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Derbyshire 1905 cricket statistics and records

Derbyshire in County Championship: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover County Championship 1905; Tests are excluded.

LG Wright leads the displayed batting table with 1,651 runs. W Bestwick leads the bowling table with 100 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 20
Recorded players: 28
Wins: 3
Recorded venues: 13

Selected season match starts: 1905-05-15 to 1905-08-21. Player counts cover recorded batting or bowling innings, not a registered squad. Latest update among the displayed statistics and match source rows: 2026-05-26.

County Championship standings · 1905

League table for 1905. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

Single Division

County Championship 1905 Single Division standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
1	Yorkshire	28	18	3	7	15
2	Lancashire	26	12	3	10	9
3	Sussex	28	13	4	11	9
4	Surrey	28	14	6	6	8
5	Leicestershire	22	8	5	9	3
6	Kent	22	10	7	4	3
7	Warwickshire	22	5	4	13	1
8	Gloucestershire	18	8	8	2	0
9	Worcestershire	18	5	5	8	0
10	Nottinghamshire	20	6	7	7	-1
11	Middlesex	18	4	7	7	-3
12	Essex	20	3	10	7	-7
13	Northamptonshire	12	2	8	2	-6
14	Derbyshire	20	3	14	3	-11
15	Somerset	18	1	10	7	-9
16	Hampshire	20	1	12	7	-11

Points are the recorded competition points, including any recorded bonuses or deductions. Source-table update: 2026-09-28.

Source table notes

Source:[1]

Recorded table source 1

Season leaders · County Championship 1905

Figures earned for Derbyshire only. Top five by recorded total; equal totals are ordered by player ID. Cross-year editions retain their full season.

Leading run scorers

Derbyshire County Championship 1905 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
LG Wright	20	1,651
EM Ashcroft	16	838
AE Lawton	14	740
CA Ollivierre	20	700
SWA Cadman	19	690

Recorded innings through 1905-08-21. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Derbyshire County Championship 1905 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
W Bestwick	19	100
A Warren	19	77
SWA Cadman	19	50
A Morton	16	29
W Storer	8	12

Recorded innings through 1905-08-21. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1905

All recorded players for Derbyshire in this competition and season. Ordered by runs or wickets, then player ID for ties. Figures include only recorded innings.

Batting · 28 players

Derbyshire 1905 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
LG Wright	Derbyshire	20	38	0	1,651	195	43.45	—	10	4
EM Ashcroft	Derbyshire	16	30	2	838	145	29.93	—	8	1
AE Lawton	Derbyshire	14	27	0	740	112	27.41	—	1	2
CA Ollivierre	Derbyshire	20	38	1	700	93	18.92	—	3	0
SWA Cadman	Derbyshire	19	36	2	690	63	20.29	—	2	0
A Warren	Derbyshire	19	36	3	482	49*	14.61	—	0	0
A Morton	Derbyshire	17	32	3	419	73	14.45	—	2	0
FC Hunter	Derbyshire	12	22	3	242	50*	12.74	—	1	0
J Humphries	Derbyshire	20	38	15	234	22	10.17	—	0	0
HF Wright	Derbyshire	6	11	1	202	55	20.20	—	1	0
G Curgenven	Derbyshire	4	7	0	139	47	19.86	—	0	0
W Storer	Derbyshire	8	16	1	120	31	8.00	—	0	0
W Bestwick	Derbyshire	19	36	6	104	20	3.47	—	0	0
E Needham	Derbyshire	3	6	0	85	33	14.17	—	0	0
GR Sparrow	Derbyshire	2	4	0	75	64	18.75	—	1	0
GG Walkden	Derbyshire	4	8	0	51	27	6.38	—	0	0
I Dearnaley	Derbyshire	2	4	0	46	34	11.50	—	0	0
JA McDonald	Derbyshire	1	2	0	36	21	18.00	—	0	0
G Maltby	Derbyshire	3	6	1	22	7*	4.40	—	0	0
J Cupitt	Derbyshire	2	4	2	19	13	9.50	—	0	0
GM Buckston	Derbyshire	1	1	0	13	13	13.00	—	0	0
WT Taylor	Derbyshire	1	2	0	11	9	5.50	—	0	0
W Peach	Derbyshire	1	2	0	10	10	5.00	—	0	0
J Wright	Derbyshire	1	2	0	6	6	3.00	—	0	0
W Bagguley	Derbyshire	1	2	0	5	5	2.50	—	0	0
O Burton	Derbyshire	2	4	2	3	2*	1.50	—	0	0
A Hogg	Derbyshire	1	2	0	1	1	0.50	—	0	0
H Cooper	Derbyshire	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0

