Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1914 represents the last

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season before

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and was when the English club

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had been playing for forty three years. It was the club's twentieth season in the

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and the team won five matches, ending twelfth in the Championship table.

1914 season

Derbyshire CCC played twenty games in the

in 1914 and no other matches. The captain for the year was

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in his second season as captain. Arthur Morton was top scorer. Tom Forrester took most wickets with 70. Players who made their debut in 1914 and continued playing for Derbyshire after the war were

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and James Horsley who had previously played for Nottinghamshire. Joseph Gladwin made his debut in 1914 playing two matches and played one match in 1818.

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only played his three first class matches in 1914. First class cricket and the County Championship were suspended during the Great War and did not resume again until the 1919 season.

Matches

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County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , Innings and 158 runs , AG Slater 6–19 and 5–24 , - , 2 , 16 May 1914 ,

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Old Trafford, Manchester , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 35 runs , Sharp 105; T Forrester 5–47 and 5–83 , - , 3 , 23 May 1914 ,

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Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 5 runs , Wass 6–86 and 7–91 , - , 4 , 27 May 1914 ,

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May's Bounty, Basingstoke , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 8 wickets , AG Slater 99; Greig 100; Jacques 8–67 and 6–38; SWA Cadman 6–94 , - , 5 , 1 Jun 1914 ,

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County Ground, Leyton , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 145 runs , T Forrester 7–89 and 7–124;

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6–77 and 6–73 , - , 6 , 8 Jun 1914 ,

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Headingley, Leeds , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , Innings and 5 runs , Wilson 101; SWA Cadman 5–69; W Rhodes 7–19 , - , 7 , 11 Jun 1914 ,

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Edgbaston, Birmingham , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 125 runs , F Foster 6–18; A Morton 5–26; Howell 6–31 , - , 8 , 20 Jun 1914 ,

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County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , L Oliver 124; Denton 102; Haywood 100 , - , 9 , 27 Jun 1914 ,

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Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 167 runs , White 5–61; J Horsley 5–32 , - , 10 , 4 Jul 1914 ,

Trent Bridge, Nottingham , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 152 runs , Payton 104; Barratt 5–54 and 5–68 , - , 11 , 11 Jul 1914 ,

County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Bullough 5–123 , - , 12 , 16 Jul 1914 ,

Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , Innings and 48 runs , J Horsley 6–77; Drake 5–6 , - , 13 , 24 Jul 1914 ,

County Ground, Northampton , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , Innings and 3 runs , Thompson 6–52 and 5–80; J Horsley 5–77 , - , 14 , 30 Jul 1914 ,

County Ground, Taunton , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 6 wickets , Robson 7–32 and 7–64; SWA Cadman 6–27 , - , 15 , 3 Aug 1914 ,

County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , Innings and 131 runs , A Morton 6–95;

6–21; Tremlin 6–43 , - , 16 , 6 Aug 1914 ,

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Aylestone Road, Leicester , bgcolor="#FFCC00", Drawn , , Brown 7–51 and 5–78 , - , 17 , 10 Aug 1914 ,

County Ground, Derby , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 6 wickets , Foster 5–47; Santall 5–66; AG Slater 6–51 , - , 18 , 13 Aug 1914 ,

Queen's Park, Chesterfield , bgcolor="#FF0000", Lost , 15 runs , A Morton 5–31; Kennedy 5–71; AG Slater 5–89; Newman 7–64 , - , 19 , 17 Aug 1914 ,

The Town Ground, Burton-on-Trent , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 6 wickets , Wood 147; J Horsley 6–17 , - , 20 , 29 Aug 1914 ,

County Ground, New Road, Worcester , bgcolor="#00FF00", Won , 5 wickets , M Foster 158; SWA Cadman 119; J Horsley 5–40 , - ,

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

{, class="wikitable sortable" width="70%" , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! Name !! Matches !! Inns !! Runs !! High score !! Average !!100s , - , A Morton , , 20 , , 38 , , 1023 , , 96 , , 27.64 , , 0 , - , NM Hughes-Hallett , , 3 , , 5 , , 137, , 67 , , 27.40 , , 0 , - , SWA Cadman , , 20 , , 38 , , 830 , , 119*, , 23.05 , , 1 , - , J Chapman , , 9 , , 16 , , 354, , 88 , , 22.12 , , 0 , - , L Oliver , , 19 , , 36 , , 780, , 124 , , 21.66 , , 1 , - , AG Slater , , 20 , , 38 , , 757 , , 99 , , 19.92 , , 0 , - , G Curgenven , , 18 , , 31 , , 565 , , 86 , , 18.83 , , 0 , - , G Beet , , 13 , , 25 , , 388 , , 45 , , 16.16 , , 0 , - , J Bowden , , 16 , , 30 , , 428 , , 70 , , 15.85 , , 0 , - , T Forrester , , 19 , , 33 , , 389 , , 35 , , 12.96 , , 0 , - , J Humphries , , 15, , 28 , , 210, , 46*, , 12.35 , , 0 , - , H Wild , , 7, , 13 , , 112 , , 47 , , 11.20 , , 0 , - , J Horsley , , 13 , , 22 , , 167 , , 55 , , 11.13 , , 0 , - , RRC Baggallay , , 11 , , 21 , , 231 , , 66 , , 11.00 , , 0 , - , CF Root , , 3 , , 6 , , 44, , 25 , , 8.80 , , 0 , - , GL Jackson , , 1, , 2 , , 16 , , 9 , , 8.00 , , 0 , - , FC Bracey , , 7 , , 12 , , 44 , , 10*, , 6.28 , , 0 , - , CNB Hurt , , 3, , 5 , , 23 , , 13 , , 4.60 , , 0 , - , J Gladwin , , 2 , , 4 , , 8, , 5*, , 4.00 , , 0 , - , , W Reader-Blackton , , 1, , 1, , 31 , , 31* , , 0 , - , GF Bell , , 1 , , 1 , , 0, , 0 , , 0.00 , , 0 , -

County Championship bowling averages

{, class="wikitable sortable" width="70%" , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! Name !! Balls !! Runs !! Wickets !! BB !! Average , - , - , T Forrester , , 3739 , , 1405 , , 70 , , 7–89, , 20.07 , - , AG Slater , , 2864 , , 1264, , 69, , 6–19 , , 18.31 , - , J Horsley , , 1921 , , 915 , , 56, , 6–17 , , 16.33 , - , A Morton , , 3229 , , 1298 , , 50, , 6–95, , 25.96 , - , SWA Cadman , , 2252 , , 985 , , 44 , , 6–27, , 22.38 , - , CF Root , , 494 , , 238, , 8, , 4–51 , , 29.75 , - , FC Bracey , , 366 , , 144 , , 7 , , 3–5, , 20.57 , - , J Gladwin , , 30 , , 20, , 1 , , 1–15, , 20.00 , - , L Oliver, , 58 , , 44, , 1 , , 1–19, , 44.00 , - , J Chapman , , 102 , , 83 , , 1 , , 1–42 , , 83.00 , - , G Curgenven , , 24 , , 6 , , 0 , - , CNB Hurt , , 18 , , 6 , , 0 , - , G Beet , , 24 , , 18 , , 0 , - , H Wild , , 96 , , 47 , , 0Cricket Archive Derbyshire bowling in 1914
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Wicket Keeping

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– Catches 21, Stumping 7

References

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