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 1883 team but George Earl, Joseph Needham, George Yates and Percy Exham made their only career appearances and Thomas Evans made his two career appearances for Derbyshire during the season. The season also saw the last appearances of John Richardson who had been a steady bowler since 1878 and George Osborne who had played sice 1879. Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1883 Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1883 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for twelve years. They won two first class matches out of ten. Derbyshire played two county matches each against Lancashire, Yorkshire,