Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1914 explained

Club:	Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
Season:	1914
Captain:	Richard Baggallay
Comp1:	County Championship
Comp1 Result:	12
Most Runs:	Arthur Morton
Most Wickets:	Tom Forrester
Prevseason:	1913
Nextseason:	1919

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^[1]	Worcestershire County Ground, Derby	Won	Innings and 158 runs	AG Slater 6–19 and 5–24
2	16 May 1914^[2]	Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester	Lost	35 runs	Sharp 105; T Forrester 5–47 and 5–83
3	23 May 1914^[3]	Nottinghamshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Won	5 runs	Wass 6–86 and 7–91
4	27 May 1914^[4]	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^[5]	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^[6]	Yorkshire Headingley, Leeds	Lost	Innings and 5 runs	Wilson 101; SWA Cadman 5–69; W Rhodes 7–19
7	11 Jun 1914^[7]	Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham	Lost	125 runs	F Foster 6–18; A Morton 5–26; Howell 6–31
8	20 Jun 1914^[8]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby	Drawn		L Oliver 124; Denton 102; Haywood 100
9	27 Jun 1914^[9]	Somerset Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Won	167 runs	White 5–61; J Horsley 5–32
10	4 Jul 1914^[10]	Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Lost	152 runs	Payton 104; Barratt 5–54 and 5–68
11	11 Jul 1914^[11]	Lancashire County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Bullough 5–123
12	16 Jul 1914^[12]	Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	Innings and 48 runs	J Horsley 6–77; Drake 5–6
13	24 Jul 1914^[13]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton	Lost	Innings and 3 runs	Thompson 6–52 and 5–80; J Horsley 5–77
14	30 Jul 1914^[14]	Somerset County Ground, Taunton	Lost	6 wickets	Robson 7–32 and 7–64; SWA Cadman 6–27
15	3 Aug 1914^[15]	Essex County Ground, Derby	Lost	Innings and 131 runs	A Morton 6–95; Johnny Douglas 6–21; Tremlin 6–43
16	6 Aug 1914^[16]	Leicestershire Aylestone Road, Leicester	Drawn		Brown 7–51 and 5–78
17	10 Aug 1914^[17]	Warwickshire County Ground, Derby	Lost	6 wickets	Foster 5–47; Santall 5–66; AG Slater 6–51
18	13 Aug 1914^[18]	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^[19]	Leicestershire The Town Ground, Burton-on-Trent	Won	6 wickets	Wood 147; J Horsley 6–17
20	29 Aug 1914^[20]	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 20 38 1023 96 27.64 0 3 5 137 67 27.40 0 20 38 830 119* 23.05 1 9 16 354 88 22.12 0 19 36 780 124 21.66 1 20 38 757 99 19.92 0 18 31 565 86 18.83 0 13 25 388 45 16.16 0 16 30 428 70 15.85 0 19 33 389 35 12.96 0 15 28 210 46* 12.35 0 7 13 112 47 11.20 0 13 22 167 55 11.13 0 11 21 231 66 11.00 0 3 6 44 25 8.80 0 1 2 16 9 8.00 0 7 12 44 10* 6.28 0 3 5 23 13 4.60 0 2 4 8 5* 4.00 0 1 1 31 31* 0 1 1 0 0 0.00 0^[21] County Championship bowling averages Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average 3739 1405 70 7–89 20.07 2864 1264 69 6–19 18.31 1921 915 56 6–17 16.33 3229 1298 50 6–95 25.96 2252 985 44 6–27 22.38 494 238 8 4–51 29.75 366 144 7 3–5 20.57 30 20 1 1–15 20.00 L Oliver 58 44 1 1–19 44.00 102 83 1 1–42 83.00 24 6 0 18 6 0 24 18 0 96 47 0^[22] Wicket Keeping Joe Humphries – Catches 21, Stumping 7 See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1914 English cricket season References

Notes and References

1. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/9/9239.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Worcestershire 9 May 1914
2. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/9/9253.html Cricket Archive – Lancashire v Derbyshire 16 May 1914
3. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/9/9263.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 23 May 1914
4. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/9/9270.html Cricket Archive – Hampshire v Derbyshire 27 May 1914
5. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/9/9278.html Cricket Archive – Essex v Derbyshire 1 Jun 1914
6. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/9/9299.html Cricket Archive – Yorkshire v Derbyshire 8 Jun 1914
7. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/9/9305.html Cricket Archive – Warwickshire v Derbyshire 11 Jun 1914
8. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/9/9319.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 20 Jun 1914
9. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/9/9332.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Somerset 27 Jun 1914
10. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/9/9348.html Cricket Archive -Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 4 Jul 1914
11. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/9/9360.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Lancashire 11 Jul 1914
12. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/9/9365.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Yorkshire 16 Jul 1914
13. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/9/9385.html Cricket Archive – Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 24 Jul 1914
14. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/9/9394.html Cricket Archive – Somerset v Derbyshire 30 Jul 1914
15. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/9/9397.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Essex 3 Aug 1914
16. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/9/9407.html Cricket Archive -Leicestershire v Derbyshire 6 Aug 1914
17. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/9/9412.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Warwickshire 10 Aug 1914
18. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/9/9420.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Hampshire 13 Aug 1914
19. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/9/9427.html Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Leicestershire 17 Aug 1914
20. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/9/9450.html Cricket Archive – Worcestershire v Derbyshire 29 Aug 1914
21. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/County_Championship_1914/Derbyshire_Batting.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire batting 1914
22. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/County_Championship_1914/Derbyshire_Bowling.html Cricket Archive Derbyshire bowling in 1914