Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1911 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for forty years. It was their seventeenth season in the County Championship 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 County Championship in 1911 and no other matches. The captain for the year was John Chapman in his second season as captain. Samuel Cadman was top scorer with two centuries, although Chapman, who was not out five times ended with a better average. Arnold Warren took 79 wickets.

Archibald Slater 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 Frederick Forman all played one game each which were their only appearances for Derbyshire.

Matches

{| class="wikitable" width="100%" ! colspan=6 | List of matches |- !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes

|1 |15 May 1911 Cricket Archive 15 May Yorkshire v Derbyshire 1911 |Yorkshire Bramall Lane, Sheffield |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |Innings and 47 runs | Rhodes 100; A Warren 6-99; Hirst 6-26

|2 | 22 May 1911 Cricket Archive Lancashire v Derbyshire 22 May 1911 |Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won |2 runs | A Warren 7-61

|3 |25 May 1911 Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Yorkshire 25 May 1911 |Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |Innings and 75 runs | Denton 113; Drake 147*; Rhodes 7-16

|4 | 01 Jun 1911 Cricket Archive Hampshire v Derbyshire 01 Jun 1911 |HampshireCounty Ground, Southampton |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |20 runs | C B Fry 150; A Morton 101; L Oliver 101; T Forrester 6-30; Evans 6-81

|5 | 05 Jun 1911 Cricket Archive Essex v Derbyshire 05 Jun 1911 | Essex County Ground, Leyton |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |9 Wickets | SWA Cadman 103 and 5-133; Gillingham 128; Buckenham 6-118;

|6 | 08 Jun 1911 Cricket Archive Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 08 Jun 1911 | Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won |59 Runs | A Warren 6-88; T Forrester 6-39

|7 |12 Jun 1911 Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Surrey 12 Jun 1911 |Surrey County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |Innings and 13 runs | Hayes 109; Smith 7-62

|8 | 19 Jun 1911 Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Warwickshire 19 Jun 1911 | Warwickshire Miners Welfare Ground, Blackwell |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |14 runs | A Warren 6-64 and 5-74; Field 5-52;

|9 | 22 Jun 1911 Cricket Archive Leicestershire v Derbyshire 22 Jun 1911 |Leicestershire Aylestone Road, Leicester |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | A Warren 6-98;

|10 | 26 Jun 1911 Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Hampshire 26 Jun 1911 |HampshireAt County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |5 Wickets | Kennedy 5-46 and 5-38

|11 | 01 Jul 1911 Cricket Archive Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 01 Jul 1911 |Northamptonshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |107 runs | A Warren 5-55; Thompson 5-41 and 6-65

|12 | 13 Jul 1911 Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Lancashire 13 Jul 1911 |Lancashire 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 Cricket Archive Surrey v Derbyshire24 Jul 1911 |SurreyKennington 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 Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Leicestershire 29 Jul 1911 |LeicestershireQueen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Sharp 216; SWA Cadman 116

|15 | 07 Aug 1911 Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Essex 07 Aug 1911 | Essex County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |7 Wickets | Buckenham 5-76

|16 | 10 Aug 1911 Cricket Archive Warwickshire v Derbyshire 10 Aug 1911 | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |165 runs | W Quaife 144; T Forrester 6-68; Field 5-96; Foster 6-37

|17 | 14 Aug 1911 Cricket Archive Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire14 Aug 1911 | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Hardstaff 118; E Needham103; Iremonger 6-67; A Warren 6-131

|18 | 26 Aug 1911Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 26 Aug 1911 | Nottinghamshire Miners Welfare Ground, Blackwell |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |6 Wickets | Wass 5-70; Iremonger 5-78; A Morton 9-71; |

Statistics County Championship batting averages Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100sJ 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 Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire - County Championship 1911

County Championship bowling averages Name Balls Runs Wickets BB AverageA 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

County Championship Wicket Keeping J Humphries Catches 36, Stumpings 11

See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1911 English cricket season

References