Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1906 represents the

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

season when the English club

Derbyshire Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the southern end of the Pennine range of hills and part of the National Forest. It borders Greater Manchester to the nor ...

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

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and they finished bottom of the table having won two matches in the County Championship.

1906 season

Derbyshire played 20 games in the County Championship, one match against the touring West Indians and one against MCC.

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 in his first season as captain. Wright was top scorer, although

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 ...

had a better average and scored two centuries.

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 most wickets with 111 . Reginald Rickman, a future captain, made his debut and also Henry Purdy and

Frederick Bracey Frederick Cecil Bracey (20 July 1887 – 28 March 1960) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire from 1906 to 1914 Bracey was born at Glossop, Derbyshire. He made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1906 season, in ...

who played several seasons. Thomas Hallam and Norman Todd appeared in 1906 and one more season each.

Matches

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

County Championship bowling averages

Wicket Keeper

* J Humphries Catches 61 Stumping 6

References

{{Derbyshire County Cricket Club 1906 in English cricket Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons English cricket seasons in the 20th century