Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1893 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for twenty-two years. Derbyshire's matches were not considered to be first class in this season. The club had lost first class status after 1887 and did not regain it until the following year 1894. However many of the players competed for the club earlier or subsequently at first-class level.
1893 season
Derbyshire played sixteen games and apart from two against Cheshire and one against MCC, these were all against future clubs in the County Championship or the touring Australians. They won seven matches and lost six, which was a sufficient prelude to their return to first-class status in the following 1894 season. Sydney Evershed was in his third season as captain. Harry Bagshaw was top scorer. George Davidson topped the bowling.
William Taylor noted that during Derbyshire's period in exile many fine players wore their colours including S H Evershed, who in captained the eleven with marked ability for many years and the grand veteran, Levi Wright—"a magnificent batsman and unsurpassed as a fieldsman in the oldfashioned position of square-point".W.T. Taylor History of Derbyshire cricket Wisden 1953
Frank Mycroft made his debut in the season, standing in as wicket-keeper for William Storer who also played for MCC and other teams. Mycroft went on to play three more seasons for Derbyshire. Joseph Ward and Joseph Soult only played in this season for Derbyshire and never achieved first-class status. Soult played just one match while Ward bowled in a useful manner in four matches.
Matches
List of matchesNo.DateVResult MarginNotes118 May 1893Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Surrey 18 May 1893 Surrey County Ground, Derby Lost 10 wickets Richardson 8-36 222 May 1893Cricket Archive - Essex v Derbyshire 22 May 1893 Essex County Ground, Leyton Lost 9 wickets Kortright 7-39 3 05 Jun 1893Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Cheshire 05 Jun 1893 Cheshire County Ground, Derby Won Innings and 80 runs G Porter 5-49 412 Jun 1893Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire 12 Jun 1893 Lancashire County Ground, Derby Lost 6 wickets Mold 7-58 and 6-84 515 Jun 1893Cricket Archive - Marylebone Cricket Club v Derbyshire 15 Jun 1893 MCC Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood Lost 26 runs G Davidson 5-59; Geeson 6-39 626 Jun 1893Cricket Archive - Cheshire v Derbyshire 26 Jun 1893 Cheshire Birkenhead Park Cricket Club Ground Won 4 wickets G Davidson 5-38; Robson 6-82 703 Jul 1893Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Australians 03 Jul 1893 Australians County Ground, Derby Lost Innings and 71 runs Bannerman 105; Graham 219 8 10 Jul 1893Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire 10 Jul 1893 Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester Drawn Mold 7-83 917 Jul 1893Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire 17 Jul 1893 Yorkshire County Ground, Derby Drawn W Chatterton 101*; J J Hulme 7-72 and 5-105 1027 Jul 1893Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Hampshire 27 Jul 1893 Hampshire County Ground, Derby Won 8 wickets Barton 107; LG Wright 97*; GG Walker 7-78; G Davidson 5-59 11 31 Jul 1893Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester Won 173 runs Finney 5-84; J J Hulme 7-46 12 03 Aug 1893Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire 03 Aug 1893 Yorkshire The Circle, Hull Drawn W Storer 108; Wardall 6-30; J J Hulme 5-45; Hirst 6-76 13 07 Aug 1893Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Essex 07 Aug 1893 Essex County Ground, Derby Won 9 wickets J J Hulme 5-47 and 5-100 14 14 Aug 1893Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Leicestershire 14 Aug 1893 Leicestershire County Ground, Derby Won Innings and 50 runs15 24 Aug 1893Cricket Archive - Hampshire v Derbyshire 24 Aug 1893 Hampshire County Ground, Southampton Won 159 runs Soar 5-65 and 6-91; J J Hulme 5-48; GG Walker 5-45 16 28 Aug 1893Cricket Archive - Surrey v Derbyshire 28 Aug 1893 Surrey Kennington Oval Lost 7 wickets Read 108; Richardson 5-100
Statistics
Batting averages Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s H Bagshaw 14287619627.18 0 LG Wright 14287539726.89 0 W Chatterton 152075610125.211 SH Evershed 12245888424.500 W Storer 12 23 560 10824.351 J J Hulme 612 2494820.750 G Davidson 14275127218.960 S Malthouse 5 91395415.44 0 JP Ward Cricket Archive - J P Ward 47102 2814.570 W Sugg 13253243713.960 GG Walker 5 101273812.700 D Bottom 3 6 69 4011.500 R G Tomlinson 2 3 302010.000 J Cupitt 6 12 109249.080 W L Shipton 23 25148.330 W S Eadie 9 17 139 328.180 E Evershed 2 4 28 14 7.00 0 G Porter 102012522 6.250 J Soult Cricket Archive - Joseph Soult 1 2 8 6 4.00 0 F Mycroft 2 4 11 8 2.750 W Walton 2 4 1182.750 J Stubbings 1 2 3 2 1.50 0
Bowling averages Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average G Davidson 3769 1345 67 5-38 20.07 J J Hulme 2037 763 54 7-46 14.20 G Porter 2054 923 45 5-49 20.51 GG Walker 1001 499 33 7-78 15.12 J Cupitt 788 372 17 3-61 21.88 W Sugg 270 145 16 3-31 9.06 JP Ward 558 269 9 4-44 29.89 W Chatterton 534 212 6 3-29 35.33 W Storer 30 29 1 1-29 29:00 J Stubbings 50 40 1 1-40 40.00 H Bagshaw 80 57 0 D Bottom 65 30 0 S Malthouse 15 9 0 J Soult 10 14 0 SH Evershed 5 11 0
Wicket Keeper
William Storer Catches 32, Stumping 5
See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1893 English cricket season
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