Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1902 was the

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season when the English club

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had been playing for thirty-one years. It was their eighth season in the

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and they won five matches to finish tenth in the Championship table.

1902 season

Derbyshire played sixteen games in the

in 1902, two matches against London County, one match against MCC and one against the touring Australians. Derbyshire won four matches in the County Championship which brought them up to tenth in the table. The captain for the year was

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 ...

in his first season as captain.

Maynard Ashcroft Edward Maynard Ashcroft (27 September 1875 – 26 February 1955) was an English doctor and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1897 and 1906 and captained the Derbyshire team in 1904. Early life Ashcroft was born at ...

was top scorer.

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took most wickets. The most significant additions to the Derbyshire squad in the season was

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who carried on playing for the club for many seasons. Also making his debut was

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the first Caribbean to play for an English county who also played several seasons. Noah Buxton played occasionally until 1911 and Guy Wilson played once in 1902 and once in 1905. Other players who made their debut but played only in 1902 were Charles Lyon who played two matches and Ernest Stapleton, Archibold Cooper and

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who played one each.

Matches

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Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , TL Taylor 142; JJ Hulme 5-68; Hirst 5-32; Haigh 5-31 , - , 4 , 09 Jun 1902 ,

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Edgbaston, Birmingham , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 9 wickets , Hargreave 6-54; Santall 5-50 , - , 5 , 12 Jun 1902 ,

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North Road Ground, Glossop , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , W Bestwick 7-28; Wilson 6-53 , - , 6 , 19 Jun 1902 ,

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County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 8 wickets , W Bestwick 6-82; Saunders 6-40 , - , 7 , 23 Jun 1902 , MCC
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 6 wickets , Trott 7-84; Mead 6-36 , - , 8 , 26 Jun 1902 ,

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County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 6 wickets , AE Lawton 149; CJB Wood 124; Grace 5-105; Llewellyn 5-92 and 6-101 , - , 9 , 30 Jun 1902 ,

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Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , LG Wright 101; EM Ashcroft 104; AE Knight 103 , - , 10 , 03 Jul 1902 ,

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Kennington Oval , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 7 wickets , VFS Crawford 101; W Bestwick 6-107; Richardson 5-81 , - , 11 , 10 Jul 1902 ,

Aylestone Road, Leicester , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 242 runs , EM Ashcroft 162; Coe 6-40; A Warren 7-70 , - , 12 , 14 Jul 1902 ,

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County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 9 wickets , Iremonger 146; Gunn 120; Hallam 5-46; Wass 6-152 , - , 13 , 21 Jul 1902 ,

Crystal Palace Park , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 99 runs , Gill 6-83; W Bestwick 8-52; Braund 5-70 , - , 14 , 24 Jul 1902 ,

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County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 120 runs , McGahey 5-24; JJ Hulme 5-18; Mead 6-55 , - , 15 , 04 Aug 1902 ,

County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , AE Lawton 146; Llewellyn 109 and 5-117 , - , 16 , 07 Aug 1902 ,

County Ground, New Road, Worcester , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , HK Foster 112; FL Bowley 122; RE Foster 109 , - , 17 , 11 Aug 1902 ,

Trent Bridge, Nottingham , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , Innings and 89 runs , Gunn 101; Shrewbury 108; W Bestwick 6-82; Wass 5-84 and 6-53 , - , 18 , 14 Aug 1902 ,

County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , Innings and 250 runs , CA Ollivierre 167; AE Lawton 126; A Warren 6-33 , - , 19 , 18 Aug 1902 ,

North Road Ground, Glossop , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , , - , 20 , 21 Aug 1902 ,

County Ground, Leyton , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 15 runs , Lucas 103; Mead 5-44 and 5-59; A Warren 6-75; W Bestwick 7-55 , -

