Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1909 was the

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season when the English club

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had been playing for 38 years. It was their fifteenth season in the

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and they won two matches to finish fifteenth in the Championship table.

1909 season

Derbyshire played twenty two matches in the County Championship and one against the touring Australians. They won two matches, both in the championship and drew four. Reginald Rickman was in his second season as captain.

Samuel Cadman Samuel William Anthony Cadman (29 January 1877 – 6 May 1952) was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire for over quarter of a century between 1900 and 1926. He was an effective all-rounder and scored over 14,000 runs and took over 800 ...

scored most runs and

Arnold Warren Arnold Warren (2 April 1875 – 3 September 1951) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1897 and 1920 and played for England in 1905. He was the first bowler from Derbyshire to take 100 wickets in a seas ...

took most wickets.

Joseph Bowden Joseph Bowden (8 October 1884 – 1 March 1958) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire from 1909 to 1930. Bowden was born at Glossop, Derbyshire. He made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1909 season against Sus ...

made his debut in the season and went on to become a regular until 1930. John Chapman, who was captain before and after the war, also played his first season for the club. Other new players were

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who appeared over six years and George Grainger who put in intermittent appearances over five years. Herbert Bowmer played the first of three matches in three years and Samuel Langton the first of three matches in two years. Stanley Dickinson and

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made their only two appearances for the club, and Charles Nornable his one career match during the season.

Matches

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County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Heygate 136; Vincett 5-25; A Warren 5-82 , - , 3 , 15 May 1909 ,

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Kennington Oval , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 283 runs , Rushby 5-28 and 5-28; Smith 5-23 , - , 6 , 31 May 1909 ,

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County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 165 runs , Crawford 107; Jayes 6-62 and 5-77; A Warren 6-86 , - , 8 , 12 Jun 1909 ,

Bulls Head Ground, Coventry , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 6 wickets , J Chapman 198; Hargreave 5-81; A Warren 5-85 and 5-110 , - , 9 , 21 Jun 1909 ,

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Miners Welfare Ground, Blackwell , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , LLewellyn 5-55; A Warren 5-50; Newman 5-52 , - , 10 , 1 Jul 1909 , Surrey
Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , Innings and 76 runs , Davis 112; Smith 7-46; Rushby 6-31 , - , 11 , 8 Jul 1909 , Sussex
County Ground, Hove , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , Innings and 274 runs , Leach 113; Killick 7-39; Cox 6-65 , - , 12 , 12 Jul 1909 ,

Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , Innings and 134 runs , Blythe 8-49; A Morton 5-125 , - , 13 , 15 Jul 1909 ,

County Ground, Southampton , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 168 runs , RB Rickman 5-80 , - , 14 , 22 Jul 1909 ,

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County Ground, Northampton , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , Innings and 95 runs , S Smith 7-87 and 7-36 , - , 16 , 29 Jul 1909 ,

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North Road Ground, Glossop , Abandoned , , , - , 17 , 2 Aug 1909 ,

County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 136 runs , Buckenham 6-41 and 6-38 , - , 18 , 5 Aug 1909 , Leicestershire
Aylestone Road, Leicester , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 2 wickets , SWA Cadman 112; A Warren 5-63 , - , 19 , 12 Aug 1909 ,

Bramall Lane, Sheffield , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 5 wickets , Denton 130; W Bestwick 6-88; , - , 20 , 16 Aug 1909 ,

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Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 150 runs , , - , 21 , 19 Aug 1909 ,

County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 8 wickets , Thompson 7-56 and 5-51; A Warren 5-107 , - , 22 , 23 Aug 1909 ,

Old Trafford, Manchester , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Dean 6-30 , - , 23 , 26 Aug 1909 ,

Trent Bridge, Nottingham , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , Innings and 94 runs , Gunn 101; A Warren 5-91; Wass 7-42; Hallam 7-29 , - ,

