Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1896

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1896 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for twenty five years. It was their second season in the County Championship and they came seventh.

1896 season
Derbyshire played 16 games in the County Championship, one match against MCC and one against the touring Australians. They won five matches in the County Championship and six matches altogether. Brewer's son Sydney Evershed was in his sixth season as captain. William Storer was top scorer, as well as keeping wicket and bowling to take 15 wickets. John Hulme took most wickets with 77 in the County Championship.

In a season marked by a number of high scores, with centuries both for and against Derbyshire Storer and George Davidson produced notable batting performances during the season. Davidson made 274 against Lancashire at Manchester which remains the Derbyshire individual batting record. In the same innings Chatterton and Storer also scored centuries. Against Yorkshire Storer hit centuries in each innings—a feat performed previously only by W. G. Grace, A. E. Stoddart and George Brann, giving him a season's batting average of over 57. Bagshaw added a third century against Yorkshire in the same match.

Of those who made their debuts in the season, Thomas Gould and Henry Curgenven also played in 1897. John Purdy and Charles Middleton played more seasons, but only occasionally. Walter Butterfield played only two matches in 1896 and Frank Bingham just one.

Matches
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" ! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes At County Ground, Derby At Trent Bridge At County Ground, Southampton At Lord's At Kennington Oval At County Ground, Derby At County Ground, Derby | Gunn 207*; Hardstaffe 8-53 At County Ground, Derby At Grace Road, Leicestershire Bramall Lane, Sheffield At County Ground, Derby At County Ground, Derby At County Ground, Derby At County Ground, Leyton At County Ground, Derby At Old Trafford, Manchester At County Ground, Derby At Edgbaston
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 * 1
 * 14 May 1896
 * Surrey
 * Surrey
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * Innings and 15 runs
 * Hayward 229
 * 2
 * 18 May 1896
 * Nottinghamshire
 * Nottinghamshire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 7 wickets
 * Gunn 135
 * 3
 * 25 May 1896
 * Hampshire
 * Hampshire
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 7 wickets
 * Ward 113
 * 4
 * 28 May 1896
 * MCC
 * MCC
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 1 wicket
 * W Attewell 5-38; G Porter 5-50
 * 5
 * 04 Jun 1896
 * Surrey
 * Surrey
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * Innings and 57 runs
 * R Abel 109; G Lohmann 6-51
 * 6
 * 08 Jun 1896
 * Lancashire
 * Lancashire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 37 runs
 * JJ Hulme 6-57; A Mold 5-58 and 7-46; G Davidson 5-49
 * 7
 * 15 Jun 1896
 * Nottinghamshire
 * Nottinghamshire
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * 8
 * 25 Jun 1896
 * Yorkshire
 * Yorkshire
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * W Storer 100 and 100*; H Bagshaw 115
 * 9
 * 29 Jun 1896
 * Leicestershire
 * 29 Jun 1896
 * Leicestershire
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * Innings and 147 runs
 * W Storer 142; G Davidson 6-53
 * 10
 * 02 Jul 1896
 * Yorkshire
 * Yorkshire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 9 wickets
 * Denton 113; W Storer 122; JJ Hulme 5-80; S Haigh 6-45 and 6-70
 * 11
 * 06 Jul 1896
 * Leicestershire
 * Leicestershire
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * H Bagshaw 121; Pougher 114
 * 12
 * 13 Jul 1896
 * Warwickshire
 * 13 Jul 1896
 * Warwickshire
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 10 wickets
 * R Lilley 132 and 6-46; G Davidson 5-62; JJ Hulme 7-44
 * 13
 * 20 Jul 1896
 * Australians
 * Australians
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Trott 141; Donnan 167; Hill 130; G Giffen 5-123
 * 14
 * 23 Jul 1896
 * Essex
 * 23 Jul 1896
 * Essex
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * W Chatterton 111
 * 15
 * 03 Aug 1896
 * Hampshire
 * 03 Aug 1896
 * Hampshire
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 8 wickets
 * Kitchener 6-59
 * 16
 * 10 Aug 1896
 * Lancashire
 * Lancashire
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * W Chatterton 104; G Davidson 274; W Storer 116; J Briggs 6–185; JJ Hulme 5-94
 * 17
 * 17 Aug 1896
 * Essex
 * 17 Aug 1896
 * Essex
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 201 runs
 * JJ Hulme 6-98; Bull 5-68
 * 18
 * 24 Aug 1896
 * Warwickshire
 * Warwickshire
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * G Davidson 8-70
 * G Davidson 8-70

County Championship batting averages
Additionally C Middleton and FM Bingham  played in the non County Championship match against MCC. Middleton failed to score, but Bingham made seventeen runs in what was his only match for the club.