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Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1908

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Captain
  
Reginald Rickman

Most runs
  
Ernest Needham

Most catches
  
Joe Humphries

County Championship
  
14

Most wickets
  
Billy Bestwick

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1908 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for thirty-seven years. It was their fourteenth season in the County Championship and they won five matches to finish fourteenth in the Championship table.

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1908 season

Derbyshire played twenty games in the County Championship and one match against the touring Gentlemen of Philadelphia. The captain for the year was Reginald Rickman. Ernest Needham was top scorer and Arnold Warren took most wickets.

The most significant additions to the Derbyshire squad in the season was Leonard Oliver who played regularly for Derbyshire until 1924. Also making their debuts were Richard Sale who played over five years, Francis Taylor who played over four years and Albert Howcroft who played over three years. Arthur Sherwin played several matches but only in the 1908 season and William Thompson and John Eyre played their single career matches in the season.

County Championship batting averages

(a) Figures adjusted for non CC matches

J Eyre and N Todd also played for Derbyshire in the match against Gentlemen of Philadelphia.

Wicket Keeping

  • Joe Humphries Catches 55, Stumping 5
  • References

    Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1908 Wikipedia