Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1903 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire celebrated its 32nd anniversary. It was their ninth season in the County Championship and they won five matches to come in twelfth.

1903 season

Derbyshire played sixteen games in the County Championship, in addition to two matches against W.G. Grace's London County Cricket Club and one against MCC. They won four matches in the Championship and one against London County.

The captain for the year was Albert Lawton in his second season as captain. Levi Wright was top scorer and Billy Bestwick took most wickets.

An addition to the Derbyshire side was Arthur Morton who played for the club until 1926. Other new players in the season were R T Ryder who played his one career first class match against London County, and G Green who also made one appearance against London County but played for Derbyshire intermittently over several seasons.

Matches

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

|1 |11 May 1903Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 11 May 1903 | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 6 wickets | Wass 5-43

|2 |18 May 1903Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire 18 May 1903 | Lancashire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 10 wickets | Barnes 7-25 and 7-34; JJ Hulme 8-52

|3 | 21 May 1903 Cricket Archive - Marylebone Cricket Club v Derbyshire 21 May 1903 | MCC Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 9 wickets | Llewellyn 5-65; JJ Hulme 6-60; Thompson 5-30

|4 |01 Jun 1903Cricket Archive - Hampshire v Derbyshire 01 Jun 1903 | HampshireCounty Ground, Southampton |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 261 runs | Llewellyn 148; Hill 150; JJ Hulme 7-123; Chignell 5-68; Hesketh-Pritchard 7-47

|5 |08 Jun 1903Cricket Archive - Essex v Derbyshire 08 Jun 1903 | Essex County Ground, Leyton |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Perrin 102(rh); Buckenham 6-47; W Bestwick 5-95; Mead 5-77

|6 |15 Jun 1903 Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Surrey 15 Jun 1903 | Surrey Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 111 runs | W Bestwick 7-20; Richardson 5-43

|7 | 18 Jun 1903Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire 18 Jun 1903 | Yorkshire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 7 wickets | JJ Hulme 5-69

|8 |22 Jun 1903Cricket Archive - Warwickshire v Derbyshire 22 Jun 1903 | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | LG Wright 133; Field 6-82 and 5-150

|9 | 25 Jun 1903Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Leicestershire 25 Jun 1903 | Leicestershire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 35 runs | Gill 5-93; A Warren 5-69 and 6-112

|10 |06 Jul 1903Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire 06 Jul 1903 | Leicestershire Aylestone Road, Leicester |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 126 runs | King 167; Odell 6-74

|11 |09 Jul 1903Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 09 Jul 1903 | Nottinghamshire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 114 runs | SWA Cadman 5-42; A Warren 6-93

|12 |16 Jul 1903 Cricket Archive - London County v Derbyshire 16 Jul 1903 | London County Cricket Club Crystal Palace Park |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | Innings and 31 runs | W Smith 123; Cranfield 7-105

|13 |20 Jul 1903Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Essex 20 Jul 1903 | Essex North Road Ground, Glossop |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 232 runs | Mead 5-38

|14 |03 Aug 1903Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Hampshire 03 Aug 1903 | HampshireCounty Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | Innings and 59 runs | E Needham 131; A Warren 6-43

|15 |06 Aug 1903Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire 06 Aug 1903 | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 9 wickets | LG Wright 116; Hallows 5-42

|16 |10 Aug 1903Cricket Archive - Surrey v Derbyshire 10 Aug 1903 | SurreyKennington Oval |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Dowson 100*

|17 |13 Aug 1903Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire 13 Aug 1903 | Yorkshire St George's Road, Harrogate |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn

|18 |17 Aug 1903Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Warwickshire 17 Aug 1903 | Warwickshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | W Bestwick 5-86; Hargreave 5-55; Santall 5-19

|19 | 20 Aug 1903 Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v London County 20 Aug 1903 | London County Cricket Club County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 8 wickets | Odell 7-69

Statistics County Championship batting averages Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s LG Wright 15 27 940 133 37.60 2 CA Ollivierre 16 30 660 72 22.75 0 W Storer 15 27 593 89 21.96 0 E Needham 14 25 470 131 20.43 1 AE Lawton 16 27 473 63 18.19 0 SWA Cadman 11 18 309 55 17.16 0 W Ellis 4 8 121 44 15.12 0 EM Ashcroft 7 11142 67 14.20 0 A Warren 16 28 382 89 14.14 0 T Forrester 8 16 186 58 12.40 0 A Morton 5 10 94 22 10.44 0 J Humphries 16 27 208 24 9.45 0 GR Gregory 7 11 85 20* 9.44 0 JJ Hulme 8 15 64 27* 5.33 0 W Bestwick 16 27 68 19* 4.53 0 R Else 2 4 8 5 2.66 0

In addition, W Locker played against MCC, CE Middleton and G Curgenven played in the first match against London County, and R T Ryder and G Green played in the second match against London County.

County Championship bowling averages Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average W Bestwick 3758 1599 66 7-20 24.22 A Warren 2630 1395 65 6-43 21.46 JJ Hulme 1460 724 36 8-52 20.11 SWA Cadman 1295 560 19 5-42 29.47 W Storer 470 307 13 3-29 23.61 GR Gregory 270 195 10 4-70 19.50 AE Lawton 600 334 9 2-31 37.11 T Forrester 489 250 6 4-43 41.66 A Morton 258 145 2 2-32 72.50 EM Ashcroft 24 15 0 CA Ollivierre 12 9 0 R Else 12 5 0

County Championship Wicket keeping Joe Humphries Catches 23, Stumping 9

See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1903 English cricket season

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