Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1901 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for thirty years. It was their seventh season in the County Championship and they failed to win a single match, ending bottom of the Championship table.

1901 season

Derbyshire CCC played twenty games in the County Championship in 1901 in addition to matches against W.G. Grace's London County Cricket Club, MCC and the touring South Africans. Derbyshire failed to win any first class match during the season. The captain for the year was Samuel Hill Wood in his third season as captain. However he only took part in five matches and Albert Lawton filled the role on the pitch. Levi Wright was top scorer making two centuries, one of 193. Billy Bestwick took 71 wickets. Gilbert Curgenven made his debut for the side as did Robert Else who only played in two seasons. Joseph Burton, Arthur Barton, James Oldknow and Arthur Morton made their only appearances for the side during the 1901 season. Nudger Needham captained the English football team in 1901.

Matches

{| class="wikitable" width="100%" ! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes Crystal Palace Park | Not a County Championship match Beldam 125; Fishwick 103; Sinclair 8-32; JJ Hulme 5-61 Kennington Oval Fartown, Huddersfield Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood Hearne 7-67; Rawlin 5-28 County Ground, Southampton County Ground, Derby County Ground, Derby Bisset 184; Graham 6-84 and 5-47 County Ground, Leyton County Ground, New Road, Worcester Ashley Down Ground, Bristol County Ground, Derby North Road Ground, Glossop Queen's Park, Chesterfield W Storer 5-20 County Ground, Derby North Road Ground, Glossop County Ground, Derby County Ground, Derby At County Ground, Derby Old Trafford, Manchester Welbeck Abbey Cricket Ground Edgbaston, Birmingham County Ground, Derby Queen's Park, Chesterfield Aylestone Road, Leicester

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

Paul Boissier and Oswald Burton played in the match against MCC, but not in the County Championship.

County Championship bowling averages

County Championship Wicket keeping