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The formation of Derbyshire County Cricket Club took place on 4 November 1870 at a meeting in the Guildhall, Derby. The Earl of Chesterfield, who had played for and against All-England, was the first President, G. H. Strutt was vice-president and Walter Boden, who had campaigned for the club's foundation for three years, was secretary.
Derbyshire played their first matches in 1871. For the first three years their only opponents were Lancashire. When Kent joined in 1874, by a quirk of scoring which was based on games lost, they were County Champion. The club was bedevilled by financial problems, and in 1888 the sporting press decided no longer to accord them first-class status.
B. ^ The Derbyshire Cricket Board played one List A match at the Town Ground in 2000. The Derbyshire Cricket Board is a separate organisation from Derbyshire County Cricket Club and its matches are not included in the totals. [52] C. ^ Minor Counties North played one List A match at Tean Road in 1973. The match was against Derbyshire, but Minor ...
The County Cricket Ground (usually shortened to the County Ground, also known as the Racecourse Ground; currently the Incora County Ground due to sponsorship) is a cricket ground in Derby, England. It has been the home of Derbyshire County Cricket Club since 1871.
Derby Guildhall. Derbyshire CCC was formed for the county of Derbyshire on 4 November 1870 at a meeting in the Derby Guildhall.The Earl of Chesterfield who had played for and against All England Eleven was the first President, George Henry Strutt was vice president and Walter Boden, who had campaigned for the club's foundation for three years, was secretary.
The club was founded in 1870 and is classified as an important team by substantial sources from 1871 to 1887; [4] [5] classified as an official first-class team from 1895 by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and the County Championship clubs; [6] classified as a List A team since the beginning of limited overs cricket in 1963; [7] and classified as ...
Derbyshire CCC played twenty games in the County Championship in 1901 in addition to matches against W.G. Grace's London County Cricket Club, MCC and the touring South Africans. Derbyshire failed to win any first class match during the season.
Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1919 was the first cricket season after a four-year break from first class cricket during World War I.The English club Derbyshire had been playing for forty-eight years with their twenty first season in the County Championship being notable that they won three matches in the County Championship to come ninth.