# Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1909

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1909 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for 38 years. It was their fifteenth season in the County Championship and they won two matches to finish fifteenth in the Championship table.

## 1909 season

Derbyshire played twenty two matches in the County Championship and one against the touring Australians. They won two matches, both in the championship and drew four. Reginald Rickman was in his second season as captain. Samuel Cadman scored most runs and Arnold Warren took most wickets.
Joseph Bowden made his debut in the season and went on to become a regular until 1930. John Chapman, who was captain before and after the war, also played his first season for the club. Other new players were Frederick Newton who appeared over six years and George Grainger who put in intermittent appearances over five years. Herbert Bowmer played the first of three matches in three years and Samuel Langton the first of three matches in two years. Stanley Dickinson and Lemuel Smith made their only two appearances for the club, and Charles Nornable his one career match during the season.

### Matches

List of matches :
| No. | Date | V | Result | Margin | Notes |
| 1 | 3 May 1909 | Yorkshire County Ground, Derby | Lost | Innings and 127 runs | |
| 2 | 10 May 1909 | Sussex County Ground, Derby | Drawn | | Heygate 136; Vincett 5-25; A Warren 5-82 |
| 3 | 15 May 1909 | Warwickshire County Ground, Derby | Drawn | | A Morton 6-41 |
| 4 | 20 May 1909 | Kent Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Lost | Innings and 141 runs | |
| 5 | 27 May 1909 | Surrey Kennington Oval | Lost | 283 runs | Rushby 5-28 and 5-28; Smith 5-23 |
| 6 | 31 May 1909 | Essex County Ground, Leyton | Lost | 4 wickets | A Morton 6-38; Buckenham 6-40 |
| 7 | 7 Jun 1909 | Leicestershire County Ground, Derby | Lost | 165 runs | Crawford 107; Jayes 6-62 and 5-77; A Warren 6-86 |
| 8 | 12 Jun 1909 | Warwickshire Bulls Head Ground, Coventry | Won | 6 wickets | J Chapman 198; Hargreave 5-81; A Warren 5-85 and 5-110 |
| 9 | 21 Jun 1909 | Hampshire Miners Welfare Ground, Blackwell | Drawn | | LLewellyn 5-55; A Warren 5-50; Newman 5-52 |
| 10 | 1 Jul 1909 | Surrey Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Lost | Innings and 76 runs | Davis 112; Smith 7-46; Rushby 6-31 |
| 11 | 8 Jul 1909 | Sussex County Ground, Hove | Lost | Innings and 274 runs | Leach 113; Killick 7-39; Cox 6-65 |
| 12 | 12 Jul 1909 | Kent Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells | Lost | Innings and 134 runs | Blythe 8-49; A Morton 5-125 |
| 13 | 15 Jul 1909 | Hampshire County Ground, Southampton | Lost | 168 runs | RB Rickman 5-80 |
| 14 | 22 Jul 1909 | Australians County Ground, Derby | Lost | 10 wickets | Trumper 113; O'Connor 7-40; A Morton 5-63 |
| 15 | 26 Jul 1909 | Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton | Lost | Innings and 95 runs | S Smith 7-87 and 7-36 |
| 16 | 29 Jul 1909 | Nottinghamshire North Road Ground, Glossop | Abandoned | | |
| 17 | 2 Aug 1909 | Essex County Ground, Derby | Lost | 136 runs | Buckenham 6-41 and 6-38 |
| 18 | 5 Aug 1909 | Leicestershire Aylestone Road, Leicester | Won | 2 wickets | SWA Cadman 112; A Warren 5-63 |
| 19 | 12 Aug 1909 | Yorkshire Bramall Lane, Sheffield | Lost | 5 wickets | Denton 130; W Bestwick 6-88; |
| 20 | 16 Aug 1909 | Lancashire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Lost | 150 runs | |
| 21 | 19 Aug 1909 | Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby | Lost | 8 wickets | Thompson 7-56 and 5-51; A Warren 5-107 |
| 22 | 23 Aug 1909 | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester | Drawn | | Dean 6-30 |
| 23 | 26 Aug 1909 | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham | Lost | Innings and 94 runs | Gunn 101; A Warren 5-91; Wass 7-42; Hallam 7-29 |

## Statistics
### County Championship batting averages

| Name | Matches | Inns | Runs | High score | Average | 100s |
| SWA Cadman | 21 | 41 | 1002 | 112 | 25.05 | 1 |
| A Morton | 19 | 34 | 682 | 76 | 20.66 | 0 |
| J Chapman | 18 | 35 | 543 | 198 | 16.96 | 1 |
| AE Lawton | 6 | 10 | 166 | 50 | 16.60 | 0 |
| J Humphries | 21 | 38 | 425 | 36* | 15.17 | 0 |
| E Needham | 21 | 40 | 591 | 60 | 14.77 | 0 |
| A Warren | 21 | 38 | 487 | 41 | 13.52 | 0 |
| L Oliver | 15 | | 313 | 46 | 12.52 | 0 |
| LG Wright | 21 | 41 | 492 | 44 | 12.00 | 0 |
| R Sale | 5 | 10 | 112 | 34 | 11.20 | 0 |
| RB Rickman | 8 | 14 | 134 | 36 | 10.30 | 0 |
| G Grainger | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6* | 9.00 | 0 |
| FA Newton | 2 | 4 | 35 | 30 | 8.75 | 0 |
| J Bowden | 5 | 10 | 82 | 17 | 8.20 | 0 |
| G Curgenven | 6 | 11 | 90 | 43 | 8.18 | 0 |
| CE Nornable | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 |
| H Cooper | 2 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 7.66 | 0 |
| FH Taylor | 1 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 7.50 | 0 |
| W Bestwick | 17 | 30 | 119 | 18 | 7.43 | 0 |
| FC Bracey | 8 | 16 | 68 | 18 | 6.80 | 0 |
| SP Dickinson | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10* | 6.50 | 0 |
| TA Higson | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4.00 | 0 |
| KA Woodward | 2 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 4.00 | 0 |
| LST Smith | 2 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3.00 | 0 |
| ST Langton | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 |
| HE Bowmer | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1.25 | 0 |

### County Championship bowling averages

| Name | Balls | Runs | Wickets | BB | Average |
| A Warren | 3966 | 2093 | 95 | 6–86 | 22.03 |
| W Bestwick | 3856 | 1704 | 75 | 6–88 | 22.72 |
| A Morton | 2654 | 1186 | 48 | 6–38 | 24.70 |
| SWA Cadman | 2309 | 904 | 30 | 3–14 | 30.13 |
| FC Bracey | 681 | 336 | 13 | 3–56 | 25.84 |
| RB Rickman | 390 | 245 | 12 | 5–80 | 20.41 |
| CE Nornable | 127 | 72 | 5 | 3–24 | 14.40 |
| R Sale | 234 | 109 | 2 | 2–25 | 54.50 |
| TA Higson | 108 | 37 | 2 | 2–37 | 18.50 |
| SP Dickinson | 78 | 45 | 1 | 1–38 | 45.00 |
| G Grainger | 174 | 70 | 1 | 1–62 | 70.00 |
| AE Lawton | 150 | 103 | 1 | 1–35 | 103.00 |
| G Curgenven | 264 | 103 | 0 |
| J Chapman | 24 | 29 | 0 |
| ST Langton | 78 | 42 | 0 |
| E Needham | 12 | 7 | 0 |

### Wicket-keeper

* Joe Humphries Catches 29, Stumping 9