Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1886 represents the

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season when the English club

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had been playing for fifteen years and was the penultimate season before they lost first class status for seven years.

1886 season

Derbyshire CCC played nine county games in 1886, and two other first class matches which were against MCC and Australians. Their only first class win was against MCC and the poor performance contributed to the club losing first class status at the end of the following year. They also played two non first class matches against Essex, which were both wins for Derbyshire and included a century for W Chatterton and 8 for 48 by Davidson The captain for the year was

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. The top scorer was

William Chatterton William Chatterton (27 December 1861 – 19 March 1913) was an English cricketer and footballer. He played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1882 and 1902 and for England on their tour of South Africa in 1891–92. He captained Derby ...

William Cropper William Cropper (27 December 1862 – 13 January 1889) was an English cricketer and footballer who played cricket for Derbyshire County Cricket Club between 1882 and 1888 and football, as a centre forward, once for Derby County. He was one of ...

and "G G" Walker shared the top bowling spot. George Davidson, who became one of Derbyshire's leading bowlers made his debut in 1886.

James Stubbings James Stubbings (27 April 1856 – 17 July 1912) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1880 and 1885. Life Stubbings was born in Whitwell, Derbyshire, the son of James Stubbings, a mason, and his wife An ...

and A S Sugden played for Derbyshire in the matches against Essex. Several players made their final appearances for Derbyshire in the season. George Hay had first played in 1875 although he had played few games since 1880.

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 ...

and Joseph Marlow had first played in 1879 and

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in 1880.

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who first played in 1881 went to Birmingham to set up the family firm and

Alfred Cochrane Alfred Henry John Cochrane (26 January 1865 – 14 December 1948) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1884 and 1886, and for Oxford University between 1885 and 1888. He subsequently made his name as a ...

who had played several games since 1884 tok up employment in Northumberland. Frank Sugg had also joined Derbyshire in 1884 but moved on to Lancashire.

Joseph Chatterton Joseph Deeley Chatterton (14 February 1867 – 17 November 1886) was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1884 and 1886. Chatterton was born in Thornsett, the son of David Chatterton, a cotton mill fireman, and his wife Hanna ...

, brother of William and a player of promise died at the age of 19 in November 1886.

Matches

Statistics

First-class batting averages

William Chatterton, Frank Sugg, William Cropper, GG Walker and James Disney played first class matched for other teams during the season.

First-class bowling averages

Wicket keeping

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Catches 13 Stumping 3

References

{{Derbyshire CCC 1886 in English cricket Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons English cricket seasons in the 19th century