# Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1907

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1907 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for thirty six years. It was their thirteenth season in the County Championship and they finished bottom of the table having won two matches in the season.

## 1907 season

Derbyshire played 22 games in the County Championship, one match against the touring South Africans and one against MCC. They lost all but three of the played matches, which were two wins and a draw, and ended at the bottom of the Championship table.
Levi Wright was in his second season as captain and was also top scorer. Samuel Cadman took most wickets with 63. The most outstanding bowling performance was by Frederick Bracey against Northamptonshire at Derby when he took eleven wickets for a total of 45 runs.
Those who made their debut in the 1907 season were Henry Fletcher who also played two games in the following season, FG Peach who played one match and then next appeared in 1920 with occasional appearances to 1925, H Slater who played five matches only in the 1907 season and Charles Fleming and Charles Sherwin who each played one career first class match in 1907.

### Matches

List of matches :
| No. | Date | V | Result | Margin | Notes |
| 1 | 13 May 1907 | MCC Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood | Lost | 5 wickets | Trott 5-21 and 5-33 |
| 2 | 16 May 1907 | Surrey Kennington Oval | Lost | 7 wickets | Knox 5-66 |
| 3 | 20 May 1907 | Hampshire County Ground, Southampton | Lost | 7 wickets | |
| 4 | 23 May 1907 | Yorkshire Bramall Lane, Sheffield | Abandoned | | |
| 5 | 27 May 1907 | Kent Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Lost | Innings and 100 runs | Fairservice 5-25 and 6-14; Bestwick 6-80 |
| 6 | 30 May 1907 | Warwickshire County Ground, Derby | Abandoned | | |
| 7 | 10 Jun 1907 | Sussex County Ground, Derby | Lost | 8 wickets | Cox 8-58 and 5-29; Relf 5-30 |
| 8 | 13 Jun 1907 | Essex County Ground, Leyton | Lost | Innings and 90 runs | Mead 5-54 and 5-21; Buckenham 5-38 |
| 9 | 20 Jun 1907 | South Africa County Ground, Derby | Lost | Innings and 108 runs | Nourse 148; Snooke 114; FC Bracey 5-102; Vogler 6-17 |
| 10 | 27 Jun 1907 | Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton | Lost | 8 wickets | Thompson 5-52 and 7-42; A Morton 5-46 |
| 11 | 01 Jul 1907 | Lancashire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Drawn | | Hornby 125; A Warren 5-53; Dean 9-46 |
| 12 | 04 Jul 1907 | Surrey County Ground, Derby | Lost | Innings and 16 runs | W Smith 7-23 |
| 13 | 11 Jul 1907 | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham | Lost | Innings and 107 runs | Wass 6-31; A Warren 5-63; Hallam 5-21 |
| 14 | 18 Jul 1907 | Leicestershire County Ground, Derby | Lost | 9 wickets | Wood 133; Crawford 114; AE Lawton 106; W Bestwick 5-113; Jayes 5-58 |
| 15 | 22 Jul 1907 | Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby | Won | 274 runs | AE Lawton 112; East 6-91; FC Bracey 5-9 and 6-36 |
| 16 | 25 Jul 1907 | Yorkshire North Road Ground, Glossop | Lost | Innings and 130 runs | Rhodes 6-22; SWA Cadman 5-82; Hirst 7-22 |
| 17 | 29 Jul 1907 | Kent Mote Park, Maidstone | Lost | Innings and 146 runs | Fielder 6-35 and 8-60 |
| 18 | 01 Aug 1907 | Sussex County Ground, Hove | Lost | 10 wickets | CB Fry 197; A Warren 5-137; Relf 6-60 |
| 19 | 05 Aug 1907 | Hampshire At County Ground, Derby | Won | Innings and 93 runs | E Needham 119; SWA Cadman 6-41 |
| 20 | 08 Aug 1907 | Leicestershire Aylestone Road, Leicester | Lost | 2 wickets | Odell 5-60; SWA Cadman 5-72 |
| 21 | 15 Aug 1907 | Nottinghamshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Lost | 9 wickets | Wass 6-31; Hallam 5-55 |
| 22 | 19 Aug 1907 | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham | Lost | 6 wickets | LG Wright 108; Santall 6-53 |
| 23 | 22 Aug 1907 | Essex County Ground, Derby | Lost | 222 runs | W Bestwick 6-55; Mead 6-21 |
| 24 | 26 Aug 1907 | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester | Lost | 1 wicket | SWA Cadman 5-21; Heap 5-41 |

## Statistics
### County Championship batting averages

| Name | Matches | Inns | Runs | High score | Average | 100s |
| LG Wright | 20 | 38 | 810 | 108 | 21.89 | 1 |
| SWA Cadman | 19 | 36 | 614 | 80 | 17.05 | 0 |
| A Morton | 16 | 30 | 530 | 67 | 17.66 | 0 |
| E Needham | 15 | 28 | 499 | 119 | 17.82 | 1 |
| J Humphries | 20 | 38 | 461 | 50 | 13.17 | 0 |
| A Warren | 18 | 34 | 451 | 52 | 13.66 | 0 |
| RB Rickman | 16 | 29 | 442 | 68 | 16.37 | 0 |
| CA Ollivierre | 16 | 30 | 377 | 68 | 12.56 | 0 |
| AE Lawton | 4 | 7 | 376 | 112* | 62.66 | 2 |
| RM Carlin | 10 | 19 | 239 | 37 | 13.27 | 0 |
| FC Bracey | 16 | 29 | 126 | 21 | 7.00 | 0 |
| H Cooper | 8 | 15 | 120 | 21 | 10.00 | 0 |
| GM Buckston | 5 | 10 | 92 | 27 | 9.20 | 0 |
| W Bestwick | 14 | 26 | 51 | 12 | 3.64 | 0 |
| TH Hallam | 4 | 7 | 44 | 17 | 6.28 | 0 |
| H Slater | 5 | 9 | 39 | 21 | 5.57 | 0 |
| FC Hunter | 3 | 6 | 32 | 21 | 5.33 | 0 |
| H Fletcher | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1.80 | 0 |
| G Green | 2 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2.25 | 0 |
| FG Peach | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4.00 | 0 |
| CB Sherwin | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 |
| N Buxton | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 |
| CB Fleming | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2.50 | 0 |
| I Dearnaley | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 |
| HF Purdy | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |

### County Championship bowling averages

| Name | Balls | Runs | Wickets | BB | Average |
| SWA Cadman | 3348 | 1351 | 63 | 6-41 | 21.44 |
| W Bestwick | 2940 | 1328 | 61 | 6-55 | 21.77 |
| A Warren | 2391 | 1299 | 50 | 5-53 | 25.98 |
| FC Bracey | 1352 | 650 | 28 | 6-36 | 23.21 |
| RB Rickman | 1170 | 606 | 23 | 4-52 | 26.34 |
| A Morton | 779 | 432 | 19 | 5-46 | 22.73 |
| AE Lawton | 156 | 94 | 5 | 3-6 | 18.80 |
| HF Purdy | 57 | 16 | 4 | 4-16 | 4.00 |
| H Slater | 78 | 38 | 2 | 2-15 | 19.00 |
| RM Carlin | 145 | 116 | 2 | 1-3 | 58.00 |
| J Humphries | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1-5 | 5.00 |
| FC Hunter | 48 | 43 | 1 | 1-27 | 43.00 |
| G Green | 108 | 46 | 0 | | |
| CA Ollivierre | 84 | 80 | 0 | | |
| N Buxton | 66 | 24 | 0 | | |

## Wicket Keeper

* J Humphries Catches 36 Stumping 4