Bowling · 15 players

Derbyshire 1905 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
W Bestwick	Derbyshire	19	34	4,142	150	2,020	100	20.20	41.42	2.93	10	7/108
A Warren	Derbyshire	19	33	3,557	102	1,982	77	25.74	46.19	3.34	5	7/57
SWA Cadman	Derbyshire	19	29	2,528	112	1,093	50	21.86	50.56	2.59	4	6/27
A Morton	Derbyshire	16	22	1,483	57	652	29	22.48	51.14	2.64	0	4/11
W Storer	Derbyshire	8	13	525	5	383	12	31.92	43.75	4.38	0	3/74
AE Lawton	Derbyshire	12	15	469	14	301	11	27.36	42.64	3.85	0	3/19
FC Hunter	Derbyshire	12	16	678	14	408	9	45.33	75.33	3.61	0	2/21
CA Ollivierre	Derbyshire	4	5	354	13	186	8	23.25	44.25	3.15	0	3/34
W Peach	Derbyshire	1	1	64	2	46	4	11.50	16.00	4.31	0	4/46
O Burton	Derbyshire	2	2	141	1	101	3	33.67	47.00	4.30	0	2/67
J Cupitt	Derbyshire	2	3	450	29	145	3	48.33	150.00	1.93	0	2/24
G Curgenven	Derbyshire	3	3	198	8	99	1	99.00	198.00	3.00	0	1/34
EM Ashcroft	Derbyshire	4	4	126	2	113	0	—	—	5.38	0	0/3
G Maltby	Derbyshire	1	1	30	1	20	0	—	—	4.00	0	0/20
WT Taylor	Derbyshire	1	1	24	0	15	0	—	—	3.75	0	0/15

Statistics definitions and missing data

Mat = matches with a recorded innings in that discipline; Inns = recorded innings; NO = not out; HS = highest innings (* means not out). Batting Avg = runs per dismissal; batting SR = runs per 100 balls. 50s excludes centuries; 100s includes all scores of 100 or more.

Bowling Runs excludes byes and leg byes where the source does. Avg = runs conceded per wicket; SR = balls per wicket; Econ = runs per six balls, including historical seasons with different over lengths. 5W = innings with at least five wickets; BBI = best innings, by wickets then fewer runs conceded. Balls are deliveries, not decimal overs.

— means unavailable or undefined, including a zero denominator. Rates requiring balls are omitted if any innings is missing its ball count. Historical boundary and ball counts may be incomplete. Tests and figures for other teams or competitions are excluded. Full methodology

Team season summary

Match outcomes and team scorecards for 1905. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Derbyshire 1905 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Derbyshire	20	3	14	3	0	7,276	354	20.55	403	7,966	312	25.53

Team runs include extras; wickets include dismissals not credited to a bowler, so these totals can differ from the player tables. Bat avg = team runs per wicket lost; Bowl avg = opposition runs per wicket taken. Other includes ties, abandoned games and unavailable results. Totals cover available scorecards only.

Recent recorded matches · 1905

Latest 12 of 20 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1905-08-21 to 1905-08-22 · County Ground, Derby

