Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1877 was the

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season when the English club

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played their seventh season.

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joined

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and

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as the fourth county to play Derbyshire. John Platts became the first cricketer to score a century for Derbyshire.

1877 season

All Derbyshire's matches were first class in the 1877 season. They played eight county games, two each against Yorkshire, Lancashire, Kent and Hampshire, and one match against MCC. They won five matches, beating Kent and Hampshire in both matches and Lancashire in one. They lost three matches – one each to Yorkshire, Lancashire and MCC – and drew their other match against Yorkshire The captain for the year was Robert Smith. Of the players who made their debuts,

Leonard Jackson Leonard Jackson (8 April 1848 – 21 March 1887) was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1877 to 1882. Jackson was born at Holme Hurst in Norton Woodseats, on the border of Yorkshire and Derbyshire. He first played cricket ...

a publican, and

Arthur Forman Arthur Francis Emilius Forman (26 July 1850 – 13 February 1905) was an English schoolmaster and cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1877 and 1882. Forman was the son of Richard Forman of Gibraltar and his wife Mary Heath, daughter of ...

, a Repton schoolmaster both continued playing regularly for five years while

Thomas Mycroft Thomas Mycroft (28 March 1848 — 31 August 1911) was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire and MCC between 1877 and 1887. Mycroft was born in Brimington, Derbyshire, the son of George Mycroft and his second wife Elizabeth Lowcock. ...

appeared occasionally as wicket keeper over the next ten years. Charles Regan a brewer's traveller played his five career first class matches during the season. Rev

William Humble William John Humble-Crofts (9 December 1846 – 1 July 1924), born William Humble, was an English clergyman and cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1873 and 1877. Biography Humble was born in Sutton Scarsdale and was educated at Exet ...

who had played occasionally since 1873 put in his last appearance for the club. Amos Hind who failed to live up to the promise of his initial 1876 season, also left the side. In their opening match against Lancashire, Derbyshire opened with 111 to which Lancashire replied with 84. Although Derbyshire only managed 51 in their second innings, Lancashire fared worse with 44 to give Derbyshire a 34 run victory. Against Hampshire, Derbyshire made 115 in the first innings and Hampshire scored 105 in response. Derbyshire's second innings reached 242, although no player scored 50 or more. Hampshire were only able to make 63 in reply giving Derbyshire a 189 run victory. Against MCC, Derbyshire were playing a side which included

W G Grace William Gilbert Grace (18 July 1848 – 23 October 1915) was an English amateur cricketer who was important in the development of the sport and is widely considered one of its greatest players. He played first-class cricket for a record-equa ...

who made 83 runs and took 14 wickets. In the first innings MCC made 112, being checked by Mycroft who took 8 wickets while Derbyshire replied with 117. In the second innings MCC made 123 while Derbyshire made 78 to lose by 40 runs. In their second match against Lancashire, Lancashire set an opening target of 215 and Derbyshire made 110 in reply and 114 in the follow-on. Lancashire made the necessary 10 runs to win by 10 wickets. Against Kent, Kent made 191 in the first innings due to 80 by Lord Harris and Derbyshire replied with 127. In Kent's second innings Harris was out for a duck and Kent made 124, while Derbyshire's reply of 189 thanks to 54 not out by Foster gave them the match by one wicket.

George Gibbons Hearne George Gibbons Hearne (7 July 1856 – 13 February 1932) was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club between 1875 and 1895. He also played in one Test match for England against South Africa ...

took 14 wickets for Kent in the match. In Derbyshire's first County match against Yorkshire, Yorkshire scored 210 and Derbyshire who made 108 were forced to follow on. Derbyshire's second innings total of 189 left Yorkshire with 88 to make which they achieved with the loss of one wicket. In the second Kent match, Kent made 149 in the first innings and Derbyshire replied with 110. Kent's second innings score was 78 and Derbyshire reached 119 to win with three wickets to spare. In the second Hampshire match Hampshire opened with 120 and Derbyshire ran up 319 in reply. Although both R Smith and Rigley were injured in the innings this was compensated for by a score of 115 by Platt. Hampshire scored 86 in their second innings to give Derbyshire a victory by an innings and 113 runs. In the final match against Yorkshire, Yorkshire began with 278 and with a first innings reply of 74, Derbyshire had to follow-on needing over 200. However Derbyshire made 220 with 90 not out by Platt to save the match as a draw, and as there was insufficient time for Yorkshire to bat. John Platts was top scorer and W Mycroft took most wickets with 63. Platts was also the first Derbyshire cricketer to score a century for the club.

