Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1883 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for twelve years. They won two first class matches out of ten.
1883 season
Derbyshire played two county matches each against Lancashire, Yorkshire, Surrey and Sussex, and two against MCC. They won two of their matches and lost six. Robert Smith was captain for his eighth and last season. In a sparse season without any centuries, Wallis Evershed was top scorer and William Cropper James Brelsford shared the most wickets.
There were no long term additions to the team but George Earl, Joseph Needham, George Yates and Percy Exham made their only career appearances and Thomas Evans made his two career appearances for Derbyshire during the season. The season also saw the last appearances of John Richardson who had been a steady bowler since 1878 and George Osborne who had played since 1879.
Matches
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" ! colspan=6 | List of first class matches |- !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes
|1 | 17 May 1883Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire 17 May 1883 | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | Innings and 160 runs | George Nash 5-24; RG Barlow 5-20
|2 | 21 May 1883 Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Surrey 21 May 1883 | Surrey County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 51 runs | ED Barratt 5-25 and 7-76; J Brelsford 5-31
|3 | 31 May 1883 Cricket Archive - Marylebone Cricket Club v Derbyshire 31 May 1883 | MCC Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | Innings and 29 runs | W Flowers 131 and 6-44; A Rylott 5-53
|4 | 25 Jun 1883 Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire 25 Jun 1883 | Lancashire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | Innings and 78 runs | A Watson 6-40 and 6-27
|5 |09 Jul 1883 Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Marylebone Cricket Club 09 Jul 1883 | MCC County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | SH Evershed 5–19; GG Hearne 5-49; W Cropper 5-25
|6 | 19 Jul 1883 Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire 19 Jul 1883 | Yorkshire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | W Chatterton 5-61
|7 | 30 Jul 1883 Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Sussex 30 Jul 1883 | Sussex County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | Innings and 68 runs | JB Hide 5-34
|8 | 06 Aug 1883 Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire 06 Aug 1883 | YorkshireBramall Lane, Sheffield |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | Innings and 3 runs | W Chatterton 6-64; E Peate 5-36
|9 | 30 Aug 1883 Cricket Archive - Surrey v Derbyshire 30 Aug 1883 | Surrey Kennington Oval |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 6 wickets | ED Barratt 5-50
|10 | 03 Sep 1883 Cricket Archive - Sussex v Derbyshire 03 Sep 1883 | Sussex County Ground, Hove |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 29 runs | J Marlow 6-27
List of other matchesNo.DateVResult MarginNotes1 03 Aug 1883 Uppingham Rovers County Ground, Derby Unknown
Statistics First-class batting averages Name AM/Pro Age H Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s T Evans A 25 R 2 4 78 35 19.50 0 R P Smith A 34 R 7 14 245 45 17.50 0 LC Docker A 23 R 9 16 276 52 17.25 0 W Evershed A 30 R 10 19 317 92 16.68 0 T Foster P 35 R 7 13 212 81 16.30 0 J T B D Platts P 34 L 11 20 311 55 15.55 0 J Marlow 28 R 5 9 89 23 14.83 0 EAJ Maynard A 22 R 8 14 189 84 14.53 0 GG Walker A 22 L 2 4 40 23 13.33 0 PG Exham A 23 R 1 1 12 12 12.00 0 W Cropper 20 R 10 17 177 51 10.41 0 J Needham A 21 R 1 2 9 6* 9.00 0 J Richardson 26 R 5 10 51 17 7.28 0 JJ Disney P 23 R 9 16 65 11* 7.22 0 SH Evershed A 22 R 3 6 34 21 6.80 0 J Brelsford A 27 R 7 12 48 16 4.36 0 GB Earl 23 R 1 1 4 4 4.00 0 G Osborne P ? ? 1 2 7 5 3.50 0 W Mycroft P 42 R 4 7 16 9 3.20 0 JM Clayton A 25 R 1 2 3 2 1.50 0 LG Wright A 21 R 1 2 2 2 1.00 0 G Yates 24 R 1 1 0 0 0.00 0 W Chatterton P 21 R 10 G Hay A 32 R 1 0
First-class bowling averages Name Hand Balls Runs Wickets BB Average W Cropper L M 1069 435 24 5-25 18.12 J Brelsford RM 1045463 24 5-31 19.29 J Marlow RM 948 336 17 6-27 19.76 W Chatterton R S 896 319 16 6-64 19.93 J Richardson R F 510 237 11 4-47 21.54 W Mycroft L F 537 241 10 4-44 24.10 LC Docker R MF 220 122 6 3-38 20.33 SH Evershed RM 134 51 5 5-19 10.20 GG Walker L F & Sl 292 90 5 3-38 18.00 T Foster R round-arm F 104 71 5 2-18 14.20 W Evershed RM 27 8 3 3-8 2.66 T Evans R Sl 260 91 3 1-22 30.33 J T B D Platts R F 584 258 2 1-22 129.00 G Hay R round-arm F 12 18 1 1-18 18.00 G Yates R round-arm12 9 0 0-9 JM Clayton R M 16 11 0
Wicket keeping James Disney Catches 10, Stumping 0
See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1883 English cricket season
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