# Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1906

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1906 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for thirty five years. It was their twelfth season in the County Championship and they finished bottom of the table having won two matches in the County Championship.

## 1906 season

Derbyshire played 20 games in the County Championship, one match against the touring West Indians and one against MCC.
Levi Wright was in his first season as captain. Wright was top scorer, although Maynard Ashcroft had a better average and scored two centuries. Billy Bestwick took most wickets with 111 .
Reginald Rickman, a future captain, made his debut and also Henry Purdy and Frederick Bracey who played several seasons. Thomas Hallam and Norman Todd appeared in 1906 and one more season each.

### Matches

List of matches :
| No. | Date | V | Result | Margin | Notes |
| 1 | 10 May 1906 | MCC Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood | Lost | 5 wickets | Not a County Championship match Mead 7-29 |
| 2 | 21 May 1906 | Lancashire County Ground, Derby | Lost | 103 runs | Kermode 7-101 and 6-73 |
| 3 | 24 May 1906 | Leicestershire Aylestone Road, Leicester | Lost | 252 runs | A Warren 5-69; W Bestwick 5-78 |
| 4 | 28 May 1906 | Sussex County Ground, Hove | Lost | 88 runs | W Bestwick 7-49; Relf 7-44; Dwyer 9-35 |
| 5 | 31 May 1906 | Essex County Ground, Leyton | Lost | 209 runs | Turner 104*; W Bestwick 6-61 and 6-82; Buckenham 5-46; Mead 7-13 |
| 6 | 04 Jun 1906 | Hampshire County Ground, Southampton | Lost | 147 runs | Hill 110; W Bestwick 7-102; A Warren6-82; Badcock 6-63 |
| 7 | 07 Jun 1906 | Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Lost | 33 runs | Hirst 5-30; W Bestwick 5-76; S Haigh 5-43 |
| 8 | 11 Jun 1906 | Leicestershire North Road Ground, Glossop | Won | Innings and 50 runs | King 126*; CA Ollivierre 157; A Warren5-81; W Bestwick 6-67 |
| 9 | 18 Jun 1906 | Warwickshire County Ground, Derby | Lost | Innings and 16 runs | A Warren 5-70; Hargreave 7-34 and 6-68; |
| 10 | 25 Jun 1906 | Nottinghamshire County Ground, Derby | Lost | 10 wickets | Gunn 7-75; A Warren 6-104 |
| 11 | 28 Jun 1906 | Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton | Lost | 10 wickets | East 7-22; W Bestwick 5-61; Thompson 9-64; |
| 12 | 02 Jul 1906 | Surrey Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Lost | 10 wickets | J Crawford 7-86; Lees 7-33 |
| 13 | 05 Jul 1906 | Sussex At County Ground, Derby | Won | 5 wickets | Killick 125; EM Ashcroft100*; Cox 5-92; W Bestwick 7-49 |
| 14 | 12 Jul 1906 | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham | Lost | 5 wickets | A Hallam 6-40; |
| 15 | 16 Jul 1906 | Yorkshire Bramall Lane, Sheffield | Lost | 10 wickets | W Bestwick 5-71 |
| 16 | 19 Jul 1906 | West Indians At County Ground, Derby | Won | 6 wickets | Not a County Championship match |
| 17 | 06 Aug 1906 | Hampshire At County Ground, Derby | Lost | 160 runs | Badcock 5-59; Wyatt 5-50 |
| 18 | 09 Aug 1906 | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham | Drawn | | |
| 19 | 13 Aug 1906 | Northamptonshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Lost | Innings and 85 runs | Pretty 200; HF Purdy 6-84; Thompson 5-68 |
| 20 | 20 Aug 1906 | Essex At County Ground, Derby | Lost | 6 wickets | EM Ashcroft 118; W Bestwick 6-65; Buckenham 6-58 |
| 21 | 23 Aug 1906 | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester | Lost | Innings and 84 runs | Hallows 110 |
| 22 | 27 Aug 1906 | Surrey Kennington Oval | Lost | 10 wickets | A Warren 6-140; Lees 6-72 |

## Statistics
### County Championship batting averages

| Name | Matches | Inns | Runs | High score | Average | 100s |
| EM Ashcroft | 14 | 27 | 886 | 118 | 34.07 | 2 |
| LG Wright | 20 | 39 | 929 | 96 | 24.44 | 0 |
| CA Ollivierre | 14 | 27 | 655 | 157 | 24.25 | 1 |
| E Needham | 16 | 31 | 687 | 75 | 22.90 | 0 |
| GM Buckston | 8 | 16 | 326 | 96 | 20.37 | 0 |
| J Humphries | 20 | 39 | 565 | 68 | 19.48 | 0 |
| SWA Cadman | 20 | 39 | 692 | 94 | 18.70 | 0 |
| A Morton | 18 | 34 | 580 | 77 | 18.70 | 0 |
| AE Lawton | 2 | 4 | 62 | 52 | 15.50 | 0 |
| TH Hallam | 6 | 12 | 180 | 68 | 15.00 | 0 |
| H Cooper | 2 | 4 | 45 | 23 | 15.00 | 0 |
| A Warren | 19 | 37 | 490 | 52 | 14.00 | 0 |
| JH Purdy | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9* | 11.00 | 0 |
| FC Hunter | 9 | 15 | 160 | 51 | 10.66 | 0 |
| GG Walkden | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 |
| FC Bracey | 3 | 6 | 39 | 28 | 7.80 | 0 |
| RB Rickman | 11 | 21 | 148 | 31 | 7.78 | 0 |
| W Ellis | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 6.50 | 0 |
| GR Gregory | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 6.50 | 0 |
| W Bestwick | 19 | 35 | 127 | 21 | 6.35 | 0 |
| HF Purdy | 8 | 16 | 100 | 21 | 6.25 | 0 |
| F Webster | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5.50 | 0 |
| JA McDonald | 2 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 5.25 | 0 |
| AP Boissier | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3.50 | 0 |
| A Hogg | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1.00 | 0 |
| ND Todd | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |

### County Championship bowling averages

| Name | Balls | Runs | Wickets | BB | Average |
| W Bestwick | 4489 | 2019 | 111 | 7-49 | 18.18 |
| A Warren | 3780 | 2249 | 83 | 6-82 | 27.09 |
| SWA Cadman | 3358 | 1536 | 40 | 4-80 | 38.40 |
| HF Purdy | 1037 | 445 | 20 | 6-84 | 22.25 |
| RB Rickman | 907 | 432 | 15 | 3-16 | 28.80 |
| A Morton | 900 | 516 | 12 | 4-37 | 43.00 |
| FC Hunter | 170 | 148 | 4 | 2-18 | 37.00 |
| FC Bracey | 187 | 134 | 3 | 3-49 | 44.66 |
| EM Ashcroft | 270 | 166 | 3 | 2-12 | 55.33 |
| JH Purdy | 48 | 30 | 1 | 1-30 | 30.00 |
| F Webster | 126 | 65 | 1 | 1-65 | 65.00 |
| AE Lawton | 72 | 41 | 0 |
| W Ellis | 42 | 15 | 0 |
| GR Gregory | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| CA Ollivierre | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| J Humphries | 4 | 4 | 0 |

## Wicket Keeper

* J Humphries Catches 61 Stumping 6