| Club: | Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons |
| Season: | 1908 |
| Captain: | Reginald Rickman |
| Comp1: | County Championship |
| Comp1 Result: | 14 |
| Prevseason: | 1907 |
| Nextseason: | 1909 |
Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1908 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for thirty-seven years. It was their fourteenth season in the County Championship and they won five matches to finish fourteenth in the Championship table.
Derbyshire played twenty games in the County Championship and one match against the touring Gentlemen of Philadelphia. The captain for the year was Reginald Rickman. Ernest Needham was top scorer and Arnold Warren took most wickets.
The most significant additions to the Derbyshire squad in the season was Leonard Oliver who played regularly for Derbyshire until 1924. Also making their debuts were Richard Sale who played over five years, Francis Taylor who played over four years and Albert Howcroft who played over three years. Arthur Sherwin played several matches but only in the 1908 season and William Thompson and John Eyre played their single career matches in the season.
| List of matches | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | V | Result | Margin | Notes |
| 1 | 11 May 1908[1] | Surrey | Lost | 10 wickets | |
| 2 | 18 May 1908[2] | Sussex | Lost | 4 wickets | |
| 3 | 21 May 1908[3] | Lancashire | Drawn | ||
| 4 | 28 May 1908[4] | Yorkshire | Lost | 196 runs | |
| 5 | 01 Jun 1908[5] | Sussex | Lost | 17 runs | |
| 6 | 04 Jun 1908[6] | Kent | Lost | Innings and 18 runs | |
| 7 | 08 Jun 1908[7] | Hampshire | Won | 36 runs | |
| 8 | 11 Jun 1908[8] | Surrey | Lost | Innings and 26 runs | |
| 9 | 18 Jun 1908[9] | Northamptonshire | Lost | Innings and 46 runs | |
| 10 | 25 Jun 1908[10] | Warwickshire | Lost | 10 wickets | |
| 11 | 29 Jun 1908[11] | Essex | Won | 7 wickets | |
| 12 | 02 Jul 1908[12] | Kent | Lost | Innings and 234 runs | |
| 13 | 06 Jul 1908[13] | Nottinghamshire | Drawn | ||
| 14 | 20 Jul 1908[14] | Leicestershire | Lost | 141 runs | |
| 15 | 23 Jul 1908[15] | Essex | Lost | 6 wickets | |
| 16 | 27 Jul 1908[16] | Yorkshire | Lost | Innings and 131 runs | |
| 17 | 03 Aug 1908[17] | Hampshire | Won | 126 runs | |
| 18 | 06 Aug 1908[18] | Leicestershire | Drawn | ||
| 19 | 10 Aug 1908[19] | Lancashire | Drawn | ||
| 20 | 13 Aug 1908[20] | Nottinghamshire | Won | 36 runs | |
| 21 | 17 Aug 1908[21] | Gentlemen of Philadelphia | Lost | 9 wickets | |
| 22 | 24 Aug 1908[22] | Warwickshire | Lost | Innings and 49 runs | |
| 23 | 27 Aug 1908[23] | Northamptonshire | Won | 129 runs | |
| Name | Matches | Inns | Runs | High score | Average | 100s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | 44 | 1122 | 107* | 28.76 | 3 | |
| 19 | 37 | 942 | 101 | 26.91 | 1 | |
| 14 | 27 | 606 | 69 | 22.44 | 0 | |
| 22 | 42 | 806 | 87 | 20.66 | 0 | |
| 21 | 42 | 821 | 111 | 20.02 | 1 | |
| 22 | 41 | 491 | 52* | 14.44 | 0 | |
| 6 | 12 | 147 | 32 | 13.36 | 0 | |
| 19 | 35 | 400 | 35 | 11.76 | 0 | |
| 22 | 40 | 423 | 68 | 11.13 | 0 | |
| 17 | 30 | 310 | 42 | 10.33 | 0 | |
| 1 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 8.50 | 0 | |
| 4 | 7 | 57 | 21 | 8.14 | 0 | |
| 11 | 21 | 152 | 24 | 8.00 | 0 | |
| 2 | 4 | 31 | 17 | 7.75 | 0 | |
| 2 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 7.25 | 0 | |
| 21 | 39 | 139 | 18 | 6.04 | 0 | |
| 4 | 8 | 30 | 14* | 6.00 | 0 | |
| 11 | 18 | 74 | 9* | 5.28 | 0 | |
| 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2.66 | 0[24] | |
| Leading first-class batsmen for Derbyshire by runs scored | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Mat | Inns | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 |
| 23 | 46 | 1178 | 107* | 25.60 (a) | 3 | |
| 19 | 37 | 942 | 101 | 26.91 | 1 | |
| 22 | 44 | 855 | 111 | 19.43 (a) | 1 | |
| 23 | 44 | 827 | 87 | 18.79 (a) | 0 | |
| 15 | 29 | 655 | 69 | 22.59 (a) | 0 | |
J Eyre and N Todd also played for Derbyshire in the match against Gentlemen of Philadelphia.
| Name | Balls | Runs | Wickets | BB | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4549 | 2221 | 104 | 8-78 | 21.35 | ||
| 5183 | 2187 | 101 | 7-50 | 21.65 | ||
| 3255 | 1061 | 55 | 5-41 | 19.29 | ||
| 1326 | 635 | 24 | 5-14 | 26.45 | ||
| 1065 | 543 | 23 | 5-66 | 23.60 0 | ||
| 778 | 437 | 17 | 4-19 | 25.70 | ||
| 384 | 208 | 2 | 1-4 | 104.00 | ||
| 252 | 137 | 1 | 1-52 | 137.00 | ||
| 66 | 39 | 1 | 1-20 | 39.00 | ||
| 18 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| 18 | 11 | 0 | ||||
| 12 | 10 | 0 | [25] |
| Leading first class bowlers for Derbyshire by wickets taken | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave |
| 4615 | 2269 | 105 | 8-78 | 21.61 | |
| 5263 | 2245 | 103 | 7-50 | 21.79 | |
| 3255 | 1061 | 55 | 5-41 | 19.29 | |
| 1440 | 696 | 27 | 5-14 | 25.78 | |
| 1065 | 543 | 23 | 5-66 | 23.60 | |