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.

1883 season

Derbyshire played two county matches each against Lancashire, Yorkshire, Surrey and Sussex, and two against MCC. They won two of their matches and lost six. Robert Smith was captain for his eighth and last season. In a sparse season without any centuries, Wallis Evershed was top scorer and William Cropper James Brelsford shared the most wickets. There were no long term additions to the 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 since 1879.

Matches

{| class="wikitable" width="100%" ! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of first class matches !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes Old Trafford, Manchester County Ground, Derby Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood County Ground, Derby County Ground, Derby |6 County Ground, Derby County Ground, Derby Bramall Lane, Sheffield Kennington Oval County Ground, Hove

Statistics

First-class batting averages

First-class bowling averages

Wicket keeping