Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1904

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1904 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for thirty three years. It was their tenth season in the County Championship and they won five matches to finish tenth in the Championship table.

1904 season
In addition to eighteen games in the County Championship, Derbyshire played one game against MCC, one against the touring South Africans and two against Grace's London County side. They won seven matches overall. Dr Maynard Ashcroft was in his only season as captain. Charles Ollivierre was top scorer and Arnold Warren took most wickets.

The season saw one of Derbyshire's most accomplished performances - the defeat of Essex by nine wickets at Chesterfield. Essex made 597 in their first innings, P. A. Perrin scoring 343 not out, and looked to be in a commanding position. However Derbyshire replied with 548, Olliviere making 229, and dismissed Essex for 97 in the second innings. Derbyshire lost only one wicket in their second innings for 149, with Olliviere 92 not out and won by nine wickets.

George Stevenson was the only new player in the season and played his only two matches for the club in the year.

Matches
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" ! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes |16 May 1904 Kennington Oval Crystal Palace Park County Ground, Southampton |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn County Ground, Hove Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood County Ground, Derby County Ground, Leyton North Road Ground, Glossop Queen's Park, Chesterfield County Ground, Derby Bramall Lane, Sheffield Aylestone Road, Leicester County Ground, Derby Queen's Park, Chesterfield County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | Nottinghamshire Welbeck Abbey Cricket Ground |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn County Ground, Derby Edgbaston, Birmingham |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn |London County Cricket Club Queen's Park, Chesterfield | South Africans County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn Old Trafford, Manchester
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 * 1
 * 1
 * Surrey
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 122 runs
 * Lockwood 7-79; W Bestwick 8-103; Hayes 6-48
 * 2
 * 19 May 1904
 * London County Cricket Club
 * London County Cricket Club
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * Innings and 31 runs
 * LG Wright 139; Hathorn 117; Braund 6-40
 * 3
 * 23 May 1904
 * Hampshire
 * Hampshire
 * Hill 111; W Bestwick 5-133
 * 4
 * 26 May 1904
 * Yorkshire
 * 26 May 1904
 * Yorkshire
 * 5
 * 06 Jun 1904
 * Sussex
 * 5
 * 06 Jun 1904
 * Sussex
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * Innings and 65 runs
 * C. B. Fry 226; EM Ashcroft 111; Relf 5-81
 * 6
 * 09 Jun 1904
 * MCC
 * MCC
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 8 wickets
 * W Storer 110; Thompson 7-101; W Bestwick 5-31; A Warren 5-23
 * 7
 * 13 Jun 1904
 * Leicestershire
 * Leicestershire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 6 wickets
 * Allsopp 5–54
 * 8
 * 16 Jun 1904
 * Essex
 * Essex
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 39 runs
 * Gillingham 103; SWA Cadman 126; A Warren 5-71 and 6-66
 * 9
 * 20 Jun 1904
 * Warwickshire
 * Warwickshire
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * Innings and 24 runs
 * A Warren 6-66
 * 10
 * 27 Jun 1904
 * Nottinghamshire
 * Nottinghamshire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 330 runs
 * James Iremonger 142; Jones 119; W Storer 5-34; Wass 5-103; A Warren 5-56; Gunn 6-19
 * 11
 * 30 Jun 1904
 * Surrey
 * Surrey
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * Innings and 103 runs
 * G Curgenven 124; Hayes 273; Lees 8-66
 * 12
 * 04 Jul 1904
 * Yorkshire
 * Yorkshire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 4 wickets
 * Haigh 104 and 5-85
 * 13
 * 07 Jul 1904
 * Leicestershire
 * Leicestershire
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 306 runs
 * LG Wright 140; EM Ashcroft 100; W Bestwick 7-42
 * 14
 * 14 Jul 1904
 * Lancashire
 * Lancashire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * Innings and 129 runs
 * James Hallows 111; Brearley 6-33
 * 15
 * 18 Jul 1904
 * Essex
 * Essex
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 9 wickets
 * Perrin 343; CA Ollivierre 229; Bill Reeves 5-192
 * 16
 * 25 Jul 1904
 * Sussex
 * Sussex
 * Vine 169
 * 17
 * 28 Jul 1904
 * 17
 * 28 Jul 1904
 * A Warren 8-69 and 7-43; Wass 6-71
 * 18
 * 01 Aug 1904
 * Hampshire
 * 01 Aug 1904
 * Hampshire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 9 wickets
 * Hesketh-Pritchard 6-68; Baldwin 5-53
 * 19
 * 04 Aug 1904
 * Warwickshire
 * Warwickshire
 * LG Wright 131; A Warren 5-47; Santall 5-46
 * 20
 * 08 Aug 1904
 * 20
 * 08 Aug 1904
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 139 runs
 * W. G. Grace 6-78; EM Ashcroft 5-18; Coe 5-46
 * 21
 * 15 Aug 1904
 * 15 Aug 1904
 * A Warren 5-60
 * 22
 * 25 Aug 1904
 * Lancashire
 * 25 Aug 1904
 * Lancashire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 131 runs
 * Johnny Tyldesley 104; A Warren 6-62

Wicket Keeper

 * Joe Humphries Catches 34,  Stumping  2