Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1904 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for thirty three years. It was their tenth season in the County Championship and they won five matches to finish tenth in the Championship table.

1904 season

In addition to eighteen games in the County Championship, Derbyshire played one game against MCC, one against the touring South Africans and two against Grace's London County side. They won seven matches overall. Dr Maynard Ashcroft was in his only season as captain. Charles Ollivierre was top scorer and Arnold Warren took most wickets.

The season saw one of Derbyshire's most accomplished performances - the defeat of Essex by nine wickets at Chesterfield. Essex made 597 in their first innings, P. A. Perrin scoring 343 not out, and looked to be in a commanding position. However Derbyshire replied with 548, Olliviere making 229, and dismissed Essex for 97 in the second innings. Derbyshire lost only one wicket in their second innings for 149, with Olliviere 92 not out and won by nine wickets.W.T. Taylor History of Derbyshire cricket Wisden 1953

George Stevenson was the only new player in the season and played his only two matches for the club in the year.

Matches

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

|1 |16 May 1904 Cricket Archive - Surrey v Derbyshire | Surrey Kennington Oval |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 122 runs | Lockwood 7-79; W Bestwick 8-103; Hayes 6-48

|2 |19 May 1904 Cricket Archive - London County v Derbyshire |London County Cricket Club Crystal Palace Park |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | Innings and 31 runs | LG Wright 139; Hathorn 117; Braund 6-40

|3 | 23 May 1904 Cricket Archive - Hampshire v Derbyshire | Hampshire County Ground, Southampton |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Hill 111; W Bestwick 5-133

|4 |26 May 1904 Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire | Yorkshire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn

|5 |06 Jun 1904 Cricket Archive - Sussex v Derbyshire | Sussex County Ground, Hove |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | Innings and 65 runs | C. B. Fry 226; EM Ashcroft 111; Relf 5-81

|6 |09 Jun 1904 Cricket Archive - Marylebone Cricket Club v Derbyshire | MCC Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 8 wickets | W Storer 110; Thompson 7-101; W Bestwick 5-31; A Warren 5-23

|7 |13 Jun 1904 Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Leicestershire | Leicestershire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 6 wickets | Allsopp 5–54

|8 |16 Jun 1904 Cricket Archive - Essex v Derbyshire | Essex County Ground, Leyton |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won |39 runs | Gillingham 103; SWA Cadman 126; A Warren 5-71 and 6-66

|9 |20 Jun 1904 Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Warwickshire | Warwickshire North Road Ground, Glossop |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | Innings and 24 runs | A Warren 6-66

|10 |27 Jun 1904 Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire | Nottinghamshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 330 runs | James Iremonger 142; Jones 119; W Storer 5-34; Wass 5-103; A Warren 5-56; Gunn 6-19

|11 |30 Jun 1904 Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Surrey | Surrey County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |Innings and 103 runs | G Curgenven 124; Hayes 273; Lees 8-66

|12 |04 Jul 1904 Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire | Yorkshire Bramall Lane, Sheffield |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 4 wickets | Haigh 104 and 5-85

|13 |07 Jul 1904 Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire | Leicestershire Aylestone Road, Leicester |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 306 runs | LG Wright 140; EM Ashcroft 100; W Bestwick 7-42

|14 |14 Jul 1904 Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire | Lancashire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | Innings and 129 runs | James Hallows 111; Brearley 6-33

|15 |18 Jul 1904 Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Essex | Essex Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 9 wickets | Perrin 343; CA Ollivierre 229; Bill Reeves 5-192

|16 |25 Jul 1904 Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Sussex | Sussex County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Vine 169

|17 |28 Jul 1904 Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire | Nottinghamshire Welbeck Abbey Cricket Ground |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | A Warren 8-69 and 7-43; Wass 6-71

|18 |01 Aug 1904 Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Hampshire | Hampshire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 9 wickets | Hesketh-Pritchard 6-68; Baldwin 5-53

|19 |04 Aug 1904 Cricket Archive - Warwickshire v Derbyshire | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | LG Wright 131; A Warren 5-47; Santall 5-46

|20 |08 Aug 1904 Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v London County |London County Cricket Club Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 139 runs | W. G. Grace 6-78; EM Ashcroft 5-18; Coe 5-46

|21 |15 Aug 1904 Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v South Africans | South Africans County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | A Warren 5-60

|22 |25 Aug 1904 Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |131 runs | Johnny Tyldesley 104; A Warren 6-62

Statistics County Championship batting averages Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s CA Ollivierre 18 31 1099 229 36.63 1 LG Wright 18 31 1074 140 34.64 2 EM Ashcroft 18 29 802 111 29.70 2 W Storer 17 28 647 78 25.88 0 G Curgenven 18 29 691 124 23.82 1 SWA Cadman 18 30 614 126 21.17 1 AE Lawton 5 8 187 80 23.37 0 A Morton 14 22 318 56* 17.66 0 E Needham 12 20 323 72 17.00 0 J Humphries 18 27 287 44 16.88 0 A Warren 18 29 394 55 15.15 0 HF Wright 1 2 20 16 10.00 0 G Green 2 4 30 20 7.50 0 T Forrester 1 1 4 4 4.00 0 GR Gregory 2 2 8 8 4.00 0 W Bestwick 17 25 56 15 3.73 0 GS Stevenson 1 2 1 1 0.50 0 Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1904

County Championship bowling averages

Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average A Warren 3994 2241 101 8-69 22.18 W Bestwick 4099 1951 71 8-103 27.47 SWA Cadman 2815 1225 29 4-48 42.24 W Storer 584 370 17 5-34 21.76 G Curgenven 1001 659 17 3-32 38.76 EM Ashcroft 545 319 8 2-44 39.87 A Morton 307 179 6 3-16 29.83 G Green 258 152 4 2-40 38.00 AE Lawton 276 184 3 1-24 61.33 CA Ollivierre 42 44 1 1-15 44.00 GR Gregory 96 45 0 T Forrester 60 30 0 LG Wright 48 44 0 GS Stevenson 36 13 0 Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1904

Wicket Keeper Joe Humphries Catches 34, Stumping 2

See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1904 English cricket season

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