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Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1907

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Captain
  
Levi Wright

Most runs
  
Levi Wright

Most catches
  
Joe Humphries

County Championship
  
16

Most wickets
  
Samuel Cadman

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1907

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1907 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for thirty six years. It was their thirteenth season in the County Championship and they finished bottom of the table having won two matches in the season.

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1907 season

Derbyshire played 22 games in the County Championship, one match against the touring South Africans and one against MCC. They lost all but three of the played matches, which were two wins and a draw, and ended at the bottom of the Championship table.

Levi Wright was in his second season as captain and was also top scorer. Samuel Cadman took most wickets with 63. The most outstanding bowling performance was by Frederick Bracey against Northamptonshire at Derby when he took eleven wickets for a total of 45 runs.

Those who made their debut in the 1907 season were Henry Fletcher who also played two games in the following season, FG Peach who played one match and then next appeared in 1920 with occasional appearances to 1925, H Slater who played five matches only in the 1907 season and Charles Fleming and Charles Sherwin who each played one career first class match in 1907.

Wicket Keeper

  • J Humphries Catches 36 Stumping 4
  • References

    Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1907 Wikipedia