Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1879
| 1879 season | |||
| Captain | Robert Smith | ||
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| Most runs | Thomas Foster | ||
| Most wickets | William Mycroft | ||
| Most catches | Alfort Smith | ||
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Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1879 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire played their ninth season.
Of the county sides Derbyshire played in the previous year they had matches against Lancashire, Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire. However they did not play Hampshire or Kent. Derbyshire made a first innings total of 16 against Nottingham at Trent Bridge which remains a record for lowest number of runs in an innings for Derbyshire
Derbyshire played six county games in 1879, two each against Lancashire, Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire. They also played a first-class match against MCC. Derbyshire won both matches against Yorkshire, but lost to Nottingham and Lancashire (who shared the Champion County award) and MCC. Derbyshire also played two miscellaneous matches against their own colts and Harrow Wanderers, and a Derbyshire XI comprising most of the team played Bacup.
Robert Smith was in his fourth year as captain. William Wood-Sims, a slater, Joseph Marlow and George Osborne made their first-class debuts for the club and went on to play several more seasons. Arthur Cursham, a mine manager, joined the club from Nottinghamshire but only played in two years. Conrad Wallroth who had appeared in the previous season played three first-class matches and Arthur Wood and Ralph Docker both played their only two first class matches for Derbyshire in 1879. Joseph Flint, who had first played in 1872 and Enoch Cook who had joined in the previous year both played their last first class matched for Derbyshire.
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