# Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1883

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1883 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for twelve years. They won two first class matches out of ten.

## 1883 season

Derbyshire played two county matches each against Lancashire, Yorkshire, Surrey and Sussex, and two against MCC. They won two of their matches and lost six. Robert Smith was captain for his eighth and last season. In a sparse season without any centuries, Wallis Evershed was top scorer and William Cropper James Brelsford shared the most wickets.
There were no long term additions to the team but George Earl, Joseph Needham, George Yates and Percy Exham made their only career appearances and Thomas Evans made his two career appearances for Derbyshire during the season. The season also saw the last appearances of John Richardson who had been a steady bowler since 1878 and George Osborne who had played since 1879.

### Matches

List of first class matches :
| No. | Date | V | Result | Margin | Notes |
| 1 | 17 May 1883 | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester | Lost | Innings and 160 runs | George Nash 5-24; RG Barlow 5-20 |
| 2 | 21 May 1883 | Surrey County Ground, Derby | Won | 51 runs | ED Barratt 5-25 and 7-76; J Brelsford 5-31 |
| 3 | 31 May 1883 | MCC Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood | Lost | Innings and 29 runs | W Flowers 131 and 6-44; A Rylott 5-53 |
| 4 | 25 Jun 1883 | Lancashire County Ground, Derby | Lost | Innings and 78 runs | A Watson 6-40 and 6-27 |
| 5 | 09 Jul 1883 | MCC County Ground, Derby | Drawn | | SH Evershed 5–19; GG Hearne 5-49; W Cropper 5-25 |
| 6 | 19 Jul 1883 | Yorkshire County Ground, Derby | Drawn | | W Chatterton 5-61 |
| 7 | 30 Jul 1883 | Sussex County Ground, Derby | Lost | Innings and 68 runs | JB Hide 5-34 |
| 8 | 06 Aug 1883 | Yorkshire Bramall Lane, Sheffield | Lost | Innings and 3 runs | W Chatterton 6-64; E Peate 5-36 |
| 9 | 30 Aug 1883 | Surrey Kennington Oval | Lost | 6 wickets | ED Barratt 5-50 |
| 10 | 03 Sep 1883 | Sussex County Ground, Hove | Won | 29 runs | J Marlow 6-27 |
List of other matches :
| No. | Date | V | Result | Margin | Notes |
| 1 | 03 Aug 1883 | Uppingham Rovers County Ground, Derby | Unknown | | |

## Statistics
### First-class batting averages

| Name | AM/ Pro | Age | H | Matches | Inns | Runs | High score | Average | 100s |
| T Evans | A | 25 | R | 2 | 4 | 78 | 35 | 19.50 | 0 |
| R P Smith | A | 34 | R | 7 | 14 | 245 | 45 | 17.50 | 0 |
| LC Docker | A | 23 | R | 9 | 16 | 276 | 52 | 17.25 | 0 |
| W Evershed | A | 30 | R | 10 | 19 | 317 | 92 | 16.68 | 0 |
| T Foster | P | 35 | R | 7 | 13 | 212 | 81 | 16.30 | 0 |
| J T B D Platts | P | 34 | L | 11 | 20 | 311 | 55 | 15.55 | 0 |
| J Marlow | | 28 | R | 5 | 9 | 89 | 23 | 14.83 | 0 |
| EAJ Maynard | A | 22 | R | 8 | 14 | 189 | 84 | 14.53 | 0 |
| GG Walker | A | 22 | L | 2 | 4 | 40 | 23 | 13.33 | 0 |
| PG Exham | A | 23 | R | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 |
| W Cropper | | 20 | R | 10 | 17 | 177 | 51 | 10.41 | 0 |
| J Needham | A | 21 | R | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6* | 9.00 | 0 |
| J Richardson | | 26 | R | 5 | 10 | 51 | 17 | 7.28 | 0 |
| JJ Disney | P | 23 | R | 9 | 16 | 65 | 11* | 7.22 | 0 |
| SH Evershed | A | 22 | R | 3 | 6 | 34 | 21 | 6.80 | 0 |
| J Brelsford | A | 27 | R | 7 | 12 | 48 | 16 | 4.36 | 0 |
| GB Earl | | 23 | R | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 |
| G Osborne | P | ? | ? | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3.50 | 0 |
| W Mycroft | P | 42 | R | 4 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 3.20 | 0 |
| JM Clayton | A | 25 | R | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1.50 | 0 |
| LG Wright | A | 21 | R | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 |
| G Yates | | 24 | R | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| W Chatterton | P | 21 | R | 1 | 0 | | | | |
| G Hay | A | 32 | R | 1 | 0 | | | | |

### First-class bowling averages

| Name | Hand | Balls | Runs | Wickets | BB | Average |
| W Cropper | L M | 1069 | 435 | 24 | 5-25 | 18.12 |
| J Brelsford | RM | 1045 | 463 | 24 | 5-31 | 19.29 |
| J Marlow | RM | 948 | 336 | 17 | 6-27 | 19.76 |
| W Chatterton | R S | 896 | 319 | 16 | 6-64 | 19.93 |
| J Richardson | R F | 510 | 237 | 11 | 4-47 | 21.54 |
| W Mycroft | L F | 537 | 241 | 10 | 4-44 | 24.10 |
| LC Docker | R MF | 220 | 122 | 6 | 3-38 | 20.33 |
| SH Evershed | RM | 134 | 51 | 5 | 5-19 | 10.20 |
| GG Walker | L F & Sl | 292 | 90 | 5 | 3-38 | 18.00 |
| T Foster | R round-arm F | 104 | 71 | 5 | 2-18 | 14.20 |
| W Evershed | RM | 27 | 8 | 3 | 3-8 | 2.66 |
| T Evans | R Sl | 260 | 91 | 3 | 1-22 | 30.33 |
| J T B D Platts | R F | 584 | 258 | 2 | 1-22 | 129.00 |
| G Hay | R round-arm F | 12 | 18 | 1 | 1-18 | 18.00 |
| G Yates | R round-arm | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0-9 | |
| JM Clayton | R M | 16 | 11 | 0 | | |

### Wicket keeping

* James Disney Catches 10, Stumping 0