Captain Albert Lawton Most runs Levi Wright Most catches Joe Humphries | County Championship 12 Most wickets Billy Bestwick | |
Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1903 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for thirty two years. It was their ninth season in the County Championship and they won five matches to come twelfth
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1903 season
Derbyshire played sixteen games in the County Championship in addition to two matches against W.G. Grace's London County Cricket Club and one against MCC. They won four matches in the Championship and one against London County.
The captain for the year was Albert Lawton in his second season as captain. Levi Wright was top scorer and Billy Bestwick took most wickets.
A significant addition to the Derbyshire side was Arthur Morton who played for the club until 1926. Other new players in the season were R T Ryder who played his one career first class match against London County and G Green who also made one appearance against London County but played for Derbyshire intermittently over several seasons.
County Championship batting averages
In addition, W Locker played against MCC, CE Middleton and G Curgenven played in the first match against London County, and R T Ryder and G Green played in the second match against London County.