Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1910 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for thirty nine years. It was their sixteenth season in the County Championship and they won two matches to finish fifteenth in the Championship table.
1910 season Derbyshire played twenty two matches, all in the County Championship and won two and lost fourteen. Their two victories were courtesy of Leicestershire. John Chapman was in his first year as captain. Ernest Needham scored most runs, and Arthur Morton took most wickets.
Among the draws, the season produced one of the most memorable matches against Warwickshire at Blackwell in 1910 and not just a Derbyshire record 9th wicket partnership, but a world record 9th wicket partnership of 283 which still stands. At lunch time on the last day Derbyshire with eight second innings wickets down, were far behind Warwickshire's first innings score and Warwickshire looked certain of a comfortable win. Chapman and Arnold Warren were batting. William Taylor wrote "In view of their strong position, Warwickshire, I knew, were hoping to catch an early afternoon train, and, in conversation during the interval, I remarked to their fast bowler, Frank Field: You look like catching your train all right, Frank. The reply was, I'm not so sure about that, Mr. Taylor. These chaps are pretty good bats, you know. How right he was. Chapman and Warren made their runs in less than three hours and Warwickshire had to be content with a draw."W.T. Taylor History of Derbyshire cricket Wisden 1953 Chapman scored 165 and Arnold Warren 123.
Fred Root who became an international player and played five seasons for Derbyshire made his debut in 1910. Henry Jelf who retired from the navy played occasional games in this and the following season. Bertie Corbett, James Handford and Stanley Holden made their debuts and played a few games but only in the 1910 season. Charles Newcombe, who died in the war and Arthur Marsden who died six years later at St Pancras, played their only first class games in the season.
Matches
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" ! colspan=6 | List of matches |- !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes
|1 | 5 May 1910Cricket Archive – Surrey v Derbyshire 5 May 1910 | Surrey Kennington Oval |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | W Smith 8–35; A Morton 6–71
|2 |9 May 1910Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Sussex 9 May 1910 | Sussex County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 8 wickets | A Warren 6–64
|3 | 12 May 1910Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Lancashire 12 May 1910 | Lancashire North Road Ground, Glossop |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 128 runs | Huddleston 8–31; A Morton 5–69
|4 |16 May 1910Cricket Archive – Essex v Derbyshire 16 May 1910 | Essex County Ground, Leyton |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 4 wickets | G Curgenven 100; Tremlin 5–42; Mead 6–71
|5 |19 May 1910Cricket Archive – Sussex v Derbyshire 19 May 1910 | Sussex The Saffrons, Eastbourne |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Cox 6–52; SWA Cadman 5–36; Relf 5–68
|6 |26 May 1910Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Yorkshire 26 May 1910 | Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | Innings and 142 runs | Rothery 134; Denton 182
|7 |2 Jun 1910Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Kent 2 Jun 1910 | Kent County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 304 runs | Seymour 124; Hutchings 122; Blythe 6–36; A Warren 8–152; Wooley 5–35
|8 |9 Jun 1910Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Surrey 9 Jun 1910 | Surrey County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 10 wickets | Hobbs 133; W Smith 7–36; A Warren 5–94; Lees 5–41
|9 |18 Jun 1910Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Warwickshire 18 Jun 1910 | Warwickshire Miners Welfare Ground, Blackwell |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Charlesworth 216; A Warren 123; J Chapman 165; Foster 5–62;
|10 |25 Jun 1910Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 25 Jun 1910 | Northamptonshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 130 runs | A Morton 5–142 and 5–76; Thompson 6–75 and 6–47
