Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1909 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for 38 years. It was their fifteenth season in the County Championship and they won two matches to finish fifteenth in the Championship table.

1909 season

Derbyshire played twenty two matches in the County Championship and one against the touring Australians. They won two matches, both in the championship and drew four. Reginald Rickman was in his second season as captain. Samuel Cadman scored most runs and Arnold Warren took most wickets.

Joseph Bowden made his debut in the season and went on to become a regular until 1930. John Chapman, who was captain before and after the war, also played his first season for the club. Other new players were Frederick Newton who appeared over six years and George Grainger who put in intermittent appearances over five years. Herbert Bowmer played the first of three matches in three years and Samuel Langton the first of three matches in two years. Stanley Dickinson and Lemuel Smith made their only two appearances for the club, and Charles Nornable his one career match during the season.

Matches

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

|1 | 3 May 1909Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Yorkshire 3 May 1909 | Yorkshire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |Innings and 127 runs

|2 |10 May 1909Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Sussex 10 May 1909 | Sussex County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Heygate 136; Vincett 5-25; A Warren 5-82

|3 |15 May 1909Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Warwickshire 15 May 1909 | Warwickshire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | A Morton 6-41

|4 |20 May 1909Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Kent 20 May 1909 | Kent Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | Innings and 141 runs

|5 | 27 May 1909Cricket Archive – Surrey v Derbyshire 27 May 1909 | Surrey Kennington Oval |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 283 runs | Rushby 5-28 and 5-28; Smith 5-23

|6 | 31 May 1909Cricket Archive – Essex v Derbyshire 31 May 1909 | Essex County Ground, Leyton |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 4 wickets | A Morton 6-38; Buckenham 6-40

|7 | 7 Jun 1909Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Leicestershire 7 Jun 1909 | Leicestershire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 165 runs | Crawford 107; Jayes 6-62 and 5-77; A Warren 6-86

|8 |12 Jun 1909Cricket Archive – Warwickshire v Derbyshire 12 Jun 1909 | Warwickshire Bulls Head Ground, Coventry |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 6 wickets | J Chapman 198; Hargreave 5-81; A Warren 5-85 and 5-110

|9 |21 Jun 1909Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Hampshire 21 Jun 1909 | Hampshire Miners Welfare Ground, Blackwell |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | LLewellyn 5-55; A Warren 5-50; Newman 5-52

|10 |1 Jul 1909Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Surrey 1 Jul 1909 | Surrey Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | Innings and 76 runs | Davis 112; Smith 7-46; Rushby 6-31

|11 | 8 Jul 1909Cricket Archive – Sussex v Derbyshire 8 Jul 1909 | Sussex County Ground, Hove |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | Innings and 274 runs | Leach 113; Killick 7-39; Cox 6-65

|12 | 12 Jul 1909Cricket Archive – Kent v Derbyshire 12 Jul 1909 | Kent Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | Innings and 134 runs | Blythe 8-49; A Morton 5-125

|13 |15 Jul 1909Cricket Archive – Hampshire v Derbyshire 15 Jul 1909 | Hampshire County Ground, Southampton |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 168 runs | RB Rickman 5-80

|14 | 22 Jul 1909Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Australians 22 Jul 1909 | Australians County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 10 wickets | Trumper 113; O'Connor 7-40; A Morton 5-63

|15 | 26 Jul 1909Cricket Archive – Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 26 Jul 1909 | Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | Innings and 95 runs | S Smith 7-87 and 7-36

|16 |29 Jul 1909Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 29 Jul 1909 | Nottinghamshire North Road Ground, Glossop |Abandoned

|17 |2 Aug 1909Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Essex 2 Aug 1909 | Essex County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 136 runs | Buckenham 6-41 and 6-38

|18 |5 Aug 1909Cricket Archive – Leicestershire v Derbyshire 5 Aug 1909 | Leicestershire Aylestone Road, Leicester |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 2 wickets |SWA Cadman 112; A Warren 5-63

|19 | 12 Aug 1909Cricket Archive – Yorkshire v Derbyshire 12 Aug 1909 | Yorkshire Bramall Lane, Sheffield |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 5 wickets | Denton 130; W Bestwick 6-88;

|20 |16 Aug 1909 Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Lancashire 16 Aug 1909 | Lancashire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 150 runs

|21 |19 Aug 1909Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 19 Aug 1909 | Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 8 wickets | Thompson 7-56 and 5-51; A Warren 5-107

|22 | 23 Aug 1909Cricket Archive – Lancashire v Derbyshire 23 Aug 1909 | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Dean 6-30

|23 |26 Aug 1909Cricket Archive – Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 26 Aug 1909 | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | Innings and 94 runs | Gunn 101; A Warren 5-91; Wass 7-42; Hallam 7-29

Statistics County Championship batting averages Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s SWA Cadman 21 41 1002 112 25.05 1 A Morton 19 34 682 76 20.66 0 J Chapman 18 35 543 198 16.96 1 AE Lawton 6 10 166 50 16.60 0 J Humphries 21 38 425 36* 15.17 0 E Needham 21 40 591 60 14.77 0 A Warren 21 38 487 41 13.52 0 L Oliver 15 313 46 12.52 0 LG Wright 21 41 492 44 12.00 0 R Sale 5 10 112 34 11.20 0 RB Rickman 8 14 134 36 10.30 0 G Grainger 2 3 9 6* 9.00 0 FA Newton 2 4 35 30 8.75 0 J Bowden 5 10 82 17 8.20 0 G Curgenven 6 11 90 43 8.18 0 CE Nornable 1 1 8 8 8.00 0 H Cooper 2 3 23 14 7.66 0 FH Taylor 1 2 15 15 7.50 0 W Bestwick 17 30 119 18 7.43 0 FC Bracey 8 16 68 18 6.80 0 SP Dickinson 2 3 13 10* 6.50 0 TA Higson 1 2 8 6 4.00 0 KA Woodward 2 4 12 7 4.00 0 LST Smith 2 3 9 5 3.00 0 ST Langton 2 4 8 4 2.00 0 HE Bowmer 2 4 5 3 1.25 0Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1909

County Championship bowling averages

Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average A Warren 3966 2093 95 6–86 22.03 W Bestwick 3856 1704 75 6–88 22.72 A Morton 2654 1186 48 6–38 24.70 SWA Cadman 2309 904 30 3–14 30.13 FC Bracey 681 336 13 3–56 25.84 RB Rickman 390 245 12 5–80 20.41 CE Nornable 127 72 5 3–24 14.40 R Sale 234 109 2 2–25 54.50 TA Higson 108 37 2 2–37 18.50 SP Dickinson 78 45 1 1–38 45.00 G Grainger 174 70 1 1–62 70.00 AE Lawton 150 103 1 1–35 103.00 G Curgenven 264 103 0 J Chapman 24 29 0 ST Langton 78 42 0 E Needham 12 7 0 Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1909

Wicket-keeper Joe Humphries Catches 29, Stumping 9

See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1909 English cricket season

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