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

{, class="wikitable sortable" width="70%" , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !!100s , - , EM Ashcroft , , 13 , , 19 , , 843, , 162 , , 46.83 , , 2 , - , CA Ollivierre , , 7 , , 9 , , 363 , , 167 , , 40.33 , , 1 , - , G Curgenven , , 3 , , 5 , , 120 , , 51 , , 30.00 , , 0 , - , AE Lawton , , 16 , , 22 , , 652 , , 146 , , 29.63 , , 2 , - , LG Wright , , 16 , , 24 , , 629, , 101, , 26.20 , , 1 , - , E Needham , , 15 , , 22 , , 480, , 66, , 24.00 , , 0 , - , W Storer , , 16 , , 22 , , 474 , , 54 , , 21.54, , 0 , - , T Forrester , , 8, , 12 , , 156 , , 41 , , 19.50 , , 0 , - , JJ Hulme , , 16 , , 22 , , 329 , , 47 , , 18.27 , , 0 , - , J Humphries , , 13 , , 19 , , 248 , , 43 , , 17.71 , , 0 , - , Samuel Hill Wood , , 3, , 4 , , 52 , , 43 , , 13.00 , , 0 , - , A Warren , , 14 , , 20 , , 242 , , 71 , , 12.73 , , 0 , - , W Chatterton , , 7 , , 10 , , 76 , , 32, , 8.44 , , 0 , - , W Locker , , 1 , , 1 , , 8, , 8 , , 8.00 , , 0 , - , H Bagshaw , , 2 , , 4 , , 28 , , 16 , , 7.00 , , 0 , - , W Bestwick , , 16 , , 20 , , 83 , , 26, , 6.38 , , 0 , - , W Sugg , , 5 , , 7 , , 44, , 13 , , 6.28 , , 0 , - , B Hall , , 1, , 2 , , 10 , , 7 , , 5.00 , , 0 , - , CH Lyon , , 2 , , 2 , , 6, , 4 , , 3.00 , , 0 , - , N Buxton , , 1 , , 2 , , 7, , 7, , 3.50 , , 0 , - , AHH Cooper , , 1 , , 1 , , 0, , 0 , , 0.00 , , 0 , - {, class="wikitable" width="80%" , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! colspan=7, Leading first-class batsmen for Derbyshire by runs scored , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! Name ! Mat ! Inns ! Runs ! HS !

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! 100 , - , EM Ashcroft , , 15 , , 23 , , 897, , 162 , , 39.80 , , 2 , - , AE Lawton , , 19 , , 28 , , 861 , , 149 , , 30.75 , , 3 , - , LG Wright , , 18 , , 28 , , 736, , 101, , 26.29 , , 1 , - , W Storer , , 19 , , 28 , , 611 , , 61 , , 21.82, , 0 , - , E Needham , , 16 , , 24 , , 489, , 66, , 20.38 , , 0 , - (a) Figures adjusted for non CC matches Outside the County Championship, E Stapleton played against MCC and GD Wilson against London County

County Championship bowling averages

{, class="wikitable sortable" width="70%" , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! Name !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average , - , W Bestwick , , 3362 , , 1339, , 63 , , 7-28, , 21.25 , - , JJ Hulme , , 3385 , , 1362, , 55 , , 7-48, , 24.76 , - , A Warren , , 1720 , , 934, , 38, , 7-70 , , 24.57 , - , T Forrester , , 894 , , 360, , 17 , , 4-38 , , 21.17 , - , AE Lawton , , 650 , , 335 , , 16 , , 4-59 , , 20.93 , - , W Storer , , 811 , , 564 , , 15 , , 3-63 , , 37.60 , - , EM Ashcroft , , 482 , , 272, , 4 , , 2-46, , 68.00 , - , W Chatterton , , 138, , 80, , 3 , , 2-40 , , 26.66 , - , N Buxton , , 42 , , 14, , 2, , 2-14 , , 7.00 , - , W Sugg , , 72 , , 56 , , 2 , , 1-7, , 28.00 , - , J Humphries , , 30 , , 19, , 1, , 1-19 , , 19.00 , - , CA Ollivierre , , 54 , , 53 , , 0 , , , , , - , E Needham , , 42 , , 35, , 0 , , , , , - , LG Wright , , 24, , 25, , 0 , , , , , - , CH Lyon , , 12 , , 6 , , 0 , , , , , - , AHH Cooper , , 12 , , 12 , , 0, , , , , - , G Curgenven , , 6 , , 0 , , 0 , , , , Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1902
/ref> {, class="wikitable" width="80%" , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! colspan=6, Leading first class bowlers for Derbyshire by wickets taken , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! Name ! Balls ! Runs ! Wkts ! BBI !

, - , W Bestwick , , 4095 , , 1684, , 81 , , 8-52, , 20.79 , - , JJ Hulme , , 3695 , , 1476, , 66 , , 7-48, , 22.36 , - , A Warren , , 2216 , , 1184 , , 49, , 7-70 , , 24.16 , - , T Forrester , , 894 , , 360, , 17 , , 4-38 , , 21.17 , - , AE Lawton , , 698 , , 385 , , 17 , , 4-59 , , 22.65 , -

Wicket Keeping

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Catches 41, Stumping 3

References

{{Derbyshire CCC 1902 in English cricket Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons English cricket seasons in the 20th century