Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1901 represents the

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season when the English club

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had been playing for thirty years. It was their seventh season in the

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and they failed to win a single match, ending bottom of the Championship table.

1901 season

Derbyshire CCC played twenty games in the

in 1901 in addition to matches against W.G. Grace's

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, MCC and the touring South Africans. Derbyshire failed to win any first class match during the season. The captain for the year was Samuel Hill Wood in his third season as captain. However he only took part in five matches and

Albert Lawton Albert Edward Lawton (31 March 1879 – 25 December 1955) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1900 and 1910 and for Lancashire between 1912 and 1914. He captained the Derbyshire team between 1902 and 19 ...

filled the role on the pitch.

Levi Wright Levi George Wright (15 January 1862 – 11 January 1953) was an English footballer and first-class cricketer. He played association football for Derby County and Notts County and cricket for Derbyshire from 1883 to 1909 being captain for a seaso ...

was top scorer making two centuries, one of 193.

Billy Bestwick William Bestwick (24 February 1875 – 2 May 1938) was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1898 and 1926. He was a medium-fast bowler who took over 1,400 wickets for the county, including 10 in one innings. From his wild tem ...

took 71 wickets.

Gilbert Curgenven Gilbert Curgenven (1 December 1882 – 26 May 1934) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1901 and 1922. Curgenven was born at Friar Gate, Derby, the son of William Curgenven a doctor who was one of the founder ...

made his debut for the side as did Robert Else who only played in two seasons. Joseph Burton, Arthur Barton, James Oldknow and Arthur Morton made their only appearances for the side during the 1901 season. Nudger Needham captained the English football team in 1901.

Matches

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Beldam 125; Fishwick 103; Sinclair 8-32; JJ Hulme 5-61 , - , 2 , 16 May 1901 ,

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Kennington Oval , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , Innings and 111 runs , Hayward 158; Jephson 133; W Bestwick 7-97; Lockwood 7-57; Richardson 6-67 , - , 3 , 20 May 1901 ,

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Fartown, Huddersfield , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , Innings and 282 runs , Tunnicliffe 145; Brown 5-33; Hirst 7-43 , - , 4 , 23 May 1901 , MCC
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 9 wickets , Not a County Championship match
Hearne 7-67; Rawlin 5-28 , - , 5 , 27 May 1901 ,

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County Ground, Southampton , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 2 wickets , S Evershed 123; Greig 6-38; Llewellyn 5-76; W Bestwick 6-71 , - , 6 , 30 May 1901 ,

County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 5 wickets , Lees 5-47; JJ Hulme 5-71 , - , 7 , 06 Jun 1901 ,

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County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 5 wickets , Not a County Championship match
Bisset 184; Graham 6-84 and 5-47 , - , 8 , 10 Jun 1901 ,

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County Ground, Leyton , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Owen 106; Perrin 101; Reeves 6-46 , - , 9 , 13 Jun 1901 ,

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County Ground, New Road, Worcester , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , Innings and 49 runs , Wilson 6-55 , - , 10 , 17 Jun 1901 ,

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Ashley Down Ground, Bristol , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , L Wright 155; W Chatterton 169; Langdon 114; Huggins 6-100 , - , 11 , 20 Jun 1901 ,

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County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , ,

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117; , - , 12 , 27 Jun 1901 ,

North Road Ground, Glossop , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 245 runs , Wainwright 108; W Bestwick 7-70; Haigh 5-55 , - , 13 , 01 Jul 1901 ,

Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Not a County Championship match
W Storer 5-20 , - , 14 , 15 Jul 1901 ,

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County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Gunn 273; L Wright 193; Jones 6-93 , - , 15 , 18 Jul 1901 ,

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North Road Ground, Glossop , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , Innings and 20 runs , King 143; MacDonald 147*; Geeson 104*; Geeson 6-128 and 6-111 , - , 16 , 22 Jul 1901 ,

County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Paish 6-120 , - , 17 , 29 Jul 1901 ,

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At County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 5 wickets , Sprot 130; Llewellyn 5-108; JJ Hulme 5-73; W Bestwick 5-89 , - , 19 , 08 Aug 1901 ,

Old Trafford, Manchester , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , , - , 20 , 12 Aug 1901 ,

Welbeck Abbey Cricket Ground , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , Innings and 159 runs , Iremonger 108; Wass 8-17 and 5-23; Gunn 5-14 , - , 21 , 15 Aug 1901 ,

Edgbaston, Birmingham , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , Innings and 52 runs , Fishwick 140*; Charlesworth 6-45 , - , 22 , 19 Aug 1901 ,

County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , Innings and 121 runs , H Foster 152; Bowley 140; R Foster 111; Wilson 6-57; Pearson 5-48 , - , 23 , 22 Aug 1901 ,

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Aylestone Road, Leicester , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , King 5-65

