Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1909 explained

Club:	Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
Season:	1909
Comp1:	County Championship
Comp1 Result:	15
Most Runs:	Samuel Cadman
Prevseason:	1908
Nextseason:	1910

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^[1]	Yorkshire County Ground, Derby	Lost	Innings and 127 runs
2	10 May 1909^[2]	Sussex County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Heygate 136; Vincett 5-25; A Warren 5-82
3	15 May 1909^[3]	Warwickshire County Ground, Derby	Drawn		A Morton 6-41
4	20 May 1909^[4]	Kent Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	Innings and 141 runs
5	27 May 1909^[5]	Surrey Kennington Oval	Lost	283 runs	Rushby 5-28 and 5-28; Smith 5-23
6	31 May 1909^[6]	Essex County Ground, Leyton	Lost	4 wickets	A Morton 6-38; Buckenham 6-40
7	7 Jun 1909^[7]	Leicestershire County Ground, Derby	Lost	165 runs	Crawford 107; Jayes 6-62 and 5-77; A Warren 6-86
8	12 Jun 1909^[8]	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^[9]	Hampshire Miners Welfare Ground, Blackwell	Drawn		LLewellyn 5-55; A Warren 5-50; Newman 5-52
10	1 Jul 1909^[10]	Surrey Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	Innings and 76 runs	Davis 112; Smith 7-46; Rushby 6-31
11	8 Jul 1909^[11]	Sussex County Ground, Hove	Lost	Innings and 274 runs	Leach 113; Killick 7-39; Cox 6-65
12	12 Jul 1909^[12]	Kent Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells	Lost	Innings and 134 runs	Blythe 8-49; A Morton 5-125
13	15 Jul 1909^[13]	Hampshire County Ground, Southampton	Lost	168 runs	RB Rickman 5-80
14	22 Jul 1909^[14]	Australians County Ground, Derby	Lost	10 wickets	Trumper 113; O'Connor 7-40; A Morton 5-63
15	26 Jul 1909^[15]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton	Lost	Innings and 95 runs	S Smith 7-87 and 7-36
16	29 Jul 1909^[16]	Nottinghamshire North Road Ground, Glossop	Abandoned
17	2 Aug 1909^[17]	Essex County Ground, Derby	Lost	136 runs	Buckenham 6-41 and 6-38
18	5 Aug 1909^[18]	Leicestershire Aylestone Road, Leicester	Won	2 wickets	SWA Cadman 112; A Warren 5-63
19	12 Aug 1909^[19]	Yorkshire Bramall Lane, Sheffield	Lost	5 wickets	Denton 130; W Bestwick 6-88;
20	16 Aug 1909^[20]	Lancashire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	150 runs
21	19 Aug 1909^[21]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby	Lost	8 wickets	Thompson 7-56 and 5-51; A Warren 5-107
22	23 Aug 1909^[22]	Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester	Drawn		Dean 6-30
23	26 Aug 1909^[23]	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 21 41 1002 112 25.05 1 19 34 682 76 20.66 0 18 35 543 198 16.96 1 6 10 166 50 16.60 0 21 38 425 36* 15.17 0 21 40 591 60 14.77 0 21 38 487 41 13.52 0 15 28 313 46 12.52 0 21 41 492 44 12.00 0 5 10 112 34 11.20 0 8 14 134 36 10.30 0 2 3 9 6* 9.00 0 2 4 35 30 8.75 0 5 10 82 17 8.20 0 6 11 90 43 8.18 0 1 1 8 8 8.00 0 2 3 23 14 7.66 0 1 2 15 15 7.50 0 17 30 119 18 7.43 0 8 16 68 18 6.80 0 2 3 13 10* 6.50 0 1 2 8 6 4.00 0 2 4 12 7 4.00 0 2 3 9 5 3.00 0 2 4 8 4 2.00 0 2 4 5 3 1.25 0^[24] County Championship bowling averages Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average 3966 2093 95 6–86 22.03 3856 1704 75 6–88 22.72 2654 1186 48 6–38 24.70 2309 904 30 3–14 30.13 681 336 13 3–56 25.84 390 245 12 5–80 20.41 127 72 5 3–24 14.40 234 109 2 2–25 54.50 108 37 2 2–37 18.50 78 45 1 1–38 45.00 174 70 1 1–62 70.00 150 103 1 1–35 103.00 264 103 0 24 29 0 78 42 0 12 7 0 ^[25] Wicket-keeper Joe Humphries Catches 29, Stumping 9 See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1909 English cricket season References

Notes and References

1. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/7/7787.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Yorkshire 3 May 1909
2. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/7/7793.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Sussex 10 May 1909
3. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/7/7804.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Warwickshire 15 May 1909
4. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/7/7812.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Kent 20 May 1909
5. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/7/7829.html Cricket Archive – Surrey v Derbyshire 27 May 1909
6. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/7/7831.html Cricket Archive – Essex v Derbyshire 31 May 1909
7. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/7/7848.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Leicestershire 7 Jun 1909
8. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/7/7864.html Cricket Archive – Warwickshire v Derbyshire 12 Jun 1909
9. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/7/7876.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Hampshire 21 Jun 1909
10. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/7/7900.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Surrey 1 Jul 1909
11. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/7/7917.html Cricket Archive – Sussex v Derbyshire 8 Jul 1909
12. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/7/7921.html Cricket Archive – Kent v Derbyshire 12 Jul 1909
13. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/7/7923.html Cricket Archive – Hampshire v Derbyshire 15 Jul 1909
14. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/7/7938.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Australians 22 Jul 1909
15. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/7/7949.html Cricket Archive – Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 26 Jul 1909
16. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/7/7952.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 29 Jul 1909
17. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/7/7957.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Essex 2 Aug 1909
18. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/7/7969.html Cricket Archive – Leicestershire v Derbyshire 5 Aug 1909
19. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/7/7984.html Cricket Archive – Yorkshire v Derbyshire 12 Aug 1909
20. http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/7/7986.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Lancashire 16 Aug 1909
21. http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/7/7992.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 19 Aug 1909
22. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/8/8002.html Cricket Archive – Lancashire v Derbyshire 23 Aug 1909
23. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/8/8012.html Cricket Archive – Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 26 Aug 1909
24. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/County_Championship_1909/Derbyshire_Batting.html Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1909
25. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/County_Championship_1909/Derbyshire_Bowling.html Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1909