Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1906 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for thirty five years. It was their twelfth season in the County Championship and they finished bottom of the table having won two matches in the County Championship.
1906 season
Derbyshire played 20 games in the County Championship, one match against the touring West Indians and one against MCC.
Levi Wright was in his first season as captain. Wright was top scorer, although Maynard Ashcroft had a better average and scored two centuries. Billy Bestwick took most wickets with 111 .
Reginald Rickman, a future captain, made his debut and also Henry Purdy and Frederick Bracey who played several seasons. Thomas Hallam and Norman Todd appeared in 1906 and one more season each.
Matches
List of matchesNo.DateVResult MarginNotes110 May 1906Marylebone Cricket Club v Derbyshire 10 May 1906MCC Lost5 wickets 2 21 May 1906Derbyshire v Lancashire 21 May 1906Lancashire Lost103 runs 3 24 May 1906Leicestershire v Derbyshire 24 May 1906 Leicestershire Lost252 runs 4 28 May 1906Sussex v Derbyshire 28 May 1906 Sussex Lost88 runs 5 31 May 1906Essex v Derbyshire 31 May 1906 Essex Lost209 runs 6 04 Jun 1906Hampshire v Derbyshire 04 Jun 1906HampshireLost147 runs 7 07 Jun 1906Derbyshire v Yorkshire 07 Jun 1906Yorkshire Lost33 runs 8 11 Jun 1906Derbyshire v Leicestershire 11 Jun 1906 Leicestershire WonInnings and 50 runs 9 18 Jun 1906Derbyshire v Warwickshire 18 Jun 1906 Warwickshire LostInnings and 16 runs 10 25 Jun 1906Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 25 Jun 1906 Nottinghamshire Lost10 wickets 11 28 Jun 1906Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 28 Jun 1906 Northamptonshire Lost10 wickets 12 02 Jul 1906Derbyshire v Surrey 02 Jul 1906Surrey Lost10 wickets 13 05 Jul 1906Derbyshire v Sussex 05 Jul 1906 Sussex Won5 wickets 14 12 Jul 1906Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 12 Jul 1906 Nottinghamshire Lost5 wickets 15 16 Jul 1906Yorkshire v Derbyshire 16 Jul 1906Yorkshire Lost10 wickets 16 19 Jul 1906Derbyshire v West Indians 19 Jul 1906West IndiansWon6 wickets 17 06 Aug 1906Derbyshire v Hampshire 06 Aug 1906Hampshire Lost160 runs 18 09 Aug 1906Warwickshire v Derbyshire 09 Aug 1906 Warwickshire Drawn19 13 Aug 1906Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 13 Aug 1906Northamptonshire LostInnings and 85 runs 2020 Aug 1906Derbyshire v Essex 20 Aug 1906 Essex Lost6 wickets 21 23 Aug 1906Lancashire v Derbyshire 23 Aug 1906Lancashire LostInnings and 84 runs 22 27 Aug 1906Surrey v Derbyshire 27 Aug 1906SurreyLost10 wickets
Statistics
County Championship batting averages Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100sEM Ashcroft 14 27 886 118 34.07 2 LG Wright 20 39 929 96 24.44 0CA Ollivierre 14 27 655 157 24.25 1E Needham 16 31 687 75 22.90 0GM Buckston 8 16 326 96 20.37 0J Humphries 20 39 565 68 19.48 0SWA Cadman 20 39 692 94 18.70 0A Morton 18 34 580 77 18.70 0AE Lawton 2 4 62 52 15.50 0TH Hallam 6 12 180 68 15.00 0H Cooper 2 4 45 23 15.00 0A Warren 19 37 490 52 14.00 0JH Purdy 1 2 11 9* 11.00 0FC Hunter 9 15 160 51 10.66 0GG Walkden 1 1 8 8 8.00 0FC Bracey 3 6 39 28 7.80 0RB Rickman11 21 148 31 7.78 0W Ellis 1 2 13 10 6.50 0GR Gregory 1 2 13 11 6.50 0W Bestwick 19 35 127 21 6.35 0HF Purdy 8 16 100 21 6.25 0F Webster 1 2 11 10 5.50 0JA McDonald 2 4 21 19 5.25 0AP Boissier 1 2 7 4 3.50 0A Hogg 2 4 4 4 1.00 0ND Todd 1 2 0 0 0.00 0Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 1906
County Championship bowling averages Name Balls Runs Wickets BB AverageW Bestwick 4489 2019 111 7-49 18.18A Warren 3780 2249 83 6-82 27.09SWA Cadman 3358 1536 40 4-80 38.40HF Purdy 1037 445 20 6-84 22.25RB Rickman907 432 15 3-16 28.80A Morton 900 516 12 4-37 43.00FC Hunter 170 148 4 2-18 37.00FC Bracey 187 134 3 3-49 44.66EM Ashcroft 270 166 3 2-12 55.33JH Purdy 48 30 1 1-30 30.00F Webster 126 65 1 1-65 65.00AE Lawton 72 41 0W Ellis 42 15 0GR Gregory 6 0 0CA Ollivierre 5 8 0J Humphries 4 4 0Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 1906
Wicket Keeper
J Humphries Catches 61 Stumping 6
See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1906 English cricket season
References