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

{, class="wikitable sortable" width="90%" , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !!100s , - , SH Evershed , , 1 , , 2, , 132 , , 123 , , 66.00 , , 1 , - , LG Wright , , 19, , 37, , 1239 , , 193 , , 33.48 , , 2 , - , W Wilmot , , 3, , 5, , 93, , 25*, , 31.00 , , 0 , - , W Chatterton, , 20, , 38 , , 987, , 169 , , 29.90, , 1 , - , H Bagshaw , , 10 , , 19, , 514, , 92*, , 28.55 , , 0 , - , AE Lawton , , 20, , 37 , , 921 , , 91 , , 25.58 , , 0 , - , W Storer , , 20, , 38 , , 932, , 76 , , 25.18 , , 0 , - , W Sugg , , 4, , 8, , 174 , , 59 , , 24.85 , , 0 , - , W Locker , , 12 , , 23 , , 458 , , 76 , , 19.91 , , 0 , - , JP Burton , , 7 , , 12 , , 200, , 51* , , 18.18 , , 0 , - , A Warren , , 8 , , 15 , , 233, , 37 , , 17.92 , , 0 , - , E Needham , , 14 , , 25, , 422, , 72 , , 16.88 , , 0 , - , SH Wood , , 5, , 9 , , 133 , , 54* , , 16.62 , , 0 , - , G Curgenven , , 7 , , 13, , 125, , 27*, , 12.50 , , 0 , - , JJ Hulme , , 20 , , 36, , 297 , , 38*, , 9.28 , , 0 , - , JH Young , , 10 , , 18 , , 120, , 24 , , 9.23 , , 0 , - , EM Ashcroft , , 2, , 4, , 36, , 22 , , 9.00 , , 0 , - , W Ellis , , 2 , , 4 , , 27, , 9 , , 9.00 , , 0 , - , GR Gregory , , 2 , , 4 , , 33 , , 16 , , 8.25 , , 0 , - , SWA Cadman , , 3, , 6 , , 32 , , 13* , , 6.40 , , 0 , - , D Bottom , , 1 , , 2 , , 9 , , 9 , , 4.50 , , 0 , - , W Bestwick , , 17 , , 31, , 83 , , 11 , , 4.36 , , 0 , - , A Barton , , 3, , 6, , 24 , , 7 , , 4.00 , , 0 , - , FA Barrs , , 1, , 2, , 7 , , 7 , , 3.50 , , 0 , - , W Birkett , , 3, , 6, , 14 , , 10 , , 2.33 , , 0 , - , J Oldknow , , 2 , , 4 , , 7, , 4*, , 2.33 , , 0 , - , R Else , , 1, , 2, , 3 , , 2 , , 1.50 , , 0 , - , JH Purdy , , 1 , , 2 , , 3, , 2 , , 1.50 , , 0 , - , A Morton , , 1 , , 2 , , 0, , 0 , , 0.00 , , 0 , - , JA Berwick , , 1 , , 2 , , 0, , 0 , , 0.00 , , 0 , -

Paul Boissier Arthur Paul Boissier (25 January 1881 – 2 October 1953) was an English schoolmaster who was headmaster of Harrow School, and a wartime civil servant. He was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1901 ...

and Oswald Burton played in the match against MCC, but not in the County Championship.

County Championship bowling averages

{, class="wikitable sortable" width="90%" , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! Name !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average , - , - , W Bestwick , , 4159 , , 1947, , 71, , 7-70 , , 27.42 , - , JJ Hulme , , 4847, , 2231 , , 53, , 6-135, , 42.09 , - , W Storer , , 1868 , , 1444, , 28, , 4-121, , 51.57 , - , AE Lawton , , 966 , , 587 , , 10, , 2-16 , , 58.70 , - , JH Young , , 783, , 408 , , 7 , , 2-11 , , 58.28 , - , A Warren , , 894 , , 592 , , 7 , , 3-60, , 84.57 , - , H Bagshaw , , 440 , , 254, , 5 , , 4-75 , , 50.80 , - , W Chaterton, , 282 , , 121 , , 4 , , 2-2 , , 30.25 , - , J Oldknow , , 252 , , 162, , 4, , 3-123 , , 40.50 , - , G Curgenven , , 324 , , 243, , 4, , 2-45, , 60.75 , - , JA Berwick , , 186 , , 107, , 3, , 2-28 , , 35.66 , - , SWA Cadman , , 239 , , 100, , 2 , , 1-6, , 50.00 , - , EM Ashcroft , , 78 , , 40 , , 1 , , 1-9, , 40.00 , - , W Sugg , , 102, , 43 , , 1 , , 1-19 , , 43.00 , - , JA Berwick , , 102 , , 55, , 0 , - , A Barton , , 84 , , 61 , , 0 , - , LG Wright , , 60, , 18, , 0 , - , SH Wood , , 48, , 14, , 0 , - , D Bottom , , 36 , , 12, , 0 , - , JH Purdy , , 30, , 9, , 0 , - , W Ellis , , 24, , 19, , 0 , - , A Morton , , 18 , , 14, , 0 , - , FA Barrs , , 12 , , 12, , 0 , -

County Championship Wicket keeping

* W Storer Matches 18 Catches 21, Stumping 3 * W Wilmot Matches 3 Catches 8

References

{{Derbyshire CCC 1901 in English cricket Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons English cricket seasons in the 20th century