# Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1914

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1914 represents the last cricket season before World War I and was when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for forty three years. It was the club's twentieth season in the County Championship and the team won five matches, ending twelfth in the Championship table.

## 1914 season

Derbyshire CCC played twenty games in the County Championship in 1914 and no other matches. The captain for the year was Richard Baggallay in his second season as captain. Arthur Morton was top scorer. Tom Forrester took most wickets with 70.
Players who made their debut in 1914 and continued playing for Derbyshire after the war were Walter Reader-Blackton, Geoffrey Bell and James Horsley who had previously played for Nottinghamshire. Joseph Gladwin made his debut in 1914 playing two matches and played one match in 1818. Colin Hurt only played his three first class matches in 1914.
First class cricket and the County Championship were suspended during the Great War and did not resume again until the 1919 season.

### Matches

List of matches :
| No. | Date | V | Result | Margin | Notes |
| 1 | 9 May 1914 | Worcestershire County Ground, Derby | Won | Innings and 158 runs | AG Slater 6–19 and 5–24 |
| 2 | 16 May 1914 | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester | Lost | 35 runs | Sharp 105; T Forrester 5–47 and 5–83 |
| 3 | 23 May 1914 | Nottinghamshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Won | 5 runs | Wass 6–86 and 7–91 |
| 4 | 27 May 1914 | Hampshire May's Bounty, Basingstoke | Lost | 8 wickets | AG Slater 99; Greig 100; Jacques 8–67 and 6–38; SWA Cadman 6–94 |
| 5 | 1 Jun 1914 | Essex County Ground, Leyton | Lost | 145 runs | T Forrester 7–89 and 7–124; Johnny Douglas 6–77 and 6–73 |
| 6 | 8 Jun 1914 | Yorkshire Headingley, Leeds | Lost | Innings and 5 runs | Wilson 101; SWA Cadman 5–69; W Rhodes 7–19 |
| 7 | 11 Jun 1914 | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham | Lost | 125 runs | F Foster 6–18; A Morton 5–26; Howell 6–31 |
| 8 | 20 Jun 1914 | Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby | Drawn | | L Oliver 124; Denton 102; Haywood 100 |
| 9 | 27 Jun 1914 | Somerset Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Won | 167 runs | White 5–61; J Horsley 5–32 |
| 10 | 4 Jul 1914 | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham | Lost | 152 runs | Payton 104; Barratt 5–54 and 5–68 |
| 11 | 11 Jul 1914 | Lancashire County Ground, Derby | Drawn | | Bullough 5–123 |
| 12 | 16 Jul 1914 | Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Lost | Innings and 48 runs | J Horsley 6–77; Drake 5–6 |
| 13 | 24 Jul 1914 | Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton | Lost | Innings and 3 runs | Thompson 6–52 and 5–80; J Horsley 5–77 |
| 14 | 30 Jul 1914 | Somerset County Ground, Taunton | Lost | 6 wickets | Robson 7–32 and 7–64; SWA Cadman 6–27 |
| 15 | 3 Aug 1914 | Essex County Ground, Derby | Lost | Innings and 131 runs | A Morton 6–95; Johnny Douglas 6–21; Tremlin 6–43 |
| 16 | 6 Aug 1914 | Leicestershire Aylestone Road, Leicester | Drawn | | Brown 7–51 and 5–78 |
| 17 | 10 Aug 1914 | Warwickshire County Ground, Derby | Lost | 6 wickets | Foster 5–47; Santall 5–66; AG Slater 6–51 |
| 18 | 13 Aug 1914 | Hampshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Lost | 15 runs | A Morton 5–31; Kennedy 5–71; AG Slater 5–89; Newman 7–64 |
| 19 | 17 Aug 1914 | Leicestershire The Town Ground, Burton-on-Trent | Won | 6 wickets | Wood 147; J Horsley 6–17 |
| 20 | 29 Aug 1914 | Worcestershire County Ground, New Road, Worcester | Won | 5 wickets | M Foster 158; SWA Cadman 119; J Horsley 5–40 |

## Statistics
### County Championship batting averages

| Name | Matches | Inns | Runs | High score | Average | 100s |
| A Morton | 20 | 38 | 1023 | 96 | 27.64 | 0 |
| NM Hughes-Hallett | 3 | 5 | 137 | 67 | 27.40 | 0 |
| SWA Cadman | 20 | 38 | 830 | 119* | 23.05 | 1 |
| J Chapman | 9 | 16 | 354 | 88 | 22.12 | 0 |
| L Oliver | 19 | 36 | 780 | 124 | 21.66 | 1 |
| AG Slater | 20 | 38 | 757 | 99 | 19.92 | 0 |
| G Curgenven | 18 | 31 | 565 | 86 | 18.83 | 0 |
| G Beet | 13 | 25 | 388 | 45 | 16.16 | 0 |
| J Bowden | 16 | 30 | 428 | 70 | 15.85 | 0 |
| T Forrester | 19 | 33 | 389 | 35 | 12.96 | 0 |
| J Humphries | 15 | 28 | 210 | 46* | 12.35 | 0 |
| H Wild | 7 | 13 | 112 | 47 | 11.20 | 0 |
| J Horsley | 13 | 22 | 167 | 55 | 11.13 | 0 |
| RRC Baggallay | 11 | 21 | 231 | 66 | 11.00 | 0 |
| CF Root | 3 | 6 | 44 | 25 | 8.80 | 0 |
| GL Jackson | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 8.00 | 0 |
| FC Bracey | 7 | 12 | 44 | 10* | 6.28 | 0 |
| CNB Hurt | 3 | 5 | 23 | 13 | 4.60 | 0 |
| J Gladwin | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5* | 4.00 | 0 |
| W Reader-Blackton | 1 | 1 | 31 | 31* | 0 |
| GF Bell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |

### County Championship bowling averages

| Name | Balls | Runs | Wickets | BB | Average |
| T Forrester | 3739 | 1405 | 70 | 7–89 | 20.07 |
| AG Slater | 2864 | 1264 | 69 | 6–19 | 18.31 |
| J Horsley | 1921 | 915 | 56 | 6–17 | 16.33 |
| A Morton | 3229 | 1298 | 50 | 6–95 | 25.96 |
| SWA Cadman | 2252 | 985 | 44 | 6–27 | 22.38 |
| CF Root | 494 | 238 | 8 | 4–51 | 29.75 |
| FC Bracey | 366 | 144 | 7 | 3–5 | 20.57 |
| J Gladwin | 30 | 20 | 1 | 1–15 | 20.00 |
| L Oliver | 58 | 44 | 1 | 1–19 | 44.00 |
| J Chapman | 102 | 83 | 1 | 1–42 | 83.00 |
| G Curgenven | 24 | 6 | 0 |
| CNB Hurt | 18 | 6 | 0 |
| G Beet | 24 | 18 | 0 |
| H Wild | 96 | 47 | 0 |

### Wicket Keeping

* Joe Humphries – Catches 21, Stumping 7