Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1935 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire were runners up in the County Championship for the first time, as a prelude to winning the Championship in the 1936 season. They had been playing for sixty four years and it was their thirty-seventh season in the County Championship.

1935 season

A. W. Richardson became captain in the 1931 season, and building on foundations of his predecessors forged a team that were runners up in 1935 before going on to take the Championship in the 1936 season. Their record was in fact better in 1935 than in their championship year. Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, and one match against the touring South Africans. Denis Smith was top scorer in the County Championships. Tommy Mitchell took 160 wickets in the championship and a further eight to make him top bowler and set a lasting record of most wickets in a season. Against Leicestershire in 1935 he took all ten for 64 in an innings. Denis Smith also played for England in two Test matches against the South Africans and was Wisden Cricketer of the Year.. Gilbert Hodgkinson, future captain made his debut in the season.

Matches

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" ! style="background:#efefef;" colspan="6"| List of matches !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes Queen's Park, Chesterfield Kennington Oval County Ground, Derby Old County Ground, Brentwood Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston Queen's Park, Chesterfield County Ground, New Road, Worcester Edgbaston, Birmingham Aylestone Road, Leicester County Ground, Derby Old Trafford, Manchester Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston Queen's Park, Chesterfield Park Road Ground, Buxton Ashley Down Ground, Bristol Trent Bridge, Nottingham Queen's Park, Chesterfield The Town Ground, Burton-on-Trent Queen's Park, Chesterfield Queen's Park, Chesterfield County Ground, Hove County Ground, Derby County Ground, Northampton Queen's Park, Chesterfield North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough County Ground, Derby Crabble Athletic Ground, Dover Dean Park, Bournemouth County Ground, Taunton

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

In addition Thomas Higson played in the match against the South Africans.

County Championship bowling averages

Wicket Keeper

H Elliott Catches 66 Stumping 22