|11 |2 Jul 1910Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Leicestershire 2 Jul 1910 | Leicestershire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 6 wickets | A Warren 6–59
|12 |7 Jul 1910Cricket Archive – Kent v Derbyshire 7 Jul 1910 | Kent Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 6 wickets | Blythe 6–60 and 5–63; A Warren 5–71
|13 |11 Jul 1910Cricket Archive – Leicestershire v Derbyshire 11 Jul 1910 | Leicestershire Aylestone Road, Leicester |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 42 runs | E Needham 159; L Oliver 104; Coe 101; Jayes 6–72; A Morton 6–50
|14 |14 Jul 1910Cricket Archive – Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 14 Jul 1910 | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | A Morton 7–90 and 5–150
|15 |18 Jul 1910Cricket Archive – Hampshire v Derbyshire 18 Jul 1910 | Hampshire County Ground, Southampton |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | Innings and 15 runs | A Morton 7–144; Newman 7–77
|16 |25 Jul 1910Cricket Archive – Yorkshire v Derbyshire 25 Jul 1910 | YorkshirePark Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | Innings and 101 runs | Hirst 5–35; Booth 5–34; Rhodes 5–5
|17 |1 Aug 1910Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Essex 1 Aug 1910 | Essex County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 271 runs | A Morton 6–83; Buckenham 6–49 and 5–31; A Warren 5–86
|18 |4 Aug 1910Cricket Archive – Warwickshire v Derbyshire 4 Aug 1910 | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 143 runs | A Warren 5–81; Foster 6–65 and 6–51
|19 |8 Aug 1910Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Hampshire 8 Aug 1910 | Hampshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 102 runs | White 117; A Morton 8–117
|20 |13 Aug 1910Cricket Archive – Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 13 Aug 1910 | Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 6 wickets | SWA Cadman 6–80; Wells 5–55
|21 |18 Aug 1910Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 18 Aug 1910 | Nottinghamshire Miners Welfare Ground, Blackwell |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | G Curgenven 109
|22 |22 Aug 1910Cricket Archive – Lancashire v Derbyshire 22 Aug 1910 | Lancashire Aigburth, Liverpool |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | 34 overs played for 38 runs
Statistics County Championship batting averages Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s G Curgenven 7 11 371 109 33.72 2 R Sale 4 8 207 69 29.57 0 T Forrester 10 16 297 78 22.84 0 E Needham 22 42 889 159 21.68 1 J Chapman 20 36 713 165 20.97 1 A Morton 22 41 773 89 20.34 0 SWA Cadman 20 40 753 84 19.30 0 AE Lawton 1 2 37 36 18.50 0 FA Newton 12 23 333 87 16.65 0 A Warren 22 41 610 123 16.48 1 L Oliver 17 30 420 104* 15.55 1 J Humphries 21 35 369 65 15.37 0 HFD Jelf 5 10 133 37 13.30 0 RB Rickman 7 11 113 34 11.30 0 CF Root 8 11 100 49 11.11 0 G Grainger 1 2 11 10* 11.00 0 H Cooper 1 2 21 14 10.50 0 GR Gregory 1 1 10 10 10.00 0 J Handford 9 17 137 23 9.78 0 TA Higson 3 6 49 36 8.16 0 WT Taylor 2 4 29 10 7.25 0 J Bowden 5 9 63 30 7.00 0 ST Langton 1 1 6 6 6.00 0 C Lowe 3 5 21 17 5.25 0 FC Bracey 5 9 15 7* 5.00 0 FH Taylor 4 8 31 12 4.42 0 A Howcroft 2 4 17 10 4.25 0 A Marsden 1 2 6 6 3.00 0 SM Holden 3 4 7 6 2.33 0 BO Corbett 1 2 1 1 0.50 0 CN Newcombe 1 2 1 1 0.50 0Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1910
County Championship bowling averages
Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average A Morton 5700 2630 116 8–117 22.67 A Warren 4521 2392 85 8–152 28.14 SWA Cadman 3663 1586 67 6–80 23.67 RB Rickman 432 243 7 2–30 34.71 T Forrester 408 184 6 4–7 30.66 CF Root 220 102 5 2–39 20.40 FC Bracey 330 168 4 2–27 42.00 L Oliver 126 79 3 2–20 26.33 TA Higson 58 42 2 1–0 21.00 C Lowe 97 48 1 1–37 48.00 J Chapman 6 8 0 G Curgenven 24 17 0 G Grainger 54 30 0 J Handford 36 31 0 SM Holden 96 39 0 R Sale 72 54 0 AE Lawton 30 21 0 E Needham 54 29 0 CN Newcombe 72 32 0 FA Newton 12 21 0Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1910
Wicket-keeper Joe Humphries Catches 35, Stumping 7
See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1910 English cricket season
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