Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1912 was the

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season when the English club

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

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

1912 season

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and

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. John Chapman was in his third year as captain. In one of the wettest summers on record, no players scored centuries.

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scored most runs, and had one of the team's two innings in the nineties. Arthur Morton took most wickets. Significant players who made their debut in the season were

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who went on to captain the side and

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whose death in World War I deprived the club of a useful player. New players who had shorter careers were

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and Albert Blount who each played five game in the 1912 season. That was the extent of Burnham's career, but Blount reappeared in one more match fourteen years later.

Matches

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Edgbaston, Birmingham , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , Innings and 22 runs , Field 5–60 , - , 3 , 20 May 1912 ,

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County Ground, Hove , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 8 wickets , SWA Cadman 95; AG Slater 5–80; Sims 5–39 , - , 5 , 27 May 1912 ,

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County Ground, Leyton , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , Innings and 27 runs , Perrin 245; McGahey 150 , - , 6 , 30 May 1912 ,

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County Ground, Southampton , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , L Oliver 94; Barrett 119; A Warren 5–129 , - , 7 , 3 Jun 1912 ,

County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , A Morton 5–44; Cox 8–24 , - , 8 , 6 Jun 1912 ,

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Recreation Ground, Bath , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Greswell 5–54; A Morton 7–16 , - , 9 , 13 Jun 1912 ,

County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 54 runs , A Morton 6–59; Kenedy 5–26; Newman 5–30; A Warren 6–59; Brown 6–77 , - , 10 , 20 Jun 1912 ,

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Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 83 runs , King 6–65; A Warren 7–52 , - , 11 , 24 Jun 1912 ,

County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , , - , 12 , 29 Jun 1912 ,

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Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , East 6–58; A Warren 5–31 , - , 13 , 4 Jul 1912 ,

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Trent Bridge, Nottingham , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , Innings and 147 runs , Wass 5–50 and 5–20 , - , 14 , 15 Jul 1912 ,

County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 133 runs , Greswell 8–65; A Warren 5–50 , - , 15 , 25 Jul 1912 ,

Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , A Morton 5–73 , - , 16 , 1 Aug 1912 ,

County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , T Forrester 5–76; Matthews 6–23; A Morton 5–52 , - , 17 , 5 Aug 1912 ,

County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , , - , 18 , 8 Aug 1912 ,

Old Trafford, Manchester , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 248 runs , Whitehead 100; Makepeace 99; Dean 6–110 and 6–53 , - , 19 , 17 Aug 1912 ,

County Ground, Northampton , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 6 wickets , Thompson 5–42; T Forrester 7–18; Smith 6–26 , - , 20 , 26 Aug 1912 ,

Miners Welfare Ground, Blackwell , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Iremonger 6–38 , -

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

{, class="wikitable sortable" width="70%" , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !!100s , - , SWA Cadman , , 18 , , 27 , , 673 , , 95 , , 28.04 , , 0 , - , L Oliver , , 18 , , 28 , , 666 , , 94 , , 25.61 , , 0 , - , A Morton , , 16 , , 25 , , 533, , 83 , , 24.22 , , 0 , - , G Beet , , 3 , , 4 , , 23, , 8*, , 23.00 , , 0 , - , J Bowden , , 8 , , 10 , , 130 , , 32 , , 18.57 , , 0 , - , FA Newton , , 3, , 4 , , 16 , , 13* , , 16.00, , 0 , - , A Warren , , 18 , , 26 , , 358, , 77 , , 14.91 , , 0 , - , T Forrester , , 16 , , 23 , , 278, , 84* , , 14.63 , , 0 , - , J Humphries , , 15 , , 21, , 231 , , 42, , 12.83 , , 0 , - , AJ Wood , , 8 , , 10 , , 113 , , 25 , , 12.55 , , 0 , - , AG Slater , , 18 , , 24 , , 256, , 45 , , 11.13 , , 0 , - , CF Root , , 15 , , 21 , , 218 , , 55 , , 10.38, , 0 , - , FC Bracey , , 10 , , 12 , , 55 , , 22* , , 9.16 , , 0 , - , J Chapman , , 8 , , 14 , , 115, , 56 , , 8.21 , , 0 , - , R Sale , , 4 , , 6 , , 37 , , 13 , , 6.16 , , 0 , - , GJ Burnham , , 5 , , 6 , , 30 , , 15 , , 6.00 , , 0 , - , RRC Baggallay , , 1 , , 2 , , 8, , 8 , , 4.00 , , 0 , - , A Wickstead , , 1 , , 2 , , 7 , , 6 , , 3.50 , , 0 , - , E Needham , , 3 , , 4 , , 14 , , 6 , , 3.50 , , 0 , - , CJ Corbett , , 4 , , 5 , , 12, , 6 , , 2.40 , , 0 , - , GL Jackson , , 1 , , 1 , , 2, , 2 , , 2.00 , , 0 , - , C Lowe , , 1 , , 1 , , 2 , , 2 , , 2.00 , , 0 , - , A Blount , , 4 , , 6 , , 5, , 5 , , 0.83 , , 0 , -

County Championship bowling averages

{, class="wikitable sortable" width="70%" , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! Name !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average , - , A Morton , , 2995 , , 1115 , , 45, , 7–16, , 24.77 , - , SWA Cadman , , 2124 , , 743 , , 40 , , 4–28 , , 18.57 , - , A Warren , , 1585 , , 791 , , 40, , 7–52 , , 19.77 , - , T Forrester , , 1661 , , 449 , , 22 , , 7–18 , , 20.40 , - , FC Bracey , , 758 , , 336, , 20, , 4–43 , , 16.80 , - , AG Slater , , 943 , , 473 , , 14, , 5–80 , , 33.78 , - , CF Root , , 489 , , 267 , , 10, , 3–23 , , 26.70 , - , A Blount , , 270 , , 110, , 5 , , 4–53 , , 22.00 , - , GL Jackson , , 60 , , 29 , , 1, , 1–29, , 29.00 , - , C Lowe , , 36 , , 20 , , 1, , 1–20 , , 20.00 , - , L Oliver , , 30 , , 28 , , 1 , , 1–28 , , 28.00 , - , J Chapman , , 48 , , 54 , , 0 , - , AJ Wood , , 24 , , 16 , , 0 , - , R Sale , , 6 , , 0 , , 0Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1912
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Wicket Keepers

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Catches 24, Stumping 7 * G Beet Catches 3, Stumping 1

References

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