 5–30; A Warren 6–59; Brown 6–77 , - , 10 , 20 Jun 1912 ,

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Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 83 runs , King 6–65; A Warren 7–52 , - , 11 , 24 Jun 1912 ,

County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , , - , 12 , 29 Jun 1912 ,

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Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , East 6–58; A Warren 5–31 , - , 13 , 4 Jul 1912 ,

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Trent Bridge, Nottingham , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , Innings and 147 runs , Wass 5–50 and 5–20 , - , 14 , 15 Jul 1912 ,

County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 133 runs , Greswell 8–65; A Warren 5–50 , - , 15 , 25 Jul 1912 ,

Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , A Morton 5–73 , - , 16 , 1 Aug 1912 ,

County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , T Forrester 5–76; Matthews 6–23; A Morton 5–52 , - , 17 , 5 Aug 1912 ,

County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , , - , 18 , 8 Aug 1912 ,

Old Trafford, Manchester , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 248 runs , Whitehead 100; Makepeace 99; Dean 6–110 and 6–53 , - , 19 , 17 Aug 1912 ,

County Ground, Northampton , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 6 wickets , Thompson 5–42; T Forrester 7–18; Smith 6–26 , - , 20 , 26 Aug 1912 ,

Miners Welfare Ground, Blackwell , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Iremonger 6–38 , -

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

{, class="wikitable sortable" width="70%" , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !!100s , - , SWA Cadman , , 18 , , 27 , , 673 , , 95 , , 28.04 , , 0 , - , L Oliver , , 18 , , 28 , , 666 , , 94 , , 25.61 , , 0 , - , A Morton , , 16 , , 25 , , 533, , 83 , , 24.22 , , 0 , - , G Beet , , 3 , , 4 , , 23, , 8*, , 23.00 , , 0 , - , J Bowden , , 8 , , 10 , , 130 , , 32 , , 18.57 , , 0 , - , FA Newton , , 3, , 4 , , 16 , , 13* , , 16.00, , 0 , - , A Warren , , 18 , , 26 , , 358, , 77 , , 14.91 , , 0 , - , T Forrester , , 16 , , 23 , , 278, , 84* , , 14.63 , , 0 , - , J Humphries , , 15 , , 21, , 231 , , 42, , 12.83 , , 0 , - , AJ Wood , , 8 , , 10 , , 113 , , 25 , , 12.55 , , 0 , - , AG Slater , , 18 , , 24 , , 256, , 45 , , 11.13 , , 0 , - , CF Root , , 15 , , 21 , , 218 , , 55 , , 10.38, , 0 , - , FC Bracey , , 10 , , 12 , , 55 , , 22* , , 9.16 , , 0 , - , J Chapman , , 8 , , 14 , , 115, , 56 , , 8.21 , , 0 , - , R Sale , , 4 , , 6 , , 37 , , 13 , , 6.16 , , 0 , - , GJ Burnham , , 5 , , 6 , , 30 , , 15 , , 6.00 , , 0 , - , RRC Baggallay , , 1 , , 2 , , 8, , 8 , , 4.00 , , 0 , - , A Wickstead , , 1 , , 2 , , 7 , , 6 , , 3.50 , , 0 , - , E Needham , , 3 , , 4 , , 14 , , 6 , , 3.50 , , 0 , - , CJ Corbett , , 4 , , 5 , , 12, , 6 , , 2.40 , , 0 , - , GL Jackson , , 1 , , 1 , , 2, , 2 , , 2.00 , , 0 , - , C Lowe , , 1 , , 1 , , 2 , , 2 , , 2.00 , , 0 , - , A Blount , , 4 , , 6 , , 5, , 5 , , 0.83 , , 0 , -

County Championship bowling averages

{, class="wikitable sortable" width="70%" , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! Name !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average , - , A Morton , , 2995 , , 1115 , , 45, , 7–16, , 24.77 , - , SWA Cadman , , 2124 , , 743 , , 40 , , 4–28 , , 18.57 , - , A Warren , , 1585 , , 791 , , 40, , 7–52 , , 19.77 , - , T Forrester , , 1661 , , 449 , , 22 , , 7–18 , , 20.40 , - , FC Bracey , , 758 , , 336, , 20, , 4–43 , , 16.80 , - , AG Slater , , 943 , , 473 , , 14, , 5–80 , , 33.78 , - , CF Root , , 489 , , 267 , , 10, , 3–23 , , 26.70 , - , A Blount , , 270 , , 110, , 5 , , 4–53 , , 22.00 , - , GL Jackson , , 60 , , 29 , , 1, , 1–29, , 29.00 , - , C Lowe , , 36 , , 20 , , 1, , 1–20 , , 20.00 , - , L Oliver , , 30 , , 28 , , 1 , , 1–28 , , 28.00 , - , J Chapman , , 48 , , 54 , , 0 , - , AJ Wood , , 24 , , 16 , , 0 , - , R Sale , , 6 , , 0 , , 0Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1912
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Wicket Keepers

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References

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