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

{, class="wikitable sortable" width="70%" , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !!100s , - , SWA Cadman , , 21 , , 41 , , 1002 , , 112 , , 25.05 , , 1 , - , A Morton , , 19 , , 34 , , 682, , 76 , , 20.66 , , 0 , - , J Chapman , , 18 , , 35 , , 543 , , 198 , , 16.96 , , 1 , - , AE Lawton , , 6 , , 10 , , 166, , 50 , , 16.60 , , 0 , - , J Humphries , , 21 , , 38 , , 425 , , 36* , , 15.17 , , 0 , - , E Needham , , 21 , , 40 , , 591, , 60 , , 14.77, , 0 , - , A Warren , , 21 , , 38 , , 487 , , 41 , , 13.52 , , 0 , - , L Oliver , , 15 , , 28, , , 313 , , 46 , , 12.52 , , 0 , - , LG Wright , , 21 , , 41 , , 492 , , 44 , , 12.00 , , 0 , - , R Sale , , 5 , , 10 , , 112 , , 34 , , 11.20 , , 0 , - , RB Rickman , , 8 , , 14 , , 134 , , 36 , , 10.30 , , 0 , - , G Grainger , , 2 , , 3 , , 9, , 6*, , 9.00 , , 0 , - , FA Newton , , 2 , , 4 , , 35 , , 30 , , 8.75 , , 0 , - , J Bowden , , 5 , , 10 , , 82 , , 17, , 8.20 , , 0 , - , G Curgenven , , 6 , , 11 , , 90, , 43 , , 8.18 , , 0 , - , CE Nornable , , 1 , , 1 , , 8 , , 8 , , 8.00 , , 0 , - , H Cooper , , 2 , , 3 , , 23 , , 14, , 7.66 , , 0 , - , FH Taylor , , 1 , , 2 , , 15 , , 15 , , 7.50 , , 0 , - , W Bestwick , , 17 , , 30 , , 119 , , 18 , , 7.43 , , 0 , - , FC Bracey , , 8 , , 16 , , 68 , , 18 , , 6.80 , , 0 , - , SP Dickinson , , 2, , 3 , , 13 , , 10*, , 6.50 , , 0 , - , TA Higson , , 1 , , 2 , , 8 , , 6 , , 4.00 , , 0 , - , KA Woodward , , 2 , , 4 , , 12, , 7 , , 4.00 , , 0 , - , LST Smith , , 2 , , 3 , , 9 , , 5 , , 3.00 , , 0 , - , ST Langton , , 2, , 4 , , 8, , 4 , , 2.00 , , 0 , - , HE Bowmer , , 2 , , 4 , , 5 , , 3 , , 1.25 , , 0 , -

County Championship bowling averages

{, class="wikitable sortable" width="70%" , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! Name !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average , - , A Warren , , 3966 , , 2093 , , 95 , , 6-86, , 22.03 , - , W Bestwick , , 3856 , , 1704 , , 75 , , 6-88 , , 22.72 , - , A Morton , , 2654 , , 1186, , 48 , , 6-38, , 24.70 , - , SWA Cadman , , 2309 , , 904 , , 30 , , 3-14 , , 30.13 , - , FC Bracey , , 681 , , 336, , 13, , 3-56 , , 25.84 , - , RB Rickman , , 390 , , 245 , , 12, , 5-80 , , 20.41 , - , CE Nornable , , 127 , , 72 , , 5 , , 3-24 , , 14.40 , - , R Sale , , 234 , , 109 , , 2 , , 2-25 , , 54.50 , - , TA Higson , , 108 , , 37 , , 2, , 2-37 , , 18.50 , - , SP Dickinson , , 78 , , 45 , , 1 , , 1-38 , , 45.00 , - , G Grainger , , 174 , , 70 , , 1 , , 1-62 , , 70.00 , - , AE Lawton , , 150 , , 103 , , 1 , , 1-35, , 103.00 , - , G Curgenven , , 264 , , 103, , 0 , - , J Chapman , , 24 , , 29 , , 0 , - , ST Langton , , 78 , , 42 , , 0 , - , E Needham , , 12 , , 7 , , 0 Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1909
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Wicket Keeper

* Joe Humphries Catches 29, Stumping 9

References

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