# Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1904

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1904 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for thirty three years. It was their tenth season in the County Championship and they won five matches to finish tenth in the Championship table.

## 1904 season

In addition to eighteen games in the County Championship, Derbyshire played one game against MCC, one against the touring South Africans and two against Grace's London County side. They won seven matches overall. Dr Maynard Ashcroft was in his only season as captain. Charles Ollivierre was top scorer and Arnold Warren took most wickets.
The season saw one of Derbyshire's most accomplished performances - the defeat of Essex by nine wickets at Chesterfield. Essex made 597 in their first innings, P. A. Perrin scoring 343 not out, and looked to be in a commanding position. However Derbyshire replied with 548, Olliviere making 229, and dismissed Essex for 97 in the second innings. Derbyshire lost only one wicket in their second innings for 149, with Olliviere 92 not out and won by nine wickets.
George Stevenson was the only new player in the season and played his only two matches for the club in the year.

### Matches

List of matches :
| No. | Date | V | Result | Margin | Notes |
| 1 | 16 May 1904 | Surrey Kennington Oval | Won | 122 runs | Lockwood 7-79; W Bestwick 8-103; Hayes 6-48 |
| 2 | 19 May 1904 | London County Cricket Club Crystal Palace Park | Lost | Innings and 31 runs | LG Wright 139; Hathorn 117; Braund 6-40 |
| 3 | 23 May 1904 | Hampshire County Ground, Southampton | Drawn | | Hill 111; W Bestwick 5-133 |
| 4 | 26 May 1904 | Yorkshire County Ground, Derby | Drawn | | |
| 5 | 06 Jun 1904 | Sussex County Ground, Hove | Lost | Innings and 65 runs | C. B. Fry 226; EM Ashcroft 111; Relf 5-81 |
| 6 | 09 Jun 1904 | MCC Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood | Won | 8 wickets | W Storer 110; Thompson 7-101; W Bestwick 5-31; A Warren 5-23 |
| 7 | 13 Jun 1904 | Leicestershire County Ground, Derby | Lost | 6 wickets | Allsopp 5–54 |
| 8 | 16 Jun 1904 | Essex County Ground, Leyton | Won | 39 runs | Gillingham 103; SWA Cadman 126; A Warren 5-71 and 6-66 |
| 9 | 20 Jun 1904 | Warwickshire North Road Ground, Glossop | Won | Innings and 24 runs | A Warren 6-66 |
| 10 | 27 Jun 1904 | Nottinghamshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Lost | 330 runs | James Iremonger 142; Jones 119; W Storer 5-34; Wass 5-103; A Warren 5-56; Gunn 6-19 |
| 11 | 30 Jun 1904 | Surrey County Ground, Derby | Lost | Innings and 103 runs | G Curgenven 124; Hayes 273; Lees 8-66 |
| 12 | 04 Jul 1904 | Yorkshire Bramall Lane, Sheffield | Lost | 4 wickets | Haigh 104 and 5-85 |
| 13 | 07 Jul 1904 | Leicestershire Aylestone Road, Leicester | Won | 306 runs | LG Wright 140; EM Ashcroft 100; W Bestwick 7-42 |
| 14 | 14 Jul 1904 | Lancashire County Ground, Derby | Lost | Innings and 129 runs | James Hallows 111; Brearley 6-33 |
| 15 | 18 Jul 1904 | Essex Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Won | 9 wickets | Perrin 343; CA Ollivierre 229; Bill Reeves 5-192 |
| 16 | 25 Jul 1904 | Sussex County Ground, Derby | Drawn | | Vine 169 |
| 17 | 28 Jul 1904 | Nottinghamshire Welbeck Abbey Cricket Ground | Drawn | | A Warren 8-69 and 7-43; Wass 6-71 |
| 18 | 01 Aug 1904 | Hampshire County Ground, Derby | Lost | 9 wickets | Hesketh-Pritchard 6-68; Baldwin 5-53 |
| 19 | 04 Aug 1904 | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham | Drawn | | LG Wright 131; A Warren 5-47; Santall 5-46 |
| 20 | 08 Aug 1904 | London County Cricket Club Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Won | 139 runs | W. G. Grace 6-78; EM Ashcroft 5-18; Coe 5-46 |
| 21 | 15 Aug 1904 | South Africans County Ground, Derby | Drawn | | A Warren 5-60 |
| 22 | 25 Aug 1904 | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester | Lost | 131 runs | Johnny Tyldesley 104; A Warren 6-62 |

## Statistics
### County Championship batting averages

| Name | Matches | Inns | Runs | High score | Average | 100s |
| CA Ollivierre | 18 | 31 | 1099 | 229 | 36.63 | 1 |
| LG Wright | 18 | 31 | 1074 | 140 | 34.64 | 2 |
| EM Ashcroft | 18 | 29 | 802 | 111 | 29.70 | 2 |
| W Storer | 17 | 28 | 647 | 78 | 25.88 | 0 |
| G Curgenven | 18 | 29 | 691 | 124 | 23.82 | 1 |
| SWA Cadman | 18 | 30 | 614 | 126 | 21.17 | 1 |
| AE Lawton | 5 | 8 | 187 | 80 | 23.37 | 0 |
| A Morton | 14 | 22 | 318 | 56* | 17.66 | 0 |
| E Needham | 12 | 20 | 323 | 72 | 17.00 | 0 |
| J Humphries | 18 | 27 | 287 | 44 | 16.88 | 0 |
| A Warren | 18 | 29 | 394 | 55 | 15.15 | 0 |
| HF Wright | 1 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 10.00 | 0 |
| G Green | 2 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 7.50 | 0 |
| T Forrester | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 |
| GR Gregory | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4.00 | 0 |
| W Bestwick | 17 | 25 | 56 | 15 | 3.73 | 0 |
| GS Stevenson | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 |

### County Championship bowling averages

| Name | Balls | Runs | Wickets | BB | Average |
| A Warren | 3994 | 2241 | 101 | 8-69 | 22.18 |
| W Bestwick | 4099 | 1951 | 71 | 8-103 | 27.47 |
| SWA Cadman | 2815 | 1225 | 29 | 4-48 | 42.24 |
| W Storer | 584 | 370 | 17 | 5-34 | 21.76 |
| G Curgenven | 1001 | 659 | 17 | 3-32 | 38.76 |
| EM Ashcroft | 545 | 319 | 8 | 2-44 | 39.87 |
| A Morton | 307 | 179 | 6 | 3-16 | 29.83 |
| G Green | 258 | 152 | 4 | 2-40 | 38.00 |
| AE Lawton | 276 | 184 | 3 | 1-24 | 61.33 |
| CA Ollivierre | 42 | 44 | 1 | 1-15 | 44.00 |
| GR Gregory | 96 | 45 | 0 |
| T Forrester | 60 | 30 | 0 |
| LG Wright | 48 | 44 | 0 |
| GS Stevenson | 36 | 13 | 0 |

### Wicket Keeper

* Joe Humphries Catches 34, Stumping 2