Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1888 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for seventeen years and it was the first season they lost first class status.
1888 season
Although deprived of first class status Derbyshire played the same opponents as in the previous year with two matches each against Lancashire, Yorkshire, Surrey and Essex and one match each against Leicestershire and Middlesex . They also played one match against MCC and one against the touring Australians. Derbyshire won three of their matches and lost the remaining nine.
The captain for the year was William Chatterton who was also top scorer. John Hulme took most wickets. His total of 60 included 15 in one match against Yorkshire.
Of those who made their debut, Edward Evershed and Herbert MosbyHerbert Mosby at Cricket Archive played regularly over the following years before Derbyshire regained first class status. Evershed also played a first class game in 1898 as did Alfred Charlesworth who otherwise only played in the 1888 season. WA Hindley WA Hindley at Cricket Archive and JH StrawJH Straw at Cricket Archive played their one-game each for Derbyshire in 1888 while William Hodges W Hodges at Cricket Archive a schoolboy from Cheltenham College and William Pedley a former Sussex player each played two games in the season.
Matches
List of matchesNo.DateVResult MarginNotes117 May 1888Cricket Archive - Marylebone Cricket Club v Derbyshire MCC Won 45 runs 221 May 1888Cricket Archive - Essex v Derbyshire Essex Won 7 wickets 324 May 1888Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Surrey Surrey Lost Innings and 6 runs 411 Jun 1888Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire Yorkshire Lost 7 wickets 509 Jul 1888Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Australians Australia Lost Innings and 79 runs 623 Jul 1888Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire Lancashire Lost Innings and 78 runs 730 Jul 1888Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Essex Essex Lost 118 runs 806 Aug 1888Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire Leicestershire Lost 27 runs 909 Aug 1888Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Middlesex Middlesex Lost 7 wickets 1013 Aug 1888Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire Yorkshire Won 7 wickets 1120 Aug 1888Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire Lancashire Lost 4 wickets 1203 Sep 1888Cricket Archive - Surrey v Derbyshire SurreyLost 7 wickets
Statistics
Batting averages Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s W Chatterton 12 23 362 54 15.74 0GG Walker 11 22 284 39 12.91 0 G Davidson 11 22 270 61 12.27 0 W Hall 4 8 96 43 12.00 0 LG Wright 8 16 169 35 10.56 0 SH Evershed 2 3 31 14 10.33 0 W Sugg 7 13 128 48 9.85 0W Cropper 12 24 236 92 9.83 0 G Ratcliffe 10 20 153 50 7.65 0 GB Earl 2 4 28 21 7.00 0 W Pedley 2 4 27 16 6.75 0 W Storer 7 13 79 13 6.08 0 HC Mosby 2 4 24 16 6.00 0 G Porter 3 6 36 17 6.00 0 H Bagshaw 2 4 21 9 5.25 0 J J Hulme 11 22 96 20 4.36 0 A Charlesworth 3 6 24 15 4.00 0 WA Hindley 1 2 6 6 3.00 0 W Hodges 2 3 9 5 3.00 0JJ Disney 11 21 58 11 2.76 0 E Evershed 2 4 10 6 2.50 0FW Keeton 2 4 10 10 2.50 0 J Marshall 1 1 1 1 1.00 0 JH Straw 1 2 2 1 1.00 0
Bowling averages Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average J J Hulme 1669 622 60 8-30 10.37 GG Walker 1030 522 32 6-114 16.31 W Cropper 969 385 22 6-43 17.5 G Davidson 1069 356 19 6-16 18.74 W Chatterton 568 186 15 4-11 12.4 W Hall 371 148 14 5-31 10.57 G Porter 196 87 5 3-44 17.4 H Bagshaw 108 45 3 3-43 15.00 HC Mosby 35 19 2 1-5 9.5
Wicket keeping
James Disney Catches 7 Stumping 4
See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1888 English cricket season
References