Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1914

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

{| class="wikitable" width="100%" ! colspan=6 | List of matches |- !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes

|1 | 9 May 1914Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Worcestershire 9 May 1914 | Worcestershire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won |Innings and 158 runs | AG Slater 6–19 and 5–24 |- |2 | 16 May 1914Cricket Archive – Lancashire v Derbyshire 16 May 1914 | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |35 runs | Sharp 105; T Forrester 5–47 and 5–83 |- |3 |23 May 1914Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 23 May 1914 | Nottinghamshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won |5 runs | Wass 6–86 and 7–91 |- |4 |27 May 1914Cricket Archive – Hampshire v Derbyshire 27 May 1914 | Hampshire May's Bounty, Basingstoke |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |8 wickets | AG Slater 99; Greig 100; Jacques 8–67 and 6–38; SWA Cadman 6–94 |- |5 |1 Jun 1914Cricket Archive – Essex v Derbyshire 1 Jun 1914 | Essex County Ground, Leyton |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |145 runs | T Forrester 7–89 and 7–124; Johnny Douglas 6–77 and 6–73 |- |6 |8 Jun 1914Cricket Archive – Yorkshire v Derbyshire 8 Jun 1914 | Yorkshire Headingley, Leeds |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |Innings and 5 runs | Wilson 101; SWA Cadman 5–69; W Rhodes 7–19 |- |7 |11 Jun 1914Cricket Archive – Warwickshire v Derbyshire 11 Jun 1914 | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |125 runs | F Foster 6–18; A Morton 5–26; Howell 6–31 |- |8 |20 Jun 1914Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 20 Jun 1914 | Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | L Oliver 124; Denton 102; Haywood 100 |- |9 |27 Jun 1914Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Somerset 27 Jun 1914 | Somerset Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won |167 runs | White 5–61; J Horsley 5–32 |- |10 |4 Jul 1914Cricket Archive -Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 4 Jul 1914 | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |152 runs | Payton 104; Barratt 5–54 and 5–68 |- |11 |11 Jul 1914Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Lancashire 11 Jul 1914 | Lancashire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Bullough 5–123 |- |12 |16 Jul 1914Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Yorkshire 16 Jul 1914 | Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |Innings and 48 runs | J Horsley 6–77; Drake 5–6 |- |13 |24 Jul 1914Cricket Archive – Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 24 Jul 1914 | Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |Innings and 3 runs | Thompson 6–52 and 5–80; J Horsley 5–77 |- |14 |30 Jul 1914Cricket Archive – Somerset v Derbyshire 30 Jul 1914 | SomersetCounty Ground, Taunton |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |6 wickets | Robson 7–32 and 7–64; SWA Cadman 6–27 |- |15 |3 Aug 1914Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Essex 3 Aug 1914 | Essex County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |Innings and 131 runs | A Morton 6–95; Johnny Douglas 6–21; Tremlin 6–43 |- |16 |6 Aug 1914Cricket Archive -Leicestershire v Derbyshire 6 Aug 1914 | Leicestershire Aylestone Road, Leicester |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Brown 7–51 and 5–78 |- |17 |10 Aug 1914Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Warwickshire 10 Aug 1914 | Warwickshire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |6 wickets | Foster 5–47; Santall 5–66; AG Slater 6–51 |- |18 |13 Aug 1914Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Hampshire 13 Aug 1914 | Hampshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |15 runs | A Morton 5–31; Kennedy 5–71; AG Slater 5–89; Newman 7–64 |- |19 |17 Aug 1914Cricket Archive – Derbyshire v Leicestershire 17 Aug 1914 | Leicestershire The Town Ground, Burton-on-Trent |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won |6 wickets | Wood 147; J Horsley 6–17 |- |20 |29 Aug 1914Cricket Archive – Worcestershire v Derbyshire 29 Aug 1914 | WorcestershireCounty Ground, New Road, Worcester |bgcolor="#00FF00"|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 A Morton 20 38 1023 96 27.64 0 NM Hughes-Hallett 3 5 137 67 27.40 0 SWA Cadman 20 38 830 119* 23.05 1 J Chapman 9 16 354 88 22.12 0 L Oliver 19 36 780 124 21.66 1 AG Slater 20 38 757 99 19.92 0 G Curgenven 18 31 565 86 18.83 0 G Beet 13 25 388 45 16.16 0 J Bowden 16 30 428 70 15.85 0 T Forrester 19 33 389 35 12.96 0 J Humphries 15 28 210 46* 12.35 0 H Wild 7 13 112 47 11.20 0 J Horsley 13 22 167 55 11.13 0 RRC Baggallay 11 21 231 66 11.00 0 CF Root 3 6 44 25 8.80 0 GL Jackson 1 2 16 9 8.00 0 FC Bracey 7 12 44 10* 6.28 0 CNB Hurt 3 5 23 13 4.60 0 J Gladwin 2 4 8 5* 4.00 0 W Reader-Blackton 1 1 31 31* 0 GF Bell 1 1 0 0 0.00 0Cricket Archive Derbyshire batting 1914

County Championship bowling averages Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average T Forrester 3739 1405 70 7–89 20.07 AG Slater 2864 1264 69 6–19 18.31 J Horsley 1921 915 56 6–17 16.33 A Morton 3229 1298 50 6–95 25.96 SWA Cadman 2252 985 44 6–27 22.38 CF Root 494 238 8 4–51 29.75 FC Bracey 366 144 7 3–5 20.57 J Gladwin 30 20 1 1–15 20.00 L Oliver 58 44 1 1–19 44.00 J Chapman 102 83 1 1–42 83.00 G Curgenven 24 6 0 CNB Hurt 18 6 0 G Beet 24 18 0 H Wild 96 47 0Cricket Archive Derbyshire bowling in 1914

Wicket Keeping Joe Humphries – Catches 21, Stumping 7

See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1914 English cricket season

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