Derbyshire: 173 & 198
Nottinghamshire: 329 & 43/4

Nottinghamshire won by 6 wickets

1905-08-17 to 1905-08-19 · Old Trafford, Manchester

Lancashire: 339
Derbyshire: 387/9d & 101/6

Match drawn

1905-08-14 to 1905-08-16 · County Ground, Derby

Derbyshire: 207 & 363
Surrey: 550 & 21/1

Surrey won by 9 wickets

1905-08-10 to 1905-08-11 · County Ground, Hove

Sussex: 280
Derbyshire: 146 & 93

Sussex won by an innings and 41 runs

1905-08-07 to 1905-08-09 · County Ground, Derby

Derbyshire: 268 & 151/6
Hampshire: 258 & 197

Match drawn

1905-08-01 to 1905-08-31 · County Ground, Derby

Derbyshire: 403
Warwickshire: 160 & 123

Derbyshire won by an innings and 120 runs

1905-07-27 to 1905-07-29 · Aylestone Road, Leicester

Leicestershire: 175 & 191
Derbyshire: 130 & 149

Leicestershire won by 87 runs

1905-07-24 to 1905-07-26 · Edgbaston, Birmingham

Warwickshire: 410 & 125/3
Derbyshire: 336 & 197

Warwickshire won by 7 wickets

1905-07-20 to 1905-07-21 · County Ground, Derby

Derbyshire: 375
Northamptonshire: 52 & 273

Derbyshire won by an innings and 50 runs

1905-07-06 to 1905-07-08 · Trent Bridge, Nottingham

Nottinghamshire: 304 & 91/2
Derbyshire: 248 & 146

Nottinghamshire won by 8 wickets

1905-07-03 to 1905-07-04 · Queen's Park, Chesterfield

Derbyshire: 36 & 80
Leicestershire: 251

Leicestershire won by an innings and 135 runs

1905-06-26 to 1905-06-28 · North Road, Glossop

Derbyshire: 237 & 150
Essex: 271 & 117/3

Essex won by 7 wickets

Recorded venues

Derbyshire 1905 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
County Ground, Derby	8
Aylestone Road, Leicester	1
County Ground, Hove	1
County Ground, Leyton	1
County Ground, Northampton	1
County Ground, Southampton	1
Edgbaston, Birmingham	1
Kennington Oval, Kennington	1
North Road, Glossop	1
Old Trafford, Manchester	1
Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford	1
Queen's Park, Chesterfield	1
Trent Bridge, Nottingham	1

Venue names follow the match catalogue; renamed grounds may appear separately.

Season innings records

Highest individual innings and best bowling innings in County Championship 1905 for Derbyshire, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

County Championship 1905 batting innings records for Derbyshire
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
LG Wright	195	Northamptonshire	1905-07-20
LG Wright	176	Warwickshire	1905-07-24
LG Wright	149	Sussex	1905-06-01
EM Ashcroft	145	Surrey	1905-08-14
LG Wright	122	Warwickshire	1905-07-24

Best bowling innings

County Championship 1905 bowling innings records for Derbyshire
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
A Warren	7/57	Yorkshire	1905-06-15
W Bestwick	7/108	Northamptonshire	1905-07-20
SWA Cadman	6/27	Lancashire	1905-05-18
W Bestwick	6/39	Essex	1905-06-26
SWA Cadman	6/46	Warwickshire	1905-08-01

* means not out. Batting sorts by runs; bowling sorts by wickets, then fewer runs conceded. Ties then use earlier match date and source row ID. Five rows are shown, so equal performances may extend beyond the cutoff. Matches count distinct recorded matches in each discipline.

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Competitions and other teams

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Recorded coverage

The full historical range below is from the match catalogue for Derbyshire in County Championship. The selected season range is shown above. These can differ from innings-table coverage and do not establish a complete historical record.

Recorded match dates: 1895-05-13 to 2026-09-24. Date spans do not imply complete coverage. Career aggregates may cover a different set of matches.

Displayed source rows last updated: unavailable. Figures retrieved: 2026-10-01. This is not a live score feed.

Source: Redball’s recorded statistics. Methodology, definitions and coverage.

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Season overview

County Championship standings · 1905

Single Division

Season leaders · County Championship 1905

Leading run scorers

Leading wicket takers

Player statistics · 1905

Batting · 28 players

Bowling · 15 players

Team season summary

Recent recorded matches · 1905

Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire

Lancashire v Derbyshire

Derbyshire v Surrey

Sussex v Derbyshire

Derbyshire v Hampshire

Derbyshire v Warwickshire

Leicestershire v Derbyshire

Warwickshire v Derbyshire

Derbyshire v Northamptonshire

Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire

Derbyshire v Leicestershire

Derbyshire v Essex