Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1905

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1905 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for thirty-four years. It was their eleventh season in the County Championship and they won three matches to finish fourteenth in the Championship table.

1905 season
Derbyshire played twenty games in the County Championship, one match against MCC and one against the touring Australians. The captain for the year was Albert Lawton. Levi Wright was top scorer with over 1700 runs and four centuries and Billy Bestwick took most wickets with over 100. However lacking greater depth, Derbyshire won just three matches in the County Championship and lost 16 which put them at fourteenth in the table.

The most significant addition to the Derbyshire squad in the season was George Buckston who though playing only one match in the 1905 season went on to become captain. Also making their debuts were Frederic Hunter who played regularly for three years and Herbert Cooper William Taylor and Robert Carlin  who played intermittently over five years. Arthur Hogg, John McDonald and George Walkden played in 1905 and also in 1906. Other players who made their debut but played only in 1905 were George Maltby three matches, Joseph Cupitt George Marples and Guy Sparrow two matches and William Peach and William Bagguley one match each. James Wright who had played in 1898 played his last single match in the season.

Matches
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" ! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes | 15 May 1905 Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford County Ground, Derby County Ground, Leyton County Ground, Derby County Ground, Southampton County Ground, Derby County Ground, Northampton Kennington Oval North Road Ground, Glossop Queen's Park, Chesterfield Trent Bridge, Nottingham County Ground, Derby Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood County Ground, Derby Edgbaston, Birmingham Aylestone Road, Leicester County Ground, Derby County Ground, Derby County Ground, Hove County Ground, Derby Old Trafford, Manchester County Ground, Derby
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 * 1
 * 1
 * Yorkshire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * Innings and 61 runs
 * FS Jackson 111; W Bestwick 5-91
 * 2
 * 18 May 1905
 * Lancashire
 * Lancashire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 161 runs
 * SWA Cadman 6-27; I'Anson 5-52; Kermode 5-81
 * 3
 * 22 May 1905
 * Essex
 * Essex
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * Innings and 1 run
 * AE Lawton 112; McGahey 277; Tremlin 9–126; A Warren 5–139; Buckenham 6-59
 * 4
 * 01 Jun 1905
 * Sussex
 * Sussex
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * LG Wright 149; A Warren 6-78; Cox 6-108
 * 5
 * 12 Jun 1905
 * Hampshire
 * 12 Jun 1905
 * Hampshire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 188 runs
 * Bowell 101; W Bestwick 6-74; Hesketh-Pritchard 5-46 and 8-32
 * 6
 * 15 Jun 1905
 * Yorkshire
 * Yorkshire
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 9 wickets
 * A Warren 7-57 and 5-69; Ringrose 6-78
 * 7
 * 19 Jun 1905
 * Northamptonshire
 * Northamptonshire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 23 runs
 * GJ Thompson 5-66; East 6-33
 * 8
 * 22 Jun 1905
 * Surrey
 * Surrey
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 236 runs
 * Goatly 147; Lees 6-59; W Bestwick 5-67; Knox 5-50
 * 9
 * 26 Jun 1905
 * Essex
 * Essex
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 7 wickets
 * AJ Turner 103; W Bestwick 6-39; Tremlin 5-58
 * 10
 * 03 Jul 1905
 * Leicestershire
 * Leicestershire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * Innings and 135 runs
 * CJB Wood 100; Odell 6-15 and 5-29; King 5-39
 * 11
 * 06 Jul 1905
 * Nottinghamshire
 * Nottinghamshire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 8 wickets
 * Hallam 6-48
 * 12
 * 10 Jul 1905
 * Australians
 * Australians
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 105 runs
 * SWA Cadman 5-94; Armstrong 5-29; Cotter 6-63
 * 13
 * 17 Jul 1905
 * MCC
 * MCC
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * Innings and 252 runs
 * TC O'Brien 153; CAL Payne 191; Trott 6-66
 * 14
 * 20 Jul 1905
 * Northamptonshire
 * Northamptonshire
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * Innings and 50 runs
 * LG Wright 195; East 5–127; A Warren 5-23; W Bestwick 5-23 and 7-108
 * 15
 * 24 Jul 1905
 * Warwickshire
 * Warwickshire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 7 wickets
 * LG Wright 176 and 122; Quaife 176; W Bestwick 5-105
 * 16
 * 27 Jul 1905
 * Leicestershire
 * Leicestershire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 87 runs
 * King 5-46; Jayes 9-78
 * 17
 * 31 Jul 1905
 * Warwickshire
 * Warwickshire
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * Innings and 120 runs
 * SWA Cadman 5-34 and 6-46; Santall 5-75
 * 18
 * 07 Aug 1905
 * Hampshire
 * Hampshire
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Llewellyn 102 and 100; W Bestwick 5-89 and 6-53; Ede 7-72
 * 19
 * 10 Aug 1905
 * Sussex
 * 10 Aug 1905
 * Sussex
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * Innings and 41 runs
 * 20
 * 14 Aug 1905
 * Surrey
 * 14 Aug 1905
 * Surrey
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 9 wickets
 * Hayes 189; Crawford 119; EM Ashcroft 145; Lees 5-87
 * 21
 * 17 Aug 1905
 * Lancashire
 * Lancashire
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * AE Lawton 101; Poideven 102; Kermode 5–117; SWA Cadman 6-83
 * 22
 * 21 Aug 1905
 * Nottinghamshire
 * 21 Aug 1905
 * Nottinghamshire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 6 wickets
 * W Bestwick 5-90; Wass 8-97

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

Additionally, GH Wilson, RM Carlin and GH Marples played against MCC. Marples also played against the Australians

Wicket Keeping

 * Joe Humphries Catches 45,  Stumping  5