Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1953 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for eighty two years. It was their fifty-ninth season in the County Championship and they won nine matches and lost seven to finish sixth in the County Championship.

1953 season

Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, one match against Oxford University and one match against the touring Australians. They won nine matches altogether. Guy Willatt was in his third year as captain. Charlie Elliott was top scorer and C Gladwin took most wickets with 121. Reginald Carter made his debut and continued to play for three seasons. David Green also made his debut and played intermittently over several seasons.

Matches

{| class="wikitable" width="100%" ! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes |- Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood Queen's Park, Chesterfield County Ground, Taunton Edgbaston, Birmingham County Ground, Derby Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent Kennington Oval Ynysangharad Park, Pontypridd The University Parks, Oxford Old Trafford, Manchester Queen's Park, Chesterfield County Ground, Derby Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston Queen's Park, Chesterfield Trent Bridge, Nottingham Queen's Park, Chesterfield Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch County Ground, Derby Queen's Park, Chesterfield Tipton Road, Dudley Queen's Park, Chesterfield County Ground, Derby County Ground, Hove Wellingborough School Ground North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough County Ground, Derby Queen's Park, Chesterfield Park Road Ground, Buxton County Ground, Southampton Ashley Down Ground, Bristol

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

County Championship bowling averages

Wicket Keepers