Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1900

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1900 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for twenty-nine years. It was their sixth season in the County Championship and they won three matches to finish thirteenth in the Championship table.

1900 season
Derbyshire played eighteen games in the County Championship in 1900, two matches against London County  and one match against MCC. They also played a match against the touring West Indies.

They only won two matches in the County Championship but a higher number of draws brought them up to 13 in the table. The captain for the year was Samuel Hill Wood in his second season as captain.

William Storer was top scorer, passing Bagshaw's Championship lead by a century against MCC. John Hulme took most wickets overall although Bestwick had more in the Championship. One high-scoring match was against Essex when Levi Wright and William Storer reached 170 and two Essex players scored centuries. Play did not start until three o'clock on the third day. Derbyshire had to play a second innings but declared when Young was out second ball. There was still insufficient time to avoid a draw.

Derbyshire played a non-status match against the touring West Indies which ended in a draw. The West Indies opening batsman Charles Ollivierre decided to stay in England and joined Derbyshire in a later season once the residence requirements were met.

The most significant addition to the Derbyshire squad in the season was Samuel Cadman a valuable all-rounder and eventually coach. Albert Lawton also made his debut and went on to play for the club for many seasons. Other players who made their debut but played only in 1900 were John O'Connor one of the top bowlers for the season, William Foulke better known as an outsize footballer, Hubert Pink and  Walter Stubbings. Frank Barrs also played one match in the following season.

Matches
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" ! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of first-class matches !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes | 10 May 1900 Old Trafford, Manchester County Ground, Derby Bramall Lane, Sheffield Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood Trent Bridge, Nottingham County Ground, Southampton Crystal Palace Park County Ground, Derby North Road Ground, Glossop
 * - bgcolor="#efefef"
 * 1
 * 1
 * Lancashire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 96 runs
 * J O'Connor 5-56 and 5-69; Webb 6-25; Mold 5-20
 * 2
 * 17 May 1900
 * Surrey
 * Surrey
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 10 wickets
 * LG Wright 134; Hayward 120; WC Smith 5-50; Lees 7-38
 * 3
 * 21 May 1900
 * Yorkshire
 * Yorkshire
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Rhodes 7-72
 * 4
 * 24 May 1900
 * MCC
 * 24 May 1900
 * MCC
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 107 runs
 * W Storer 175; A Hearne 5-38
 * 5
 * 28 May 1900
 * Nottinghamshire
 * Nottinghamshire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 5 wickets
 * Gunn 6-76; Wass 6-58
 * 6
 * 04 Jun 1900
 * Hampshire
 * Hampshire
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 177 runs
 * Soar 5-76; H Bagshaw 5-27; Baldwin 5-31
 * 7
 * 07 Jun 1900
 * London County Cricket Club
 * London County Cricket Club
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 5 wickets
 * Braund 7-52; JH Young 5-65; Trott 6-68
 * 8
 * 14 Jun 1900
 * London County Cricket Club
 * London County Cricket Club
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * JJ Hulme 6-27; Sladen 5-50
 * 9
 * 21 Jun 1900
 * Warwickshire
 * 21 Jun 1900
 * Warwickshire
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * 10
 * 25 Jun 1900
 * Yorkshire
 * 10
 * 25 Jun 1900
 * Yorkshire

County Ground, Derby County Ground, Leyton Queen's Park, Chesterfield Edgbaston, Birmingham County Ground, Derby North Road Ground, Glossop County Ground, Derby County Ground, New Road, Worcester County Ground, Derby Queen's Park, Chesterfield Grace Road, Leicester Kennington Oval
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * Innings and 24 runs
 * Rhodes 7-32; Haigh 6-54
 * 11
 * 28 Jun 1900
 * Essex
 * Essex
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * LG Wright 170; W Storer 176; Carpenter 112; McGahey 122; JJ Hulme 5-125
 * 12
 * 02 Jul 1900
 * Worcestershire
 * 02 Jul 1900
 * Worcestershire
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 57 runs
 * Wilson 6-55; W Bestwick 5-53 and 5-34; JJ Hulme 5-54
 * 13
 * 23 Jul 1900
 * Warwickshire
 * Warwickshire
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Devey 256; Kinneir 156
 * 14
 * 26 Jul 1900
 * Leicestershire
 * 26 Jul 1900
 * Leicestershire
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * AE Lawton 124; JH King 121; CJB Wood 116; Geeson 7-107
 * 15
 * 30 Jul 1900
 * Lancashire
 * 30 Jul 1900
 * Lancashire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 224 runs
 * JT Tyldesley 119; CR Hartley 109; W Bestwick 6-55 and 5–102; Cuttell 5-64; Briggs 5-31
 * 16
 * 06 Aug 1900
 * Hampshire
 * Hampshire
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * 17
 * 09 Aug 1900
 * Worcestershire
 * 17
 * 09 Aug 1900
 * Worcestershire
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * W Storer 114
 * 18
 * 13 Aug 1900
 * Essex
 * 13 Aug 1900
 * Essex
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * HA Carpenter 151; TM Russell 139; EM Ashcroft 139; Mead 5-57; Reeves 5-44; W Bestwick 7-114
 * 19
 * 20 Aug 1900
 * Nottinghamshire
 * 20 Aug 1900
 * Nottinghamshire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 165 runs
 * Wass 5-62
 * 20
 * 27 Aug 1900
 * Leicestershire
 * Leicestershire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * Innings and 34 runs
 * CJB Wood 147; Woodcock 5-24
 * 21
 * 30 Aug 1900
 * Surrey
 * Surrey
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * R Abel 193; DLA Jephson 213
 * R Abel 193; DLA Jephson 213

{| class="wikitable" width="100%" ! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of other matches !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes County Ground, Derby
 * - bgcolor="#efefef"
 * 1
 * 19 Jul 1900
 * West Indies
 * West Indies
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Goodman 104; Cox 5-61; JJ Hulme 6-76
 * Goodman 104; Cox 5-61; JJ Hulme 6-76

County Championship batting averages
(a) Figures adjusted for non CC matches

Irvine Dearnaley who played for Derbyshire five years later and George Slater who never appeared in another match were members of the team against the West Indies.

Wicket Keeping

 * William Storer Catches 19,  Stumping  4
 * Joe Humphries Catches 13,  Stumping  4