Matches

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Day's (Antelope) Ground, Southampton , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 189 runs , '' A Ridley'' 7–46; W Mycroft 6–31 and 6–16; '' F Tate'' 6–76 , - , 3 , 28 May 1877 , MCC
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'' 6–55 and 8–54 , - , 4 , 31 May 1877 ,

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County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , '' RO Clayton'' 7–35 , -

Statistics

Cricketers who played and their first-class batting performances

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Pro !! Age !! Hand !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !!100s , - , J T B D Platts , , P , , 28 , , L , , 9 , , 17 , , 432 , , 115 , , 25.41 , , 1 , - , R P Smith , , A , , 28 , , R , , 9 , , 17 , , 340 , , 52* , , 21.25 , , 0 , - , W Hickton , , P , , 34 , , R , , 7 , , 13 , , 180 , , 63 , , 16.36 , , 0 , - , W Rigley , , P , , 25 , , R , , 9 , , 17 , , 253 , , 57 , , 14.88 , , 0 , - , G Frost , , A , , 28 , , R , , 8 , , 15 , , 218, , 46 , , 14.53 , , 0 , - , A Hind , , , , 27 , , R , , 9 , , 17 , , 213 , , 43 , , 12.52 , , 0 , - , T Foster , , P , , 28 , , R , , 9 , , 17 , , 179 , , 54* , , 11.93 , , 0 , - , J Smith , , A , , 35 , , R , , 7 , , 14, , 140 , , 31 , , 10.76 , , 0 , - , AFE Forman , , A , , 26 , , R , , 2 , , 3 , , 32 , , 21 , , 10.66 , , 0 , - , L Jackson , , P , , 29 , , R , , 3 , , 6 , , 48 , , 17*, , 9.60 , , 0 , - , C Regan , , A , , 35 , , R , , 5 , , 10 , , 90, , 22 , , 9.00 , , 0 , - , WJ Humble , , A , , 30 , , R , , 2 , , 3 , , 27 , , 17 , , 9.00 , , 0 , - , A Shuker , , A , , 28 , , R , , 2, , 4 , , 28 , , 12 , , 7.00 , , 0 , - , A Smith , , , , 30 , , R , , 7 , , 13 , , 39 , , 10*, , 4.33 , , 0 , - , W Mycroft , , P , , 36 , , R , , 8 , , 14 , , 54 , , 16 , , 4.09 , , 0 , - , T Mycroft , , P, , 29 , , L , , 2 , , 3 , , 12, , 8 , , 4.00 , , 0 , - , H Shaw , , A , , 23 , , R , , 1 , , 2 , , 4, , 3 , , 4.00 , , 0 , - Platts also played 2 innings and scored 46 runs for Players of the North. W Mycroft played 23 innings in 14 other first class matches for a variety of sides scoring 92 runs.

First-class bowling averages

{, class="wikitable sortable" width="80%" , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! Name !! Hand !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average , - , W Mycroft , , L F , , 2149 , , 695 , , 63 , , 8–47 , , 11.03 , - , W Hickton , , R F , , 1358 , , 522, , 40 , , 6–47 , , 13.05 , - , A Hind , , R round M , , 696 , , 280 , , 16, , 4–9 , , 17.50 , - , J T B D Platts , , R F , , 863 , , 351 , , 13, , 5–18, , 27.00 , - , L Jackson , , R round-arm F , , 267 , , 100, , 5 , , 2–19 , , 20.00 , - , R P Smith , , R underarm S , , 24 , , 11 , , 0 , , , , , - , J Smith , , R round-arm , , 20 , , 16 , , 0 , , , , , - , AFE Forman , , R round-arm F , , 12 , , 3 , , 0 , , , , Mycroft took an additional 94 first class wickets for other teams

Wicket Keeping

Alfort Smith Alfort Smith (7 July 1846 – 21 December 1908) was an English cricketer who kept wicket for Lancashire in 1867 and 1871 and for Derbyshire between 1873 and 1880. Life Smith was born in Bank Lane, near Bury Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; ...

Catches 5, Stumping 0 *

Catches 1, Stumping 1

References

{{Derbyshire CCC 1877 in English cricket Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons English cricket seasons in the 19th century