Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1903

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%" ! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes Trent Bridge, Nottingham County Ground, Derby Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood County Ground, Southampton County Ground, Leyton Queen's Park, Chesterfield County Ground, Derby Edgbaston, Birmingham County Ground, Derby Aylestone Road, Leicester County Ground, Derby Crystal Palace Park North Road Ground, Glossop County Ground, Derby Old Trafford, Manchester Kennington Oval St George's Road, Harrogate Queen's Park, Chesterfield County Ground, Derby
 * - bgcolor="#efefef"
 * 1
 * 11 May 1903
 * Nottinghamshire
 * Nottinghamshire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 6 wickets
 * Wass 5-43
 * 2
 * 18 May 1903
 * Lancashire
 * Lancashire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 10 wickets
 * Barnes 7-25 and 7-34; JJ Hulme 8-52
 * 3
 * 21 May 1903
 * MCC
 * MCC
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 9 wickets
 * Llewellyn 5-65; JJ Hulme 6-60; Thompson 5-30
 * 4
 * 01 Jun 1903
 * Hampshire
 * Hampshire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 261 runs
 * Llewellyn 148; Hill 150; JJ Hulme 7-123; Chignell 5-68; Hesketh-Pritchard 7-47
 * 5
 * 08 Jun 1903
 * Essex
 * Essex
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Perrin 102(rh); Buckenham 6-47; W Bestwick 5-95; Mead 5-77
 * 6
 * 15 Jun 1903
 * Surrey
 * 15 Jun 1903
 * Surrey
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 111 runs
 * W Bestwick 7-20; Richardson 5-43
 * 7
 * 18 Jun 1903
 * Yorkshire
 * Yorkshire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 7 wickets
 * JJ Hulme 5-69
 * 8
 * 22 Jun 1903
 * Warwickshire
 * Warwickshire
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * LG Wright 133; Field 6-82 and 5-150
 * 9
 * 25 Jun 1903
 * Leicestershire
 * 25 Jun 1903
 * Leicestershire
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 35 runs
 * Gill 5-93; A Warren 5-69 and 6-112
 * 10
 * 06 Jul 1903
 * Leicestershire
 * Leicestershire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 126 runs
 * King 167; Odell 6-74
 * 11
 * 09 Jul 1903
 * Nottinghamshire
 * Nottinghamshire
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 114 runs
 * SWA Cadman 5-42; A Warren 6-93
 * 12
 * 16 Jul 1903
 * London County Cricket Club
 * London County Cricket Club
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * Innings and 31 runs
 * W Smith 123; Cranfield 7-105
 * 13
 * 20 Jul 1903
 * Essex
 * Essex
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 232 runs
 * Mead 5-38
 * 14
 * 03 Aug 1903
 * Hampshire
 * Hampshire
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * Innings and 59 runs
 * E Needham 131; A Warren 6-43
 * 15
 * 06 Aug 1903
 * Lancashire
 * Lancashire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 9 wickets
 * LG Wright 116; Hallows 5-42
 * 16
 * 10 Aug 1903
 * Surrey
 * Surrey
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Dowson 100*
 * 17
 * 13 Aug 1903
 * Yorkshire
 * 13 Aug 1903
 * Yorkshire
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * 18
 * 17 Aug 1903
 * Warwickshire
 * 18
 * 17 Aug 1903
 * Warwickshire
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * W Bestwick 5-86; Hargreave 5-55; Santall 5-19
 * 19
 * 20 Aug 1903
 * London County Cricket Club
 * 20 Aug 1903
 * London County Cricket Club
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 8 wickets
 * Odell 7-69

County Championship batting averages
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 Wicket keeping

 * Joe Humphries Catches 23, Stumping 9