Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1913 was the

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season when the English club

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

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and they won four matches to finish thirteenth in the Championship table.

1913 season

Derbyshire played eighteen matches which were all in the County Championship. After winning their first three matches convincingly the team's form declined and they did not win again until the last match of the season.

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was in his first year as captain. Leonard Oliver scored most runs and

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took most wickets. First class cricket was suspended for the duration of the war, and most of the new players in the season had their potential limitied after 1914. Of the players who made their debut the greatest contributor was Harold Wild who played 32 matches in four seasons. Thomas Revill also played intermittently over four seasons. Norton Hughes-Hallett played in the two seasons before the war, while Terence Cole and Willie Smith only appeared in the 1913 season.

Matches

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County Ground, Leyton , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 9 wickets , Tremlin 5-46 , - , 2 , 15 May 1913 ,

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County Ground, Southampton , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 8 wickets , Bowell 103; T Forrester 5-88 , - , 3 , 21 May 1913 ,

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County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 7 wickets , L Oliver 103; Foster 5-54 , - , 4 , 30 May 1913 ,

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Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , Innings and 25 runs , AG Slater 5-43; Dean 6-45; Whitehead 7-61 , - , 5 , 05 Jun 1913 ,

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County Ground, Taunton , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 91 runs , CF Root 6-42; White 6-26 and 6-57 , - , 6 , 09 Jun 1913 ,

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County Ground, Hove , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , Innings and 92 runs , Relf 6-46 and 5-23; T Forrester 5-76; Holloway 5-69 , - , 7 , 12 Jun 1913 ,

County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 9 wickets , Bowell 104; Newman 6-51; SWA Cadman 5-78 , - , 8 , 21 Jun 1913 ,

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Miners Welfare Ground, Blackwell , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 9 wickets , Seymour 136; Thompson 6-65 , - , 9 , 28 Jun 1913 ,

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Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , Innings and 43 runs , de Trafford 137; Shipman 5-40 , - , 10 , 04 Jul 1913 ,

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Trent Bridge, Nottingham , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , Innings and 125 runs , T Forrester 7-127; Iremonger 6-21 , - , 11 , 10 Jul 1913 ,

County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Vine 136 , - , 12 , 14 Jul 1913 ,

County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 59 runs , A Morton 7-43 and 6-75; White 5-45; Robson 5-51 , - , 13 , 21 Jul 1913 ,

Edgbaston, Birmingham , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , Innings and 31 runs , Parsons 118; Field 6-25 , - , 14 , 26 Jul 1913 ,

Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , SWA Cadman 122; Astill 5-59; CF Root 5-32; Wood 5-33 , - , 15 , 04 Aug 1913 ,

County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Freeman 100; SWA Cadman 7-39; Davies 6-57 , - , 16 , 08 Aug 1913 ,

Old Trafford, Manchester , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , J Tyldesley 5-59; T Forrester 6-72; Dean 5-55 , - , 17 , 15 Aug 1913 ,

County Ground, Northampton , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 151 runs , FC Bracey 6-62; S SMith 6-82; A Morton 6-95 , - , 18 , 23 Aug 1913 ,

Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 21 runs , Iremonger 6-63; Wass 6-16; A Morton 6-33 , -

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

{, class="wikitable sortable" width="70%" , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !!100s , - , L Oliver , , 18 , , 36 , , 957 , , 103* , , 28.14 , , 1 , - , SWA Cadman , , 17 , , 34 , , 869 , , 122 , , 27.15 , , 1 , - , CJ Corbett , , 3, , 6 , , 126 , , 49 , , 21.00 , , 0 , - , AG Slater , , 18 , , 32 , , 623, , 76 , , 20.76 , , 0 , - , T Forrester , , 18 , , 32 , , 567 , , 87 , , 19.55 , , 0 , - , G Beet , , 7 , , 14 , , 213, , 59, , 16.38 , , 0 , - , A Morton , , 15 , , 28 , , 430, , 59 , , 15.92 , , 0 , - , TGO Cole , , 6 , , 11 , , 171 , , 36 , , 15.54 , , 0 , - , J Humphries , , 17 , , 30 , , 331 , , 51*, , 15.04 , , 0 , - , J Chapman , , 11 , , 20 , , 284 , , 76, , 14.94 , , 0 , - , RRC Baggallay , , 15 , , 29 , , 415 , , 88 , , 14.82 , , 0 , - , A Warren , , 8 , , 13 , , 154 , , 61 , , 12.83, , 0 , - , TF Revill , , 2 , , 4 , , 30, , 12, , 10.00 , , 0 , - , FC Bracey , , 14 , , 25 , , 113 , , 18*, , 9.41 , , 0 , - , J Bowden , , 5 , , 7 , , 65, , 32 , , 9.28 , , 0 , - , CF Root , , 14 , , 25 , , 210, , 42 , , 9.13 , , 0 , - , NM Hughes-Hallett , , 3, , 6 , , 41 , , 32 , , 8.20 , , 0 , - , GL Jackson , , 2, , 4 , , 21, , 19 , , 5.25 , , 0 , - , H Wild , , 3 , , 6 , , 22 , , 9 , , 4.40 , , 0 , - , W Smith , , 2 , , 4 , , 13 , , 8 , , 3.25 , , 0 , -

County Championship bowling averages

{, class="wikitable sortable" width="70%" , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! Name !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average , - , T Forrester , , 4273 , , 1784 , , 65 , , 7-127, , 27.44 , - , A Morton , , 2887 , , 1117 , , 60, , 7-43, , 18.61 , - , SWA Cadman , , 2852 , , 1044, , 49, , 7-39 , , 21.30 , - , FC Bracey , , 1316 , , 637, , 26, , 6-62, , 24.50 , - , CF Root , , 1459 , , 725, , 26, , 6-42, , 27.88 , - , AG Slater , , 832 , , 426 , , 16, , 5-43, , 26.62 , - , A Warren , , 774 , , 385, , 13, , 4-67, , 29.61 , - , GL Jackson , , 174 , , 97, , 6, , 3-52 , , 16.16 , - , H Wild , , 114 , , 46 , , 2 , , 1-3, , 23.00 , - , NM Hughes-Hallett , , 48 , , 27 , , 1, , 1-16 , , 27.00 , - , L Oliver , , 24 , , 10 , , 0 , , , , , - , CJ Corbett , , 12 , , 5 , , 0 , , , , , - , J Bowden , , 6 , , 3, , 0 , , , , Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1913
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Wicket Keepers

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Catches 30, Stumping 5

References

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