Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1883 was the

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season when the English club

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had been playing for twelve years. They won two first class matches out of ten.

1883 season

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was top scorer and

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James Brelsford shared the most wickets. There were no long term additions to the team but George Earl,

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and Percy Exham made their only career appearances and Thomas Evans made his two career appearances for Derbyshire during the season. The season also saw the last appearances of John Richardson who had been a steady bowler since 1878 and

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who had played since 1879.

Matches

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Old Trafford, Manchester , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , Innings and 160 runs , '' George Nash'' 5-24; '' RG Barlow'' 5-20 , - , 2 , 21 May 1883 ,

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County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 51 runs , '' ED Barratt'' 5-25 and 7-76; J Brelsford 5-31 , - , 3 , 31 May 1883 , MCC
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , Innings and 29 runs , '' W Flowers'' 131 and 6-44; '' A Rylott'' 5-53 , - , 4 , 25 Jun 1883 ,

County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , Innings and 78 runs , '' A Watson'' 6-40 and 6-27 , - , 5 , 09 Jul 1883 , MCC
County Ground, Derby SH Evershed 5–19; '' GG Hearne'' 5-49; W Cropper 5-25 , - , 6 , 19 Jul 1883 ,

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County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , W Chatterton 5-61 , - , 7 , 30 Jul 1883 ,

Sussex Sussex (), from the Old English (), is a historic county in South East England that was formerly an independent medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom. It is bounded to the west by Hampshire, north by Surrey, northeast by Kent, south by the English ...

County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , Innings and 68 runs , '' JB Hide'' 5-34 , - , 8 , 06 Aug 1883 ,

Bramall Lane, Sheffield , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , Innings and 3 runs , W Chatterton 6-64; '' E Peate'' 5-36 , - , 9 , 30 Aug 1883 ,

Kennington Oval , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 6 wickets , '' ED Barratt'' 5-50 , - , 10 , 03 Sep 1883 Cricket Archive - Sussex v Derbyshire 03 Sep 1883
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County Ground, Hove , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 29 runs , J Marlow 6-27 , - {, class="wikitable" width="100%" ! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 , List of other matches , - bgcolor="#efefef" !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes , - , 1 , 03 Aug 1883 , Uppingham Rovers
County Ground, Derby , Unknown , , , -

Statistics

First-class batting averages

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Pro !! Age !! H !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average!! 100s , - , T Evans , , A , , 25 , , R , , 2 , , 4 , , 78 , , 35 , , 19.50 , , 0 , - , R P Smith , , A , , 34 , , R , , 7 , , 14 , , 245 , , 45 , , 17.50, , 0 , - , LC Docker , , A , , 23 , , R , , 9 , , 16 , , 276, , 52, , 17.25 , , 0 , - , W Evershed , , A , , 30 , , R , , 10 , , 19 , , 317 , , 92 , , 16.68 , , 0 , - , T Foster , , P , , 35 , , R , , 7 , , 13 , , 212, , 81 , , 16.30 , , 0 , - , J T B D Platts , , P , , 34 , , L , , 11 , , 20 , , 311, , 55 , , 15.55 , , 0 , - , J Marlow , , , , 28 , , R , , 5 , , 9 , , 89 , , 23 , , 14.83 , , 0 , - , EAJ Maynard , , A , , 22 , , R , , 8 , , 14 , , 189 , , 84 , , 14.53 , , 0 , - , GG Walker , , A , , 22 , , L , , 2 , , 4 , , 40 , , 23 , , 13.33 , , 0 , - , PG Exham , , A , , 23 , , R , , 1 , , 1 , , 12 , , 12 , , 12.00 , , 0 , - , W Cropper , , , , 20 , , R , , 10 , , 17 , , 177, , 51 , , 10.41 , , 0 , - , J Needham , , A , , 21 , , R , , 1, , 2 , , 9 , , 6* , , 9.00 , , 0 , - , J Richardson , , , , 26 , , R , , 5 , , 10 , , 51 , , 17 , , 7.28 , , 0 , - , JJ Disney , , P , , 23 , , R , , 9 , , 16 , , 65 , , 11*, , 7.22 , , 0 , - , SH Evershed , , A , , 22 , , R , , 3 , , 6 , , 34 , , 21, , 6.80 , , 0 , - , J Brelsford , , A , , 27 , , R , , 7 , , 12 , , 48 , , 16 , , 4.36 , , 0 , - , GB Earl , , , , 23 , , R , , 1 , , 1 , , 4 , , 4 , , 4.00 , , 0 , - , G Osborne , , P , , ? , , ? , , 1, , 2 , , 7, , 5 , , 3.50 , , 0 , - , W Mycroft , , P , , 42 , , R , , 4 , , 7 , , 16 , , 9 , , 3.20 , , 0 , - , JM Clayton , , A , , 25 , , R , , 1 , , 2 , , 3 , , 2 , , 1.50 , , 0 , - , LG Wright , , A , , 21 , , R , , 1 , , 2 , , 2, , 2 , , 1.00 , , 0 , - , G Yates , , , , 24 , , R , , 1 , , 1 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0.00 , , 0 , - , W Chatterton , , P , , 21 , , R , , 1, , 0 , , , , , , , , , - , G Hay , , A , , 32 , , R , , 1 , , 0 , , , , , , , , , -

First-class bowling averages

{, class="wikitable sortable" width="70%" , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! Name !! Hand !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average , - , W Cropper , , L M , , 1069 , , 435 , , 24 , , 5-25 , , 18.12 , - , J Brelsford , , RM , , 1045, , 463 , , 24 , , 5-31, , 19.29 , - , J Marlow , , RM , , 948 , , 336 , , 17, , 6-27, , 19.76 , - , W Chatterton , , R S , , 896 , , 319 , , 16 , , 6-64 , , 19.93 , - , J Richardson , , R F , , 510 , , 237 , , 11 , , 4-47, , 21.54 , - , W Mycroft , , L F , , 537 , , 241 , , 10 , , 4-44 , , 24.10 , - , LC Docker , , R MF , , 220 , , 122 , , 6 , , 3-38 , , 20.33 , - , SH Evershed , , RM , , 134 , , 51 , , 5 , , 5-19 , , 10.20 , - , GG Walker , , L F & Sl , , 292 , , 90, , 5 , , 3-38 , , 18.00 , - , T Foster , , R round-arm F, , 104 , , 71 , , 5 , , 2-18 , , 14.20 , - , W Evershed , , RM , , 27 , , 8 , , 3 , , 3-8 , , 2.66 , - , T Evans , , R Sl , , 260 , , 91 , , 3 , , 1-22 , , 30.33 , - , J T B D Platts , , R F, , 584 , , 258 , , 2 , , 1-22 , , 129.00 , - , G Hay , , R round-arm F , , 12 , , 18 , , 1 , , 1-18 , , 18.00 , - , G Yates , , R round-arm, , 12 , , 9 , , 0 , , 0-9 , , , - , JM Clayton , , R M , , 16 , , 11, , 0 , , , ,

Wicket keeping

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Catches 10, Stumping 0

References

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