History of field hockey a winter activity. They experimented with a ‘stick’ game, based loosely on the rules of association football. Teddington played the game on the smooth outfield of their cricket pitch and used a cricket ball, so allowing smooth and predictable motion. By 1874 they had begun to draw up rules for their game, including banning the raising of the stick above shoulder height and stipulating that a shot at goal must take place within the circle in front of it. An association was formed in 1875, which dissolved after seven years, but in 1886 the Hockey Association was formed by seven
Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1877 Derbyshire made 220 with 90 not out by Platt to save the match as a draw, and as there was insufficient time for Yorkshire to bat. John Platts was top scorer and W Mycroft took most wickets with 63. Platts was also the first Derbyshire cricketer to score a century for the club. Mycroft took an additional 94 first class wickets for other teams Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1877 Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1877 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire played their seventh season. Yorkshire joined Hampshire, Lancashire and Kent as the fourth county to