Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1891 season
CaptainSydney Evershed
Most runsWilliam Chatterton
Most wicketsGeorge Davidson
Most catchesWilliam Storer
← 1890 1892 →

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1891 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for twenty years. Derbyshire's matches were not considered to be first class in this season. The club had lost first class status after 1887 and did not regain it until 1894, the year before they joined the County Championship. However many of the players competed for the club earlier or subsequently at first-class level.

1891 season

Derbyshire played twelve games, all against sides that they had played in first class matches before 1888 or that joined the County Championship four years later. Sydney Evershed took over the captaincy from Fred Spofforth who made his one last appearance during the year. William Chatterton was top scorer making a century against Yorkshire. George Davidson topped the bowling with 61 wickets.

William Taylor noted that during Derbyshire's period in exile many fine players wore their colours including S H Evershed, who in captained the eleven with marked ability for many years and the grand veteran, Levi Wright – "a magnificent batsman and unsurpassed as a fieldsman in the oldfashioned position of square-point".[1] With Evershed, and his brother Edward, William Eadie and Robert Tomlinson, the team was well represented by brewers of Burton.

Matches

List of matches
No. Date V Result Margin Notes
1 7 May 1891[2] Nottinghamshire
Trent Bridge, Nottingham 		Lost 10 Wickets Flowers 100; G Davidson 5-111
2 18 May 1891[3] Leicestershire
County Ground, Derby 		Lost Innings and 75 runs Pougher 135; Walton 6-74
3 25 May 1891[4] Surrey
County Ground, Derby 		Abandoned
4 8 Jun 1891[5] Yorkshire
Headingley, Leeds 		Won 45 runs
5 15 Jun 1891[6] Nottinghamshire
County Ground, Derby 		Lost 7 wickets
6 22 Jun 1891[7] Essex
County Ground, Leyton 		Lost 9 wickets J J Hulme 5-82 ; Mead 6-47; Pickett 5-39
7 29 Jun 1891[8] Yorkshire
County Ground, Derby 		Drawn W Chatterton 106; G Porter 5-52; Peel 5-67
8 6 Jul 1891[9] Warwickshire
County Ground, Derby 		Drawn J J Hulme 7-56; Shilton 5-57; Pallett 5-51
9 16 Jul 1891[10] MCC
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood 		Won 4 wickets G Davidson 5-65
10 20 Jul 1891[11] Surrey
Kennington Oval 		Won 10 wickets G Davidson6-41; G Porter 6-61; W W Read 5-31
11 3 Aug 1891[12] Leicestershire
Grace Road, Leicester 		Won 58 runs S Raynor 5-57; Pougher 5-33;
12 10 Aug 1891[13] Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham 		Won 9 wickets G Davidson5-47; G Porter 5-34 and 5-34; Pallett 5-36
13 17 Aug 1891[14] Essex
County Ground, Derby 		Won 7 wickets G Davidson6-24 and 5-33; J J Hulme 5-45; Pickett 7-59

Statistics

Batting averages

NameMatchesInnsRunsHigh scoreAverage100s
W Chatterton122276310634.681
H Bagshaw10183868621.440
Fred Spofforth12423221.000
LG Wright8163197119.930
R G Tomlinson12382219.000
SH Evershed8132245117.230
W L Shipton12343217.000
W Storer12233605115.650
W Sugg12243288113.670
G Davidson12212454311.670
W Hall69953710.550
S Malthouse7141553710.280
HA Morley12201210.000
GG Walker5756228.000
S Thorpe4863357.870
E Evershed2322157.330
W S Eadie4751207.280
J J Hulme1069206.800
G Porter91268295.670
H F Wright231183.670
W Myton12643.000
S Raynor471862.570
R Wright13872.670
D Bottom12442.000
W W Wood-Sims11111.000

Bowling averages

NameBallsRunsWicketsBBAverage
G Davidson957616–2415.69
G Porter466366–6112.94
J J Hulme461345–4513.56
S Raynor17585–5721.87
W Sugg10464–6517.33
W Chatterton18252–1536.4
S Malthouse10844–6827.00
W Hall6332–3621.00
Fred Spofforth10622–10653.00
D Bottom360
S Thorpe310
SH Evershed110
GG Walker1110
H Bagshaw260
R Wright230

Wicket-keeper

See also

References

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