Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1911 represents the

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season when the English club

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had been playing for forty years. It was their seventeenth season in the

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and, winning two matches, the side ended fourteenth in the Championship table, staying just off the bottom.

1911 season

Derbyshire CCC played eighteen games in the

in 1911 and no other matches. The captain for the year was John Chapman 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 ...

was top scorer with two centuries, although Chapman, who was not out five times ended with a better average.

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 seaso ...

took 79 wickets.

Archibald Slater Archibald Gilbert Slater (22 November 1890 – 22 July 1949) was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1911 and 1931. Slater was born at Pilsley, Derbyshire the son of Henry Slater and his wife Sarah Bestwick His father had ...

and John Corbet made their debuts for the side as did Archibald Wickstead and Arthur Wood who only played two seasons. Eric Murray also made his debut but returned to South Africa at the end of the season. Charles Freeman, William Webster and

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all played one game each which were their only appearances for Derbyshire.

Matches

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150; A Morton 101; L Oliver 101; T Forrester 6-30; Evans 6-81 , - , 5 , 05 Jun 1911 ,

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Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 107 runs , A Warren 5-55;

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5-41 and 6-65 , - , 12 , 13 Jul 1911 ,

County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , Innings and 141 runs , W Tyldesley 152; J Tyldesley 125; Sharp 5-14; Dean 6-104 , - , 13 , 24 Jul 1911 ,

Kennington Oval , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , Innings and 214 runs , Hayward 202; Bush 135; Goatly 105; SWA Cadman 5-133; T Forrester 5-161; Hitch 7-72; Rushby 5-52 , - , 14 , 29 Jul 1911 ,

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Statistics

County Championship batting averages

{, class="wikitable sortable" width="90%" , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !!100s , - , J Chapman , , 17 , , 33 , , 854 , , 96 , , 30.50 , , 0 , - , A Morton , , 12 , , 23 , , 628 , , 101 , , 29.90 , , 1 , - , SWA Cadman , , 18, , 35 , , 1036 , , 116 , , 29.60 , , 2 , - , L Oliver, , 18, , 35, , 867 , , 101 , , 26.27 , , 1 , - , T Forrester , , 16 , , 31, , 663, , 73 , , 22.86 , , 0 , - , A Wickstead , , 12, , 22, , 372, , 68 , , 19.57 , , 0 , - , E Needham , , 15, , 29 , , 530, , 103 , , 18.92 , , 1 , - , AJ Wood , , 5 , , 9, , 151, , 52 , , 16.77 , , 0 , - , AG Slater , , 11 , , 21 , , 317, , 43* , , 16.68 , , 0 , - , CJ Corbett , , 4 , , 8 , , 125, , 49 , , 15.62 , , 0 , - , J Humphries , , 18 , , 35 , , 468, , 66 , , 15.60 , , 0 , - , CF Root , , 15, , 28 , , 341 , , 48* , , 14.82 , , 0 , - , FA Newton, , 2, , 4, , 38 , , 35 , , 9.50, , 0 , - , FH Taylor , , 1, , 2, , 18 , , 18 , , 9.00 , , 0 , - , HFD Jelf , , 5 , , 10, , 87 , , 26 , , 8.70, , 0 , - , R Sale , , 2 , , 3, , 25 , , 14 , , 8.33 , , 0 , - , A Warren , , 16 , , 30, , 149 , , 15 , , 6.77 , , 0 , - , N Buxton , , 1, , 2, , 4, , 4*, , 4.00 , , 0 , - , FA Barber, , 2 , , 4 , , 11 , , 10 , , 3.66 , , 0 , - , CR Freeman, , 1 , , 2 , , 7, , 4 , , 3.50 , , 0 , - , EC Murray, , 3, , 6, , 16 , , 9 , , 2.66 , , 0 , - , W Webster , , 1 , , 2 , , 3, , 3 , , 1.50 , , 0 , - , FG Forman, , 1, , 2 , , 3, , 3 , , 1.50, , 0 , - , HE Bowmer , , 1, , 2, , 1 , , 1 , , 0.50 , , 0 , - , RB Rickman , , 1, , 2, , 0, , 0 , , 0.00 , , 0 , -

County Championship bowling averages

{, class="wikitable sortable" width="90%" , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! Name !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average , - , A Warren , , 4056 , , 2022, , 79, , 7-61 , , 25.59 , - , T Forrester , , 3274 , , 1580, , 62 , , 6-30 , , 25.48 , - , SWA Cadman, , 3521 , , 1605, , 41, , 5-133 , , 39.14 , - , A Morton , , 1718 , , 836, , 27, , 9-71, , 30.96 , - , CF Root , , 1023 , , 586 , , 14, , 4-72 , , 41.85 , - , AG Slater , , 502 , , 249 , , 11 , , 3-28, , 22.63 , - , R Sale , , 116 , , 82 , , 3 , , 1-7, , 27.33 , - , FA Barber, , 174 , , 105 , , 1 , , 1-42 , , 105.00 , - , EC Murray, , 88 , , 40 , , 1, , 1-16 , , 40.00 , - , L Oliver, , 144 , , 115, , 0 , - , RB Rickman , , 78 , , 95, , 0 , - , J Chapman, , 66, , 55, , 0 , - , AJ Wood , , 48 , , 48, , 0 , - , CJ Corbett , , 42 , , 22, , 0 , - , N Buxton, , 18 , , 14, , 0 , - , A Wickstead , , 6 , , 2 , , 0 Bowling for Derbyshire - County Championship 1911
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County Championship Wicket Keeping

* J Humphries Catches 36, Stumpings 11

References

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