Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1907 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for thirty six years. It was their thirteenth season in the County Championship and they finished bottom of the table having won two matches in the season.
1907 season
Derbyshire played 22 games in the County Championship, one match against the touring South Africans and one against MCC. They lost all but three of the played matches, which were two wins and a draw, and ended at the bottom of the Championship table.
Levi Wright was in his second season as captain and was also top scorer. Samuel Cadman took most wickets with 63. The most outstanding bowling performance was by Frederick Bracey against Northamptonshire at Derby when he took eleven wickets for a total of 45 runs.
Those who made their debut in the 1907 season were Henry Fletcher who also played two games in the following season, FG Peach who played one match and then next appeared in 1920 with occasional appearances to 1925, H Slater who played five matches only in the 1907 season and Charles Fleming and Charles Sherwin who each played one career first class match in 1907.
Matches
List of matchesNo.DateVResult MarginNotes113 May 1907Cricket Archive - Marylebone Cricket Club v Derbyshire 13 May 1907 MCC Lost 5 wickets 2 16 May 1907Cricket Archive - Surrey v Derbyshire 16 May 1907SurreyLost 7 wickets 3 20 May 1907Cricket Archive - Hampshire v Derbyshire 20 May 1907HampshireLost 7 wickets4 23 May 1907Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire 23 May 1907Yorkshire Abandoned5 27 May 1907Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Kent 27 May 1907 Kent Lost Innings and 100 runs 6 30 May 1907Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Warwickshire County 30 May 1907 Warwickshire Abandoned710 Jun 1907Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Sussex 10 Jun 1907 Sussex Lost 8 wickets 8 13 Jun 1907Cricket Archive - Essex v Derbyshire 13 Jun 1907 Essex Lost Innings and 90 runs 9 20 Jun 1907Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v South Africans 20 Jun 1907South AfricaLost Innings and 108 runs 10 27 Jun 1907Cricket Archive - Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 27 Jun 1907 Northamptonshire Lost 8 wickets 1101 Jul 1907Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire 01 Jul 1907Lancashire Drawn 12 04 Jul 1907Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Surrey 04 Jul 1907Surrey Lost Innings and 16 runs 13 11 Jul 1907Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 11 Jul 1907 Nottinghamshire Lost Innings and 107 runs 14 18 Jul 1907Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Leicestershire 18 Jul 1907 Leicestershire Lost 9 wickets 15 22 Jul 1907Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 22 Jul 1907Northamptonshire Won 274 runs 16 25 Jul 1907Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire 25 Jul 1907Yorkshire Lost Innings and 130 runs 17 29 Jul 1907Cricket Archive - Kent v Derbyshire 29 Jul 1907 Kent Lost Innings and 146 runs 18 01 Aug 1907Cricket Archive - Sussex v Derbyshire 01 Aug 1907 Sussex Lost 10 wickets 19 05 Aug 1907Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Hampshire 05 Aug 1907Hampshire Won Innings and 93 runs 2008 Aug 1907Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire 08 Aug 1907 Leicestershire Lost 2 wickets 21 15 Aug 1907Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 15 Aug 1907 Nottinghamshire Lost 9 wickets 22 19 Aug 1907Cricket Archive - Warwickshire v Derbyshire 19 Aug 1907 Warwickshire Lost 6 wickets 23 22 Aug 1907Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Essex 22 Aug 1907 Essex Lost 222 runs 2426 Aug 1907Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire 26 Aug 1907Lancashire Lost 1 wicket
Statistics
County Championship batting averages Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s LG Wright 20 38 810 108 21.89 1 SWA Cadman 19 36 614 80 17.05 0 A Morton 16 30 530 67 17.66 0 E Needham 15 28 499 119 17.82 1 J Humphries 20 38 461 50 13.17 0 A Warren 18 34 451 52 13.66 0 RB Rickman16 29 442 68 16.37 0 CA Ollivierre 16 30 377 68 12.56 0 AE Lawton 4 7 376 112* 62.66 2 RM Carlin 10 19 239 37 13.27 0 FC Bracey 16 29 126 21 7.00 0 H Cooper 8 15 120 21 10.00 0 GM Buckston 5 10 92 27 9.20 0 W Bestwick 14 26 51 12 3.64 0 TH Hallam 4 7 44 17 6.28 0 H Slater 5 9 39 21 5.57 0 FC Hunter 3 6 32 21 5.33 0 H Fletcher 3 6 9 3 1.80 0 G Green 2 4 9 4 2.25 0 FG Peach 1 2 8 8 4.00 0 CB Sherwin 1 2 7 7 3.50 0 N Buxton 1 2 6 6 3.00 0 CB Fleming 1 2 5 3 2.50 0 I Dearnaley 1 2 3 3 1.50 0 HF Purdy 1 2 0 0 0.00 0Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1907
County Championship bowling averages Name Balls Runs Wickets BB AverageSWA Cadman 3348 1351 63 6-41 21.44 W Bestwick 2940 1328 61 6-55 21.77 A Warren 2391 1299 50 5-53 25.98 FC Bracey 1352 650 28 6-36 23.21RB Rickman1170 606 23 4-52 26.34A Morton 779 432 19 5-46 22.73AE Lawton 156 94 5 3-6 18.80HF Purdy 57 16 4 4-16 4.00 H Slater 78 38 2 2-15 19.00 RM Carlin 145 116 2 1-3 58.00J Humphries 3 5 1 1-5 5.00FC Hunter 48 43 1 1-27 43.00 G Green 108 46 0 CA Ollivierre 84 80 0 N Buxton 66 24 0 Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1907
Wicket Keeper
J Humphries Catches 36 Stumping 4
See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1907 English cricket season
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