Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1879 was the

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season when the English club

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played their ninth season. Of the county sides Derbyshire played in the previous year they had matches against

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and

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. However they did not play

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. Derbyshire made a first innings total of 16 against Nottingham at Trent Bridge which remains a record for lowest number of runs in an innings for Derbyshire

1879 season

Derbyshire played six county games in 1879, two each against Lancashire, Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire. They also played a first-class match against MCC. Derbyshire won both matches against Yorkshire, but lost to Nottingham and Lancashire (who shared the Champion County award) and MCC. Derbyshire also played two miscellaneous matches against their own colts and Harrow Wanderers, and a Derbyshire XI comprising most of the team played Bacup. Robert Smith was in his fourth year as captain.

William Wood-Sims William Wood Wood-Sims (10 February 1858 – 30 November 1926) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1879 and 1886. Wood-Sims was born at Ironville, Derbyshire as William W Sims, the son of Joseph W Si ...

, a slater, Joseph Marlow and

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made their first-class debuts for the club and went on to play several more seasons.

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, a mine manager, joined the club from Nottinghamshire but only played in two years.

Conrad Wallroth Conrad Adolphus Wallroth (12 May 1851 – 22 February 1926) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Oxford University between 1872 and 1874, Kent in 1872 and Derbyshire in 1879. He was a right-handed batsman who occasionally ...

who had appeared in the previous season played three first-class matches and Arthur Wood and

Ralph Docker Ralph Docker (31 August 1855 — 7 July 1910) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1879. Docker was born in Harborne, Staffordshire, the son of Ralph Docker and his wife Sarah Sankey. His father was a so ...

both played their only two first class matches for Derbyshire in 1879.

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, who had first played in 1872 and

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who had joined in the previous year both played their last first class matched for Derbyshire. In their opening match against MCC, Derbyshire had MCC out for 60 in the first innings and made 83 in reply. MCC made 108 in the second innings and Derbyshire ended on 70 leaving them 15 runs behind. The next recorded match was a two-day internal fixture against the Derbyshire Colts who played with 22 men. The Colts made 79 and the County team replied with 103. In the second innings the Colts made124 before time ran out leaving the result a draw. The Colts included Osborne,

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, and

Ludford Docker Ludford Charles Docker (26 November 1860 – 1 August 1940) was a businessman and an English cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1881 and 1886, captaining the side in 1884, and for Warwickshire in 1894 and 1895. Earl ...

who played first class matches for the county in this and later seasons, but apart from veteran captain

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none of the remaining colts made first-class status. Against Lancashire, Derbyshire made 64 and Lancashire replied with 81 to close the first day's play. In the second innings Derbyshire made 57 and Lancashire made 42 to win by seven wickets before the day was out. In the match against Nottinghamshire, Nottinghamshire made 159 and by the end of the day Derbyshire had lost two wickets without scoring. They made their lowest innings of 16 and in the follow-on made 44 to give Nottinghamshire victory by an innings and 99 runs. Most of the damage in the match was done by

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who was the leading wicket taker in the English season. In the first match against Yorkshire, Derbyshire made 129 and Yorkshire made 80 in reply. Derbyshire made 45 in the second innings and Yorkshire reached 67 giving Derbyshire a 27 run victory by the end of day two. Derbyshire played an additional match against the Harrow Wanderers, the old boys team of

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. Wallroth, an Old Harrovian, played for the visitors in a team which included Albert Hornby, Herbert Webbe, Isaac Walker and Theodore Dury. Derbyshire opened with 122 and Harrow Wanderers made 262. Derbyshire's second innings total of 90 left the club behind by an innings and 50 runs. In the second match against Yorkshire, Yorkshire were out for 81 and Derbyshire had made 129 by the end of the first day. On the second day, Derbyshire were all out for 146 but there was no further play. Yorkshire were out for 63 on the third day to give Derbyshire a win by an innings and two runs. In the second match against Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire made 59 and Nottinghamshire were on 98 by the end of the day. Nottinghamshire finished on 110 and then had Derbyshire all out for 36. Morley took seven wickets in each innings in the match and Nottinghamshire won by an innings and 15 runs. At the end of the season a "Derbyshire XI" comprising five of the County team and a number of other names took on Bacup in a match that ended in a draw. Thomas Foster was top scorer for the county.

William Mycroft William Mycroft (1 February 1841 – 19 June 1894) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire and MCC between 1873 and 1886. He was a left-arm fast bowler with a great deal of spin and a dangerous yorker that was ofte ...

took 48 wickets for Derbyshire and 88 wickets in all his first class games.

Matches

Statistics

Cricketers who played and their first-class batting performances

Mycroft also played six first class matches for MCC and one for the Over 30s.

First-class bowling averages

Mycroft took a further 40 wickets for other sides

Wicket keeping

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Catches 10, Stumping 3

References

{{Derbyshire CCC 1879 in English cricket Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons English cricket seasons in the 19th century