Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1901

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1901 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for thirty years. It was their seventh season in the County Championship and they failed to win a single match, ending bottom of the Championship table.

1901 season
Derbyshire CCC played twenty games in the County Championship in 1901 in addition to matches against W.G. Grace's London County Cricket Club, MCC and the touring South Africans. Derbyshire failed to win any first class match during the season.

The captain for the year was Samuel Hill Wood in his third season as captain. However he only took part in five matches and Albert Lawton filled the role on the pitch. Levi Wright was top scorer making two centuries, one of 193. Billy Bestwick took 71 wickets.

Gilbert Curgenven made his debut for the side as did Robert Else who only played in two seasons. Joseph Burton, Arthur Barton, James Oldknow and Arthur Morton made their only appearances for the side during the 1901 season.

Nudger Needham captained the English football team in 1901.

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

Crystal Palace Park | Not a County Championship match Beldam 125; Fishwick 103; Sinclair 8-32; JJ Hulme 5-61 Kennington Oval Fartown, Huddersfield Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood Hearne 7-67; Rawlin 5-28 County Ground, Southampton County Ground, Derby County Ground, Derby Bisset 184; Graham 6-84 and 5-47 County Ground, Leyton County Ground, New Road, Worcester Ashley Down Ground, Bristol County Ground, Derby North Road Ground, Glossop Queen's Park, Chesterfield W Storer 5-20 County Ground, Derby North Road Ground, Glossop County Ground, Derby County Ground, Derby At County Ground, Derby Old Trafford, Manchester Welbeck Abbey Cricket Ground Edgbaston, Birmingham County Ground, Derby Queen's Park, Chesterfield Aylestone Road, Leicester
 * 1
 * 13 May 1901
 * London County Cricket Club
 * 13 May 1901
 * London County Cricket Club
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * Innings and 119 runs
 * 2
 * 16 May 1901
 * Surrey
 * Surrey
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * Innings and 111 runs
 * Hayward 158; Jephson 133; W Bestwick 7-97; Lockwood 7-57; Richardson 6-67
 * 3
 * 20 May 1901
 * Yorkshire
 * Yorkshire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * Innings and 282 runs
 * Tunnicliffe 145; Brown 5-33; Hirst 7-43
 * 4
 * 23 May 1901
 * MCC
 * MCC
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 9 wickets
 * Not a County Championship match
 * 5
 * 27 May 1901
 * Hampshire
 * Hampshire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 2 wickets
 * S Evershed 123; Greig 6-38; Llewellyn 5-76; W Bestwick 6-71
 * 6
 * 30 May 1901
 * Surrey
 * Surrey
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 5 wickets
 * Lees 5-47; JJ Hulme 5-71
 * 7
 * 06 Jun 1901
 * South Africans
 * South Africans
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 5 wickets
 * Not a County Championship match
 * 8
 * 10 Jun 1901
 * Essex
 * Essex
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Owen 106; Perrin 101; Reeves 6-46
 * 9
 * 13 Jun 1901
 * Worcestershire
 * 13 Jun 1901
 * Worcestershire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * Innings and 49 runs
 * Wilson 6-55
 * 10
 * 17 Jun 1901
 * Gloucestershire
 * Gloucestershire
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * L Wright 155; W Chatterton 169; Langdon 114; Huggins 6-100
 * 11
 * 20 Jun 1901
 * Warwickshire
 * 20 Jun 1901
 * Warwickshire
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Willie Quaife 117;
 * 12
 * 27 Jun 1901
 * Yorkshire
 * 27 Jun 1901
 * Yorkshire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 245 runs
 * Wainwright 108; W Bestwick 7-70; Haigh 5-55
 * 13
 * 01 Jul 1901
 * London County Cricket Club
 * London County Cricket Club
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Not a County Championship match
 * Not a County Championship match
 * 14
 * 15 Jul 1901
 * Nottinghamshire
 * Nottinghamshire
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Gunn 273; L Wright 193; Jones 6-93
 * 15
 * 18 Jul 1901
 * Leicestershire
 * 18 Jul 1901
 * Leicestershire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * Innings and 20 runs
 * King 143; MacDonald 147*; Geeson 104*; Geeson 6-128 and 6-111
 * 16
 * 22 Jul 1901
 * Gloucestershire
 * Gloucestershire
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Paish 6-120
 * 17
 * 29 Jul 1901
 * Lancashire
 * 29 Jul 1901
 * Lancashire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * Innings and 184 runs
 * Ward 117; Tyldesley 158; JJ Hulme 6-135; Cuttell 7-19; Webb 5-58
 * 18
 * 05 Aug 1901
 * Hampshire
 * Hampshire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 5 wickets
 * Sprot 130; Llewellyn 5-108; JJ Hulme 5-73; W Bestwick 5-89
 * 19
 * 08 Aug 1901
 * Lancashire
 * Lancashire
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * 20
 * 12 Aug 1901
 * Nottinghamshire
 * 20
 * 12 Aug 1901
 * Nottinghamshire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * Innings and 159 runs
 * Iremonger 108; Wass 8-17 and 5-23; Gunn 5-14
 * 21
 * 15 Aug 1901
 * Warwickshire
 * Warwickshire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * Innings and 52 runs
 * Fishwick 140*; Charlesworth 6-45
 * 22
 * 19 Aug 1901
 * Worcestershire
 * Worcestershire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * Innings and 121 runs
 * H Foster 152; Bowley 140; R Foster 111; Wilson 6-57; Pearson 5-48
 * 23
 * 22 Aug 1901
 * Essex
 * Essex
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 9 wickets
 * Carpenter 144; Russell 100; Mead 6-97; Young 7-48
 * 24
 * 29 Aug 1901
 * Leicestershire
 * Leicestershire
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * King 5-65
 * King 5-65

County Championship batting averages
Paul Boissier and Oswald Burton played in the match against MCC, but not in the County Championship.

County Championship Wicket keeping

 * W Storer 		Matches 18	Catches 21, Stumping 3
 * W Wilmot		Matches 3	Catches 8