Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1886 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for fifteen years and was the penultimate season before they lost first class status for seven years.
1886 season
Derbyshire CCC played nine county games in 1886, and two other first class matches which were against MCC and Australians. Their only first class win was against MCC and the poor performance contributed to the club losing first class status at the end of the following year. They also played two non first class matches against Essex, which were both wins for Derbyshire and included a century for W Chatterton and 8 for 48 by Davidson
The captain for the year was Edmund Maynard. The top scorer was William Chatterton. William Cropper and "G G" Walker shared the top bowling spot.
George Davidson, who became one of Derbyshire's leading bowlers made his debut in 1886. James Stubbings and A S Sugden played for Derbyshire in the matches against Essex.
Several players made their final appearances for Derbyshire in the season. George Hay had first played in 1875 although he had played few games since 1880. William Wood-Sims and Joseph Marlow had first played in 1879 and Stephen Doughty in 1880. Ludford Docker who first played in 1881 went to Birmingham to set up the family firm and Alfred Cochrane who had played several games since 1884 tok up employment in Northumberland. Frank Sugg had also joined Derbyshire in 1884 but moved on to Lancashire. Joseph Chatterton, brother of William and a player of promise died at the age of 19 in November 1886.
Matches
List of first class matchesNo.DateVResult MarginNotes113 May 1886 Cricket Archive MCC v Derbyshire 13 May 1886MCC Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood WonInnings and 28 runs W Attewell 6-69; GG Walker 6-26227 May 1886 Cricket Archive Lancashire v Derbyshire 27 May 1886Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester Drawn A Watson 7-15307 Jun 1886 Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Australians 07 Jun 1886 Australians County Ground, Derby Lost 6 Wickets G Giffen 7-41 and 9-60417 Jun 1886 Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Yorkshire 17 Jun 1886 Yorkshire County Ground, Derby Lost 3 Wickets W Cropper 5-77521 Jun 1886 Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Kent 21 Jun 1886Kent County Ground, Derby Lost 173 runsW Cropper 6-34; GG Hearne 5-34; J Wooton 5-52605 Jul 1886 Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Surrey 05 Jul 1886Surrey County Ground, Derby Lost 157 runsGG Walker 7-38 and 5-75; T Bowley 6-58 729 Jul 1886 Cricket Archive Kent v Derbyshire 29 Jul 1886Kent Mote Park, Maidstone Lost Innings and 13 runsJ Wooton 6-41802 Aug 1886 Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 02 Aug 1886Gloucestershire County Ground, Derby Lost 47 runs W G Grace 6-34; W Woof 6-50905 Aug 1886 Cricket Archive Surrey v Derbyshire 05 Aug 1886SurreyKennington Oval Lost Innings 122 runs W W Read 115; T Bowley 6-39; George Lohmann 5-501016 Aug 1886 Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Lancashire 16 Aug 1886Lancashire County Ground, Derby Lost 10 WicketsA Watson 6-29 and 6-261126 Aug 1886 Cricket Archive Yorkshire v Derbyshire 26 Aug 1886 Yorkshire Recreation Ground, Holbeck Lost 121 runs I Grimshaw 122; W Bates 106 5-30 and 5-45;
List of other matchesNo.DateVResult MarginNotes112 Jul 1886Derbyshire v Essex 12 Jul 1886Essex County Ground, DerbyWon46 runs2 09 Aug 1886Essex v Derbyshire 09 Aug 1886Essex County Ground, LeytonWonInnings and 78 runs323 Aug 1886 Burnley v Derbyshire 23 Aug 1886Burnley Cricket Club Turf Moor, BurnleyWon8 wickets 1 day match
Statistics First-class batting averages Name Am/Pro Age Hand Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100sWilliam Chatterton P 23 R 13 25 462 97 21.00 0 FH Sugg P 24 R 12 23 408 62 17.73 0LC Docker A 26 R 8 14 241 64 17.21 0W Cropper 23 R 13 24 370 93 15.41 0SH Evershed A 25 R 3 6 64 26 10.66 0E Coup A 25 L 7 14 124 3 9.53 0 W Hall A 26 R 2 3 9 4* 9.00 0George Davidson P 19 R 11 21 153 33* 8.50 0J Marlow 31 R 2 3 25 11 8.33 0GG Walker A 25 L 14 26 184 39 8.00 0Walter Sugg 26 R 6 12 95 23 7.91 0 EAJ Maynard A 25 R 10 19 110 23 6.47 0JD Chatterton 19 R 8 16 74 21 5.28 0WW Wood-Sims A 28 R 2 2 10 6 5.00 0WS Eadie A 21 R 5 9 42 13 4.66 0J Brelsford A 30 R 1 2 8 8 4.00 0S Doughty 30 R 1 2 8 8 4.00 0G Hay A 35 R 1 2 6 4 3.00 0JJ Disney P 26 R 12 21 27 6 1.92 0H Slater 31 R 1 1 1 1 1.00 0AHJ Cochrane A 21 R 8 15 59 9* 0 0
William Chatterton, Frank Sugg, William Cropper, GG Walker and James Disney played first class matched for other teams during the season.
First-class bowling averages Name Hand Balls Runs Wickets BB AverageW Cropper L M 2110 739 46 6-34 16.06 GG Walker L F & Sl 2211 923 46 7-38 20.06George Davidson R MF 1731 627 39 9-42 16.50AHJ Cochrane L M 1236 479 30 5-19 15.96 William Chatterton R S 1244 380 16 4-22 23.75 Walter Sugg R M 516 214 11 3-45 19.45JD Chatterton R Sl 252 119 5 1-9 23.80 S Doughty R O 70 31 3 3-28 10.33W Hall R M 48 22 1 1-18 22.00J Marlow R M 60 21 1 1-11 21.00SH Evershed R M 32 13 0 0 0H Slater R M 32 14 0 J Brelsford R M 40 19 0
Wicket keeping
James Disney Catches 13 Stumping 3
See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1886 English cricket season
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