Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1885 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for fourteen years. They won three first class matches out of eleven.

1885 season

Derbyshire played ten county matches, two each against Hampshire, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire, Surrey and Yorkshire and one against MCC. Edmund Maynard was in his first season as captain. Frank Sugg was top scorer. William Cropper and Frank Shacklock shared most wickets with 35 each.

William Eadie who made his debut in the season went on to play regularly for the club until 1899. Edwin Coup also made his debut and played several games over three seasons. Francis Dixon and Thomas Selby each played their one career match for Derbyshire during the season.

Derbyshire lost their two leading bowlers in the season. William Mycroft had joined in 1873 and had chalked up impressive bowling figures with his fast left arm action. Frank Shacklock had joined Derbyshire in the 1884 season and also achieved impressive figures, but returned to Nottinghamshire for the 1886 season. James Stubbings who had joined in 1880 played his last first class game in the season although he continued to appear for Derbyshire in non first class matches.

Matches

List of first class matchesNo.DateVResult MarginNotes1 28 May 1885Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Surrey 28 May 1885 Surrey County Ground, Derby Lost Innings and 62 runs W Read 123; FJ Shacklock 5-71; J Beaumont 5-25 204 Jun 1885Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire 04 Jun 1885 Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester Won 73 runs A Watson 6-28; J Crossland 5-89 3 08 Jun 1885Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire 08 Jun 1885 Yorkshire Fartown, Huddersfield Lost Innings and 6 runs T Peate 5-26 and 5–19; W Cropper 6-45; T Emmett 5-34 415 Jun 1885Cricket Archive - Marylebone Cricket Club v Derbyshire 15 Jun 1885 MCC Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood Lost Innings and 17 runs5 25 Jun 1885Cricket Archive - Hampshire v Derbyshire 25 Jun 1885 Hampshire County Ground, SouthamptonWon Innings and 243 runs FH Sugg 187; FJ Shacklock 5-51; W Cropper 7-25 6 03 Aug 1885Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire 03 Aug 1885 Lancashire County Ground, Derby Lost 10 wickets A Watson 7-38; W Hall 6-47; J Briggs 9-29 7 06 Aug 1885Cricket Archive - Surrey v Derbyshire 06 Aug 1885 Surrey Kennington Oval Lost Innings and 50 runs W Read 109; WE Roller 5-34 8 10 Aug 1885Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire 10 Aug 1885 Yorkshire County Ground, Derby Drawn FJ Shacklock 8-45 and 5-979 13 Aug 1885Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Hampshire 13 Aug 1885 HampshireCounty Ground, Derby Won 7 wickets H.H Armstrong 7-33; W Chatterton 5-131024 Aug 1885Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 24 Aug 1885 Nottinghamshire County Ground, Derby Lost Innings and 250 runs A Shrewsbury 118; W Flowers 173; GG Walker 7–105; B Barnes 7-40 and 6-5411 31 Aug 1885Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 31 Aug 1885 Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham Drawn GG Walker 5-87

List of other matchesNo.DateVResult MarginNotes118 Jun 1885 Cricket Archive - Staffordshire v Derbyshire 18 Jun 1885 Staffordshire County Ground, Stoke-on-Trent Won 92 runs2 03 Jul 1885Cricket Archive - Cheshire v Derbyshire 03 Jul 1885 Cheshire Cale Green, Stockport Drawn 3 06 Jul 1885 Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Essex 06 Jul 1885 Essex County Ground, DerbyLost 62 runs 4 17 Jul 1885 Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Staffordshire 17 Jul 1885 Staffordshire County Ground, Derby Drawn 520 Jul 1885 Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Cheshire 20 Jul 1885 Cheshire Park Road Ground, Buxton Won 178 runs

Statistics First-class batting averages Name Am/Pro Age Hand Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100sE Coup A 24 L 1 2 32 32* 32.00 0 FH Sugg P 23 R 10 19 462 187 27.17 1 William Chatterton P 23 R 13 (11) 24 (21) 485 (459) 62 23.09 0 W Cropper 22 R 11 21 343 80 18.05 0 WS Eadie A 20 R 10 19 282 62 16.58 0 GG Walker A 24 L 8 15 183 48 15.25 0 LC Docker A 25 R 10 18 255 41 14.16 0 W Hall A 25 R 7 10 117 43 13.00 0 H Slater 30 R 1 2 11 11 11.00 0 WW Wood-Sims A 27 R 11 19 206 46 10.84 0 EAJ Maynard A 24 R 8 13 124 38 9.53 0 W Mycroft P 44 R 7 (3) 12 (6) 52 (33) 16 8.66 0 JD Chatterton 18 R 2 4 34 16 8.50 0 F Dixon A 30 R 1 2 15 15 7.50 0 FJ Shacklock P 23 R 9 16 116 30 7.25 0 J Marlow 30 R 4 7 29 17 4.83 0 T Mycroft P 37 L 1 2 9 9 4.50 0 JJ Disney P 25 R 11 18 56 14 4.30 0 J Stubbings P 29 R 1 2 8 8 4.00 0 TG Selby A 34 R 1 2 3 2 1.50 0

W Mycroft played several games for MCC. Chatterton played two matches for scratch sides against the Australians.

Leading first-class batsmen for Derbyshire by runs scored Name Mat Inns Runs HS Ave 100 FH Sugg 10 19 462 187 27.17 1 William Chatterton 11 21 459 62 21.86 (a) 0 W Cropper 11 21 343 80 18.05 0 WS Eadie 10 19 282 62 16.58 0 LC Docker 10 18 255 41 14.16 0 (a) Figures adjusted for non Derbyshire matches

First-class bowling averages Name Hand Balls Runs Wickets BB Average W Cropper L M 1349 514 35 7-25 14.68 FJ Shacklock R F 1189 569 35 8-45 16.25 W Mycroft L F 1298 480 (218) 27 (9) 8-45 (4-97) 17.77 William Chatterton R Sl 1104 411 25 5-13 16.44 GG Walker L F & Sl 896 414 19 7-105 21.78 W Hall R M 589 308 12 6-47 25.66 J Marlow R M 488 190 5 3-82 38.00 H Slater R M 140 44 1 1-44 44.00 WW Wood-Sims 96 33 1 1-16 33.00 J Stubbings R F 40 29 1 1-29 29.00 FH Sugg R Under 24 14 0 T Mycroft R M 4 5 0 WS Eadie 8 13 0 TG Selby R F 16 7 0 0-7

Leading first class bowlers for Derbyshire by wickets taken Name Balls Runs Wkts BBI Ave W Cropper 1349 514 35 7-25 14.68 FJ Shacklock 1189 569 35 8-45 16.25 William Chatterton 1104 411 25 5-13 16.44 GG Walker 896 414 19 7-105 21.78

Wicket keeping James Disney Catches 18 Stumping 2

See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1885 English cricket season

References

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